Windows 2000 Serial port configuration for the AETA

The following steps will enable the serial port of the AETA to be configured for Windows 2000. For more detail on any step, simply click on it.

  1. Plug in the Serial cable from the AETA to the PC.
  2. Click the Start button followed by Settings, Control Panel then click on the Phone and Modem Options icon.
  3. Select the Modems tab, Click ADD to continue.
  4. Select the "Don't detect my modem; I will select it from a list" box, click NEXT to continue.
  5. Click Have Disk.
  6. Click the Browse button, browse to your CD-ROM, select the Drivers directory Win2k_Xp. Click OK to continue.
  7. Click OK, then select ISDN AETA Modem as in the picture below.
  8. The window will ask for verification of the correct modem, click NEXT to continue.
  9. Windows may pop up a window saying that the digital signature hasn't been found, click YES to continue.
  10. The Install New Modem window will advise the modem has been setup successfully.  Click Finish to continue.
  11. 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.

2.Click the Start button followed by Settings, Control Panel then click on the Phone and Modems Options icon.

3. Select the Modems tab, Click ADD to continue.

  

4.Select the "Don't detect my modem; I will select it from a list" box, click NEXT to continue.

  5.  Click the Have Disk button.

  

6. Click the Browse button, browse to your CD-ROM, select the Drivers directory Win2k_Xp. Click OK to continue.

  

7. Click OK, then select ISDN AETA Modem as in the picture below. 

8.Select the COM port that the modem is attached to and click NEXT to continue. 

9. Windows may pop up a window saying that the digital signature hasn't been found, click YES to continue.  

10.The Install New Modem window will open saying your modem has been setup successfully, Click Finish to continue

11. Close all open windows to complete installing the AETA drivers.

 

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