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Wireless

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Green solid

: The wireless connection is operating normally.

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Green blink

: Data is being transmitted or received on the wireless interface.

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Off

: No wireless link is detected.

USB

•

Green solid

: A USB device is connected to the USB port.

•

Off

: No USB device is connected.

Voice ports

(1 and 2)

•

Green solid

: Registered with the Call Agent.

•

Green blink

: There is an active call.

•

Green slow blink

: Phone is “on-hook”; registration with Call Agent is in

progress.

•

Off

: No phones are connected to the voice port.

Upstream

•

Amber blinking

: Connecting upstream.

•

Green solid

: Upstream found .

Downstream

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Downstream 1

•

Amber blinking

: Scanning for primary Downstream channel.

•

Green solid

: Primary downstream found.

Downstream 2

•

Green solid

: Wideband connection.

•

Off

: No wideband connection.

Downstream 3

•

Green solid

: Wideband connection.

•

Off

. No wideband connection.

Table 1-1. LED Descriptions (continued)

LED

Description

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The Gateway Rear Panel

The label on the bottom of the gateway identifies the connections on the rear panel.

The rear panel includes the following connections, viewed from left to right.

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Power.

AC power adapter input.

•

Wireless antenna.

The gateway ships with the wireless antenna already attached.

•

Two Voice/Phone ports

. With VoIP service, connect one or two handsets to these ports.

•

Four Ethernet LAN ports.

Use these ports to connect local computers. The port connector

LEDs work as follows:

–

Green on.

The local port has detected link with a 100 Mbps device.

–

Green blinking

. Data is being transmitted or received at 100 Mbps.

–

Amber on

: The local port has detected link with a 10 Mbps device.

–

Amber blinking.

Data is being transmitted or received at 10 Mbps.

–

Off

. No link is detected on this port.

•

USB port.

If the USB driver is installed, you can connect a local computer to this port.

•

Coaxial cable connector.

Attach coaxial cable to the cable service provider’s connection.

•

Reset button.

Resets the gateway to its factory defaults.

Figure 1-2

Wireless antenna

AC power adapter input

Four Ethernet LAN ports

Coaxial cable to the cable

service provider

Voice/phone ports to

connect handsets

to connect local computers

USB

Reset

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Installing the Voice Gateway

If your computer has a LAN card with an Ethernet connection, you may have to configure your

TCP/IP settings to work with the Wireless Cable Voice Gateway . If you have questions about

configuring your Ethernet connection, consult your broadband service provider.

Complete the installation in this order:

1.

Check the Installation Requirements.

2.

Connect to your cable service.

3.

Connect the Gateway.

4.

Log in to the Gateway.

5.

Connect to the Internet.

After installation, set up the wireless connection as explained in

Chapter 2, “Wireless

Configuration”

.

Installation Requirements

Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:

•

A computer with active Ethernet port with DHCP enabled. See the link

“Preparing a Computer

for Network Access:” in Appendix B

for help with DHCP configuration.

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An active account with your Internet service provider for data and/or voice services.

•

Each computer that will connect to the gateway must have either an installed Ethernet

Network Interface Card (NIC), USB Host port, or 802.11b or 802.11g wireless adapter.

Connect to Your Cable Service

Follow these steps:

1.

Turn off your computer and router (if you have one).

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2.

Use the coaxial cable provided by your cable company to connect the CBVG834G cable port

to your cable splitter or directly to the cable connector in your wall.

3.

Connect the Voice Gateway power adapter into the back of the modem and then plug it into a

power source such as a wall socket or power strip.

4.

Wait 30 seconds for the Voice Gateway to start up.

Connect to a Computer or Router

You can connect the Voice Gateway to an Ethernet port on your computer or router, or to a USB

port on your Windows-based computer. DO NOT connect the Voice Gateway to both the Ethernet

and USB ports.

1.

Use the yellow Ethernet cable that shipped with the product to connect the CBVG834G yellow

Ethernet port to an Ethernet port on your computer or the WAN port on your router.

2.

If you have VoIP service, connect the phone to Voice Port . If your service includes a second

line, you can connect that phone to Voice Port 2.

3.

How you power up depends on whether or not you use a router.

•

One computer (no network):

Turn on your computer.

•

Router and computers:

First turn on your router, and then turn on your computers.

Figure 1-3

Warning:

DO NOT disconnect the modem, or it will not be able to register with your

cable Internet service provider.

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Check the LEDs

Check the LEDs on the front of the Voice Gateway. After the modem registers with your Cable

Internet Service Provider the following LEDs should be lit:

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Power:

solid green.

•

Online:

solid green.

•

The other LEDs blink to show activity on the Voice Gateway ports. For more information

about the LEDs, see

“The Gateway Front Panel” on page 1-1

.

•

If the LEDs are not lit, see

Chapter 5, “Troubleshooting”

.

Test the Connection

To test your setup, view a Web page online.

1.

Start your Internet browser on the computer.

2.

Go to the NETGEAR website

.

If the NETGEAR website does not appear, see

Chapter 5, “Troubleshooting”

.

3.

Quit your Internet browser.

Note:

It may take up to 5 minutes to establish a connection the first time you power on

your Cable Modem.