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Test Connection…

Click this link to test your modem’s connection and run

diagnostics as shown in the following screen.

10.3

My Network Panel

The

My Network

panel of the

Home

screen allows you to view information about devices that are connected to

your network.

Name

Displays the ASCII (text) name of the device connected to the network

Type

Displays the type of device connected to your network.

Connection

Displays the physical connection used to interface with your modem.

IP Address

Displays the IP address assigned to your computer by your modem’s DHCP server.

Access Shared Files

Click this link to access shared files from a device on your local network. (The device

must have file sharing enabled.) Note: If the device has a firewall turned on, you will

not be able to access shared files from the device.

10.4

Services Panel

The

Services

panel of the

Home

screen allows you to access features and services provided by your ISP.

NOTE:

The links displayed in the

Services

panel will only be available after you have established a PPP session

with your ISP and are specific to the services offered by your ISP.

Go To My Home Page

Click this button to go to the default page of your Web browser; however, if your PPP

session is down, you will not have Internet access. To browse the Internet, you must

first establish a PPP session with your ISP. When you are ready to return to the

modem’s Web interface, type

in your Internet browser’s address

bar, and press

Enter

on your keyboard.

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11.

MY NETWORK

This section explains the network settings of your modem’s local area network (LAN) and guides you through the

configurable settings.

The following screen will appear if you select

My Network

from the main menu. This screen displays information

about the devices connected to your local area network (LAN).

11.1

Network Devices

The

Network Devices

panel of the

My Network

screen displays details for each device connected to your LAN.

Name

Displays the ASCII (text) name of the device connected to the network

Type

Displays the type of device connected to your network.

Status

Displays the connection status for the device.

Connection

Displays the physical connection used to interface with your modem.

IP Address

Displays the IP address assigned to your computer by your modem’s DHCP server.

Access Shared Files

Click this link to access shared files from a device on your local network. (The device

must have file sharing enabled.) Note: If the device has a firewall turned on, you will not

be able to access shared files from the device.

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View Device Details

Click this link to view information about devices connected to your LAN as shown in the

following screen.

Rename Device

Click this link to change the names of devices connected to your LAN. In the following

Rename Device

screen, type the desired name in the

Device Name

field, and then select

an option from the

Device type

drop-down menu. Click the

rename device

button to

allow the changes to take affect; or click

cancel

to return to the

Device Details

screen.

Enable Application

Click this link to set up applications for your service profile, such as port forwarding and

port triggering services as shown in the following screen. This feature enables

applications (Games, Webcams, IM, and others) by opening a tunnel between remote

(Internet) computers and a specific device port inside your LAN. Refer to section 12.2.2,

“Port Forwarding,” for additional information on this screen.

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11.2

Network Summary

The

Network Summary

panel of the

My Network

screen displays the number of Ethernet and USB devices

connected to your LAN.

IMPORTANT:

If you have PCs on your network that are not being displayed, check the firewall setting on the PCs

to ensure that the firewall is disabled.

Connected Devices

Displays the interfaces that can be used to connect to your modem. Note: If you have

computers on your network that are not being displayed, check the firewall setting on the

PCs to ensure that the firewall is disabled.

Ethernet

Displys the number of devices that are connected to the modem via Ethernet 10/100

Base-T connection.

USB

Displys the number of devices that are connected to the modem via USB connection.

reset device list

Click this button to update the list of connected devices if, for example, devices have

been recently added or removed and you want to update the list.

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12.

SECURITY

This section explains the security features of your modem and guides you through the configurable settings.

12.1

Security Level

The following screen will appear if you select

Security > Security Level

from the main menu. This screen allows

you to change your firewall security levels by selecting from the available options. If you change the settings in this

screen, click

save

and then

OK

. If you click

Cancel

, the screen will return to its previous settings.

IMPORTANT

: It is recommended that you do not change the settings in the

Custom Rules

screen. If you need to

reset your modem to factory default settings, follow the instructions in section 13.2.1, “Backup/Restore,” to restore

the modem to default settings.

Security Level

Select these options to control outbound traffic initiated within the local network. By

default, the Security Level is set to None. Note: Only the most advanced users should

select the

Custom

option.

•

High: Select this option to allow only basic Internet functionality. Only

Mail, News, Web, FTP, and IPSEC are allowed. All other traffic is

prohibited.

•

Medium: Select this option to allow only basic Internet functionality by

default; however, Medium security allows customization through NAT

configuration so that you can enable the traffic that you want to pass.

•

Low: Select this option to allow all traffic except for known attacks. With

Low security, your modem is visible to other computers on the Internet.

•

None: Select this option to disable security and allow all traffic. (All traffic

is passed.)