Connecting Your Hardware Together And Booting Up - Linksys BEFSR81 User Manual

Connecting Your Hardware Together and Booting Up

1. Before you begin, make sure that all of your network's hardware is powered
off, including the Router, PCs, and cable or DSL modem.
2. Connect one end
of an Ethernet
cable to one of the
LAN ports
(labeled 1-8) on
the back of the
Router, as shown
in Figure 3-2, and
the other end to a
standard port on a
network device, e.g., a PC, print server, hub, or switch. See "Appendix E:
Twisted-Pair Cabling" for details on network cabling.
Repeat the above step to connect more PCs or network devices to the
Router.
3. Connect the Ethernet cable from your cable or DSL
modem to the WAN port on the Router's rear panel,
shown in Figure 3-3. This is the only port that will
work for your modem connection.
4. Connect the power adapter to the Power port on the
rear panel of the Router, as shown in Figure 3-4, and
plug the power adapter into a power outlet.
Note: You should always connect the power
for any networking peripheral into a power
strip with surge protection.
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Figure 3-2
Figure 3-3
Figure 3-4
EtherFast Cable/DSL Router with QoS and 8-Port Switch
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• The Power LED on the front panel will light up green as soon as the power
adapter is connected properly.
• The Diag LED will light up red for a few seconds when the Router goes
through its self-diagnostic test. This LED will turn off when the self-test is
complete.
5. Power on the cable or DSL modem.
6. Press the Reset button on the Router's front panel with a paper clip or a
pencil. Hold the button in until the Diag LED lights up and then turns off.
This will restore the Router's factory default settings.
Have you checked that the Link/Act LEDs for all your LAN con-
nections and the Link LED for your WAN connection light up?
If all of your Link LEDs are not lighting up, make sure that all your
cables are securely plugged in, and that all of your hardware is pow-
ered on properly. Verify that the modem is plugged into the WAN
port on the Router.
The Router's hardware installation is now complete.
Go to "Chapter 4: Configure the PCs."
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