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If you do wish to ‘share’ the internet connection on your PC with the MS250, you can do this as follows:
1. Using an Ethernet
crossover
cable (not a straight-through cable), connect the MS250 to the
computer’s ethernet port
2. Enable Internet Connection Sharing on your computer
3. Switch on the MS250.
You can also use a wireless connection between the MS250 and your computer. To do this, you will need
two wireless Ethernet Bridges. These will need to be configued using your PC, then connect one to your
computer, and one to the MS250.
If you don’t have an Ethernet network or an ADSL or cable modem
The easiest way to establish an Ethernet network with Internet connection for your MS250 is to use an
ADSL or Cable Router connected to your PC. To simplify the wiring, you may prefer to
use a wireless ADSL or Cable Router and a wireless Ethernet Bridge connected to the
MS250. Proceed as follows:
1. Subscribe to a broadband service and specify that you would like to use a
wireless ADSL or cable Router. Many ISPs can provide a suitable router when
you sign up; if not, you will need to purchase one of these from a computer
store.
2. Connect your computer to the router.
3. Configure the router according to the instructions provided with it and the
configuration information provided by your ISP.
4. If you are using a wired Ethernet configuration, connect the MS250 to a spare LAN port
on the Ethernet Router using a straight-through Ethernet cable. Refer to the diagram under
‘Connecting the MS250 to an existing Ethernet network with Internet access’.
or
If you are using a wireless Ethernet configuration, use your PC to configure the Wireless
Ethernet bridge according to the instructions provided with it and then connect the Wireless
Ethernet bridge to the MS250. Refer to the diagram above.
5. Switch on the MS250.
Connecting the MS250 to the Internet without a computer.
Although it is usually necessary to use a computer to configure the modem in the setup described above,
once the configuration has been completed you no longer need the computer to access Internet radio
stations or retrieve track names for CDs. The computer can therefore be disconnected, leaving only a
single connection between the ADSL/cable router and the MS250.
Testing your Internet connection
To check that the MS250 is able to use your broadband Internet connection:
1. Insert an audio CD into the MS250’s CD drive.
2. Check that the MS250 retrieves track names from the Internet.
It may take a few moments to recover the track names from the Internet database. Also, although track
names for most CDs are available, there are a few exceptions. Try another CD before concluding that the
Internet connection is at fault.
Advanced network configuration information
By default, the MS250 is configuret to use DHCP, which means that it will pick up its network settings
automatically from a suitable device (normally the router) on your LAN. However, if your network does
not use or support DHCP, you will need to configure the MS250 with a static IP address. To do this, you’ll
need to know the following settings (either obtain them from your ISP, or configure them to fit in with
existing network setup):
1. From the Home page, select
Settings
)
Network
)
Ethernet
2. From the
NETWORK-ETHERNET
menu screen, enter the following information:
IP Address – this must be a unique address on your LAN (e.g. if your router has the IP address
192.168.1.1, you might set the MS250’s IP address to be 192.168.1.101)
Subnet mask – this must match the subnet mask of other devices on your LAN (and is usually
255.255.255.0)
Name server – this is the IP address of the device that converts domain names into appropriate
IP addresses and vice versa (normally the address of your router)
Gateway – the IP address of the device on your LAN that acts as a gateway to the Internet and
other networks (this is normally your router)
3. Make sure that
Settings
)
Network
)
Options
shows that DHCP is disabled.
4. Select ‘Apply’ to enact the new network settings (this will take a few moments).
MS250
POWER
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OK
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ZONE
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NOTE
Although the MS250 has a total of
three USB ports, you cannot connect
a USB modem to the unit directly.
The USB ports are for use with
an external archive disk and/or a
keyboard.
