Setting Up Your DSL Modem

Setting Up Your DSL Modem




 

How to Set Up Your DSL Modem

1

Shut down and turn off your computer.

2

Insert one end of the yellow Ethernet cable found in your Modem Kit into your computer’s Ethernet port, and the other end into the modem’s yellow Ethernet port.


3

Please insert the dual-jack filter into the wall jack nearest your computer now.

NOTE: The dual-jack filter is only required if the wall jack you are using will also be the source for your telephone.

4

Insert one end of the gray phone cord - found in your Modem Kit - into the gray side of the dual-jack DSL filter, and the other end into the modem’s gray DSL port.


5

Connect the power supply to your surge protector (we strongly encourage) or outlet and modem's power port.

6

Turn on the modem.






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