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Dial Up Settings
Dial Up Settings for Windows 2000
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These instructions provide a step-by-step guide to help you get set up in Windows 2000 (Professional, Server, or Advanced Server editions) to connect to Sodak.com. These instructions also show you how to connect for the first time and disconnect when you're finished to get you started.
Below, we also show you how to make it easy to connect from your Windows Desktop, and how to disconnect when you're through using the Internet.
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Step 1:
In your Windows Start Menu
- go to Settings
- select Network and Dial-Up Connections as shown below.
Step 2:
- Double-click on the Make New Connection icon located in this folder.
Step 3:
Select Dial-Up to the Internet from the options presented to you in the wizard.
Step 4:
- Choose to connect by using your phone line when prompted.
- click Next.
Step 5:
Once inside the Internet Connection Wizard,
- Enter the local phone number you wish to dial into the box.
(Refer to the dialup list on our website Local Numbers List).
- When you're finished filling in this screen, click the Advanced button.
Step 6:
- After clicking the Advanced button, an Advanced Connection Properties dialog will come up.
- On the Connection tab, ensure that PPP is selected, and that you put a check in the box that says Disable LCP Extensions.
Step 7:
- Then Select "My ISP automatically provides IP address and DNS server address".
- When finished, click OK to get back to the phone number box. Then, click Next.
Step 8:
- Enter the username and password you were assigned to connect to Sodak.com.
These both are likely in all lower-case letters.
- When finished, click Next.
- You'll then be prompted to give this connection a name.
- Type in Sodak.com for the name of this connection.
Step 9:
- Save this configuration and complete the process.
- Click the Finish button.
You'll notice a Sodak.com icon now appears in the Network and Dial-Up Connections folder.
Connecting to the Internet:
Once you open the Sodak.com connection from your computer, you'll see ascreen prompt where you can verifying the number, and give you the option to change properties, cancel, or dial right up. To connect, simply click Dial.
Windows will let you know that you're connected, and at this point, it's up to you what you do next.
Once this far, you can use any Internet application you like. For example, you might choose to go browsing on the Web using Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator, or read your e-mail by using Outlook Express or Netscape Messenger.
Disconnecting from The Internet:
- Right-click on the Connection Status icon in your System Tray
(the area with the small icons by your clock).
- Choose Disconnect from the pop up menu
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