How to Setup Earthlink Wireless
Earthlink is a dial-up and DSL Internet service provider offering service across the United States. Earthlink customers receive a setup package that includes the necessary hardware to connect their computers to a modem for Internet service. Customers who choose to connect wirelessly will need to use a wireless router in addition to the included hardware to provide a wireless connection of Earthlink's Internet service to their PC. You can have a professional Internet service provider connect your computer to the wireless router, or you can save the cost and do it yourself.
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Instructions
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Unplug every telephone, fax machine and any other device connected to the phone jacks. Plug single jack filters into every wall jack except the jack where the modem will be connected.
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Plug the various devices previously connected to the phone jacks into the single filter jack.
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Plug a dual filter jack into the wall jack where the modem will be stationed. Plug a phone wire into the jack on the dual filter labeled with an image of a telephone and connect that wire to the telephone.
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Plug another telephone wire into the second jack on the dual filter and connect it to the grey jack on the back of the modem. Plug the power adapter into the modem's power input and plug it into the wall or power strip outlet.
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Plug the cat-5 ethernet cable into the ethernet jack on the back of the modem. Route the ethernet cable to the wireless router and plug it into one of the WAN ports. Plug the wireless router's power adapter input into the router and plug it into the power source (wall or power strip). Test your connection.
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