Askey CME063W User Manual
Askey CME063W User Manual

Askey CME063W User Manual

Wireless cable modem

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  • Page 1 Wireless Cable Modem User Manual Rev 01...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW..........................1 1.1 C ............................1 HECKLIST 1.2 S ........................1 YSTEM EQUIREMENTS 1.3 F ..............................2 EATURES 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION ......................4 2.1 P ........................4 HYSICAL ESCRIPTION 2.1.1 Front Panel Indicators ........................4 2.1.2 Rear Panel Connectors ........................5 2.2 I ........................6 NSTALLATION ROCEDURE...
  • Page 3: Product Overview

    PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1. PRODUCT OVERVIEW The wireless cable modem is a DOCSIS compliant wireless cable router that provides high-speed connectivity to residential, commercial, and education subscribers on public and private networks via an existing cable infrastructure. The wireless cable modem is equipped with IEEE802.11b wireless AP, and can inter-operate with the Wi-Fi compliant IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN card.
  • Page 4: Features

    PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1. IBM compatible PC, Apple Macintosh or other workstation supports TCP/IP protocol. 2. An Ethernet port supports 10/100BaseT Ethernet connection. 3. Subscribe to a Cable Television Company for cable modem service. ! System Requirement of USB Connection 1. IBM compatible PC with Microsoft Windows 98/Me or Windows 2000/XP. 2.
  • Page 5 PRODUCT OVERVIEW 15. Remote operating firmware downloading 16. Support Web pages and private DHCP server for status monitoring 17. Clear LED display 18. Plug and Play...
  • Page 6: Hardware Installation

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2. HARDWARE INSTALLATION This section includes physical description and installation procedure of the cable modem. 2.1 Physical Description 2.1.1 Front Panel Indicators Figure 2-1: Front Panel LEDs Four LEDs on the front panel (as figure 2-1) provide status indication of cable modem operation.
  • Page 7: Rear Panel Connectors

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION Blinking To indicate RF link status at different speed. 1. Scan downstream channel. (2 sec cycle) 2. Downstream sync O.K and receiving US parameters. (1 sec cycle) 3. US ranging is O.K and receiving IP and TFTP configuration. (0.125 sec cycle) 4.
  • Page 8: Installation Procedure

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION The connectors and switch on the rear panel from right to left are: CABLE: F-Connector USB: USB Connector ETHERNET: Ethernet 10/100BaseT RJ-45 connector RST: Reset-to-Default push button 12VDC: Power connector 2.2 Installation Procedure This cable modem equips USB and Ethernet interfaces. You can choose either one to connect to the cable modem.
  • Page 9: Installation Procedure For Usb Interface

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION The cable modem will look for the proper cable modem signal in the Cable Television network and process the initial registration. The cable modem is ready for data transfer after the LED “STATUS” is in solid green. NOTE: The RST button at the rear panel is for maintenance purpose only. 2.2.2 Installation Procedure for USB Interface Follow the following instructions for proper installation: Step 1:Make sure your computer meets the system requirements in Section...
  • Page 10: Connecting The Cable Modem To Your Computer

    HARDWARE INSTALLATION 2.2.3 Connecting the Cable Modem to Your Computer...
  • Page 11: Software Installation

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 3. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 3.1 For Microsoft Windows 98/Me Users Steps 1:Wait for the cable modems is running in the operational state (registration O.K.), and then plug the USB cable into your PC USB port. You will see the next page. Click the “Next” button. Step 2:Select “Search for the best drivers for your device“...
  • Page 12 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Step 3: Check Floppy disk drives. Click the “Next” button. Step 4: Select “The updated driver...” and click the “Next” button. Step 5: Insert the driver disk into floppy drives A. Click the “Next” button.
  • Page 13 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Step 6: Installation has been completed here. Click the “Finish” button. Step 7: The system will ask you to restart your computer. Remove the floppy disk from the floppy drives and click “Yes” to complete the installation.
  • Page 14: For Microsoft Windows 2000/Xp Users

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION 3.2 For Microsoft Windows 2000/XP Users Steps 1:Wait for the cable modems is running in the operational state (registration O.K.), and then plug the USB cable into your PC USB port. Step 2:You will see the next page. Click the “Next” button.
  • Page 15 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Step 3:Select “Search for a suitable driver for my device“ and click the “Next” button. Step 4: Insert the driver disk into floppy drives A. Select “Floppy disk drives” and clicks the “Next” button. Step 5: Click the “Next” button.
  • Page 16: Configuring The Tcp/Ip Protocol

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Step 6: Installation has been completed here. Click the “Finish” button. 3.3 Configuring the TCP/IP Protocol After you successfully complete the network interface card (Ethernet card) installation task, you need to make sure the TCP/IP communications...
  • Page 17: Configuration On Windows 98/Me

