BT-M850W Cable Modem User’s Manual Rev:01 2002/09/19
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EMTA User Manual Safety Notes For Installation n Use only the type of power source indicated on the marking labels. n n Use only the power adapter supplied with the product. Do not overload wall outlet or extension cords as this may increase the risk of electric shock or file. If the power cord is frayed, replace it with a new one. Proper ventilation is necessary to prevent the product overheating.
Contents Contents Before You Use..................................................................................................... vi Features .....................................................................................................vi System Requirements ..................................................................................vi Unpacking..................................................................................................vii Chapter 1: Overview ........................
Contents Chapter 6: Troubleshooting ................................................................................ 31 Appendix: Specifications.....................................................................................
Before You Use Before You Use The BT-M850W is a DOCSIS 1.0/1.1 and CableHome 1.0 compliant wireless cable residential gateway that provide high-speed connectivity to residential, commercial, and education subscribers on public and private networks via an existing cable infrastructure. The BT-M850W is equipped with 4-port Ethernet switch, USB, IEEE802.11b Wireless, HPNA interfaces. The BT-M850W can inter-operate with any DOCSIS and CableHome compliant headend equipment.
ADSL Router User Manual u Windows98/2000/ ME/XP operating system u Available USB port u Subscribe to a Cable Television Company for cable modem service For Phone Connection u Standard touch-tone telephone and phone cord with RJ-11 connector u Subscribe to a VoIP system company (VoIP service provider) for VoIP services Unpacking Check the contents of the package against the pack contents checklist below. If any of the items is missing, then contact the dealer from whom the equipment was purchased.
Chapter 1: Overiew Chapter 1: Ove rvie w Physical Outlook Front Panel The following illustration shows the front panel of the EMTA machine: LED Indicators The LEDs on the front panel are described in the table below (from left to right): LED Color Status Description Power Green Off Power off. On Power on. Receive Green Blinking Indicates receiving RF DS data Send Green Blinking To indicate transmit RF US traffic. Cable Green On Modem registration completed.
Cable Modem User’ s Manual Rear Panel 12VDC: 12V Power connector HPNA: RJ-11 Home PNA Connector RST︰ Reset-to-Default push button ETHERNET︰ Ethernet 10/100BaseT RJ-45 connector 2 USB： USB Connector CABLE︰ F-Connector
Chapter 2: Installation Chapter 2: Installation This cable modem equips USB and Ethernet interfaces. You can choose either one to connect to the cable modem. Go to the section “Installation Procedure for Ethernet Interface”, if your computer has installed TCP/IP and Ethernet card with 10/100BaseT capability. Go to the section “Installation Procedure for Ethernet USB Interface”, if your PC has USB port and the operating system is Microsoft Windows 98/ME/XP or Windows 2000.
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Chapter 3: Software Installation and Configuration Chapter 3: Software Installation and Configu ration USB Driver Installation For Windows 98/ME 1. Wait for the cable modem is running in the operational state (registration O.K.). Plug the USB cable into your PC USB port. You will see the next page. Click the “Next” button. 2. Select “Search for the best drivers for your device“ and click the “Next” button. 3. Check “Specify a location” and browse CD-ROM:\Win9x or WinME. Click the “Next” button.
Cable Modem User’ s Manual 6 4. Select “The updated driver...” and click the “Next” button. 5. Click the “Next” button. 6. Installation has been completed here. Click the “Finish” button.
Chapter 3: Software Installation and Configuration 7. The system will ask you to restart your computer. Click “Yes” to complete the installation. For Windows 2000/XP 1. Wait for the cable modem is running in the operational state (registration O.K.). Plug the USB cable into your PC USB port. 2. You will see the next page. Click the “Next” button. 3. Select “Search for a suitable driver for my device“ and click the “Next” button.
Cable Modem User’ s Manual 8 4. Insert the driver CD into CD-ROM. Select “CD-ROM drive” and clicks the “Next” button. 5. Click the “Next” button. 6. A Digital Signature Not Found dialog box appears to ask you to continue the installation or stop the procedure. Please click Yes. Then Windows will copy the drivers from the Software Utility CD.
