How to Configure Small Business Server Clients to Use Dial- Up Networking

ID: Q196091

The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Windows 95
  • Microsoft Windows 98
  • Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server versions 4.0, 4.0a

SUMMARY

By default, on installation, the client installation disk for Small Business Server (SBS) removes the Dial-Up Networking (DUN) component from Windows 95 and Windows 98 clients. If a client wants to use a local modem or modem-sharing to connect to an ISP for local use, dial-up networking will have to reinstalled.


MORE INFORMATION

Windows 95 and Windows 98

Determine if dial-up networking is installed:

  1. Click Start, click Settings, and then click Control Panel.


  2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.


  3. Click the Windows Setup tab, click Communications, and then click Details.


  4. Click to select the Dial-Up Networking check box, click OK, and then click OK in the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box.


  5. You may then be prompted to insert your Windows 95/98 CD or enter a location for your source files.


  6. After locating the appropriate files, you may be prompted to restart your computer. Do so at this time.


  7. If you are NOT prompted to restart your computer, it is suggested you do so anyway.


Install Local Modem

To install and use a local modem on a Windows 95 or Windows 98 computer, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q142984 How to Install New Hardware in Windows

Install Remote Modem

To install a modem that is shared on the Small Business Server computer:

  1. Click Start, click Settings, and then click Control Panel.


  2. Double-click Modems.


  3. If no modem is currently installed, you will see the Install New Modem Wizard; allow the wizard to detect the modem.

    -or-

    If another modem is already installed you will see the Modem Properties dialog box. Click Add, and then allow the wizard to detect modem.


You can now configure dial-up networking to use a local modem (if installed) or the shared modem from the server.

Special Considerations

If you intend to use dial-up networking on a SBS client computer to connect to another IP network, you will need to disable the WinSock Proxy Client in Control Panel and then restart the computer before making a DUN connection to be able to send and receive information properly.

Additional query words: smallbiz

Keywords : SBS
Version : Windows:95,98; WinNT:4.0,4.0a
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbhowto


Last Reviewed: September 23, 1999
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