You Will Also Need

•A Windows, Macintosh, Linux, or other computer that supports TCP/IP and that is equipped with a Network Interface Card (NIC).

•A telephone wall jack to plug the Bridge into. The associated phone line must be DSL enabled.

1.3 Quick Start Instructions

Default Communication Settings

VPI

VCI

Protocol (Encapsulation)

 

 

 

0

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Bridge LLC (RFC 1483)

 

 

 

•If your service provider uses all three default settings listed above (the majority do), proceed to Connect the Bridge below.

•If your service provider uses the default VPI and VCI numbers but the PPPoE protocol rather than the Bridge protocol, turn to the Appendix on page 16.

•If your service provider uses settings different from these default ones (you would have been told this information when you signed up with your DSL provider), turn to the Appendix on page 17.

Connect the Bridge

To connect the Bridge modem hardware, all connections originate from the Bridge’s back panel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PWR ON OFF

RESET ETHERNET PHONE ADSL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(For reference, we have included a table that defines these back panel ports, or jacks; see page 14.)

1 Your computer should be off. Plug one end of the supplied phone cord into the unit’s ADSL jack and the other end into the ADSL wall jack.

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