Windows XP is very simple to configure for use with E-List. Please note that if your PC has never been on the Internet before you may need your Windows XP CD Rom at some point during this installation.

Getting Started

Please click on the button, and then click on Control Panel

Now click on Network and Internet Connections

Now select NETWORK CONNECTIONS

And then click on CREATE NEW CONNECTION

You have now started the New Connection Wizard to create your new dialup connection

Click NEXT

Select CONNECT TO THE INTERNET, and click NEXT

Select SETUP MY CONNECTION MANUALLY, and click NEXT

Select CONNECT USING a DIALUP MODEM, and click NEXT

Name this connection something you will remember such as CONNECTION TO E-List, and click NEXT

Now enter the telephone number of the closest E-List location to dial into.
If you do not know your local number search our Database.

Enter your username@E-List.Net and your password EXACTLY as shown in your setup information. (Please note that CaSe is very important, and you must match upper and lower case exactly as shown in your setup info.) Then click NEXT

Your connection is done when you click FINISH. Please check the 'Add a shortcut to my desktop' box to make a shortcut on your desktop with this connection name, then click FINISH

You are Now ready to dialup to E-List.Net, open any internet application such as your browser and the modem should dial automatically. If it does not, or you want to test the connection without opening any applications, simply double click on the shortcut added to your desktop.

If you are having trouble with your Windows XP dialup connection to E-List.Net, please make sure that your DNS servers are set to 'Automatically assigned' OR check the use the following DNS servers box, and manually enter 216.243.0.4 and 216.243.0.2. Some systems that are a normally part of a LAN, may require hard settings, and/or may have their DNS settings overwritten by LAN setup - so please check these settings first in the event of a problem.

To get to these settings, right click on your dialup connection shortcut, and select Properties. The DNS settings are under the GENERAL tab.

Other settings to check: Under the Networking Tab - Type of dialup server you are calling - PPP Win 95/98/NT4/2000, Internet and make sure that Internet Protocol TCP/IP is checked.

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