Step 2: Installing the Hardware
1 Shut down your computer (if it is not shut down already).
2 Connect the modem to the computer’s Ethernet jack or to a network device (such as a hub). If you are using a Windows computer, you also have the option of connecting your computer’s USB port. However, we recommend that Windows users connect to an Ethernet jack if one is available.
!If you are using a computer’s Ethernet jack: Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the modem’s ETHERNET jack and plug the other end into your computer’s Ethernet jack.
!If you are using a computer’s USB port (Windows computers only): Plug one end of the USB cable into the modem’s USB port and the other end into your Windows computer’s USB port.
!If you are connecting the X4 directly to a hub, switch, wireless access point, or other network device: Plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the modem’s ETHERNET jack and the other end into the network device’s Ethernet jack (which is typically called an Uplink or Expansion port).
The modem’s ETHERNET or USB connector is at the back of the modem.
Tip:
Windows users can connect two computers to the X4, one on the Ethernet jack and the other on the USB port, and share Internet access.
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