Motorola SBG1000 Powerful Features in a Single Unit, Easy Setup, Auto-MDIX, stateful-inspection

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Powerful Features in a Single Unit

The Motorola SBG1000 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway combines high-speed Internet access, networking, and computer security for a home or small-office local area network (LAN). It provides:

•An integrated high-speed SURFboard cable modem for continuous broadband access to the Internet and other online services, with much faster data transfer than traditional dial-up or ISDN modems.

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Arouter with a five-port 10/100Base-T Ethernet switch, supporting:

— Half- or full-duplexconnections

— Five dual-purpose switch/uplink ports

— Auto-MDIX

An IEEE 802.11b Wi-Ficertified wireless access point to enable laptop users to remain connected while moving around the home or small office or to connect desktop computers without installing network wiring. Depending on distance, wireless connection speeds can match that of Ethernet at 11 Mbps.

An HPNA connection to connect computers to the LAN over existing telephone wiring — this provides the advantage of using your existing phone lines for network wiring with up to 10 Mbps throughput.

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A USB connection for a single PC.

A single broadband connection for up to 245 computers to surf the web; all computers on the Ethernet, wireless, HPNA LAN, and USB communicate as if they were connected to the same physical network.

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A built-in DHCP server to easily configure a combined wired and/or wireless class C private LAN. An advanced firewall, supporting:

—stateful-inspection

—Intrusion detection

—DMZ

—Denial-of-service attack prevention

—Network Address Translation (NAT)

Virtual private network (VPN) pass-throughoperation supporting IPSec, PPTP, or L2TP to securely connect remote computers over the Internet.

•A print server to enable Windows®, Macintosh®, UNIX®, and Linux® computers to share one or more printers.

Easy Setup

It is much easier to configure a LAN using the Motorola SBG1000 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway than it is using typical networking equipment:

•The Installation Assistant application on the Motorola SBG1000 Wireless Cable Modem Gateway CD-ROM enables easy connection to the cable network.

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For basic operation, most default settings require no modification.

The Setup Program provides a graphical user interface (GUI) for easy configuration of necessary wireless, Ethernet, router, DHCP, and security settings. For a list of important issues, see “Configuring the SBG1000” on page 31.

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