1.) Click the start button, and select Control Panel on the right hand side. 2.) Double-click on the icon labeled Network Connections 3.) On the left hand side of the window, click on Create a new connection 4.) Once the New Connection Wizard starts, click the Next > button. 5.) Check the first circle, labeled Connect to the Internet and hit click on the Next > button. 6.) Check the second circle labeled Set up my connection manually and click the Next > button. 7.) Select the first circle, labeled Connect using a dial-up modem and click the Next > button. 8.) In the box labeled ISP Name, type Centramedia and click the Next > button. 8.) In the box labeled Phone number: enter the Centramedia dial-up number closest to you. When finished, click the Next > button. 9.) In the boxes enter your username@centramedia.net in the box labeled User name: and your Centramedia password with other two boxes, then click the Next > button. 10.) If you'd like to create an icon (recommended) on your desktop to connect to Centramedia, check the box below the confirmation. When finished, click the Finish button. 11.) At this point, make sure your username is properly in place, and click 'Dial' when ready. Connection Settings The following are all of the settings that that may be needed to make a PPP connection to Centramedia. Primary DNS: 208.161.204.220 (not actually needed) Secondary DNS: 208.161.204.220 (not actually needed) Gateway: not needed IP Address: Server Assigned Domain: cst-online.net Pop3 Server: mail.centramedia.net. SMTP Server: mail.centramedia.net. NNTP Server: news.centramedia.net Dialup Number: http://www.centramedia.net/frame.asp?url=/services/accessnumbers.asp Your E-mail Address: yourusername@centramedia.net Your Personal Web Page URL: http://www.centramedia.net/yourusername Personal Firewall Settings Included with XP: With Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) in Windows XP, you can connect one computer to the Internet, then share the Internet service with several computers on your home or small office network. The Network Setup Wizard in Windows XP Professional will automatically provide all of the network settings you need to share one Internet connection with all the computers in your network. Each computer can use programs such as Internet Explorer and Outlook Express as if they were directly connected to the Internet. You should not use this feature in an existing network with Windows 2000 Server domain controllers, DNS servers, gateways, DHCP servers, or systems configured for static IP addresses. Enabling ICS on Your Network The ICS host computer needs two network connections. The local area network connection, automatically created by installing a network adapter, connects to the computers on your home or small office network. The other connection, using a 56k modem, ISDN, DSL, or cable modem, connects the home or small office network to the Internet. You need to ensure that ICS is enabled on the connection that has the Internet connection. By doing this, the shared connection can connect your home or small office network to the Internet, and users outside your network are not at risk of receiving inappropriate addresses from your network. When you enable ICS, the local area network connection to the home or small office network is given a new static IP address and configuration. Consequently, TCP/IP connections established between any home or small office computer and the ICS host computer at the time of enabling ICS are lost and need to be reestablished. For example, if Internet Explorer is connecting to a Web site when Internet Connection Sharing is enabled, refresh the browser to reestablish the connection. You must configure client machines on your home or small office network so TCP/IP on the local area connection obtains an IP address automatically. Home or small office network users must also configure Internet options for Internet Connection Sharing. To enable Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Discovery and Control on Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition computers, run the Network Setup Wizard from the CD or floppy disk on these computers. For ICS Discovery and Control to work on Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, and Windows Millennium Edition computers, Internet Explorer version 5.0 or later must be installed. To enable Internet Connection Sharing on a network connection You must be logged on to your computer with an owner account in order to complete this procedure. Open Network Connections. (Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double–click Network Connections.) Click the dial–up, local area network, PPPoE, or VPN connection you want to share, and then, under Network Tasks, click Change settings of this connection. On the Advanced tab, select the Allow other network users to connect through this computer's Internet connection check box. If you want this connection to dial automatically when another computer on your home or small office network attempts to access external resources, select the Establish a dial–up connection whenever a computer on my network attempts to access the Internet check box. If you want other network users to enable or disable the