Installation Instructions

Step

1 Getting Started

First: Remove or disable conflicting applications

Applications that enable a computer to share its Internet connection (often called Internet sharing software)

and PC based firewall applications typically interfere with the HomePortal and should be removed or

disabled before you install the HomePortal residential gateway. The HomePortal provides the same

features as the products listed below so you don’t need to worry about losing Internet sharing and security

capabilities. For more information on the HomePortal firewall, see Technical Support at www.2Wire.com.

If you have any of the following (or similar) applications installed on your computers, remove or disable

them according to the manufacturer’s instructions before proceeding.

Second: Check your computer’s browser and system requirements

Verify that your computers meet the following minimum requirements:

Browser Requirements

Windows: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher (included on the HomePortal Setup Wizard CD) or

Netscape Navigator 4.7 or higher.

Macintosh: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or Netscape 4.74 or higher (included on the HomePortal

Setup Wizard CD).

System Requirements

• At least 32 MB of RAM

• At least one computer with CD-ROM

• 5 MB of available hard disk space for 2Wire HomePortal software

• Windows 98, 98SE, Windows ME, Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6, Windows 2000,

Windows XP, or Mac OS 8.6 or higher

• Network interface card(s) appropriate to your HomePortal model.

Internet sharing applications such as... Proxy software such as... Security software such as...

• 3Com HomeClick

• Microsoft Internet Connection Sharing

• Intel Anypoint ISS

•WinGate

• Sygate

• Norton Internet Security

• Black Ice

• Zone Alarm