Chapter 3: Software Installation and Configuration 7. Installation has been completed here. Click the “Finish” button. Uninstall USB Driver For Windows 98/ME 1. Click “Start” button on your computer’ s taskbar, point to “Settings”, and then click “Control Panel”. 2. Select Add/Remove Programs. 3. On the Install/Uninstall tab, select USB Cable Modem Adapter from the list box. Click the Add/Remove button. 4. A confirmation dialog appears. Click Yes. 5.
Cable Modem User’ s Manual 6 10 A dialog box appears to ask you unplug USB cable, please unplug the cable and click OK.
Chapter 3: Software Installation and Configuration Setting TCP/IP on Client PC After you successfully complete the network interface card (Ethernet card) installation task, you need to make sure the TCP/IP communications protocol used by the Ethernet card is installed and correctly configured on your system. For Windows 98/ME 1. Click on the Start menu, point to Settings and click on Control Panel. 2. The Control Panel window will show up. Double-click the “Network” icon in the Control Panel window.
Cable Modem User’ s Manual 12 4. The Select Network Component Type dialog box will show up. Click ”Protocol”, and then click ”Add”. 5. You will see the Select Network Protocol dialog box. Click “Microsoft” in the “Manufactures:” list, and then click “TCP/IP” in the “Network Protocols:” list. Click “OK”.
Chapter 3: Software Installation and Configuration 6. You will be directed back to the Network dialog box, and on the “Configuration” tab, the entry that includes TCP/IP -> followed by the Ethernet card installed in your computer will appear in the list of installed network components. 7. Click TCP/IP -> followed by the Ethernet card installed in your computer, and then click ”Properties”. The TCP/IP Properties dialog box will appear. 8.
Cable Modem User’ s Manual 9. Click “Gateway” to bring it to the front. On this tab, leave the “New gateway:” blank. If there is the entry in the “Installed gateway:” list, click it and then click “Remove” to remove all installed gateways. 10. Click “DNS Configuration” tabs to bring it to the front, and click “Disable DNS”, then click “OK” to close the dialog box.
Chapter 3: Software Installation and Configuration 11. The Copying Files dialog box will pop up and the system will start copying files from Windows. At the first time you will be asked to insert the Windows 98 CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive during the files copying, and follow the instructions when they show up, then click “OK”. It will prompt another Copying Files dialog box. Please type the command line that Windows files located in the dialog box (For example, D:\win98).
Cable Modem User’ s Manual 16 2. The Network and Dial-up Connections window will show up. Double-click “Local Area Connection” icon in the Network and Dial-up Connections window. 3. The Local Area Connection status window will show up. Click the “Properties” button. 4. Click “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and then click “Properties”.
Chapter 3: Software Installation and Configuration 5. The Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box appears. Click “Obtain an IP address automatically”. Click “Obtain DNS server address automatically”. Click “OK” to close the dialog box. 6. Windows will appear the System Settings Change dialog box and ask you if you would like to restart your computer. Click “Yes”.
Cable Modem User’ s Manual DHCP Server PC connected to the cable modem can automatically get a private IP address from the DHCP server of cable modem before cable modem is on line. The following steps will show you how to get an IP address. For Windows 98/ME 18 1. Click “Start“, point to “Run“, and click to open the “Run“ windows. 2. Enter “winipcfg“ in the “Open“ field. Click “OK“ to execute the winipcfg and show the “IP Configuration“ window. 3.
Chapter 3: Software Installation and Configuration For Windows NT/2000/XP 1. Click “Start“, point to “Run“, and click to open the “Run“ windows. 2. The Run dialog box appears. Type “cmd” in the “Open” field, and then click “OK” to execute the command. 3. You will enter the dos mode, type “ipconfig”, press “Enter” on your keyboard, and you will see the IP address your computer get from the cable modem. 4.
Cable Modem User’ s Manual 5. Type “ipconfig /renew”, and press “Enter” on your keyboard to renew the IP. You can repeat the steps until your computer gets the correct IP. For Apple Macintosh 1. 20 Click “Apple menu“, point to “Control Panels“, and click “TCP/IP” to open the “TCP/IP” window.
