 Modem
Installation and Configuration
Double-click
My Computer
icon in your Windows 95/98 desktop, then double-click the Control Panel folder.
Now look for the
Modems
icon then double-click it. Then Modems Properties window will
appear. Click the Add button. The Install New Modem dialog box will appear as shown below.
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Figure
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- If you want to select your modem, place a check
mark at the Don’t detect my modem, I will select it from a list checkbox.
Then click Next. Select now your modem, or you can leave it unchecked and then click
Next.
It will then automatically detect for your modem. If windows did not detect any modem
attached to your computer, it will ask you to select from a list. Then click
Next.
- Select now for your modem and follow instructions
in your screen.
- If there is no modem installed, click the Cancel
button and close the active window. Then go to Control Panel. You can either double click
My Computer icon and then select the Control Panel folder or click the
Start at the
taskbar then choose Settings and then Control Panel.
Select the Add New Hardware icon.
Double-click the Add New Hardware icon and follow the instructions on the screen. If you
have problems installing your modem, contact the dealer where you purchased your modem.
They should help you install your modem.
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- Double-click My Computer icon on your
desktop and
then double-click Dial-Up Networking icon.
- Select the Make New Connection icon
then press Enter key or you can double-click it.
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Figure
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The
dialog box below appears.
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Figure
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- Type Digitelone at the Type a name for the
computer you are dialing box.
Your modem (which have been
configured as explained above) should be shown in the Select Modem area.
- Then click the Configure button. A dialog box will
appear. It contains three main
menus namely General, Connection, and Options.
- In the General menu, select the
modem speed to
as fast as your modem can handle.
If you have a 33.6K modem, for example, make the maximum speed 57600. For a 28.8k
modem the maximum speed is 38400.
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Figure 3.1 |
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Figure 3.3 |
Note: Some modems are over rated. If connection
fails, use the next lower maximum speed.
- Remove the check mark at
Only connect at this
speed checkbox. This will
make your modem connectivity flexible. Actual connection speed varies
depending on the telephone line condition on each dial-up session.
- In the Connection menu,
leave the default settings as is.
- In Options menu, check the
Display modem
status checkbox and then click
OK.
- Then click Next. Then click
Next again.
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Figure 4 |
- In the dialog box, supply the following:
- Telephone number: At the telephone number box write 19003111111.
- Country code: Select our country code (Philippines
63) in the drop-down list.
Then click Next and then Finish. Leave the area code blank.
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- At the Dial-Up Networking window,
click the
Digitelone icon you have created.
- Right click Digitelone icon. Then select
Properties.
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- There are three main menus in this dialog
box, namely General,
Server Types and Scripting.
- In General, remove the check mark
in Use country code and
area code checkboxes.
- In Scripting, leave the default
settings as is but make sure that there is a
check mark at the
Start terminal screen minimized.
- In Server Types, check only the Enable Software
Compression checkbox. Remove
the check marks at the checkboxes of Log on to Network and Require encrypted
password.
Remove also the check marks at the NetBEUI and IPX/SPX. However,
make sure that
there is a check mark at TCP/IP checkbox.
- Select TCP/IP settings. Your screen will look like this:
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- Leave the radio button at the
Server assigned
IP address.
- Leave the radio button at the Server assigned name server
addresses.
- Click OK. This will bring you back to the previous dialog
box window.
- You are now ready to connect to the Internet.
To Connect
- Double-click the My Computer icon. Then double-click the
Dial-up
Networking icon.
Click Digitelone icon. The choice is yours whichever
is best suited for your telephone system.
- The dialog box as shown below will appear.
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- Type digitelone
as your User name. Leave the Password blank.
Then press Connect button.
- When connected to
the internet, the dialog box will automatically minimized to the
lower right corner of the taskbar appearing as an icon. If you double-click
this icon at the taskbar, a dialog box similar to the one shown
below will appear at your desktop.
- You are now connected to the Internet via
Digitelone
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- You must disconnect
your modem as soon as you are done with the Internet.
To disconnect
Double-click the Dial-up icon at the lower right corner at
the taskbar beside the time and
date settings. The icon will be maximized and the same dialog box shown in Figure 10 will
appear. Click Disconnect button to end your Internet
session.
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