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Setting up a dial-up connection in Windows xp

To make a dial-up connection to your workplace by using a phone line:

1. Open Network Connections
2. Under Network Tasks, click Create a new connection, and then click Next.
3. Click Connect to the network at my workplace, and then click Next.
4. Click Dial-up connection, click Next, and then follow the instructions in the New Connection Wizard.

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To make an Internet connection:

1. Open Network Connections
2. Under Network Tasks, click Create a new connection, and then click Next.
3. Click Connect to the Internet, and then click Next.
4. Choose one of the following:
   • If you already have an account with an Internet service provider (ISP) such as UCR, click Set up my connection manually and then click Next.
   • If you have a CD from an ISP, click Use the CD I got from an ISP and then click Next.
5. From your choice above, click one of the following:
   Set up my connection manually
• If you are connecting to your ISP using a standard 28.8 Kbps, 56 Kbps, or ISDN modem, click Connect using a dial-up modem, click Next, and follow the instructions in the wizard.
• If your DSL or cable modem ISP connection requires a user name and password, click Connect using a broadband modem that requires a user name and password, click Next, and then follow the instructions in the wizard.
• If your DSL or cable modem ISP connection is always on and does not require you to type a user name and password, click Connect using a broadband connection that is always on, click Next, and then click Finish.
• Use the CD you got from an ISP
6. Click Next, and then click Finish