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5.2 Configuring a PC Connected by USB Port

5.2.1 Connecting a Computer to the USB Port by a USB cable

If you use the ADSL router

’

s USB port to connect to a PC, you must install the provided

USB driver on the PC. The driver enables Ethernet-over-USB communication with the

ADSL router.

5.2.2 Installing the USB Driver

Ensure that the USB function of your PC is OK.

The Microsoft Windows 98, 98 SE, ME, 2000, and XP support this driver. The following

installation instruction is based on Windows XP; you may refer to it when operating on

other operating systems.

1. Insert the driver CD to your CDROM.

The CD shipped with the ADSL router contains the USB drivers. Insert it into your PC

’

s

CDROM.

2. Plug the USB cable from the device into the USB port of the PC.

The USB cable provided has a flat connector on one end (called Type A) and a square

connector on the other (Type B). Connect the flat connector to your PC and the square

connector to the ADSL router.

To ADSL-

Ethernet router

To PC

Figure 5-1

USB port outline

Plug the USB cable from the device into the USB port of the PC. The PC will detect the

newly-attached device and display the

Found New Hardware Wizard

dialog box:

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Figure 5-2

Found new hardware

3. Click on

Next>

. The PC will search the disc for the driver configuration file.

When this file is found, the PC will begin installing the drivers for the device:

Figure 5-3

Install software

The following window is displayed warning that the device is not compatible with

Windows XP:

Figure 5-4

Driver warning

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Click on

Continue Anyway

to proceed.

4. When the driver has been installed, the Found New Hardware Wizard

confirms that the installation is complete for your device:

Figure 5-5

Install completed

5. Click on Finish. The toolbar will display the following message, confirming

that the device has been installed correctly:

New hardware installed and ready to use

In the Windows XP Network Connections dialog box, the device is shown as a new LAN

device called

Aolynk USB Remote NDIS Network Device.

For example:

Figure 5-6

Windows XP device properties for the installed device

You have now finished installing the driver. You do not need to restart your computer.

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5.2.3 Configuring IP Properties on PC Connected by USB Port

After the USB driver installation is complete, you must configure the PC so that its IP

properties place it in the same subnet as the ADSL router

’

s USB port. There are two

ways to do this:

●

Configure the ADSL router so that it assigns an appropriate IP address to the PC.

If you want to use this automatic assignment feature called DHCP server, you

must configure the PC to accept dynamically assigned IP information. Follow the

instructions in

“

5.1

Configuring Ethernet PCs

”

for the operating system installed

on your PC.

●

If you want to assign a static IP address to the PC, follow the instructions

described in

“

5.1.7

Assigning Static Internet Information to Your PCs

”

and use the

following information:

In the Network Connections window, be sure to select the icon that corresponds to your

new USB connection (not the one that corresponds to your Ethernet NIC). When you

display properties for the icon, the following text should appear in the Connect Using

text box:

Aolynk USB Remote NDIS Network Device

The USB port on the ADSL router is preconfigured with these properties:

USB port IP address:

192.168.1.1

USB port subnet mask:

255.255.255.0

Therefore, your PC must be configured as follows:

IP address:

192.168.1.n where n is a

number from 2 to 254 that does not conflict

with the DHCP address range.

Subnet mask:

255.255.255.0

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IP Addresses, Network Masks,

and Subnets

6.1 IP Addresses

&

Note:

This section refers only to IP addresses for IPv4 (version 4 of the Internet Protocol).

IPv6 addresses are not covered.

This section assumes basic knowledge of binary numbers, bits, and bytes.

IP addresses, the Internet version of telephone numbers, are used to identify individual

nodes (computers or devices) on the Internet. Every IP address contains four numbers,

each from 0 to 255 and separated by dots (periods), e.g. 20.56.0.211. These numbers

are called, from left to right, field1, field2, field3, and field4.

This style of writing IP addresses as decimal numbers separated by dots is called

dotted decimal notation

. The IP address 20.56.0.211 is read "twenty dot fifty-six dot

zero dot two-eleven."

6.1.1 Structure of an IP Address

IP addresses have a hierarchical design similar to that of telephone numbers. For

example, a 7-digit telephone number starts with a 3-digit prefix that identifies a group of

thousands of telephone lines, and ends with four digits that identify one specific line in

that group.

Similarly, IP addresses contain two kinds of information.

●

Network ID:

Identifies a particular network within the Internet or intranet

●

Host ID

: Identifies a particular computer or device on the network

The first part of every IP address contains the network ID, and the rest of the address

contains the host ID. The length of the network ID depends on the network's

class

(refer

to the following section). Table 7-1 shows the structure of an IP address.