Connecting

Connecting an additional hub:

multiple

After you have finished the configuration of your OfficeConnect

Gateway, you can connect an additional Ethernet hub or hubs to

users

add up to 253 users, which is the maximum supported by the

OfficeConnect Gateway.

 

Note: If you previously used static addressing, use Chapter 2 of the User’s Guide (available online at www.3com.com/ocg/docs) and the settings you recorded earlier to set up your workstations and the OfficeConnect Gateway for static IP addressing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An example of an eight-user connection is shown below (Fig 8),

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

using a 3Com OfficeConnect Ethernet Hub 8.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Verify network configuration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Check with your network administrator that the built-in DHCP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

server will not cause conflicts on the network. In most instances,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

however, the OfficeConnect Gateway will automatically detect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the presence of another DHCP server on the network and disable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

its own built-in DHCP server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Connect the LAN cable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OfficeConnect

Connect one end of the LAN cable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ethernet Hub 8

(blue) to a port of the ethernet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

2

hub and the other end to the LAN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

8

 

OfficeConnect Gateway

port (blue) on the rear panel of the

 

 

 

 

 

6

ADSL Data and Voice

 

 

 

 

 

 

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3. Uplink port configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Ethernet cable

The OfficeConnect Gateway will

 

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automatically detect uplink ports

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and configure itself accordingly.

Figure 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No further action is required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rebooting

Rebooting the OfficeConnect Gateway Data and Voice Base Unit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the Unit

 

 

To reboot an OfficeConnect Gateway Data and Voice unit that is

 

 

powered up, press and hold the Reset button for at least two

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset Button

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Reset button is located on the rear panel of the OfficeConnect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gateway Data and Voice Base Unit, as previously shown in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

installation diagram (Fig 2) on page 3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restoring Factory Default Settings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To restore the factory default settings of the OfficeConnect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gateway, press and hold the Reset button for five (5) seconds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

while power-cycling the unit. This will restore the factory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

default settings to all OfficeConnect Gateway parameters,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

including the Administrator password.

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