Typical Setup
The steps in this section correspond to the steps that you will go through in the Setup Wizard on the Setup CD. If possible, you should use the Setup Wizard whenever you set up a Microsoft Broadband Networking product on your network.
Note You can use the Setup and Network Utility (v.2.0) CD that comes with this base station to install all current and previous versions of Microsoft Broadband Networking products. If you have other Microsoft Broadband Networking products on your network, you do not need to keep multiple copies of this CD and you can discard earlier versions of this CD.
Step 1: Gather Components, Tools, and Information
1.Check if any of the following special situations apply to you.
If… | Do this first… |
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You haven’t yet set up | Set up your broadband Internet connection and make sure that it |
your broadband Internet | works. The Setup Wizard will look for it and gather all of your Internet |
connection | settings so that you don’t have to locate and enter them manually. |
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You are using this base | Record your current Internet settings. For information about how to |
station to replace an | locate them, see Appendix A, “Locating Your Internet and Network |
existing base station, | Settings.” Do not disconnect your existing network devices until |
gateway, or router | instructed to do so by the Setup Wizard. |
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Your computer currently | Replace the USB cable with the Ethernet cable that came with your |
connects to your | modem. Make sure that your Internet connection is working through |
broadband modem with | the Ethernet cable before proceeding. |
USB cable |
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Your computer is | Log on as a member of the Administrator group on the computer you |
running Windows XP | will use to set up the base station and on the computer you will use to |
| set up the adapter. If you are not logged on as an administrator, click |
| Start, click Log Off, and then press CTRL+ALT+DELETE. Log on again |
| with an administrator’s name and password. |
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Your computer is | Disable or uninstall any firewall or Internet connection sharing |
running firewall or | software on your computers. Your base station will replace these |
Internet connection | functions, and the Setup Wizard cannot proceed if they are enabled. |
sharing software |
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You have a | Make sure that you know your user name, password, and service |
Point Protocol over | name. The Setup Wizard will prompt you to enter this information. For |
Ethernet (PPPoE) | information about how to determine your Internet settings, see |
Internet connection | Appendix A, “Locating Your Internet and Network Settings.” |
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10Microsoft Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station User’s Guide