Manual Setup for Windows 95/98/ME/2K/NT

Required Info:
Dialup Number = 0845 6621309
Username = scottish -- Password = internet

Ensure that Windows Dial Up Networking is installed on your machine. If you need to install go to:
 
Control Panel -> Add Remove Programs -> Windows Setup -> Communications -> Dial Up Networking

Open Dial Up Networking and click Make New Connection. There will be a short description of what Dial Up Networking does. Click on Next.

Type a name for the service you are dialing (Scottish Internet). and click on Next.

Add the telephone number - 0845 6621309. Add the area code and the telephone number in the relevant boxes. Click on Next.

You have successfully created a Dial Up Networking connection called Scottish Internet. Click on Finish.

A Scottish Internet icon will now have appeared in Dial Up Networking. Select the icon by right clicking on it with your mouse and choose the Properties option from the menu. Now you can complete the setup of your Internet connection.

Tick the box labelled Country Code and Area Code.

Choose the tab called Server Types from the top of the screen.

Check that the Dial-up server type box is PPP etc. Internet.

There are several 'tickable' boxes on your screen (eg 6 for Win95, 8 for Win98). Make sure the only one ticked is the bottom option, TCP/IP -- untick any others.

Click on TCP/IP settings. Check the bullets are on:
- Server assigned address
- Server assigned name server addresses

Tick the bottom 2 boxes:
- Use IP Header compression
- Use Default Gateway

Click on OK and you will return to the icon in Dial Up Networking.

All that remains is for you to install your Scottish Internet log in information in the icon by double left clicking on it. A Connect To box will open on your screen.

Add the username scottish and add the password internet.

Click on the Connect button to test your connection. Once connected you can start any Internet application such as your browser. You can now also select to dial this connection automatically using Internet Explorer's Tools -> Internet Options... -> Connections tab.