Connecting To A Phone Line - Toshiba M1 User Manual

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Connecting Other External Devices
Connecting your modem to a telephone line
The modem allows you to:
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Access the Internet.
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Communicate with your office's local area network
(LAN), or a larger corporate wide area network (WAN).
For specific information about connecting to a LAN or WAN,
consult your network administrator.
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Send a fax directly from your computer.

Connecting to a phone line

Before you can communicate using the modem, you need to
connect it to a telephone line. Your computer's built-in
modem port provides an RJ-11 jack, allowing you to connect
the modem to a standard voice-grade telephone line.
1 Plug one end of the telephone cable into the modem port
on the back of the computer.
Connecting the telephone cable to the modem port