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Abocom USB Home PhoneLine 1Mbps Network Adapter manual

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    USB Home PhoneLine 1Mbps Network Adapter User’s Guide M73-APO08-250[...]

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    REGULA TOR Y ST A TEMENTS Part15, Class B This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interface, and 2. This device mus t accept any interface received, including interface that may caus e undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to c[...]

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    FCC Part 68 Registration This equipment complies with P art 68 of the FCC Rules. On the bottom of this equipm ent is label that contains, among other information, the FCC registration Number and Ringer equipment Number (REN) for the equi pment. If requested, this information must be given to the Telephone Company. The REN is useful to determin e th[...]

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    INTRODUCTIONS The USB Home PhoneLine 1Mbps Network Adapter is fully com patible with the Universal Serial Bus (USB) functionality bu ilt in Windows 98. It enables the instant conn ectivity to multiple PCs over a home's exis ting telephone lines. You can share network-enable d printers, tr ansfer f iles between comput ers, play netwo rk games, [...]

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    data travelling over the phone lines into separate frequencies - one for voi ce, one for high-bandwidth net access such as DSL, a nd one for the network data. These frequencies can coexist on t he same telephone line without im pacting one another. The 1 Mega bit-per-second ( one million bit s-per- second) data rate is 18 times that of the fastest [...]

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    Parts Names and Functions  USB Connection Cable: connects the USB host port with the USB Home PhoneLine 1Mbps Network Adapter. connects to the USB host port 1 3 2 4 6 5  USB-B Port : USB device port.  USB Home PhoneLine 1Mbps Network Adapter  Rx/Tx LED indicator: blinks amber when the USB Home PhoneLine 1 Mbps Network Adapter is transmi[...]

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    HARDWARE INSTALLATION Precaution Before the installation, ma ke sure the USB port exists in your computer and is enabled. To check this, go to My Computer  Control Panel  System . Open the Device Manager tab. I f the Universal Serial Bus controller device is found, it means your USB port is installed and enab led. If not, either no USB port i[...]

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    Port, refer to the section titled “Parts Names and Functions” for details) u ntil it clicks. 3. W indows 98 will automatically detect the new hardware de vice. Perform t he following procedures to install the device driver. Connecting Telephone Cabling 1. Attach one end of the telephone wire to the USB Home PhoneLi ne 1Mbps Network Adapt er’s[...]

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    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION (WINDOWS 98) 1. Once t he USB Hom e PhoneLine 1M Net work Adapter was connected to your compute r, Windows 98 will automatically detect the new hardware device as shown below. Click Next . 2. Insert the de vice driver dis kette into y our floppy drive. Wh en Windows p rompts you Wha t do you want Windows to do? Select Search f[...]

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    5. Windows will finish copying all the necessary files to your system. When the following window appears, click Finish . 6. When aske d if you want to restart you r computer, click No 7. Once you are back at the Windows 98 desk top, click the Start bu tton. Click Settings , then Control Panel . - 7 -[...]

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    8. Double-click the Netw ork icon. The Netwo rk window will appear. Click the Configuration tab. 9. Make sure that the following n etwork components are instal led: Client for Microsoft Networks USB Home PhoneLine 1Mbps Network Adapter NetBEUI TCP/IP 10. If you are m issing required com ponents, y ou'll need to install them manually. If you ne[...]

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    12. Click the Identification tab. Enter the required information appropriately. 13. Click the Access Control t ab. Make sure that Shared-level access control is selected. 14. When finishe d, remember to restart yo ur computer to activate the new device. Once the computer has restarted and Windows 98 has booted up, t he Link light will be on. And a [...]

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    Client Setup If you are not usin g Windows 98 with an N T or NetWare file server, skip the ne xt two paragrap hs. Perform the following pro cedures to prepare you r computer to be used with any file servers that may be on the network. Connecting to a NetWare File Server 1. Clic k My Computer , Control P anel , and Network . 2. Change the Network Lo[...]

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    4. Clic k OK and restart your PC. Connecting to a Windows NT Domain 1. Clic k My Computer , Control P anel , and Network . C hange the Primary Network Logon to Client for Microsoft Network . 2. Double-click the Client for Microsoft networks . 3. Select the Log on to Wind ows NT domain box. Put your NT domain name in the Windows NT domain area. 4. C[...]

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    Using File and Printer Sharing 1. Clic k Start , Settings , Control Panel . Double- click Network . 2. Click the Configuration tab, followed by the File and Printer Sharing but ton. The File and Printer Sharing window will appear. • If you'd like othe rs to be able to access the files on your PCs ha rd drive, select I want to be able to give[...]

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    3. Clic k Sharing , followed by the Sharing tab. Click Share As . In the Share N ame bo x, enter a name for the drive or folder you are sharing. Next, decide on the type of access that you want to give other users. • Read-Only access l ets other users vie w the files on your PC. • Full access lets users creat e, change, or delete files on your [...]

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    Use your mouse to select the type of file sharing access that you want ot her users to have. If you want to assign access password( s), type them into the Password box(es). If you are sharin g a cable modem or DSL broadband connection that you will be using to access the Internet, you shou ld protect all of your sh ared drives and printers with pri[...]