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ADSL X6 Quick Start
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The setup of your home or office (that is, the number and
thickness of walls, number of stories, etc.) may impact the
antenna’s reach. Try locating the X6 in a more central location.
Once it is configured (and a computer plugged into it with an
Ethernet cable can access the Web), the X6 can be moved. The
X6 can function as a stand-alone device as long as it is plugged
into an ADSL jack and has a power connection.
An Example:
Your desktop computer is located in your basement. You
plugged it into the X6, configured the unit, and can access the
Web from that computer. You also have a notebook set up for
wireless use. This notebook can access the Web from the first
floor of your home, but not from the second floor. To try to
resolve this issue, move the X6 to the first floor so that it is in
a more central location. (Once configured, the X6 only needs
to be plugged into an ADSL wall jack and a power source.)
Doing this, however, means that your desktop computer in the
basement is no longer connected to the Web. To solve this
issue, install a wireless adapter (as explained in
To Set Up a
Wireless Network
on page 13) and make it part of your
wireless network.
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To improve the signal, try relocating the wireless adapter your
computer is using. If your computer is using an internal PCI
adapter, try relocating the computer.
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Verify that each wireless adapter is using the same
SSID
and
Channel
as the X6 modem. By default, the modem uses
zoom
as its SSID and is set to Channel
10
. The
SSID
is case
sensitive. See your particular wireless adapter’s documentation
for information on how to access its
SSID
and
Channel
settings. If you still cannot access the Internet, try one or both
of the following:
¾
Set the
SSID
for each wireless adapter to
ALL
(note that
this must be all capital letters). This will allow the adapter
to connect to any SSID.
¾
Try changing the channel used by both the X6 and your
wireless adapters from
10
to
1
. (To change the channel
used by the X6, you must log into the
Zoom
Configuration Manager
, click the
Wireless
icon at the
top of any page, then change the value for the
Channel
