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If several of your PCs can only access one phone jack, you can connect those
PCs together using the Daisy Chain method. Just plug the cabling from your
first PC with its HomeLink Card into the phone jack, then use the second RJ-
11 port on the same Card to connect to your second PC’s Card. One phone
jack can support up to twenty-five PCs on one daisy chain. Again, you can
use a two-way splitter to plug a phone or other device into your jack, or con-
nect the device to the open telephone port on the last card in your daisy
chain. See the illustration below on daisy chaining HomeLink PCs.
Daisy Chaining HomeLink PCs from One Telephone Jack
Phoneline Network Card & Network in a Box
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Installing Your Cabling
If you are installing telephone cabling for phoneline networking, follow the
instructions in the section below. If you are installing Ethernet cabling to be
used with a hub or a switch, follow the instructions on page 10 .
Installing RJ-11 Telephone
Cabling
1. Plug one end of the telephone wire
into either of the HomeLink Card's RJ-
11 telephone ports. There are two RJ-
11 ports and only one silver RJ-45 port-
the RJ-11 ports are the smaller, black
ones on the left side of the Card. The
illustration on the right shows tele-
phone cabling with its RJ-11 tip insert-
ed into the black RJ-11 port.
2. Connect the other end of the cable into a telephone jack in your wall,
another PC, or a bridge. You may leave one of the RJ-11 ports empty if you
do not want to connect your PC to anything else.
3. Your hardware is now installed. Proceed with the installation of the soft-
ware on page 11.
If you only have one phone jack and you want to use your phone, modem or
fax machine, you can purchase a two-way adapter to split your single phone
jack into two jack connections. Plug your phone, modem or fax machine into
one phone jack and your HomeLink Network Card cabling into the other
jack.
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If you are using an analog telephone, you can either connect the
device to a second phone jack (recommended), or you can connect
your telephone directly to the second port on your HomeLink Card.
Remember, using the RJ-45 ports on your HomeLink Card will automat-
tically disable your RJ-11 phoneline networking capabilities. The two
types of connections CANNOT be used at the same time. Choose only
ONE type of connection to use at a time.
Linksys HomeLink Series
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Standard phoneline cabling with RJ-11 tips