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Ubee DDW3612 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway Firmware Version: 8.9.1002 Subscriber User Guide www.ubeeinteractive.com 8085 S. Chester Street, Suite 200 Englewood, CO 80112 1.888.390.8233 Sales (email): amsales@ubeeinteractive.com Support (email) amsupport@ubeeinteractive.com version 10/14/10...
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Introduction Welcome to the Ubee family of data networking products. This guide is specific to the DDW3612 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway. This document serves the following purposes: To define all relevant device compliance standards and physical specifications. To provide user level instructions and explain device features.
Laptop PCs (Wireless WiFi Phone Connection) 1.1.2 Physical Specifications, Standards, Firmware Operations The following list provides the features and specifications of the DDW3612 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway. Interfaces Cable: F-Connector, Female LAN: 4 10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Ports USB: 1 USB 2.0 Port Standards/Certifications ...
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Secure Firmware Upgrade via TFTP Configuration Backup and Restore SNMP Support Interoperability with main CMTS products Physical and Environmental Dimensions: 172.2(W) x 254(D) x 42(H) mm Weight: 500 g Power: 12V/1.5A DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
The device MAC address can be found on the device label, or refer to Cable Modem - Information 12). WPA Pre-shared Key = DDW3612 plus the last 6 characters (3 octets) of the cable modem’s MAC address. Example: DDW36127CD4BE ...
Flash, if Flash, if Flash Flash 1) On, Blue 1) On, Blue Tx/Rx connects connects connects with channel with channel bonding bonding 2) On, 2) On, Green Green without channel without channel bonding bonding DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
(Netscape or Internet Explorer). Connect the power adapter that is included with the product package to the DDW3612 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway and to the power outlet. Do not use any other power adapter except the one included with the product package.
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Ubee Interactive 3. The Cable Modem Information Screen displays key information about the device. 4. Click Ubee Cable Modem under Login to the left side of the screen to access the web interface. 5. At the login window, enter the user credentials: ...
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2.2 Access the Web Interface devices and wireless devices to the network. Note: The web interface allows you to customize the configurations and capabilities the device. For full explanation of all web interface functions, refer to page DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
3. Double-click your SSID in the wireless networks window. The default SSID = DDW3612 plus the last 2 characters of the cable modem’s MAC Address (UPPER case, if letters). Refer to the device’s bottom label to view the MAC address or refer to “Cable Modem - Information”...
Ubee Interactive 2.3 Validate Connectivity/Connect Devices to the Network 4. When prompted, enter the Network Key. The Network Key = DDW3612 plus the last 6 characters (3 octets) of the cable modem’s MAC address (upper or lower case). Example: DDW36127CD4BE The device MAC address can be found on the device label, or refer to “Cable...
The device installs a Certificate Authority (CA) key that is transferred from the service provider’s server after the cable modem is authenticated. The key is used to secure communication between the service provider and the cable modem. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
IP address, the cable modem’s status is OK. The Status column also shows the connection progress. The Comments column displays the messages indicating connection error information, if errors occur. Refresh Click to refresh the status information. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
QAM64 is 5056941 sym/sec, QAM256 is 5360537 sym/sec. Interleave Depth Displays the current cable modem downstream Interleave depth (4/8/16/32/64/128/other). Power Level Displays the receiver power level after ranging process. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Upstream Channels. Channel Type Displays the channel type. Channel ID Displays the current cable modem upstream channel ID. Frequency Displays the current cable modem upstream frequency (Hz). Ranging Status Displays the upstream ranging status. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
1. Access the web interface. Refer to page 7, if needed. 2. Click the Operation Config link from the left side of the screen. Field explanations are listed below the following screen example. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
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Min Traffic Rate Displays the minimum data rate as enabled by the service provider. Max Concatenated Burst Displays the max data rate per upstream burst. Scheduling Type Displays the data scheduling type. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Displays the time of the event. Last Time Displays the last time of the event. Priority Displays the event log severity. Description Displays a detailed description of the event log. Refresh Refreshes the event log record. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Displays the subnet mask of the Internet IP address. Default Gateway Displays the default gateway IP address. Displays the DNS server IP address. DHCP Remaining Time Displays the remaining DHCP lease time before expiration Refresh Click to refresh the information. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
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Public IP DHCP Server Displays the Public IP DHCP Server Range. Range Public IP Total Range Displays the Public IP DHCP Server Range. System Up-Time Displays the accumulated time since the last power cycle. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
