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Q179589: How to Configure the Ascend Pipeline 25-Px to Work with MSN

Article: Q179589
Product(s): The Microsoft Network
Version(s): WINDOWS:2.5
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbhw kbmsn kbHardware
Last Modified: 25-JUL-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- The Microsoft Network version 2.5 
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SUMMARY
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This article describes how to configure the Ascend Pipeline 25-Px Integrated
Services Digital Network (ISDN) adapter to work with MSN, The Microsoft Network.

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NOTE: These steps work with the Pipeline 25-Px version 4.6 drivers. To obtain
the latest Pipeline 25-Px drivers, please contact Ascend Communications, Inc.

For information about how to contact Ascend Communications, please see the
following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

To configure the Ascend Pipeline 25-Px ISDN adapter for MSN, follow these steps:

1. Configure your ISDN adapter according to the Ascend Pipeline 25-Px manual.

2. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Accessories, and then click
  HyperTerminal.

  NOTE: If you are using Microsoft Windows 98, click Start, point to Programs,
  point to Accessories, point to Communications, and then click HyperTerminal.

3. Double-click Hypertrm.exe.

  NOTE: Ascend suggests that you use a different terminal emulator. If you use a
  terminal emulator other than HyperTerminal, you need to use instructions for
  that terminal emulator.

4. In the Name box, type "P25Px" (without quotation marks), and then click OK.

5. In the Connect Using box, click the COM port your adapter is configured to
  use, and then click OK.

6. In the Bits Per Second box, click 9600, and then click OK.

7. Press CTRL+L, press ENTER, press ENTER, and then verify or change the
  following configuration entries.

  NOTE: Use the ARROW keys to move between fields and change the entries.

     Option         Entry
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     Switch Type    NI-1
     My Num A       The first ISDN line number
     My Num B       The second ISDN line number
     SPID A         The first SPID on your ISDN line
     SPID B         The second SPID on your ISDN line
     My Name        MSN/<MSN MemberID>
     Dial           MSN access number
     Send Auth      CHAP
     Send PW        <MSN password>
     My Addr        181.100.100.99/16
     Plug & Play    YES
     Data Svc       64k
     Link Comp      STAC
     Idle           Type a number to indicate how many seconds the
                    connection must be idle before it disconnects. Type
                    "0" (without quotation marks) if you do not want the
                    connection to automatically disconnect.
     Max Ch Count   2

8. Press ESC, press the DOWN ARROW key to choose Save, and then press ENTER.

9. To verify that your settings are correct press CTRL+D, and then click Dial.
  If your adapter connects, quit HyperTerminal, and then continue to the next
  step. If you cannot connect, repeat steps 1-8.

  NOTE: The Ascend Pipeline 25-Px ISDN adapter uses a technology called MP+.
  Adapters that use this technology do not use the second channel until the
  bandwidth is high enough to require it. When the second channel is required
  it connects automatically.

10. Right-click the MSN or The Microsoft Network icon on your desktop, and then
  click Properties.

11. On the Connection tab, click "Connect to the Internet using a local area
  network."

12. Click the "Access the Internet using a proxy server" check box to clear it,
  and then click OK.

Additional query words: msnet msnetwork microsoft-net m.s.n.

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Keywords          : kbhw kbmsn kbHardware 
Technology        : kbMSNSearch kbMSN250
Version           : WINDOWS:2.5
Issue type        : kbhowto

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