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iew the Gateway Status

Use the Modem Status screen to see hardware and firmware details about the gateway and

basic status information.

From the main menu, under Maintenance, select

Modem Status

.

The following table describes the fields displayed in this screen:

Table 1.

Modem status fields

Field

Description

Standard Specification

Compliant

DOCSIS 3.0

Hardware Version

The hardware version of the gateway.

Software Version

The version of firmware currently running on the gateway.

Cable MAC Address

The MAC address used by the cable modem port of the gateway. This MAC

address might need to be registered with your cable service provider.

Device MAC Address

The WAN MAC address used by the device.

Cable Modem Serial Number

The serial number of the gateway hardware.

CM certificate

If the cable modem certificate is installed, it is possible for the service

provider to upgrade your Data Over Cable service securely.

System Up Time

Time since the last boot-up.

Network Access

Shows whether traffic can be forwarded from the LAN to the network.

Cable Modem IP Address

The current Internet IP address. If assigned dynamically and not connected

to the Internet, this field is blank.

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iew the Connection Status

To track the gateway’s initialization procedure, and to get details about the downstream and

upstream cable channel, use the Connection screen. The time is displayed after the gateway is

initialized.

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To view the gateway’s initialization procedure:

In the main menu, under Maintenance, select

Connection

.

The gateway automatically goes through the following steps in the provisioning process:

•

Scans and locks the downstream frequency and links back in upstream direction.

•

Obtains a gateway IP address for the gateway itself.

•

Assigns an IP address for the connected computer.

•

Connects to the Internet.

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Back Up and Restore

Y

our Settings

The configuration settings of the gateway are stored in a configuration file in the gateway.



To save the backup settings:

1.

In the main menu, under Maintenance, select

Backup

.

2.

Click

Back Up

.

If you did not set up your browser to save downloaded files automatically, indicate where

you want to save the file and click Save.

If you did set up your browser to save downloaded files automatically, the file is saved to

the browser’s download location on the hard drive.



To restore the backup settings:

1.

In the main menu, under Maintenance, select

Backup.

2.

Click

Browse

.

3.

Locate and select the previously saved backup file, then click

Restore

.

A message notifies you when the gateway has been restored to the previous settings.

Then the gateway restarts, which takes about 1 minute.

Note:

When restoring configuration settings, do not interrupt the process

by going online, turning off the gateway, or shutting down the

computer.

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iew the Event Log

The gateway logs security-related events such as denied incoming service requests and

hacker probes.



To view the event log:

1.

In the main menu, under Maintenance, select

Event Log

.

2.

Do either of the following:

•

To clear the log, click

Clear Log

.

•

To refresh the log, click

Refresh

.

Run the Diagnostic Utilities

From the Diagnostics screen, you can run ping and traceroute utilities.

Ping Utility

Ping is an administration utility that tests the whether a computer on the network is reachable

and measures the time it takes messages sent from the originating device to reach a

destination computer and return.



To run a ping test:

1.

Log in to the gateway.

For more information, see

Log In to Your Gateway

on page

8.

2.

In the main menu, under Maintenance, select

Diagnostics

.

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3.

Select

Ping

in the Utility list.

4.

Specify the following parameters for the ping utility.

•

Target

. The IP address of the ping target computer.

•

Ping Size

. The size of the ping packet.

•

No. of Pings

. The number of times to ping the target computer.

•

Ping Interval

. The time between pings.

5.

Click

Start Test

.

The ping results display:



To stop a ping test:

Click

Abort Test.



To clear the results from the display:

Click

Clear Results.