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>Chapter 3. Establishing an ISDN Connection</H1
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>	An ISDN connection is an Internet connection established with a ISDN
	modem card through a special phone line installed by the phone
	company. ISDN connections are popular in Europe.
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>	To add an ISDN connection, follow these steps:
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>Click the <B
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>Devices</B
> tab.</P
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>Click the <B
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>New</B
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	  toolbar.</P
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>Select <B
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>ISDN connection</B
> from the
	    <B
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>Device Type</B
> list, and click
	    <B
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>Forward</B
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>Select the ISDN adapter from the pulldown menu. Then configure the
	    resources and D channel protocol for the adapter. Click
	    <B
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>Forward</B
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>Figure 3-1. ISDN Settings</B
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>If your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is in the pre-configured
	  list, select it. Otherwise, enter the required information about your
	  ISP account. If you do not know the values, contact your ISP. Click
	  <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Forward</B
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>In the <B
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	  <B
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> and whether to obtain an IP
	    address via DHCP or whether to set one statically. Click
	  <B
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>Forward</B
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>	After configuring the ISDN device, it appears in the device list as a
	device with type <B
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>ISDN</B
> as shown in
	<A
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>Figure 3-2</A
>.
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>	Be sure to select <B
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>File</B
> =&#62;
	<B
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>Save</B
> to save the changes.
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>	After adding the ISDN device, you can edit its configuration by
	selecting the device from the device list and clicking
	<B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Edit</B
>. For example, when the device is added, it
	is configured not to start at boot time by default. Edit its
	configuration to modify this setting. Compression, PPP options, 
	login name, password, and more can be changed.
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>	When the device is added, it is not activated immediately, as seen by
	its <B
CLASS="GUILABEL"
>Inactive</B
> status. To activate the device, select
	it from the device list, and click the <B
CLASS="GUIBUTTON"
>Activate</B
>
	button. If the system is configured to activate the device when the
	computer starts (the default), this step does not have to be performed
	again.
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>Figure 3-2. ISDN Device</B
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