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Cable Link

•

Amber slow blink

: Scanning downstream channel.

•

Amber fast blink

: Synchronization.

•

Green solid

: Cable link.

•

Green blink

: Upstream data traffic.

•

Off

: No configuration.

Wireless

•

Green solid

: The wireless connection is operating normally.

•

Green blink

: Data is being transmitted or received on the wireless interface.

•

Off

: No wireless link is detected.

USB

•

Green solid

: A USB device is connected to the USB port.

•

Off

: No USB device is connected.

Voice ports

(1 and 2)

•

Green solid

: Registered with the Call Agent.

•

Green blink

: There is an active call.

•

Green slow blink

: Phone is “on-hook”; registration with Call Agent is in

progress.

•

Off

: No phones are connected to the voice port.

LAN (Local

Area Network)

•

Green on

: The Local port has detected link with a 100 Mbps device.

•

Green blink

: Data is being transmitted or received at 100 Mbps.

•

Amber on

: The Local port has detected link with a 10 Mbps device.

•

Amber blink

: Data is being transmitted or received at 10 Mbps.

•

Off

: No link is detected on this port.

Table 1-1. LED Descriptions (continued)

LED

Description

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The Gateway Rear Panel

The label on the bottom of the gateway identifies the connections on the rear panel.

The rear panel includes the following connections, viewed from left to right.

•

Wireless Antenna.

The gateway ships with the wireless antenna already attached.

•

Power.

AC power adapter input.

•

USB port.

If the USB driver is installed, you can connect a local computer to this port.

•

Four Ethernet LAN ports.

Use these ports to connect local computers.

•

Reset button.

Resets the gateway to its factory defaults.

•

Coaxial cable connector.

Attach coaxial cable to the cable service provider’s connection.

•

Two Voice/Phone ports

. With VoIP service, connect one or two handsets to these ports.

Installing the Voice Gateway

Installation is a four-part process. Complete the installation in this order:

1.

Check the Installation Requirements. See

“Installation Requirements”

.

2.

Connect the Gateway. See

“Connecting the Wireless Voice Gateway”

.

3.

Log in to the Gateway. See

“Logging In to the Wireless Voice Gateway”

.

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Reset button

Wireless antenna

AC power adapter input

Four Ethernet LAN ports to connect local

computers

Coaxial cable to your cable

service provider

Voice/phone ports to

connect handsets

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4.

Connect to the Internet. See

“Connecting to the Internet and VoIP”

.

After installation, set up the wireless connection as explained in

Chapter 2, “Wireless

Configuration”

.

Installation Requirements

Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:

•

A computer with active Ethernet port with DHCP enabled. See the link

“Preparing a Computer

for Network Access:” in Appendix B

for help with DHCP configuration.

•

An active account with your Internet service provider for data and/or voice services.

•

Depending on how your Internet Service Provider (ISP) set up the Internet account, you will

need one or more of these configuration settings to connect the gateway to the Internet:

–

Host and Domain Names

–

ISP Domain Name Server (DNS) Addresses

–

Fixed or Static IP Address

•

Each computer that will connect to the gateway must have either an installed Ethernet

Network Interface Card (NIC), USB Host port, or 802.11b or 802.11g wireless adapter.

Connecting the Wireless Voice Gateway

To install the gateway, connect it to a computer either via an Ethernet or a USB according to the

guidelines in the following sections.

Ethernet Connection

To connect a computer to the gateway with an Ethernet cable:

1.

Use the coaxial cable provided by your cable company to connect the wireless voice gateway

cable port to your cable line splitter or outlet.

2.

Connect the power adapter to the wireless voice gateway. Plug in the power adapter and wait

about 30 seconds for the lights to stop blinking.

3.

Connect a LAN port on the gateway to your computer with the Ethernet cable included in the

box.

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4.

If you have VoIP service, connect the phone to Voice Port 1. If your service includes a second

line, you can connect that phone to Voice Port 2.

5.

Verify the following:

•

The power light

is lit.

•

The cable link light

is solid green, indicating a link has been established to the cable

network.

•

If you connected VoIP lines, the Voice port lights

blink.

USB Connection

To connect a computer to the USB port on the gateway:

1.

You must install the USB driver. Insert your NETGEAR CD into the CD drive of your

computer.

a.

Connect the USB cable to your gateway and plug in the AC power for the gateway.

b.

Use the USB cable to connect your computer to the gateway.

c.

The Found New Hardware Windows installation wizard prompts for the drivers.

d.

Browse to the NETGEAR CD and install the USB driver by clicking through the

Windows wizard prompts.

Note:

The USB connection option is only available for Windows PCs. Also, Windows 95

does not support USB without special operating system upgrades and patches.

Figure 1-3

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2.

Connect your computer to the USB port on the gateway.

3.

Plug in your gateway and wait about 30 seconds for the lights to stop blinking.

4.

Verify the following:

•

The power light

is lit.

•

The cable link light

is solid green, indicating a link has been established to the cable

network.

•

The USB light

is lit.

Logging In to the Wireless Voice Gateway

To log in to the gateway:

1.

Using the computer that you first used to access your cable modem Internet service, connect to

the gateway by typing

in the address field of your Internet browser.

The gateway default user name is

admin

, with the default password of

password

, both in

lower-case letters. When prompted to log in, enter the user name and password. You are now

connected to the gateway.

Note:

To connect to the gateway, your computer must be configured to use DHCP. For

instructions on how to do this, see the link to

“Preparing a Computer for Network

Access:” in Appendix B

.

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