Windows XP USB configuration for the AETA

The following five steps will enable you to configure the USB port of the AETA for Windows XP. For more detail on any step, simply click on it.

  1. Connect the USB cable to the PC.
  2. The “found new hardware” wizard will open.  Ensure the "Install the software automatically" option is selected, then click NEXT to continue.
  3. Wait while hardware wizard searches for the drivers.
  4. A Hardware Installation window will open with a Windows Logo testing message. Click Continue Anyway to continue.
    (Please note that the only driver software used by the AETA is already on your PC and is from Microsoft)
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  5. Windows will now advise your ISDN AETA Modem (USB) is installed.  Click Finish to complete the installation.

Multilink PPP

Multilink PPP is used to double the available connection speed to the Internet, this can potentially halve the time to download web pages and files from the Internet*.  The AETA does this by making a second call to your Internet Service Provider (ISP) so that two lines are then available for downloading information.  The AETA will make the second call to your ISP depending upon the amount of information you are downloading from the Internet.  By default it will also disconnect the second call to allow an incoming or outgoing phone call.

If your ISP supports Multilink PPP, you may wish it enabled.  Follow the link below for instructions on enabling Multilink PPP.

   

* Download times from the Internet vary due to many factors only one of which is the speed you are connected to the internet. Other factors may include the speed of the server you are connecting to and the speed and bandwidth of any connections between your ISP and the server you are connecting to.

Step by step guide

1. Plug in the USB cable to the AETA and your PC.

  1. Get the USB cable that came with the AETA. The connectors on the end of the cable look this.
  2. Plug the D shaped connector in to the AETA (Connector on right of image). The socket on the AETA is marked with a USB symbol
    and the word "USB".
  3. The other Connector on the cable goes to your PC's USB port which should be marked in a similar fashion to the AETA port.

 

2. The found new hardware wizard will open. Ensure the "Install the software automatically" option is selected and the installation CD is inserted. Click NEXT to continue installing the AETA drivers.

  

 

3. Wait while hardware wizard searches for the drivers.

  

 

4. A Hardware Installation window will open with a Windows Logo testing message. Click Continue Anyway to continue.
(Please note that the only driver software used by the AETA is already on your PC and is from Microsoft).

  

 

5. Windows will now advise that your ISDN AETA Modem (USB) is installed. Click Finish to complete the installation.

  

An Internet connection to your ISP can now be supported through the USB port.