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Touchstone® WTM552 Telephony Modem User’s Guide
36
Getting
Battery
Wireless
Ethernet
Safety
Started
Installation
Installation
Configuration
Configuration
Usage
Troubleshooting
Glossary
Setting Up DNS
Follow these steps to set up DNS.
1
Click the
WAN Setup
link in the navigation menu, then click DNS.
The DNS screen appears:
2
If your cable company has provided you with the IP addresses for their DNS
servers, enter the IP addresses in the
DNS Address
and
Secondary DNS
Address
fields.
3
If you have not received DNS server information, check
Automatic from
ISP
.
4
Click the
Save
button to return to the Status screen.
5
Proceed to
Configuring the LAN Channel and Name
.
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
Configuring the LAN Channel and Name
1
Click the
Wireless Setup
link to open the Wireless menu, then click the
Channel and SSID
link to open the Channel and SSID screen:
2
Make the following changes to this screen as desired:
—
Wireless Channel: Use the default shown in most cases. You may need
to change the channel if neighbors have wireless routers, or if you lose
your connection while using certain remote telephones.
—
SSID
: Give your wireless LAN any name you desire. For best security, do
not use your name or address. The default SSID is
arris54g
.
— Broadcast SSID: Uncheck to prevent passers-by from seeing your
wireless LAN name in their connection utility. This provides only a small
amount of extra security, since many wireless utilities can learn an SSID
by listening to wireless traffic.
—
Protected Mode: Set to
On
only if needed to overcome interference.
3
Click the
Save
button.
4
Proceed to
Configuring Wireless Security
.
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
Configuring Wireless Security
1
Click the Security link under the Wireless menu to open the Security screen:
2
In the Security Mode menu, choose
WPA
unless you have wireless equip-
ment that does not support WPA; in that case, choose 128-bit
WEP
(more
secure) or 64-bit WEP (more compatible with older wireless equipment).
Depending on the security mode chosen, the WTM552 displays one of the
following screens to allow you to configure a key.
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
3
Enter a password or pass phrase in the text box. For WEP security, click the
Generate
button to the right of the text box to create the hex key.
Note:
Do not make changes to the other items unless required by your oth-
er wireless equipment.
4
Click the
Save
button.
You have completed the basic configuration steps. Unless your cable operator re-
quires additional configuration, which would be described in the information packet,
you should now be able to access the Internet. If you want to further customize
your configuration, proceed as follows:
•
Configuring the Firewall
•
Configuring DDNS
•
Configuring Wireless Bridging
If you have any problems, proceed to
Troubleshooting
.
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Battery
Wireless
Ethernet
Safety
Started
Installation
Installation
Configuration
Configuration
Usage
Troubleshooting
Glossary
Configuring the Firewall
The WTM552 provides a
firewall
to protect the computers on your home network
from unwanted access. The firewall provides the following features:
•
Virtual Server Support: if you have a server on your home network that you
want to make available to the general Internet, you can configure a virtual
server. The firewall passes requests from the Internet to the designated
computer on your home network.
•
DMZ: if you need to access a service that cannot pass through the firewall,
the DMZ allows a single computer on the home network to appear as if it
were connected directly to the Internet. A computer in the DMZ is complete-
ly exposed to the Internet as if there were no router or firewall, so it is best
to activate the DMZ only when necessary.
•
Client filters: you can use client filters to block computers on your network
from accessing the Internet (or certain services) during specific days and
times.
•
MAC Address filtering: allows access to the wireless network only by com-
puters specifically authorized to connect.
•
Ping blocking: ignores ICMP (Ping) requests from the Internet.
Proceed to the next page to begin configuring the firewall.
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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