Use and Care Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- 1. Hardware Setup
- 2. Specify Your Internet Settings
- 3. Connect to the Network and Access the Modem Router
- 4. Control Access to the Internet
- 5. Manage Network Settings
- View or change the WAN settings
- Set up a default DMZ server
- Change the Router’s Device Name
- Change the LAN TCP/IP settings
- Specify the IP addresses that the modem router assigns
- Disable the DHCP server feature in the modem router
- Manage reserved LAN IP addresses
- Use the WPS Wizard for WiFi connections
- Specify Basic WiFi Settings
- Change the WiFi Mode
- Change the Transmission Power Control
- Change the WiFi password or the WiFi security
- Set up a guest WiFi network
- Control the WiFi radios
- Set up a WiFi schedule
- Specify WPS settings
- Enable or disable implicit beamforming
- Enable or disable airtime fairness
- Ethernet Port Aggregation
- 6. Manage Your Modem Router
- Update the router firmware
- Change the admin password
- Enable admin password recovery
- Recover the admin password
- View information about the router and the Internet and WiFi settings
- Display the statistics of the Internet port
- Check the Internet connection status
- View and manage logs of router activity
- View devices currently on the network
- View event logs
- Monitor Internet traffic
- Manage the router configuration file
- Remotely access your router using the Nighthawk app
- Disable LED blinking or turn off LEDs
- Set your time zone
- Set the NTP Server
- Specify ReadyDLNA media server settings
- Return the router to its factory default settings
- 7. Share USB Storage Devices Attached to the Modem Router
- USB device requirements
- Connect a USB storage device to the router
- Access a storage device connected to the router from a Windows-based computer
- Map a USB device to a Windows network drive
- Access a storage device that is connected to the router from a Mac
- Enable FTP access within your network
- View network folders on a storage device
- Add a network folder on a USB storage device
- Edit a network folder on a USB storage device
- Safely remove a USB storage device
- 8. Use Dynamic DNS to Access USB Storage Devices Through the Internet
- 9. Use VPN to Access Your Network
- 10. Manage Port Forwarding and Port Triggering
- 11. Troubleshooting
- 12. Supplemental Information
Specify the Cable Connection Starting
Frequency
The starting frequency is automatically generated. For most Internet connections, you
do not need to specify this information. If you must enter a starting frequency, contact
your Internet provider.
To change the starting frequency:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the
modem router network.
2.
Enter http://routerlogin.net or 192.168.1.1.
A login window opens.
3. Enter the modem router user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the password you set the first time you
connected to the modem router. The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The BASIC Home page displays.
4. Select Cable Connection.
The page displays the status of all downstream and upstream channels and provides
a field for the starting frequency.
5.
Enter the starting frequency.
6. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
View Modem Router Initialization
You can track the initialization procedure of the modem router and get details about
the downstream and upstream cable channel. The time is displayed after the modem
router is initialized.
The modem router automatically goes through the following steps in the provisioning
process:
1. Scans and locks the downstream frequency and then ranges the upstream channels.
2. Obtains a WAN address for the modem router.
3. Connects to the Internet.
User Manual19Specify Your Internet Settings
Nighthawk AX6 AX2700 WiFI Cable Modem Router Model CAX30