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  • Page 1

    1 Quickstar t Guide D S L S Y N C Power LAN 4 LAN 3 LAN 2 LAN 1 Copyright © 2003, Netopia, Inc. All rights reserved. Netopia, Cayman and the Netopia logo are registered tr ademarks and Making Broadband Work is a trademark of Netopia, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Making Broadband W ork ™ V . 24/07/03 C a [...]

  • Page 2

    Check your package contents: 1. Unp ack the Netopia C a y man DSL SYNC Power LAN 4 LAN 3 LAN 2 LAN 1 CD-ROM and Quickstart Guide RJ-11 T elephone Cable (lavender) RJ-45 Ethernet Cable (yellow) Netopia Router: Cayman 3346-ENT or Cayman 3356-ENT Power Supply and Power Cord 2 1. After unpacking your Cayman Router shipping carton, decide where you want[...]

  • Page 3

    3 E N G L I S H 3. Connect the Router to the phone wall jack that supports your ADSL ser vice. Insert one end of the lavender telephone cable in the DSL por t on the Cayman Router back panel. Inser t the other end of the telephone cable into the tele- phone jack connected to your ADSL service. The DSL SYNC indicator light should blink for up to two[...]

  • Page 4

    The following instructions assume that you want to use the automatic configuration and address sharing features of the Router to provide IP information to devices on your local Ethernet network. 1. Configure your computer to use an IP address on the same TCP/IP network as the Cayman Router: > Windo ws 95, 98 and ME On your computer , go to: Open[...]

  • Page 5

    5 E N G L I S H > Windo ws 2000 and XP • Right click on the My Network Places icon on your Windows desktop and select Properties from the drop-down menu. • Right click on your Local Area Connection and select Properties . • Select Internet Protocol [TCP/IP] . • Click the Properties button. • Click the Obtain IP address automatically ra[...]

  • Page 6

    6 3. Configure the Netopia C a y man 1. Run a T elnet application from the computer on the same network as the Router . •W indo ws users: click on the Star t menu, select Run , and in the resulting entry box, type telnet 192.168.1.1 • Macintosh OS X users: launch the T erminal application, either from the Dock or from the Utilities folder , and[...]

  • Page 7

    7 E N G L I S H 3. Configure the Netopia C a y man (continued) If your ISP uses PPPoA , follow the instructions (the example below is based on ADSL “Wires Only” in the UK - parameters may change according to your ISP): If necessary , toggle PPP Mode from VC Multiplexed to LL C SNAP and change the VPI and VCI to match those used by your Internet[...]

  • Page 8

    8 D/ The IP Easy Setup screen appears. Configure your L AN parameters here. The example below is based on I P Easy Set Up using NA T and DHCP Server . The Domain Name and the I P addresses of your Primar y and Secondary Domain Name Ser ver are dynamically acquired by the router when connecting to the Internet. However , we recommend that you enter [...]

  • Page 9

    Netopia Europe 2, rue du Docteur Lombard 92130 Issy-Les-Moulineaux FRA NCE tel: +33 1 45 29 91 00 fax: +33 1 45 29 91 09 info@netopia.fr Netopia UK c/o M. Nathan-Amissah 58 Poulton Avenue Sutton Surrey SM1 3PY U NIT ED KI NGDOM info@netopia.co.uk Netopia Deutschland Am Fuchsberg 4 D-21423 WIN SE N DEUTSCH LA N D info@netopia.de Netopia Nederland Be[...]