Linksys USB200HA manual

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    HomeLink™ Series Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter Model No.: USB200HA User Guide[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2000 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter is a register ed trademark of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo ar e register ed trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names are the pr operty of their respective proprietors. LIMITED W ARRANTY L[...]

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    Linksys HomeLink™ Series Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter Introduction HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter Congratulations on your purchase of the Linksys HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Netw ork Adapter . No w you’ ll be able to instantl y connect multiple PCs o ver your telephone wiring and talk on the phone at the same time. There's [...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 3 Getting to Know Y our Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter The Adapter’ s Ports USB This USB port, which is a T ype B por t, is where you con- nect your HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Netw ork Adapter externally to y our PC. Use the USB cable pro vided in the package contents. HomeLink The Adapter’ s HomeLink port c[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter USB Cabling The HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Netw ork Adapter comes with one USB cable. One end of the USB cab le has a rectangular connector called a T ype A connector . The other end of the cable has a square T ype B connector . The USB cable’ s T ype B tip connects to the USB device, that is, y our USB Netw ork [...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter Connecting to a Phoneline Network Computers on a HomeLink netw ork can be connected in one of two w ays. They can be daisy chained through their HomeLink port to another HomeLink PC in a string, or they can be connected directl y to a phone jack. The diagram below sho ws a HomeLink phoneline netw ork that uses both[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 9 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 8 4. Select “ Sear ch for the best driver f or your device (Recommended) . ” Click Next . 5. Select “ Floppy disk drives . ” Click Next . Windows 98 Driver Installation Overview After installing your Phoneline 10M USB Netw ork Adapter in your computer , follo w these instr uctio[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 11 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 10 8. A window will appear to tell y ou that W indo ws has f inished installing the new hardw are device. Click Finish . 9. A Systems Settings Change windo w will ask you if y ou want to restart your computer . Remo ve your dri ver disk from its driv e and click Ye s . If W indows does[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 13 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 12 3. Click the File and Print Sharing button to bring up the F ile and Print Sharing windo w . 4. If you w ant to giv e others access to f iles on your PC's hard dri ve, select I want to be a ble to give others access to my files . 5. If you'd like to share y our printer wit[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 15 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 14 10. Optional: Enter a description of your computer in the Computer Description f ield. Y ou may lea ve this f ield blank if you wish. 11. Optional: Choose the Access Control tab . Make sure that Shar ed-level access control is selected. If the setting is on User-level access contr o[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 17 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 16 Sharing Y our Files and Printers in Windows 98 Overview By “sharing” your f iles and printers, other PCs on your HomeLink netw ork will be able to access those resources on y our PC. Before sharing your f iles and printers, you must set up your PC to be used with any f ile ser v[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 19 Windows 2000 Driver Installation Overview After installing the Phoneline 10M USB Netw ork Adapter on your PC, follo w these instructions to install the HomeLink W indo ws 2000 dri ver . The installa- tion procedure for the netw ork driver could v ar y slightly depending on w hich version of W indo ws 2000 you ar[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 5. The Driver F ile Searc h Results window will appear . Click Next . 6. The Completing the F ound Ne w Hardw ar e W izar d windo w will appear with the name of your adapter , Linksys Phoneline 10M USB Networ k Adapter . Click Finish . 7. Remo ve the dri ver disk from y our flopp y dri ve. The Windo ws 2000 HomeLin[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter • T ry connecting your PCs using only the phone cab le provided with the HomeLink adapter . Disconnect your PCs from an y phone jacks and remo ve an y telephone, modem, or other device that y ou hav e connected to the HomeLink adapters. • If the PCs are far a w a y from each other , bring them close to each oth[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 25 Linksys HomeLink™ Series click on Start , Settings , Control P anel , then open Netw ork and click on the Conf iguration tab . Highlight IPX/SPX-compatible Pr otocol (only one of them) and click on Pr operties . • Click on the NetBIOS tab . Put a check next to I want to ena b le NetBIOS o ver IPX/SPX and cli[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 27 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 26 Starting Over in Windows 98 If you e xperience installation diff iculties, you ma y need to reinstall all of the W indows netw orking components from scratch. The instr uctions belo w explain ho w to giv e your PC a clean sw eep so you can retry the HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Netw o[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 29 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 28 5. F or PCs with Dial-Up Netw orking and/or an A OL adapter , remo ve an y instance of the name Linksys, all IPX/SPX protocols, all NetBEUI, all Clients, and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Netw orks. Do not r emo ve Dial-Up Adapter , A OL Adapter , TCP/IP-Compatible Pr otoco[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 31 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 30 Starting Over in Windows 2000 1. Click the Start button, choose Settings , choose Control P anel , then dou- ble-click the System icon. The System Pr operties windo w will open. 2. Choose the Hard war e tab . 3. Click the Device Manag er button. The Device Mana ger windo w will open[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 33 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 32 Manually Installing Network Components in Windows 98 Sometimes, you ma y ha ve to manuall y install missing W indo ws netw orking components. F or manually installing netw ork components in W indows 2000, see your netw ork adminstrator or your Microsoft documentation. 1. Click on St[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter Open Source and Beta Operating Systems Linksys does not pro vide technical suppor t for F r eeBSD or other free ware and open source operating systems. Although many Linksys products ha ve been pro ven to perform well under free ware and open source OSes, technical support for setup and troubleshooting is not pro v[...]

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    Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 37 Customer Support F or help with the installation or operation of your HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Netw ork Adapter, contact Linksys T echnical Suppor t at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below . Customer Support 800-326-7114 949-261-1288 Fa x 949-261-8868 E-mail support@linksys.com W eb Site http:/[...]

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    © Copyright 2000 Linksys, All Rights Reser ved. http://www .linksys.com[...]