Install Your Router
Make sure that your Internet service is active before you install the router. Follow steps 1 through 5.
1. Prepare your modem. | 1 | |
a. Unplug your modem’s | ||
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power. | DSL or cable | |
b. If the modem has a battery | ||
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backup, remove its |
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batteries. |
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c. If your modem was already | Internet | |
connected to another | ||
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router, disconnect the cable |
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between your modem and |
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that router. |
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Now your modem should be | Modem | |
completely turned off, and | ||
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cabled only to the wall jack for your Internet service.
2.Connect your modem.
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Router
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aModem
a.Plug in, then turn on your modem. (Replace the batteries if you removed them previously.)
b.With the yellow Ethernet cable that came with the router, connect your modem to the Internet port of your router.
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