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Exploring Your Computer’s Features
Setting up for communications
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To find out which port your modem is connected to:
1
Open the
Start
menu, and click
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.
8
Click the
Diagnostics
tab, and then click
Query 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 Windows XP documentation.
9
Click
OK
to close the properties dialog box for that
specific modem.
10
Click
OK
to close the Modem Properties dialog box.
11
Close the Control Panel.