| Are you surprised that I have written a blog | | | | netone for username and password, follow the |
| on Dial-up connection? Which no body uses | | | | wizard, complete it. |
| these days. Dial-up is not used regularly. | | | | |
| But consider the situation when you travel to | | | | A new connection should appear in the Control |
| your village which doesn't have broad band | | | | Panel > Network Connection. You can place a |
| connection and internet cafes and you need to | | | | short cut on the desktop for easy |
| send an important mail or make a travel | | | | accessibility. Click Connect and you get a |
| reservation. I have faced similar situations | | | | message No Dial Tone. You check your phone |
| and would like to share with you how can you | | | | and you have Dial Tone. This is where most of |
| go online within a few minutes. | | | | the people get struck. |
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| Even tough Broad Band internet is not | | | | TIPS: Remembers most of the Computer Devices |
| available these days you can find a computer | | | | like Modems are designed and developed |
| and Telephone in every village. I assume you | | | | outside India and they use different |
| will get your hand on some laptop/computer or | | | | communication systems. So even tough you have |
| you have carried your laptop to your village, | | | | a Dial Tone on your phone the Modem would not |
| which has an inbuilt modem and drivers | | | | recognize the Dial Tone. You need to |
| installed. | | | | configure the Modem not to wait for Dial |
| | | | Tone. |
| The next thing you need to come online is a | | | | |
| Telephone and Internet Connection. BSNL has | | | | To do this go to Start > Settings > Control |
| enabled Internet across all its telephone | | | | Panel > Phone and Modem Options and go to the |
| exchanges in India. The Dial-in number is | | | | Modem Page select the modem and click the |
| 172233 and the user name and password would | | | | properties. And remove the Check for Wait for |
| be netone. The service would be charged 60 | | | | Dial-tone before dialing. |
| Paise/1min and you get transfer speeds or 2-3 | | | | |
| KBps. Not good for Bandwidth Hungry websites, | | | | Now you should be able to connect to the |
| but will do ok with some mails and chat and | | | | internet without any issues. |
| some browsing. | | | | |
| | | | TIPS: Open Internet Explorer, Go to Tools > |
| As most PC's have XP, I pre-assume you are | | | | Internet Options. Go to the Advanced Tab. |
| using Windows XP, if you are using Windows 98 | | | | Scroll down to Multimedia and remove the |
| or Vista the basic process would be the same | | | | checks for Play Animations, Videos and Sounds |
| but the menus may change. Next thing is to | | | | in webpage's. This would save some bandwidth |
| configure a dialup connection. Go to Start > | | | | and lets pages load faster on slow dial-up |
| Settings > Control Panel > Network and | | | | connections. |
| Dial-up Connections. Double click Make New | | | | |
| Connection, Select Next, Select Dial-up to | | | | If you need any further clarifications you |
| Internet, Select Manually Configure Settings | | | | can always reach me back with a comment or a |
| and enter 172233 for the Phone Number and | | | | mail. |