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