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Chapter
Menu
Options
Go to this section if you
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Status
monitor or troubleshoot
problems with the cable
modem/router
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4
Basic
make some modifications
for more advanced uses
33
5
Advanced
make use of advanced router
features supported by the
cable modem/router
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6
Firewall
configure the firewall
application to protect the
private LAN from attacks
from the WAN interface
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7
Parental
Control
configure access policies or
rules to specific network
devices based on the time of
day and Internet contents
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8
Wireless
configure and use the
wireless features supported
by the cable modem/router
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9
VPN
enable the VPN protocol
and configure IPSec tunnels,
L2TP and PPTP server
options
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Accessing the Cable Modem/Router’s Configuration Manager
From your Web browser, you will log in to the interface to define system parameters, change
password settings, view status windows to monitor network conditions, and control the cable
modem/router and its ports.
To access the cable modem/router’s Configuration Manager, use the following procedure:
1
Launch a Web browser.
Note:
Your computer does not have to be online to configure your cable modem/router.
2
In the browser address bar, type
and press the
Enter
key.
For example:
The Login screen appears (see Figure 1)
Figure 1. Login Screen
3
In the Login screen, enter:
default username:
admin
default password:
admin
Both the username and password are case sensitive. After you log in to the Zoom Configuration
Manager interface, you can change the default password on the
Status - Security
page.
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4
Click the Login button to access the cable modem/router. The
Status
page appears, showing
connection status information about your cable modem/router.
Understanding the Configuration Manager Interface Screens
The top of the management interface contains a menu bar you use to select menus for configuring the
cable modem/router. When you click a menu item, information and any configuration settings
associated with the menu appear in the main area of the interface (see Figure 2). If the displayed
information exceeds what can be shown in the main area, scroll bars appear to the right of the main
area so you can scroll up and down through the information.
Menu Bar
Submenu
Main Area
Figure 2. Main Areas on the Configuration Manager Interface
Every menu has submenus associated with it. If you click a menu item, the submenus appear on the
left frame of the Configuration Manager. For example, if you click the
Status
menu item, the
submenu
Software
,
Connection
,
Security
and
Diagnostics
appear on the left column (see Figure
3).
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Figure 3. Example of Status Submenu
The right-most item on the menu bar is the logout option. Click it to log out from the Configuration
Manager interface.
Configuration Manager Interface Menus
Table 1 describes the menus in the Configuration Manager interface.
Table 1. Configuration Manager Interface Menus
Menu
Options
Go to this section if you want to…
See Page
Status
monitor or troubleshoot problems with the
cable modem/router
25
Basic
make some modifications for more
advanced uses
33
Advanced
make use of advanced modem/router
features supported by the cable
modem/router
40
Firewall
configure the firewall application to protect
the private LAN from attacks from the
WAN interface
54
Parental
Control
configure access policies or rules to specific
network devices based on the time of day
and Internet contents
62
Wireless
configure and use the wireless features
supported by the cable modem/router
70
VPN
enable the VPN protocol and configure
IPSec tunnels, L2TP and PPTP server
options
88
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Status Menu Options
The Status Menu lets you:
¾
View the status and connection information of the cable modem/router
¾
Change the administrator password
¾
Use diagnostic tools for troubleshooting
Software
The Software page is a read-only screen that shows the cable modem/router’s current system
software version. This page appears when you first log in to the Configuration Manager interface.
You can also display it by clicking
Status
in the menu bar and then click the
Software
submenu.
Figure 4 shows an example of the menu and Table 2 describes the items you can select.
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