Compaq 8000 Series Personal Computer User Manual


 
8 user’s guide
Check with your ISP for specifics on your connection.
Before you can connect to the Internet and send or receive e-mail and faxes using
telephone dial-up, you must connect your telephone service line to the modem,
which is inside the PC. The quick setup poster shows you how to plug in a
modem/telephone cable to the PC modem connector and to your telephone line
wall socket connector. To identify the modem connector, look at the back panel
of the PC. The modem connector looks similar to one of the following
illustrations.
NOTE: Your PC may have only one modem/telephone connection.
A
C
B
A
C
D
F
E
B
A
C
To connect the cable between the modem and the telephone service line:
other ways to
connect
There are other ways to
connect to the ISP that
do not use the telephone
modem, such as a
LAN (Local Area
Network) or DSL (Digital
Subscriber Line). Check
with your ISP for
specifics on your
connection.
See “setting up the
ethernet connection” on
page 9 if you are
connecting through
a LAN.
A Modem connector
(select models only)
B Telephone connector
(select models only)
C Back of PC
D Modem/telephone
cable
E Wall socket
F Telephone (not
provided)