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Configuring Windows Dial Up Networking
Step-by-step guide to configuring Windows for PPP-Blinky¶
This guide was made using Windows 8.1.
If you use a different version of Windows, your steps may look slightly different.
Use Device Manager to configure your mbed serial port is¶
1. Ensure your mbed board has the latest firmware installed - check with your board vendor.
2. Ensure your PC has the latest USB driver installed for your mbed board - check with your board vendor.
3. Use Device Manager and check under Ports to find your mbed board's USB virtual serial port.
In the example below, the mbed LPC1768 board registered as "mbed Serial Port (COM3)"
4. Double-click on the mbed serial port to open its properties window, and set the baud rate and parameters as follows:
5. Under Control Panel, find the Phone and Modem entry, and click on it.
6. This will open the Phone and Modem dialog. Go to the Modems tab and click on Add
7. In the Add Hardware Wizard, select Don't detect my modem. I will select it from a list , then click Next (see below)
8. In the Install New Modem dialog, choose Communication cable between two computers under Standard Modem Types, then click Next.
9. In the Install New Modem dialog, click on the COM port of your mbed board. (COM3 in my example), then click Next.
10. After a while you should see this:
