How To Connect The Modem To The Computer - 3Com 56k User Manual

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Installation of the Message Modem with Windows 95
5.
Click OK.
How to Connect the Modem to
the Computer
1.
Turn off your computer and any attached
devices, such as a printer, monitor, keyboard, and
mouse.
Connect the serial cable to the modem and to the
2.
computer. When looking for your serial port
label on the back of your computer, select COM,
MODEM, RS-232, or SERIAL. DO NOT select
AUX, GAME, LPT, or PARALLEL.
Remember which serial port you selected. This
information will be necessary when installing your
communications software.
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Plug one end of the phone lead into the TELCO
3.
socket. Plug the other end into a phone wall
socket.
The phone socket you are going to use must be for
an ANALOGUE phone line. Most office phones are
wired through DIGITAL lines. Be sure you know what
type of line you have. The modem will be damaged if
you use a digital phone line.
4.
Plug the power adapter that came with the
modem into a standard wall socket and insert its
plug into the power socket on the modem.
If you wish to use your modem and phone
5.
through the same phone wall socket, plug your
phone's lead into the modem's phone socket. Use
an adapter cable if necessary.
You cannot use the modem and phone at the same
time if they share the same line.
There is no phone socket on the modem in some
countries.

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