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Configure the Motorola Netopia® Gateway

Configure the Motorola Netopia® Gateway

1.

Run your Web browser application, such as Firefox or Microsoft Internet Explorer,

from the computer connected to the Motorola Netopia® Gateway.

Enter

in the URL Address text box. Press Enter or click

Go

.

The Admin Password page appears.

For security, you must create and enter an Administrative password for accessing the

Motorola Netopia® Gateway.

• The administrative User name is

admin

.

• The initial Password can be whatever you choose, from one to 32 characters long.

This user name and password are separate from the user name and password you will

use to access the Internet. You may change them later. You will be challenged for this

Admin username and password any time that you attempt to access the Motorola Neto-

pia® Gateway’s configuration pages.

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When you connect to your Gateway as an Administrator, you enter “

admin

” as the User-

Name and the Password you just created.

The browser displays the Internet Login page.

2.

Enter the User Name and Password supplied by your Internet Service Provider.

Click the

Connect

button.

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Once you enter your User Name and Password here, you will no longer need to enter

them whenever you access the Internet. The Motorola Netopia® Gateway stores this

information and automatically connects you to the Internet.

3.

Congratulations! Your installation is complete. You can now surf to your favorite Web

sites by typing an URL in your browser’s location box or by selecting one of your

favorite Internet bookmarks.

You can access the Gateway’s internal management pages at any time by entering

in your browser’s address field.

The Motorola Netopia® Gateway’s home page appears.

If you have any questions or encounter problems with your Motorola Netopia® Gateway,

refer to the detailed documentation on the Motorola Netopia® CD, or contact your service

provider’s technical support helpdesk.

Answers to many frequently asked Motorola Netopia® modem questions are also available

on-line at: http://www.netopia.com/support.

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Motorola Netopia

®

Gateway Status Indicator

Lights

Colored LEDs on your Motorola Netopia

®

Gateway indicate the status of various port activ-

ity. Also, see

“Basic Troubleshooting” on page 157

for more information.

Motor

ola Netopia® Gateway

3347-02 status indicator lights

LED

Action

Power

Green

when power is on.

Red

when updating embedded

software, or for system failure.

Ethernet 1, 2, 3, 4

Solid

green

when connected. Flash

green

when there is

activity on the LAN.

Red

when bad userid and password

are entered.

Wireless

Flashes

green

when there is activity on the wireless

LAN.

DSL

Solid

green

when Internet connection is established.

Internet

Solid

green

when router is connected. Flashes

green

when transmitting or receiving data.

Power

Wireless

DSL

Ethernet 1, 2, 3, 4

Internet

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Accessing the Web User Interface

Accessing the Web User Interface

After you have performed the basic Quickstart configuration, any time you log in to your

Motorola Netopia® Gateway you will access the Motorola Netopia® Gateway Home page.

You access the Home Page by typing

in your Web browser’s location

box.

The Basic Mode Home Page appears.

The links in the left-hand column on this page allow you to manage or configure several fea-

tures of your Gateway. Each link is described in its own section.