Windows XP Serial port configuration for the AETA

The following ten steps will enable you to configure the serial port of the AETA for Windows XP. For more detail on any step, simply click on it.

  1. Plug in the Serial cable from the AETA to the PC.
  2. Click Start (in the bottom left corner) followed by Settings, Control Panel, then click on the Modem icon.  
  3. Click on Phone and Modem Options as circled in red
  4. Windows may ask you to specify the Country and Area code
  5. Click on the Modems tab as shown below, then click Add
  6. Select the "Don't detect my modem; I will select it from a list" box. Click NEXT to continue.
  7. Click Have Disk.
  8. Click Browse and select your CD-ROM, and the drivers directory Drivers\Win2k_Xp. Click OK to continue.
  9. Select the ISDN AETA Modem as shown below. Click NEXT to continue
  10. Select the Com port the AETA is connected to. Click NEXT to continue
  11. You may get a dialogue regarding Windows Logo testing. Click Continue Anyway to continue.
  12. Click Finish and close any modem dialogs to complete the install.

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 Control Panel then click on the Network and Internet Connections icon as circled in red in the picture below..

3 Click on Phone and Modem Options as circled in red..

  

4.Windows may ask you to specify the Country and Area code. This dialog may not appear on all machines. Set them and then click OK to continue. 

  5. Click on the Modems tab as shown below, then click Add

  

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

  

7. Click on Have Disk.

8.Click Browse and select your CD-ROM, and the drivers directory Drivers\Win2k_Xp. Click OK to continue.

  

9. Select the ISDN AETA Modem as shown below. Click NEXT to continue.

  

10. Select the COM port the AETA is connected to. Click NEXT to continue.

  

11. You may get a dialogue regarding Windows Logo testing. Click Continue Anyway to continue.

12.  Click Finish and close any modem dialogs to complete the install.

 

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