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EZ Connect

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W i r el es s Ca b l e M od em G a tew a y

Install Guide

SMC8013WG

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Page 1: ...EZ Connect W i r el es s Ca b l e M od em G a tew a y Install Guide SMC8013WG ...

Page 2: ... to change specifications at any time without notice Copyright 2004 by SMC Networks Inc 38 Tesla Irvine California 926 18 All rights reserved T ra d e m a rk s Information furnished by SMC Networks Inc SMC is believed to be accurate and reliable H owever no responsibility is assumed by SMC for its use nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its u...

Page 3: ... you r Com pu te r Configuring W indows 95 98 Me Configuring W indows 2000 Configuring W indows X P Configuring a Macintosh Computer CH AP T E R 5 Con f igu rin g the W ire l e s s Ca b l e M od e m G a te w a y B rowser Configuration Disable P rox y Connection Accessing the W ireless Cable Modem G ateway W eb Management CH AP T E R 6 N a v iga tin g the W e b b a s e d Ad m in is tra tion Making ...

Page 4: ...thernet ports or 5 4 Mbps wireless interface 8 02 11g wireless interoperable with multiple vendors W ireless W E P and W P A encryption H ide SSID and MAC F iltering DH CP for dynamic IP configuration and DNS for domain name mapping F irewall with Stateful P acket Inspection client privileges hacker prevention DoS and NAT V P N pass through support using P P TP L 2TP or IP Sec U ser definable appl...

Page 5: ...l Control Software If possible retain the carton and original packing materials in case there is a need to return the product P lease register your product on SMC s web site at http www smc com S ys te m R e q u ire m e n ts Y ou must meet the following minimum req uirements P rovisioned Internet access from a cable operator that has approved the SMC8 013W G A computer eq uipped with a wired or wi...

Page 6: ... ic a tors The E Z Connect W ireless Cable Modem G ateway includes L E D indicators on the front panel that simplify installation and network troubleshooting The W ireless Cable Modem G ateway includes L E D indicators on the front panel that simplify installation and network troubleshooting L AB E L L E D COL OR ON FL AS H I N G OFF P ower G re e n P ower is supplied to the G ateway N A P ower is...

Page 7: ...a te w a y The R eset button is located on the rear panel of the E Z Connect W ireless Cable Modem G ateway U se a paper clip or a pencil tip to push the R eset button R e b oot If the G ateway is having problems connecting to the Internet simply hold down the reset button for less than 2 seconds then release R e s tore Fa c tory D e f a u l ts If rebooting the W ireless Cable Modem G ateway does ...

Page 8: ...less Cable Modem G ateway in a dusty or wet environment F or optimum wireless performance install the W ireless Cable Modem G ateway away from other electronic devices such as Monitors TV 2 4G H z Cordless P hones These devices can hamper your wireless throughput and distance The E Z Connect W ireless Cable Modem G ateway can be positioned two ways horiz ontal and vertical To install the W ireless...

Page 9: ...on 2 Con n e c t the W AN Connect a coax cable to the CATV port on the back of the W ireless Cable Modem G ateway from a cable port located in your home W hen connecting to the CATV port use only manufactured coax ial patch cables with F type connectors at both ends for all connections N ote If this modem was NO T installed by the cable service provider ISP or is being used to replace another cabl...

Page 10: ... roperties dialog box click the O btain an IP address automatically option see TCP IP dialog box to the right 6 Nex t click on the G ateway tab and verify the G ateway field is blank If there are IP addresses listed in the G ateway section highlight each one and click R emove until the section is empty 7 Click the O K button to close the TCP IP P roperties window 8 O n the Network P roperties W in...

Page 11: ... P C Con f igu rin g W in d ow s X P The following instructions assume you are running W indows X P with the default interface If you are using the Classic interface where the icons and menus look like previous W indows versions please follow the instructions for W indows 2000 outlined above 1 Access your Network settings by clicking Start choose Control P anel select Network and Internet Connecti...

Page 12: ... and screen shots were created using Mac O S 10 2 Mac O S 7 x and above are all very similar but may not be identical to Mac O S 10 2 1 P ull down the Apple Menu Click System P references and select Network Make sure that 2 B uilt in E thernet is selected in the Show field 3 O n the TCP IP tab select U sing DH CP in the Configure field 4 Close the TCP IP dialog box ...

