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Windows XP I-Wireless 

 

    1. Click Start, go to Connect To...

    2. In the Connect To... menu, click the Show all connections icon.

    3. On the left side of the Show all connections window click on the Create a new Connection in the Network Tasks section of the window.

    4. This will open the New Connection Wizard Click Next to proceed past the Welcome screen.

    5. Choose Connect to the Internet and click Next.

    6. Choose Setup my connection manually and click Next.

    7. Choose Connect Using a Broadband connection that is always on and click Next.

    8. Click Finish to create this connection.

    9. Right Click on the new connection and choose Properties.

    10. Click once on TCP/IP (that will highlight it).

    11. Click the Properties button. That will open a Properties box for TCP/IP.

    12. In Properties under the IP Address tab, click on Specify an IP address (that will place a dot in the circle to the left).

    13. In the IP Address line enter the IP Address (from the front of your Wireless information packet).

    14. Enter 255.255.254.0 in the Subnet Mask field.

    15. Click the Gateway tab and enter 216.74.211.254 in the New gateway filed. Click Add.

    16. Click the DNS Configuration tab (at the top of the box).

    17. Click on Enable DNS (this will place a dot in the circle to the left).

    18. Enter your I-Land User Name in the Host field.

    19. Enter iland.net in the Domain field.

    20. Enter 204.87.167.251 in the DNS Server Search Order field. Then click Add. Click back into the field and enter 205.242.230.5 and press Add again. Click back into the field one more time and enter 204.87.167.205 then click Add. Press OK. This will take you back to the Network box. Click OK. Note: If your system requires files from your Windows CD, you will be prompted for it at this point. You will be prompted to restart the computer at this time. Press OK to restart. After the computer restarts the Control Panel will reopen.

    21. Double click the Internet Options icon (in the Control Panel).

    22. Click the Connections tab.

    23. Click Dial whenever a network connection is not present (this will place a dot in the circle to the left). Press OK and close the Control Panel.