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

,

Diagnostics

,

and

Event Log

appear on the left column (see Figure 3).

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.

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Configuration Manager Interface Menus

Table 1 describes the menus in the Configuration Manager interface. You can skip to

specific sections of this User Manual based on your intended use of the Cable

Modem/Router. Each of the menu options in your Configuration Manager is covered as a

separate chapter in the remaining portion of the User Manual. Refer to the chart on the

next page to go to a specific menu option

.

T

able 1. Configuration Manager Interface Menus

Chapter

Menu

Options

Go to this section if you

want to…

See Page

8

Status

monitor or troubleshoot

problems with the Cable

Modem/Router

43

9

Basic

make some modifications

for more advanced uses

51

10

Advanced

make use of advanced

router features supported

by the Cable

Modem/Router

61

11

Firewall

configure the firewall

application to protect the

private LAN from attacks

from the WAN interface

76

12

Parental

Control

configure access policies

or rules to specific network

devices based on the time

of day and Internet

contents

82

13

Wireless

configure and use the

wireless features

supported by the Cable

Modem/Router

90

14

VPN

enable the VPN protocol

and configure IPSec

tunnels, L2TP and PPTP

server options

108

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8

Status Menu Options

The Status Menu lets you:

•

View the status and connection information of the Cable Modem/Router

•

Change the administrator password

•

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. To access the Software page, click

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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Figure 4. Software Menu

Table 2. Software Menu Option

Option

Description

Information

Shows the information on the current system software.

Status

Shows the system up time, network accessibility, and IP address of

the Cable Modem/Router.

Connection

The Connection page is a read-only screen that shows the status of steps in your Cable

Modem/Router registration process. It also shows your Cable Modem/Router’s upstream

and downstream channel status.

To access the Connection page, click

Status

in the menu bar and then click the

Connection

submenu. Figure 5 shows an example of the menu.

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Figure 5. Example of Connection Page

By default the router is configured to use Dual mode (or Dual Stack mode).

Most users

should use this setting. However your provider may ask you to change the

eRouter

Provisioning mode

to eRoute_IPv4only mode or eRoute_IPv6only mode.

Security

The Security page allows you to configure access privileges, reboot and restore the

Cable Modem/Router to its factory defaults.

To access the Security page, click

Status

in the menu bar and then click the

Security

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