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Illustrations contained in this document are for representation only.

Advanced User Configuration

The Wireless Cable Gateway offers local management capability through a built in HTTP server

and a number of diagnostic and configuration web pages. These pages are available from

http://192.168.0.1 in RG and CH modes, and http://192.168.100.1 in CM Mode. Not all pages are

available in some modes.

Some information on two of the following web pages MUST BE configured, as explained in

Mandatory User Configuration.

In addition, more configuration and diagnostics are possible through the following additional

web pages, most of which are aimed at controlling the advanced networking functions of the

gateway.

To navigate between pages, use the hyperlinks on the top of the page, and the side bar on the

left side of the page. For easy navigation, the pages are organized in groups, with group names

at the top of the pages. Individual page names within each group are provided in the sidebar. To

navigate to a page, click the group hyperlink at the top, then the page hyperlink on the sidebar.

Your cable company may not support the reporting of some items of information listed on your

gateway’s internal web pages. In such cases, the information field appears blank. This is normal.

In the CM Mode, the simplest configuration mode of the gateway, or in the CH Mode, where you

have subscribed to an outside service (your cable company or another party) to remotely manage

your home network configuration, you will see only the Status and Wireless web page hyperlinks

in the sidebar, indicating only these page groups are available.

In the RG Mode, the mode where you manage your home network configuration, you will see

web page hyperlinks to all five page groups: Status, Basic, Advanced, Firewall, and Wireless. The

following section explains all of the available pages for all of the modes.

Note: Your gateway complies with DOCSIS standards regarding software upgrades. DOCSIS requires that any

software upgrade to a device that is connected to a cable system, like your gateway, must be "pushed" to the

gateway by the cable operator. Also, the features of the gateway, and the embedded web pages that control

those features, can vary by software version. Therefore, you may find that your gateway's web pages and

features vary slightly from those shown here. This is normal, and is the result of a software upgrade your cable

operator has made to your gateway.

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Status Web Page Group

Software Web Page (Fig. 17)

The

Information

section of this page provides hardware and software information about your

gateway that may be useful to your cable company. You can view your operating software version

but not change it. This is because your gateway adheres to the DOCSIS Cable Modem standard,

which requires that your cable company perform any software upgrade of the gateway from the

gateway WAN side.

The

Status

section of this page shows how long your gateway has operated since last being

powered up, and some key information the Cable Modem section received during the initialization

process with your cable company. If

Network Access

shows “Allowed,” then your cable company

has configured your gateway to have Internet connectivity. If

Network Access

shows otherwise,

you may not have Internet access, and should contact your cable company to resolve this.

Fig. 17

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Connection Web Page (Fig. 18)

This page reports diagnostic information about the initialization and operating status of your

gateway that can be useful at the time of installation. It can also be useful to your cable

company’s support technician if you’re having problems.

Fig. 18

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Password Web Page (Fig. 19)

This page is used to set a password that enables you to access all the gateway internal web pages.

The password can be a maximum of 8 characters and is case sensitive. In addition, this page can

be used to restore the gateway to its original factory settings. Use this with caution, as all the

settings you have made will be lost. To perform this reset, set

Restore Factory Defaults

to

YES

and

click

Apply

. This has the same effect as a factory reset using the rear panel reset switch, where

you hold in the switch for 15 seconds, then release.

Fig. 19

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Event Log Web Page (Fig. 20)

This page provides diagnostic information regarding the cable modem section of your gateway

that may be useful to your cable company if you are having startup or operation issues. As long

as your gateway startup and operational performance is normal, any messages contained in this

log can be ignored.

Diagnostics Web Page (Fig. 21)

This page verifies you have IP connectivity from your gateway to other IP addresses on the LAN

side, such as when you want to confirm you have successfully configured one of your PCs for

TCP/IP operation.

When you

ping

an Internet device, you send a packet to its TCP/IP stack, and it sends one back to

yours. Enter the IP address you want to

ping,

then click Start Test. Wait a few seconds, then click

your web browser’s

refresh

button. Success reported in the

Results

box means IP connectivity is

working from your CM TCP/IP stack to the target’s stack.

Note: Firewalls may cause pings to fail but still provide you TCP/IP access to selected devices behind them. Keep

this in mind when pinging a device that may be behind a firewall. Ping is most useful to verify connectivity with

PCs you know have no firewall, such as your own PCs on your LAN side.

Fig. 21

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