Dial Up Connection

[Guest]

I use a 56k dialup modem to connect to the Internet on my Gateway Media
Center 2005 PC. I also use Outlook 2003 for email.

In Internet Explorer connection properties my dial up connection is setup to
"dial only if network connection is not present". I have a built in LAN
port, but it is not connected to anything at this time. I use a local ISP so
I setup my Internet connection manually.

When I click on Internet Explorer to connect to the Internet, a box comes up
that has save password checked and dial automatically unchecked. I then
click dial and it completes the connection. I would like it to dial
automatically, but on old computer I seemed to have trouble with my internet
connection staying connected as soon as I selected the automatically dial
option. Someone told me that it was because Internet Explorer was using its
dialer after I selected the auto dial option.

If I chose the auto dial option will it screw up my connection which is
working very well at this time? I don't understand why this would make a
difference?

 

[guestuser]

I use a 56k dialup modem to connect to the Internet on my Gateway Media
Center 2005 PC. I also use Outlook 2003 for email.

In Internet Explorer connection properties my dial up connection is setup
to
"dial only if network connection is not present". I have a built in LAN
port, but it is not connected to anything at this time. I use a local ISP
so
I setup my Internet connection manually.

When I click on Internet Explorer to connect to the Internet, a box comes
up
that has save password checked and dial automatically unchecked. I then
click dial and it completes the connection. I would like it to dial
automatically, but on old computer I seemed to have trouble with my
internet
connection staying connected as soon as I selected the automatically dial
option. Someone told me that it was because Internet Explorer was using
its
dialer after I selected the auto dial option.

If I chose the auto dial option will it screw up my connection which is
working very well at this time? I don't understand why this would make a
difference?

It shouldn't do anything to your connection. I would change the properties
of your connection to the dial my default connection option. Your network
connection is not enabled since you have nothing connected via the LAN port
anyway.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info! I wasn't sure because Outlook is setup to connect thru
LAN port when I checked it's settings.