2-Wire PC Port USB-to-HPNA User manual

Installation Guide
Wireless PC Port

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2Wire PC Port USB to HPNA Adapter
The PC Port USB-to-HPNA adapter allows you to connect computers to your home
network using existing phone lines.
Following are the steps needed to complete the PC Port installation:
Step 1 - Install the PC Port adapter into a USB port on your computer.
Step 2 - Connect the telephone cable.
Step 3 - Install the adapter device driver.
The following sections give you detailed instructions for completing each step.

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Step 1: Install the PC Port adapter
1. Power off your computer.
2. Insert the PC Port adapter into an available USB port on your computer.

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Step 2: Connect the telephone cable(s)
Non-DSL Broadband Service (for example, Cable or Fiber) Installation - First PC
The first PC on the network must be connected to the 2Wire gateway via Ethernet,
USB or wireless. It cannot be connected via HPNA; however, if you are connecting
additional PCs to your network via HPNA, you must connect the phone line from
the 2Wire Gateway's HPNA port to a phone jack.
1. Disconnect power from the 2Wire gateway.
2. Locate the HPNA port on the back of the 2Wire
gateway. Plug one end of the telephone cable into the
HPNA port, the other end into the phone jack.
3. Reconnect power to the 2Wire Gateway. When all
three indicator lights display green, the process is
complete.

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Secondary PCs
1. Power off the computer.
2. Connect one end of the telephone cable to the adapter
port, the other end to the phone jack.
DSL Broadband Service Installation
You will need to connect the telephone cable to the phone
line filter (filters are sold separately). Refer to the following
table for a description of filter types and installation. The
filter examples are 2Wire DSL Filters.
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Filter Type If Sharing Wall Jack with Phone
Single port • Insert the other end of the telephone cable into one of
the Y-adapter ports.
• Connect your DSL filter into the open port on the Y-
adapter and your phone into the filter.
• Insert the Y-adapter into the wall jack.
Dual port • Insert the other end of the telephone cable into the
port labeled DSL/HPNA or DSL HPN.
• Connect your telephone into the port designated for
phone service.
• Insert the DSL filter into the wall jack.
Wall-mount After your DSL wall mount filter has been installed and the
telephone is connected:
• Insert the other end of the telephone cable from the
PC Port into the port labeled DSL or DSL HPNA.

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Step 3: Install the adapter device driver
Installing drivers for Windows XP
1. With your computer powered on, insert
the 2Wire Driver CD into your CD-ROM
drive.
2. When the Found New Hardware Wizard
window opens, select Install the software
automatically (Recommended) and click
Next to continue.

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3. Windows loads the drivers from the CD on
to your computer.
4. When the Completing the Found New
Hardware Wizard screen opens, click Finish.
The driver installation is complete.

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Installing Drivers for Windows 2000
1. With your computer powered on, insert the
2Wire Driver CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. When the Found New Hardware Wizard
window opens, click Next to continue.

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3. The next window prompts you to install
device drivers. Select Search for a suitable
driver for my device (recommended), and click
Next.
4. When the Locate Driver Files window
opens, deselect the Floppy disk drives
checkbox, select the CD-ROM drives
checkbox, and click Next.