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Using More Than One Modem at a Time - Added 11/6/00 Hiding Network Shares - Added 11/6/00 Seeing Servers Your Are Connected To When OnLine - Added 10/8/00 Backing Up Your ISP Settings - Added 2/22/00 Forcing Alpha-Numeric Passwords - Added 2/12/00 Speeding Up Internet Searches - Added 1/9/00 Auto-Dial Internet Connections (Win98) - Added 12/6/99 Opening the Make New Connection Dialog Box - Submitted 6/30/99 Help Stop Modem Disconnects - Added 1/16/99 Speeding Up Your Modem's Dialing - Submitted 12/31/98 Showing Your Actual Modem's Connection Speed - Added 10/25/98 Increasing Modem Performance - Submitted 8/17/98 Controlling Your Modem's Speaker - Submitted 7/3/98 To Find Your IP Address - Submitted 5/25/98 Determine the Optimal MAX MTU Setting - Added 2/21/98 Faster Access to the Network Properties Box - Submitted 2/18/98 Using UNC Network Names with Files - Submitted 12/7/97 Faster Connecting to the Internet - Submitted 11/22/97 Changing the Number of Rings Before Dial-Up Server Answers - Submitted 10/4/97 Resetting Forgotten Dial-Up Server Password - Added 10/2/97 Speeding up Dial-Up Networking for Games - Submitted 9/13/97 Monitoring Your Dial-Up Connection - Added 8/23/97 No Network Logon Prompt - Added 2/16/97 Not Saving your Dial-Up Password - Submitted 11/22/96 Fixing a problem with Shortcuts that keep network UNC connections - Added 10/20/96 Changing the MaxMTU and other Network Settings - Added 10/19/96 Disable Password Caching - Added 10/19/96 Starting a Dial-Up Connection from the Command Line - Added 10/9/96 Device Contention when trying to use a Modem - Added 10/9/96 Unable to Browse the Network - Added 9/2/96 Automatic NT Domain Log On - Added 7/21/96 Auto-Dialing for 32-bit Internet Applications - Submitted 7/11/96 Dial-Back with Windows95 - Added 6/2/96 Disabling File and Print Sharing - Added 4/29/96 Changing your Modem's Initialization String - Added 4/9/96 Easy way to Re-Dial on busy signals - Submitted 2/15/96 Increasing a Modem's time-out period - 1/12/96 Setting Automatic Redial for Dial-up Networking - 10/19/95 Potential problems with 16-bit WINSOCK.DLL's - 9/1/95 Dial-In Scripting
(Win98, WinME and Win2000) If you have two phone lines in your home and want to use them both to dial out, you can use MultiLink, which will effectively double your connection speed. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Create a dial-up connection like your normally would. Right click on the icon and select Properties Click on the Multilink tab Click on Use additional devices Click on the Add Click on the other modem you would like to use If your ISP allows, you can use the same phone number, otherwise enter an additional phone number to dial. 8. You should now connect with both modems. 9. You can confirm this by opening up your dial up connection in the System Tray after you connect.
1. Start Regedit 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Policies \ Network 3. Create a DWORD entry called AlphanumPwds 4. Give it a value of 1
3. Click on Properties / Connection / Advanced 4. In the Extra Settings, enter S10=10 5. This will enable the modem to stay connected without a carrier for up to 10 seconds.
Submitted by Piloter
In modem settings switch to the scripting tab and where it says extra settings, type in the following to achieve the following: 1. M0 : switches modem volume off completely 2. &L=1,2, or 3 : changes the volume of the modem 3 being the loudest and 1 the quietest) 3. By experimenting with M0, M1,2 or 3 you are able to turn the modem on during connection only, ring only etc.. Submitted by Augustine Whitehouse
This is the same result as click on the Start / Settings / Control Panel / Network Icon Submitted by Melissa Gaugert
NOTE: This type of connection isn't optimized for browsing, but will work in most cases. Submitted by Art Coates Jr.
If you are not being prompted for a logon when starting Windows95, and you need to be, there are some possible solutions: 1. Your password may be set to be blank To correct this: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Open up the Control Panel Open up Passwords Click on Change Windows Password Your Old Password is blank Enter your password in the New Password and Confirm New Password boxes
2. Registry Setting You may have an AutoLogon key set in the Registry which needs to be removed 1. Start Regedit 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Network \ Real Mode Net 3. If the key AutoLogon=x appears, delete it
By default, when you create a shortcut to a network application, both the Drive letter and UNC connection are stored as part of the shortcut. The reasoning that if the drive letter gets reassigned or deleted, the UNC connection will serve as an additional way to ensure that the application is available. This can also be a problem because when you want to re-assign the drive to a new server, it will still make the connection to the old one through the UNC To disable this feature, there is a program called SHORTCUT.EXE in the Admin / Apptools / Envvars directory. Execute the program with a -? to see a description of the available switches.
REGEDIT4 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Ne twork] "DisablePwdCaching"=dword:00000001 Open up a DOS box and type REGEDIT DISABLE.REG You can also download the DISABLE.REG file. If you need to re-enable password caching, download ENABLE.REG and repeat the process just with the different file name
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First, bring up an internet application such as Netscape or Internet Explorer. Next, manually dial into your internet provider by double-clicking your connection icon. Once connected, go to the Control Panel and double-click on the Internet icon. Once the window open, uncheck the checkbox titled "Dial whenever an Internet Connection is needed". 5. Click the check box again and make sure there is a check in the checkbox. 6. Next, click the APPLY button. 7. Finally , click the OK button. Once you do this, close your internet application and disconnect from your internet provider. Re-start your Internet application and the Windows 95 dialer should start up. NOTE: From my experience, all Internet applications will be effected and will automatically start the Windows 95 dialer. Submitted by J. Walker jpw@openix.com
The S0=1 sets your modem for Auto-Answer after 1 ring The &C0 avoids ending the PPP client.
Also see the Installation Section on doing this automatically during installation.
Added 4/9/96 1. Start REGEDIT 2. Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ System \ CurrentControlSet \ Services \ Class \ Modem \ 0000 \ Init 3. Change the settings to the values for your modem
Ewan.exe (Telnet app) WSIRC.exe (IRC app) WSGopher.exe (Gopher app) NX.Exe (NewsXpress) Netscape v.1.0
We found that if the software listed above is in the same directory as the Trumpet Winsock.dll file, then they will NOT work under the MS-TCP/IP stack. Submitted by Ken D. Walters support@sunbelt.net
Dial-Up Scripting
The Internet Jumpstart Kit that comes with the Plus! Pack allows you to script your Dial-Up Connections 1. 2. 3. 4. Open up Programs / Accessories / Dial-Up Scripting Tool. Select the provider (if you have more than one). Type in the name of the script (end with .scp). Click on the Edit Button. This will bring up Notepad.
transmit "your_password^M" waitfor "TERM = (vt100)" transmit "^M" waitfor "your_logon_prompt" transmit "ppp^M" ; My provider requires "ppp" to be typed
in. 20. 21. endproc Remember to turn off Bring up terminal window after dialing. You can initially have Step through script turned on for debugging. When it is correct, check Start terminal screen minimized. For a complete listing of all the scripting options,