Connecting Additional Computers and/or Other Devices to the
Cable Modem/Router’s Ethernet/LAN ports
You can plug up to four computers, game consoles, or other Ethernet-capable devices into the
Cable Modem/Router’s LAN ports. For information about your specific device, please refer
to the documentation that came with that device. Follow the instructions below for each
computer or other device.
1 If you connected the Cable Modem/Router to a computer using a wired connection
when setting up the Cable Modem/Router, unplug the computer now if you don’t
want that computer to stay connected to the Cable Modem/Router.
2 To connect a computer or other Ethernet-capable device, plug one end of an
Ethernet cable into an available Ethernet (LAN 1, 2, 3, or 4) port on the Cable
Modem/Router and plug the other end of the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet port of
the additional device you want to connect to the Cable Modem/Router. (If you are
connecting a hub or a switch, this is typically called an Uplink or Expansion port.) If
you are connecting a computer or game station, go to step 5 of this section.
3 If you are connecting a network device such as a switching hub, use the instructions
that came with that device. Then reboot any computer that is part of your network.
For example, if you connected a switching hub, reboot any computer that will be
connected to that switching hub.
4 If you are connecting a HomePlug adapter pair with one adapter plugged into the
Cable Modem/Router and an AC outlet, and the other adapter plugged into a
computer, game station, or other device and an AC outlet, make those connections
and then go to step 5.
5 Verify that your Internet connection is working. Open a Web browser on each
computer that’s using your network and try to connect to a familiar Web address.
Congratulations! You have connected an additional device to the Internet. You can
connect up to 4 Ethernet-capable devices to the Cable Modem/Router, following the
instructions above for each device by starting at step 2 of this section.
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