User's Manual

Table of Contents

1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1

1.1 FEATURES .................................................................................................. 1

1.2 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................. 1

1.3 UNPACKING AND INSPECTION ...................................................................... 2

1.4 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ................................................................................ 2

2. HARDWARE OVERVIEW ............................................................................ 3

2.1 FRONT PANEL AND LEDS ............................................................................ 3

3. ETHERNET INSTALLATION ...................................................................... 6

4. USB DRIVER INSTALLATION .................................................................... 7

4.1 WINDOWS XP ............................................................................................. 7

4.2 WINDOWS 2003 .......................................................................................... 9

4.3 WINDOWS VISTA ....................................................................................... 11

5. WEB MANAGEMENT .................................................................................. 13

5.1 ENTER MODEM'S IP ADDRESS ..................................................................... 13

5.2 STATUS ..................................................................................................... 14

5.2.1 Software Status .................................................................................. 14

5.3 BASIC ........................................................................................................ 15

5.3.1 DHCP ............................................................................................... 15

5.4 ADVANCED ................................................................................................ 16

5.4.1 Options ............................................................................................. 16

5.4.2 IP Filtering ....................................................................................... 17

5.4.3 MAC Filtering ................................................................................... 17

5.4.4 Port Filtering .................................................................................... 18

5.4.5 Forwarding ....................................................................................... 18

5.4.6 Port Triggers ..................................................................................... 19

5.4.7 DMZ Host ......................................................................................... 19

5.5 FIREWALL ................................................................................................. 20

5.5.1 Local Log .......................................................................................... 20

5.6 PARENTAL CONTROL ................................................................................. 21

5.7 WIRELESS .................................................................................................. 23

5.7.1 Basic ................................................................................................. 23

5.7.2 Security ............................................................................................. 23

5.7.3 Access Control .................................................................................. 24

5.7.4 Advanced .......................................................................................... 24

5.7.5 Bridging ............................................................................................ 25

5.7.6 WMM ................................................................................................ 25

5.7.7 Guest Network ................................................................................... 25

5.8 MTA ......................................................................................................... 26

5.8.1 Status ................................................................................................ 26

APPENDIX: CABLE MODEM SPECIFICATION ............................................. 27