User's Manual

setup.
Installing, Connecting, and
Configuring Your Wireless Base
Station
The typical connection method for the base station resembles the
following diagram.
One computer, and your broadband modem, connect to the base
station with Ethernet cables. Other computers can make a wireless
or wired connections to the base station.
You can use this setup method for a Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP,
Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98 SE, or Windows 98
based computer that is connected directly to a DSL or cable
modem with an Ethernet cable. The computer must have a working
Internet connection and must not be connected to any other
computers or networks.
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Important
Run the Setup Wizard before
connecting your base station.
If you connected your base
station before installing the
software, or if you do not want
to use the Setup Wizard, see
“If You Connected the
Hardware First” and “If You Do
Not Want to Use the Setup
Wizard” in this chapter.
Active Internet Connection
Broadband Modem
(DSL or Cable)
Second Computer
Installing the software on
this computer configures
the adapter.
First Computer*
Installing the software on
this computer configures
the base station.
Wireless Base Station
Ethernet Connection
Easy setup: Use the blue
Ethernet cable to connect
the base station to your
first computer.
You can change this to a
wireless connection later.
*In this setup method, the first computer requires an installed Ethernet adapter to
connect the base station, as shown here.
Note
You cannot set up the base
station on a Microsoft
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.