Modem Configuration - Win NT 4.x

1) From the menu, select Settings, then Control Panel. You will see the screen below.

2) Now double click on the Modems icon. You will see the screen shown. From this screen you will see that no other modems are currently installed. If you already have modems installed here, make sure they are the correct ones for your system. Once you are satisfied you may proceed.

3) You are now viewing the Install New Modem wizard

There are two options available :-
Windows NT 4.x will try to auto detect the modem for you. This is the preferred option. Simply click on Next to allow Windows NT 4.x to perform the auto installation of your modem. Then proceed directly to step no 7 below.

Otherwise proceed following.
If you wish to manually install your modem click on Don't detect my modem; I will select it from a list then click on Next

4) If you select to do a manual installation of your modem the following screen will appear. You are presented with a list of modem manufacturers on the left side of the screen and the particular models from each manufacturer. You can either select your modem brand on the left and the appropriate model on the right. If you have a Windows NT 4.x driver disk for your modem, then you have the option to click on Have Disk to install the updated driver.

5) This screen is presented to you when you wish to perform a manual installation. As most updated modem drivers come on floppy disk all you have to do is insert the floppy disk into drive A and click on OK. Some disks have different directories for each operating system. Therefore you would type in a:\winnt4 in the box below. As stated before it is preferred to let Windows NT 4.x detect the modem for you.

6) The screen below is shown when you click on Browse from the above screen. This lets you search the disk for a modem .inf file. If you browse a disk that has a .inf file on it, it will appear in the large box on the left hand side of the screen below. Once the correct file is found and selected then click on OK.

7) If you were smart and let Windows NT 4.x perform the modem installation from step 3 above you will then see if Windows NT 4.x can find the modem for you. It will query all available COM ports looking for a modem. If for some reason no modem is found, make sure all cables are secure and in the correct place and most importantly make sure the modem is plugged in to the power supply provided (if external) and turned on. If you are using an internal modem and it is not detected, you may have a confliction of some sort. In all cases of failure please read the manual that came with your modem.

8) Now if a modem is found the screen below will be seen. You can now see that Windows NT 4.x is querying the modem to try and determine if it is the correct type.

9) Here we see that Windows NT 4.x has indeed found our modem correctly. If all is correct click on Next, otherwise click on Change and follow the prompts. You may notice that Windows NT 4.x may build a driver database before this screen appears. Don't panic all is well.

10) Here we find that Windows NT 4.x has finished configuring the modem correctly. Now click on Finish to complete this part of the installation.

11) You have just about finished installing your modem. The screen below shows the modem is installed on COM2. Be aware that Windows NT 4.x may ask for the original cd-rom etc to be inserted during this stage.

12) Now click on Properties. This screen enables you to fine tune your modem a little more. From here you can select a better speed for your modem. Simply put, you select a speed one level higher than your modem can support. For example for a 14,400 (14.4k) modem you will select 19200, for a 28,800 (28.8k) and a 33,600 (33.6k) modem you will select 38400. For a 56,000 (56k) modem you will select 57600 or 115200

13) Now click on the Connection tab. This screen allows you to change various communications settings. As the settings shown are already set correctly we will move on to the next step.

14) Now Click Advanced. This screen allows you to adjust other modem settings. A general rule is the Use flow control should be turned on and Hardware (RTS/CTS) should also be selected. This is the case for about 95% of modems available today.

15) Before we proceed too far, below is a screen like the one on the previous screen but with one change. It has some "Initialisation Settings" entered in the Extra settings box. NOTE :- This is shown as an example but should work for most modems. However for now just click on OK to proceed with the setup without entering any Extra settings.

16) If you click on the down arrow to the right of the box displaying 19200 you will see a screen like the one below. Here you will see some of the other speeds available. As explained earlier select a speed either one or two levels higher than your modem speed.

17) Now click on OK then Dialing Properties and you will see the screen below. No changes should have to be done here. The only changes that may need to be done is to enter 91 in the Area code box and to select India in the box titled I am in. To change this setting simply click on the down arrow on the right hand side of the box and scroll through the choices to select India.

18) Now click on OK then click on Ports. This will enable you to fine tune your modem port speed a little more.

19) Select COM2 (in this case) then click on Settings. The settings here are the default settings

20) Now we will select the correct port speed for our current modem. In this case it is 19,200 baud, however your modem may vary. The earlier examples will show you how to select the correct speed. Also here we have selected Hardware Flow Control.

21) Click on Advanced and you will see the screen below. You should not have to change anything here. This screen is mainly for information only. Click on OK and OK again and you should be back at the Control Panel Screen. Your modem should now be fully setup.