NETGEAR CG4500BD, User Manual

Page 1: ...350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose CA 95134 USA April 2013 202 11261 01 DOCSIS 3 0 N900 Wireless Data Gateway CG4500BD User Manual ...

Page 2: ...oduct updates and web support visit http support netgear com Phone US Canada only 1 888 NETGEAR Phone Other Countries Check the list of phone numbers at http support netgear com general contact default aspx Trademarks NETGEAR the NETGEAR logo and Connect with Innovation are trademarks and or registered trademarks of NETGEAR Inc and or its subsidiaries in the United States and or other countries In...

Page 3: ...tton 15 Add a Client Using a PIN 17 Set Up Wi Fi Multimedia 18 Chapter 3 Managing Your Network Change Your Password 20 View the Gateway Status 21 View the Connection Status 22 Back Up and Restore Your Settings 23 View the Event Log 24 Run the Diagnostic Utilities 24 Ping Utility 24 Traceroute Utility 26 Remove USB Devices 27 Chapter 4 Advanced Settings Advanced Wireless Settings 2 4 GHz and 5 GHz ...

Page 4: ...ng Basic Functions 43 Connect to the Gateway s Main Menu 43 Troubleshoot the ISP Connection 44 Troubleshoot a TCP IP Network Using a Ping Utility 44 Test the LAN Path to Your Gateway 45 Test the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device 45 Appendix A Supplemental Information Factory Default Settings 48 Appendix B Notification of Compliance ...

Page 5: ...s chapter describes how to configure your gateway s Internet connection and includes these sections Gateway Front Panel Gateway Rear Panel Wireless Performance and Gateway Location Log In to Your Gateway View Basic Settings For information about product features and compatible NETGEAR products visit the NETGEAR website at http www netgear com ...

Page 6: ...abled or not plugged in Power Solid green Power is supplied to the cable modem Blinking The modem is performing a power on self test Red The unit is performing a self test or the thermal cutoff circuit has been triggered Off The modem is not receiving power Downstream Blue More than one downstream channel is locked Green One downstream channel is locked Blinking green The unit is scanning for a do...

Page 7: ...o the cable service provider s connection Power Power adapter input LAN Ethernet Green indicates 1 000 Mbps Amber indicates 100 10 Mbps Solid An Ethernet device is connected and powered on Blinking Data is being transmitted or received on the Ethernet port Off No Ethernet device is detected on the Ethernet port Wireless On Off Solid green The wireless card is plugged in and enabled Blinking There ...

Page 8: ...from large metal surfaces To provide the best side to side coverage put the gateway in a vertical position The time it takes to establish a wireless connection can vary depending on both your security settings and the gateway location WEP connections can take slightly longer to establish Also WEP encryption can consume more battery power on a notebook computer Log In to Your Gateway Log in to the ...

Page 9: ...w displays 2 Log in with the user name admin and the default password password When you connect to the gateway the Modem Status screen displays For more information about how to view the gateway s settings for the Internet connection see the following section View Basic Settings on page 10 ...

Page 10: ...00 Wireless Data Gateway View Basic Settings The Basic Settings screen shows the Internet settings for the gateway To view or configure the basic settings 1 Select Basic Settings from the main menu 3 2 Enter the Domain Name and Device Name 3 Click Apply ...

Page 11: ...set up its Internet connection as described in the DOCSIS3 0 N900 Wireless Data Gateway CG4500BD Quick Installation Guide This chapter includes the following sections Set Up Your Wireless Network Configure Wireless Settings Manually Use Push N Connect WPS Wireless Setup Set Up Wi Fi Multimedia ...

Page 12: ... the gateway works with WPA and WPA 2 wireless security The default password is the 13 character device serial number To use Push N Connect WPS your wireless computers and equipment must support WPS technology See Use Push N Connect WPS Wireless Setup on page 15 Configure Wireless Settings Manually You can manually configure the wireless settings and security for both the 2 4 GHz and 5 GHz network...

Page 13: ...n 13 NETGEAR DOCSIS 3 0 N900 Wireless Data Gateway The upper section of the Wireless Settings screen displays for the 2 4 GHz network The lower portion of the Wireless Settings screen displays settings for the 5 GHz network ...

Page 14: ... wireless security This security option is already selected You can specify the network key which works like a password to access the wireless network a Set up WPA or WPA2 wireless security WPA PSK This setting provides the TKIP encryption type and a pre shared key password WPA2 PSK This setting provides the AES encryption type and a pre shared key password Note Configure your wireless computers w...

