How Do I Configure My DOCSIS Residential Gateway?

Enabling and Disabling Advanced Features

Use the Setup Advanced Settings - Options page to enable or disable advanced features on your network. When the wireless interface is disabled, the transmitter is turned off.

Note: If you are not familiar with the advanced settings detailed in this section, contact your service provider before you attempt to change any of the residential gateway default advanced options settings.

Click Options in the Advanced Settings section of the Setup page to access the Setup Advanced Settings - Options page.

Setup Advanced Settings - Options Page

The following illustration is an example of the Setup Advanced Settings - Options page.

Setup Advanced Settings - Options Page Description

The following table provides a description of the fields within the Setup Advanced Settings - Options page.

Note: If you make changes in the Setup Advanced Settings - Options page, click Apply to apply and save your new IP address filter settings.

 

Field Name

Description

 

 

WAN Blocking

Checking this box prevents the residential gateway from

 

 

being visible to the WAN. For example, pings to the

 

 

WAN IP address are not returned.

 

 

 

 

 

IPsec PassThrough

Checking this box allows applications that use IPsec (IP

 

 

Security) to pass through the firewall

 

 

 

 

 

PPTP PassThrough

Checking this box allows applications that use Point to

 

 

Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) to pass through the

 

 

firewall

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems DPC/EPC2325 DOCSIS Enabling and Disabling Advanced Features, Setup Advanced Settings Options