Windows 98 USB configuration for the AETA

The following steps will enable the USB port of the AETA to be configured for Windows 98. For more detail on any step, simply click on it.

  1. Plug in the USB cable from the AETA to the PC
  2. The Add new hardware wizard will open when windows detects the USB device. Click NEXT to continue.
  3. The search for best device driver window will open. Click NEXT to continue.
  4. The Search for drivers in selected locations window opens, Click the Specify a location: box,
    click Browse, and select your CDROM drive, then the Drivers directory,
    then the Win98_ME directory. Click OK and then Next to continue
  5. Another window opens confirming the location of the driver to install.  Click NEXT to continue.  
  6. A dialog will open confirming the driver to load. Click Next to continue.
  7. Windows now copies the files from your CDROM.
  8. The window now displays the finished installing your ISDN AETA Modem dialogue.  Click Finish to continue.
  9. The Add new hardware wizard will open again. Click NEXT to continue.
  10. The search for best device driver window will open again. Click NEXT to continue.
  11. The Search for drivers in selected locations window opens, as before, Click the Specify a location: box,
    click Browse, and select your CDROM drive, then the Drivers directory,
    then the Win98_Me directory, now Click OK
    .
  12. A window opens explaining that Windows has found an updated driver.  Click NEXT to continue.
  13. Windows now copies the files from your CDROM.
  14. The window now displays the finished installing your ISDN AETA Modem (USB) dialogue.  Click Finish to continue.

 

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 USB cable to the AETA and your PC

  1. Get the USB cable that came with the AETA. The connectors on the end of the cable look look this.
  2. Plug the D shaped connector in to the AETA (Connector on right of image). The socket on the AETA is marked with a USB symbol
    and the word "USB"
  3. The other connector on the cable goes to your PC's USB port which should be marked in a similar fashion to the AETA port.

 

2. The Add new hardware wizard will open when Windows detects the USB device. Click NEXT to continue installing the AETA drivers

  

3. The search for best device driver window will open. Click NEXT to continue installing the AETA drivers

  

4. The Search for drivers in selected locations dialogue will open. Click the Specify a location box, click Browse, select your CDROM drive, then the Drivers directory, then the Win98_Me directory. Click OK and then Next to continue.

  

5. A dialog will open confirming the driver to load. Click Next to continue.

6. Another window opens confirming the location of the driver to install Click NEXT to continue

  

7. Windows now copies the files from your CDROM

8. The window now displays the finished installing your ISDN AETA Modem dialogue. Click Finish to continue to the next stage

  

9. The Add new hardware wizard will open again. Click NEXT to continue

  

 

10. The search for best device driver window will open again. Click NEXT to continue

  

11. The Search for drivers in selected locations dialogue will open. Click the Specify a location box, click Browse, select your CDROM drive , then the Drivers directory, then the Win98_Me directory, now OK to continue.

  

12. Another window opens confirming the location of the driver to install. Click NEXT to continue

  

13. Windows now copies the files from your CDROM

14. The window now displays the finished installing your ISDN AETA Modem (USB) dialogue. Click Finish to continue

  

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