shared Internet connection, select the Allow other network users to control or disable the shared Internet connection check box. Under Internet Connection Sharing, in Home networking connection, select any adapter that connects the computer sharing its Internet connection to the other computers on your network. The Home networking connection is only present when two or more network adapters are installed on the computer. To configure Internet options on your client computers for Internet Connection Sharing Open Internet Explorer. Click Start, point to All Programs, and then click Internet Explorer.) On the Tools menu, click Internet Options. On the Connections tab, click Never dial a connection, and then click LAN Settings. In Automatic configuration, clear the Automatically detect settings and Use automatic configuration script check boxes. In Proxy Server, clear the Use a proxy server check box. Browser Settings Click on My Computer, then Control Panel. Click on Internet options icon on the general tab you can select which page your browser starts with. Centramedia of course recommends http://www.centramedia.net. On connections tab you should have always dial my default connection checked. The connection that say Centramedia Online Connection Manager should have the word (default beside it. If it does not, click on the connection then the set as default connection to add it. The program tab will let you select what you specify which program windows uses for each internet service. The rest of the tabs should be left default. Email Settings Setting up Netscape Communicator 4 to use my email Open up Netscape Communicator 4. Click on the "Edit" menu. Click on the "Preferences" menu item. Click on the triangle next to the Mail Newsgroups line. Some more tree items should appear. Click on the tree item labeled "Mail Servers". Click on "Outgoing mail"(SMTP) server. Enter mail.centramedia.net. Click on the Add button. A dialog should appear. Click on "Server Name". Enter mail.centramedia.net. Click on "Server Name". Enter your Centramedia username. If you cannot remember your Centramedia username, please contact Centramedia support at (806) 665 0106. Setting up Netscape Communicator to use my email Launch Netscape Communicator. Choose Preferences from the "Edit" Menu. Click "Identity". Enter your Centramedia username in the box labeled "Your Name". Enter your full email address in the box labeled Email Address. Click "Mail Servers. Click [Add] Enter mail.centramedia.net. in the box labeled "Server Name". Choose from the popup menu labeled "Server Type". Enter your Centramedia username in the box labeled "Your Name". Check the box labeled "Remember Password". Click [OK]. Enter mail.centramedia.net. in the box labeled "Outgoing mail" (SMTP) server. Enter your Centramedia username in the box labeled "Outgoing mail server user name". How do I check my email using Netscape Messenger? Start Netscape as you normally would, such as by double-clicking the Netscape icon on your Desktop. A website may automatically load. If so, you are up and running on the web! If no website loads, then click in the box labeled "Location" and enter a world wide web address, such as http://www.centramedia.net/. To check your email, choose "Messenger" from the Communicator menu. Choose Get New Messages from the File menu (or type Command-T ). Messenger will automatically retrieve any email messages you have waiting on the Centramedia email server and send any email messages you have queued for delivery. If you have new messages to read, they will appear in the Messenger window. To preview a message, single-click the message. To open that message, double click the message. Setting up Microsoft Outlook Express 6 to use my email Open up Microsoft Outlook Express version 6. Click on the "Tools" menu. Click the "Accounts" menu item. Click [Add]. A pop-up menu will open. Click on the "Mail" menu item. A dialog will appear. Enter your full name in the text box labeled Display name. This will be used as the sender's name in all email that you send. If you do not want your real name to be sent in your email for privacy reasons, enter a handle or screen name as desired. Click on the option labeled I already have an e-mail address that I'd like to use. Enter username@centramedia.net , where username is the e-mail name that you chose when you signed up for the Centramedia service. If you cannot remember your Centramedia e-mail name, please call Centramedia technical support at (806) 665 0106 for assistance. [next]. In the next window, select "POP3" as the type of mail server. In the text boxes labeled incoming (POP3) and outgoing (SMTP), enter mail.centramedia.net. Enter your Centramedia email address in the text box labeled Account Name. Your Centramedia email address is username@centramedia.net. Your username is usually your first name, a period, and then your last name. For example, if your first name is John and your last name is Smith, then your username is probably johnsmith and your email address would be johnsmith@centramedia.net. Enter your password in the text box labeled Password. If you cannot remember your Centramedia password, please contact technical support at (806) 665 0106 for assistance. Click [OK].