# Installation

Each Motion Hub comes with a Hub ID and an activation code in the box.

Two steps are necessary to set up a new Motion Hub:

1. Supply power and connect to your network
2. Activate the hub in Motion Platform

## Physical Setup

Motion Hub simply needs to be plugged into an outlet using the supplied power adapter and connected to the network to which the controls with which it will communicate are also connected.

If your Motion Hub has two ethernet ports on it, *either* port can be used to connect to your network. Only one port should, however, ever be connected to a network. (The second port is only for backup purposes when reconfiguring static IP addresses.)

For more on networking, see our [Networking](/motion-hub-hardware/networking/motion-hub-networking.md) article.

## Activation

Activation is the process of associating a Motion Hub with any Motion account, which becomes the *owner* of that Motion Hub.

Activation can take place with or without connecting the hub to the internet, but for all hub features to work, the hub will need to be connected to the internet.

To activate a hub, navigate to the **Controls** > **Hubs** view in Motion Platform. Then click **Add Hubs** and follow the prompts shown:

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