Setting Windows 98 to access the Internet

By following the steps in each of these stages clients will be able to dialin to the a modem bank with an Austel approved modem, a current Internet access service, and a computer running Windows 98 (or 95 osr2, or osr3).

The main differences in setup between the two later versions of Windows 98 and Windows 95 is some of the graphics on the setup screens and Window98 (being a later release) has a more up-to-date list of modem drivers.

1. Setting Up Your Modem

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1. Go to the Start menu.
2. Click on Settings.

3. Click on Control Panel. This will open the Control Panel which is an area where much of the Windows system and hardware setup can be controlled.

4. Double-click the icon called "Modems". If you have not previously installed a modem it will automatically launch the modem setup program.

If you have previously entered this menu or have had a previous modem setup you will see this window.

5. Click the "add" button on the left, middle of the window to start the modem installation program.
6. Check the box at the bottom titled "Don't detect my modem, I will select it from a list" only if you received a driver disk with your modem, or if you want to select it from a list of Microsoft drivers.
7. Press the "Next" button.

On the left hand side, manufacturers are listed. On the right, there are the various models of modems they have produced.
8. Check if your manufacturer is there and the driver for your modem and click on it. If it is not listed, select the most suitable "standard" driver as shown. In the example shown a generic or "standard 56000 bps K56flex modem" is installed.
If you have a driver disk for your modem insert it to the relevant drive and press the "Have disk" button to browse and locate your driver.
Press "Next".

The next screen asks you where you have your modem setup.
9.Select Communications Port (Com2) if you have an external modem and a serial mouse, as your modem would be connected to "com port 2" or your second "serial port". If you have an internal modem and two serial ports on your computer then it could be configured to be on com port 1, com port 3 or com port 4. In the example shown (the most common configuration), the modem is attached to com port 2.
Press "Next".

10. Click the "Finish" button. Your modem has been now been installed.

The modem control program allows you to install and control how the modem is set up.
11. Ensure your modem is selected as shown.
12. Press the "Properties" button.

13. Ensure you have the "General" tab clicked to proceed.
The first item on this screen tells you on which port your modem is installed.
The next option lets you adjust the speaker volume of you modem (if this is not adjustable this item will be grayed out) and the third lets you select the speed of your com port.
The default settings as they appear on your computer will be fine.

14. Click on the Connection tab to proceed.


15. Click on "Port Settings" to proceed.

You should not have to change anything unless you have connection problems. This area controls the transmit and receive buffers of your connection. If you are experiencing connection problems you can lower these in an effort to gain a more stable connection.
16. Click OK to return to the modem properties dialog.

17. Click on the "Advanced" button. Again, a general rule of thumb is to leave this on the default settings. In normal circumstances, the default settings should work. The box on the bottom title "Extra Settings" is where you would insert an Initialization String if you had to insert one.

18. Click OK once you have finished, then click OK at the modem properties box to go back to modem control program seen in steps 11 & 12.

19. Click on the "Dialing Properties" button.

This area allows you to select options about where you are dialing from and if there are any numbers needed to dial to an outside line.

20. Click OK once you have selected the most relevant options.

21. Click on Close at the modem control program.

Your modem should now be set up and you can proceed to setting up the correct Network Settings.

Setting up your Network Configuration

1. Go to the Control Panel.

2. Double-click on "Network".

3. Ensure the "Configuration" tab at the top is selected. Here you will install an adaptor and protocol to enable Windows to communicate on the internet. These will only need to be installed if they are not currently installed. The components required are Dialup Adaptor, TCP/IP and either Microsoft Family Logon or Client for Microsoft Networks. If these are installed go to stage 3. If not go to step 4.

4. Click the "Add" button which is the left button of three in the middle of this screen.

5. Select "Adapter", the second of four options listed.
6. Click "Add" on the right of the dialog box.

On the left of this screen you will see various manufacturers and suppliers.
7. Scroll down until you see "Microsoft" then select it. This will display three options on the right of this screen.
8. Select "Dialup Adaptor".
9. Click OK.