WAN IP address, if applicable. Release WAN Lease Click to release the WAN public IP address. Renew WAN Lease Click to renew the WAN IP address. Refresh Click to refresh the status of this page. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
7, if needed. 2. Click the Gateway link from the top of the screen. 3. Click DHCP from the left side of the screen. The DHCP fields are explained following this screen example. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
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Apply Click Apply to save all changes. Force Available Click Force Available to activate a selected rule in the DHCP Clients List and assign IP addresses. Note: The Select checkbox must be clicked. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Enter a specific IP address to assign to the specific client/host. Enabled Click Enabled to activate this rule. Clear Click Clear to delete the rule. Apply Click Apply to save all screen changes. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Input the host name, as specified by the DDNS service provider. IP address/Status These fields are automatically populated once the User Name and Password are entered. Apply Click Apply to save all screen changes. Refresh Click to refresh the page. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
If needed, define the time zone offset in Hours and Minutes. For example: 8 means GMT + 08, -1 means GMT -01. Apply Click Apply to save all screen changes Reset Values Click Reset Values to reset the screen to factory defaults. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Select Enable to force the router to redirect the PPTP request to the local host. Multicast Enable Multicast optimizes the bandwidth utilization compared with unicast especially video streaming applications. Select Enable to enable multicast. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
3. Click MAC Filtering from the left side of the screen. The MAC Filtering fields are explained following this screen example. Label Description Index The Index number of the rule. MAC Address Enter the MAC address to block. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Label Description Start Address Enter the start IP address. End Address Enter the end IP address. Enabled Select Enabled to activate the rule. Apply Click Apply to save all screen changes. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Select the protocol type, or select Both for UDP and TCP. Enabled Select Enabled to active the rule and filter out all traffic on the specified ports. Apply Click Apply to save all screen changes. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
For example, if you are hosting a web server in your internal network and you wish to setup a forwarding rule for it, you should assign a static IP lease to that system to keep the IP from renewing and disrupting the forwarding rule. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
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For detailed information on port forwarding, including how to set it up for specific applications using specific network devices (for example, cable modems), refer to: http://portforward.com or consult your host device or application user manual. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
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Protocol Select the protocol type, UDP, TCPIP, or Both. Enabled Select to enable this rule. Apply Click to save. Port Map Click to show a list of common applications and their ports. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
(or range of ports) to the client computer on the LAN that requested the service Start Port Enter a port number or the starting port number in a range of port numbers. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
"target" port range of 6970-7170. 2. The Real Audio server responds to a port number ranging between 6970-7170. 3. The DDW3612 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway forwards the traffic to John’s computer IP address. 4. Only John can connect to the Real Audio server until the connection is closed or times out.
Label Description Index Index number of the pass through rule. MAC Address Input the host’s MAC address. Clear Select the box to delete this rule. Apply Click to save. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
3. Click DMZ Host from the left side of the screen. The DMZ Host fields are explained following this screen example. Label Description DMZ Address Enter the DMZ host IP address. Apply Click to save. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Select the country where you use this device. Output Power Set the percent of the Output Power for the radio. 802.11 Band You can choose 2.4Ghz or 5 Ghz. Note: The distance coverage for 5Ghz is less than 2.4Ghz. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
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For more information, refer to “Wireless Channel Selection” on page Apply Click to save. Restore Wireless Click to restore the factory default settings for wireless Defaults configurations. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
SSID. Closed Network If Enable is selected, the selected SSID is hidden and is undiscoverable by wireless clients unless manually setup on the client. If Disabled, the SSID is discoverable. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
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WPA equivalent of automatically changing the WEP key for a wireless access point and all stations in the WLAN on a periodic basis. Setting of the WPA Group Key Update Timer is also supported in WPA-PSK mode. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
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WEP key encrypting. A higher bit key offers better security. WEP encryption scrambles the data transmitted between the wireless stations and the DDW3612 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway to keep network communications private. It encrypts unicast and multicast communications in a network. Both the wireless stations and the DDW3612 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway must use the same WEP key.
