User guide

What's on the Back Panel?
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What's on the Back Panel?
The back panel of your residential gateway provides ports, power, and reset
mechanisms. Refer to the following diagram for a description of the back panel.
1 DSL—The DSL port connects to the ADSL line.
2 Line—The Line port connects to either the voice connection on the DSL
microfilter or wall jack.
3 Phone 1-2— The Phone ports connect standard analog telephones to the
residential gateway. The Phone 1 or 2 LED on the front panel lights up when a
phone is connected to the corresponding port on the residential gateway’s back
panel. It flashes when the phone is being used.
4 USB—The USB port connects to a USB storage device, such as a USB hard drive
or flash disk.
5 Ethernet WAN/LAN5—The WAN/LAN5 port can act as a Wide Area Network
(WAN) or Local Area Network (LAN) port. As a WAN port, it connects to a
broadband modem. As a LAN port, it connects to a wired computer or other
Ethernet network device.
6 Ethernet LAN 1-4—These Ethernet ports (1, 2, 3, 4) connect the residential
gateway to wired computers and other Ethernet network devices.
7 Power Switch—Use this switch to power on or off the residential gateway.
8 Power—The Power port is where you will connect the 12v/2A power adapter
that is included in the box.