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Wireless Broadband Router User Manual
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Chapter 2 Connecting the Router
Connecting Other Computers/Set Top Boxes
The Router can connect to other computers or set top boxes in three ways: via
Ethernet, via wireless connection, or via coaxial cable.
Ethernet
1. Get an Ethernet cable and plug one end into one of the open yellow
Ethernet ports on the back of the Router.
2. Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into an Ethernet port on the computer.
3. Make sure the corresponding Ethernet LAN light on the front of the Router
glows steadily green.
4. Repeat these steps for each computer to be connected to the Router
via Ethernet.
Wireless
1. Make sure each computer to be connected wirelessly has built-in wireless or
an attached wireless adapter.
2. Make sure the computer uses the same ESSID and WEP key as the Router by
launching the computer’s wireless application
3. Enter the ESSID and WEP key found on the sticker on the bottom of the
Router in the computer’s wireless settings and click Save. Make sure to con-
figure the computer to use 64/40-bit WEP encryption.
4. Make sure the changes were implemented by surfing the Internet from
the computer.
5. Repeat these steps for every other computer to be connected to the
Router wirelessly.
Coaxial
1. Make sure all set top boxes are turned off.
2. Disconnect any adapter currently connected to the coaxial jack in the room
where the Router is.