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Chapter 3: Advanced Configuration

explained in Chapter 2). Enter the desired MAC address and click Apply.

Caution: If you enter a MAC address in use by another party, it can cause an address conflict on the network that could affect both you and that party.

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These pages give you the ability to activate and deactivate the DHCP server function of your gateway, and, if the DHCP server is activated, to see DHCP leases it has provided.

With this function activated, your cable company’s DHCP server provides one IP address for your gateway, and your gateway’s DHCP server provides IP addresses, starting at the address you set in IP Address on the LAN page, to your PCs. A DHCP server leases an IP address with an expiration time.

To change the lowest IP address that your gateway will issue to your PCs, enter it into the IP Address box and then click Apply.

To set the maximum number of PCs to which the gateway will issue IP addresses, enter it in the Number of CPEs box and then click Apply. (CPE is another term sometimes used for PC.)

The Computers web page section shows leases the gateway DHCP server has made, including the IP and MAC addresses of each PC’s TCP/IP stack. Since MAC addresses are unique and permanently fixed into hardware, you can identify any PC listed by its MAC address. The gateway provides leases for 7 days, and has an automatic renewal mechanism that will keep extending a lease as long as the associated PC remains active. If your PC is set to “obtain an IP address automatically,” it is set to perform DHCP each time it is rebooted.

You can cancel an IP address lease by selecting it in the DHCP Client Lease Info list and then clicking the Force Available button. If you do this, you may have to perform a DHCP Renew on that PC, so it can obtain a new lease.

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Contents TCW710 EURO-DOCSIS/DOCSIS compliant Product Information Operating InformationImportant Information Table of Contents Table of Contents Table of Contents Viii Introduction Wireless Cable Gateway Features Connections and SetupComputer Requirements What’s on the CD-ROMWhat the Wireless Cable Gateway Needs to Do Its Job What the Wireless Cable Gateway DoesContact Your Local Cable Company Please verify the following with the cable companyImportant Information System Overview Understanding the Wireless Cable Gateway Connect Your PC Installing a PC Network Card Your PC Installing a TCP/IP Stack Connections and Setup Your PC Configuring Dhcp on a TCP/IP Stack on a PC Configuring Windows Me PCs Configuring Windows XP PCs Configuring Windows 2000 PCsActivating the Wireless Cable Gateway Initialization Connecting Your DevicesMandatory User Configuration Connections and Setup Your connection to the network to be rejected Overview Front Panel Press Button Rear Panel Type of Communication CommunicationsCable Modem CM Section Networking Section Three Networking Modes Cable Modem CM ModeNetworking Residential Gateway RG Mode Networking CableHome CH Mode USB MAC Address MAC and IP Addresses Summary Advanced User Configuration Advanced ConfigurationAdvanced Configuration Status Web Page Group Software Web Connection Web Password Web Diagnostics Web Network Web Page Group WAN Web LAN and Computers Web Pages Advanced Configuration Advanced Web Page Group Options Web IP Filtering Web MAC Filtering Web Port Filtering Web Forwarding Web Port Triggers Web Advanced Configuration DMZ Host Web Routing Information Protocol Setup Web Advanced Configuration Advanced Configuration Time of Day Access Filter Web Local Log and Remote Log Web Pages Advanced Configuration Wireless Web Pages Group AuthenticationPerformance 802.11b/g Basic Web PrivacyBasic Settings Definitions 802.11b/g Privacy Web Privacy Settings Definitions WPA WPA-PSK 802.11b/g Advanced Web Advanced Settings Definitions 802.11b/g Access Control Web Advanced Configuration Bridging Web Additional Information Frequently Asked QuestionsAdditional Information General Troubleshooting All of the lights are flashing in sequenceCan’t get the modem to establish an Ethernet connection Don’t hear a dial tone when I use a telephone Computing Device Accessory Additional Information Service Information Glossary Page Thomson Inc