Windows XP Configure ADSL Internet Connection

Before connection to the Internet using the just defined ADSL connection, you should
verify the configuration values of your connection :

To check a connection, select from the
menu: Settings / Network Connections.

You can also select in the Control-Panel :

Network Connections
or (if you have the Classic Desktop):
right-click on "My Network Places" and
select "Properties"

Click on the right side in the
category "Broadband" on your
connection, that will change the
menu for "Network Tasks" on the
left side.
Select on the left side from the
"Network Tasks" to
"Change settings of this
connection"

You can also right-click on the
broadband connection and select to
display the "Properties"

	tab : General I do not know, if a name of the Service is required. For me, it worked without a name. For easy access, you should show the icon in your taskbar.
	tab: Options You can control, what is displayed during the connection process. You configure here also the options for redial and the "Idle Timeout": the time of the connection NOT been used, causing then the system to terminate the connection, to hang-up. Since it is a broadband connection, which are usually charged at flatrates, the default for the Idle timeout should be "never"
	tab: Security for connections to the Internet, use Typical.
	tab: Networking by default, "File and Printer Sharing" is NOT selected to prevent access from the Internet to your system. If you like to share your disk/files with somebody coming in from the Internet, you need to place the checkmark. For the connection with some ISP's, it is required to define some "Properties" of the TCP/IP protocol.
	most ISP's will assign all required TCP/IP values to your system during the connection process via DHCP. So, do not modify unless instructed by your ISP.
	tab : Advanced Windows XP includes a Firewall, to prevent un-wanted access from the Internet to your system. Use it by default. You can also activate here the sharing of this Internet Connection with other systems on your local network. More info on this Windows XP Firewall.

You are ready to make the connection via modem to the Internet.