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Cable Data Gateways
View or Change WPS Settings
You can control how WPS functions on the cable data gateway. Use caution if you change
the WPS settings.
Note:
For information about how to use WPS to add WiFi devices and other
equipment to your WiFi network, see
Join the WiFi Network of the
WiFi Cable Data Gateway
on page
26 and
Use the WPS Wizard to
Add a Device to the WiFi Network
on page
52.
To specify WPS settings:
1.
On your computer, launch an Internet browser such as Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft
Internet Explorer.
2.
In the address field of your browser, enter
http://routerlogin.net
.
You are prompted to enter a user name and password.
3.
Type
admin
for the user name and type your password.
If you did not yet personalize your password, type
password
for the password.
4.
Click the
OK
button.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
5.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
.
The Wireless Settings screen displays (that is, the screen to configure advanced
settings).
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The
Gateway’s PIN
field displays the PIN that you can enter on a registrar (for example,
Windows Connect Now in Microsoft Windows 7) to configure the cable data gateway’s
WiFi settings through WPS.
6.
Specify the WPS settings:
•
Disable Gateway’s PIN
. By default, the PIN is enabled, but situations might occur in
which you want to disable the PIN. The PIN function might temporarily be disabled
when the cable data gateway detects suspicious attempts to break into the cable data
gateway’s WiFi settings through use of the cable data gateway’s PIN and WPS. You
can manually disable the PIN function by selecting the
Disable Router’s PIN
check
box.
•
Keep Existing Wireless Settings
. By default, the
Keep Existing Wireless Settings
check box is selected. Best practise is to leave this check box selected. However,
when the check box is selected, some applications might not detect the cable data
gateway.
CAUTION:
When you clear the
Keep Existing Wireless Settings
check box and you
add a new WiFi client through WPS, the cable data gateway’s WiFi
settings change to an automatically generated SSID and passphrase (also
referred to as the WiFi network password or network key).
7.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
Set Up a WiFi Access List by MAC Address
By default, any WiFi device that is configured with the correct SSID is allowed access to your
main and guest WiFi networks. For increased security, you can restrict access to the WiFi
networks to allow only specific WiFi devices based on their MAC addresses. You can restrict
access to the main WiFi network separately from the guest WiFi network.
Each network device uses a MAC address, which is a unique 12-character physical address
containing the hexadecimal characters 0–9, a–f, or A–F (uppercase or lowercase) only, and
separated by colons (for example, 00:09:AB:CD:EF:01). Typically, the MAC address is on the
label of the WiFi card or network interface device. Or you can display the MAC address using
the network configuration utilities of the computer through the web management interface of
the cable data gateway. For more information, see
Set Up and Enable a WiFi Access List
on
page
113.
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Note:
If you use a WiFi computer to set up a WiFi access list, add your WiFi
computer to the access list; otherwise, you are disconnected when
you click the
Apply
button. To avoid this situation, use a computer
with a wired connection to access the cable data gateway.
Set Up and Enable a WiFi Access List
You can add one or more devices to the WiFi access list for the main WiFi network and the
guest WiFi network. The cable data gateway supports two access lists: one for the main WiFi
network and one for the guest WiFi network.
To restrict WiFi access based on MAC addresses:
1.
On your computer, launch an Internet browser such as Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft
Internet Explorer.
2.
In the address field of your browser, enter
http://routerlogin.net
.
You are prompted to enter a user name and password.
3.
Type
admin
for the user name and type your password.
If you did not yet personalize your password, type
password
for the password.
4.
Click the
OK
button.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
5.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
.
The Wireless Settings screen displays (that is, the screen to configure advanced
settings).
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6.
Click the
Set Up Access List
button.
The Wireless Card Access List screen displays.
7.
Select the network that the device that you are adding must be allowed or denied access to:
•
Primary SSID
. The device is allowed or denied access to the main WiFi network.
•
Guest Network SSID
. The device is allowed or denied access to the guest WiFi
network.
8.
Click the
Add
button.
The screen adjusts.
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9.
In the
Device Name
field, type a name for the WiFi device.
10.
In the
MAC Address
field, type the MAC address of the WiFi device.
Tip:
You can also select a device from the Available Wireless Cards table
by selecting the corresponding radio button. If the device that you
want to add is not listed, click the
Refresh
button to update the
Available Wireless Cards table.
11.
Click the
Add
button.
The WiFi device is added to the table on the Wireless Card Access List screen.
12.
To add another WiFi device, repeat
Step
8
through
Step
11
.
Note:
If you are connected to the cable data gateway over WiFi, make sure that
you add your own device to an access list that allows access. If you do
not, your device is denied access when you enable the access list and
you must reconnect to the cable data gateway over an Ethernet cable.
13.
Select the
Turn Access Control On
check box.
14.
Select whether access is allowed or denied for this access list:
•
Allows List
. All devices on the access list are allowed access to the network (either
the main or the guest WiFi network).
•
Deny List
. All devices on the access list are denied access to the network (either the
main or the guest WiFi network).
15.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved. Now only WiFi devices that are in the table on the Wireless Card
Access List screen are allowed or denied access to the cable data gateway.
Change the Settings for a Device on the WiFi Access List
You can change the name or MAC address for a device on a WiFi access list.
To change the settings for a device on a WiFi access list:
1.
On your computer, launch an Internet browser such as Mozilla Firefox or Microsoft
Internet Explorer.
2.
In the address field of your browser, enter
http://routerlogin.net
.
You are prompted to enter a user name and password.
3.
Type
admin
for the user name and type your password.
If you did not yet personalize your password, type
password
for the password.
4.
Click the
OK
button.
The BASIC Home screen displays.
5.
Select
ADVANCED > Advanced Setup > Wireless Settings
.

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