Windows 98 Serial port configuration for the AETA

The following steps will enable the serial port of the AETA to be configured for Windows 98. 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 Modem icon. Click Add to continue.
  3. The Install New Modem window will open. Click NEXT to continue.
  4. The Verify modem window opens, Click the Change button.
  5. Click Have Disk.
  6. Click Browse and select your CD-ROM drive, then the Drivers directory, then the Win98_Me directory, now Click OK.
  7. Click OK, then select ISDN AETA Modem as in the picture below.
  8. The window now asks you to verify you have selected the correct modem.  Click NEXT to continue.
  9. The Install New Modem window will open saying your modem has been setup successfully.  Click Finish to continue.
  10. The Modem Properties window will open.  Click OK, 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

2.Click the Start button followed by Settings, Control Panel then click on the Modems icon. If modem have been installed before the following dialog may be displayed. Click Add to continue.

 

3. The Install New Modem window will open. Click NEXT to continue.

  

4. The Verify modem window opens, Click the Change button.

  5. Click Have Disk.

  

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

  

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

8.The window now asks you to verify you have selected the correct modem, click NEXT to continue. 

  

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

  

10. The Modem Properties window will open, Click OK, 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.