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19.If you selected static, fill in the Address, Subnet Mask, and DefaultGateway Address as given to you by your ISP. 20. Click Forward to proceed to the summary dialog box and then clickApply to add the modem you have just set up to your main NetworkConfiguration dialog box. You now have a modem entry (look in the Type column) in yourNetwork Configuration tool. Connecting to (and Disconnecting from) the InternetTo connect to the Internet, highlight the modem entry you just created (see preceding section) and click the Activate button. With any luck, yourmodem springs to life with some beeps and then buzzes along with a dialogbox indicating that a connection is being made. After a successful connec- tion, the Network Configuration dialog box appears again; this time, theStatus column of the modem device reads Active. Congratulations; you renow connected to the Internet! To disconnect, click the Deactivate button in the Network Configurationdialog box. Your settings remain; the next time you want to connect, justopen this dialog box and click Activate. If all is not well, skip to the section It s All Fun and Games until Something Doesn t Work to find out how to get help. Figure 8-5: The IPSettingsdialog box in FedoraCore 3 sNetworkconfigu- ration tool. 160Part II:Internet Now!