Windows XP Dial-up Configuration

These are basic instructions for the configuration of a Windows XP system to make a dial-up connection to an ASAHI Net access point in Japan.

Making the configuration

1. Open the Start menu. Go to Connect To and then open Show all connections.

If you can't find the Connect To or the Show all connections, but you can see a Settings option, your Start menu is in "Classic Mode". Click Settings and choose Control Panel. When the Control Panel opens, double-click the Network Connections icon.

2. Click the Create a new connection link.

3. The New Connection Wizard window will appear. If this is the first time you have created a network connection in XP, Windows will prompt you for information about your location, including country code, city code, etc. Enter this information and then click the OK button: you will be taken to the New Connection Wizard.

In the Welcome to the New Connection Wizard window, click Next.

4. Select the Connect to the Internet option. Click Next.

5. Select the Set up my connection manually option. Click Next.

6. Select the Connect using a dial-up modem option. Click Next.

7. In the ISP Name box, enter the name of the ASAHI Net access point you want to connect to, e.g. "All-Japan Access Point." You may name your connection anything you like, but we recommend you make it the name of the access point you want to connect to. Click Next.

8. In the Phone number box, enter the telephone number of the ASAHI Net access point you want your computer to connect to..
Click Next.

9. Make sure the User name box contains your ASAHI Net User ID followed by "@atson.net".
For example, ab3c-defg@atson.net
Enter the User name in lower case (small) characters
Enter your ASAHI Net password into the Password box and Confirm password box.
Enter the password in lower case (small) characters
There are three small boxes at the foot of the Internet Account Information window. Whether you use these options or not is down to your own preference.
Click Next.

10. If you need a shortcut for the connection on your desktop, check the Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop option. Click Finish. Close all windows that are open.

11. If the Connect window does not automatically open, find the new Dial-up icon in the Network Connections folder and double-click it.

12. Click the Properties button.

13. Confirm that your settings are correct:
* Your internal modem should appear in the Connect using: box.
* The full access point number should appear in the Phone number: box
* Japan (81) should appear in the Country/region code: box.
* The Use dialing rules box should be checked.

14. Click the Options tab.
The Include Windows logon domain box must NOT be checked.

15. Click the Security tab.
The Typical (recommended settings) option must be checked.

16. Click the Networking tab.
Confirm that PPP:Windows 95/98/NT4/2000, Internet appears in Type of dial-up server I am calling box.

17. Click the Settings button.
All three boxes must be unchecked.

18. Click OK.

19. In the This connection uses the following items section, make sure the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) box is checked.

Highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click the Properties button.

20. Click the Use the following DNS server address option.
Enter:
Preferred DNS server: 202.224.32.1
Alternate DNS server: 202.224.32.2

Click OK.

21. Click OK again. You will return to the Connect window.

22. Click the Dial button. Your modem should dial-up to the access point and establish a connection to the Internet.