How to Enable Call Waiting on a Gateway Laptop
A dial-up connection allows you to connect your Gateway laptop to the Internet. However, you cannot surf the internet and use the phone at the same time on a dial-up connection. Therefore, if someone is trying to call you urgently, he will not be able to reach you if the laptop is connected to the Internet. Enabling the call waiting feature on your Gateway laptop will disconnect you from the Internet when there is an incoming call, but you will not miss any calls.
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Instructions
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Click the "Network" icon at the bottom-right corner of the desktop in the notification area of the taskbar.
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Right-click on the dial-up connection in the "Dial-up and VPN" section of the pop-up window.
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Select "Properties" from the pop-up list. The dial-up connection's Properties window opens.
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Click the "Use Dialing Rules" check box. The Phone and Modem window opens.
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Select your dialing location in the "Locations" box, then click the "Edit" button. The Edit Location window opens.
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Clear the "To Disable Call Waiting, Dial" check box, then click the "OK" button.
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Tips & Warnings
Your phone service must include the call waiting feature to enable call waiting on your Gateway laptop.
