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Only use TCP/IP for the Internet connection (For performance and security):

1. Open the Control Panel
2. Double click the Network and Dial-up Connections-applet
3. Right click your dial-up connection and choose Properties
4. Select the Networking-tab
5. Uninstall or untick all Components except Internet Protocol (TCPIP)
6. Select the Internet Protocol (TCPIP) and choose Properties
7. Press the Advanced-button
8. On the General-tab tick Use IP header compression (Can increase ping time, but will improve download)
9. On the WINS-tab tick Disable NetBIOS over TCP/IP

Optimize the connection to the dial-up server:

1. Open the Control Panel
2. Double click the Network and Dial-up Connections-applet
3. Right click your dial-up connection and choose Properties
4. Select the Networking-tab
5. In the dial-up server drop-down box select PPP:Windows 95/98/NT4/2000, Internet
6. Press the Settings-button and configure the PPP Settings:
   • Check Enable LCP extensions (Unless having problems with connecting to ISP, More Info RFC 1570)
   • Uncheck Enable software compression (Unless using a Winmodem)
   • Uncheck Negotiate multi-link for single link connections (Unless using multiple modems, More Info MS KB Q307849)

Optimize the hardware features for the connection:

1. Open the Control Panel
2. Double click the Network and Dial-up Connections-applet
3. Right click your dial-up connection and choose Properties
4. Select the General-tab
5. Press the Configure-button.
   • Check Enable hardware flow control
   • Check Enable modem error control
   • Check Enable modem compression (Unless using a Winmodem)

More info MS KB Q244603
More info MS KB Q307849
More info MS KB Q314455

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