QUICKTIP of the month: CHANGING YOUR LOCAL DIALUP NUMBER
You would have read above that in keeping with our efforts to make your
Internet connections faster and more reliable, we have established a number
of local dialup numbers throughout New Zealand. If you live in any of the
listed areas, please change your dialup number (which is probably 086745837
at the moment) to the appropriate number for your area.
On any Windows system,
please follow the steps below to make the changes.
1. Open your Dialup
Networking Folder. On Windows 95 and 98 this is inside My Computer; in
Windows ME it is inside Control Panel, and in Windows 2000 it is inside
Control Panel and called Network and Dialup Connections instead.
2. Click with your
RIGHT mouse button on your Quicksilver connection, and choose Properties
from the popup menu.
3. This will open
up a multiple tabbed window listing the connection properties. You will
find yourself on the first tab, General. Change the telephone number as
needed.
4. If you have Call
Waiting on your line, to avoid incoming calls disrupting your connection
please remember to add your temporary Call Waiting disable code before
the number (for Telecom lines, add *52, for other networks, please call
their respective helplines).
5. Also ensure that
the option to Use Area Code and Dialing Properties (Use Area Code and
Country Code in Windows 95, Use Dialing Rules in Windows 2000) is unticked
before you close the window.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT
YOU ARE NOT USING AN AREA CODE AS PART OF YOUR DIALUP NUMBER.
Close all dialogue
boxes, and you will be able to connect with the new numbers.
Best wishes from the
Quicksilver Helpdesk!
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