How to set an Advanced dial-up settings

There are six dialing features that can help you customize the dial-up connection process. The table below briefly describes them, and the sections that follow explain how to use them.

Dialing features
Dialing feature
 Function

Callback
 Reduces your phone charges by having the remote access server call you back after you connect. The server administrator must set up callback on the server before you can use it.

Autodial
 Automatically dials a destination based on network traffic (for example, your Internet service provider (ISP)).

Phone number modifiers
 Inserts characters to force dialing behaviors, such as "pause" or "suspend dialing until input is provided." (These characters are useful if you need to get an outside line first, for example, or if you need operator assistance.)

Redial options
 Specifies the number of times your connection automatically redials if you don't connect the first time. You can also set this feature to reconnect automatically if you're disconnected because the dialed connection has been idle for a certain amount of time.

Multiple phone numbers
 Assigns more than one destination phone number to your dial-up connection. (This is useful if you have a list of phone numbers to connect to, because if the first number is busy, the next number in the list will be dialed automatically.)

Operator-assisted calls or manual dialing
 Overrides automatic dial-up when you need to go through an operator or dial manually.


Tip
To configure dial-up options (such as dialing 9 for an outside line, disabling call waiting, or using pulse dialing instead of tone dialing) for a group of connections within a location:

Click to open Phone and Modem.

If you haven't opened Phone and Modem before, a dialog box will be displayed, prompting you to type your area code and access codes.