Dial Up Connections

hi,

is there a way to set dial-up connections to automatically dial, i have set save password but when i open the connection it still asks me to press "Dial" or "Connect" is there a way to bypass this?

Also i need to discover the IP Address of a remote machine on occassion what would be the best way to do this?

Thanks,

Chris.

to establish the ip address of a remote computer, you have 2 options. If there is someone at the remote computer, then they can type ipconfig at the command line prompt. Or if they are on the same network then you can ping the computer name from the command line prompt. so "ping home123" and the ip address will be resolved in the ping (assuming dns/wins etc is available). If you try to ping someone over the internet, you'll probably get the ip address of their firewall which is not necessarily their actual IP address.

Hi,

I figured a way to do it, the problem was one system was at the south of the country i was in the north, and it was using 10.x.x.x. unrouteable internet addresses, i needed the address of the internet router, which gets assigned to the server also. I used a tool named IP Monitor which emails me everytime the IP changes :D

Thanks for the info though :)

I just need to know now how to make a dial up connection dial without needing the dial button to be pressed.

Thanks,

Chris.

OK

I have had a look at my home systems and had a look at my work systems and have come to the following conclusion.

If you are on a workgroup, then the button you require will be found immediately underneath the save password option. See attached file.

If the pc has been added to a domain, then the automatically connect box is not present on the dial up connection!

If the tick box is not there, then I guessing you're not going to get at it easily.