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Creating a new Connection

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1 Double click on your My Computer icon on the top-left of your screen. An icon called Dial-up Networking will appear which you will need to double-click.

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2 A window should appear informing you that Dial-Up Networking is not installed, and at this point just press the Install button.

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3 NT will ask you where to get your NT install files. Generally this means you need to insert your NT install CD and type in the path.

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4 After installing the files needed to run Dial Up Networking (also referred to as Remote Access Service, or RAS, in parts of the installation) it will check for Modems to use. If you haven't already installed a modem a dialog box will appear asking you if it can set one up. Press Yes. If you already have a modem set it, go to step 8.

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5 An Install New Modem Wizard will appear. Tick the "Don't detect my modem" box and then click Next.

6 A list of modems will appear. The brand of modem is on the left side, and when you choose it a list of the models are on the right side. If you make and model are not chosen, choose Standard Modem Types, and then choose the speed of your modem. Click Next.

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7 NT will then ask you which port the modem is installed on, just click on the port from the list and press Next.

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8 All being well, your modem will now be listed as RAS able. Click OK.

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9 You are halfway there! NT will now need to reboot for the RAS to work. Choose Restart.

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10 Once your machine has rebooted, go to My Computer and then double click on Dial-up Networking as before. NT will tell you that your phone book is empty and that clicking OK will add a new entry. Click OK.

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11 A wizard will appear. Tell it that you know all your settings and then click Finish. A tabbed box will appear similar to the above. Under the Basic tab you will need to set the following settings:

Entry Name: iiNet Technologies Comment: (unimportant, set to whatever you want) Phone Number: (access number given when you signed up Dial Using: (choose your modem)

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12 If you can dial more than one number, click on the Alternates button. This will allow you to add more than one number which it will rotate between when dialing. Once you have added all the numbers, click OK.

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13 Choose the Server tab. Ensure the TCP/IP network protocol is ticked, and that botch software compression and LCP extensions are ticked.

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14 Click on the TCP/IP Settings button. Make sure the radio buttons are set to Server assigned IP address, and Specify name server addresses. You will then need to set the following:

Primary DNS: 203.0.178.191 Secondary DNS: 0.0.0.0 Primary WINS: 0.0.0.0 Secondary WINS: 0.0.0.0

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15 Go to the Script tab. Select NONE.

16 Go to the Security tab. Select "accept any authentication, including cleartext". Once that is done, click OK at the bottom.

You're done!

17 Guess what. You're done! Now you can connect to iiNet by pressing Dial.

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19 For security reasons, NT will now need your username and password with iiNet in order to connect, just enter them and click OK.

20 You should now be connected. NT comes with Internet software such as Internet Explorer, FTP and Telnet. To get to iiNet's home page click on your Start button then choose Run. In the box type in www.iinet.net.au, and from there you can discover the Internet from your NT machine!