In a number of situations, a USB modem becomes the only way to access the Internet, therefore a number of its disadvantages - first of all, the low speed of information exchange with a quite tangible cost of traffic - do not become an obstacle for users. Indeed, on the road, just such a modem will help not to waste time waiting, but to spend it with benefit and pleasure while traveling across the vast expanses of the Internet.
To start using it, you need to configure a usb modem. Here is a step-by-step guide suitable for most models.
- Insert the SIM card of the mobile operator into the slot of the modem. Connect the modem to an available USB connector. After a few seconds, the operating system will detect it as an additional CD drive, and, depending on the settings, will launch the installer, or, if the autorun function is disabled, you will have to open the newly appeared disc and run setup.exe yourself.
- The standard software installation wizard will start. Follow the recommendations of the program and click "Next".
- After installation is complete, shortcuts will appear on the desktop and in the Start menu to launch the installed software required to connect to the Internet.
- Review your connection settings. If the modem is provided by a cellular operator, then, as a rule, all the necessary settings for working in its cellular network in the program have already been made. If the modem was purchased without preliminary settings, then all the required parameters can be specified on the website of the mobile operator in whose network it is planned to work, and in accordance with them, configure the usb modem. In this matter, the operator's technical support service can help, or contact the managers of any cellular salon for help.
- Try to connect by clicking the "Connect" button. A successful connection will be evidenced by the changing statistics of the speed, as well as the number of transmitted and received bytes of information.
- The software of some operators makes it possible to send SMS from a computer to mobile phones without any additional settings. To do this, the software interface provides a button "SMS", which opens a dialog for entering the number and text of the message.
