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Third-Party Adapter

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Page 1: ...Third Party Adapter I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e ...

Page 2: ...NECTION WITH THIS MANUAL THE SOFTWARE OR OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF 2Wire Inc reserves the right to make any modification to this manual or the information contained herein at any time without notice The software described herein is governed by the terms of a separate user license agreement Updates and additions to software may require an additional charge Subscriptions ...

Page 3: ... 4 Identifying the Ports 4 Installing the 5 Port Ethernet Switch 5 Identifying the LED Indicators 5 Installing the 4 Port USB Hub 5 Box Contents 5 Installation 6 Installing the 4 Port USB Hub 6 Installing Drivers for Windows 98SE Installing the Drivers 8 Installing Drivers for Windows ME Installing the Drivers 11 Installing Drivers for Windows 2000 Installing the Drivers 13 Installing Drivers for ...

Page 4: ...o 9 x 20 Installing the Drivers for MacOS 10 1 3 or higher 22 Installing the Drivers for the Ethernet PC Card 24 Troubleshooting Tips PCI Adapters 25 Internal Phoneline Adapter 25 Internal Wireless Adapter 25 Windows PCs 26 Verifying IP Address for Windows 95 98 and ME 26 Verifying IP Address for Windows NT 2000 and XP 27 ...

Page 5: ...using one of the USB ports located on your machine Internal Wireless Adapter The Internal Wireless Adapter is a standard PC Card to PCI bus adapter that you can use to install PC cards into computers that do not have a factory installed PC Card slot Wireless PC Card The Wireless PC Card is a wireless network card that fits into any standard PC Card Type II slot Wireless USB Adapter The Wireless US...

Page 6: ... you can use the following table Find the device you have in the left column and the operating system that you are running in the top row and you will see the page number for your device driver installation information in the appropriate box Driver Installation Locater Device Windows 98SE Windows ME Windows 2000 Windows XP Mac OS Ethernet Internal Card page 8 page 11 page 13 page 16 Not supported ...

Page 7: ... Wireless USB Adapter gives you the ability to share information and resources such as files and printers and take full advantage of a connected environment for work and play Internal Phoneline Adapter This adapter allows you to build a network using standard home telephone lines Using the Internal Phoneline Adapter you do not need to install separate hardware or special cables Internal Wireless A...

Page 8: ...ate hardware or special cables Wireless PC Card A wireless network card that fits into any standard PC Card Type II slot A standard Ethernet card requires a cable connection to a hub or a patch panel Using the Wireless PC Card you have the same connectivity without the wires Expanding or redesigning your network is easy and unlike cabled Ethernet the Wireless PC Card allows you to roam throughout ...

Page 9: ...he USB port on your computer Series B connector The Series B USB connector plugs into the back of your USB device such as the port located on the back of your USB hub To install the Wireless USB Adapter simply connect the adapter to an available USB port on your computer using the supplied USB cable Installing the PC Port Adapter The PC Port is an adapter that enables you to connect a telephone li...

Page 10: ...t to form a local area network LAN The 5 Port Ethernet Switch acts as a high speed selective bridge between your LAN devices Before You Install the 5 Port Ethernet Switch Before you install the switch make sure you provide proper ventilation around the switch so that heat can dissipate easily Do not place heavy objects on the switch Identifying the Ports The ports are located on the rear panel of ...

Page 11: ...ators Installing the 4 Port USB Hub The 4 Port USB Hub is an external plug and play device that allows you to connect a variety of products that have a USB interface to your computer These products include computer monitors printers digital speakers modems digital cameras joysticks and multimedia equipment Box Contents Verify that your 4 Port USB Hub box contains the following items 1 4 Port USB H...

Page 12: ...the 4 Port USB Hub Follow these steps to install the 4 Port USB Hub 1 Insert the supplied power adapter into the power jack of the hub and plug the cable into an electrical outlet 2 Connect the Series A connector of the supplied USB cable to the USB port located on your computer 3 Connect the Series B connector of the supplied USB cable to the open port on the back of the 4 Port USB Hub 4 Connect ...

Page 13: ...7 The following illustration shows the 4 Port USB Hub connected to four USB devices ...

Page 14: ...SB Adapter PC Port Adapter Internal Phoneline Adapter Phoneline PC Card Internal Wireless Adapter Wireless PC Card Wireless USB Adapter For information on how to install the adapter hardware see the appropriate section in the Hardware Installation Instructions chapter of this guide Installing the Drivers 1 Power on your computer The Add New Hardware Wizard opens Click Next to continue ...

Page 15: ...r for your device Recommended and click Next 3 Insert the 2Wire Setup Wizard CD into your CD ROM drive deselect the Floppy disk drives checkbox select the CD ROM drive checkbox and click Next 4 Windows locates the best driver for your device Click Next to continue ...

Page 16: ...s are copied the Add New Hardware Wizard displays the adapter card appropriate to your installation Click Finish 6 When the System Setting Change window opens click Yes to reboot your computer and complete the installation ...

Page 17: ... once you install the hardware and power on your computer the drivers are automatically installed You need only reboot your computer to complete the installation For information on how to install the adapter hardware see the appropriate section in the Hardware Installation Instructions chapter of this guide Installing the Drivers 1 Power on your computer and insert the 2Wire Setup Wizard CD into y...

