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6.

ACCESSING YOUR ROUTER

6.1

Logging on to Your Router

This section explains the logon procedures for your Verizon Broadband Router. This procedure should be used any

time you want to access or make changes to the Router’s configurable settings, such as wireless security and firewall.

IMPORTANT:

Your Router is capable of automatically sensing protocol type (DHCP or PPPoE). This process is

designed to start after you have connected the Router. To access your Router, your PC must be configured for

DHCP. Refer to your Windows help screen for information on configuring your computer for DHCP. At your PC,

click

Start

, then click

Help

to access the Windows help screen.

To log on to the Router, start your Web browser, and then type the following IP address in the browser’s address

bar:

http://192.168.1.1

After you type the IP address, press

Enter

on your keyboard. The following screen will display the message:

This is your first login to the Management Console. Use http://192.168.1.1 in order to access the Router’s

Management Console. To conveniently access the Management Console, you can click Add to Favorites. You

should make sure that cookies are enabled in the browser. To enable cookies, go to Tools->Internet Options-

>Privacy->Advanced.

Click

OK

in the

Welcome

screen.

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By default

admin

appears in the

User Name

field; however, you can change this to the user name of your choice.

Type your password in the

New Password

fields. Your password must be 6 or more characters long and contain at

least 1 numeral. As you type your password, asterisks will appear for security purposes.

NOTE:

Please write down your user name and password and save them for future use.

After you have entered your password, select the desired option from the

Time Zone

drop-down menu. Then click

OK

to continue.

Enter your

password here.

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After you have logged on to your Router, the following screen will appear. This is the main page of your Router’s

Web pages, also referred to in this document as the home page. You can access this page by clicking

Main

in the

navigation menu located across the top of the Router’s Web pages. Details on this page will be explained in the

following sections.

Throughout this User Guide, the following icons are used to indicate clicking actions that you can take with your

mouse to configure your Router’s settings.

Icon

Description

Edit

Clicking this icon allows you to edit the assocaiated entry/setting.

Add/New

Clicking this icon allows you to add a new entry/setting.

Delete

Clicking this icon deletes the associated entry/setting from your Router.

View

Clicking this icon allows you to view or run a diagnostics test on your Router.

Move Down

Click this icon allows you to change the order of your list by moving an entry down in the list.

Move Up

Click this icon allows you to change the order of your list by moving an entry up in the list.

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7.

CONFIGURING YOUR BROADBAND CONNECTION

To browse the Internet using your Router, first confirm your coax link and establish an Internet connection with

Verizon. The procedures for configuring your Router for Internet connection are explained in this section.

7.1

Confirming Your Coax Connection

IMPORTANT:

You must have active broadband service before the Router can synchronize with Verizon’s

equipment and establish an Internet connection.

To determine if the Router has established coax link, at the Router’s front panel, check to see if the Router’s

COAX

WAN

LED is solid green or flashing amber— this indicates that a coax link is established.

After confirming your coax link, proceed to section 7.2 to configure your Router’s Internet connection settings.

7.2

Connecting to the Internet

After you have logged on to the Router, the following home page will appear. Use this page to determine the

Router’s Internet connection status. If you do not have an Internet connection, the

Internet Address

field will

display “Not Available.”

To begin your connection setup, at top navigation menu, click

My Network

.

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The

Network Status

page will appear. Next, in the left submenu, click

Network Connections

.

In the

Network Connections

screen, click the

Quick Setup

button.

The

Quick Setup

page allows you to select the protocol type for your Internet connection, or choose to configure a

static IP address. Verizon will inform you of which protocol to use to establish your Internet connection.