Depending on what dialer software you use the completed initialization string is entered in different places. Instructions are below, more detailed instructions on different system's dialers can be found in the Software Setup section of the website.

Windows 95/98/NT

1. Open the Modems Control Panel.
   
2. Click on the Properties button.
   
3. Click on the Connection Tab.
   
4. Click on the Advanced button.
   
5. Enter the Init String in the box marked Extra Settings. (Without the AT preceding the command.)
   
6. Click on the OK button.
   
7. Click on the OK button.
   
8. Close the Modems Properties window.
   
9. Close the Control Panels window.
   

Macintosh Config PPP

1. Open the Config PPP Control Panel.
   
2. Click the Config... button.
   
3. Enter the Init String in the box marked Modem Init. (With the AT preceding the command.)
   
4. Click the Done button.
   

Windows 3.x with Trumpet Winsock

1. Open Trumpet. (This has to be the Trumpet installed from GWI's disks.)
   
2. Pull down the Dialler menu.
   
3. Select setup.cmd at the bottom of the menu.
   
4. Click OK for the phone number, username and password entries.
   
5. Enter the Init String in the fourth box marked Initialization String. (With the AT preceding the command.)
   

Macintosh Free PPP

1. Open the Free PPP Setup program. (Note: these instructions for version 2.6.2.)
   
2. Look for a Tab called Modems at the bottom of the setup window.
   
   1. If the Modems tab is missing, click once on the triangle icon that should appear in the lower left corner of the window. The triangle should turn from facing right to facing down, and you should then see the tabs.
      
3. Select your modem out of the list, and press the Edit... button.
   
4. Under the heading Modem Init String Settings select the Use option.
   
5. Enter the Init String in this box. (With the AT preceding the command).

Example 1

After trying all of the suggestions in the Connection FAQ under the heading, "What can I do to fix these problems?", you are still having problems getting disconnected. You get connected usually somewhere around 45333 bits/second. As the FAQ states, you should try limiting your modem's maximum connection speed to a speed two steps lower than that. Looking at the chart of commands for your Example Modem you see that two steps lower would be a maximum speed of 42666 bits/second. You also decide after reading the command descriptions to set the DTR Timeout up as well. You are using Windows 98, so the AT that precedes the command is not used. The final string looks like:

S10=150+MS=12,,,42666

Example 2

Your external Example Modem has been having a hard time getting connected. When you do get connected, you get connected at around 36000 bits/second. As the Connection FAQ states, you will probably be best served by disabling the 56k language in your modem and lowering it to 33.6. You are dial from a Macintosh with Config PPP, and so you need the AT in front of the command. You decide not to bother with the DTR Timeout command because once you are connected you are fine. The completed init string for you would look like:

AT+MS=11

This works, but you decide you want to experiment to see if you can get a faster connection. You decide to try a lower v.90 connection speed. Since you could get connected with 36000, you decide to try that first. The competed init string would look like:

AT+MS=12,,,36000

This works well. You get connected every time. You decide to see how fast you can get your modem to go and still have it connect every time. You would then try the strings:

AT+MS=12,,,37333

AT+MS=12,,,38666

AT+MS=12,,,40000

...

You would continue testing strings until you start having problems getting connected each time, and then lowering the maximum speed back down a step or two.