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How to configure a modem to make directv work with vonage voip service
Connect your modem to your pc as if you were going to use it to connect to the internet.
Go to start: programs: accessories: communications and open hyperterminal.
Hyperterminal should pop up a dialog box asking you to make a new connection.
Enter " test " into the text box and press ok. On the next dialog box, select the com port that the modem is connected to, leaving the defaults for everything else, press ok.