Summary of Contents for Abocom USB Home PhoneLine 1Mbps Network Adapter
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USB Home PhoneLine 1Mbps Network Adapter User’s Guide M73-APO08-250...
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REGULATORY STATEMENTS Part15, Class B This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interface, and This device must accept any interface received, including interface that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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FCC Part 68 Registration This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC Rules. On the bottom of this equipment is label that contains, among other information, the FCC registration Number and Ringer equipment Number (REN) for the equipment. If requested, this information must be given to the Telephone Company.
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• Connects up to 25 devices together on your home phone network About Home Phone Networking Technology The USB Home PhoneLine 1Mbps Network Adapter utilizes a technology known as Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) which essentially divides the - 1 -...
data travelling over the phone lines into separate frequencies - one for voice, one for high-bandwidth net access such as DSL, and one for the network data. These frequencies can coexist on the same telephone line without impacting one another. The 1 Megabit-per-second (one million bits-per- second) data rate is 18 times that of the fastest analog modems available, which runs at 56Kbps.
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USB Home PhoneLine 1Mbps Network Adapter. connects to the USB host port USB-B Port: USB device port. USB Home PhoneLine 1Mbps Network Adapter Rx/Tx LED indicator: blinks amber when the USB Home PhoneLine 1Mbps Network Adapter is transmitting/receiving data...
HARDWARE INSTALLATION Precaution Before the installation, make sure the USB port exists in your computer and is enabled. To check this, go to My Computer Control Panel System. Open the Device Manager tab. If the Universal Serial Bus controller device is found, it means your USB port is installed and enabled.
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Port, refer to the section titled “Parts Names and Functions” for details) until it clicks. 3. Windows 98 will automatically detect the new hardware procedures to install the device driver. Connecting Telephone Cabling 1. Attach one end of the telephone wire to the USB Home PhoneLine 1Mbps Network Adapter’s RJ- 11 telephone port.
SOFTWARE INSTALLATION (WINDOWS 1. Once the USB Home PhoneLine 1M Network Adapter was connected to your computer, Windows 98 will automatically detect the new hardware device as shown below. Click Next. 2. Insert the device driver diskette into your floppy drive.
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5. Windows will finish copying all the necessary files to your system. When the following window appears, click Finish. 6. When asked if you want to restart your computer, click No 7. Once you are back at the Windows 98 desktop, click the Start button.
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9. Make sure components are installed: Client for Microsoft Networks USB Home PhoneLine 1Mbps Network Adapter NetBEUI TCP/IP 10. If you are missing required components, you'll need to install them manually. If you need to install the TCP/IP Protocol, contact your system administrator or refer to the Windows 98 documentation.
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12. Click the Identification tab. Enter the required information appropriately. 13. Click the Access Control tab. Make sure that Shared-level access control is selected. 14. When finished, remember to restart your computer to activate the new device. Once the computer has restarted and Windows 98 has booted up, the Link light will be on.
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Client Setup If you are not using Windows 98 with an NT or NetWare file server, skip the next two paragraphs. Perform the following procedures to prepare your computer to be used with any file servers that may be on the network. Connecting to a NetWare File Server 1.
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4. Click OK and restart your PC. Connecting to a Windows NT Domain 1. Click My Computer, Control Panel, and Network. Change the Primary Network Logon to Client for Microsoft Network. 2. Double-click the Client for Microsoft networks. 3. Select the Log on to Windows NT domain box. Put your NT domain name in the Windows NT domain area.
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Using File and Printer Sharing 1. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel. Double- click Network. 2. Click the Configuration tab, followed by the File and Printer Sharing button. The File and Printer Sharing window will appear. • If you'd like others to be able to access the files on your PCs hard drive, select I want to be able to give others access to my files.
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3. Click Sharing, followed by the Sharing tab. Click Share As. In the Share Name box, enter a name for the drive or folder you are sharing. Next, decide on the type of access that you want to give other users. •...
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Use your mouse to select the type of file sharing access that you want other users to have. If you want to assign access password(s), type them into the Password box(es). If you are sharing a cable modem or DSL broadband connection that you will be using to access the Internet, you should protect all of your shared drives and printers with private passwords.
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