User's Manual

1-9
1. Setting Up
How to tell if you have a modem
If you answer “Yes” to any of the following questions, then you have
a modem. Do you:
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Send/receive faxes directly to/from your computer programs?
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Use electronic mail (e-mail) on your computer?
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Access the Internet or the World Wide Web from your computer?
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Transfer data to or from other computers?
How to tell if your modem is internal or external
If your modem is an
internal modem
, then you’ll have a phone cord
connected to the back of your computer and going to a wall jack.
If your modem is an
external modem
, a communication cable will
be connected from the back of your computer to the box, and a phone
cord will go from the box to a wall jack.