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Connecting to Your Local Area Network 3-21
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This chapter describes how to physically connect the Netopia D-Series to your local area network (LAN). Before
you proceed, make sure the Netopia D-Series is properly configured. You can customize the Netopia D-Series’s
configuration for your particular LAN requirements using console-based management (see “Console-Based
Management” on page 5-35).
This section covers the following topics:
■ “Netopia D-Series Configuration Modes” on page 3-21
■ “Readying computers on your local network” on page 3-23
■ “Connecting to an Ethernet network” on page 3-24
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The Netopia D-Series DSL DSU can be used in either of two ways:
■ as an intelligent Ethernet filtering bridge for DSL connections, or
■ as a Digital Service Unit
When the appropriate cables are connected, it senses the connection type (Frame Relay or ATM FUNI) and
automatically configures itself for use as a DSU or a DSL to Ethernet bridge.
See the following sections for suggestions on how to connect the Netopia D-Series to different types of
networks.
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The following figure shows a typical configuration for the filtering bridge mode:
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