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Exploring Your Computer’s Features
Setting up for communications
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Determining the COM port
Your modem is connected to one of the computer’s COM
(communications) ports. The default setting for the modem is
COM3.
The following procedure is intended to support you if you
need to either upgrade your modem or reset the port to the
default settings.
If you are having trouble connecting through the modem, you
may need to determine the current COM port name and
possibly change it.
To find out which port your modem is connected to:
1
Click
Start
,
Control Panel
,
Printers and Other Hardware
,
and then
Phone and
Modem Options
.
The
Phone and
Modem Options
Properties dialog box
displays.
2
Fill in the
Local Information
text boxes and click
OK
.
3
Click the
Modems
tab.
Your modem should be listed next to one of the computer’s
COM ports.
4
Make a note of the COM port number.
5
To verify that the modem is set up properly, select the
modem you wish to check, and then click
Properties
to
bring up the dialog box with information specific to that
modem.
Windows XP communicates with the modem and
displays identifying information reported by the modem.
If Windows XP cannot communicate with the modem, it
displays an error message. Consult the troubleshooting
sections of your modem and operating system
documentation.