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W i r e l e s s M A Xg A D S L G a t e w a y U s e r G u i d e
Home Installation Easy Configurator We b User Interface Help
G a t e w a y I n s t a l l a t i o n
I n s t a l l a t i o n O v e r v i e w & S y s t e m R e q u i r e m e n t s
Not e: It is important that yo u hav e yo ur serial number written d own for future reference . If you e ve r need to call our technica l s upp ort d ep artment, you will need this
numbe r to receive assistance . You can find yo ur 12-character serial number on a b ar code sticker loc ated o n the bottom of the ga teway a nd also on the bo x. You will
also need your mod el numbe r.
This gatewa y's Eas yConfigurator installation so ftware works with the following ope rating sys tems:
Windows Vista, XP, Me, 200 0, NT 4.0, 9 8
Mac intosh
Linux
You will ne ed to have a c omputer with an Ethernet Ne twork Interface Card (NIC) installed and/o r an 80 2.11b/g comp atible wirele ss adapter installe d, as well a s a We b
browser that works with the HTML 4 .01 s pe cification with Javascript enab led.
W h a t Y o u N e e d B e f o r e Y o u B e g i n
You will ne ed a ctive ADSL and Internet se rvice from yo ur local tele pho ne compa ny or Internet Se rvice Provide r (ISP) be fore you try to g o on the Internet. You may also
need the follo wing from yo ur ISP:
VPI/VCI va lues
ADSL stand ard (mo dula tion)
Encapsulation mo de
Authentication (PAP or CHAP) for PPP co nnec tions
Your user name a nd pa ssword, if they were assig ned b y y our ISP.
S t e p 1 . C o n n e c t M i c r o f i l t e r ( i f i n c l u d e d o r r e q u i r e d b y y o u r I S P )
A microfilter remo ve s interference betwee n vo ice a nd DSL sig nals . Your ISP will de termine if a microfilter is nece ss ary. If a mic rofilter was not included with the
ga teway, you may want to as k your ISP if yo u need to p urchase one o r more o f them.
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To install a microfilter, p lug ea ch d evice (phone, fax ma chine , o r other telephony d ev ice ) into the microfilter, and then plug the microfilter into the telep hone wall jack.
Do not ins tall a microfilter o n the cable that co nnects yo ur ADSL g ateway to the telephone ja ck unless your microfilter has a co nnection for b oth the gateway and the
phone.
S t e p 2 . C o n n e c t t h e A n t e n n a a n d C a b l e s
To configure the ga teway, you will initially use the sup plied ye llo w Ethernet cable to connect it to the co mp uter. You can set up a wirele ss co nnection later in the
installa tion p roc es s, once the ga teway is co mmunicating with the Internet.
This diag ram shows you ho w the d ev ice s will be c onne cted when the installation is comple te:
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To mak e the nee ded connec tions, follo w these s teps:
A. Attach the antenna to the back o f the gatewa y.
B. Connect one end o f the telep hone ca ble to the telep hone port on the back o f yo ur ga teway (labe led ADSL) . Connec t the other end to the tele pho ne wall jack.
C. Connect the yellow Ethernet cab le. Although you ca n co nnec t up to four sy stems this wa y, you should co nnec t ad ditional de vices only a fter the initial se tup is
complete. Insert one end of the Ethernet cable into one of the po rts on the back o f the gatewa y (labele d 1, 2, 3, and 4 ) . Connec t the other end to the Ethernet po rt on
your computer’s network interface card.
D. Plug the AC power ad apter into the 9 VDC jac k o n the back of your g ateway. The n plug the AC p ower ada pter into a standard wall o utlet. If the LED o n the front
pa nel is no t lighted, pre ss the p owe r switch o n the b ack of the gateway.
Not e: This pro duct is intend ed to be s upp lied by a UL Listed Direct Plug- in Power Unit ma rked Class 2 a nd rated 9V DC, 1200 mA.
The g ateway starts up after y ou turn on the power. This may take one to two minutes.
E. On the front panel, see if the and a ny o f the indicators LEDs are lig hted. If they are not, s ee the tro ub lesho o t ing se ct ion.
S t e p 3 . I n s t a l l E a s y C o n f i g u r a t o r
1. Insert the U.S. Robotics installation CD- ROM into your computer’s CD- ROM drive. T he installa tion should start automa tically. This pro ce ss may take a few
moments.
If the installation doe s not start automatically, yo u ca n start it manually.
