Speeding up Dial-Up Networking for Games

To reduce lag on a dial-up connection, ie: for multiplayer network games:

1. Go to Dial-Up Networking
2. Right click the connection you use to play network games
3. Select Server Types & look in the Advanced Options window
4. Uncheck the Enable Software Compression option.
5. Also, in the General tab, look in the Connect Using box, where your modem should appear
6. Click the modem's Configure button.
7. Go to: Connection, Advanced (at the bottom of the Connection window)
8. Make sure that error control is on, but is not set to compress data.

NOTE: This type of connection isn't optimized for browsing, but will work in most cases.

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Resetting Forgotten Dial-Up Server Password

If you forget the password you set for you Dial-Up Server
simply delete (or rename) the RNA.PWL file in the WINDOWS directory

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Changing the Number of Rings Before Dial-Up Server Answers

To change the number of rings before Dial up Networking Server answers:

1. Find the INF file for the modem in the \WINDOWS\INF directory. The filename will begin with "mdm" and end with characters desciptive of the manufacturer, ie. "supra" for Supra Express modem.
2. Make a copy of this file.
3. Edit this file with notepad and look for a string "HKR, Answer, 1,, "ATA".
4. Change to HKR, Answer, 1,, "None".
5. A few lines up from this should be the line HKR, Monitor, 1,, "ATS0=0" Change the value of the S0 register to the number of rings you would like to have the modem answer on.
6. Remove the modem by using the Control panel | System | Device Manager.
7. Reinstall the modem using the REFRESH Button.
8. This should install the modem using the updated INF file.

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