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title: Activate Appliances · Cloudflare Zero Trust docs
description: "Before you can activate your Appliances, you need to follow
  Cloudflare's instructions regarding DHCP. For full instructions on this, refer
  to:"
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Before you can activate your Appliances, you need to follow Cloudflare's instructions regarding DHCP. For full instructions on this, refer to:

* The [hardware version of Appliances](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/wan-tunnels/configuration/appliances/configure-hardware-connector/#activate-appliance)
* The [virtual version of Appliances](https://developers.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-one/networks/connectors/wan-tunnels/configuration/appliances/configure-virtual-connector/#activate-appliance)
