How do I configure a dial-up connection for Mac OS X?
Summary
This article will aid you in setting up a dial-up connection on a Mac running OS X, 10.2 and above.
Note: Dial-Up is no longer a product offered.
Content
- On the Toolbar, click the Apple icon and select System Preferences.
- Click Network. The Network preferences appears.
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- In Show:, select Internal Modem.
- In Location:, select New Location.
- Type a name for the location. Click OK.
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- Click PPP.
- In Service Provider: , type WildBlue
- In Account Name:, type the primary account email address. For example, john@wildblue.net.
- In Password:, type the password for the primary account email address. Note: Passwords are case-sensitive. Ensure your caps lock key is Disabled.
- In Telephone Number:, type the local access number that you've located on the WB Dial-up web page.
Note: AT&T customers get their dial-up access from Yahoo!
- Check Save password.
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In the Session Options: section, consider enabling Connect automatically when needed, and Prompt every 30 minutes ... These two options may be helpful when using your dial-up service.
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Enable any other Session Options to your liking.
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In the Advanced Options: section, check Send PPP echo packets, and Use TCP header compression. You can leave all other Advanced Options Disabled.
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Click OK.
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In Configure IPv4:, select Using PPP.
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- In Configure Proxies:, select Manually.
- Select Web Proxy (HTTP).
- Type http://wpad.wildblue.com/wpad.dat as the Web Proxy Service.
- Type 80 in the Port number (see screen shot).
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In Modem, select the installed modem, if necessary. Mac should do this automatically.
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Select Enable error correction and compression in modem.
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Select Wait for dial tone before dialing.
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For Dialing, select the type of dial tone you have. Most phone companies use Tone.
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For Sound, select On if you want to hear the modem dial.
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This article was last modified on 1/8/2013 2:05:26 PM
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