An ISDN connection is an Internet connection established with a
ISDN modem card through a special phone line installed by the phone
company. ISDN connections are popular in Europe.
To add an ISDN connection, follow these steps:
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Click the Devices tab.
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Click the New button on the
toolbar.
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Select ISDN connection from the
Device Type list, and click Forward.
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Select the ISDN adapter from the pulldown menu. Then configure
the resources and D channel protocol for the adapter. Click
Forward to continue.
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If your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is in the pre-configured
list, select it. Otherwise, enter the required information about
your ISP account. If you do not know the values, contact your ISP.
Click Forward.
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In the IP Settings window, select the
Encapsulation Mode and whether to obtain an
IP address automatically or to set one statically. Click Forward when finished.
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On the Create Dialup Connection page,
click Apply.
After configuring the ISDN device, it appears in the device list
as a device with type ISDN as shown in
Figure
18-5.
Be sure to select => to save the changes.
After adding the ISDN device, you can edit its configuration by
selecting the device from the device list and clicking Edit. For example, when the device is added, it is
configured not to start at boot time by default. Edit its
configuration to modify this setting. Compression, PPP options,
login name, password, and more can be changed.
When the device is added, it is not activated immediately, as
seen by its Inactive status. To activate
the device, select it from the device list, and click the Activate button. If the system is configured to
activate the device when the computer starts (the default), this
step does not have to be performed again.
