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Illustrations contained in this document are for representation only.
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complete the PC configuration.
5. Restart your computer.
Connecting Your Devices
1. Before you begin, make sure that all of your hardware is powered off, including the gateway,
PCs, hubs, and switches.
2. Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to one of the LAN ports (labeled 1, 2, 3, or 4) on the back
of the gateway and the other end to a standard port on a network device, e.g., a PC, print
server, hub, or switch. Repeat the above step to connect more PCs or network devices to the
gateway.
3. Connect the coaxial cable from the wall to the CABLE jack on the back of the gateway.
4. Connect the power supply cable to the Power jack on the back of the gateway, then plug the
supplied power cable into an AC power outlet.
Activating the Wireless Cable Gateway
Initialization
1. Connect the power cable to the back of the gateway. For the first few seconds of operation,
multiple LEDs will flash in unison while the gateway performs self-test diagnostics.
The Cable Modem section of the gateway proceeds with EURO-DOCSIS initialization. In this
process, the CM performs the following sequence of steps. For a newly-installed gateway, this
can take as much as 20 minutes to complete.
•
Tuning - searching for a downstream EURO-DOCSIS CM signal
•
Ranging - establishing 2-way communication with the cable company
•
Connecting - obtaining the CM IP Address (for IP Stack 1)
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Configuring - downloading and applying the cable company CM configuration file
•
Registering - establishing Internet access with the cable company
During this process, the LED indicators on the front of the unit indicate progress.
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DS – Flashing indicates Tuning; lit solid indicates Tuning step completed successfully.
•
US – Flashing indicates Ranging; lit solid indicates Ranging step completed successfully.
•
Online – Flashing indicates Connecting, Configuring, Registering in progress; lit solid
indicates these steps completed successfully.
When the Online LED is lit solid, all gateway initialization and startup steps have been
completed successfully, and the gateway should be capable of providing connectivity
between your PCs on the gateway LAN-side and your cable operator on the gateway
WAN-side.
Mandatory User Configuration
This feature allows you to configure the gateway to function in your network and gain access to
the Internet through your cable company. Your ISP may require the use of a Host Name and
Domain Name. You will need to get the setup information from your ISP. If you do not have this
information, please contact your ISP before proceeding.
The instructions from your ISP will tell you how to set up your PC for Internet access. Also, you
must disable any Internet log-on software (such as Ivasion Winpoet or Enternet 300) and any
rewall software (such as ZoneAlarm and Watchdog) on all of your PCs.
To set up your gateway for internet access, you will use its built-in web pages feature. The
gateway includes a built-in HTTP server which can deliver many web-style pages of information
with which you can observe your current gateway settings and make changes.
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Fig. 8
1. Open your web browser. (It’s all right if you
get an error message at this point. Continue
following these directions). Enter
http://192.168.100.1 in the browser’s
Address field if your gateway is in the CM
Mode, or http://192.168.0.1 if it is in the RG
or CH Mode. Press the Enter key.
Fig.9
2. An Enter Network Password window appears
(for Windows XP users, the screen may look
different). Leave the User Name field empty,
and enter admin in lowercase letters in the
Password field (admin is the default
password). Then, click the OK button.
3. This step is not required with most installations. However, based on setup instructions from
your cable company, you may need to enter the following information. To enter it, navigate to
the Network – WAN gateway web page by clicking Network at the top of the page, then click
WAN (on the left side of the page). Click the Apply button to save your settings.
Host Name and Domain Name:
These fields allow you to provide a host name and domain
name for the gateway. These fields are usually left blank. If requested by your cable company,
complete these two fields.
Static IP Address and IP Mask:
If your cable company says that you are connected through a
static or fixed IP address, you should enter the field of Default Gateway, Primary DNS and/or
Secondary DNS also.
Spoofed MAC Address:
You can give a spoofed MAC Address to hide your gateway’s real MAC
address. However, this is NOT recommended, as this could cause an address conflict, causing
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your connection to the network to be rejected.
4. The gateway provides a Status Password webpage where you can change the web page’s
access password and restore factory default of the gateway. Also, you can change the default
“
admin” password to the desired password. Click the Apply button to save your settings.
IMPORTANT: If you have previously enabled any Internet-Sharing Proxy server software on any of
your PCs, disable it.
Fig. 10
Some examples of Internet-sharing software are Internet LanBridge, Wingate, ICS, and Sygate. To
disable your Internet-sharing software:
•
If you are running Netscape Navigator: Click Edit >> Preference >> Advanced >> Proxies >,
and click Direct Connection to the Internet.
•
If you are running Internet Explorer v5 or better, click Start >> Settings >> Control Panel >>
Internet Options >> Connections >> LAN Settings. Remove the checks from all three boxes.
Click OK to continue.
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Overview
Front Panel
The following illustration shows the front panel of the Gateway machine:
The LEDs on the front panel are described in the table below (from left to right):
TCW710
WLAN
Ethernet
USB
Cable
Link
Internet
Description
OFF
OFF
OFF
OFF
FLASH
Tuning
(Searching downstream signal)
OFF
OFF
OFF
FLASH
FLASH
Ranging - Awaiting Response
(DS carrier acquire, ranging in process but RNG-RSP
has not been detected)
OFF
OFF
OFF
FLASH
FLASH
Any RNG-RSP detected
(Normalizing power level and timing offset)
OFF
OFF
FLASH
FLASH
FLASH
Connecting
(Ranging complete, DHCP in progress)
OFF
FLASH
FLASH
FLASH
FLASH
Configuring
(DHCP complete, configuration file download in
process)
FLASH
FLASH
FLASH
FLASH
FLASH
Registering and Baseline Privacy Initializing
(configuration file download complete, initialize BPI if
BPI is ON, registration in process)
Start-up
Operation
Enter Normal Operation Mode
Registration complete
X
X
X
X
OFF
ON
Internet ON-OFF switch off
Internet ON-OFF switch on
X
X
X
OFF
FLASH
ON
X
NO Cable Link
Cable BSS/OSS has set the CM into de-activated
state
CM is registered
Normal
Operation
X
X
OFF
ON
X
X
NO USB carrier present
USB carrier present, no traffic

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