User's Manual

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USING AN INTERNET ROUTER
An Internet router, supporting either Ethernet or WiFi (802.11)
connnections, can be used to have multiple computers share an Internet
connection from a single SOMAport.
To use an Internet router with the SOMAport
1 Choose a location and power on the SOMAport, as described in chapter 2.
2 Wait for the SOMAport to find a basestation (the network light will turn
green).
3 Power on the router.
4 If necessary, configure the router to use DHCP when obtaining an external
IP address. See the documentation for your router for specific configuration
information.
5 Connect the SOMAport to the router:
iii Insert one end of a straight-through Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port
on the SOMAport.
iv Insert the other end of the cable into an uplink port (sometimes labeled
as a WAN or Internet port) on the router.
6 Connect each computer to to the Internet router. See the documentation for
your router for information.
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