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Setting up the port replicator, Chapter 2, Setting up and using the port replicator – Toshiba Express Port Replicator II User Manual

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User’s Manual

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TOSHIBA Express Port Replicator II

Chapter 2

Setting up and using the port

replicator

This chapter explains how to set up the port replicator and dock/undock

your computer.

Setting up the port replicator

To set up the port replicator, follow the steps below:
1. Install the serial port driver that came with the port replicator.

a Insert the included CD into your computer's optical disc drive.
b Follow the onscreen instructions.

2. Turn off your computer.
3. Disconnect all cables/cords from your computer.
4. Connect your external devices to the appropriate ports on the port

replicator.

You must install the serial driver even if you are not connecting a serial

device to the port replicator. If the driver is not installed, Windows will

continuously prompt you to install it.

NOTE

If the installation program does not start automatically, double-click My

Computer or Computer (depending on your operating system), double-click

the CD-ROM icon, and then double-click setup.exe in the folder for your

operating system.

NOTE

Do not connect a printer to the parallel port yet. To connect a printer via the

parallel port, see

Connecting a printer to the parallel port

after you have set

up the port replicator.

NOTE

If you have not already configured your computer for network

communications, contact your LAN administrator to do so prior to

connecting the LAN cable to the port replicator. See

Connecting to a

network

for more information.

NOTE