To install the new modem follow the path My Computer / Control Panel / Modems.
If you double click on the Modems icon and there is no modem installed, you will see the window below. Press Next without selecting 'Dont detect my modem; I will select it from a list'.
Your computer is searching for a modem in each port.
If the system detects the modem the following window will appear.Press Change.
From manufacturers list select your modem if its drivers are included in Windows. Otherwise place the floppy disk (or CD ROM) of your modem in the drive and press 'Have Disk' .
Select the appropriate drive (A:\ or D:\) storing your drivers and click OK.
Once the modem is found click OK.The installation of the modem has been completed.
Click on 'My Computer' icon. Click on 'Control Panel' and then click on 'Modems'.
Select the modem you use to dial and press 'Properties'.
In the window that appears select 'Connection' tab.Click on 'Advanced'.
In the field 'Extra Settings' you can fill the init string of your modem. You can find your modem's init string, by pressing here.
Lots of stores sell modems like, best buy, sams, wal-mart, radio shack, k-mart, and biggs.
You aslo can get a modem On the web by going to amazon, yahoo, barnes&noble and ebay.
The 56K LAN Modem eliminates the cost and inconvenience
of multiple phone lines. To save money, users in a small
office can share a single piece of equipment and a single IP
address to download information over ordinary telephone
lines at near ISDN speeds. It lets you consolidate all your
office data communications—to as many as 25 computers
—onto one analog line and share a single ISP account.
Your computers ip address is sent to your modem then you
are connect to a internet service provider then you are connect
to the internet.
high speed is great sometimes. it ant really a lot faster and it can cost as high as 45 dollars a month. dial up is low as free and high as 24 dollars. if you have problems
with your high speed you have to wait to your service provider can come out to fix and that can take a week or more.
dial up is better to high speed becomes cheaper.