User Manual

Chapter 3: Networking
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Residential Gateway (RG) Mode
Fig. 56 Residential Gateway Mode
Fig. 57 Three IP stacks are activated in Residential mode
RG (Residential Gateway) Mode provides basic home networking plus NAT (Network Address
Translation). In this mode, three IP stacks are active:
• IP Stack 1 - for use by the cable company to communicate with the Cable Modem section
only. This stack receives its IP address from the cable company during CM initialization. It
uses the MAC address printed on the label attached to the Wireless Cable Gateway.
• IP Stack 3 - for use by you to remotely (i.e. from somewhere on the WAN side, such as at
your remote workplace) communicate with the Cable Modem and Networking sections, to
remotely access the internal web page diagnostics and configuration. This stack is also