Serial Networking: Configuring The Dial-Up Connection

(This guide is based on Windows 2000 behaviour so it might vary compared to Windows XP. However, the overall process should be more or less the same.)

	1) Go to the Control Panel and double left click on the Network and Dial-up Connections icon. In the resulting window double left click on the Make New Connection icon to launch the Network Connection Wizard. In the Network Connection Wizard window left click on the Next > button to begin.
	2) In the new window, select the Dial-up to the Internet option and left click on the Next > button. This will launch the nternet Connection Wizard. In the wizard select the I want to set up my Internet connection manually, or I want to connect through a local area network (LAN) option and left click on the Next > button.
	3) In the new Internet Connection Wizard window select the I connect through a phone line and a modem option and left click on the Next > button. In the new window, select the Serial Networking entry from the drop down menu and left click on the Next > button.
	4) In the new window, de-select the Use area code and dialing rules option and enter 123456 as the Telephone number. Now left click on the Advanced... button. In the resulting Advanced Connection Properties menu left click on the Addresses tab. Select the IP address - Always use the following: option and type in the following IP address: 192.168.1.2 and left click on the OK button. Now left click on the Next > button in the Internet Connection Wizard.
	5) In the next Internet Connection Wizard leave both the User name: and Password: fields blank and left click on the Next > button. You will get a warning from the wizard about leaving these fields blank - ignore it by left clicking on the Yes button.
	6) In the new wizard screen, enter Serial Network in the Connect name: text box and left click on the Next > button. In the next window select the No option for setting up a mail account and left click on the Next > button to continue again. To finish the Internet Connection wizard left click on the Finish button which you should now see.
	7) Return to the Network and Dial-up Connections and right click on the new Serial Network icon and select the Properties option. In the resulting Serial Network Properties window left click on the Networking tab and tick the File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks option box. Now left click on the OK button to finish.