Netopia Network Adapte Manuale Utente

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Your computer is ready and you’ve organized all the parts you need to set up DSL.

Now it’s time to prepare the phone equipment in your location.

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1.. Your starting point is the wall phone jack you’ll be using to connect your wireless router. 

Disconnect the telephone or any other equipment plugged into this phone jack and set it

aside. Connect a DSL filter to the phone jack. If you disconnected a telephone from the jack, 

plug it back into the 

black DSL filter port labeled with a picture of a phone. Plug the 

gray phone cord from your installation kit into the white DSL filter port labeled with 

a picture of a computer monitor. You will return to this jack in Step 2 of the installation. 

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2.. Use the “phone” side of the DSL filters for all other equipment connected to 

the phone line you’ll be using for DSL, 

• Telephones (regular and cordless)

• Answering machines

• Fax machines

• Computers with dial-up modems

• Some satellite or pay-per-view cable equipment

• TTY/TDD devices

• Caller ID boxes

• Home alarm systems

• Anything else plugged into the DSL phone outlet

3.  You should only have a maximum of five devices (not counting the 

DSL router) connected to the DSL phone line. Disconnect any phones

or devices exceeding this maximum.

USER GUIDE

Step 1: Preparing Your
Phone Equipment

phone

outlet

phone 

outlet 

fax 

machine 

phone

DSL 

filter 

gray phone cord

from kit 

phone

outlet

phone 

outlet 

fax 

machine 

phone

DSL 

filter 

gray phone cord

from kit 

DSL filters separate the digital DSL signal and the analog signals
used by your phone, fax, or any other equipment connected to the
DSL phone line. Without a DSL filter, you may experience disrup-
tions with your phone and/or DSL service.