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- 1 - EZ Co nnect ™ Ca ble Mod em Gateway Install Guide SMC 8014[...]
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- 2 - Cop yr igh t Information furnish ed by S MC Ne tworks, I nc. (SMC) is believ ed to be a ccura te a nd reliable. However , no responsibil ity is assum ed by SMC for its use, no r for any infr ingements of p atents or other rig hts of third par tie s w hich ma y r esult from i ts use. No li cense is gra nted b y implica tio n or o therwis e und[...]
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- 3 - TAB L E O F CO NTE N TS C HAP TER 1 | I nt rodu ctio n Fea t ur es a nd B e ne fi ts Pac kage Con tent s Mini mu m R equi re m ents CH APTE R 2 | Ge tt in g to k now t h e EZ Conn ec t™ Cable Mo dem Gat ewa y LED Indicato rs Rear Pan el Descriptio n Re sett in g and Restor i ng the E Z Connect™ Cable Modem G ate way CH APTE R 3 | In s t a[...]
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- 4 - CHAPTER 1 | Introd uct ion Con gratul at ions on your purch ase of the EZ Connect™ Cable Modem Gateway. SMC is proud to pro vid e yo u wi t h a pow er f ul y et s im p le c om m uni ca ti o n d e vic e fo r co nn e cti ng yo ur l o ca l ar ea n et work (L AN) t o the Inte rne t. Feature s a nd Be nefits • E Z 3 -Cl ick I n sta lla ti on W[...]
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- 5 - Pack age Content s Bef ore instal l ing the E Z Connect™ Cable M ode m Gateway, verif y th at you have the item s liste d und er below. Al so b e sure that you have th e nece ssary cablin g. If any of the items are missin g or da mage d, co ntac t yo ur lo cal SMC distrib utor . • 1 - EZ Connect™ Cable Mo dem Ga teway • 1 - Power adap[...]
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- 6 - CHAPTER 2 | G ett ing to Kno w th e EZ Connect™ Cable Modem Gateway Th e EZ C o n n ec t™ C ab l e Mo d e m G a t ew a y is t h e per f ec t al l in o ne s o lu ti o n, f o r t he ho me o r bu siness en vironment . This f ull -featured d evice h as: • An appr ov ed DOC S IS 1 .1 a nd 2.0 C abl e mo de m • Adv anced SPI Firewal l Ga te[...]
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- 7 - Rear P a nel De scr ip ti o n It em Des cri p ti o n Pow e r Co nn ec t th e in cl ud ed pow er a da p ter to t hi s p ort . Res et Us e this b ut to n to r es et t he p o wer o r r es to r e th e d efa ul t fa c tor y s etti ngs . LAN 1- 4 Fou r 10/100 Auto- sen sing switch ports (RJ- 45). Connec t device s o n your loc al are a network to t[...]
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- 8 - CHAPTER 3 | Instal latio n The EZ Co nn ect™ Ca ble Mode m Ga teway ca n be install ed in any locatio n w here you have cabl e In tern et acces s, and your c ab le Int ernet s er vice pro vider h as approve d the Gat eway. To co nfir m yo u m e et t h ese 2 cri t eri a p oi nts , p l eas e co n tact y o u r ca bl e op era t or. Fo r g ener [...]
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- 9 - CHA PT ER 4 | Con fi gur i ng y our Co mp uter The information outlined in this c hapter will guide yo u through the configuration for the fol lowing Operating Systems: • Win dows 95/98 • Wind ows Me • Win dows 2000 • Window s X P • Apple Ma cintos h Con fi gurin g Win d ows 95 / 98 /Me 1. A ccess your Network settings by clic ki ng[...]
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- 10 - Con fi gurin g Win d ows 20 0 0 1. A ccess your Network settings by clic ki ng [Start ], c ho ose [S et ti ngs], a nd th e n se lect [Con tro l P ane l] 2. I n the Cont rol Pane l, loc ate and dou ble - cl ick the [Net wor k and Dial -up Co nne ct ion s] i c on 3. Lo c ate and double -cl ic k the [L ocal A rea Co nne ct ion ] ic on f or the [...]
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- 11 - 6. Reboot yo ur PC. Config uri ng a M a ci nt osh C o mp ute r Yo u ma y fi nd t hat th e i ns tr uc ti o ns h er e d o no t exa c tl y m a tc h yo ur sc re e n. T his is b eca us e t h es e ste ps and s creen sho ts were created usin g Mac OS 10.2. Mac OS 7.x and above are all very si mila r, bu t ma y no t be id en tica l to Ma c OS 10.2 .[...]
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- 12 - CHA PT ER 5 | Con fi gur i ng t h e EZ Con nec t™ Ca bl e Mod em Ga te wa y Aft er y o u ha v e co n fi g ur ed TC P/ IP o n a cli ent co m pu t e r , use a w eb b r ow s er t o co n f ig ur e t h e EZ Co nn ec t™ C a bl e M od e m G a tew a y. T he G a tew a y ca n b e co nfi g ur ed b y a ny J a va- s up po r t ed browse r i nclu ding [...]
