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Page 2: ...tions 10 8 CONFIGURING MEDIA GATEWAY FOR INTERNET CONNECTION 13 8 1 Setting Up an Account Profile 13 8 2 Establishing a PPP Session 18 8 3 Disconnecting a PPP Session 20 9 SETTING UP MACINTOSH OS X 22...

Page 3: ...ng Static NAT 96 15 MAINTENANCE 98 15 1 Backup Restore 98 15 2 Firewall Log 99 15 3 Administrative Password 101 15 4 Remote Access 102 15 5 Update Device 103 16 TROUBLESHOOTING 108 16 1 System Self Te...

Page 4: ...ETY INSTRUCTIONS Never install any telephone wiring during a lightning storm Never install telephone jacks in wet locations unless the jack is specifically designed for wet locations Never touch non i...

Page 5: ...d radio TV technician for help Modifications made to the product could void the users right to operate the equipment PART 68 COMPLIANCE REGISTRATION This equipment Model WMT complies with Part 68 of t...

Page 6: ...ion is not practical the telephone company will notify you as soon as possible You will be advised of your right to file a complaint with the FCC if you believe such action is necessary The telephone...

Page 7: ...8 SE ME NT 4 0 2000 or XP Macintosh OS X or Linux installed x 64 MB RAM 128 MB recommended x 10 MB of free hard drive space x TCP IP Protocol stack installed x 10 100 Base T Network Interface Card NIC...

Page 8: ...es with wake on LAN capability where slight voltage is supplied to an Ethernet connection ETHERNET E1 WAN E2 E3 E4 OFF Communication Subsystem power is OFF no cable or no powered device is connected t...

Page 9: ...the following x A Network Interface Card NIC installed in your PC or x An IEEE 802 11b g adapter 7 2 Before you begin Make sure that your kit contains the following items x Media Gateway Base Unit x P...

Page 10: ...the Media Gateway NOTE You may connect to any of the three Ethernet E2 E3 or E4 jacks on the rear panel of the Media Gateway base unit as they serve as an Ethernet switch 2 Connect the DC 12V power s...

Page 11: ...settings in the advanced properties of the wireless network adapter To network Media Gateway using a wireless installation you will need to confirm the following 1 Ensure that an 802 11b gwireless net...

Page 12: ...ord to the power connector marked 12V AC on the rear panel of the base unit Plug the other end of the power supply into an AC wall socket and then turn on the power switch if is it not already turned...

Page 13: ...provider does not support PPPoE please refer to your service provider s instructions for establishing an Internet connection If you are using PPPoE to establish your Internet connection please followi...

Page 14: ...help click on the Help button to learn more about the screen or see section Error Reference source not found Help for additional information on the help messages Type in your account parameters Accoun...

Page 15: ...parameters to take effect Click on reset if you do not want the account parameters that you entered to take effect or if you want to re enter the parameters Enter the VPI and VCI values 0 for VPI and...

Page 16: ...tocol type that you obtained from your ISP Click on next When the SET UP COMPLETE screen appears you have successfully completed your Account Profile setup Click on done NOTE The PROTOCOL screen will...

Page 17: ...tocol values in the preceding screens If you did not change any of these values this pop up screen will not appear and Media Gateway will not be reset If the Media Gateway s connection setting is set...

Page 18: ...display UP If the connection setting is set to Manual you must click on the Connect button to establish a PPP session Once the PPP session has been established PPP Status displays UP you may proceed...

Page 19: ...y Model WMT User Guide After a PPP session has been established the PPP Status will display UP Congratulations You may now browse the Internet For example if you want to visit BellSouth s home page ty...

Page 20: ...ceding screen The following pop up screen will appear Click on OK to disconnect the PPP session Warning If you disconnect the PPP session this will disconnect Media Gateway from the Internet and all c...

Page 21: ...e click on the X close in the upper right corner of the window Closing the window will not affect your PPP Status your PPP session will not be disconnected You must click the disconnect button to disc...

Page 22: ...twork configuration for Macintosh OS X Open the System Preference Screen After you have connected Media Gateway to the Ethernet port of your Macintosh the screen below will appear Click the Apple icon...

Page 23: ...rk icon at the System Preferences screen the Network screen will be displayed Select New Location from the Location field Name the New Location After selecting New Location from the Network screen the...

Page 24: ...IP Connection To verify that the computer is communicating with Media Gateway follow the instructions below 1 Go to the Apple icon in the upper right corner of the screen and select System Preferences...

Page 25: ...n the address window of your Internet Explorer web browser type http 192 168 1 254 and then press Enter on your keyboard The Getting Started screen will be displayed You may now begin your Account Set...

Page 26: ...through 17 The Media Gateway Communications Subsystem allows you to make changes to advanced features such as account profiles routing configurations and firewall settings The following sections expla...

Page 27: ...e screens If you have set up your account profile and established your PPP session as discussed in section 8 the following settings will be displayed when you click on your Home page Click on profile...

Page 28: ...up screen to save your new connection If you do not want to add a connection profile click on Close in the New Connection screen NOTE NAT Profiles allow you to create specific service settings A NAT P...

Page 29: ...in the preceding screen the Edit My Connection screen will appear Follow the steps in the Edit My Connection screen to change your existing connection profile which you set up in section 8 If you do...

Page 30: ...ample browsing the Internet email etc When you have traffic it may cause a delay Always On Selecting this feature allows Media Gateway to automatically establish a PPP session when you log on or if th...

