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•A PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) or SLIP (Serial Line Internet Protocol) account—An Internet service provider (ISP) will provide you with important information, such as a user name, password, dial-up telephone number, server names, and so on.

•A dial-up connection set up on your HP Jornada—HP dialup makes this step easy.•Access to a telephone line—You can connect to an analog telephone

line with your HP Jornada 680 or 690. Or, if you have the HP Jornada 680e or 690e, you can connect to the telephone line supported by your PC Card modem.

If you use the HP Jornada 680 or 690, you must use an analog telephone line to connect your modem. Connecting to a digital telephone line can damage your modem.

Installing and configuring a modem

The HP Jornada 680 and 690 have a built-in 56K V.90 modem for easy communication, so no installation is required. Note that the UK version of the built-in modem does not support certain dialing properties. The built-in modem on this model does not detect a dial tone before dialing. By default, the Wait for dial tone before dialing box is checked. The modem will dial even if there is no dial tone. It also does not support the pulse dial option. The modem dials using tone dial only. By default, tone dialing is selected.

The HP Jornada 680e and 690e support a variety of available PC Card modems. (For more information about compatible PC Card modems, go to the HP Jornada Accessories page on the Hewlett-Packard Web site at www.hp.com/jornada.) Follow the manufacturer’s instructions included with the PC Card modem to install and configure it for use with your HP Jornada.

Getting an account with an Internet service provider

To access the Internet and e-mail, you will need to contact an ISP to set up a PPP account. SLIP accounts are offered by some ISPs instead of PPP accounts. Your HP Jornada supports the use of SLIP as well as PPP.

Your ISP will be able to give you all the configuration information you need to connect your HP Jornada to the Internet and e-mail service. Be sure to note the following:

•Your account user name.•Your account password.