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Touchstone® WTM552 Telephony Modem User’s Guide
26
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Battery
Wireless
Ethernet
Safety
Started
Installation
Installation
Configuration
Configuration
Usage
Troubleshooting
Glossary
Configuring Your Wireless Connection
The WTM552 ships with a basic factory default configuration that should allow you
to immediately access the Internet with a wireless connection. If your computer is
equipped with a 802.11b/g wireless LAN card, you may wish to configure the
WTM552 wireless settings. At a minimum, ARRIS suggests that you configure se-
curity settings.
Requirements
Make sure you have the following before attempting to configure your Ethernet
connection:
•
Computer with:
—
Ethernet interface or wireless interface
—
Ethernet cable, if using Ethernet interface (supplied)
•
Web browser
Jump directly to one of the following topics:
•
Configuration Basics
•
Accessing the Configuration Interface
•
Configuring System Settings
•
Setting Up Your WAN Connection
•
Setting the MAC Address
•
Setting Up DNS
•
Configuring the LAN Channel and Name
•
Configuring Wireless Security
•
Configuring the Firewall
—
Configuring Virtual Servers
—
Configuring Client IP Filters
—
Configuring MAC Address Filtering
—
Configuring the DMZ
•
Configuring DDNS
•
Configuring Wireless Bridging
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Battery
Wireless
Ethernet
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Started
Installation
Installation
Configuration
Configuration
Usage
Troubleshooting
Glossary
Configuration Basics
The WTM552 uses a web-based interface to configure wireless settings. The follow-
ing screen shows the various components of the interface.
1
Access bar
: Shows the WTM552 connection status and provides the follow-
ing links:
—
Home
— returns to the Status page (shown above) from any screen.
—
Help
— displays help for the current screen.
—
Login
/
Logout
— allows access to screens other than the Status screen.
2
Navigation menu
: Select any of the items in this list to display an associ-
ated submenu. Selecting submenu items displays the associated screen. If
you are not logged in, the WTM552 displays the login screen before allowing
you to proceed.
3
Display area
: Enter or view configuration information in this area. A
?
link
may be available to explain the purpose of the screen or individual items on
the screen.
➀
➁
➂
Jump directly to one of the following topics:
•
Configuration Basics
•
Accessing the Configuration Interface
•
Configuring System Settings
•
Setting Up Your WAN Connection
•
Setting the MAC Address
•
Setting Up DNS
•
Configuring the LAN Channel and Name
•
Configuring Wireless Security
•
Configuring the Firewall
—
Configuring Virtual Servers
—
Configuring Client IP Filters
—
Configuring MAC Address Filtering
—
Configuring the DMZ
•
Configuring DDNS
•
Configuring Wireless Bridging
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Battery
Wireless
Ethernet
Safety
Started
Installation
Installation
Configuration
Configuration
Usage
Troubleshooting
Glossary
Accessing the Configuration Interface
Follow these steps to access the configuration interface. You should have already
set up the WTM552 as described in
Installing and Connecting Your Telephony Mo-
dem
.
1
Use the connection utility for your operating system to connect to the wire-
less LAN
arris54g
(this is the Telephony Modem’s factory default
SSID
).
2
In your web browser, open the page
to display the
Status screen:
Jump directly to one of the following topics:
•
Configuration Basics
•
Accessing the Configuration Interface
•
Configuring System Settings
•
Setting Up Your WAN Connection
•
Setting the MAC Address
•
Setting Up DNS
•
Configuring the LAN Channel and Name
•
Configuring Wireless Security
•
Configuring the Firewall
—
Configuring Virtual Servers
—
Configuring Client IP Filters
—
Configuring MAC Address Filtering
—
Configuring the DMZ
•
Configuring DDNS
•
Configuring Wireless Bridging
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Wireless
Ethernet
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Started
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Installation
Configuration
Configuration
Usage
Troubleshooting
Glossary
3
Click the
Login
link in the Access bar to display the Login screen:
Note:
The Telephony Modem ships with no password configured. When you
log in for the first time, leave the Password field blank.
4
Click the
Submit
button to return to the Status screen.
Note:
The Access bar should now show
Logout
in place of
Login
.
5
Proceed to
Configuring System Settings
.
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Battery
Wireless
Ethernet
Safety
Started
Installation
Installation
Configuration
Configuration
Usage
Troubleshooting
Glossary
Configuring System Settings
1
Click the Utilities link (at the bottom of the Navigation menu) to open the
Utilities menu, then click
System Settings
to access the System Settings
screen:
2
Make changes as follows:
—
Enter Current Password: If you have already created a password, and
you want to change settings on this screen, enter the password here.
—
Enter New Password: Enter a password that you will remember but is not
easy to guess.
—
Confirm new Password: Enter the same password again.
—
Time Zone: Select the proper time zone for your location. The Telephony
Modem uses an Internet time server to set its internal clock.
3
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the
Save
button. If you are
prompted to log in again, type your new password and click the
Submit
but-
ton.
4
Proceed to
Setting Up Your WAN Connection
.
Jump directly to one of the following topics:
•
Configuration Basics
•
Accessing the Configuration Interface
•
Configuring System Settings
•
Setting Up Your WAN Connection
•
Setting the MAC Address
•
Setting Up DNS
•
Configuring the LAN Channel and Name
•
Configuring Wireless Security
•
Configuring the Firewall
—
Configuring Virtual Servers
—
Configuring Client IP Filters
—
Configuring MAC Address Filtering
—
Configuring the DMZ
•
Configuring DDNS
•
Configuring Wireless Bridging

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