Page 13: ...section of your browser D is a b l e P rox y Con n e c tion Y ou will also need to verify that the H TTP P rox y feature of your web browser is disabled This is so that your web browser will be able to view the web based configuration pages The following steps are for Internet E x plorer and for Netscape Determine which browser you use and follow the appropriate steps I n te rn e t E x pl ore r 5 ...

Page 14: ... some browsers it may be necessary to include 8 0 after the management IP address F or ex ample http 10 1 10 1 8 0 3 W hen the G ateway s L ogin screen appears enter the default username and password and click the L ogin button to access the W ireless Cable Modem G ateway P lease contact your cable operator for login and password information N OT E U sernames and P asswords are case sensitive 4 O ...

Page 15: ...G will keep an account logged in for The default Idle Time O ut value is 10 min To access the P assword Settings configuration page on the Side Navigation bar click on System link and then click on the P assword Settings link If your password is lost or you cannot gain access to the user interface contact your cable operator L A N Note Depending on your cable operator this option may not be availa...

Page 16: ...sses N OT E Do not to include the address of the E Z Connect W ireless Cable Modem G ateway 10 1 10 1 default IP in the client address pool W I R EL ESS Note Depending on your cable operator this option may not be available This section allows you to configure the W ireless Cable Modem G ateway s built in 5 4 Mbps 8 02 11g Access P oint To setup the wireless connections you will need to do define ...

Page 17: ...ss ID or Service Set ID of your wireless network This should be set to the same value as the other wireless devices in your network N OT E The SSID is case sensitive and can consist of up to 32 alphanumeric characters Cha n n e l The radio channel through which the G ateway communicates to clients over the wireless network N OT E If you are not getting good wireless performance try another wireles...

Page 18: ...ration page on the Side Navigation bar click on W ireless link and then click on the E ncryption link W E P Select W E P from the E ncryption Type drop down menu Select the Automatic O pen System or Shared K ey from the W E P Authentication Type drop down menu Y ou can choose between standard 6 4 bit or 128 bit encryption keys B elow is a screen shot of the configuration options for 6 4 bit W E P ...

Page 19: ...is mode click the 128 B it E ncryption option and the configuration section will be displayed Y ou can manually enter in the 26 digit hex adecimal key or use the passphrase option to generate random dynamic keys N OT E If you are having a difficult time getting the wireless connection up after enabling W E P please confirm that you have configured the SAME W E P key on both the W ireless Cable Mod...

Page 20: ...not be available Network Address Translation NAT allows multiple users at your local site to access the Internet through a single public IP address P ort Forw a rd in g The W ireless Cable Modem G ateway supports port forwarding that enables customers to host servers on their L AN Y ou can configure this feature to redirect the ex ternal service req uest to the appropriate internal server and port...

Page 21: ...AN from the pull down menu 2 E nter in the L AN Server IP for the L AN P C that is running this service or application 3 Y ou can also configure R emote IP s option to allow access to this specific port from the W AN side This can be configured for 3 different access types a Any IP Address Any choose this option to allow access to any public IP address b Single IP Address Single Address choose thi...

Page 22: ...ddress choose this option to allow access to a single public IP address c IP Address R ange Address R ange choose the option to allow a range of public IP addresses 5 Set the P ublic P ort that this application will use on the W AN Internet side 6 Set the P rivate P ort that the L AN P C will be waiting for this traffic data from B elow is an ex ample setting for a W E B server on an internet conn...

Page 23: ...figuration page on the Side Navigation bar click on F irewall link and then click on the Access Control link To enable this feature check the E nable Access Control checkbox There are 2 sections that can be configured for Access Control R ules The first section is used to configure the Access R ules for the P ublic L AN from the Internet These rules will enable services on the public L AN to be ac...

Page 24: ...e of IP Addresses If you choose Any for the L AN IP s you don t need to configure the Start IP or E nd IP options If you choose Single address enter in the L AN IP address of the P C into the Start IP section If you choose Address R ange enter in the starting L AN IP address in the Start IP section and enter in the ending L AN IP address of the range you want in the E nd IP section 5 W hen your co...

Page 25: ...onding port number U sers should find out the correct port number from the application vendor F or ex ample if you are trying to block access to a P eer 2 P eer file sharing application then you should visit that applications web site to see the ports it works with 7 W hen your configuration is complete click the Apply button to save your changes and return to the main Access Control page S pe c i...

Page 26: ...tween the outgoing and incoming data traffic N OT E If you set this value to low the incoming ports will be closed before the return data arrives at the firewall and the connection will be broken and the application will not work 7 The last 2 options are for Advanced U sers most users can leave this at the default settings IR R eplacement Default Setting Disable address replacement Allow sessions ...

