4.2 Configuring a Windows 95 Dial-up Connection
4.2.3 Verifying a Windows 95 dial-up connection

After you define a remote connection with the Make New Connection wizard, you can make a connection in two ways:

  • Double-click the connection icon in the Dial-Up Networking window, as shown in Figure , and then click on the Connect button (see Figure ). Figure displays the Connection dialog box.

  • Connect to a remote network resource when you work in an application other than Windows 95 Dial-Up Networking. If you cannot find the resource on the current network, Windows 95 responds by automatically activating Dial-Up Networking.

After you establish or end a connection, you do not need to restart the computer or Windows 95.
Windows 9x automatically starts Dial-Up Networking when:

  • You try to access a network resource and your computer is not connected to a network

  • Your application specifies a UNC name (which uses the form \\servername\sharename) that cannot be accessed by using the LAN

  • You double-click a link that points to a remote network object (for example, when an application attempts to connect to a file on a network server or when you reconnect to a remote OLE object)

To disable the Dialup Networking prompt in Dial-Up Networking, click the Connection menu, and then click Settings. Select the Don’t Prompt To Use Dial-Up Networking option.