Below is a step-by-step guide to configuring Windows 95 for dial-up networking with an Internet service provider. I just found it on a local BBS and converted it from Microsoft Word to plain text. I'll also add it to the Windows section of my home page (http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jamal). By the way, I uploaded the Microsoft Knowledge Base compilation on Windows 95 and DOS sessions. If anyone would like to recieve a message with the contents of my home page, you can probably send a request to an "Agora server" such as agora@info.lanic.utexas.edu and put the following line in the message (the subject is insignificant): send http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jamal The message sent to you will include, at the end, a list of the URLs that are links on the page. Subsequent messages to the Agora server (with up to 10 "send" lines per message) can retrieve these links. Binary files, such as .ZIP archives, will be sent to you as UU encoded messages. I think there is a limit of 5,000 lines per output message, so large files will be incomplete. Even with its limitations, I've found this a convenient way of surfing the web by email! Cheers, Jamal ---------- Configuring DUN (Dial-Up Networking) for Windows 95 If there's tons of Windows 95 support questions I've had to answer over the last year, it's how to configure Dial-Up Networking for Windows 95. There are so many options to setup, and so many buttons to pass through, even the best of people have problems configuring it. Even me . Here's a FULL screen by screen account on how to configure Dial-Up Networking. 1. Click on START | SETTINGS | CONTROL PANEL | MODEMS and make sure that your correct modem is highlighted, then click on PROPERTIES. 2. Now make sure that your COM port is the correct one for where your modem is plugged into. 3. Now make sure that you set the DATA BITS to 8, PARITY to NONE and STOP BITS to 1. Also make sure that WAIT FOR DIAL TONE BEFORE CALLING. CANCEL THE CALL IF IDLE FOR MORE THAN 60 SECS. 4. Now make sure that USE ERROR CONTROL and COMPRESS DATA is CHECKED. Also check that USE FLOW CONTROL is CHECKED with a BULLET on HARDWARE (RTS/CTS). If you want to put any additional modem settings in the EXTRA SETTINGS box, ie ATM1 turns most modem speakers on. 5. Click on START | SETTINGS | INTERNET 6. Now enter your ISP (Internet Service Provider's) telephone number in here (the node preferably ). Also set the country code correctly to your country, and CHECK the USE COUNTRY CODE AND AREA CODE box. Now Select the modem you defined earlier, and click on CONFIGURE 7. Now click on the OPTIONS tab, and CHECK the DISPLAY MODEM STATUS box. If you are not intending to use an AUTOMATIC script file, then make sure you CHECK the BRING UP TERMINAL WINDOWS AFTER DIALING. 8. Now make sure your DIAL-UP SERVER is set to PPP: Windows 95, Windows NT 3.5, Internet. Now CHECK the LOG ON TO NETWORK and ENABLE SOFTWARE COMPRESSION under ADVANCED OPTIONS. Under ALLOWED NETWORK PROTOCOLS, also make sure you CHECK the TCP/IP box. Once you've done this, click on TCP/IP SETTINGS 9. Now to obtain a proper connection to your ISP, you need to obtain their PRIMARY and SECONDARY DNS (Domain Name Server) addresses. Once you have these add them in here. Make sure that you CHECK the USE IP HEADER COMPRESSION and USE DEFAULT GATEWAY ON REMOTE NETWORK options. 10. Click on START | SETTINGS | NETWORK Make sure you've got a DIAL-UP ADAPTER and that you also have the TCP/IP protocol routing through this adapter as show in the second graphic. If you don't have these, click ADD | ADAPTER | MICROSOFT | DIAL-UP ADAPTER. To install the TCP/IP protocol, simply click ADD | PROTOCOL | MICROSOFT | TCP/IP. Configuring DUN (Dial-Up Networking) for Windows 95 (c) 1996 Dave Burrows. [DaveBurrows@cis.compuserve.com] Screenshots taken from Microsoft Windows+ 95. Windows+, Windows 95 and Microsoft+ are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. .