Ambit Broadband Ambit U10C019 User Guide Model Number: U10C019/ U10C020 Rev. 1.
Ambit Broadband Revision History Issue Date 1.3 20th-Sep-05 1.4 22th-July-08 Author/Prime Description of changes David Lee Add new telnet command Revised the format. And enhance with VPN, DDNS configuration, merged U10C020 1.5 13th-Aug-08 John Yan into this edition. Update Tool options page; Update user login screenshot; Remove Routing pages. 1.6 9th-Jan-09 [Type text] Derek Ferro Updated firmware release to 5.66.1022 / 5.72.
Ambit Broadband Index 1. Introduction ................................................................................................. 5 2. Before you begin ......................................................................................... 5 Understand the Wireless Cable Modem’s Features ..................................... 5 Contact Your Local Cable Operator ........................................................... 6 3. Installing the Modem Using Wireless .......................................
Ambit Broadband 7.4.4 Event Log ............................................................................... 43 7.5 Firewall ............................................................................................ 44 7.5.1 Content Filter .......................................................................... 45 7.5.2 Content Filter .......................................................................... 45 7.5.3 Event Log .........................................................................
Ambit Broadband 1. Introduction Your new wireless cable modem provides high-speed wireless access to the Internet by using IEEE 802.11b/g wireless standard and an active Internet Connection through your cable service provider. This user guide describes how to set up and use the wireless cable modem. Before installing the wireless cable modem, you should read this user guide to ensure proper wireless cable modem operation.
Ambit Broadband Computer equipment including available RAM and processor speed Software applications utilizing your computer’s resources Network traffic depending on the time of day Limitations set by your Cable Service Provider Contact Your Local Cable Operator Before installing you new wireless cable modem, you must contact your local cable service provider to activate your Internet account.
Ambit Broadband You will use a variety of items to install your wireless cable modem. Some of the items are supplied with your wireless cable modem. Supplied Verify that these items were included in the cable modem’s package: Wireless cable modem Power adapter USB cable (1.5m) Ethernet cable (1.
Ambit Broadband more quickly and easily than using the Ethernet port, because you do not have to install and configure a network interface card (NIC). USB, however, only enables you to connect one computer to the wireless cable modem. Using the Ethernet port allows you connect multiple computers to a wireless cable modem through the use of additional equipment, which is not included. Please contact your cable service provider for more information on using multiple computers. 3.
Ambit Broadband will travel straight through a wall or ceiling for better reception. For example, a wall that is 1 foot thick, at a 45-degree angle appears to be almost 2 feet thick. Make sure PC's wireless client is connecting to right WLCM. Check the SSID of the WLCM and wireless client. If WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) is set, verify that the WEP key set in the modem matches the WEP key set in the wireless client 4.
Ambit Broadband 3. You will see the following Welcome screen. 4. Click “Next>“. You will see the following Start screen. 5. Click “Next>”. You will see the following “Complete” screen.
Ambit Broadband 6. Click “Finish”. You will see below screen, and then select “Yes”. Now you can connect the USB cable to the PC by following next section instructions. Installing the Hardware This section explains how to connect the cable modem to the computer, wall outlet, and electrical outlet. To install the hardware: Power off the computer Connect one end of the coaxial cable to the cable modem’s cable connector. Connect the other end of the coaxial cable to the cable wall outlet.
Ambit Broadband Installing the Software Drivers This section explains how to install the software drivers that your PC requires for the cable modem to operate. Installing the Software Drivers in Windows 98 SE Operating System CAUTION: You must install the drivers located on the CD that ships with your cable modem. If you use the default Windows-supplied software drivers, you will not be able to properly install the cable modem.
Ambit Broadband 3. Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended). Then select Next. You will see the following screen. 4. Check the CD-ROM drive check box and verify that the CD is in the CD-ROM drive. Click Next to have Windows search for the necessary driver files. You will see the following. CAUTION: You must verify that Ambit USB Cable Modem appears on the screen. If USB Composite Device appears, you must click Back twice and specify the correct location of the driver files.
Ambit Broadband 5. Click Next. The computer automatically installs the necessary driver files. 6. If the above screen appears, you must insert the Windows 98 CD so that Windows can copy the remaining files.
Ambit Broadband 7. Wait for Windows to complete copying the remaining files. 8. Click Finish to complete the installation. You will see the following screen. 9. Choose Yes to restart your computer. 10. After the computer is rebooted, verify that the USB LED is lit on the front of you cable modem. If not, refer to the troubleshooting section later in this chapter.
