Linksys HPES03 manual Connecting Your Devices to the Bridge, Basic Installation

Linksys HomeLink™ Series

Connecting Your Devices to the Bridge

The following steps will have your Broadband Network Bridge up and run- ning in minutes.

Basic Installation

1.Ensure that every component of your network (including your Broadband Network Bridge) is powered off.

2.If you are uplinking to a DSL modem, cable modem, Ethernet hub, or Ethernet switch, connect it to the bridge through the bridge's uplink port with a network cable. Keep in mind that using the uplink port deactivates 10BaseT Port 3.

3.Connect your Ethernet-equipped devices to the bridge through the Bridge's 10BaseT ports. If you are not uplinking the Broadband Bridge to an Ethernet device, both 10BaseT ports 2 and 3 will be available. If you are using the bridge's uplink port, only port 2 will be active. Ethernet devices should be connected to the Bridge with a network cable. Each cable should be less than 100 meters (328 feet) in length.

4.Daisy-chain the Broadband Bridge into the HomeLink network by running HomeLinked telephone lines through the Bridge's HomeLink port. The entire length of telephone cable used in a HomeLink network should never exceed 150 meters (500 feet). For more detailed information on daisy chaining, see the next page.

5.Power everything on. Connect the supplied power cord to the Power port on the rear of the bridge, then plug the power cord into an electrical out- let.

The Broadband Bridge installation is complete.

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