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Key Features

The following list summarizes the Gateway’s key features.

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Integrated, CableLabs-compliant DOCSIS 1.1/ 2.0 /3.0 cable modem

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Four 10/100/1000 Mbps Auto-Sensing LAN ports with Auto-MDI/MDIX

y

High-speed 300 Mbps IEEE 802.11n Wireless Access Point

y

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) for dynamic IP configuration, and Domain

Name System (DNS) for domain name mapping

y

One USB 2.0 port

y

IEEE 802.11 b/g/n interoperability with multiple vendors

y

Wireless WEP, WPA, and WPA2 encryption, Hide SSID, and MAC Filtering

y

VPN pass-through support using PPTP, L2TP, or IPSec

y

Advanced SPI firewall Gateway for enhanced network security from attacks over the

Internet:

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Firewall protection with Stateful Packet Inspection

–

Client privileges

–

Hacker prevention

–

Protection from denial of service (DoS) attacks

–

Network Address Translation (NAT)

y

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) enables seamless configuration of attached devices

y

Quality of Service (QoS) ensures high-quality performance with existing networks

y

Effortless plug-and-play installation

y

Intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) configuration, regardless of operating system

y

Comprehensive front panel LEDs for network status and troubleshooting

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Compatible with all popular Internet applications

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Document Organization

This document consists of four chapters and two appendixes.

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Chapter

1

- describes the contents in the Gateway package, system requirements, and

an overview of the Gateway’s front and rear panels.

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Chapter

2

- describes how to install the Gateway.

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Chapter

3 -

describes how to configure TCP/IP settings on the computer you will use to

configure the Gateway.

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Chapter

4

- describes how to configure the Gateway.

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Appendix A -

contains compliance information.

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Appendix B -

lists the Gateway’s technical specifications.

Document Conventions

This document uses the following conventions to draw your attention to certain information.

Safety and Warnings

This document uses the following symbols to draw your attention to certain information.

Symbol

Meaning

Description

Note

Notes emphasize or supplement important points of the main text.

Tip

Tips provide helpful information, guidelines, or suggestions for performing tasks more

effectively.

Warning

Warnings indicate that failure to take a specified action could result in damage to the

device.

Electric Shock Hazard

This symbol warns users of electric shock hazard. Failure to take appropriate

precautions such as not opening or touching hazardous areas of the equipment could

result in injury or death.

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Typographic Conventions

This document also uses the following typographic conventions.

Convention

Description

Bold

Indicates text on a window, other than the window title, including menus, menu options, buttons, fields, and labels.

Italic

Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for actual text provided by the user or system. Angled brackets (< >)

are also used to indicate variables.

screen/code

Indicates text that is displayed on screen or entered by the user.

< > angled

brackets

Indicates a variable, which is a placeholder for actual text provided by the user or system. Italic font is also used to

indicate variables.

[ ] square

brackets

Indicates optional values.

{ } braces

Indicates required or expected values.

| vertical bar

Indicates that you have a choice between two or more options or arguments.

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1 Getting to Know Your Gateway

Before you install your SMCD3GN2 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway, check the package

contents and become familiar with the Gateway’s front and back panels.

The topics covered in this chapter are:

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Unpacking Package Contents (page 10)

y

System Requirements (page 10)

y

Front Panel (page 11)

y

Configuring Wireless Security (page 13)

y

Rear Panel (page 13)

y

Restoring Factory Defaults (page 14)

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Unpacking Package Contents

Your SMCD3GN2 package should include the following items:

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One SMCD3GN2 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway

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One power cord

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One Category 5E Ethernet cable

y

One CD that contains this User Manual

System Requirements

To complete the installation, you will need the following items:

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Provisioned Internet access on a cable network that supports cable modem service

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A computer with a wired network adapter with TCP/IP installed

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A Java-enabled Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or above

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Microsoft

®

Windows

®

2000 or higher for USB driver support