Auto Connect to GP Internet Connection on Logon to Windows 7

The Problem: 😀

I am a Grameen Phone subscriber and I use their mobile broadband internet connection for my day to day purpose. But I need to manually connect to the internet either by using their suite or from the Network and Sharing tools. I want to automate the connection process so that whenever I log on, I get connected to GP-Internet without any hassle.

Additional Details: 🙂

Whenever I want to connect to GP Internet from Network and Sharing center (or from my system tray), I am prompted for the dial-up number. The number is automatically filled in, I just have to hit “connect”.

SOLUTION: 😀

Solution is pretty easy. We’re going to schedule a task on log on. Whenever I log on to my account, a task is executed. On Windows, we have a tool – “rasphone”. It connects to network connections. If you want to connect to a connection using this utility, just type “rasphone -d CONNECTION-NAME”. You can also type “rasphone” which will run the GUI. The GUI could be helpful to view the names of available internet connections. GP Internet users can rest assured that if they created their connection with the shipped “grameenphone internet” suite, the connection name is obviously “GP-INTERNET”. If you configured it manually or with another name, please look up the name.

Go to the connection properties, go to “Options” and uncheck the box that says – “Prompt for phone number”.

Now, to schedule the task, we need to go to : “Control Panel > System & Security”. Under “Administrative Tools”, go to “Schedule Task”. Select “Create basic task”. Now fill in the details. Select “When I log on” as the schedule event. The program name should be “rasphone”. Argument will be “-d GP-INTERNET”.

After you’ve setup the task, just restart and enjoy! You can use other dial up connections this way as well.