Using Dial-up Networking from Multiple Locations

If you travel with your portable computer, you’ll probably want to create multiple locations for dial-up networking. Display the Phone and Modem Options dialog box by taking the following steps:

1. Choose Start Control Panel. Windows displays a Control Panel window.

2. In Control Panel Home view, click the Hardware and Sound link. Windows displays the Hardware and Sound window.

3. Click the Phone and Modem Options link. Windows displays the Phone and Modem Options dialog box.

Creating a New Location

To create a new location, take the following steps:

1. Click the New button on the Dialing Rules page of the Phone and Modem Options dialog box. Windows displays the New Location dialog box with the General page foremost .

2. Type the name for the location in the Location Name text box.

3. In the Country/Region drop-down list, specify the country or region in which you’ll use this location.

4. Type the area code for the location in the Area Code text box.

5. In the Dialing Rules group box, specify access numbers for outside lines and carrier codes for long-distance calls and international calls as appropriate.

6. If you need to disable call waiting, select the To Disable Call Waiting, Dial check box and enter the appropriate code in the text box, either by typing or by selecting one of the standard codes from the drop-down list.

7.If the location uses pulse dialing, select the Pulse option button. The Tone option button is selected by default.

8. If necessary, create area code rules for dialing from the new location:

• Click the Area Code Rules tab. Windows displays the Area Code Rules page.

• Click the New button.

• Type the area code in the Area Code text box.

• In the Prefixes group box, select the Include All the Prefixes within This Area Code option button or the Include Only the Prefixes in the List Below option button as appropriate. If you choose the latter, click the Add button and use the resulting Add Prefix dialog box to specify the prefixes separated by spaces or commas.

• In the Rules group box, select the Dial check box if these numbers require an extra number; if so, type it in the text box. Select the Include the Area Code check box if necessary.

• Click the OK button. Windows closes the New Area Code Rule dialog box and enters the rule in the Area Code Rules group box on the Area Code Rules page.

9. If you need to use a credit card or other payment card to pay for the call from the location, specify it by following the steps below.

• Click the Calling Card tab. Windows displays the Calling Card page of the New Location dialog box .

• To use one of the card types listed in the Card Types list box, select its option button and enter the details in the Account Number text box and the Personal ID Number PIN text box.

• To add a calling card, click the New button. Windows displays the New Calling Card dialog box. Enter the details of the calling card on the four tabs of this dialog box, then click the OK button. Windows adds the new calling card to the list in the Card Types list box on the Calling Card page of the New Location dialog box.

10. Click the OK button. Windows closes the New Location dialog box and adds the new location to the Phone and Modem Options dialog box.

Editing a Location

To edit a location, select it in the Locations list box on the Dialing Rules page of the Phone and Modem Options dialog box, and then click the Edit button. Windows displays the Edit Location dialog box, which is a renamed version of the New Location dialog box. Make the necessary changes, and then click the OK button. Windows closes the Edit Location dialog box and applies your changes to the location.

Using a Location

To use a location, select it in the Phone and Modem Options dialog box and click the OK button. Windows closes the Phone and Modem Options dialog box and uses the location you chose for calls you dial.