Installing the X5
Installing the X5 involves four steps: Installing the Software, Installing the Hardware, Establishing Communication, and Connecting Additional Computers to the Internet.
Step 1: Installing the Software
Important!
This section is for Windows computers only. If you are using a Macintosh or Linux computer (or you are a Macintosh or Linux user who is connecting the X5 directly to a network device), skip this section and begin with the next one, Installing the Hardware on page 10.
Regardless of how many Windows computers you plan to connect to the X5, you only have to install the software on one of them.
The Windows computer on which you install the software will also be the first computer that you physically connect to the X5. It will also be the computer from which you configure the modem. (The hardware connection and the modem configuration process are explained later in this user’s guide.)
Determining which computer to install the software on depends on how the computers will be connected to the X5:
•If all of your Windows computers will be connected using their Ethernet ports: You can install the software on any one of these computers.
•If one of the Windows computers will be connected using its USB port and the rest using their Ethernet ports: You must install the software on the computer with the USB port. Because the back panel of the X5 modem has one USB port and four LAN (Ethernet) ports, only one computer can be connected using a USB port. Note, however, that we recommend you connect your computers using Ethernet ports, if possible.
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