Getting started without an internet connection?

Hi all! Believe it or not I finally convinced my 67 year old father to buy his first computer! I helped him order a new 20" iMac but here's the glitch. I am trying to help him get set up from 3 states away. We ordered an Apple USB modem with the custom configuration, but he can't find it in the packaging. It's on the Order Details so I know we ordered him one.
Anybody got ideas on where the USB modem is packaged?
My other question is how does he get past the setup screen that keeps asking for his wireless settings when he has no wireless?

Hi, the modem is a short cable with what looks like a DSL filter attached to the cable. One end accepts the telephone cable the other connects to the Mac.
Maybe you discarded it when you unpacked the Mac. Why not get your Dad to call Apple Help, they will talk him through the set up procedure-step by step..
Whilst I applaud your decision to purchase a Mac and they do work "out of the box" a certain knowledge is required. Maybe buy him a few lessons at the local Mac store!..L

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