Many DSL service providers
recommend that you connect the DSL line and apply power to your modem up to ten
days in advance of your DSL service activation date, to allow for line testing. If you
are lucky, your DSL service may become active ahead of schedule.
Step 4: Connect the DSL Modem to Your Computer
You have one final connection to make??”the network connection between the DSL
modem and your PC, as shown in Figure 1-6. Assuming that your PC includes a builtin
network adapter and Ethernet connection (most do, as do laptops), you only need
to plug in an Ethernet cable between the modem and PC.
Figure 1-5
A simplified DSL
connection schematic
requires only one DSL
splitter for multiple
phone jacks, and a
dedicated line to the
DSL modem.
DSL/HDN
DSL Modem
Phone connections
DSL
Splitter
To phone
company
Phone
Figure 1-6
A typical DSL modem
to PC network
connection with
Ethernet cable
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Do not try to plug the Ethernet cable into a phone or modem jack, as it will not fit. A typical
2- or 4-wire phone connector will fit into an Ethernet jack, but doing so could damage the
connector??™s pins or, worse, place excessive voltage onto the electronics of the Ethernet
connection, which could cause the Ethernet components to fail.
Your computer may detect and indicate this connection, if you have a network
icon in your Windows tool tray, but you will not have a connection to the Internet
without installing and configuring the software from your DSL provider.
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