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10Attach an antistatic wrist strap (not included with the VPN Router 1100 shipment).

Caution: Risk of equipment damage

Electrostatic discharge can damage VPN Router 1100 components.

11Remove the blank card bracket (or the option card that you are replacing) from the slot.

Caution: Risk of equipment damage

If you must remove an ADSL option card from slot 3 (Figure 14 on page 37), lift the free end of the card so that the card is at a slight angle, and then carefully pull it up and out of the slot so that the card clears the connector of the adjacent slot 2. If you damage components on the underside of the ADSL interface card, the card does not work.

12Install the new option card.

Caution: Risk of equipment damage

To prevent stress damage to components on the underside of the ADSL option card when you install that card in slot 3 (Figure 14 on page 37), hold the card at a slight angle and insert it into the connector so that the card clears the connector of the adjacent slot 2. If you damage components on the underside of the ADSL interface card, the card does not work.

Press the card all the way into the PCI connector on the motherboard.

13Carefully slide the chassis cover onto the base, and secure it with the four screws.

14Attach the bracket of the new option card to the front panel with two screws.

15Connect the cables to the system ports and to the option card ports.

16Plug the power cord into the AC power outlet.

17Plug the external power supply into the port labeled DC Input on the back of the VPN Router 1100.

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1010, 1050, 1100 specifications

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