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Connecting the CPE

Before you connect the CPE, read Warnings and Precautions carefully.

Power off the CPE and remove all cables from the CPE in thunderstorms.

Do not touch the external antenna of the CPE, which may be heated in use.

Placing the CPE



Place the CPE in open environments. Otherwise, concrete and wooden walls may

affect the transmission of wireless signals.

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Keep the CPE away from the household electrical appliances that produce strong

electric or magnetic fields, such as micro-wave ovens, refrigerators, or disc satellite

antennas.

Connecting Devices to the CPE

Connect devices to the CPE according to the actual situations. The following

figure is for reference only.

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To connect devices to the CPE, do as follows:

1.

Connect the CPE to the power.

Connect the AC outlet of the power adapter to the POWER port of the CPE.

2.

Connect other devices to the CPE.

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Connect LAN devices, such as computers or switches, to the LAN ports of the CPE by

using cables.

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Connect telephones or faxes to the TEL ports of the CPE by using telephone lines.

3.

Start the CPE.

Press the POWER button to start the CPE.

After the CPE is started, you can modulate the position and direction of the CPE to

catch the strongest wireless signals. The strength of wireless signals is shown in

the five-bar signal indicator.

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Configuration Requirements for the PC

Your PC must meet the following requirements for configuring the CPE. Otherwise, the

operation performance may be degraded.

Item

Requirement

CPU

Pentium 500 MHz or higher

Memory

128 MB RAM or higher

Hard disk

Available space of 50 MB

Operating system

Microsoft: Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows7

Mac: Mac OS X

Screen resolution

1024 x 768 pixels or higher

Internet browser

Internet Explorer 7.0 or later versions, Firefox 3.5 or later

versions, Opera 10 or later versions, Safari 5 or later versions,

and Chrome 9 or later versions

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Accessing the Web-Based Utility

The Web-Based Utility of the CPE is a web browser-based configuration interface that

allows easy device setup, configuration and management through Internet browser.

For example, to access the Web-Based Utility of the CPE from a PC that runs on Windows

XP and uses IE 7.0, do as follows:

1.

Ensure that the hardware of the CPE is connected correctly.

2.

Set the IP address of the connected computer and ensure that the IP address of the

computer is in the same segment as that of the CPE.