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title: Activate Cloudflare One Appliance
description: Activate a Cloudflare One Appliance.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/zt-preview.png
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# Activate Cloudflare One Appliance

Before you can activate your Cloudflare One Appliance (formerly Magic WAN Connector), you need to follow Cloudflare's instructions regarding DHCP. For instructions, refer to:

* The [hardware version of Cloudflare One Appliance](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-wan/configuration/appliance/configure-hardware-appliance/#activate-appliance)
* The [virtual version of Cloudflare One Appliance](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-wan/configuration/appliance/configure-virtual-appliance/#activate-appliance)

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