User 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
- Remote access
- 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
- Back up Windows-based computers with ReadySHARE Vault
- Back up Mac computers with Time Machine
- 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
Note: When the Online LED lights, your cable modem router is still not connected
to the Internet. You must activate your cable modem router with your ISP.
If after 10 minutes the LED is still not solid white, verify the cable outlet is working
or call your ISP to make sure you have a connection.
6. Connect your computer or mobile device to the cable modem router with Ethernet
or WiFi:
• Ethernet. Use an Ethernet cable to connect a computer to an Ethernet port on
the cable modem router.
• WiFi. Use the WiFi network name (SSID) and password on the product label to
connect.
7. Launch a web browser and set up your cable modem router.
Enter routerlogin.net or 192.168.1.1 in the address field of the web browser.
Follow the prompts. You are asked to do the following:
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Agree to the Terms and Conditions.
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Change your modem router’s admin credentials and set up security questions.
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Review your WiFi network name and password.
8.
Collect the following information before starting to activate your internet service:
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Your ISP account information.
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Cable modem router model number, which is CAX80.
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Cable modem router serial number (on the product label).
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Cable modem router MAC address (on the product label).
9. Activate your internet service.
The following table lists activation contact information for ISPs that support your
cable modem router.
Table 3. Activation contact information
Activation contactCable Internet Provider
1-888-556-1193Cox
1-855-Mediacom
(1-855-633-4226)
Mediacom
1-877-810-6750Optimum
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Nighthawk AX8 AX6000 WiFI Cable Modem Router Model CAX80