Windows 2000 USB configuration for the AETA

To configure Windows 2000 for the USB port of the AETA, follow the general step points below. Note that clicking on any of the bullet points will take you to a picture of that step. Alternatively, a detailed step-by-step guide is provided further in the document.

  1.  Plug in the USB cable from the AETA to the PC.
  2. The found new hardware dialogue will be displayed briefly when windows detects the USB device. Click NEXT to continue.
  3. The found new hardware wizard will open. Click NEXT to continue.  
  4. Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device" and click NEXT
  5. The Locate Driver Files dialogue opens, make sure the "Specify a Location" box is ticked, click Next to continue.
  6. A dialog will open asking for the location of the driver files.
  7. The window now displays that it has found the driver for the AETA.  Click NEXT to continue.
  8. Windows displays a message about the "Digital Signature Not Found".  Click Yes to continue.
  9. The window now displays the finished installing your ISDN AETA Modem (USB) dialogue.  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 dialogue will be displayed briefly when windows detects the USB device. Click NEXT to continue installing the AETA drivers

  

3. The found new hardware wizard will open, Click NEXT to continue installing the AETA drivers

  

4. Select "Search for a suitable driver for my device" and click NEXT

 

5. The Locate Driver Files dialogue opens, make sure the "Specify a Location" box is ticked, click Next to continue.

  

6. A dialog will open asking for the location of the driver files. Press Browser and select your CD-ROM, then the Drivers directory and then the Win2k_Xp directory. Press OK to continue.

 

7. The window now displays that it has found the driver for the AETA. Click NEXT to continue

  

8. Windows displays a message about the "Digital Signature Not Found" Click Yes to continue. (Please note that the only driver software used by the AETA is already on your PC and is from Microsoft)

  

9. The window now displays the finished installing your ISDN AETA Modem (USB) dialogue. Click Finish to finish the installation

  

 

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