User's Manual

Linksys BEFCMUH4 Cable Gatewayr + 802.11b Wireless-Ready
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION.............................................................................. 2
O
VERVIEW
................................................................................................................. 2
S
OFTWARE
F
EATURES
................................................................................................ 2
M
INIMUM
R
EQUIREMENTS
......................................................................................... 4
P
ACKAGE
C
ONTENTS
.................................................................................................. 4
CHAPTER 2: USING THE LINKSYS BEFCMUH4 ............................................. 6
T
HE
L
INKSYS
BEFCMUH4’
S
R
EAR
P
ANEL
............................................................... 6
T
HE
L
INKSYS
BEFCMUH4’
S
F
RONT
P
ANEL
............................................................. 7
CHAPTER 3: CONNECT THE GATEWAY ........................................................... 9
O
VERVIEW
................................................................................................................. 9
C
ONNECTING
Y
OUR
H
ARDWARE
T
OGETHER AND
B
OOTING
U
P
................................. 9
CHAPTER 4: CONFIGURE YOUR PCS ...............................................................11
O
VERVIEW
............................................................................................................... 11
C
ONFIGURING
W
INDOWS
95, 98,
AND
M
ILLENNIUM
PC
S
........................................ 11
C
ONFIGURING
W
INDOWS
2000 PC
S
........................................................................ 13
C
ONFIGURING
W
INDOWS
XP PC
S
........................................................................... 14
CHAPTER 5: CONFIGURE THE GATEWAY..................................................... 15
C
ONFIGURING THE
L
INKSYS
BEFCMUH4 .............................................................. 15
APPENDIX A: TROUBLESHOOTING ................................................................ 18
C
OMMON
P
ROBLEMS AND
S
OLUTIONS
..................................................................... 18
F
REQUENTLY
A
SKED
Q
UESTIONS
............................................................................. 29
APPENDIX B: GLOSSARY .................................................................................... 32
APPENDIX C: INSTALLING THE TCP/IP PROTOCOL ................................. 40
APPENDIX D: FINDING THE MAC ADDRESS AND IP ADDRESS FOR
YOUR ETHERNET ADAPTER ............................................................................. 43
APPENDIX E: SPECFICATIONS.......................................................................... 46
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