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Windows Vista 1. Select Start > Control Panel. 2. Click Hardware and Sound. 3. Click Phone and Modem Options. 4. Click the Dialing Rules tab. 5. Click New. The New Location window opens. 6. In the Location name box, type a name (such as home or work) for the new location setting. 7. Select a country or region from the Country/region list. (If you select a country or region that is not supported by the modem, the country/region selection for USA or UK is displayed.) 8. Enter the area code, a carrier code (if necessary), and the number for an outside line (if necessary). 9. Next to Dial using, click Tone or Pulse. 10. Click OK to save your new location setting. 11. Do one of the following: ● To set your new location setting as the current location, click OK. ● To select another location setting as the current location setting, select your preference from the settings in the Location list, and then click OK. NOTE: You can use the preceding procedure to add location settings for places within your own country or region as well as in other countries or regions. For example, you could add a setting named Work that includes dialing rules for accessing an outside line. Connecting to a local area network (LAN) (select models only) Connecting to a LAN requires an 8-pin, RJ-45 network cable (purchased separately). If the network cable contains noise suppression circuitry (1), which prevents interference from TV and radio reception, orient the circuitry end of the cable (2) toward the computer. To connect the network cable: 1. Plug the network cable into the network jack (1) on the computer. Connecting to a wired network 13

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Windows Vista
1.
Select
Start > Control Panel
.
2.
Click
Hardware and Sound
.
3.
Click
Phone and Modem Options
.
4.
Click the
Dialing Rules
tab.
5.
Click
New
. The New Location window opens.
6.
In the Location name box, type a name (such as
home
or
work
) for the new location setting.
7.
Select a country or region from the Country/region list. (If you select a country or region that is
not supported by the modem, the country/region selection for USA or UK is displayed.)
8.
Enter the area code, a carrier code (if necessary), and the number for an outside line (if
necessary).
9.
Next to Dial using, click
Tone
or
Pulse
.
10.
Click
OK
to save your new location setting.
11.
Do one of the following:
●
To set your new location setting as the current location, click
OK
.
●
To select another location setting as the current location setting, select your preference
from the settings in the Location list, and then click
OK
.
NOTE:
You can use the preceding procedure to add location settings for places within
your own country or region as well as in other countries or regions. For example, you could
add a setting named
Work
that includes dialing rules for accessing an outside line.
Connecting to a local area network (LAN) (select models only)
Connecting to a LAN requires an 8-pin, RJ-45 network cable (purchased separately). If the network
cable contains noise suppression circuitry
(1)
, which prevents interference from TV and radio
reception, orient the circuitry end of the cable
(2)
toward the computer.
To connect the network cable:
1.
Plug the network cable into the network jack
(1)
on the computer.
Connecting to a wired network
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