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION protocol used by the Ethernet card is installed and correctly configured on your system. 3.3.1 Configuration on Windows 98/Me Step 1:Click “Start” button on your computer’s taskbar, point to “Settings”, and then click “Control Panel”. Step 2: The Control Panel window will show up. Double-click the “Network” icon in the Control Panel window.
  • Page 18 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Step 3: Windows will appear the Network dialog box. Click “Configuration” tab to bring it to the front, and on this tab, a list of installed network components appears. Look for an entry that includes TCP/IP-> followed by the Ethernet card installed in your computer. If the entry is not present, click ”Add”.
  • Page 19 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Step 4:The Select Network Component Type dialog box will show up. Click ”Protocol”, and then click ”Add”. Step 5:You will see the Select Network Protocol dialog box. Click “Microsoft” in the “Manufactures:” list, and then click “TCP/IP” in the “Network Protocols:”...
  • Page 20 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION You will be directed back to the Network dialog box, and on the “Configuration” tab, the entry that includes TCP/IP -> followed by the Ethernet card installed in your computer will appear in the list of installed network components. Step 6:Click TCP/IP ->...
  • Page 21 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Step 7:In the TCP/IP Properties dialog box, please follow the directions below: Click “IP Address” tab to bring it to the front, and then click “Obtain an IP address automatically” on the tab.
  • Page 22 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Step 8:Click “Gateway” tab to bring it to the front. On this tab, leave the “New gateway:” blank. If there is the entry in the “Installed gateway:” list, click it and then click “Remove” to remove all installed gateways.
  • Page 23 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Step 9:Click “DNS Configuration” tabs to bring it to the front, and click “Disable DNS”, then click “OK” to close the dialog box.
  • Page 24 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Step 10:The Copying Files dialog box will pop up and the system will start copying files from Windows. At the first time you will be asked to insert the Windows 98 CD-ROM (or diskette) into the CD-ROM drive (or floppy diskette drive) during the files copying, and follow the instructions when they show up, then click “OK”.
  • Page 25: Configuration On Windows 2000/Xp

    SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Step 11:Windows will appear the System Settings Change dialog box and ask you if you would like to restart your computer. Click “Yes”. 3.3.2 Configuration on Windows 2000/XP Step 1:Click “Start” button on your computer’s taskbar, point to “Settings”, and then click ”Network and Dial-up Connections”.
  • Page 26 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Step 3: The Local Area Connection status window will show up. Click the “Properties” button. Step 4:Click “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)” and then click “Properties”.
  • Page 27 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Step 5:The Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box appears. Click “Obtain an IP address automatically”. Click “Obtain DNS server address automatically”. Click “OK” to close the dialog box.
  • Page 28 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION Step 6: Windows will appear the System Settings Change dialog box and ask you if you would like to restart your computer. Click “Yes”.
  • Page 29: Uninstall The Usb Driver

    UNINSTALL THE USB DRIVER 4. UNINSTALL THE USB DRIVER 4.1 For Microsoft Windows 98/Me Users Step 1:Click the “Start” button on your computer’s taskbar, point to Settings”, and then click ”Control Panel”. Step 2: The Control Panel window will show up. Double-click the “Add/Remove Programs”...
  • Page 30 UNINSTALL THE USB DRIVER Step 3: Select “USB Cable Modem Adapter”. Click the “Add/Remove” button. Step 4: Click the “Yes” button. Step 5: Unplug the USB cable and click the “OK” button.
  • Page 31: For Microsoft Windows 2000/Xp Users

    UNINSTALL THE USB DRIVER 4.2 For Microsoft Windows 2000/XP Users Step 1:Click the “Start” button on your computer’s taskbar, point to Settings”, and then click ”Control Panel”. Step 2: The Control Panel window will show up. Double-click the “Add/Remove Programs” icon in the Control Panel window. Step 3: Select “USB Cable Modem Adapter”.
  • Page 32 UNINSTALL THE USB DRIVER Step 4: Click the “Yes” button. Step 4: Unplug the USB cable and click the “OK” button.
  • Page 33: Dhcp Server

    DHCP SERVER 5. DHCP SERVER PC connected to the cable modem can automatically get a private IP address from the DHCP server of cable modem before cable modem is on line. The following steps will show you how to get an IP address from DHCP server of cable modem before cable modem is on line.
  • Page 34: For Microsoft Nt 4.0/Windows 2000/Xp Users

