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NB5PLUS4W Quick Start Guide for Mac Start Here This Quick Start provides basic instructions for connecting your NB5PLUS4W to an Apple Macintosh computer and to the Internet. 1. USB Installation. 2. Ethernet Installation 3. Airport Installation 4. Modem Set-up Before you can use this Quick Start Guide, you must have already established an ADSL servi[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 2 If you are using a telephone, fax machine, answering machine or any other equipment (other than your NB5PLUS4W Modem) on your ADSL-enabled phone line, you will need to use one Micro filter for each phone device. Splitters are sometimes installed when your ADSL service is install[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 3 USB INST ALLA TION Important Note: To connect your NB5+4 to your Mac via USB, you will need to install a special utility that creates a new virtual Ethernet port on your Mac. This process shows you how to do this. Step 1 – Install the Hardware To connect your modem using the U[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 4 6. When the Installation has finished, you will be asked to Restart your Mac. Please do so. 7. When your Mac has restarted, go to the Apple menu and select System Preferences. 8. The Systems Preferences window opens. 9. In the Systems Preferences window, locate the “Internet a[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 5 12. If you want to use this Mac in more than place (perhaps at home as well as at your workplace) or on more than one network, you can achieve this easily by setting up a Location for each place or network. Swapping Locations then becomes a simple matter of selecting the appropr[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 6 Your dialog box should now look like this: 16. If your Mac does not accept an IP address from the DHCP server in your NB5PLUS4W and the IP address field remains blank, try selecting “Using DHCP with manual address” from the “Configure” pop-up menu (“Configure iPV4” i[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 7 ETHERNET INST ALLA TION Step 1 – Install the Hardware To connect your modem using the Ethernet cable, follow these step-by-step instructions: 5. Connect the ADSL cable. Connect one end of the telephone cable provided to the port labelled ADSL on the rear panel of your NB5PLUS4[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 8 4. Click the close box to close the TCP/IP configuration box. When asked if you wish to save the changes, click YES.[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 9 Mac OS X (10.3 Panther & 10.4 Tiger) 1. From the Apple menu, select System Preferences. 2. The Systems Preferences window opens. 3. In the Systems Preferences window, locate the “Internet and Network” heading and click once on the Network icon. The Network window opens.[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 10 4. If you want to use this Mac in more than place (perhaps at home as well as at your workplace) or on more than one network, you can achieve this easily by setting up a Location for each place or network. Swapping Locations then becomes a simple matter of selecting the appropr[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 11 192.168.1.3 in the “IP address” field. 9. Click on the “Show” pop-up menu and select “Network Status”. Check to see that the bullet alongside “Built-in Ethernet” is green. 10. Close the Network window by clicking the red close button (System 10.3) or select “Q[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 12 AIRPORT INST ALLA TION Step 1 – Install the Hardware To connect your modem using Airport, follow these step-by-step instructions: 1. Install your Airport or Airport Extreme card. If your Airport is not already installed, follow the instructions in the User Guide that came wit[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 13 2. The Systems Preferences window opens. 3. In the Systems Preferences window, locate the “Internet and Network” heading and click once on the Network icon. The Network window opens. 4. If you want to use this Mac in more than place (perhaps at home as well as at your workp[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 14 5. Give your New Location a meaningful name and click OK. Make sure that the Location you have just created is displayed in the Location pop-up menu. 6. If you do not wish to set up more than one Location, make sure that the Location pop-up menu is set to “Automatic”. 7. Cl[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 15 9. With “wireless” selected, click on the “Edit” button at the foot of the list. The following dialogue box is displayed. 10. Using the “Wireless Security” pop-up menu, select “WEP Security”, In the dialogue box, enter the WEP password that appears on the sticke[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 16 13. If your Mac does not accept an IP address from the DHCP server in your NB5PLUS4W and the IP address field remains blank, try selecting “Using DHCP with manual address” from the “Configure iPV4” pop-up menu and entering 192.168.1.3 in the “IP address” field. 14. [...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 17 MODEM SET -UP You will now log directly into the configuration page of your ADSL Modem and configure basic settings for your Internet connection. Your ISP should provide you with the necessary information to complete this step. To make it as easy as possible for you, there is a[...]
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac © NetComm Limited 2005 p 18 6. Make sure that PPPoE is selected, enter the username and password that your ISP has provided and click on Apply. 7. You will see a message “Settings Updated Successfully!” and the Quick Settings page will again be displayed. After a few seconds, the Connection Status sho[...]