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60CHAPTER 6: CONFIGURING THE DUAL 56K LAN MODEM FOR PRIVATE NETWORK ACCESS

Configuration Steps The following steps guide you through configuration of the Dual 56K LAN Modem for shared access to a remote private network.

If you ran the computer pre-checks in Chapter 3 and found that your computer was set up for static IP addressing, refer to the section “Changing the LAN Modem IP Address for Static IP Users” on page 67 once you have completed these initial configuration steps.

1Launch the Web browser on the computer that you connected to the LAN Modem during the installation.

If you are setting up the LAN Modem for the first time, your Web browser will go to the Dual 56K LAN Modem’s initial configuration welcome window, regardless of the start page to which your Web browser is set.

If you have already set up the LAN Modem for its initial configuration, access the LAN Modem Main Page by entering http://3com.oc.lanmodem in the location bar of your Web browser, and skip to step 8, below.

A welcome message appears, as shown in Figure 37.

Figure 37 Initial Configuration Welcome Window

2Click Continue.

A message box appears, indicating that the LAN Modem clock is being synchronized to the date and time on your computer.

The Set Password window appears. This password is used to guard access to the Dual 56K LAN Modem’s configuration program. If you would like to restrict access to the configuration settings, create a password and record it in a safe place.