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Setting Up Your Hardware - IBM WebPoint Installation Card

Internet distribution center

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Setting Up Your Hardware

If your Web Point was installed with a Home Network Connection Center, all the necessary connections have been made. All you need
to do is connect the Ethernet cable from your computer to a computer tap located in the wall. Then, proceed to "Setting Up a New
Network". If Web Point was not part of a Home Network Connection Center Installation, follow these steps. (Caution: Do not touch
any cables or perform installation, maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product when there is lightning in the area.)
Insert one end of the phone cable into the internal modem "line" port on Web Point, and insert the other end into a phone outlet in
1
the wall.
2
Insert one end of the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet Port 1 on Web Point, and insert the other end into the Network Interface Card
in the computer.
Plug the 12VDC power adapter into an electrical outlet.
3
Insert the mini-connector from the 12VDC power adapter into the power cable port on Web Point.
4
Turn on the computer.
5
Wait a few seconds.
6
Ethernet port light on the front of Web Point should turn on. If the light does not turn on, see "Troubleshooting" in the Reference
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Manual .
Internal modem
line port
Internal modem
phone port
External modem port
Web Point Internet Distribution Center
Ethernet ports
Ethernet
cable
12-15 VDC Power port
RJ45 connection to Ethernet
card installed in computer

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