Windows Vist a users: Click St art , then Co mp ut er and browse to y our CD- ROM drive. O pen the set up .e xe file o n the CD- ROM.
Windows users: Click St a rt a nd then Run, then typ e D:\s et up .exe in the dialo gue b ox a nd click O K. (If your CD drive use s a d ifferent letter, type that le tter in
pla ce o f D.)
Macintos h users: Op en the CD- ROM and d ouble click on e ither Ma cO S X Inst all o r MacO S C la ss ic Inst all (dep end ing on which op erating s ystem your
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computer uses ).
Linux users: Ope n the CD- ROM, browse to \p lat f o rms \li nux, and d ouble - click on inst all.b in.
2. Select your preferred lang uag e and click O K.
3. If yo u are using Wind ows, the installe r runs a qualifica tion test to v erify that your s ystem me ets the minimum req uirements for installa tion. When d one, a Result s
scre en displa ys green flags ne xt to sys tem c ompo nents that me et requirements and red flags nex t to a ny that d o not. If your sy stem passes the qualificatio n,
click Next . If any o f yo ur system compo nents do not mee t the req uireme nts, click View Re p ort to ide ntify them.
Setup now ins talls the EasyConfigurator.
S t e p 4 . C o n f i g u r e t h e G a t e w a y w i t h E a s y C o n f i g u r a t o r
1. This is the Eas yConfigurator lo gin windo w:
If EasyConfigura tor doe s no t start up automatica lly, y ou can op en it yourself.
Windows Vist a users: Click Windo ws S t art > All Prog ra ms > U.S. Ro b ot ic s EasyConf igura t o r.
Windows users: Click St a rt a nd selec t Prog ra ms and U.S. R obot ics EasyConf ig urat or.
Macintos h and Linux users: Doub le- click on the Easy Configurator ico n o n the d es ktop .
The d efault user na me and p as sword a re alread y entered for you. Click Lo g In and wait a few moments.
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2. This window a pp ears after yo u lo g in:
(If this windo w doe s not ap pea r, click o n Co nf ig ura t io n near the top o f the windo w.) Sele ct your country and your Internet Se rvice P rovide r (ISP) from the
drop- down lists. If yo ur co untry or ISP do es not appe ar in the lis t, se lect Ot her and manually enter the se ttings p rov ide d by your ISP.
You ma y ne ed to enter your ISP- sup plied use r name and pass word after ma king y our sele ctions. Click Apply to continue.
3. EasyConfigurator no w co nfigures yo ur gateway b ased o n your ISP selection or manually- entere d settings.
At this point, the system attempts to a cc es s the Internet. This may take a few minutes, until the follo wing status p age app ea rs.
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If the s tatus is CO NNECT ED T O THE INT ERNET, you have successfully co nfigured your Internet co nnection. If it does no t say CO NNECT ED T O THE
INTERNET , go to the T roubles hoo ting section of this installation guid e.
S t e p 5 . S e t U p t h e W i r e l e s s C o n f i g u r a t i o n
In wireles s c ommunications, de vic es communicate with each o ther via radio waves rather than ca bles . The g ateway can co mmunica te wireles sly with any de vic e that
has a wireless network ad ap ter that me ets wirele ss networking s tanda rds .
To set up wireless communications, click St at us at the top of the EasyCo nfigurator s creen (if it is not a lrea dy o pe n). T hen click C onf ig ure Wire less . Log in if the
software as ks yo u to (use a d min as the user na me and p asswo rd). This ope ns your We b browser to a pa ge for se tting up security on your wireless network. U.S.
Robotics strong ly reco mme nds that yo u secure your network as d irected on this pa ge.
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Follow the on- scree n instructions to c onfigure security, and c lick App ly when do ne. T he status pa ge o f the gatewa y's We b user interface automatically app ea rs a fter
you do this.
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Your wireless network is now se cure. You may c los e EasyConfigurator and the We b user interface .
You ca n now start up a Web browser. We sugg es t that you test your connec tion b y registering yo ur pro duct on the following Web pa ge :
www.usr.com/p ro duct reg
You ca n use the ga teway ’s Web use r interface (WUI) to enable o r disable wireless communications a nd to se t the ne twork name, broadcast status, a nd se curity
op tions. T he Web use r interface is the main tool for configuring and using the ga teway. Click here to find out how to run the WUI.
Click he re to le arn how to s et up the d evice to sha re a p rinter among multiple computers.
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