Connecting the Computer(s)
16 FRITZ!Box Fon 5124 – 2 FRITZ!Box Fon 5124: Connecting
Connecting
1. Connect the longer, gray end of the cable to the socket
labeled “DSL/TEL”, located at the far left of the back
panel of the FRITZ!Box Fon.
2. Then connect the gray end of the Y-branch to the socket
on the DSL splitter labeled “DSL”.
The black end of the cable’s Y-branch is not needed for
connection to the DSL splitter.
The green “Power” LED stops flashing after a short time
and remains lit to signalize that FRITZ!Box Fon is ready
for Internet connections over DSL.
2.4 Connecting the Computer(s)
If you would like to surf the web using the FRITZ!Box Fon or to
open the FRITZ!Box Fon user interface, then you must
connect a computer with the FRITZ!Box Fon.
Connect the computer(s) to the network ports of the
FRITZ!Box Fon.
Four computers can be connected directly to the FRITZ!Box
Fon using the ports LAN1 through LAN 4.
A network hub or network switch can be connected to each
of the FRITZ!Box Fon LAN ports to make all FRITZ!Box Fon
features available to several computers or an entire network.
The way a computer is connected to the FRITZ!Box Fon is the
same regardless of the operating system on the computer.
All of the computers connected with the FRITZ!Box Fon
constitute a network.
