CHAPTER 6 Navigating the Web-based Administration

The EZ Connect™ Cable Modem Gateway’s management interface allows you to configure both basic and advanced features and options. Some of these advanced functions include: hacker attack detection, IP and MAC address filtering, intrusion detection, port forwarding setup, virtual DMZ hosts, as well as other advanced functions.

Making Configuration Changes

Once a configuration change has been made on a page, be sure to click the [Apply] or [Next] button at the bottom of the page to enable the new setting.

SYSTEM

This section is used to configure the device mode and administration options including passwords and idle timeout setting.

To access the System Settings configuration page, on the Side Navigation bar, click on [System] link.

Password Settings

From this section you can configure new passwords for the [cusadmin] account.

You can also set the Idle Time Out value that the SMC8014 will keep an admin account logged in for. The default Idle Time Out value is 10 min.

To access the Password Settings configuration page, on the Side Navigation bar, click on [System] link and then click on the [Password Settings] link.

If your password is lost, or you cannot gain access to the user interface, press the Reset button on the rear panel (holding it down for at least ten seconds) to restore the factory defaults.

LAN

From this section you can configure the following settings:

The PRIVATE LAN IP settings, including IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Domain Name.

Enable or Disable the integrated DHCP server

Configure the DHCP Lease time for your DHCP clients

To access the LAN configuration page, on the Side Navigation bar, click on [LAN] link.

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SMC Networks SMC8014 manual Navigating the Web-based Administration, Making Configuration Changes, Password Settings