Chapter 3: Software Installation and Configuration 2. If the iMac gets an invalid IP, select “Using DHCP Server” in “Configure” field. Click the “Close box” at the upper left corner to close the “TCP/IP” window. 3. Click the “Save” in the prompted message box. 4. You need to wait about 2 minutes and open “TCP/IP” window to see the new TCP/IP status. Renew PC IP Address There is a chance that your PC does not renew its IP address after cable modem is on line and the PC cannot access the Internet.
Cable Modem User’ s Manual from your ISP’ s server. 4. 22 Select the “OK“ to close the IP Configuration window.
Chapter 4: Web Configuration Chapter 4: Web Configu ration Usin4g Web-Based Manager Once your host PC is properly configured, please proceed as follows: Start your web browser and type the private IP address of the cable modem in the URL field: 192.168.100.1. After connecting to the device, you will be prompted to enter username and password. By default, the username is empty and the password is SA. See the following example for running under Windows XP.
Cable Modem User’ s Manual Connection The page shows the connection information about the access point in the status of WAN connection. Security If you are not satisfied with the password that the system gave you, you can change the password in this web page. Please enter the new one on the right box to the Password. Then re-enter the password below that one for confirmation. Finally, click Apply to invoke this setting for the next time using.
Chapter 3: Software Installation and Configuration Wireless To configure the wireless setting for the Access Point, please open this web page. Basic Service Set Identifier (SSID):Type in the SSID for your service provider. New Channel: Select the channel that you need. Current Channel: The current channel that your access point is in. Encryption Mode: It shows the encryption mode that you set on the Privacy web page.
Cable Modem User’ s Manual Encryption Mode: Choose the encryption mode for your necessity. Authentication: The access point supports three authentication types: Open System, Shared key and Both. This should be considered with the WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) mechanism. Default Key: Select the number as the default key for WEP encryption. Key 1 ~ Key 4: Please type in the number that you want to set for the WEP encryption.
Chapter 3: Software Installation and Configuration Basic Data Rates: It decides the speed of the management packet transmission. Control Tx Rates: It decides the speed of the data packet transmission. Beacon Interval: Type in the beacon interval number. The range is from 0 to 65535. DTIM Interval: Type in the DTIM interval number. The range is from 1 to 255. Fragmentation Threshold: It decides the packet size.
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Chapter 5: Access Internet through Cable Modem Chapter 5: A ccess Internet through Cable Modem For making sure that you can get into Internet successfully, please make sure the following first. 1. Make sure the connection (through Ethernet or USB) between the cable modem and your computer is OK. 2. Make sure the TCP/IP protocol is set properly. 3. Subscribe to Cable Television Company. Accessing Internet When you are sure all above is Ok, you can open the Browser (such as I.E.
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Chapter 6: Troubleshooting Chapter 6: T roubleshooting If the suggested solutions in this section do not resolve your issue, contact your system administrator or Internet service provider. Can I use the same cable line for TV and cable modem? A. Yes, the TV and cable modem uses the cable line. You need a splitter to use them at the same time. Ask Cable Company to install the splitter for you to avoid signal degradation.
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Appendix: Specifications Appendix: Spe cif ications RF Specifications(US) Downstream Upstream 5-42MHz n Operating Frequency Range 88-860MHz n Frequency Channel HRC, IRC, STD n Frequency Selection Auto Scanning Controlled by Head end n Bandwidth 6MHz Programmable (200*N KHz) N=1, 2, 4, 8, 16 n Characteristic Impedance 75Ω Nominal 75Ω Nominal n Signal Level Range -15 to +15dBmV/64QAM +8 to +58dBmV/QPSK -15 to +15dBmV/256QAM +8 to +55dBmV/16QAM n Modulation 64QAM/256QAM QPSK/16Q
Cable Modem User’ s Manual n Output Power Average 15 dbm n Interface PCMCIA Type II (PCMCIA v2.1, 3.3V) Network n Network Protocol IP/TCP/UDP/ARP/ICMP/DHCP/TP/TFTP/SNMP/HTTP n Packet Filtering Up to 253 CPE MAC filters, 32 LLC filters, 32 IP filters Security and Encryption DOCSIS BPI X.509 Certificate/56-Bit DES n Wireless LAN Authentication Open System & Shared Key n Wireless LAN WEP RC4 with 64 / 128-bit Key Length n Standard Compliance n Functional DOCSIS v1.0/v1.1, CableHome 1.
