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1. Before you start
Carefully read the
Safety Instructions and Regulatory Notices
booklet included in the
box before continuing with the installation of the MediaAccess Gateway.
2. Check the content of your box
Your box contains the following items:
B
A
F
LINE
DSL
PHONE
G
E
D
H
C
Item Description
A
This Quick Installation Guide.
B
One Safety Instructions and Regulatory Information booklet.
C
One MediaAccess TG589vac v2.
In this document we will refer to it as MediaAccess Gateway.
D
One power adapter.
E
One DSL cable with grey connectors.
F
One DSL splitter/fi lter (optional).
G
One Ethernet cable with yellow connectors.
H
One Ethernet cable with red connectors (optional)
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3. Connect the MediaAccess Gateway to the Broadband service
Choose your setup
To connect the MediaAccess Gateway to the Internet you can either:
Directly connect the MediaAccess Gateway to your service provider’s DSL network. In
this setup the MediaAccess Gateway is used as
DSL gateway
. Follow the instructions
from
“Option A: DSL Gateway setup” on page 2
.
Place the MediaAccess Gateway behind another Internet access device (for example,
an optical network terminal for fi bre). In this setup the MediaAccess Gateway is
used as
local router
. Follow the instructions from
“Option B: Local router setup” on
page 3
.
Option A: DSL Gateway setup
DSL
1
Plug the DSL cable into the grey port labelled
DSL
of the MediaAccess Gateway.
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If your delivery:
Does not include a DSL splitter, plug the other end of the DSL cable into your
telephone wall socket.
Includes a DSL splitter, plug the other end of the DSL cable into the
DSL
/
Modem
port of the DSL splitter. Plug the (
LINE
) cable of the DSL splitter into your
telephone wall socket.
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Option B: Local router setup
WAN
1
Plug the Ethernet cable with the red connectors into the red port labelled
WAN
.
2
Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into your Internet access device’s Ethernet
port.
4. Power on the MediaAccess Gateway
1
Plug the connector of the electric power supply adapter into the
MediaAccess Gateway power inlet port (
). Plug the adapter into a nearby
power outlet.
2
Press the power button (
) on the back panel.
If the LED is blinking green or orange, the MediaAccess Gateway is
updating its software. If this is the case, wait until the LED becomes solid
on. This can take several minutes! Do not power off your device or unplug any
cables!
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5. Connect your wired (Ethernet) devices
If you want to connect a device using a wired (Ethernet) connection:
1
Take the Ethernet cable with the yellow connectors.
2
Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to one of the yellow Ethernet ports on your
MediaAccess Gateway.
3
Connect the other end of the Ethernet cable to your device.
4
Connect your other Ethernet devices.
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We recommend you to fi rst confi gure the MediaAccess Gateway (see
“7. Confi gure
your MediaAccess Gateway from your browser” on page 6
) before connecting
your wireless clients (see
“6. Connect your wireless devices” on page 4
).
6. Connect your wireless devices
After you have connected the fi rst device, confi gure the MediaAccess Gateway
fi rst (see
“7. Confi gure your MediaAccess Gateway from your browser” on
page 6
) before connecting the other wireless clients.
MediaAccess Gateway access points
The MediaAccess Gateway has two wireless access points:
The
5 GHz access point
off ers superior transfer rates, is less sensitive to interference
and allows you to connect IEEE802.11a/n/ac wireless clients.
The
2.4 GHz access point
allows you to connect IEEE802.11b/g/n wireless clients. Use
this access point for wireless clients that don’t support 5 GHz.
