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20 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User's Guide
To set up the base station as a wireless access point only
1. Plug one end of the blue Ethernet cable that came with your
base station into the Ethernet port labeled 1 on the back of the
base station and plug the other end into the Ethernet port on
the back of your computer.
2. Plug one end of the power supply that came with your base
station into the Power port on the back of the base station, and
plug the other end into an electrical outlet.
3. Use a pointed object to press the reset button on the back of
the base station, while observing the power indicator light. Hold
the button down until the light starts to blink green and orange,
about five seconds.
4. Release the button and wait for the light to turn solid orange
and then green, which can take up to 60 seconds.
5. Configure the base station through the Base Station
Management Tool. See Chapter 6 for instructions.
To set up the base station as a wireless access point if none of
your computers have Ethernet ports
1. Attach a wireless adapter to your computer by following the
instructions in your adapter documentation.
2. Follow steps 2 through 5 in the preceding procedure to connect
and configure the base station.
You should then be able to connect to your base station through
the wireless adapter. Although you may be able to share your
Internet connection through the networked computer, this is not
supported through Microsoft Wireless Setup. If you use a computer
that is running Windows XP to share your Internet connection, be
sure to enable Windows Internet Connection Sharing and Internet
Connection Firewall on that computer.
If You Have No Ethernet Computers
If none of your computers have available Ethernet ports, but they
do have available USB or PC Card connections, you can connect all
of your computers to the base station wirelessly, as described in
the following section. You will need to purchase wireless adapters
to configure your base station this way.
Connecting the Base Station Wirelessly
You can connect all of your computers to the base station
wirelessly if none of the computers have Ethernet connections, if
they cannot be located near the modem and base station, or if you
want all of them to be mobile.
You will need to purchase a wireless adapter for each computer
that you want to connect to the base station.
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