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The Alert symbol appears in the upper right corner if you make a database change; one in

which a change is made to the Gateway’s configuration. The Alert serves as a reminder

that you must

Save

the changes and

Restart

the Gateway before the change will take

effect. You can make many changes on various pages, and even leave the browser for up

to 5 minutes, but if the Gateway is restarted before the changes are applied, they will be

lost. When you click on the Alert symbol, the Save Changes page appears. Here you can

select various options to save or discard these changes.

If more than one Alert is triggered, you will need to take action to clear the first Alert before

you can see the second Alert.

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Help

Help

Context-sensitive Help is provided in your Gateway. The page shown here is displayed when

you are on the Home page or other transitional pages. To see a context help page example,

go to

, then click

.

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Configure

The Configuration options are presented in the order of likelihood you will need to use

them.

Quickstart

is typically accessed during the hardware installation and initial configu-

ration phase.

Often, these settings should be changed only in accordance with infor-

mation from your Service Provider.

LAN

and

WAN

settings are available to fine-tune

your system.

Advanced

provides some special capabilities typically used for gaming or

small office environments, or where LAN-side servers are involved.

☛

This button will not be available if you log on as

User

.

How to Use the Quickstart Page.

Quickstart is normally used immediately after

the new hardware is installed. When you are first configuring your Gateway, Quickstart

appears first.

(Once you have configured your Gateway, logging on displays the Home page. Thereafter, if

you need to use Quickstart, choose it from the Expert Mode Configure menu.)

Setup Your Gateway using a PPP Connection.

This example screen is the for a

PPP Quickstart

configuration. Your gateway authenti-

cates with the Service Provider equipment using the ISP Username and Password. These

values are given to you by your Service Provider.

1.

Enter your ISP Username and ISP Password.

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Configure

2.

Click

.

A brief message is displayed while the Gateway attempts to establish a connection.

3.

When the connection succeeds, your browser will display your Service

Provider’s home page.

If you encounter any problems connecting, refer to the chapters

“Basic Troubleshooting”

on page 191

or

“Advanced Troubleshooting” on page 205

.

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* Enable Interface

: Enables all LAN-connected computers to share resources and to con-

nect to the WAN. The Interface should always be enabled unless you are instructed to dis-

able it by your Service Provider during troubleshooting.

* IP Address

: The LAN IP Address of the Gateway. The IP Address you assign to your LAN

interface must not be used by another device on your LAN network.

* IP Netmask

: Specifies the subnet mask for the TCP/IP network connected to the virtual

circuit. The subnet mask specifies which bits of the 32-bit binary IP address represent net-

work information. The default subnet mask for most networks is 255.255.255.0 (Class C

subnet mask.)

* Restrictions

: Specifies whether an administrator can open a Web Administrator or Telnet

connection to the Gateway over the LAN interface in order to monitor and configure the

Gateway. On the LAN Interface, you can enable or disable administrator access. By default,

administrative restrictions are turned off, meaning an administrator can open a Web

Administrator or Telnet connection through the LAN Interface.