Set up Your Connection

Telecom Namibia Wimax PPPoE (Point-to-Point protocol over Ethernet)set up

Set up Your Connection….

1. Open the Start menu. Go to Connect To and then open Show all connections.

If you can't find the Connect To or the Show all connections, but you can see a Settings option, your Start menu is in "Classic Mode". Click Settings and choose Control Panel.

When the Control Panel opens, double-click the Network Connections icon.

When the Control Panel opens, double-click the Network Connections icon.

2. Click the Create a new connection link.

3. The New Connection Wizard window should appear.
If this is the first time you have created a network connection in XP, Windows will prompt you for information about your location, including country code, city code, etc. Enter this information and then click the OK button: you will be taken to the New Connection Wizard.
In the Welcome to the New Connection Wizard window, click Next.

4. Select the Connect to the Internet option. Click Next.

5. Select the Set up my connection manually option. Click Next.

6. Select the Connect using a broadband connection that requires a user name and password option. (Note that it does mention PPPoE), Click Next.

7. In the ISP Name box enter the name of this configuration :telecom WiMAX. This field is only a label so spelling is not important. Click Next.

8. Make sure the User name box contains your telecom User ID followed by "@wimax.telecom.na".
For example, if your telecom ID is vic, your User name would be .
You must enter your telecom password into the Password and Confirm password boxes.
There are three small boxes at the foot of the Internet Account Information window. Whether you use these options or not is down to your own preference.
Click Next.

9. If you need a shortcut for the connection on your desktop, check the Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop option. Click Finish. The Connect window will open, displaying the User name you have entered.

10. Click the Properties button.

11. Click the Networking tab.
Highlight the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) entry in the This connection uses the following items list.
Click Properties.

12. Cick the Use the following DNS server address option.
Enter 196.44.128.146 in the Preferred DNS server field, and 196.44.136.165 in the Alternate DNS server field. Click OK.

13. Click OK. Click OK again. You should be returned to the Connect window.

14. Click the Connect button. A connection should be established between your computer and the Internet.

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