User's Manual

10 Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User’s Guide
You can use this setup method on a computer that is running
Microsoft Windows
®
XP, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 98
SE, or Windows 98, and is not currently networked. The computer
must have a working broadband Internet connection and must
connect directly to your broadband modem with an Ethernet cable.
If you have a different computer configuration, or want a different
setup method, look through this chapter for the description that
best matches your situation.
My modem doesn’t connect to my computer through Ethernet.
• If your modem connects through USB but also has an Ethernet
connection, you can switch to the Ethernet port. For
instructions, see page 19.
• If your modem has no Ethernet connection, you have three
choices:
• You can obtain a new modem that has an Ethernet
connection.
• You can set up a network by using wireless adapters only and
no base station. For information, see the documentation that
came with your adapter.
• You may be able to set up the base station as a wireless
access point only, as shown in the following diagram. For
more information, see page 19.
I don’t have a working Internet connection, or I don’t want to
share my Internet connection through my base station.
The Setup Wizard cannot configure the base station automatically
if your computer does not have an active Internet connection. It is
highly recommended that you establish a working broadband
Internet connection before you set up the base station.
Note
If you are not sure which types
of connections your computer
or modem has, see Chapter 1.
Note
You cannot set up the base
station on a Windows 2000
computer by using the Setup
Wizard. You can use a
different computer to set up
the base station, you can use
the Base Station Management
Tool to set up the base station
on the Windows 2000
computer, or you can set up a
network by installing wireless
adapters only.
Wireless Base Station
Second Computer
Wireless Notebook
Adapter shown
First Computer*
Ethernet or Wireless
Adapter
*To connect the base station, the first computer requires an installed Ethernet
adapter (shown), or wireless adapter.