Page 27: ...e new keyword or U R L address would be listed in the tex t box below N OT E This list will support 24 K eywords or U R L s If you want a P C on your network to bypass these rules you will need to set that P C as an E x empted P C Trusted H ost To configure this option check the Add Trusted H ost option and enter the L AN IP address of the P C that you want to bypass the U R L K eyword blocking fu...

Page 28: ...AP P L Y button to save your settings E m a il S ys l og Al e rt Note Depending on your cable operator this option may not be available The W ireless Cable Modem G ateway can provide network log and alert information to keep you updated The G ateway can send an e mail to as many as 4 users alerting them of an attempted intrusion or hacker attack The G ateway also supports a Syslog Client so you ca...

Page 29: ...figure the E mail Alert feature 1 E nter in your SMTP Server Address this is also referred to as the outgoing mail server 2 E nter in the Sender s E mail Address this is the email address that is associated with the outgoing mail server account 3 E nter in your email U ser Name 4 E nter in your email P assword N OT E If you don t have your SMTP or outgoing mail server information please contact yo...

Page 30: ...to send this to 7 E nter in the R ecipient s E mail Address as the email address you want to send the alert to 8 W hen complete click the Apply button to save your settings and return to the main E mail Syslog Alert configuration page If you need to edit or delete an ex isting email account follow the steps below 1 Check the radio button nex t to the email entry 2 Click the E dit or Delete button ...

Page 31: ...specific Day and Time that the Alert is sent out D M Z H os t Note Depending on your cable operator this option may not be available If you have a client P C that cannot run an Internet application properly from behind the firewall then you can open the client up to unrestricted two way Internet access E nter the IP address of a DMZ host to this screen Adding a client to the DMZ Demilitariz ed Z o...

Page 32: ...and then click on the R eboot link To reboot the W ireless Cable Modem G ateway follow the steps below 1 Click the Apply button 2 Click O K on the confirmation dialog box 3 The G ateway will reboot N OT E The R eboot will be complete when the power L E D stops blinking STA TU S The Status screen displays W AN L AN connection status firmware and hardware version numbers illegal attempts to access y...

Page 33: ...lient and the MAC Address of the client s network adapter The Cable Modem System E vent L og shows diagnostic information about your connection and cable system Note Depending on your cable operator this option may not be available The Cable Status page shows the users the initializ ation process the SMC8 013W G has been through and also includes the information about the downstream channel and th...

Page 34: ...f you computer is setup for DH CP then your TCP IP configuration should be similar to the information displayed IP Address 10 1 10 X x is number between 100 and 199 Note depending on your cable operator the default IP address of the gateway may be 192 16 8 0 1 Subnet 25 5 25 5 25 5 0 G ateway 10 1 10 1 If you have an IP address that starts with 16 9 25 4 X X X X X X then see section A 2 If you hav...

Page 35: ...configured for DH CP follow the steps below 1 O pen a DO S window as described above 2 Type ipconfig release without the q uotes 3 Then type ipconfig renew without the q uotes O nce you are able to get a valid IP address from the W ireless Cable Modem G ateway you can now access the web based Administration pages Depending on your cable operator the default IP address of the gateway is either 10 1...

Page 36: ...button 3 At the prompt type ping 10 1 10 1 Depending on your cable operator the default IP address of the gateway is either 10 1 10 1 or 192 16 8 0 1 After you click enter to ex ecute the P ING command you will get some information back below is an outline of the possible return messages G ood Con n e c tion B a d Con n e c tion There may be something wrong in your installation procedure Check the...

Page 37: ... is Of f or Fl a s hin g ACTIO N P ower Cycle the G ateway U nplug the G ateway wait 5 seconds plug it back into power Confirm your cable operator is not having network issues and the network is up and running If you cannot isolate the problem contact your cable operator for assistance S Y M P T ON W ire l e s s L E D is Of f ACTIO N Check to insure the wireless card in the back panel is firmly pl...

Page 38: ...ay R efer to the W ire l e s s s e c tion of CH AP T E R 6 If W ireless MAC F iltering is enabled Trusted P Cs only ensure that the wireless computer s MAC Address has been added to the W ireless Access L ist Contact your cable operator for assistance if you do not have these options available in your login S Y M P T ON M y V P N V oI P m u l tim e d ia or othe r a ppl ic a tion is n ot w ork in g...

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