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NetLINE Wireless Broadband Gateway 

Farallon’s NetLINE Wireless Broadband Gateway connects to your cable/DSL modem, allowing computers on your local wired and wireless networks to share a single
broadband connection to the Internet. This Setup Guide covers the most common situations for installing your NetLINE Wireless Broadband Gateway. Please see the user
guide on the CD-ROM that came in your NetLINE Wireless Broadband Gateway package for complete setup and operation instructions.

Installation overview

NetLINE Wireless Broadband Gateway installation instructions begin on 

page 2 

of this setup guide.

• 

Local network installation

– Insert the wireless PC card for wireless network access and connect the

Ethernet

port to a hub or switch on the wired network.

• 

Broadband connection

– Connect the 

Broadband Connection

port to the cable/DSL modem.

•  

Client configuration

– Configure wired and wireless client computers to use the

NetLINE Wireless Broadband Gateway.

•  

NetLINE Wireless Gateway configuration

– The default settings of the NetLINE

Wireless Broadband Gateway will work for many users, but it is recommended that you
verify the Local Network and Broadband Network configurations as described in this
setup guide. You must configure your NetLINE Wireless Broadband Gateway if your
Internet Service Provider (ISP) is using the following for your Internet connection:

•  PPPoE (your ISP assigns dynamic addresses over Ethernet or uses EnterNet, MacPoet or WinPoet) 
•  A fixed IP Address (your ISP has provided you with a static IP Address)

IMPORTANT NOTE!

The complete user guide for the NetLINE Wireless Broadband Gateway is available on the CD-ROM included in your NetLINE package. Acrobat

Reader 4.0, the software required to view the user guide, is also included on the CD-ROM.

Package contents

•  NetLINE Wireless Broadband Gateway and power supply

•  Wireless PC Card for use in the NetLINE Wireless Broadband Gateway

•  NetLINE CD-ROM including the complete user guide, utilities and bookmarks for finding networking help online 

•  Straight-through Ethernet (UTP) cable  

•  Setup Guide

Getting help

Click the 

Help

button in the NetLINE Wireless Broadband Gateway web utility to access online help. Farallon Technical Support can be

reached by phone at (510) 346-8001 (7:00 am to 4:30 pm PST, Monday through Friday), or by email at [email protected]. Visit us at
www.farallon.com anytime for product support, registration and information.

Setup Guide 

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Summary of Contents for NetLINE USB

Page 1: ...ider ISP is using the following for your Internet connection PPPoE your ISP assigns dynamic addresses over Ethernet or uses EnterNet MacPoet orWinPoet A fixed IPAddress your ISP has provided you with...

Page 2: ...power adapter provided by Farallon When powered on the NetLINEWireless Broadband Gateway s Status LED should flash red briefly and then turn off The NetLINEWireless Broadband Gateway is now installed...

Page 3: ...I connect through a local area network LAN and click Next 8 Uncheck all of the boxes on the Local area network Internet Configuration screen Check No when prompted Do you want to set up an Internet ma...

Page 4: ...can manually assign each computer a specific IPAddress as described below Using fixed IP Addresses for Windows PC clients 1 Right click on the Network Neighborhood icon on the desktop then select Pro...

Page 5: ...ID enter default Mode enter Infrastructure mode WEP By default WEP is disabled See the complete NetLINEWireless Broadband Gateway user guide forWEP instructions 2 Open the web browser on the wireless...

Page 6: ...en 3 Click the Local Network Port link on the Configuration screen to open the Local Network Port configuration screen 4 The default DNS information 168 95 192 1 appears in the DHCPServer section in t...

Page 7: ...or the MACAddress of the device connected to the cable DSL modem IP Address Leave the DHCP Dynamic IPAddress button enabled 3 Save the data using the Save button then click Finished when prompted Quit...

Page 8: ...ternet from the computers on your local network Start your browser and connect to a web page such as www farallon com NetLINE Wireless Broadband Gateway configuration 5 configuring the Broadband Netwo...

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