Model 2977 DialFire RAS User Guide

4 • Driver installation and configuration

 

 

Configuring Outgoing Dial-up Networking Connections

Use this procedure to configure outgoing Dial-up Networking connections from your server to other systems. You should have already installed the Patton adapter and device driver.

Procedure

1.From the Start menu, choose Settings > Network and Dial-up Connections.

2.Choose Make New Connection to start the Network Connection Wizard.

3.Choose Dial-up to private network and complete the wizard.

4.Upon completion of the wizard, choose Properties if you wish to configure dialing rules (such as what

number to dial to get an outside line) or to add alternate phone numbers to try if the primary number is busy.

Changing Adapter Properties

Use this procedure to change the configuration of an installed adapter.

Procedure

1.From the Start menu, choose Settings > Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager.

2.From the displayed list, choose DialFire RAS as your network adapter.

3.Choose the Patton adapter you wish to configure.

4.From the Action menu, choose Properties > Advanced.

5.Configure the adapter as necessary.

6.If you changed the hardware resources from the default settings, Windows may notify you to restart the

system to complete the configuration.

If you left the hardware resources at their default values, the adapter is ready to use without restarting the system.

Changing Phone and Modem Options

Use this procedure once you have installed and configured the driver and now want to change the configura- tion.

Phone and modem options that can be set with this procedure include:

Maximum Port Speed

Speaker Volume

Dial Control

Wait for tone before dialing

Extra Initialization Commands

Procedure

1.From the Start menu, choose Settings > Control Panel > Phone and Modem Options > Modems.

2.Choose a Patton modem device to configure.

Driver installation for the Windows 2000 operating system

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Patton electronic 2977 manual Configuring Outgoing Dial-up Networking Connections, Changing Adapter Properties