10. Click "Add" once back at the "Network" dialog box.

11. Click on the "Protocol" option.
12. Click "Add".

13. Select "Microsoft" on the left side.
14. Scroll down on the right side, and select "TCP/IP".
15. Click OK.

The "Network" dialog box will now list "Dialup Adaptor" and "TCP/IP" and have "Windows Logon" in the Primary Network Logon window.
16. Click OK at the bottom of this window to close it.

Follow the next 6 steps ONLY if you receive the error message, "Network Settings not Complete", otherwise, CLICK HERE.

17. Go to the Control Panel, Network.
18. Click the Add button displayed at the left middle of this screen.

19. Click on Client then on the "Add" button on the right.

20. Select "Microsoft" on the left, then "Microsoft Family Logon" on the right.
21. Click OK.
22. Ensure "Window Logon" is selected as the "Primary Network Logon" when you are back at the "Network" area.
23. Click OK and you will return to Control Panel, which you may now close.

Setting up Dialup Adaptor in Dialup Networking

1. Double-click the "My Computer" icon on your desktop.

Here you will find various components of your computer including drives and some configuration folders, one of which is "Dial-up Networking".
2. Double-click the "Dial-up Networking" icon.

Define your connection to the Internet and insert information about your connection to contact and communicate with your service provider. If you have not installed any previous Dialup Connection it will automatically launch into the "Make New Connection" wizard.

3. Double-click on the "Make New Connection" icon found in the top left corner of this window if it isn't launched automatically. The program will tell you which modem you will use (this may be change if you have more than one modem connection or modem setting) and you are prompted to give this connection a name, which can be anything you like to call it.

4. Click the "Next" button.

This window asks for information about the phone number of the computer you want to dial and its location.

5. Ensure you have the correct number.

6. Click on Next.

This window is a confirmation window that tells you your dialup adaptor is now setup. From here you will give it details that are specific to the Internet server you are going to connect with.

7. Click Finish to return to the Dialup Networking folder.

In the Dialup Networking folder you will see your connection.

8. Click once on the Dial-up Networking icon to select it.

9. Click the right mouse button.

10. Click on the Properties option at the bottom of this menu.

11. Ensure that the "General" tab is selected. This screen will show the phone number you have given to this connection and which modem you will use to connect.

*If you wish to disable "Area Code" (highly recommended) settings make sure you untick the "Use area code and Dialling Properties" See image below.


12. Click on the "Server Types" tab.

13. Select "PPP: Internet, Windows NT Server, Windows 98" under Type of Dial-Up Server.

14. Ensure TCP/IP is checked at the bottom. No other options should be ticked.

15. Click on the TCP/IP Settings button.

There are three sets of options in this menu.

16. Select "Server assigned IP address".

17. Select"Server assigned Nameserver"

18. Ensure "Use IP header compression" is unchecked and "Use default gateway on remote network" is checked in the third area.

19. Click OK to go back to your Dial-Up Networking folder.

20. Click once on the the Dialup adaptor you created.

21. Go to the Connections menu of Dial-Up Networking.

22. Click on Settings

When establishing a Dial-Up connection
In the top field When establishing a Dial-Up connection there are three check boxes.

Redial Settings
While indicated in both the Win95 and Win98 Setup guides that enabling you computer for multiple redial is possible, We would like to advise against this.
Untick Redial which is the heading of the second boxed menu.
The third section lets you control whether you are prompted to use Dial-Up Networking when establishing a network connection. Again a general rule is to have the first option checked.
Click OK to exit this menu.

You are now ready to connect to the Internet.

Connecting to the Internet.

1. Go to your Dial-Up Networking folder.

2. Double-click the Dialup Adaptor you have just created.


3. Confirm the following points are entered:-