Specifications

19 MT9234ZBAUSBUserGuide
Chapter 3 – Operating the Modem
FrontPanelOverview
TheMultiModemproducthas6LEDindicatorsonthefrontpanelthatindicatestatus,configuration,andactivity.
TransmitData.TheTDLEDflasheswhenthemodemistransmittingdatatoanothermodem.
ReceiveData.TheRDLEDflasheswhenthemodemisreceivingdatafromanothermodem.
CarrierDetect.TheCDLEDlightswhenthemodemdetectsavalidcarriersignalfromanothermodem.Itison
whenthemodemiscommunicatingwiththeothermodemandoffwhenthelinkisbroken.
OffHook.TheOHLEDlightswhenthemodemisoffhook,whichoccurswhenthemodemisdialing,online,or
answeringacall.TheLEDflasheswhenthemodempulsedials.
TerminalReady.TheTRLEDlightswhenacommunicationsprogramisusingthemodem.Itmeansthemodem
isreadyforanoutgoingorincomingcall.Itgoesoffwhenthecommunicationsprogramdisconnects.Whenit
goesoff,aconnectedmodemalsodisconnects.
Power.ThePWRledlightswhenthemodemisinstalledinWindows.
ConnectingtotheInternet
TouseyourMultiTechmodemforInternetaccess,establishadialupaccountwithanInternetserviceprovider
(ISP).TolocateanISPnearyou,lookinalocaldirectoryorcomputerpublication.YourISPprovidesyouwiththe
followinginformation:
Username(alsocalleduserID)
Password
Accessnumber(thenumberyoucalltoconnecttotheserver)
Hostnameand/ordomainname
DomainNameServer(DNS)serveraddress
If,besidestheWeb,youusetheInternetforemailandnewsgroups,yourISPcanalsoprovideyouwiththe
followinginformation:EmailorPOPmailaddress;POPserveraddress;MailorSMTPaddress
SettingUpRemoteNodeClientProgram
BeforeyoucanconnecttotheInternet,youmustsetupaonyourcomputer.Most,ifnotall,Windowsbro wsers
canautomaticallyopenthisconnection.Forinstructionsonhowtosetupthisconnection,consultyourISPor
youroperatingsystem’sonlinehelporprinteddocumentation.ManyISPscangive
youaprogramthatcaninstall
andconfigurethisconnec tionautomaticallyforyou.