Problems connecting after signing up and how to recreate the DUN connection. Symptoms After signing up you have problems connecting to Freeserve Cause One possible cause may be that the Dial up connection is either not installed or not configured correctly. Solution Recreate the Dial up connection, use the following solution to do this. Double click MY COMPUTER Double click DIAL UP NETWORKING Highlight Freeserve icon and press DELETE on keyboard Double click MAKE NEW CONNECTION Change name from MY CONNECTION to FREESERVE Select the modem to be used for the connection and click NEXT Put 0845 in AREA CODE and 0796699 in TELEPHONE NUMBER Check the COUNTRY CODE is set to UNITED KINGDOM (44) Click NEXT and then FINISH Right click on the Freeserve icon and left click on PROPERTIES Click on SERVER TYPES tab Make sure there are NO ticks in the ADVANCED OPTIONS section Make sure that only TCP/IP is ticked in ALLOWED NETWORK PROTOCOLS Click on TCP/IP SETTINGS Make sure that both radio buttons are set to SERVER ASSIGNED Make sure there is no tick in USE IP HEADER COMPRESSION Click on OK and OK again Double click the Freeserve icon Insert the username you created (nodename.Freeserve.co.UK) and your password Click on CONNECT and you should connect to Freeserve