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Chapter 2 • Preparing the HN router for installation
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• Internet Explorer 6.0 or later with proxy settings disabled.
See
Appendix C – Disabling a Web browser’s proxy
connection, on page 89.
• The latest version of the terr.cfg file if you are instructed
to install it.
• All existing firewall software must be disabled.
Customer site
requirements
The HN router can be used with any device that supports IP and
has a 10/100 BaseT Ethernet port. Typically, the router is
connected to a customer's computer. To run software that may be
installed to support the router, the customer’s computer must
meet the following requirements:
• Operating system
– PC: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
– MAC: 10.1 and higher
• Processor
– Vista PC: 800 Mhz or faster
– All other PCs: Pentium II 333 Mhz or faster
– MAC: 300 Mhz or faster
• Memory
– Vista PC: 512MB or 1 GB RAM depending on version
– All other PCs: 128MB RAM
– MAC: 128MB
• Free hard drive space
– PC: 100MB
– MAC: 150MB
• A functioning 10/100 BaseT Ethernet interface installed on at
least one computer.
• The customer must provide a power strip or surge protector
(recommended). If one of these is not present, use a wall
outlet or other power source.
• The customer must have a WAN transport, for example DSL,
available at their site that is ready for connection to and
compatible with the modem that is to be attached to the HN
router.
Note: Confirm that the installer laptop PC is configured to
support Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) prior to
beginning the installation.
See Appendix A – Configuring a
computer to support DHCP on page 69.