Quick overview:
ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) technology gives Internet users an additional speed advantage over modems and a more stable connection. If you have an ISDN card in your computer and a corresponding telephone system, these instructions will help you to get your Windows Me up and running for ISDN. We use the AVM Fritz card as an example:
1. Click in succession on Start > Settings > System control to access the control panel: The linchpin of your computer settings.
2. Start Hardware and select twice in succession Next. Before you click again on Next click mark No, the device is not included in the list.t.
3. In the window that appears, select No, select hardware in the list and double-click on Other component.
4. A list appears, which you ignore completely and Diskette click on . Now insert the driver diskette or CD-ROM of your ISDN card into the drive and navigate to the driver path via the Explorer that now appears.
5. The computer will now install the drivers and set up the system. After a while, you will be asked to restart the computer - follow this prompt.
6. As soon as Windows Me has booted up again, a message pops up prompting you to install the important CAPI port.
7. Once again, the only way out here is to click on Next. In the following dialog, select a directory on your hard drive for the files. I recommend a clear path such as C:\Program Files\AVM ISDN Controller Fritz! Card so that you don't lose track of the many programs later on.
8. In the next window, select Euro ISDN and confirm once again.
9. Finally, some relevant information concerning your driver installation is displayed.
10. Now open the hardware wizard as described above and go through steps 1 to 3 again. Now select Network cards instead of Other components.
11. In the next window (with the large list), click on Data centerand go to the location of the CAPI driver files on your driver CD-ROM/diskette. As above, these are mostly clearly described or listed in the manual.
12. The device now appears in the next window AVM NDIS WAN CAPI driver (WDM). Click again on Next to install this driver. In the next window, you must click on Finish to integrate the drivers.
13. A new configuration window appears ISDN configuration in which you first click on Next and then under D-channel protocol on Automatic to set. If you want to use your computer as a fax/answering machine, you only need to enter this number here and confirm. Click on Finish completes the ISDN installation and restarts your computer.
Now all you need to do is dial up to the Internet. And this is how you proceed: You'll soon be online - dialing into the Internet.
NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.
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