To Connect The Bcm50E Main Unit To The Wan; Connecting The Bcm50 System To The Wan - Nortel BCM50 Installation And Maintenance Manual

156 Chapter 17 Connecting the BCM50 system to the LAN and WAN

Connecting the BCM50 system to the WAN

There are two types of main units that have a router card, the BCM50a and the BCM50e. On the
BCM50e, the WAN port is an RJ-45 port. On the BCM50a, the WAN port is an RJ-11 port.
60 shows the location of the WAN port on both types of router card.
Figure 60 WAN port on a BCM50 main unit
WAN port
WAN port
Refer to the following sections for information on connecting the BCM50 to the WAN:
•

"To connect the BCM50e main unit to the WAN"

• "To connect the BCM50a main unit to the WAN" on page 157
To connect the BCM50e main unit to the WAN
1
Use the Integrated Router Web GUI to configure the router card on the BCM50e main unit.
Refer to the BCM50e Integrated Router Configuration Guide (N0027182) for information
about how to configure the router.
2 Connect one end of a standard Ethernet cable to your WAN edge device (for example, an
external ADSL modem or cable modem).
Refer to the documentation for you WAN edge device for proper setup and configuration of
the device.
3
Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into the WAN port.
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BCM50a main unit
BCM50e main unit
Figure