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NAT ALG status features appear near the bottom of the screen.

To allow NAT traversal filters for certain application layer control/data protocols, select the

corresponding check boxes.

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Maintaining

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our Network

This chapter describes how to perform network maintenance tasks with your gateway. When you

log in to the gateway (see

Log In to Your Gateway

on page

10), these tasks are grouped under

Maintenance.

This chapter includes the following sections:

•

View the Gateway Status

•

View the Connection Status

•

Back Up and Restore Your Settings

•

View the Event Log

•

Run the Diagnostic Utilities

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iew the Gateway Status

To see hardware and firmware details and basic status information about the gateway, use

the Modem Status screen.



To view the gateway status:

From the main menu, under Maintenance, select

Modem Status

.

The following screen displays.

The following table describes the fields displayed in this screen:

Modem field

Description

Standard Specification

Compliant

DOCSIS 3.0

Hardware Version

The hardware version of the gateway.

Software Version

The version of firmware currently running on the gateway.

Cable MAC Address

The MAC address used by the cable modem port of the gateway. This MAC

address might need to be registered with your cable service provider.

Device MAC Address

The WAN MAC address used by the device.

Cable Modem Serial Number

The serial number of the gateway hardware.

CM certificate

If the cable modem certificate is installed, it is possible for the service

provider to upgrade your Data Over Cable service securely.

System Up Time

Time since the last boot-up.

Network Access

Shows whether traffic can be forwarded from the LAN to the network.

Cable Modem IP Address

The current Internet IP address. If assigned dynamically and not connected

to the Internet, this field is blank.

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iew the Connection Status

To track the gateway’s initialization procedure, and to get details about the downstream and

upstream cable channel, use the Connection screen. The time appears after the gateway is

initialized.



To view the gateway’s initialization procedure:

In the main menu, under Maintenance, select

Connection

.

The gateway automatically goes through the following steps in the provisioning process:

•

Scans and locks the downstream frequency and links back in the upstream direction.

•

Obtains a gateway IP address for the gateway itself.

•

Assigns an IP address for the connected computer.

•

Connects to the Internet.

Back Up and Restore

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our Settings

The configuration settings of the gateway are stored in a configuration file in the gateway.

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

To back up the settings:

1.

In the main menu, under Maintenance, select

Backup

.

2.

Click

Back Up

.

If you did not set up your browser to save downloaded files automatically, indicate where

you want to save the file and click

Save

.

If you did set up your browser to save downloaded files automatically, the file is saved to

the browser’s download location on the hard drive.



To restore the backup settings:

1.

In the main menu, under Maintenance, select

Backup

.

2.

Click

Browse

.

3.

Locate and select the previously saved backup file, then click

Restore

.

A message notifies you when the gateway has been restored to the previous settings.

Then the gateway restarts, which takes about 1 minute.

Note:

When restoring configuration settings, do not interrupt the process

by going online, turning off the gateway, or shutting down the

computer.

V

iew the Event Log

The gateway logs security-related events such as denied incoming service requests and

hacker probes.