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The “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties” window appears.
4.
Click the “Obtain an IP address automatically” radio button.
5.
Click the “Obtain DNS server address automatically” radio button.
6.
Windows 98/Me
Select
1.
Network
in the Control Panel.
Select the
2.
TCP/IP
settings
for the network card, then click
Properties
.
Click the “Obtain an IP address automatically” radio button in the “IP Address”
3.
tab.
Click
4.
Disable
DNS
in the DNS configuration tab.
Click
5.
OK
in the “TCP/IP Properties” screen.
Click
6.
OK
in the “Network” screen to reboot and save the settings.
Macintosh OS X
Click on the Apple icon in the top left corner of the desktop.
1.
From the menu that appears, select
2.
System
Preferences
.
The “System Preferences” window appears. Click
3.
Network
.
From the “Network” window, make sure “Ethernet” in the list on the left is
4.
highlighted and displays “Connected.”
Click
5.
Assist
me
.
From the tab that appears, click
6.
Diagnostics
.
Follow the instructions in the “Network Diagnostics” assistant.
7.
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Connecting the FiOS Router
2.3
Configuring the FiOS Router
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Linux
Login into the system as a super-user by entering “su” at the prompt.
1.
Type “ifconfig” to display the network devices and allocated IPs.
2.
Type “pump -i <dev>,” where <dev> is the network device name.
3.
Type “ifconfig” again to view the newly allocated IP address.
4.
Make sure no firewall is active on device <dev>.
5.
2.3
Configuring the FiOS Router
Open a web browser on the computer connected to the FiOS Router. In the
1.
“Address” text box, type:
then press
Enter
on the keyboard.
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The “Login Setup” screen appears. Select a new user name and password
2.
and enter them in the appropriate text boxes (the password must be
entered twice, for validation purposes). Write the new user name and
password down on a piece of paper and keep it in a safe place, since they
will be needed to access the FiOS Router’s GUI (Graphical User Interface) in
the future.
In the bottom part of the screen, select the correct time zone from the “Time
3.
Zone” drop-down list, then click
OK
at the bottom of the screen.
The FiOS Router is now configured.
2.3a
Connecting Other Computers/Set Top Boxes
The FiOS Router can connect to other computers or set top boxes in three ways:
via Ethernet, via wireless connection, or via coaxial cable.
Ethernet
Get an Ethernet cable and plug one end into one of the open yellow
1.
Ethernet ports on the back of the FiOS Router.
Plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into an Ethernet port on
2.
the computer.
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Configuring the FiOS Router
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Make sure the corresponding Ethernet LAN light on the front of the FiOS
3.
Router glows steadily green.
Repeat these steps for each computer to be connected to the FiOS Router
4.
via Ethernet.
Wireless
Make sure each computer to be connected wirelessly has built-in wireless or
1.
an attached wireless adapter.
Make sure the computer uses the same ESSID and WEP key as the FiOS
2.
Router by launching the computer’s wireless application
Enter the ESSID and WEP key found on the sticker on the bottom of the
3.
FiOS Router in the computer’s wireless settings and click Save. Make sure to
configure the computer to use 64/40-bit WEP encryption.
Make sure the changes were implemented by surfing the Internet from
4.
the computer.
Repeat these steps for every other computer to be connected to the
5.
FiOS Router wirelessly.
Coaxial
Make sure all set top boxes are turned off.
1.
Disconnect any adapter currently connected to the coaxial jack in the room
2.
where the FiOS Router is.
Connect one end of the coaxial cable to the coaxial wall jack, and the other
3.
end to the red Coax port on the back of the FiOS Router.
Power up the set top box.
4.
Make sure the Coax LAN light on the front of the FiOS Router glows steadily
5.
green. This may take a few minutes. When it does, the set top box is
connected to the FiOS Router.
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2.4
Main Screen
After logging into the FiOS Router’s GUI (see “Configuring the FiOS Router” at the
beginning of this chapter), the “Main” screen appears.
The Main screen has a menu occupying the top of the screen. Below that, the
screen is divided into three columns: “My Router,” “My Network,” and
“Action Zone.”
2.4a
Menu
The Main screen’s menu contains links to all of the configuration options of
the FiOS Router:
Wireless Settings
(explained in chapter 3 of this manual),
My
Network
(chapter 5),
Firewall
Settings
(chapter 6),
Parental
Controls
(chapter
7),
Advanced
(chapter 8), and
System
Monitoring
(chapter 9).

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