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Touchstone TM402 Telephony Modem User’s Guide 11

Getting Battery USB Ethernet

Safety Started Installation Installation Drivers Configuration Usage Troubleshooting Glossary

Ethernet or USB?

There are two ways to connect your computer (or other equipment) to the Telepho-

ny Modem. The following will help you decide which is best for you:

Ethernet

Ethernet is a standard method of connecting two or more computers into a Local

Area Network (LAN). Use the Ethernet connection if your PC has built-in Ethernet

hardware, does not use Windows, or you want to share the Telephony Modem con-

nection with several computers.

Note: To connect two or more computers to the Ethernet port, you will need a

hub or broadband router (available at computer retailers).

The Telephony Modem package comes with a 6-foot (1.9m) Ethernet cable (the

connectors look like wide telephone connectors); you can purchase more cables if

necessary at a computer retailer. If you are connecting the Telephony Modem di-

rectly to a PC, or to an Ethernet hub or broadband router with a cross-over switch,

ask for Category 5 (CAT5) straight-through cable. If you are connecting the Tele-

phony Modem to an Ethernet hub or broadband router without a crossover switch,

ask for a Category 5 crossover cable.

USB

USB (Universal Serial Bus) is meant for connecting a variety of accessories, such

as keyboards, mice, printers, and communications devices (including Telephony

Modems) to a single PC. Use the USB connection if you have only one computer,

and the computer is using a Windows operating system (Windows 98 Second Edi-

tion or later), and has no built-in Ethernet hardware. The Telephony Modem pack-

age comes with a 5-foot (1.6m) USB cable.

Both

If you have two or more computers, you can connect one computer to the Telepho-

ny Modem’s USB port and one or more other computers to the Ethernet port. To

connect two or more computers to the Ethernet port, you will need a hub or broad-

band router (available at computer retailers).

For more information about connecting two or more computers, contact your cable

service provider.

Ethernet Cable

USB Cable

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