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Chapter 3: Connect the Router
Overview
To set up your network, you will have to configure your networked PCs to
accept the IP addresses that the Router assigns them (if applicable), and you
will also have to configure the Router with setting(s) provided by your Internet
Service Provider (ISP).
The installation technician from your ISP should have left the setup informa-
tion with you after installing your broadband connection. If not, you can call
your ISP to request the data. Once you have the setup information you need for
your specific type of Internet connection, you can begin installation and setup
of the Router.
Internet
Cable or DSL
Modem
Connecting Your Hardware Together and Booting Up
1. Before you begin, make sure that all of your hardware is powered off, includ-
ing the Router, PCs, hubs, switches, and cable or DSL modem.
2. Connect one end of an Ethernet
network cable to one of the ports
(labeled 1, 2, 3, or 4) on the back
of the Router, and the other end
to a standard port on a network
device, e.g., a PC, print server,
hub, or switch.
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Notebook with Ethernet Adapter
Cable/DSL Router
PC with Ethernet Adapter
Figure 3-1
Figure 3-2
Repeat this step to connect more PCs or network devices to the Router.
3. Connect the Ethernet cable from your cable or DSL modem to the Internet
port on the Router's rear panel. This is the only port that will work for your
modem connection.
4. Connect the power adapter to the
Power port on the rear panel of
the Router, and then plug the
power adapter into an electrical
outlet.
The Power LED on the front panel will light up green as soon as the power
adapter is connected properly.
LAN
5. Power on the cable or DSL modem.
6. Press the Reset button on the Router's rear panel with a paper clip or a pen-
cil. Hold the button in for thirty seconds. This will restore the Router's fac-
tory default settings.
Note: A standard port is any port that fits an RJ-45 connector. The
port must fit the connector on the Ethernet network cable.
Note: You should always plug the Router's power adapter into a surge
protecting power strip.
Have you checked that the Ethernet LEDs for all your LAN connec-
tions and the Internet LED for your Internet connection light up?
If your Internet LED is not lighting up, make sure that all your cables
are securely plugged in, and that all of your hardware is powered on
properly. Verify that the modem is plugged into the Internet port on the
Router.
The Router's hardware installation is now complete.
Go to "Chapter 4: Configure the PCs."
Figure 3-3
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