Connecting The Satellite Modem To The Customer's Computer; Figure 21: Terminal Initialization Sequence Screen (Top Part) - Hughes HughesNet HN9000 Installation Manual

Chapter 6

Connecting the satellite modem to the customer's computer

This task prepares the customer for service activation. Prerequisites are:
• The modem must be installed and commissioned. (The modem must be registered with the network; this is part of
commissioning.)
• After the Terminal Initialization Sequence screen shows Installation Complete, wait at least 2 minutes before
connecting the customer's computer for activation. This allows the modem to complete its final configuration.
• The modem must be communicating over the air with the Activation Gateway. Until the modem is activated,
connectivity is limited to the activation gateway.
• The customer's computer must be configured for DHCP, unless the modem and computer will use a public IP address.
If you need help in configuring DHCP, see Configuring a computer to use DHCP on page 87.
This task (connecting the modem to the customer's computer) is performed by the installer.
In the first step, you make sure the modem is ready for activation before you connect the modem to the customer's
computer.
1. From the Terminal Initialization Sequence screen (Figure 21: Terminal Initialization Sequence screen (top part) on
page 42) or other Advanced Pages screen, click the Home link in the upper right corner to open the screen that
contains the activation link.
The System Control Center home page appears, showing the activation link (Click Here to Activate) below the
HN9000 System Control Center screen title. See Figure 24: Activation link on the customer's computer on page
44.
The activation link appears only on a new modem when the modem is ready to be activated (after commissioning is
complete).
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Figure 21: Terminal Initialization Sequence screen (top part)