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- 13 - Accessin g the EZ Connect™ Cable Modem Gat e wa y’s W eb Management To access the EZ Co nnect™ Cable Modem Gateway’s web-b ased ma nagement screen s , fol low the steps be low: 1. Launch your w eb-browse r. NO TE : Yo ur com p u t er d o es no t hav e to be O NL IN E to co nfi g ur e th e EZ Co nn e ct ™ Cab l e Mod em Ga tew a y. [...]
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- 14 - CHAPTER 6 | Nav igati ng the Web -based Admi nistrat ion Th e EZ C o n n ec t™ C ab l e Mod em Ga t ew ay’ s ma na ge m e nt i n t erfa c e al low s yo u to co nfig ur e b o t h ba si c a nd a dva nc ed f ea t ur es a nd op ti o ns . So m e o f th e s e ad van c ed f un cti ons i ncl ud e: hack er attack d etecti on, IP and MAC a ddr ess[...]
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- 15 - LAN IP Us e th e L A N s e ctio n t o co nfig ur e t he L AN I P a dd ress fo r t h e G a t ew a y a nd to e nab l e t h e DHC P serv er fo r d yna mi c cli en t a dd r es s a ll o ca ti o n. Y o u ca n a ls o co nfi g ur e the L eas e Ti m e for t h e DHC P cli e nts o n yo ur netw or k . Priv ate L A N I P Sett i ng s Define the Gateway’[...]
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- 16 - To a ccess the Po rt F orwardi ng configura tion pag e, o n the Side Navigatio n bar, c lick o n [NAT] li n k and then cl ick on the [Por t For wardin g] l ink . Thi s P or t F o rw a rd ing f u nc tio n s up p or ts 2 t ypes o f S er v ices : • Pred efi n ed S e rvi c e • Cus to m er D efi ne d S er vi c e Predef ined S ervic e The Pred[...]
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- 17 - Cu s tom er D efi ned S ervic e R ul e (Cu sto m) The Custome r Defined Service sect ion allows you to custom configure a Port For warding rule with any Traffic type (TCP/UDP /TCP a nd UDP), Public Port , and Private Port. To con fi gure th is cu stom opt ion , fol low the s tep s bel ow: 1. Enter i n a Desc riptio n [ Nam e] fo r t his cus [...]
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- 18 - With this configur ation , all HTTP (Web) TCP traffic on port 8000 from any IP Addre ss from the WAN side will be redire cted t hr ough the f irewal l to t he Inte r nal Serve r (192.168. 0.100) on port 80. NO TE : T his co n fi gur a t io n i s us ef ul b eca us e yo u do n’ t ha v e to r eco n fig u re y o u r w eb ser v er to acc ep t t[...]
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- 19 - The s econ d sec ti on is use d to conf igu r e Acce ss Rule s for the P ri vate LA N to the Int ernet . These ru les will bloc k se rvice s on the priv a te LAN to the In ternet . Fo r co nv e nie n ce , ea c h A c cess Co ntr ol s ecti o n in cl ud es 2 fi l t eri ng o p tio ns : • Pred efi n ed F i lt eri ng • Cus to m er D efi ne d F[...]
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- 20 - 3. On the Cust o mer Def ined Filter page , defin e a Name for the se r vice /applic ation th a t yo u w a nt t o b lo ck . NO TE : The Na me is on ly fo r re feren ce pu rp o se s. 4. Then s elect the pr oto col type fr om th e pu ll-dow n men u t hat t hey w o uld lik e to bl ock. The options are TC P | UD P | TC P/ UDP. 5. Se lect the [ L[...]
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- 21 - To configure a Sp ec ial Appli cation R ule, follow the s teps outlined b elo w : 1. On t he S id e Na vi ga ti o n ba r , cli ck o n [F ir ewa ll] th e n s e le ct [ Sp e ci al Appl i ca ti on ] 2. Cl ick on the [Add ] butt on on the Spe c ial Ap pl i ca t ion p age to acc e ss the [T rigge r] co nfi g ur at i on s e c ti o n. 3. E nt er in[...]
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- 22 - URL Blocking Th is sect ion allo ws you to contr ol the co ntent net work. This featur e is good f or both business an d par ents loo king to cont rol the conten t access ib le fr om a web bro wser . To a cc e ss the U RL Bloc kin g conf igur ati o n p ag e, on th e S id e Na vi gat ion b ar , cl ick on [F ir ewa ll ] link a nd t h e n cl i [...]
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- 23 - To ac ce ss th e Sc he dule Ru l e c onf igu r at ion page , on the S i de N a vi gat ion ba r, c l ic k on [ Fire wall ] link a nd th e n cli ck o n th e [Sc h ed ul e Ru le ] link . To ena bl e this op tio n, c lick t h e [E nab l e S che du le F unc tio n] che ckb ox . To co nfig ur e S che du le R ul es, fo llow th e s t eps ou tli ned b[...]
