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Chapter 1: Installation Instructions
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Setting Up a Network
When a computer that is directly connected to the X6v modem is
able to browse the Web, you know for certain that your Web
connection is working. Now you can set up the rest of your
network.
It is up to you to decide whether you want to have some
computers connected directly to the X6v
and others connected
wirelessly. The X6v
supports both wired and wireless connections.
You can have up to 253 connections, four of which can be wired
directly through the X6v’s four ETHERNET ports. You can also
plug a network device (such as a hub, switch, or router) into one of
the ETHERNET ports.
To set up your network, you can do any or all of the following, in
any order that you choose:
• If you want to connect additional computers directly to the
X6v
, see To Connect Additional Wired Computers
below.
• If you want to connect a hub, switch, or router directly to
the X6v, see
To Connect a Network Device on page 20.
• If you want to connect additional computers using a
wireless network, see
Chapter 2: Setting Up Your
Wireless Network on page 22.
To Connect Additional Wired
Computers
You can connect up to four computers that have Ethernet ports
directly to the X6v
.
1 Shut down and power off the computer you want to connect
to the X6v
. (This is important because the computer must
locate the correct IP address for the modem. This is done
when the computer is turned back on in step 3 below.)
2 Plug one end of an Ethernet cable into one of the modem’s
ETHERNET ports and plug the other end into the computer’s
Ethernet port.