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HomeLink™ Series Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter Model No.: USB200HA User Guide.
COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2000 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter is a register ed trademark of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo ar e register ed trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names are the pr operty of their respective proprietors.
Linksys HomeLink™ Series Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter Introduction HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter Congratulations on your purchase of the Linksys HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Netw ork Adapter . No w you’ ll be able to instantl y connect multiple PCs o ver your telephone wiring and talk on the phone at the same time.
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 3 Getting to Know Y our Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter The Adapter’ s Ports USB This USB port, which is a T ype B por t, is where you con- nect your HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Netw ork Adapter externally to y our PC.
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter USB Cabling The HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Netw ork Adapter comes with one USB cable. One end of the USB cab le has a rectangular connector called a T ype A connector . The other end of the cable has a square T ype B connector .
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter Connecting to a Phoneline Network Computers on a HomeLink netw ork can be connected in one of two w ays. They can be daisy chained through their HomeLink port to another HomeLink PC in a string, or they can be connected directl y to a phone jack.
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 9 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 8 4. Select “ Sear ch for the best driver f or your device (Recommended) . ” Click Next .
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 11 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 10 8. A window will appear to tell y ou that W indo ws has f inished installing the new hardw are device. Click Finish . 9. A Systems Settings Change windo w will ask you if y ou want to restart your computer .
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 13 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 12 3. Click the File and Print Sharing button to bring up the F ile and Print Sharing windo w . 4. If you w ant to giv e others access to f iles on your PC's hard dri ve, select I want to be a ble to give others access to my files .
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 15 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 14 10. Optional: Enter a description of your computer in the Computer Description f ield. Y ou may lea ve this f ield blank if you wish. 11. Optional: Choose the Access Control tab . Make sure that Shar ed-level access control is selected.
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 17 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 16 Sharing Y our Files and Printers in Windows 98 Overview By “sharing” your f iles and printers, other PCs on your HomeLink netw ork will be able to access those resources on y our PC.
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 19 Windows 2000 Driver Installation Overview After installing the Phoneline 10M USB Netw ork Adapter on your PC, follo w these instructions to install the HomeLink W indo ws 2000 dri ver .
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 5. The Driver F ile Searc h Results window will appear . Click Next . 6. The Completing the F ound Ne w Hardw ar e W izar d windo w will appear with the name of your adapter , Linksys Phoneline 10M USB Networ k Adapter .
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter • T ry connecting your PCs using only the phone cab le provided with the HomeLink adapter . Disconnect your PCs from an y phone jacks and remo ve an y telephone, modem, or other device that y ou hav e connected to the HomeLink adapters.
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 25 Linksys HomeLink™ Series click on Start , Settings , Control P anel , then open Netw ork and click on the Conf iguration tab . Highlight IPX/SPX-compatible Pr otocol (only one of them) and click on Pr operties . • Click on the NetBIOS tab .
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 27 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 26 Starting Over in Windows 98 If you e xperience installation diff iculties, you ma y need to reinstall all of the W indows netw orking components from scratch.
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 29 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 28 5. F or PCs with Dial-Up Netw orking and/or an A OL adapter , remo ve an y instance of the name Linksys, all IPX/SPX protocols, all NetBEUI, all Clients, and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Netw orks.
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 31 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 30 Starting Over in Windows 2000 1. Click the Start button, choose Settings , choose Control P anel , then dou- ble-click the System icon. The System Pr operties windo w will open. 2. Choose the Hard war e tab .
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 33 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 32 Manually Installing Network Components in Windows 98 Sometimes, you ma y ha ve to manuall y install missing W indo ws netw orking components. F or manually installing netw ork components in W indows 2000, see your netw ork adminstrator or your Microsoft documentation.
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter Open Source and Beta Operating Systems Linksys does not pro vide technical suppor t for F r eeBSD or other free ware and open source operating systems.
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 37 Customer Support F or help with the installation or operation of your HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Netw ork Adapter, contact Linksys T echnical Suppor t at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below . Customer Support 800-326-7114 949-261-1288 Fa x 949-261-8868 E-mail support@linksys.
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