User's Manual

Chapter 1: Installation Instructions
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Congratulations! You have established communication and your
computer is connected to the Internet.
If you want to connect other computers to the X6v, continue with
Setting Up a Network below.
If you want to configure a VoIP account, first set up your network
-- if desired -- and then continue with Chapter 4, Setting Up
VoIP Service on page 37.
Setting Up a Network
Once a computer that is directly connected to the X6v modem is
able to browse the Web, you know for certain that your Web
connection is working. Now you can set up the rest of your
network.
It is up to you whether you want to have some computers
connected directly to the X6v
and others connected wirelessly. The
X6v
supports both wired and wireless connections. You can have
up to 253 connections, four of which can be wired directly through
the
X6’s four ETHERNET ports. You can also plug a network
device (such as a hub, switch, or router) into one of the
ETHERNET ports.
To set up your network, you can do any or all of the following, in
any order that you choose:
• If you want to connect additional computers directly to the
X6v
, see To Connect Additional Wired Computers below.
• If you want to connect a hub, switch, or router directly to the
X6v
, see To Connect a Network Device on page 20.
• If you want to connect additional computers using a wireless
network, see Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Wireless Network
on page 23.
To Connect Additional Wired
Computers
You can connect up to four computers that have Ethernet ports
directly to the X6v
.
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