help on Dialup Configurator

registery files

[kris1234]

hello
I have one ISP which provides dial connection to users. As many users dont have much knowledge of computers , I do need to provide some configurator online , so just bt entering user name , I do create a dialup connection for them.

Many ISPs are providing this functionality, I tried to search in registery also, but not a good luck there.

Earlier with help of registery I provided them help in configuration outlook express email accounts, that works perfect.

Please let me know if any of here have idea , how to provide this.

Thanks a million in advance.

Regards

Kris

[kris1234]

any thought?

[bill]

I haven't had any personal experience with these network setup disks from ISPs, but it sounds like something you would want to be wary of. You always hear about how AOL setup disks destroy the network connections of their subscriber's PCs. I guess you just need to do a proper job of it and give your package a foolproof fall-back uninstall routine.

I don't think you could do an online configurator for this sort of setup...how would the customer get online in the first place? ;) Maybe a CD ROM ala AOL?

[jdMorgan]

Create a working dial-up connection on your own computer (or a spare) using the wizard or manually.

Using the connection name you gave the connection when you created it, search for "<name>.dun" on that machine.

Make that file available for download, and if a user clicks on it after downloading it, it will set up the connection.

You should probably edit the .dun file and remove dependencies such as the [Device] section. That really needs to be set by the user, since his/her modem Brand/model will likely be different from yours. You can edit a .dun file with notepad.

An alternative would be to supply .dun files for several of the most popular modems, but you'll have to figure out if it's worth your time and money to buy those cards, create connections, and test them.

A .dun file will specify a particular access phone number, so you may need multiple download options for your customers in different cities/towns/countries. If you have many many models and access numbers, you could look into writing a script to construct a .dun file; The size of a typical .dun file is about 900 bytes, and almost all of it is easily human-readable (the [Device] section must be decoded using the modem manufacturers documentation, though, if you really want to read it.)

Jim

[kris1234]

Thanks for reply.

But I see this .dun file , but could not found where they store phone number , which is needed connection for dial up.

Regards

Kris

[kris1234]

hello

I have made a connection with name xyz, but there is no file created like xyz.dun . I have searched this many times , I have windows 2000 .

Let me know If is saved with some new file name or so?

Regards

kris