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Local
Dialup Settings
Pronet
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First
click on the Start button, go to settings, and select Network
and Dial-up Connections. In the box that pops up select
make new connection. This will begin the wizard. If you
have not set up your location information for your modem you will be
prompted. You should enter your area code in this box.
Otherwise skip to the Network Connection Wizard. |
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By
clicking edit you will open this box. Here you can set up call
waiting to be disabled or set up your computer to dial a number to
access an outside line. Typically if your line has call waiting
it can be disabled by entering a *70, in that space. |
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The
Network Connection Wizard will guide you through setting up many
different types of network connections. For Pronet dial-ups you
will select ‘Dial-up to the Internet’ and press Next. |
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This
will then begin the Internet Connection Wizard. Select the
option ‘I want to set up my Internet connection manually.’
and press Next. |
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Select
the option ‘I connect through a phone line and a modem.’
and press Next. |
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You
will then be prompted for the area code and phone number to dial. |
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You
will then be prompted for your user name and password.
Usernames are the user ID that you picked when you established your
account. Both of these fields are case sensitive. You
will also want to be careful not to put an extra space before or
after either of them because it will be considered part of the field
by Pronet’s servers and will cause your connection to fail. |
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At
the last step of the wizard it will ask you for a connection
name. This is to make a name for your connection icon. We
recommend you name this Pronet. |
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You
will then be prompted as to whether you would like to set up a mail
account. That will not be covered on this page. The
wizard would guide you through setting up Outlook Express.
We have several FAQs on how to set up various mail applications
including Outlook Express. |
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Now
the wizard is complete and there is an option to connect
immediately. You will want to uncheck this option because there
are still some settings we will need to enter in order for you to
access the internet. |
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Click
on the Start button and go to settings. Select Networking and
Dial-up Connections. You should see your Pronet icon there
now. Using your RIGHT mouse button, click on Pronet and from
the pop-up menu, select Properties. You will want to go
to the Networking tab and make sure it is set up like
this. Then select the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and press the Properties button. |
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That
will open this box. In the top section you should make sure it
is set to ‘Obtain an IP address automatically.’ In
the middle section select ‘Use the following DNS server
addresses’ and enter in the numbers as shown below.
Preferred DNS server should be 12.23.44.2, and the Alternate should
be 12.23.44.3. Then press OK. |
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That
completes your dial-up settings. You should now be able to
connect to Pronet with your Windows 2000 PC. To dial Pronet you
would click on your Start button, go to settings, and select Network
and Dial-up Connections. You will see your Pronet icon
there. You can click on that to connect. If you click on
it with your right mouse button you will have an option to create a
shortcut. This will place an Pronet icon on your desktop. |
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Local
Dialup Settings
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