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Installing CheckBox
Locating the equipment
The CheckBox HSv5 must be located indoors in a dry area. The HSv5 should be located
close to power and the Internet connection(s)
Connecting the equipment
The CheckBox HSv5 will connect to your cable, DSL, or local area network using an
Ethernet network cable. Depending upon your particular DSL or Cable modem the jack
may be marked “LAN”, “PC”, “Host” or something else.
The CheckBox HSv5 can connect to three different network connections (or up to seven
Internet connections with the optional expansion card), although it can be used with one
or two Internet connections.
Connect your CheckBox HSv5 as follows:
Eth3
connects to your first Internet connection.
Eth2
connects to your second Internet connection (if you have one).
Eth1
connects to your third Internet connection (if you have one).
Eth0
connects to the local area network or wired mesh node repeaters.
Power
connects to the included AC power cord.
Eth0
will connect to your Guest area network - the part of your network that your
guests connect to. This may be a wired network feed through a series of Ethernet
switches, a wireless network fed to one or more CheckBox meshing access points or
other wireless access points, or a combination of wired and wireless connections.
Guest traffic should not be connected through other routers before being connected to
CheckBox. Other routers connected between the guests and the CheckBox will cause
failure to identify individual devices on the network and failure to authenticate users
properly.
