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Exploring Your Computer’s Features
Setting up for communications
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Determining the COM port
Your modem (available on certain models) 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
, and then
Control Panel
.
2
Click
Printers and Other Hardware
.
3
Click
Phone and
Modem Options
.
The
Phone and
Modem Options
Properties dialog box
displays.
4
Fill in the
Local Information
text boxes and click
OK
.
5
Click the
Modems
tab.
Your modem should be listed next to one of the computer’s
COM ports.
6
Make a note of the COM port number.
7
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.