Ambit Broadband Installing the Software Drivers in Windows Me Operating System To install the cable modem software drivers using the Windows Me operating system: 1. Power on your PC. After your computer boots, Windows detects the cable modem. The Found New Hardware screen appears, followed by the Found New Hardware Wizard screen. 2. Insert the CD into the PC’s CD-ROM and click Next. You will see the following screen. 3. Select Automatic search for a better driver (Recommended) and click (Next).
Ambit Broadband to have Windows search for the necessary driver files. You will see the following 5. Click Finish after the computer has copied the necessary files. 6. Click Yes to restart the computer Installing the Software Drivers in Windows 2000 Operating System To install the cable modem software drivers using the Windows 2000 operating system: 1. Power on your PC. After your computer boots, Windows detects the cable modem.
Ambit Broadband 3. Select Search for a suitable driver for my device (recommended. Then select Next>. You will see the following screen 4. Check the CD-ROM drive check box and verify that the CD is in the CD-ROM drive. 5. Click Next to have Windows locate the necessary driver files. You will see the following screen.
Ambit Broadband 6. Click Next to install the driver files for the cable modem. You will see the following screen. 7. Click Finish to complete the installation. 8. After the installation is completed, verify that the USB LED is lit on the front of you cable modem. If not, refer to the troubleshooting section later in this chapter. Installing the Software Drivers in Windows XP Operating System 1. Power on your PC. After your computer boots, Windows detects the cable modem.
Ambit Broadband 2. Choose the software automatically (Recommended). Click Next to continue. You will see the following screen. 3. Click Finish to complete the installation. Troubleshooting the USB Installation 1. None of the LEDs are on when I power on the Wireless LAN Cable Modem. Answer: Check the connection between the power adapter and the cable modem. Power off the Wireless LAN Cable Modem and wait for 5 Seconds and power on the modem again.
Ambit Broadband and install the correct driver: Right-click on the My Computer icon on your desktop and choose Properties. Click the Device Manager tab Click the plus sign next to Universal Serial Bus controllers to view the list of installed USB device drivers Select USB Composite Device and click Remove Click Refresh The Add New Hardware Wizard window appears, displaying the device name USB Composite Device.
Ambit Broadband If none of these suggestions work, contact your cable service provider for further assistance. Uninstalling the USB Driver Insert the supplied CD into your CD-ROM drive Click on the My Computer icon on your desktop. Then click on the icon that belongs to your CD-ROM Drive. Locate the file called “setup.exe” and click on the file. This program will remove all the necessary files from your computer. 5.
Ambit Broadband and electrical outlet. To install the hardware: 1) Power off the computer 2) Connect one end of the coaxial cable to the wireless cable modem’s cable connector. Connect the other end of the coaxial cable to the cable wall outlet. Be sure not to bend or over tighten the cables as this may strain the connector and cause damage. If you plan to connect the wireless cable modem and television to the same wall outlet, you must use a cable line splitter (not included).
Ambit Broadband Power cycle the wireless cable modem by removing the power adapter from the electrical outlet and plugging it back in. Wait several minutes for the wireless cable modem to re-establish communications with your cable service provider. Your Ethernet cable may be damaged. Try another cable. 3. All of the LEDs on the front of my modem look correct, but I cannot access the Internet. If the pwr, sync, and ready LEDs are solidly lit, the wireless cable modem is working properly.
Ambit Broadband LEDs on the Front of the Modem ---------- Ethernet____ pwr usb sync ready wlan 1 2 3 4 pwr: Indicates that the wireless cable modem has successfully completed internal power-on tests. usb: Indicates connectivity between the USB port on the wireless cable modem and a PC’s USB port. sync: Indicates the connection status between the wireless cable modem and the cable network.
Ambit Broadband 4) Cable Connector: This is where you connect the coaxial cable (not included) that leads to the cable splitter (not included) or the cable wall outlet. 7. Web User Interface Accessing the Web User Interface This chapter describes how to access the wireless cable router via Web configuration interface. First, please connect your PC to the cable router’s Ethernet port, via an Ethernet cable. - Open the web browser and set the address to: http://192.168.100.
Ambit Broadband Web User Interface Home Page A main menu is shown at the top of the pages and the user can select different options to view wireless cable modem information. They include: After login, user will see the CABLE MODEM page first. The layout is divided into 3 areas. Menu Bar, Menu Tree and Configure Area. U10C020 is a wired router, which doesn’t support WiFi access. Menu Bar includes top level menu, like GATEWAY, WIRELESS and VPN.
