Windows ME Serial port configuration for the AETA

To configure Windows ME for the Serial port of the AETA, you can either follow the general step points below (note that clicking on any of the bullet points will take you to a picture of that step) or you can follow the detailed step-by-step guide that appears later in this document.

  1. Plug in the Serial cable from the AETA to the PC.  Take note of the Com port the AETA is attached to.
  2. Click the Start button followed by Settings, Control panel then click on the Modem icon.
  3. The Modem Properties dialog will open. Click ADD to continue.
  4. Tick the "Don't detect my modem; I will select it from a list." box. Click the Next button.
  5. Click Have Disk.
  6. Click Browse and select your CD-ROM drive, then the directory Drivers/Win98_Me. Click OK to continue.
  7. Select ISDN AETA Modem as in the picture below. Click Next to continue.
  8. The window now asks you to select the COM port the AETA is connected to, then click NEXT to continue.
  9. Windows may now asks you to enter your area code. Enter the code and Click NEXT to continue.
  10. Click Finish and close all open windows to complete installing the AETA drivers

Multilink PPP

Multilink PPP is used to double the available connection speed to the Internet, this can potentially halve the time to download web pages and files from the Internet*.  The AETA does this by making a second call to your Internet Service Provider (ISP) so that two lines are then available for downloading information.  The AETA  will make the second call to your ISP depending upon the amount of information you are downloading from the Internet.  By default it will also disconnect the second call to allow an incoming or outgoing phone call.

If your ISP supports Multilink PPP, you may wish it enabled.  Follow the link below for instructions on enabling Multilink PPP.

   

* Download times from the Internet vary due to many factors only one of which is the speed you are connected to the internet. Other factors may include the speed of the server you are connecting to and the speed and bandwidth of any connections between your ISP and the server you are connecting to.

Step by step guide

1. Plug in the Serial cable to the AETA and your PC. Take note of the Com port the AETA is attached to.

2.Click the Start button followed by Settings, Control Panel then click on the Modem  icon.

3. The Modem Properties dialog will open. Click ADD to continue.

  

4. The Install New Modem window opens. Tick the "Don't detect my modem; I will select it from a list." box. Click the Next button.

 5. Click Have Disk.

  

6. Click Browse and select your CD-ROM drive, then the directory Drivers/Win98_Me. Click OK to continue.

  

7. Select ISDN AETA Modem as in the picture below. Click Next to continue.

8.The window now asks you to select the COM port the AETA is connected to, then click NEXT to continue. 

  

9. Windows may now asks you to enter your area code. Enter the code and Click NEXT to continue

  

10. The "Your Modem has been set up successfully" window will open. Click Finish and close all open windows to complete installing the AETA drivers.

  

 

An Internet connection to your ISP can now be supported through the Serial port.