Chapter 7: Managing Serial Driver COM Ports

up networking needs to be configured because the list of installed modems has changed, and asks if you would like to do this now.

Dial-up networking is a RAS function, which is not used with the Serial driver COM ports associated with the Interphase Digital Modem. To ignore the prompt and finish the Serial driver digital modem installation, click No.

(Responding Yes opens the Remote Access Setup dialog box, which is used to configure digital modem RAS ports. For information about configuring digital modem RAS ports, see Setting Up or Removing Channels as RAS Ports on page 90.)

Verifying COM Ports

You can use HyperTerminal, provided by Windows NT, to verify your Serial COM ports for digital modems. HyperTerminal enables you to ensure that COM ports have been declared and are running properly. HyperTerminal enables you to emulate various terminals, such as VT100, TTY, and ANSI.

To verify your COM ports:

1.From the Windows NT Start menu, select Programs, Accessories, and HyperTerminal.

The Connection description dialog box appears.

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