The Dial-Up Setup Tab
The Dial-Up Setup Tab is used to configure the way your modem accesses the Internet. The screenshot below will look familiar to people who have already used WinProxy-a few options have been added in the latest release, but otherwise it looks much the same as in earlier versions of WinProxy.
However, although it's user-transparent, WinProxy handles dial-up connections in a completely new way, with Background Dialing. Unlike previous versions, you can still use, change and configure WinProxy while dialing proceeds as a background operation. WinProxy provides a great deal of information about the Dialing State. WinProxy reports via ConnectionView's modem line about dialing, connecting, negotiating, authenticating, and more. There are altogether nine distinct dialing states, though some occur so rapidly they won't be visible.
Figure 3.3: Use the Dial-Up Setup Tab to configure the way your modem accesses the Internet.
Besides providing more information, WinProxy offers a more "forgiving" dialing method: it won't leave WinProxy in an unusable state when Dial-Up Networking fails to return from its task.
TAB OPTIONS
Number to dial
The drop down list shows all the entries in your dial-up networking phone book. Select the number you wish to dial to connect to the Internet. WinProxy then tells Dial-Up Networking to dial this number. If you need to alter any Dial-Up settings other than name or password in WinProxy, do so within Windows Dial-Up Networking.
User Name
Enter the logon name you use when connecting to the Internet. This name was assigned by your service provider, and will be used when WinProxy logs onto the Internet. Most providers use case-sensitive usernames and passwords.
AOL users take note: when you choose the AOL connectoid, the username option will be greyed out (unavailable), but you'll still be able to enter a password. The username for connections to AOL is the same as the default name in the AOL browser on the WinProxy machine-and can't be altered.
Password
Type in the password you use when logging onto the Internet. This password was chosen by you or assigned by your service provider. Both user name and password are required for automatic connection to the Internet. If you change your ISP password, be sure to change it in this field as well.
Connection Time-Out
If you choose, WinProxy can disconnect from the Internet after it falls idle. It accomplishes this via an inactivity timer; if there has been no communication activity through WinProxy for an amount of time specified in Connection Time-Out, WinProxy informs Dial-Up Networking to end the connection. If you want WinProxy to stay permanently connected, set Connection Time-Out to 0. Some Service Providers have their own inactivity timers and will disconnect you after a specified amount of inactivity; the Connection Time-Out setting has no effect on their actions. The inactivity timer works only on Classic Proxy and Transparent Proxy connections. Connections through the NAT are not visible on the main screen and thus won't affect the inactivity timer in any way. WinProxy may hang up on these connections in mid-stream if no visible activity resets the timer.
Terminate Connection on exit
Check this box if you want WinProxy to hang up its modem connection when you the program. If this box is unchecked, the connection remains active when you exit WinProxy.
Connect To The Internet For UDP Packets And Name Server (DNS) Queries
WinProxy automatically dials when contacted via HTTP, FTP or other protocols using the Classic Proxy or the Transparent Proxy (it won't dial for NAT connections). However, unless enabled here, it does not automatically connect for UDP packets or DNS queries. Thus, if you want Socks applications (which start with a DNS query) to force an automatic dial, check this box.
A NOTE OF CAUTION:Many unseen network activities also utilize UDP and DNS. When this box is checked, you'll see a lot of "ghost" dialing whereby WinProxy dials for no reason apparent to the user. We ship the product with this option disabled.
WinProxy Network Settings
Automatically Reconnect When Connection Is Dropped By The Remote Computer
If it's important to keep an Internet connection maintained at all times, check this box. WinProxy will then automatically reconnect to the Internet if the connection is broken. If the box is not checked, WinProxy reconnects only when specifically requested to do so.
Use Dial-All Method When Dialing
This option is available for Windows 98/NT/2000/Me/XP. It will be grayed out when running on Windows 95. When you check the box, the operating system supports both channels on an ISDN device; if you have Multi-Link on NT 4.0, it provides dialing for multiple lines with increased bandwidth. For multiple lines to work, however, your ISP must also support Multi-Link.
Always own dialup connections
WinProxy can communicate over the modem to an ISP no matter who initiates the connection. Normally, however, WinProxy cannot enforce its inactivity timer or allowed dialing period unless it initiated the modem connection. Enabling this option allows WinProxy to take control of the modem even when another program initiated the connection.
Permit Connections Only Between
By enabling this option, WinProxy allows connections only during specific time periods: it dials during the specified interval, disconnecting at the interval's end. Users trying to utilize a browser outside the interval see a page allowing an optional extension of time. If the Administration Password on the General Tab has been set, the user must enter the password before extending the time. If a user tries a different protocol "after hours," the connection attempt times out with no explanation given. All dialing time settings rely on the time information that Windows maintains on the WinProxy computer. This information must be correct for these time restrictions to operate as expected.
Permit Connections only on Weekdays
This is a modifier to Permit connections only between, above. When the weekday-only option is enabled, dial-up connections won't be permitted on weekends unless the user initiates the password override or persistent connection period options.
Maintain A Persistent Connection Between
Check this box if you want WinProxy to maintain a persistent connection during a specific time period. During this period WinProxy will not hang up, will dial immediately at the beginning of the period even if there is no request from a client, and will redial immediately and repeatedly if the connection is lost. WinProxy doesn't try spoofing the ISP into thinking there is traffic on the line when none exists. Persistent connection overrides Permit Connections, and establishes a connection outside the allowed time window if so configured.
Maintain a Persistent connection only on weekdays
This is a modifier for Maintain a Persistent Connection. When enabled, WinProxy ignores the persistent command settings on Saturdays and Sundays.
Routing Script
Skip this option if you have a single local network. However, if you have more than one local network, and some of your subnets disappear when you call your ISP, read on.
The routes in your TCP/IP stack are rewritten each time you connect via the Dial-up Adapter, and in certain cases (especially in Windows 95/98) can leave a subnet unreachable. The Routing Script option gives you a way around this problem, allowing WinProxy to later accomplish its own route additions and restore the paths. Click Routing Script to read extensive details on this option.
