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Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 

User Guide 

 

Version 2.0 

 

 

 

Summary of Contents for NC800

Page 1: ...Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 User Guide Version 2 0 ...

Page 2: ... a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna of the radio or television Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Co...

Page 3: ... regulations This product is provided with a separate Regulatory Safety Software License and Warranty Information card If one is not provided with this product please ask your service provider or point of purchase representative as the case may be THIS PRODUCT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ONE OR MORE OF THE STANDARDS LISTED ON THE REGULATORY SAFETY SOFTWARE LICENSE AND WARRANTY INFORMATION CARD NOT ALL S...

Page 4: ...d Connections to the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 Direct connection 19 Wired Connections to the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 Connections via other network devices 19 Wireless Connections to the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 19 4 Setting up the PCs 21 Configuring Windows 98 and Millennium ME PCs 21 Configuring Windows 2000 PCs 22 Configuring Windows XP PCs 24 5 Motorola Cellular Gateway NC8...

Page 5: ...Firewall 64 Firewall Permanent Port Forwarding 64 Firewall Application Triggered Port Forwarding 66 Firewall MAC Address Filtering 68 Firewall Port Filtering 69 Firewall DMZ Host 70 Logging 71 Logging Statistics Logging 71 Logging Internet Site Logging 73 Logging System Log Messages 74 Administration 75 Administration Status 76 Administration Support Server Registration 78 Administration Firmware ...

Page 6: ...ween two or more computers You can connect your home network to the Internet through the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 The Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 is the central connection point between your computers and the Internet It directs routes information between the computers connected to your home network A built in CDMA wireless modem transmits information between your home network and the I...

Page 7: ...rs to exchange data The connection between your computers and the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 may be with a wireless or a wired connection or a combination of the two Your network can use one or any combination of the following network connections Ethernet local area network LAN Two connections are provided Wireless LAN IEEE 802 11g that also supports IEEE 802 11b wireless clients Powerful fea...

Page 8: ... notebooks is either by the 802 11b g WLAN interface or the Ethernet LAN interface In this example the PC is connected to the Ethernet LAN and the notebook is connected via the WLAN interface The 802 11g WLAN interface supports an effective data transmission rate of up to 22Mbps Note that if devices are present on the WLAN that support 802 11b the effective data transmission rate drops to 11 Mbps ...

Page 9: ...hernet port via a hub or switch A fourth computer connected to the LAN 2 Ethernet port This could be a De Militarized Zone DMZ computer Motorola Cellular Gateway CDMA Antenna PDA Wireless LAN devices LAN2 LAN1 Figure 2 Typical application of a Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 in a small office environment Security The Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 provides the following security mechanisms A fire...

Page 10: ... Cellular Gateway PDA DMZ computer Wireless security WPA PSK or WEP encryption MAC access control lists CDMA Antenna Wireless LAN devices Ethernet LAN devices Note The gateway and the DMZ computer are visible from the Internet and are therefore shown on the Internet side of the firewall However physically the firewall runs as an application on the gateway Firewall Figure 3 Motorola Cellular Gatewa...

Page 11: ...ation is considered authentic The challenge response handshake is repeated in the opposite direction for mutual authentication By default the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 is set to open system authentication which provides no security for transmitted data You can use either the Setup Wizard or the instructions in this guide to enable a reasonable level of security by configuring a WEP key on th...

Page 12: ...with the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 Package Contents The following items should be present in the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 package Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 Power Adapter 220 110 VAC 50 60 Hz input 12VDC 1 8A output Ethernet Cable External CDMA Antenna A CD containing this manual as well as the logging scripts the logging scripts are described in section 7 Quick Installation Guid...

Page 13: ...mode connection 100 Green This LED lights up when a successful 100Mbps connection is made through the corresponding port If the LED is not on then the connection made through this port is 10Mbps LAN 2 Indicators Act Green This LED serves as the link operational indicator and as the activity indicator It is permanently on green when there is a valid LAN connection with no activity and flickers when...

Page 14: ...nly WAN Antenna This is a connector for the external CDMA antenna It provides access to the Internet through a CDMA base station CAUTION Only the provided external antenna should be mounted LAN 1 Port This is an 802 3 10 100Mbps Full Half Duplex LAN interface It provides wired access to the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 for devices equipped with 802 3 LAN modules Use this port to connect to netw...

