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NB5PLUS4W Quick Start Guide for Mac
Start Here
This Quick Start provides basic instructions for connecting your NB5PLUS4W to an Apple
Macintosh computer and to the Internet.
1. USB Installation.
2. Ethernet Installation
3. Airport Installation
4. Modem Set-up
Before you can use this Quick Start Guide, you must have already established an ADSL service
with your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
These instructions provide a basic set-up configuration that should get home or small of
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac If you are using a telephone, fax machine, answering machine or any other equipment (other than your NB5PLUS4W Modem) on your ADSL-enabled phone line, you will need to use one Micro filter for each phone device. Splitters are sometimes installed when your ADSL service is installed. If your telephone line is split you will not need to use a MicroFilter. Please check with your ADSL service provider if you are unsure. Each MicroFilter is connected in-line
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac USB INSTALLATION Important Note: To connect your NB5+4 to your Mac via USB, you will need to install a special utility that creates a new virtual Ethernet port on your Mac. This process shows you how to do this. Step 1 – Install the Hardware To connect your modem using the USB cable, follow these step-by-step instructions: 1. Connect the ADSL cable. Connect one end of the telephone cable provided to the port labelled ADSL on the rear panel of your NB5P
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac 6. When the Installation has finished, you will be asked to Restart your Mac. Please do so. 7. When your Mac has restarted, go to the Apple menu and select System Preferences. 8. The Systems Preferences window opens. 9. In the Systems Preferences window, locate the “Internet and Network” heading and click once on the Network icon. A dialogue box will display, confirming that your driver installation was successful and that the new virtual Ethernet port
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac 12. If you want to use this Mac in more than place (perhaps at home as well as at your workplace) or on more than one network, you can achieve this easily by setting up a Location for each place or network. Swapping Locations then becomes a simple matter of selecting the appropriate Location. If you wish to do this, you will need to click on the “Location” pop-up menu and select “New Location…”. You will be asked to name your new location. 13. Give you
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac Your dialog box should now look like this: 16. If your Mac does not accept an IP address from the DHCP server in your NB5PLUS4W and the IP address field remains blank, try selecting “Using DHCP with manual address” from the “Configure” pop-up menu (“Configure iPV4” if you’re using Mac OS 10.3) and entering 192.168.1.3 in the “IP address” field. 17. Click on the “Show” pop-up menu and select “Network Status”. Check to see that the bullet alongside “Ether
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac ETHERNET INSTALLATION Step 1 – Install the Hardware To connect your modem using the Ethernet cable, follow these step-by-step instructions: 5. Connect the ADSL cable. Connect one end of the telephone cable provided to the port labelled ADSL on the rear panel of your NB5PLUS4W Modem. Connect the other end to your wall phone jack. 6. Connect the Ethernet cable. Connect one end of the Ethernet cable provided to the Ethernet port on your Mac and the other e
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac 4. Click the close box to close the TCP/IP configuration box. When asked if you wish to save the changes, click YES. © NetComm Limited 2005 p 8
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac Mac OS X (10.3 Panther & 10.4 Tiger) 1. From the Apple menu, select System Preferences. 2. The Systems Preferences window opens. 3. In the Systems Preferences window, locate the “Internet and Network” heading and click once on the Network icon. The Network window opens. © NetComm Limited 2005 p 9
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac 4. If you want to use this Mac in more than place (perhaps at home as well as at your workplace) or on more than one network, you can achieve this easily by setting up a Location for each place or network. Swapping Locations then becomes a simple matter of selecting the appropriate Location. If you wish to do this, you will need to click on the “Location” pop-up menu and select “New Location…”. You will be asked to name your new location. 5. Give your N
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac 192.168.1.3 in the “IP address” field. 9. Click on the “Show” pop-up menu and select “Network Status”. Check to see that the bullet alongside “Built-in Ethernet” is green. 10. Close the Network window by clicking the red close button (System 10.3) or select “Quit System Preferences” under the “System Preferences” menu (System 10.2 or earlier). © NetComm Limited 2005 p 11
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac AIRPORT INSTALLATION Step 1 – Install the Hardware To connect your modem using Airport, follow these step-by-step instructions: 1. Install your Airport or Airport Extreme card. If your Airport is not already installed, follow the instructions in the User Guide that came with your Mac to install an Airport or Airport Extreme card. 2. Connect the ADSL cable. Connect one end of the telephone cable provided to the port labelled ADSL on the rear panel of you
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac 2. The Systems Preferences window opens. 3. In the Systems Preferences window, locate the “Internet and Network” heading and click once on the Network icon. The Network window opens. 4. If you want to use this Mac in more than place (perhaps at home as well as at your workplace) or on more than one network, you can achieve this easily by setting up a Location for each place or network. Swapping Locations then becomes a simple matter of selecting the app
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac 5. Give your New Location a meaningful name and click OK. Make sure that the Location you have just created is displayed in the Location pop-up menu. 6. If you do not wish to set up more than one Location, make sure that the Location pop-up menu is set to “Automatic”. 7. Click on the “Show” pop-up menu and select “Airport”. Click on the “Airport” tab. 8. Click the pop-up menu “By default, join” and select “Preferred networks”. Select “wireless” from th
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac 9. With “wireless” selected, click on the “Edit” button at the foot of the list. The following dialogue box is displayed. 10. Using the “Wireless Security” pop-up menu, select “WEP Security”, In the dialogue box, enter the WEP password that appears on the sticker underneath your NB5PLUS4W. 11. Click OK. 12. Click on the TCP/ IP tab. The TCP/IP settings will be displayed. Click on the “Configure iPV4” pop-up menu and select “Using DHCP”. Click on Apply
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac 13. If your Mac does not accept an IP address from the DHCP server in your NB5PLUS4W and the IP address field remains blank, try selecting “Using DHCP with manual address” from the “Configure iPV4” pop-up menu and entering 192.168.1.3 in the “IP address” field. 14. Click on the “Show” pop-up menu and select “Network Status”. Check to see that the bullet alongside “Airport” is green. 15. Close the Network window by clicking the red close button (System 1
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac MODEM SET-UP You will now log directly into the configuration page of your ADSL Modem and configure basic settings for your Internet connection. Your ISP should provide you with the necessary information to complete this step. To make it as easy as possible for you, there is a single Quick Configuration page for the settings that you most likely need to change before using your ADSL Modem. To configure your NB5PLUS4W ADSL Modem, follow the steps below:
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NetComm NB5PLUS4W QuickStart Guide for Mac 6. Make sure that PPPoE is selected, enter the username and password that your ISP has provided and click on Apply. 7. You will see a message “Settings Updated Successfully!” and the Quick Settings page will again be displayed. After a few seconds, the Connection Status should show green. If this does not occur, please check that you have entered your User Name and Password exactly as your ISP has specified. 8. You have now completed the set-up which wi
