Connecting FRITZ!Box Fon ata to the LAN Port
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FRITZ!Box Fon ata – 2 Starting FRITZ!Box Fon ata Operation
When you connect FRITZ!Box Fon ata with a USB cable
to a computer with the operating system Windows 98 or
Windows Me, you will need the FRITZ!Box Fon ata CD for
the driver installation.
An operating system version of 10.3.3 or higher is re-
quired to connect FRITZ!Box Fon ata to the USB port of
an Apple Macintosh computer. If your Apple Macintosh
computer works with an older version, connect
FRITZ!Box Fon ata via the LAN port of your computer.
2.4 Connecting FRITZ!Box Fon ata to the LAN
Port
FRITZ!Box Fon ata can be connected to a computer directly
via a network cable. If you would like to connect a network to
FRITZ!Box Fon ata in order to connect several computers with
a DSL connection, then connect FRITZ!Box Fon ata to a net-
work hub or switch using the LAN cable.
Connection via the LAN cable is identical for all operating
systems. All computers to be connected via the LAN port
must be equipped with a network adapter (Ethernet card).
Connecting FRITZ!Box Fon ata to the LAN Port
of a Computer
You will need the red LAN cable for this step.
1.
First connect FRITZ!Box Fon ata to the power mains as
described in section “Connecting FRITZ!Box Fon ata to
the Power Supply” on page 16, and then turn on your
computer.
2.
If you work with a Linux operating system, use YaST to
configure your network card with the setting “DHCP”, if
this setting is not already configured.
3.
Insert one end of the red LAN cable to the computer’s
network adapter.
4.
Connect the other end of the LAN cable to the socket on
FRITZ!Box Fon ata labeled “LAN”.
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