On 9/25/01 7:14 PM, Gavin Long wrote:
>> Why can't my mozilla 0.9.4 open the dial-up connection automatically?
>> I always have to do it manually. w2k; sp2, 56k mode line.
>> Any hints to set up ?
>
>
> I believe you need to play with the Networking/Dial-Up Networking
> settings in Windows so that it notices that a program is trying to
> access TCP/IP and then dials automatically. I'm afraid that even when
> I did know this kind of stuff (I have broadband nowadays) I only knew
> it for Win9x, so I can't help much more than that.
>
> IE/Outlook Express have some kind of back-door setup to do all this
> automatically, which can be a real pain : IE often tries to shut down
> a DUN link despite the fact that there are other (non-MS, naturally)
> internet apps still using it.
>
Paul needs to go into IE :-
Tools -> Internet Options
Select 'dial whenever a network connection is not present'. This
should do the trick.
IE seems to control the dial-up connections for everything, not just IE.
Stupid, but that's M$ for you!
Cheers!
Brian
