Installing the wireless network extender, Plugging in the extender, Installing the configuration utility – Actiontec electronic HPAP108T User Manual

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Installing the Wireless
Network Extender

This chapter explains how to plug in the Wireless Network Extender, how to load
the Extender’s Configuration Utility on a computer connected to the Homeline
network, and how to access the Homeline network (via the Extender) with a wire-
lessly-equipped computer.

Note: The following procedures assume that the user has already
set up a Homeline network with a computer connected to
the network.,

Plugging in the Extender

To use the Extender properly, it should be plugged into an electrical outlet already
part of a Homeline network, with other devices (computers, printer servers, etc.)
connected to the network. The Power light will glow steadily green when the
Extender detects a HomeLine network.

Installing the Configuration Utility

To install the Extender’s Configuration Utility:

1. Insert the Installation

CD

in the

CD-ROM

drive of the computer connected to

the Homeline network.

2. When the “Welcome” screen appears, click Next.

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