Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product OfficeConnect 3C892 3Com
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Congratulations on choosing the 3Com OfficeConnect ISDN LAN Modem! For the most common network application, creating a LAN with shar ed Internet access, the ISDN LAN Modem setup is a simple, two-step process: T WO -S TEP S ETUP 3C o m ® Of f ice Conne c t ® 1.
This Getting Started Guide provides instructions for installing and configuring the ISDN LAN Modem based on the most common configuration — shared Internet access. For advanced configurations, the OfficeConnect ISDN LAN Modem User Guide is available in PDF and HTML formats on the OfficeConnect ISDN LAN Modem Companion Programs CD-ROM.
3 I NSTALLING THE ISDN LAN M ODEM T o install the ISDN LAN Modem: 1 T ur n off your computer . CAUTION: Do not connect more than one computer for this initial setup. After installation and configuration, you can connect additional computers and/or printers to the ISDN LAN Modem.
4 C ONFIGURING THE ISDN LAN M ODEM These instructions cover the typical configuration — setting up a connection for shared access to the Internet. T o set up a connection to a private network, such.
5 S TACKING O FFICE C ONNECT U NITS C ONFIGURING THE ISDN LAN M ODEM ( CONT .) C ONNECTING M ORE T HAN F OUR U SERS 14 Click Register to r egister your product. Y our parameters for connecting to your ISP have been set to a typical default through this configuration.
6 C HECKING TCP/IP D EFAULTS It is recommended that you r eturn your TCP/IP settings to their factory default values (this is for use with dynamic IP addressing). T o do this, follow the steps for your operating system: Windows 98 and 95 1 From the Start menu, select Settings, and then Control Panel .
7 Y our ISDN LAN Modem is optimized for use with dynamic, rather than static, IP addressing. In static IP addressing, a permanent IP address is manually assigned to each device on a network.
8 T ROUBLESHOOTING 3Com Corporation, 5400 Bayfront Plaza, Santa Clara, California, 95052-8145 © 3Com Corporation, 1999. All rights reserved. No part of this documentation may be repr oduced in any form or by any means or used to make any derivative work (such as translation, transformation, or adaptation) without permission from 3Com Corporation.
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