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