Netopia Network Adapte manual

U ser Guide 3 Simple St ep s to Setting Up Y our D SL C onnection[...]

PC Users—St ar t Here. L et This CD Get Y ou Online Quic kly 1 1 . . Just insert this CD 2 2 . . Fol low the simpl e self-pac ed instructions pre sented on the CD to prepar e your PC 3 3 . . The Setup W izard will autom atically guide you through your D SL c onnection It’s as easy as th at . Also av ailable on this CD is a det ailed User’s Ma[...]

USER GUIDE T ab le of C ontents Getting Start ed w ith 3 Simple St eps What you’l l find in this guide Bef or e Y ou Begin .................................................................................. 4 A chec klist of everything you need to in stall your D SL connection St ep 1 ...............................................................[...]

2. Is there a NIC car d on your comput er? Whether your sy stem is Macintosh or W indows-based, you need a 10Ba se-T E thernet Network Interfac e Card (NIC) or a w ireless Network Interfac e to run a D SL connection. If you don’t have a NIC card, you c an buy one at most computer stor es. For c omputers ne ar the DSL router , Ethernet is the pref[...]

5 www .c ovad.net/onlines upport Bef ore Y ou Begin Get y our DSL connection parts re ady Check the contents of your C ovad DSL instal lation kit agains t the parts list below. T o help you sta y organiz ed, we recommend th at y ou keep the parts needed for e ach step separate. 1. Open the bag labeled Step 1. This bag shou ld cont ain: 4 DSL filter[...]

6 Estimat ed time for this st ep: 5 - 10 minutes Y our computer i s rea dy and y ou’ve organiz ed all the parts you need to set up D SL. Now it’s time to prep are the phone equipment in y our location. 1 1 . . Y our starting point is the wall phone j ack you’ll be using to c onnect y our wireles s router . Mak e s ure y ou use the jack for th[...]

7 phone outlet phon e outlet fa x machin e phone DS L filte r g ray phon e c o rd f rom kit www .c ovad.net/onlines upport Estimat ed time for this st ep: 10 minutes 1. Attach the two w ireless antennas inc luded in your kit to your r outer as sho wn. The antenn as should be attac hed fin ger tight and po sitioned straight up for the best rec eptio[...]

8 5 . C onnect the yel low Ethernet c able from the in stall ation kit to any avai l- able Ethernet por t on your router , color-coded in yellow . Plug the other end of the Ethernet c able into the NIC or Ethernet card on your computer . 6. PC Users: T o connect y our computer using a w ireless network interfac e, just insert the Quic kStart Instal[...]

9 www .c ovad.net/onlines upport Estimat ed time for this st ep: 5 minutes T o set up your D SL connection, y ou’ll need to c onfigure your computer’s hardwar e and your wir eless DSL router. The procedur e for configuring your comp uter varie s from one operating sy stem to another. First we’ll turn off dial- up networking and then you can f[...]

WINDOWS XP HOME/PROFESSIONAL/MEDIA C ENTER EDITION 1. Select Start and then C ontrol Panel OR Start and then Settings > C ontrol P anel . 2. Select Network and Internet C onnections and then select Network C onnections OR double-clic k on Network C onnections . 3. Double-clic k on Loc al Area C onnection . 4. Clic k on Pr operties . 5. Highlight[...]

11 www .c ovad.net/onlines upport Step 3 C ONFIGURING Y OUR WIRELESS D SL ROUTER Now that you have c onfigured your computer , it’s time to configure y our wireless D SL router. 1. Open your W eb browser . The router’s login pag e should appear autom atically . If the page doe s not appe ar, enter http://192.168.1.1 and c lic k Go or pre ss Ent[...]

12 T o start sending and rec eiving email using y our DSL service, ju st v isit http://webmail.c ovad.net usin g your We b browser . Use the username and p asswor d you c hose when you plac ed your order. Or , to set up your em ail program, you’ll need to follow a f ew quick steps. 1. Open your em ail progr am. Please not e that C ovad supports E[...]

13 www .c ovad.net/onlines upport Got a tec hnical probl em you need help w ith, or a question about y our Cova d acc ount? For answers t o practical ly any question relat ed to C ovad, ju st t urn to S MART Ac count Man ager. Thi s online re source c enter is just a few clicks away at www.c ovad.net. T o acc ess SMART , all you need to do is log i[...]

How can I t ell if my comp uter ha s a NIC or Ethernet c ard? Look for an Ethernet port on the back or side of your c omputer. Some laptops ma y have an ext ernal c ard, usually found on the s ide of the comput er. Man y newer laptop s have a wireles s network inter f ace built -in to the computer. If you’re s till not sure, c heck the network pr[...]

15 www .c ovad.net/onlines upport Frequently Ask ed Question s How do I get ad ditional D SL filter s? DSL filters — also known a s DSL bloc kers, micr ofilters, or D SL phone line filter s — are avail able for pur cha se at most electronic stor es or on the Internet. However , we recommend that you connect a max imum of five phones or device s[...]

What if I need t o reinst all my wir eless connection? If your w ireless connection profi le is delet ed or stops working, you can r e-run the Quic kStart Instal lation CD to rec onfigure your c om- puter. Choo se the Inst all Wireless Adapter Only path, and when prompted by the CD, c hoose Y es u ninsta ll the wiz ard . Run the CD a second time to[...]

17 www .c ovad.net/onlines upport DSL An acronym for digital subscriber line, D SL is a high-speed connection that uses the same w ires as your regul ar phone. But even though it uses the same connection as your phone, DSL service does not tie up your phone line. ______________________________________________________________________________________[...]

18 T o help you stay organiz ed, use this portion of your User Guide to write down your personal username, passw ord, and email addresses. M y primary usern ame/user ID is: ______________________________@cova d.net (Y our username is also referred to a s y our email ad dress or user ID) My primary pa ssword is: _____________________________________[...]

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