130 Exploring Your Computer’s Features
Setting up for communications
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8Click OK to close the properties dialog box for that
specific modem.
9Click OK to close the Modem Properties dialog box.
10 Close the Control Panel.
Connecting the modem to a telephone line
Before you can communicate using the modem, you need to
connect it to a telephone line. Your computer’s built-in
modem port provides an RJ-11 jack, allowing you to connect
the modem to a standard voice-grade telephone line.
1Plug one end of a telephone cable (purchased separately)
into the modem port on the back of the computer.
Sample connecting the telephone cable to the modem port
2Connect the other end to the RJ-11 wall jack.
Sample connecting to a wall jack