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Actiontec Wireless Broadband Router User Manual 3. Connect one end of the coaxial cable to the coaxial wall jack, and the other end to the red Coax port on the back of the Router. 4. Power up the set top box. 5. Make sure the Coax LAN light on the front of the Router glows steadily green. This may take a few minutes. When it does, the set top box is connected to the Router. Computer Network Configuration Each network interface on the computer should either be configured with a statically defined IP address and DNS address, or instructed to automatically obtain an IP address using the Network DHCP server. The Router is set up, by default, with an active DHCP server, and Actiontec recommends leaving this setting as is. Configuring a Computer to Use Dynamic IP Addressing To configure a computer to use dynamic IP addressing: Windows XP 1. Select Network Connections in the Control Panel. 2. Right-click Ethernet Local Area Connection, then click Properties. 3. In the "General" tab, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), then click Properties. 4. The "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties" window appears. 5. Click the "Obtain an IP address automatically" radio button. 6. Click the "Obtain DNS server address automatically" radio button. 7. Click OK to save the settings. 14

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Actiontec Wireless Broadband Router User Manual
3.
Connect one end of the coaxial cable to the coaxial wall jack, and the other
end to the red Coax port on the back of the Router.
4.
Power up the set top box.
5.
Make sure the Coax
LAN
light on the front of the Router glows steadily
green. This may take a few minutes. When it does, the set top box is con-
nected to the Router.
Computer Network Configuration
Each network interface on the computer should either be configured with a stati-
cally defined
IP
address and
DNS
address, or instructed to automatically obtain an
IP
address using the Network
DHCP
server. The Router is set up, by default, with
an active
DHCP
server, and Actiontec recommends leaving this setting as is.
Configuring a Computer to Use Dynamic IP Addressing
To configure a computer to use dynamic
IP
addressing:
Windows XP
1.
Select
Network Connections
in the Control Panel.
2.
Right-click
Ethernet Local Area Connection
, then click
Properties
.
3.
In the “General” tab, select
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
, then click
Properties
.
4.
The “Internet Protocol (
TCP/IP
) Properties” window appears.
5.
Click the “Obtain an
IP
address automatically” radio button.
6.
Click the “Obtain
DNS
server address automatically” radio button.
7.
Click
OK
to save the settings.