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Installation Guide

The Installation of the ADSL PCI Modem can be broken down into 5 parts:

1. Installation of the PCI Card.

2. Installation of the Drivers.

3. Configuration of the Drivers.

4. Making an ADSL Connection.

5. Updating ADSL Modem Drivers.

Installation of the PCI Card

To avoid possible damage to your modem card, touch the metal classis of your PC system to remove static charge from your person, and then remove your ADSL card from the protective anti-static bag. Please follow the instructions below to install your ADSL Modem card.

1. Shut down your computer and switch the power off.

2. Unplug the power cord for your computer from the electrical outlet.

3. Remove the cover from your systems chassis (see your PC manufacturer’s manual).

4. Unscrew "slot cover bracket" from an unused PCI (usually white in color) slot.

5. Gently and evenly insert the PCI modem card into your empty PCI slot.

6. Make sure the card is firmly seated, and then secure the card with the bracket screw

7. Replace the cover of your computer system.

8. Connect the ADSL/phone line to the connector port on the modem card and plug the other end of the cable into your ADSL/phone service.

Installation of the Drivers

Depending on the version of Windows you are running, you will be prompted for the drivers disk for the PCI modem.

The drivers need are the WAN DRIVERS, and these are located on the CD as follows:

Windows 95: Conexant\Driver\Win95\WAN

Windows 98: Conexant\Driver\Win98_WinME_Win2K\WAN

Windows ME: Conexant\Driver\Win98_WinME_Win2K\WAN

Windows 2000: Conexant\Driver\Win98_WinME_Win2K\WAN

Windows XP: Conexant\Driver\Win98_WinME_Win2K\WAN

Windows NT:Conexant\Driver\WinNt40\WAN

Once the installation of the Drivers has finished, you may be prompted to restart your computer.

Configuration of the Drivers.

After the installation of the drivers, you will have 2 new icons on your desktop.

The drivers are configured using the AccessRunner Control Panel.

AccessRunner Control Panel

Double Clicking on this Icon will bring up the ADSL Line Information Screen.

Pressing <ALT + P> will bring up the configuration screen and will allow you to configure the 'Line Setup', 'Protocol Setup' and 'Encapsulation Mode'.

Click on the 'Line Setup' Tab.

Choose the Modulation type supported by your ADSL Provider. (UK) This will normally be Automatic / G.DMT or ANSI T1.413 i2 .

Click on the 'Protocol Setup' Tab.

Edit the VPI, VCI and Encapsulation Mode, as supported by your ADSL Provider.

(UK) These will normally be:

VCI : 38

VPI : 0

Encapsulation Mode: PPP over ATM VCMUX (RFC2364)

Some users may need to reboot their PC for these setting to take effect.

Making an ADSL Connection.

Double click on the AccesRunner DSL Icon.

Enter your User Name and Password supplied by your Internet / ADSL Service provider. Then click Connect.

Your User Name and Password with then be verified.

The Internet Connection should now be established.

Updating ADSL Modem Drivers.

Download the latest drivers for your ADSL PCI modem. Extract the files into a temporary folder. 

To update the ADSL Modem Drivers, you will need to completely Uninstall the previous drivers.

Restart you computer and the ADSL Modem should be 

redetected, when prompted for the drivers, browse to the folder you extracted the new drivers into and follow the installation process through.

When the drivers have been installed, you will need to reconfigure, your VCI, VPI and Encapsulation Mode, as listed above.

Linux Installation Notes