    DHCP SERVER Step 3: Select the “Ethernet adapter“ to show the IP address. Press “Release“ and “Renew“ if the PC is not accessing the Internet. After the cable modem is on line, you need to press the “Release“ and “Renew“ to get a new IP address from your ISP’s server. 5.2 For Microsoft NT 4.0/Windows 2000/XP Users Step 1: Click “Start“, point to “Run“, and click to open the “Run“...
  • Page 35 DHCP SERVER Step 3: You will enter the dos mode, type “ipconfig”, press “Enter” on your keyboard, and you will see the IP address your computer get from the cable modem. Step 4: If PC is not access Internet, type “ipconfig /release”, and press “Enter”...
  • Page 36: For Apple Macintosh Users

    DHCP SERVER Step 5:Type “ipconfig /renew”, and press “Enter” on your keyboard to renew the IP. You can repeat the steps until your computer get the correct IP. 5.3 For Apple Macintosh Users Step 1: Click “Apple menu“, point to “Control Panels“, and click “TCP/IP” to open the “TCP/IP”...
  • Page 37: Renew Pc Ip Address

    DHCP SERVER Step 2:If the iMac get an invalid IP, select “Using DHCP Server” in “Configure” field. Click the “Close box” at the upper left corner to close the “TCP/IP” window Step 3: Click the “Save” in the prompted message box. Step 4: You need to wait about 2 minutes and open “TCP/IP”...
  • Page 38 DHCP SERVER Step 2: Enter winipcfg in the “Open“ field. Click “OK“ to execute the winipcfg and show the “IP Configuration“ window. Step 3: Select the “Ethernet adapter“ to show the IP address. Press “Release“ and “Renew“ to get a new IP address from your ISP’s server.
  • Page 39: Web Server

    WEB SERVER 6. WEB SERVER 6.1 System This page shows the basic information about your cable modem. You can get the H/W and S/W version of the cable modem. It also shows the Ethernet MAC address of the cable modem. 6.2 Startup This page provides information about the startup process of the cable modem.
  • Page 40: Signal

    WEB SERVER 6.3 Signal This page provides important information about the status and quality of the communications between your cable modem and the cable modem network.
  • Page 41: Status

    WEB SERVER 6.4 Status This page provides important information about the operational status of your cable modem and the devices that you have connected to it. 6.5 Log This page provides important information that can be used to resolve problems with your cable modem.
  • Page 42: Wireless

    WEB SERVER 6.6 Wireless This page provides wireless connectivity within a range of several hundreds feet and acts as a bridge between your wired LAN and wireless PCs. This section shows you how to configure the wireless LAN setting. Wireless SSID (Service Set Identity): A name that uniquely identifies a wireless network.
  • Page 43: Wep

    WEB SERVER 6.7 WEP The privacy security function can enhance media security by encryption technology. All clients must set the same encryption key to maintain the tightened communication with the Broadband Wireless Router (AP) properly. To turn on the privacy function: Authentication Algorithm: Select Enable WEP as the authentication type.
  • Page 44: Operation

    WEB SERVER 6.8 Operation Setting the run mode, save configuration parameter and roboot. Cable modem operation mode default is router mode.
  • Page 45: Lanip

    WEB SERVER 6.9 LanIP This page let the administrator to manage the private LAN interface. 6.10 NAT IP This page shows NAT IP Address, NAT MAC Address and Subnet Mask. The LAN configuration allows you to set the private IP address and Subnet mask information of Ethernet side.
  • Page 46: Dhcp Svr

    WEB SERVER 6.11 DHCP Svr This page let the administrator to manage the build in DHCP server in Cable SOHO Gateway. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) dynamically assigns private IP addresses within its local network. It can lease the IP addresses for a user-defined amount of time.
  • Page 47: Mapping

    WEB SERVER 6.12 Mapping The page provides the administrator to set up the virtual server in the Cable SOHO Gateway. It provides the user of public network to access the certain service (such as FTP, Web, Telnet by utilizing application view) within private network.
  • Page 48: Filter

    WEB SERVER 6.13 Filter The IP packet filters allow you to filter outbound packets that leave from the Cable SOHO Gateway. Basic Setting can let you do the filtering according to application protocol types, such as HTTP, FTP, Telnet, SMTP, POP3, DNS, NNTP, and RealAudio.
  • Page 49: Savecfg

    WEB SERVER 6.14 SaveCFG You can save configuration parameter to FLASH.
  • Page 50: Faq

    7. FAQ Q1.Can I switch between a notebook and PC using the same cable modem? Will there be a problem to obtain a DHCP IP address? A. This issue depends on how your cable modem service provider manages the modems. If you are using one of the cable modem service providers that register your PC based on the MAC address of the Ethernet card in the PC, then you will have to call them and have them change that entry every time you switch between the two.
  • Page 51 Q7. I have a cable modem. How can I make it work? A. Basically, modem is plug and play. You can just connect the modem and you are ready to go if you have the subscription. For ensure good signal for your cable modem, you should ask your cable provider to install the cable modem for you.

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