To connect using USB, you must have a USB cable (a six foot, light gray USB cable is provided with your Intelligent Gateway), the Intelligent Gateway Setup CD, and a computer with an open USB port, running Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, or XP, or Mac 8.6 to 9.x or 10.2 or higher.
Note: Windows 95, NT, and other versions of Macintosh computers are not supported for direct connect USB.
How many computers can I connect to my Intelligent Gateway?
The Intelligent Gateway supports up to 250 IP addresses on the Intelligent Gateway network: 32 static and 218 dynamic via DHCP.
Do I need to use a “hub” with my network?
You only need a hub if you wish to connect multiple computers to your Intelligent Gateway network using Ethernet, have used all available Ethernet ports on the Intelligent Gateway to connect additional computers, and your location is not wired with Ethernet (CAT5) cabling. If this is the case, you will need an Ethernet hub/switch.
To connect an Ethernet hub/switch, connect an Ethernet cable from the LOCAL NETWORK Ethernet port on the back of your Intelligent Gateway to any port on your Ethernet hub/switch. The Intelligent Gateway
Note: Be careful to connect the computers to the correct ports on the hub/switch with a
While running the Setup Wizard, I received the following error message: “Cannot contact configuration server.”
This error message occasionally appears when Internet traffic is particularly heavy. It will not affect the Setup Wizard process.
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