Windows XP Dial-up Settings • Help Desk • Seanet

Windows XP

Dial-Up Settings

Click on the Start button.
Click on Control Panel.
Click on Network and Internet Connections.
Click on Internet Options.
Click once on Seanet (Default). Then click on Settings.
Use your fully qualified username.

seanet.com username@seanet.com

premier1.net username@premier1.net

ncia.com username@seanet.com

XP encrypts your password so it might look longer than usual. You can retype in your password if you like. Domain should remain blank. Click on Advanced.
These options are user preference. Click OK when done. Click on Properties.
Check the Phone number. Put all 10 digits in the Phone number field. Uncheck Use dialing rules. Click on Configure.
Lower the Maximum speed to 57600. If you are using a hardware modem leave the check boxes marked in Hardware features. If you are using a software modem The modem name will usually say "Soft" "Win" or "HSF" in it then uncheck all the Hardware features. Uncheck Show terminal window. Enable modem speaker is user preference. Click on OK.
These are user preference. Click on X.25.
Select (none) for Network. All other fields should be blank. Click on OK.
Select Typical (recommended settings). Select Allow unsecure password. All other options should remain unchecked.
Select PPP: Windows 95/98/NT4/2000, Internet. Check Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Click on Settings.
Check Enable LCP extensions. Check Enable software compression. Uncheck Negotiate multi-link for single link connections. Click on OK.
Click on Properties. Select Obtain an IP address automatically. Select Use the following DNS server addresses. Preferred DNS Server is 199.181.164.1. Alternate DNS Server is 199.181.164.2. Click on Advanced.
Check User default gateway on remote network. Check Use IP header compression.
Verify that 199.181.164.1 and 199.181.164.2 are in the DNS server addresses field. Select Append these DNS suffixes (in order). Click on Add and type in seanet.com then click on OK. Uncheck Register this connection's addresses in DNS.
There should be nothing in the WINS addresses field. Check Enable LMHOSTS lookup. Select Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP. Keep clicking on OK until you are all the way back out and you can close the Network and Internet connections window. YOU'RE DONE!