Configuring the CheetahAccess™ Wireless Gateway
Setting a Password
If this is your first time to access the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway, you should define a new Administrator password, record it and put it in a safe place. From the Main Menu, select “Setup,” then “Change Password” and follow the instructions on the screen (see page
Making Configuration Changes
Configurable parameters have a dialog box or a
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Main Menu
Using the Web management interface, you can define system parameters, manage and control the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway and its ports, or monitor network conditions. The following table briefly describes the selections available from this program.
Menu | Description | |
Setup Menu | Configures TCP/IP settings and client services. | |
Change Password | Sets the password for administrator access. | |
Set Time Zone | Sets the local time zone. | |
LAN | Sets the TCP/IP configuration for the CheetahAccess | |
| Wireless Gateway LAN interface and all DHCP clients. | |
WAN | Specifies the Internet connection type: (1) DHCP host | |
| configuration, (2) fixed IP and gateway address, (3) PPPoE | |
| configuration, or (4) | |
DNS | Specifies DNS servers to use for domain name resolution. | |
Wireless | Configures the radio frequency, domain, and encryption for | |
| wireless communications. | |
Advanced Settings | Configures a variety of packet filtering and specialized | |
| functions, including: | |
| • | Firewall |
| • | Virtual Server |
| • | Special Application |
| • | Client Filtering |
| • | MAC Filtering |
| • | Misc |