Page 15: ...only Ethernet Cable Ethernet cable specifications Cable CAT5E 24AWG UTP 4T P stranded round cable Outside Diameter 5 3mm Connector RJ 45 8P8C plug contact plated gold 50U PVC Color gray External CDMA Antenna The external CDMA antenna can either be wall mounted using the bracket supplied with the antenna or it can be attached to a glass or metal surface using the suction cups The bracket and the su...

Page 16: ...imilar chemicals Do not spray cleaners directly on the unit or use forced air to remove dust Warning Electrostatic discharges ESD to the Motorola Cellular Gateway could cause the device to require a manual reset Signing up for Service In order to access the Internet and other online services you must be activated with a CDMA service provider To activate your service call your local CDMA service pr...

Page 17: ...esent in most wireless adapters software to experiment with the signal strength in various positions in the building where you are going to use the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 4 Keep the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 away at least 1 2 meters from electrical devices that generate Radio Frequency RF noise For the average home or office signal range should not be an issue If you experience low ...

Page 18: ...he following sequence The Power light turns on when AC power is connected to the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 and indicates that the power supply is working properly The Signal light indicates the presence of a CDMA signal Good signal strength will make the light appear solid green The Link light turns on indicating a connection on the WAN interface The Act light flashes when there is activity ...

Page 19: ... using a hub or a switch you can connect one of these devices directly to the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 using the LAN port The port is designed to automatically detect and handle both straight through and crossover cables Wireless Connections to the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 Wireless communication occurs over radio waves rather than a wire Like a cordless telephone a wireless LAN uses ...

Page 20: ...Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP or WLAN Protected Access Pre Shared Key WPA PSK security settings before it can connect to the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 see the Detailed Configuration section As many as 32 wireless clients can be connected to a Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 However remember that each client is sharing the available bandwidth with all the other clients on the wireless network ...

Page 21: ...r both LAN and WLAN connections Refer to your Wireless adapter s installation manual for detailed information about Wireless connections Configuring Windows 98 and Millennium ME PCs 1 Click on the button Select Settings Control Panel 2 Double click on the icon 3 In the Network dialog box select TCP IP for the applicable Ethernet adapter Click on the Properties button 4 Select the IP Address tab Se...

Page 22: ... disk Insert your Windows CD into your CD ROM drive and let Windows finish installing updating the necessary files 9 Windows may also ask you to restart the PC please do so If Windows does not ask you to restart do so anyway Configuring Windows 2000 PCs Use the following procedure to configure Windows 2000 PCs to connect to the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 1 Click on the button Select Settings ...

Page 23: ...ol TCP IP is selected Select Internet Protocol TCP IP and click on the Properties button 5 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically 6 Click on OK to close the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties page 7 On the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box click on OK to close it ...

Page 24: ...Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 as a DHCP server as follows 1 Click on the button Select Double click on 2 The Network Connections Screen is displayed 3 Check that the applicable adapter is enabled If not right click and Enable the applicable Local Area Connection by selecting Enable from the pop up list 4 Right click on for the applicable Ethernet adapter Choose the Properties entry at the bottom...

Page 25: ...otocol TCP IP Properties screen is displayed The computer must be configured to Obtain an IP address automatically and also Obtain DNS server address automatically 7 Click OK to complete Click OK on the Local Area Connection Properties screen and Close on any other screens still left open ...

Page 26: ...ly o A LAN connection via the Ethernet adapter from the Gateway to the PC It is preferable to use a wired connection to LAN 1 Logging In Open a browser to the default address of the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 http 192 168 1 1 If you have already changed the IP address of the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 then use the new IP address instead of the default address When prompted for a user nam...

Page 27: ...es stack of buttons on the left of the page Setup Wizard This wizard helps you to perform the necessary changes to the default settings of the Motorola Cellular Gateway NC800 to prepare it for your personal use If you have more specialized requirements the detailed configuration screens accessible via the remaining buttons are available for more advanced configuration Signal Strength This option e...

Page 28: ...00 needs to re initialize parts of its software according to the changes that you have made Closing or moving on to other menus will not apply the modified settings Most pages have a Reset button If you have made any changes that you do not want to save click on the Reset button to reset the settings on the current page to those that were there when you entered the page Factory Default Settings fo...

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