Ambit Broadband Label Description Cable Modem Indicate the DOCSIS standard it’s compliant with. MAC address Unique hardware address of cable modem. Serial Number Unique manufacture ID number of a product. Boot Code Version Software version of device driver. Software version Software Hardware Version An internal ID number to identify hardware design. CA Key This is required by BPI.
Ambit Broadband Acquire a Downstream Current cable modem locking status. (Status field will show downstream Channel frequency. If comment field show “Locked”, cable modem already locked this frequency. Otherwise, it will show “In Progress”, cable modem is trying to lock this frequency). Connectivity State After physical layer’s initialization, cable modem will be configured by a DHCP server. Once succeeds to get an IP, that means cable modem is online. In status column, it shows the progress.
Ambit Broadband Downstream Symbol Rate Display the symbol rate. Current cable modem downstream symbol rate (QAM64 is 5056941 sym/sec, QAM256 is 5360537 sym/sec). Downstream Interleave Current cable modem downstream Interleave depth Depth (8/16/32/64/128/other). Downstream Receive Power Display the receiver power level after ranging process. Level Downstream SNR Display the SNR of this downstream channel. 7.1.
Ambit Broadband 7.1.5 Upstream Burst Label Description Modulation Type QPSK/16QAM. Differential Encoding On/Off Preamble Length 0-1024 (bits). Preamble Value Offset 0-1022 (bits). FEC Error Correction (T) 0 to 10 (0 implies no FEC. The number of codeword parity bytes is 2*T) FEC Codeword Information Bytes (k) Fixed: 16 to 253 (assuming FEC on).
Ambit Broadband Label Description Network Access Display the status of cable modem, denied means currently no connectivity is established. Deny the access to Internet. Allow means allow the access to Internet. Maximum Downstream Data Display the maximum downstream data rate.
Ambit Broadband Description Detail of the event log. Refresh Refresh the log record. Clear Log Clear all of the logs. During daily operation and trouble shooting, log is very useful. For example, you can see “configuration file CVC validation Failure”, this indicates that cable modem failed to validate the CONFIG file downloaded from MSO’s TFTP server, maybe caused by error root key. Furthermore, event logs will be stored unless user clicks “clear log” button.
Ambit Broadband DHCP Remaining Time: Display the remained DHCP lease time before expiration. Refresh Click to refresh the information. LOCAL SETTINGS Gateway IP Address: Display the local IP address of the LAN interface. Subnet Mask: Display the subnet mask value. DHCP Server: Display the status of DHCP sever feature. No Server Allowed : ????? NAT Display if NAT mode is enabled. Wireless Status Display if the wireless feature is active.
Ambit Broadband Country When set to USA, Channel 1 to 11 is available. If select worldwide, 13 channels are available. Channel Select a specific channel to deploy wireless network. This allows you to set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region. Select a channel from the drop-down list box. Interface When set to enabled, wireless clients can access to the network. Apply Click to save. Restore Wireless Click to restore the factory default setting for wireless module.
Ambit Broadband WPA-PSK If you don't have an external RADIUS server you should use WPA-PSK (WPA Pre-Shared Key) that only requires a single (identical) password entered into wireless gateway and wireless client. As long as the passwords match, a client will be granted access to a WLAN. WPA2 Advanced protocol, certified through Wi-Fi Alliance's WPA2 program, implements the mandatory elements of 802.11i. In particular, it introduces a new AES-based algorithm, CCMP, that is considered fully secure.
Ambit Broadband 802.1x Authentication Enable to user 802.1x to do authenticate wireless client. Network Key 1 You can pre-define up to 4 keys for 64-bit or 128-bit (64-bit keys require 10 hexadecimal digits) (128-bit key require 26 hexadecimal digits) . Network Key 2 As above Network Key 3 As above Network Key 4 As above Current Network Key You can select one of the four pre-defined keys as the current network key.
Ambit Broadband MAC Addresses Input the MAC address. Apply Click to save. Connected Clients List of current connected Wireless client. MAC Address MAC of the connected wireless client. Age(s) Duration since the wireless client connected to wireless router. RSSI(dBm) Received signal strength in a wireless environment IP Addr Display the IP address assigned to this wireless client. Host Name Host name of the wireless client. 7.3.