Select Deny to create a list of wireless clients that you do not want to have access to your wireless network. Enter the MAC Addresses of these clients in the MAC Addresses fields. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
7, if needed. 2. Click the Wireless link from the top of the screen. 3. Click Advanced from the left side of the screen. The Advanced fields are explained following this screen example. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
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802.11b, for connections to 11b clients only. Basic Rate Set Select the Basic Rate Set which is the rate that all wireless clients must support in order to connect to the DDW3612 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway. The options are All and Default.
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802.11 modes (802.11b, etc.) will be secondary. Multicast Rate Specify the rate at which multicast packets are transmitted and received on your wireless network. Apply Click to submit changes. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
To establish a bridge, you need to know the MAC address of the peer device, which must also be in wireless bridging mode. The DDW3612 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway can establish up to four wireless links with other wireless access points.
Select On or Off to turn on or off the acknowledgement of data frames. In QoS mode, frames to send can have two values: QosAck and QosNoAck. Frames with QosNoAck are not acknowledged, thus avoiding the retransmission of highly time- critical data. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
A WMM QoS capability in a network may assign access categories (ACs) to various streams of packets. The assigned AC of a stream of packets may depend on the packets' priority, for example, as assigned by an application, and may be referred DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
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ACs as trigger-enabled and/or delivery-enabled. A trigger- and delivery-enabled AC may use UAPSD as the default delivery mechanism, whereas an AC that is neither trigger- nor delivery-enabled may use the “legacy” power save delivery mechanism. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
RSSI value. A signal strength of -30dBm to -67dBm is considered optimal. Levels of -67dBm and lower (e.g. -70, -80, etc.) will have a downward impact on wireless data throughput. See the following sections for more information: DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
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5. Using the attenuation value from the materials table above, enter it in the following formula. Additional explanation is provided further below. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
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Windows computer connected wirelessly to the wireless cable modem. If the wireless computer is not connected, refer to “Connect/Validate Wireless Clients” page Double-click the Wireless networking icon in the system tray. Review the speed and signal strength in the Status window. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
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(typically 1, 6, and 11 in the Americas, and 1, 5, 9, and 13 in Europe). Overlapping channels are one possible source for wireless network performance issues. Source: Wikipedia.org, and IEEE article IEEE 802.11n-2009 DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
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3.9 Wireless Network Deployment and Troubleshooting Ubee Interactive DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Parental Control This chapter provides instructions for controlling the internet access of users on the DDW3612 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway network. These parental control features include defining user/password access, defining the what times users are allowed to access the internet, blocking certain web sites, and blocking certain sites by keywords.
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Define the trusted hosts that will bypass the Parental Control Process. Enter the trusted host’s MAC address and click the Add button to save. Remove To remove a trusted computer, highlight it from the list and click the Remove button. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Enter a policy name and click Add New Policy to create a new policy. Content Policy Select from the list an existing policy to edit or remove. If List/Remove Policy removing a policy, select it from the list and click the Remove Policy button. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Label Description Add New Policy Enter a policy name and click the Add New Policy button. Time Access Policy List Select a policy to edit from the drop-down list. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Displays the user who triggered this event log. Source Displays the source IP address of this event. Refresh/Clear Log Click Refresh to update the log with the most currently recorded events. Click Clear to empty the displayed log entries. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Ping Size Enter the packet size to send for the ping operation. No. of Pings Enter the number of ping commands to send to the ping target. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Enter the specific IP address or domain (e.g. yahoo.com) to which you want to trace a route. MAX Hops Define the MAX hops. Hops is the number routers that the trace route traverses. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...
Click Refresh to update the screen with on-going trace route tests. 3.11.3 Tools - Client List The Client List option displays connected computers to the DDW3612 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway. 1. Access the web interface. Refer to page 7, if needed.
3.11.4 Tools - Password The Password option allows you to change the password for the user login on the DDW3612 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway. This login is used to access this web interface. 1. Access the web interface. Refer to page 7, if needed.
This operation does not require a reset of the system, discussed below. Reset The system Select Yes to power cycle and rest the wireless router. Apply Click Apply to complete the options selected in this screen. DDW3612 Subscriber User Guide • July, 2010...