Arris WTM552G Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Touchstone® WTM552 Telephony Modem User’s Guide

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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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Ethernet

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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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Usage

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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

http://192.168.2.1/

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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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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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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