User Manual

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Installing the SOMAport 140

Connecting a LAN to the SOMAport 140

To provide Internet access to all of the PCs on your LAN, run a cable from the

SOMAport 140 to your hub.

You can connect a hub to the SOMAport 140 using a crossover (null modem)

cable.

Use a networking technology such as HomeRF, 802.11b, or HPNA. Enable all

devices to have Internet access through the Ethernet port on the SOMAport

140.

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To connect a hub to the SOMAport 140

Turn off the computer and the hub.

Insert one end of the straight-through Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port at

the back of the SOMAport 140.

Insert the other end of the cable into any empty Ethernet port on your hub.

NOTE:

Make sure the length of the cable does not exceed 100 m

(328 feet).

Connect any other equipment to the SOMAport 140 using the proper

procedures.

Turn on the hub and the computer.

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