If you use are using a dial-up service provider to connect to the
Internet, you need to tell Zeta about your analog or xDSL modem
and your Internet service provider (ISP). This is done by launching
the Network preflet and choosing the Dial-Up tab.
Connect to: lets you add as many dial-up connections you
need. You can for instance have a PPPoE connections at home and
then add a modem connection when you are out travelling.
The PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) settings enable you to set your
username, password and phone number, as supplied by your ISP. Check
Save if you don't want to enter your password each
time you connect. These settings can target different ISPs or different
accounts within the same ISP.
In Options you can enable Show in Deskbar. This
will enable a modem icon in the Deskbar, that lets you easily
connect and disconnect to the Internet. The replicant also shows
when you are connected. This extra menu also provides you with a
shortcut to the Network preflet in the Preferences application.
The next section covers the PPP Type. You can here choose
between Serial and PPPoE. If you are to connect
to the Internet with an analog modem, you will connect this modem
to one of your computers serial ports. After choosing to connect
through the serial port, you will have to add the telephone number
you have to dial to connect and the initial string to get Zeta talking
to the modem (Modem Init). If you have an older modem you
might want to choose another speed the default one (115200).
Using the modem from a hotel often needs a prefix to dial out,
by enabling Dial out Prefix, you can add the hotel's prefix
number.

When you are choosing to configure or use PPPoE, there are far
less settings to configure. Simply just choose the Device.
To connect to the Internet with eighter PPP or PPPoE, simply press
Connect. In the Status view for the connection
you will see the IP address your computer is provided, the packets
transfered, and last KBs in and out.

When you are using PPP you normally don't have to specify your
IP and DNS addresses. These kind of TCP/IP settings are rarely needed
for dial-in connections, so unless you know otherwise, yellowTAB
recommend not touching anything under the Indetity tab
when using a dial-up connection.
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