Page 18: ...les are copied the Add New Hardware Wizard displays the adapter card appropriate to your installation Click Finish 5 When the System Settings Change window opens click Yes to reboot your computer and complete the installation ...

Page 19: ...eless USB Adapter Note For the Internal Wireless Adapter once you install the hardware and power on your computer the drivers are automatically installed For information on how to install the adapter hardware see the appropriate section in the Hardware Installation Instructions chapter of this guide Installing the Drivers 1 Power on your computer and insert the 2Wire Setup Wizard CD into your CD R...

Page 20: ...2 Select Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended and click Next 3 When the Locate Driver Files window opens deselect the Floppy disk drives checkbox select the CD ROM checkbox 4 Click Next 5 The Driver Files Search Results window opens Click Next ...

Page 21: ...15 6 The next window prompts you to complete the installation Click Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 22: ...the Hardware Installation Instructions chapter of this guide Activating Drivers for Adapters with Built in Drivers This section contains instructions for activating the drivers for the following adapters Ethernet Internal Card Internal Phoneline Adapter Phoneline PC Card Internal Wireless Adapter Windows XP ships with drivers for the adapters listed above To activate the drivers for one of these a...

Page 23: ...USB Adapter PC Port Adapter 1 Install the adapter hardware as described in the appropriate section of this guide Power on your computer and insert the 2Wire Setup Wizard CD into your CD ROM drive 2 When the Found New Hardware Wizard window opens make sure that Install the software automatically Recommended is selected and click Next to continue 3 Click Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 24: ...re drivers for the following adapters Wireless PC Card Wireless USB Adapter 1 Power on your computer and insert the 2Wire Setup Wizard CD into your CD ROM drive 2 When the Found New Hardware Wizard window opens select Install the software automatically Recommended and click Next to continue 3 The driver installs ...

Page 25: ...19 4 Click Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 26: ...nstructions chapter of this guide Installing the Drivers for the PC Port Adapter The following instructions describe the driver installation for Macintosh OS 8 6 to 9 x and Macintosh OS 10 1 3 Installing the Drivers for MacOS 8 6 to 9 x 1 Power on your computer 2 Mac OS recognizes the PC Port and asks if you would like to load the driver over the Internet Click Cancel to continue 3 Insert the 2Wir...

Page 27: ... menu 6 Restart your computer Your PC Port installation is complete Click Restart to load the PC Port settings 7 Establish your PC Port connection From the Apple menu select Control Panel then TCP IP Set the Connect via field to 2Wire PC Port and close the window In the Configure field ensure that Using DHCP Server is selected If it is not select it from the pull down menu and close the window If ...

Page 28: ...name and password and click OK 3 Insert the 2Wire PC Port CD Select 2Wire USB 1 2 23 from the CD and click Continue 4 Accept or decline the License Agreement Click Accept to continue your PC Port installation Selecting Decline will end your installation 5 Select Easy Install Verify that Easy Install is selected in the 2Wire USB 1 2 23 window If it is not select it from the pull down menu ...

Page 29: ...s 7 Establish your PC Port connection From the Apple menu select System Preferences then click Network Verify that Ethernet Adaptor en1 is selected in the Show field If it is not select it from the pull down menu When the New Port Detected message displays click OK 8 Click Save to complete your installation ...

Page 30: ... double click the Installer icon 3 Click Install 4 When the driver is successfully installed the following message displays Click Ok to restart your computer 5 From the Apple menu select Control Panel then TCP IP 6 From the Connect via pull down select Ethernet slot D Link 7 Run the 2Wire Setup Wizard software ...

Page 31: ...may or may not notice any problems If you experience problems with the Internal Phoneline Adapter running under Windows ME try updating the default Windows ME drivers for the adapter with the one supplied on the 2Wire Setup Wizard CD ROM To update the drivers go to Device Manager Network Adapters highlight the Internal Phoneline Adapter and select Properties to update the driver from the root of t...

Page 32: ... adapter and adapter driver 5 Verify that the adapter is receiving a valid IP address Verifying IP Address for Windows 95 98 and ME To verify that the adapter is receiving a valid IP address 1 Click the Start button 2 Select Run 3 Enter winipcfg A dialog box opens 4 Select the adapter and verify that the IP address is 172 16 1 x 10 0 1 x or 192 168 1 x If one of these addresses does not display cl...

Page 33: ...t Adapter on a Macintosh 4 PC Port Adapter on a Windows PC 3 PCI cards 1 PCMCIA cards 2 Phoneline PC Card 2 USB adapters 2 Windows 2000 drivers 13 Windows ME drivers 11 Windows SE drivers 8 Windows XP drivers 16 Windows XP Ethernet PC drivers 17 Windows XP Ethernet USB drivers 17 Windows XP PC Port Adapter drivers 17 Windows XP Wireless PC Card drivers 18 Windows XP Wireless USB drivers 18 Wireles...

Page 34: ...talling 2 W Windows 2000 driver installation 13 Windows ME driver installation 11 Windows SE driver installation 8 Windows XP drivers activating built in 16 Ethernet PC 17 Ethernet USB 17 installation 16 PC Port Adapter 17 Wireless PC Card 18 Wireless USB Adapter 18 Wireless PC Card installing 2 Wireless USB Adapter installing 3 ...

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