Windows XP Tutorials

Confirm You Dial-Up Settings Are Correct

This tutorial is going to go over all the important setting within your dialup connectoid so that you can confirm that all the settings are correct, The result of this tutorial will either be A. You connect next time B.you now know its not the settings that are the problem.

Step One

Click Start and Click Control Panel
Or
Hold down the Windows key and press R then type in Control Panel and click Ok.

Step Two

Make sure you are in Classic view
If it says "switch to category view" you are in classic view
If it says "switch to classic view" then you need to click it once.

Control panel View selection (Classic View)

Step Three

Scroll down in Control Panel until you find Network Connections
Then Double Click Network Connections.

Control panel Network Connections Highlighted

Step Four

Right Click the Dial-Up connection in question and select Properties.

Network Connections Right Clicking Dial-up Connection

Step Five

Make sure you have the correct Modem selected
If this is greyed out move on to step six, you will only be able to change this modem if you have more then one dial-up modem installed

Step Six

Make sure Use dialing Rules is UN-Checked
Check that the Phone Number is Correct.
Remember, this phone number would have been supplied to you by your ISP

Connection Properties checking phone number and dialing rules

Step Seven

Select the Options Tab

Step Eight

Three Dialing Options should be checked, they are:
Display progress while connecting
Prompt for name and password, certificate, etc.
Prompt for phone number
See image below.

Step Nine

The Default settings for Redialing Options are fine, although you can change them if you wish to your personal preferences.
Default settings are:-
Redial attempts: 3
Time between redial attempts: 1 Minute
Idle time before hanging up: 20 Minute
Redial if line is dropped: Checked

connection properties - Redialing Options

Step Ten

Select the Security Tab.

Step Eleven

Make sure that Typical(recommended settings) is selected.
and ensure that Validate my identity as follows is set to
Allow Unsecured Password
anything else in this tab should not be selected, check image below.

connection properties - Security options

Step Twelve

Select the Networking Tab.

Step Thirteen

Make sure that Type of dial-up server I am calling is set to:
PPP: Windows 95/98/NT4/2000, Internet

connection properties - type of dial-up server i am calling

Step Fourteen

Ensure that Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is Checked.

Step Fifthteen

Click OK to save all the changes if any.

connection properties - Click ok to save

Step Sixteen

Close Network connections.

Finished!

Now that you have completed this tutorial all of the settings in your dial-up connection should not be correct, so try to connect again and hopefully this time you should be successful.
How to connect

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