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Linksys Small Office Install
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This report will help your install
a Linksys 4 port DSL/Router in your small office environment
or home office. It's pretty easy with a difficulty level of 3
out of 4.
Originated on June 22nd, 2001
The first thing you need to know
is wether or not you are willing to get a little dirty. Cause
you gonna have to knock some holes in walls and run some cable
if you don't have the extra cash for the wireless BEFW11S4
Linksys setup.
This report/instruction deals
with the wired more popular setup of the Linksys BFSR41.
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Here is a list of all the items
you'll need for a 4 user network. We are assuming at this point
that you'll be printer sharing through the Windows OS.
- Linksys DSL/Router/Hub
- 1 Network card for every PC.
4 on this job.
- 1 long run cable that goes from
the back of the Linksys hub to the inside cavity of the wall
where you'll be mounting your wall jack.
- 1 short run cable (we recommend
a 7 foot one) from the wall jack to the PC's network card.
- 1 RJ45 coupler for every wall
jack. You can get these at Radio Shack. Part number 278-2037.
This snaps inside the wall plate that you mount on the wall for
your cable connection.
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1:
You need to start off by marking off a spot on the wall where
you want your wall plate to go. It should be 18 inches from the
floor. You need to mind the fact that there are studs in the
wall (boards) that run approximately every 18 inches as well.
If you don't know how to find a spot in the wall for mounting
a wall plate check with your local Home Depot and pick up one
of those handyman books and study up. I have provided you with
a link here for a quick idea of what you're getting into.
Once you where to mount the wall
plate, draw a template of the hole for the mounting hardware
to go. My picture here shows a completed cavity read for the
hardware that holds the wall plate on.
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2:
There are lots of hole mounts out there, I like this kind that
is a metal bracket that folds behind the opening you make with
a template. You then use two wood screws to mount the base to
the wall that holes quite well.
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3:
You then bend the mount arms like this.
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4:
Pop the bracket into the wall, bend the arms back and down inside
the wall and screw down the bracket with the supplied wood screws.
Now you're ready to mount the faceplate.
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5:
Run all your wires through the wall(s) to your hub and DSL modem
supplied by your DSL company.
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6:
Now take the phone wire from your DSL provider and plug it into
the DSL modem (black box usually).
Run a straight through CAT5 cable
from the DSL Modem (black box) to the Linksys WAN port.
Plug in all your runs (cables)
to the available ports on the back of the Linksys.
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Michael
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You'll Need
Linksys
DSL/Router/Hub
BFSR41 |
 $50 |
Internal
network card
LNE100TX |
$15 |
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Network
Cable(s) |
$8 |
Wall
Plate
Radio Shack
# 278-2003 |
$3 |
RJ45
coupler
Radio Shack
# 278-2037 |
$5 |
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