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Overview, How to use this document, Driver requirements – Comtrol Multiport Modems Windows 2000 User Manual

Page 5: Locating current drivers, Driver features, Locating hardware installation documentation

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Overview

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Overview

The following subsection gives you information that you need to prepare your
system for installing a RocketPort adapter.

How to Use this Document

You can use the interactive

Table of Contents

to locate the information you need.

Driver Requirements

This document discusses installing and configuring the RocketPort and
RocketModem device driver for the Windows 2000 operating system. The
RocketPort or RocketModem requires at least one host system running Windows

®

2000.

Note: This driver supports only one ISA adapter.

Locating Current
Drivers

An upgraded driver may be available from the following:

Downloaded from the Comtrol ftp/web site.

Contained on Comtrol media shipped with the product.

Unzip the file into a new subdirectory, for example: \Comtrol.

Always check the web or ftp sites to make sure that you have the current driver
and documentation.

Driver Features

This driver has the following features:

Can be installed on multiple systems.

Supports up to 128 RocketPort or RocketModem ports per system.

Note: The critical limit is the number of ports your system can support. In

most applications, this is defined by the number of RAS port supported,
which is typically 256 ports per primary system.

Allows you to inter-mix RocketPort and RocketModem ports.

Locating Hardware Installation Documentation

For hardware specific information or product information, see the

hardware

installation

documentation that is available on the Comtrol CD shipped with your

product, or you can download the current version from the ftp/web site.