Ambit Broadband 54g™ Protection In Auto mode, the AP will use RTS/CTS to improve 802.1 1g performance in mixed 802.11 b/g networks. Turn protection OFF to maximize 802.11g throughput under most conditions. XPress™ Technology Broadcom's standards-based frame-bursting approach to improve 802.11g wireless LAN performance. It is a software-based implementation of the frame-bursting originally in the IEEE 802.11e draft specification, and is found in the Wireless Multimedia Extensions (WME) specification.
Ambit Broadband This allows access to the Internet for a defined user without having to enter a password every time a new web page is served to the client. Likewise, there is a password inactivity timer if there is no Internet access for the specified amount of time in minutes, requiring the user to re-login at expiration to continue using the Internet. These timed logins insure that a specific user is using the Internet gateway for access and logging/access can be provided appropriately.
Ambit Broadband White List Access Only Suppose admin has created a content rule which defined black list and while list. Then admin can select “White List Access Only” checkbox to force to execute the policy to the selected user. Time Access Rule Select a defined time access rule to apply to the selected user. Session Duration This will trigger wireless router to disable this privilege after expiration.
Ambit Broadband Apply Click to save. Content Policy Configure content policy configuration. Configuration Add New Policy Input rule name and click to create a new policy. Content Policy List Allow admin to select a certain policy rule. Remove Policy Click to delete the selected policy rule. Keyword List URL key word list that’s used to be used. Add Keyword Click to insert a new keyword. Remove Keyword Click to delete an existing keyword.
Ambit Broadband Label Description Add New Policy Input policy name, and click Add new Policy button to create a new Time Policy rule. Time Access Policy List Allow admin to select time policy rule to enable or remove a selected rule. Enable Select the checkbox to active this time policy rule, unselect the checkbox to disable this rule. Remove Click to delete a selected rule. Days to Block Select the day that this time policy rule limited user to visit Internet.
Ambit Broadband Source Display the source IP address of this event. Note: Parental Control Flow 7.5 Firewall Originally, the term firewall referred to a construction technique designed to prevent the spread of fire from one room to another. The networking term firewall is a system or group of systems that enforces an access-control policy between two networks. It may also be defined as a mechanism used to protect a trusted network from an untrusted network.
Ambit Broadband 7.5.1 Content Filter This page allows certain Web-oriented cookies, java scripts, and pop-up windows to be blocked by the firewall. A list of "trusted computers" can also be defined that are not subject to any filters configured. Specific Firewall features can also be enabled. It is highly recommended that the Firewall is left enabled at all times for protection against Denial of Service attacks. Go to the Parental Control page to block internet access to specific sites. 7.5.
Ambit Broadband Filter ActiveX ActiveX is a tool for building dynamic and active web pages and distributed object applications. When you visit an ActiveX web site, ActiveX controls are downloaded to your browser, where they remain in case you visit the site again. Filter Popup Windows Filter those pop windows when visiting some website. Firewall Settings Block Fragmented IP Enable the firewall to detect fragmented IP packet. Packets Port Scan Detection Enable firewall to detect port scan attack.
Ambit Broadband Label Description Contact E-mail Address Enter E-mail address for sending Firewall event log. Email Address Password The password of the E-mail you enter SMTP Server Name Enter SMTP Server Name for sending Firewall event log. E-mail Alerts If you enable ,the alert can appearance when have a new mail Apply Click to submit changes. Description Summary of this firewall event log. Count If a certain firewall event log repeated for several times, value in count will increase.
Ambit Broadband 7.6 Tools 7.6.1 Ping This page provides ping diagnostics to help with IP connectivity problems. Label Description Ping Target Input the IP address user wants to pin to. Ping Size Define the packet size of ping operation. No. of Pings Define the amount of the batch ping operation. Ping Interval Define the interval between 2 ping operations. Start Test Click to start test Abort Test Click to stop test Clear Results Click to clear existing testing result.
Ambit Broadband Label Description Tracert Target Input the specific IP address user wants to trace route to it. MAX Hops Define the MAX hop. Time out Define the expiration time for this tracert operation. Start Test Click to start tracert test Abort Test Click to stop test Clear Results Click to clear existing testing result. Results This area will display tracert route operation result. Refresh Click to refresh old logs. 7.6.
Ambit Broadband 7.6.4 password This page allows configuration of password and username Label Description Old Password Input the original password. New Password Input the value of new password Confirm Password Double confirm with the new password. Apply Click to save. 7.6.5 Factory Defaults This page allows you to restore factory defaults to the system. Label Description Restore Defaults Select restore factory defaults value to firewall and parental control.
