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  • Page 1

    NB6Plus4W – 1 This User Guide provides basic instructions for connecting your NB6Plus4W to an Apple Macintosh computer and to the Internet. 1. Ethernet Installation 2. Airport Installation 3. Modem Set-up Before you can use this User Guide, you must have alr eady established an ADSL service with your Internet Service Provider (ISP). These instruc[...]

  • Page 2

    ADSL2+ Router Mac User Guide 2 – NB6Plus4W Step 1 – Install the Hardwar e T o connect your modem using the Ether net cable, follow these step-by-step instructions: 1. Connect the ADSL cable. Connect one end of the telephone cable provided to the port labeled ADSL on the r ear panel of your NB6Plus4W Modem. Connect the other end to your wall pho[...]

  • Page 3

    ADSL2+ Router Mac User Guide NB6Plus4W – 3 Step 2 – Set up your Mac This is how to configure your Mac to work with your NB6Plus4W ADSL Modem. Mac OS 10.2.2 1. From the Apple menu, select System Pr eferences. 2. The Systems Prefer ences window opens. Mac Set-up[...]

  • Page 4

    ADSL2+ Router Mac User Guide 4 – NB6Plus4W 3. In the Systems Prefer ences window , locate the “Inter net and Network” heading and click once on the Network icon. The Network window opens. 4. If you want to use this Mac in more than place (perhaps at home as well as at your workplace) or on more than one network, you can achieve this easily by[...]

  • Page 5

    ADSL2+ Router Mac User Guide NB6Plus4W – 5 7. Click on the “Show” pop-up menu and select “Built in Ethernet”. Click on the TCP/ IP tab.The TCP/IP settings will be displayed. Click on the “Configure” pop-up menu (“Configure iPV4” if you’r e using Mac OS 10.3) and select “Using DHCP”. Click on Apply Now to save the changes. [...]

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    ADSL2+ Router Mac User Guide 6 – NB6Plus4W 10. Close the Network win dow by clic king the r ed clos e button (S ystem 10.3) or select “ Quit System Pr efer ences” un der the “Sys tem Pr eferen ces” menu (S ystem 10.2 o r earlier). Step 1 – Install the Hardwar e T o connect your modem using Airport, follow these step-by-step instructions[...]

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    ADSL2+ Router Mac User Guide NB6Plus4W – 7 Mac Set-up Step 2 – Set up your Mac This is how to configure your Mac to work with your NB6Plus4W ADSL Modem. Please note that, while it may be possible to connect wirelessly to the NB6Plus4W using Mac OS 9.x,only Mac OS X is supported. 1. From the Apple menu, select System Pr eferences. 2. The System[...]

  • Page 8

    ADSL2+ Router Mac User Guide 8 – NB6Plus4W 3. In the Systems Prefer ences window , locate the “Inter net and Network” heading and click once on the Network icon. The Network window opens. 4. If you want to use this Mac in more than place (perhaps at home as well as at your workplace) or on more than one network, you can achieve this easily by[...]

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    ADSL2+ Router Mac User Guide NB6Plus4W – 9 7. Click on the “Show” pop-up menu and select “Airport”. Click on the “Airport” tab. 8. Click the pop-up menu “By default, join” and select “Preferr ed networks”. Select “wireless” fr om the list that is displayed. Mac Set-up (cont)[...]

  • Page 10

    ADSL2+ Router Mac User Guide 10 – NB6Plus4W 9. With “wireless” selected, click on the “Edit” button at the foot of the list. The following dialogue box is displayed. 10. If you have not done any changes in Wireless security settings then select “ WEP Security”, in the dialogue box, enter the WEP Password which is defined : a1b2c3d4e5[...]

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    ADSL2+ Router Mac User Guide NB6Plus4W – 11 12. Click on the TCP/ IP tab. The TCP/IP settings will be displayed. Click on the “ConfigureiPV4” pop-up menu and select “Using DHCP”. Click on Apply Now to save the changes. Y our dialog box should now look like this: 13. If your Mac does not accept an IP address fr om the DHCP server in your [...]

  • Page 12

    ADSL2+ Router Mac User Guide 12 – NB6Plus4W T o configure your NB6Plus4W ADSL Modem, follow the steps below: 1. Open a web browser such as Safari or Internet Explorer . 2. In the Location Bar , type 192.168.1.1 and pr ess Enter . 3. Enter the username and password. The default username is “admin”. The default password is “admin”. Click o[...]

  • Page 13

    ADSL2+ Router Mac User Guide NB6Plus4W – 13 6. Y ou have now completed the set-up which will be sufficient for most uses. Y ou should now be able to access the Internet by selecting one of your Favorites or Bookmarks or by entering a URL in the Location Bar . 7. Y ou may need to change the settings in Mail, Outlook Expr ess or whatever email app[...]