Wired Ethernet Connection; Wireless Connection - Zoom X7N Quick Start Manual

Note that the filter/splitter is NOT required if you simply want to plug your modem into a phone jack in the wall, without sharing
that jack with a telephone.
If you are using a filter/splitter with a phone only and not a modem, connect the filter/splitter's LINE or PHONE LINE jack to a
phone jack in the wall, then plug the phone into the filter/splitter's PHONE jack. (Some but not all filter/splitters require you to use
a short phone cord to connect the filter/splitter to a phone jack in the wall.)
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After a few seconds, your DSL LED will begin blinking, then become solid. If the DSL LED does not become solid, please refer to
the Troubleshooting Tips in the User Manual on your CD.
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Follow the steps in this Quick Start's Logging into the Configuration Manager and then continue with Step 6.
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Go to the Configuration Manager's Basic Setup page. Under Automatic Configuration, click Start.
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If the X7N finds a PPPoE or PPPoA connection, on the Basic Setup page enter the User Name and Password for your Internet
Service Provider, then click Save. (You should have a User ID or User Name, which is often your email address or the characters
preceding the @ sign in your email address. You should also have a password. The PPPoE or PPPoA User Name and Password
are NOT the User ID and Password that you used to get into the Basic Setup menu.)
If the X7N finds a 1483 Bridged or 1483 Routed connection, you won't need a User Name or Password.
If the X7N does not detect your connection, please refer to the Troubleshooting Tips in the User Manual on your CD.
Now check that your installation worked by opening a Web browser and connecting to your favorite web site. If you cannot connect to
the Web, please refer to the Troubleshooting Tips in the User Manual on your CD.
For Advanced Setup options such as setting up your X7N for online gaming, please refer to the User Manual on the CD.
If you would like to connect additional computers or other devices to your X7N, either with a cable or wirelessly, please continue below
with Connecting additional computers or devices to the X7N.
Connecting additional computers or other devices to the X7N
You can connect additional computers to the X7N in two ways. You can use a
Ethernet cable between the Ethernet port of your computer or other device and any one of the X7N's four Ethernet ports, or you can

wireless connection

establish a

Wired Ethernet Connection

1
Shut down and power off the computer you want to connect to the X7N. (This is important because the computer must locate the
correct IP address for the modem. This is done when the computer is turned back on in step 3 below.)
2
Plug an Ethernet cable between any one of the modem's available ETHERNET ports and any of the computer's available Ethernet
ports. Then turn on the computer or game station. An Ethernet LED on your modem's top panel should turn on, corresponding to
the Ethernet port you used.
3
Verify that your Internet connection is working for that computer. Open your Web browser (for instance, Internet Explorer, Firefox,
or Chrome) and try to connect to a familiar Web address.
4
Repeat steps 1–3 for each computer you want to add.
Wireless Connection
First, determine whether the computer or other device has built-in WiFi
wireless LAN capability.) Most current notebooks and laptops do; most desktops don't. If your computer or other device doesn't have
WiFi-compatible wireless capability, you will need to add that capability. The lowest cost way to do this for a computer is usually with a
WiFi-compatible USB adapter. You may want to use a WiFi-compatible Ethernet client instead if you want to give your computer longer
range, or if you are using a computer or other device that doesn't run a Windows or Macintosh operating system.
Once you have WiFi-compatible wireless capability, connect to the X7N's wireless network. Many computers will display a message
such as: "Wireless network detected. Click here for available networks." The X7N network is named Zoom unless you changed the
name. The X7N wireless network comes with security OFF to simplify installation. We recommend that you turn wireless security ON as
discussed below.
Setting Up Wireless Security
While configuring wireless security, we strongly recommend that you connect your computer to the X7N using an Ethernet cable.
We include instructions here for setting up a network that supports devices that use either WPA2 or WPA security. Most devices support
one of these methods. You can check the manual that came with each device to confirm that all of your wireless devices support WPA2 or
WPA security.
Note: Older devices may not support WPA2 or WPA in which case you can use WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) 64-bit security, because
WEP-64 works with most wireless equipment. If you want to use WEP, please see the User Manual on the CD for instructions.
To set wireless security, follow these steps:
1
Refer to Logging into the Configuration Manager section and follow the steps to login to the Zoom Configuration Manager and
then continue with Step 2.
2
Click Wireless on the left-side menu of the Configuration Manager.
3
Then click Security on the left-side menu and from the drop-down menu for Select SSID, select Zoom.
4
From the Network Authentication drop-down menu, select Mixed WPA2 / WPA.
5
In the WPA Pre-Shared Key text box, enter a passphrase of your choice.
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wired Ethernet connection
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-compatible wireless capability. (This is also called 802.11 or
by connecting an