Page 3 - Introduction; HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter; Table of Contents
Linksys HomeLink™ Series Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter Introduction HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter Congratulations on your purchase of the Linksys HomeLink Phoneline 10MUSB Network Adapter. Now you’ll be able to instantly connect multiple PCs over your telephone wiring and talk on th...
Page 4 - Getting to Know Your Phoneline 10M; The Adapter’s Ports; Windows & Computer Compatibility
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 3 Getting to Know Your Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter The Adapter’s Ports USB This USB port, which is a Type B port, is where you con-nect your HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapterexternally to your PC. Use the USB cable provided in thepackage contents. Hom...
Page 5 - USB Cabling; The Adapter’s LEDs; Type A
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter USB Cabling The HomeLink Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter comes with one USBcable. One end of the USB cable has a rectangular connector called a Type Aconnector. The other end of the cable has a square Type B connector. The USB cable’s Type B tip connects to the US...
Page 6 - Connecting to a Phoneline Network; Connect one end of your telephone cabling to your Phoneline 10M; Your computer is now connected to your Phoneline network.; na; Installing the HomeLink Phoneline; Overview
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter Connecting to a Phoneline Network Computers on a HomeLink network can be connected in one of two ways.They can be daisy chained through their HomeLink port to anotherHomeLink PC in a string, or they can be connected directly to a phone jack.The diagram below shows a...
Page 7 - Windows 98 Driver Installation
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 9 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 8 4. Select “Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended).” Click Next. 5. Select “Floppy disk drives.” Click Next. Windows 98 Driver Installation Overview After installing your Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter in your compute...
Page 8 - The Windows 98 driver installation is now complete.; Under no circumstance are you to click; Cancel; or; Skip File
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 11 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 10 8. A window will appear to tell you that Windows has f inished installing the new hardware device. Click Finish. 9. A Systems Settings Change window will ask you if you want to restart your computer. Remove your driver disk from its dr...
Page 9 - Network Component Configuration
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 13 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 12 3. Click the File and Print Sharing button to bring up the File and Print Sharing window. 4. If you want to give others access to f iles on your PC's hard drive, select I want to be able to give others access to my files. 5. If you'd l...
Page 10 - Click on the Identification tab. Type your Computer Name in the
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 15 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 14 10. Optional: Enter a description of your computer in the Computer Description f ield. You may leave this f ield blank if you wish. 11. Optional: Choose the Access Control tab. Make sure that Shared-level access control is selected. If...
Page 11 - Sharing Your Files and Printers in Windows 98; • If you don't see anything in Network Neighborhood, press the F5 key
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 17 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 16 Sharing Your Files and Printers in Windows 98 Overview By “sharing” your f iles and printers, other PCs on your HomeLink networkwill be able to access those resources on your PC. Before sharing your f iles and printers, you must set up...
Page 12 - Windows 2000 Driver Installation; Enabling Printer Sharing
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 19 Windows 2000 Driver Installation Overview After installing the Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter on your PC, followthese instructions to install the HomeLink Windows 2000 driver. The installa-tion procedure for the network driver could vary slightly depending on ...
Page 13 - your network administrator.
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 5. The Driver File Search Results window will appear. Click Next. 6. The Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard window will appearwith the name of your adapter, Linksys Phoneline 10M USB NetworkAdapter. Click Finish. 7. Remove the driver disk from your floppy driv...
Page 14 - Troubleshooting; Access Control
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter • Try connecting your PCs using only the phone cable provided with the HomeLink adapter. Disconnect your PCs from any phone jacks andremove any telephone, modem, or other device that you have connectedto the HomeLink adapters. • If the PCs are far away from each oth...
Page 15 - Appendix; Client for Microsoft Setup for Windows 98; The Microsoft Client portion of the Windows setup is now complete.
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 25 Linksys HomeLink™ Series click on Start, Settings, Control Panel, then open Network and click onthe Configuration tab. Highlight IPX/SPX-compatible Protocol (onlyone of them) and click on Properties. • Click on the NetBIOS tab. Put a check next to I want to enabl...
Page 16 - Starting Over in Windows 98; Novell NetWare 3.x Client Setup for Windows 98; The NetWare Client portion of your Windows setup is now complete.
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 27 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 26 Starting Over in Windows 98 If you experience installation diff iculties, you may need to reinstall all of theWindows networking components from scratch. The instructions belowexplain how to give your PC a clean sweep so you can retry ...
Page 17 - When you have removed all unnecessary components, click OK. When
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 29 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 28 5. For PCs with Dial-Up Networking and/or an AOL adapter, remove any instance of the name Linksys, all IPX/SPX protocols, all NetBEUI, allClients, and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks. Do notremove Dial-Up Adapter, AOL A...
Page 18 - Starting Over in Windows 2000
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 31 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 30 Starting Over in Windows 2000 1. Click the Start button, choose Settings, choose Control Panel, then dou- ble-click the System icon. The System Properties window will open. 2. Choose the Hardware tab. 3. Click the Device Manager button...
Page 19 - Manually Installing Network Components in Windows 98; Linksys Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter to bring; Disable; Linksys Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter again.
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 33 Linksys HomeLink™ Series 32 Manually Installing Network Components in Windows 98 Sometimes, you may have to manually install missing Windows networkingcomponents. For manually installing network components in Windows 2000,see your network adminstrator or your Mic...
Page 20 - Open Source and Beta Operating Systems
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter Open Source and Beta Operating Systems Linksys does not provide technical support for FreeBSD or other freewareand open source operating systems. Although many Linksys products havebeen proven to perform well under freeware and open source OSes, technicalsupport for...
Page 21 - Customer Support; Specifications
Phoneline 10M USB Network Adapter 37 Customer Support For help with the installation or operation of your HomeLink Phoneline 10MUSB Network Adapter, contact Linksys Technical Support at one of thephone numbers or Internet addresses below. Customer Support 800-326-7114949-261-1288 Fax 949-261-8868 E-...
