Autodial
Autodial maps and maintains network addresses to connection destinations, which allows the destinations to be automatically dialed when referenced, whether from an application or from the command prompt. A network address can be an Internet host name, an IP address, or a NetBIOS server name. The default Internet connection is automatically dialed unless another Internet connection has autodial configured on it.
The following example describes how autodial works:
1. | You are not connected to your ISP, and you click an Internet address that is embedded in a word processing document. |
2. | If you have a connection that is marked as the default Internet connection, it is automatically dialed so you can reach the Internet address. |
3. | If not, you are asked to select which connection to use to reach your ISP. The connection you select is dialed, and then you access the Internet address. |
4. | The next time you are not connected to your ISP and click an Internet address in a word processing document, a similar process occurs. If you selected a specific connection in step three, that connection is automatically dialed. Otherwise, the default Internet connection is dialed. |
Autodial maps the resources that are required to initially make a connection, but does not map resources once the connection is made.
There are two possibilities when autodial attempts to make a connection:
| • | If you are not connected to a network, autodial attempts to create a connection whenever an application references a remote address. |
| • | If you are connected to a network, autodial attempts to create a connection only for those addresses that it has previously learned. Incorrectly typed server or Internet host names do not cause an autodial attempt. |
For more information, see To configure autodial
