3Com 3CRWE52196 manual OfficeConnect, Cable/DSL Gateway, Wireless

1 INTRODUCING THE GATEWAY

	Welcome to the world of networking with 3Com®. In the modern
	business environment, communication and sharing information is crucial.
	Computer networks have proved to be one of the fastest modes of
	communication but, until recently, only large businesses could afford the
	networking advantage. The OfficeConnect® product range from 3Com
	has changed all this, bringing networks to the small office.
	The products that compose the OfficeConnect range give you, the small
	office user, the same power, flexibility, and protection that has been
	available only to large corporations. Now, you can network the
	computers in your office, connect them all to a single Internet outlet, and
	harness the combined power of all of your computers.
OfficeConnect	The OfficeConnect Cable/DSL Gateway and the OfficeConnect Wireless
Cable/DSL Gateway	Cable/DSL Gateway are designed to provide a cost-effective means of
and Wireless	sharing a single broadband Internet connection amongst several wired
Cable/DSL Gateway	and wireless computers. The Gateway also provides protection in the
	form of an electronic “firewall” preventing anyone outside of your
	network from seeing your files or damaging your computers.
	As you can see in the example in Figure 1, without a Gateway only one
	computer is connected to the Internet. This computer must always be
	powered on for the other computers on the network to access the
	Internet.