Usingdialupconnection
Ifyousometimeshavetodialintooneormorenetworksfromremotesites,suchashotelsorofces,youwill
needtostartbysettingupinyourcomputeraproleforeachsiteyoudialfromandaproleforeachnetwork
youdialinto.Fordetailsonsettingupnetworkanddial-upconnections,refertoWindowsonlinehelp.
Dialupconnections
Tousethebuilt-inmodem,startAccessConnections.
ForWindows7:TostarttheAccessConnectionswizard,see“AccessingapplicationsinWindows7”on
page19,andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
ForWindowsVistaandWindowsXP:TostarttheAccessConnectionswizard,clickStart➙AllPrograms➙
ThinkVantage➙AccessConnections,andfollowtheinstructionsonthescreen.
Notes:BeforeyoustartsettingupdialupconnectionsbyusingAccessConnections,obtaineitherofthe
followingfromyourInternetserviceprovider(ISP)ornetworkadministrator.
•DialerprogramprovidedbyyourISP
OR
•Phonenumbertotheaccesspoint
•Usernameandpassword
AccessConnections,aconnectivityassistantprogram,caneasilyenableonenetworkadapteranddisable
theotheradaptersondemand.Aftersettingupyourdialupconnection,youcanusethepr ogramtoquickly
switchthenetworksettings.
Dialingmanually
IfyourcomputerisrepeatedlyunabletoconnecttoyourISPortoaLAN,itiseasiertodialanaccessnumber
manually.Fordetails,refert oyourWindowsonlinehelp.
Note:Youwillneedtohaveadualjacktothesamephonelineora“Y”splitterforyourphonelinesothat
yourcomputerandyourtelephonecansharealine.
Modemuseabroad
Differentcountriesandregionsfollowdifferentproceduresandregulationsregardingmodemuse.Besureto
checkwithyourhotelfrontdeskorwiththelocaltelephoneutilitytolearntheproperprocedureforplugging
inandunpluggingyourmodemandpowercord.
DANGER
Toavoidshockhazard,donotconnectthecabletoordisconnectthecablefromthetelephone
outletonthewallduringelectricalstorms.
Aroundtheworldtherearedozensofplugsandjacksforphoneconnections.Youcanusuallypurchasean
adapterwhileindestinationcountry,butadapterkitsareavailableinyourhomecountrypriortoyourtrip.
Somecountriessupportpulsedialingratherthantonedialing.T ochangedialingmethods,refertoyour
Windowsonlinehelp.
Note:Inmanyregions,youcannotusethebuilt-inmodemfunctionuntilLenovohasr eceivedapprovalfrom
theproperauthorities.
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