Home Networking
OK, you have your DSL or High Speed Cable modem kit, a home router\gateway, a couple Ethernet cables and are ready to have your own network.
- DSL Modem
- Power cord and adapter
- Ethernet cable
- Telephone cable. You can tell the difference between these two cables (besides the color) by the size of the plug mounts on the end of each cable. Ethernet cables (RJ-45) are bigger then telephone cables (RJ-11).
- Signal filters. All of our telephone jacks in your house, once your DSL in effect, have both types of signals running to them. You need to use the appropriate filter that matches the end device, either a phone or a computer/home gateway.
- Signal Splitter.
- Speed chart for quick reference Setup material.
- Setup Manual for in depth material.
Plug the filter into the wall (you can use either number 5 or 6), and then plug your phone or computer cable into the adapter on the other side of the filter, depending on which type of device you are going to use to access that wall jack. Let's assume you are plugging into a home gateway, so your cabling is ran as such. The wall mount has your DSL filter that says 'DSL' on it for Internet connectivity and the telephone cable is ran from your DSL Modem to the filter that says DSL plugged into the wall. 
Then run the yellow Ethernet cable from the DSL modem's Ethernet jack\port into the port on your home gateway labeled something along the lines of either Modem, Ethernet, DSL, or Cable. The other ports (usually four) will be named something like LAN 1-4 or Port 1-4. Those are the ones you plug your computer into for Internet access. The image to the left shows this connectivity as well as a Wii device making use of the gateway as well.
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