4-4 User’s Reference Guide

If you add devices connected through a hub, connect the hub to Ethernet port number 1 on the Netopia R5000 Series Router and set the Normal/Uplink switch to Uplink.

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Ethernet

1

 

 

 

Nor-

PC

Macintosh

PC

10Base-T

 

 

Hub

Adding an external modem

You may want to add an external modem to your Auxiliary port so that you can manage it even if the Internet connectyion isn’t functioning. Obtain the special DB-25 external modem cable (TE6/DB25) either from your reseller or directly from Netopia.

Netopia R5000 Series Auxiliary port for connecting an external modem

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Ethernet

1

 

Line 2

Auxiliary

Console

Line 1

Power

Normal

1

Uplink

Auxiliary connection port

HD-15 (female)

By default, the Auxiliary port on your Netopia R5000 Series is enabled for remote console-based management via an external modem. This means that all you have to do is connect your modem to the Auxiliary port and configure the router for any AT command string your modem requires in the Line Configuration screens under the WAN Configuration menu.

For pinout information on the HD-15 to DB-25 modem cable, see “Pinouts for Auxiliary port modem cable,” in Appendix F, “Technical Specifications and Safety Information.”

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Netopia R5000 manual Adding an external modem