Page 31: ...ion Name This is from the connection profile that you established in section 8 Connection Duration This field will display how long your PPP session has been connected Status This field will display t...

Page 32: ...nufacturer s model number Serial Number Media Gateway manufacturer s serial number MAC Address Media Access Controller MAC i e hardware address of this device Software Version Version of Application S...

Page 33: ...NOTE Single Static IP SSI allows the user to share the WAN assigned IP address with one device on the LAN By doing this the device with the SSI becomes visible on the Internet Network Address Translat...

Page 34: ...isted in the window Click on enable NOTE The Single Static IP Configuration screen allows you to select the device on your LAN that will share your Single Static IP If you select a device and clicked...

Page 35: ...lick on OK If you clicked on OK in the preceding screen the following screen will be displayed Media Gateway will be reset and the new configuration will take effect After a brief delay the home page...

Page 36: ...er NOTE If you chose to enable User Configured PC wait for Media Gateway to reset and then manually enter the WAN IP Gateway and Subnet mask addresses you obtained from your ISP into a PC 13 1 2 Disab...

Page 37: ...the modem to be reset and the new configuration will take effect Click on OK If you clicked on OK in the preceding screen the following screen will be displayed Media Gateway will be reset and the ne...

Page 38: ...appropriate ports on Media Gateway are open and that the required application traffic can pass through your LAN For a list of supported services go to section 17 NAT Services NAT Profiles allow you t...

Page 39: ...twork Address Translation services that you have selected Service Name Drop down selection menu of NAT Network Address Translation service you can select to configure the Media Gateway UPNP Enable Fac...

Page 40: ...lect Service Configuration from the Configuration screen 2 Click the UPNP Enable box a check mark will appear in the box 3 Follow the instructions in the pop up screens 4 Click OK to Reset the Media G...

Page 41: ...OK in the preceding screen the following screen will be displayed Media Gateway will be reset automatically and the new configuration will take effect After a brief delay the home page will be display...

Page 42: ...r if you want to set up a different connection setting for a profile you can create new NAT profiles and customize them to your preference NOTE You may create up to four NAT profiles and attach an unl...

Page 43: ...rvice Profile 1 from the Current Profile drop down arrow If you selected A New Service Profile 1 from the Current Profile drop down arrow the following screen will be displayed This screen shows that...

Page 44: ...wing screen will be displayed By selecting the edit button you can make changes to your profile name and then later add to or delete NAT services from that profile Type your new NAT service profile na...

Page 45: ...e Edit NAT Profile screen the following pop up screen will be displayed Click OK to save your new profile settings If you click on Cancel your new profile settings will not be saved The following scre...

Page 46: ...y are open and that the required application traffic can pass through your LAN For a list of supported NAT services go to section 17 NAT Services To add a NAT service select Services from the Configur...

Page 47: ...will be displayed If you click OK you will allow incoming connections to be forwarded to a designated local PC If you click Cancel you will allow only outgoing connections from any local PC Click OK o...

Page 48: ...e NAT service you selected on your local area network You must either select the device from the Host Device drop down arrow or type an IP address in the field labeled IP Address If you click on Cance...

Page 49: ...screen will display the details of the selected NAT service If you click on the delete button in the Service Configuration screen you will remove that NAT service from your NAT service profile Click o...

Page 50: ...security allows customization through NAT configuration so that you can enable the traffic that you want to pass Low The Low security setting will allow all traffic except for known attacks With Low s...

Page 51: ...restrict inbound traffic from the WAN to the LAN Outbound restricts outbound traffic to the WAN from the LAN To apply the new settings click Apply in the screen labeled User Defined Firewall Rules Th...

Page 52: ...reset Media Gateway to factory default settings push the reset button on the rear of the Media Gateway If you clicked save in the User Define Firewall Rules screen the following pop up screen will be...

Page 53: ...7 Rev A 53 July 2006 Media Gateway Model WMT User Guide If you select Help in the screen labeled User Defined Firewall Rules the following screen will be displayed This screen gives a detailed explana...

Page 54: ...ures For privacy you may change the Network Name SSID value in the Wireless Configuration screen to your desired value NOTE Client PCs can use any Wireless Fidelity Wi Fi 802 11b g certified card to c...

Page 55: ...stem Possible Response Open System Open System authentication is the default selection Shared Key To use Shared Key authentication WEP must be enabled and a valid WEP key must be present Enabling WEP...

Page 56: ...g will be performed for any data or management MPDU containing a number of bytes greater than the threshold If this value is larger than the MSDU size typically set by the fragmentation threshold no h...

Page 57: ...se Always Off ERP is not used Always ON ERP is used Local STA s If there are any associated stations than do not support ERP a protection algorithm is used to prevent contention Dynamic Similar to loc...

Page 58: ...nt to Key Mapping Table in the Wireless Configuration screen WEP Key Select Enable is you want this WEP key enabled for the listed MAC Address MAC Address The MAC address assigned to the station for w...

Page 59: ...wed When the MAC Filter is enabled only stations in the MAC Filter Table which are set to Allowed will have access to the AP Blocked This allows the station to remain in the table but no access to the...

Page 60: ...t are available if you select Advanced LAN from the Configuration menu 13 5 1 DNS Configuration The following settings will be displayed if you select DNS from the Advanced LAN menu User Assigned DNS...

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