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- 24 - TOOL S Th e T o ols m e n u al l ow s a user t o Re b oo t t he G at ew a y. To reboot the Gatew ay , foll ow t he steps below : 1. Cl ick the [A pp ly ] butt o n 2. Clic k [OK] on the conf irmation dialo g box 3. The Gateway will reboot. NO TE : T he Reboo t wil l be c ompl ete w he n the pow er L ED s tops bli nking. STA TUS The Statu s s [...]
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- 25 - The L AN Cl ient Lo g shows the cl i ent s connecte d to the G ate way and the ty p e of connec tion . Thi s a ls o s hows t h e IP a dd r ess a s si gn ed t o th e c l ie nt a nd t h e MAC Ad dr ess o f th e c li en t’ s net work adapter. Th e C ab le M od em Sys te m Ev e nt L og sh ow s di a g no s ti c inf orma ti o n ab ou t yo ur co [...]
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- 26 - AP PEN DIX A | Tel ne t a n d S S H CL I Co m ma nds Refer to t he 8014 CLI docu ment for com mand s peci fics. APPENDIX B | Troubleshooting Thi s a p p e ndi x d es cr ib es co m mo n p r obl em s yo u m ay e nc o un t er a nd p os si bl e s ol uti ons to t he m. B .1 | V eri fy you ar e co nn ec t ed to th e EZ Co n nec t™ Ca bl e Mo d e[...]
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- 27 - Co nfi r m t ha t y o u ha v e a g oo d li nk l ig ht o n t he Ga t ew a y’ s p or t to w hi ch thi s co mp u te r is conn ecte d. If not, ple ase try ano the r cabl e. If yo u hav e a g ood li nk li gh t, p l ea s e o p e n up a DO S w i ndow as d es cri b ed i n s e cti o n A .1 a nd ty p e “ipc onf ig /renew” (withou t the quotes) I[...]
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- 28 - sett ings will be erased! If y ou still cannot acce ss th e Gateway once you have reset it, please contact your cable ope rator for assistance. B. 4 | P ing ing the EZ Co nne ct ™ Ca b le M ode m G a te wa y To v eri f yi ng Yo ur T C P/ IP C o nn e ctio n i s co nfi g ur ed pr o per l y a nd y o u a r e a bl e to ac ces s th e E Z Conn ec[...]
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- 29 - B .5 | Sy mptom / A cti on Trou bl eshoo ti n g The Ga teway ca n be easily mo ni tored t hroug h pan el i ndicators t o id entify pro bl ems. P leas e re fer to Chapte r 2 – Sect ion 2.0 | LE D Defi niti ons to conf irm you have the co rrect LED st a tus. If no t, t hen r ef er to th e sy m pt oms and a ctio ns o utli n ed bel o w: SY MPT[...]
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- 30 - ACTIO N: • Co nf igu re a Spe c i al Ap p l ica t ion ru le as de s c ribe d in th e Fi rewal l secti on of CHAPT E R 6. • Co nfi r m t ha t a n A c ces s C o nt ro l (P ort F i l teri ng) r ul e is no t b l o ck ing t h e por ts us e d b y the a pp li cati o n. R ef er to t h e Fi re wal l secti on of CH APTE R 6. • Conta ct your cab [...]
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- 31 - APPEN DIX C | Tec h nica l Spec ific a tio n s Standards • 802.3 10B ase T E the rnet • 802.3u 100B aseTX Fast Ethernet • 802.11g WA N Inte r f ace • F-typ e R F C on n e cto r LAN Interfaces • 4 – 10BAS E-T/100BA S E-TX RJ-45 ports • 1 – USB 1.1 Type B Connect or • 1 – 801. 11g Access Point Wi reless Int erface • 54Mbp[...]
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- 32 - APPENDIX D | Comp lia nces FCC Inte rferen ce Stat eme nt This eq ui p me n t has b e e n tes t ed a nd fo und t o co mpl y w ith t h e lim its fo r a Cla s s B di g i ta l de vic e purs ua nt to Pa r t 1 5 o f t h e FC C R ul es . T hes e li mits a r e des ig n ed t o p ro vi de r ea so nab l e pro t ect ion against r adi o interf e rence i[...]
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- 33 - APPEND IX E | Technical Support At th is time, the SMC8014 is only dist ributed thr ough cable op er ators. Co ntact your cable opera tor w i th a n y tec h ni ca l s uppo r t n e eds yo u ma y ha ve. PHO NE From U .S.A. and C a nada (24 h ours a da y, 7 da ys a w eek) • (800) SMC- 4-YOU • (949) 679-8000 • Fax: ( 949) 679- 1481 From Eu[...]
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- 34 - SMC Net work s, Inc. 38 T e s la Irv ine , C A 92618 Re v. 1 .0 – 4. 0 2. 0 5-T WC SMC 8014[...]