Window 95, 98 and Millennium Users

To Create a new Connection:

1. Double click on My Computer
2. Double click on Dial-Up Networking (Win ME users go into Control Panel and then into Dial-Up Networking)
3. Double click on Make New Connection
4. Type in Ideaone, click on Next
   
5. Type in the dial up number for your area (do not put area code in), click on Next
6. Click on Finish
   
7. To place this new icon on your desktop, right click once on the icon and then click on create shortcut
   
8. To check the settings of this new icon, go through the steps of checking an existing connection.

To check an existing connection:

1. Double click on My Computer
2. Double click on Dial-Up Networking (Win ME users go into Control Panel and then into Dial-Up Networking)
3. Right click with the right mouse button once, on Ideaone (Ideaone Telecom, Ideaone dialup, etc.) icon.
4. Click on Properties
5. Under the General tab, the area code should be left blank and the phone number should be the dial up number for your area
6. Under the Servers tab, Enable Software Compression and TCP/IP should be checked
7. Click on the TCP/IP Settings. Make sure Server Assigned IP Address, Server Assigned Name Server Addresses, Use IP Header Compression , and Uses Default Gateway on Remote Network are checked.
8. Click on OK
9. Click on OK

Windows XP Users

To create a new connection:

1. Click on Start
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Double click on Network Connections.
4. Double click on the icon, New Connection Wizard
5. A welcome to the wizard box comes up, click on Next.
6. You should have a dot in front of Connect to the Internet. Click on Next.
7. Choose Setup my connection manually. Click on Next.
8. Choose Connect using a dial-up modem. Click on Next.
9. Type the name of your ISP in the box (ex. Ideaone). Click on Next.
10. Type the dial up number, 356-1000, in the box. Click on Next.
    
11. Connection availability can be for anyone's use or for just you- this is your personal choice. Click on Next.
12. Type in your username and password that you have given Ideaone Telecom. Also take the check mark out of Turn on internet connection firewall for this connection. Click on Next.
13. Put a check in Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop. Click on Finish to complete the wizard.

To check an existing connection:

1. Click on Start
2. Click on Control Panel
3. Double click on Network Connections.
4. Right click with the right mouse button once, on DCT (Dakota Central, daktel, etc.) icon.
5. Click on Properties
6. Under the General tab, the area code should be left blank and the phone number should be 356-1000.
7. Under the Networking tab, there should be a check in Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), then double click on Internet Protocol.
8. There should be a dot in Obtain an IP Address automatically and a dot in Obtain DNS server address automatically.
9. Click on the Advanced button and you should have both Use default gateway on remote network and Use IP header compression checked.
10. Click on the DNS tab and then only thing you should have marked is Append primary and connection specific DNS suffixes and Append parent suffixes of the primary DNS suffix. Then click OK out of all the boxes.