9.Enter your ISP information and then click Forward. (Business web hosting)
9.Enter your ISP information and then click Forward. The default list of countries that your ISP may be from is pretty limited. If you live in one of these regions, select your country, then the ISP atwhich point the dialing entries are completed for you and then skip toStep 16. Otherwise, proceed to the next step. 10.In the Prefix text box, enter any dialing prefix you have to dial beforethe actual phone number. This prefix may be a long distance item, such as 1 for North Americanlong distance calls, or a 9 to dial out of your building or even 91 if youneed to dial 9 to get out and you re dialing long distance. If you don tneed a prefix, leave this box blank. 11.In the Area Code text box, enter the area code your modem needs todial if it needs to dial one. In some places, you have to dial the area code even if you re dialing alocal number. If you don t have to use an area code, leave this box blank. 12.In the Phone Number text box, enter the phone number (minus prefixand area code) your modem needs to dial. Dashes aren t necessary. 13.In the Provider Name text box, type the name of your ISP. You just use this name as a description for this dial-up entry. 14.In the Login Name text box, enter your dial-in account login name. 15.In the Password text box, enter your dial-in account login password. 16.Click Forward. The IP Settings dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 8-5.17.In the IP Settings dialog box, select the appropriate radio button forwhether your modem needs to obtain its IP addressing informationfrom the ISP (DHCP,as discussed in the section Getting InformationYou Need from Your ISP, earlier in this chapter) or whether you needto tell it what its IP data is (static). Your ISP should have given you which of these you require. DHCP is thedefault. If you choose Static, the lower portion of the dialog boxbecomes available. 18.If you selected DHCP, and your ISP told you to automatically get yournameserver settings from its equipment, leave the AutomaticallyObtain DNS Information From Provider box checked. Otherwise, uncheck it. 159Chapter 8: Connecting to the Internet13_