Instant Broadband Series

4.Click the Properties button, then choose the IP Address tab. Select Obtain an IP address automatically. Click OK.

You have now completed the PC’s client settings, so it can connect to the Router.

5.Click OK. Windows may ask for original Windows installation files. Direct your PC to the location of the files, e.g., D:\win98 or D:\win95, c:\windows\options\cabs.

6.Windows will ask you to restart the PC. Click Yes.

7.Repeat steps 1-6 for each PC on your network.

When all of your PCs are configured, the Cable/DSL Router Setup and Configuration is complete.

If you want to learn more about the Router’s Web-based

Utility, proceed to the next section.

EtherFast Cable/DSL Routers

The Cable/DSL Router’s Web-based Utility

Quick & Easy Router Administration

The EtherFast Cable/DSL Router uses a web browser-based administrative Utility that is programmed into a chipset. All administrative tasks for the Router are performed through this Setup Utility. The Utility can be accessed through any PC on the network by typing http://192.168.1.1 into the web browser’s Address field (even if that PC does not yet have Internet access), shown below.

After entering the address value into the web browser, a password request page will pop up, shown below.

Leave the User Name field blank and type “admin” into the Password field.

In this section, you’ll find brief descriptions of each web page in the Utility and each page’s key functions. More detailed explanations and instructions can be found by clicking each page’s Help button in your Router’s Setup Utility.

To apply any settings you’ve changed on a page, click the Apply button, then click Continue. To clear any values you’ve entered on any page, click

Cancel.

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