WatchGuard Technologies WatchGuard SOHO and SOHO | tc - Manual (Page 21)

User Guide 2.3 9
Physically connecting your SOHO
The SOHO and SOHO|tc ship with a “10-seat” license. In other
words, the SOHO allows up to ten computers on a network behind
the SOHO to access the Internet. More than ten computers can
exist on the network and communicate with each other, but only
the first ten which attemtp to access the Internet will be allowed
out. If you would like to upgrade your SOHO to a fifty-seat user
license, please visit:
http://www.watchguard.com/sales/buyonline.asp.
1 Complete the “Pre-installation checklist” on page 1.
2 You will need these additional items:
- One or more Ethernet hubs.
- An Ethernet cable (with RJ-45 connectors) for each
computer to connect the modem to the SOHO.
- A crossover cable to connect each hub to the SOHO.
3 Turn off your computer and unplug the power from the cable
or DSL modem.
4 Unplug the Ethernet cable that is connected from your cable or
DSL modem to your computer, and instead connect it from
your modem to the WAN port on the SOHO.
This creates a connection between the SOHO and the modem.
5 Plug a crossover cable into any of the numbered (1-4) ports on
the SOHO. Plug the other end into an Ethernet hub.
You can use a straight cable but this would then need to be connected into
the uplink port of the hub.
6 Using Ethernet cables, connect the hub output to the Ethernet
card installed in each of your computers.
If you have more computers to connect, connect another SOHO output to
another Ethernet hub, and then connect additional Ethernet cables
between the second Ethernet hub and the RJ-45 connections on the backs
of those computers.
7 Turn on the power to your cable or DSL modem. Wait until the
lights stop flashing, indicating that the modem is ready.