Procedure For Hardware Installation - MSI RG54GS2 User Manual

2.2 Procedure for Hardware Installation

2. Decide where to place your Wireless Broadband Router
You can place your Wireless Broadband Router on a desk or other flat surface, or you can mount it on a wall.
For optimal performance, place your Wireless Broadband Router in the center of your office (or your home) in a
location that is away from any potential source of interference, such as a metal wall or microwave oven. This
location must be close to power and network connection.
2. Setup LAN connection
a. Wired LAN connection: connects an Ethernet cable from your computer's Ethernet port to one of the LAN
ports of this product.
b. Wireless LAN connection: locate this product at a proper position to gain the best transmit performance
3. Setup WAN connection
Prepare an Ethernet cable for connecting this product to your cable/xDSL modem or Ethernet backbone. Figure
2-3 illustrates the WAN connection.
4. Power on
Connecting the power cord to power inlet and turning the power switch on, this product will automatically enter
the self-test phase. When it is in the self-test phase, the indicators M1 will be lighted ON for about 10 seconds,
and then M1 will be flashed 3 times to indicate that the self-test operation has finished. Finally, the M1 will be
continuously flashed once per second to indicate that this product is in normal operation.
Figure 2-3 Setup of LAN and WAN connections for this product.
6