Page 15: ...twork first see Configure Wireless Settings Manually on page 12 After that you can still use WPS to set up the wireless connection for the computers that support WPS Note All WPS capable products should be compatible with the gateway For more information about the WPS standard visit http www wi fi org Two Push N Connect methods are available WPS button and PIN personal identification number Add a ...

Page 16: ...he gateway begins to blink The gateway tries to communicate with the wireless computer or device for 2 minutes If the security option in the Wireless Settings screen was set to Disable it is automatically changed to WPA PSK TKIP WPA2 PSK AES including a random wireless security password 6 Go to the wireless computer and run its WPS configuration utility 7 To click the WPS button follow the utility...

Page 17: ...ur wireless computer or device use this utility 2 Log in to the gateway For more information see Log In to Your Gateway on page 8 3 In the main menu select Add WPS Client 4 Click Next The Add WPS Client screen displays 5 Select the PIN radio button 6 In the Enter Client s PIN field type the PIN that you located in Step 1 7 Click Next The WPS LED on the front of the gateway begins to blink The gate...

Page 18: ...8 2 In the main menu under Setup select Wi Fi Multimedia 3 Specify the Wi Fi Multimedia settings for either the 2 4 GHz or 5 GHz network or both WMM Support Select On to enable WMM No Acknowledgement Select Off if you want to use Acknowledgement ACK messages Select On if you do now want to use acknowledgement messages Usually Off is selected which might improve the efficiency of packet transmissio...

Page 19: ...u log in to the gateway see Log In to Your Gatewayon page 8 these tasks are grouped under Maintenance This chapter includes the following sections Change Your Password View the Gateway Status View the Connection Status Back Up and Restore Your Settings View the Event Log Run the Diagnostic Utilities Remove USB Devices ...

Page 20: ...any language and should be a mixture of both uppercase and lowercase letters numbers and symbols Passwords can contain up to 30 characters To change the password 1 In the main menu under Maintenance select Set Password 2 Enter the new password twice 3 Click Apply Note After changing the password you will be required to log in again to continue the configuration If you have backed up the gateway se...

Page 21: ...rrently running on the gateway Cable MAC Address The MAC address used by the cable modem port of the gateway This MAC address might need to be registered with your cable service provider Device MAC Address The WAN MAC address used by the device Cable Modem Serial Number The serial number of the gateway hardware CM certificate If the cable modem certificate is installed it is possible for the servi...

Page 22: ...e time is displayed after the gateway is initialized To view the gateway s initialization procedure In the main menu under Maintenance select Connection The gateway automatically goes through the following steps in the provisioning process Scans and locks the downstream frequency and links back in upstream direction Obtains a gateway IP address for the gateway itself Assigns an IP address for the ...

Page 23: ...le and click Save If you did set up your browser to save downloaded files automatically the file is saved to the browser s download location on the hard drive To restore the backup settings 1 In the main menu under Maintenance select Backup 2 Click Browse 3 Locate and select the previously saved backup file then click Restore A message notifies you when the gateway has been restored to the previou...

Page 24: ...lear Log To refresh the log click Refresh Run the Diagnostic Utilities From the Diagnostics screen you can run ping and traceroute utilities Ping Utility Ping is an administration utility that tests the whether a computer on the network is reachable and measures the time it takes messages sent from the originating device to reach a destination computer and return To run a ping test 1 Log in to the...

Page 25: ...or the ping utility Target The IP address of the ping target computer Ping Size The size of the ping packet No of Pings The number of times to ping the target computer Ping Interval The time between pings 5 Click Start Test The ping results display To stop a ping test Click Abort Test To clear the results from the display Click Clear Results ...

Page 26: ...nce select Diagnostics 3 In the Utility list select Traceroute 4 Specify the following parameters for the traceroute utility Target The IP address or host name of the computer you are tracing Max Hops The maximum number of hops to allow when tracing the route Data Size The input the size of the packet Base Port The input the port number to send the packet to Resolve Host Select on to resolve the h...

Page 27: ...Managing Your Network 27 NETGEAR DOCSIS 3 0 N900 Wireless Data Gateway Remove USB Devices To remove a USB device 1 In the main menu under USB Storage select Basic Settings Click Safely Remove USB Device ...

Page 28: ... to Your Gateway on page 8 these tasks are grouped under Advanced This chapter includes the following sections Advanced Wireless Settings 2 4 GHz and 5 GHz MAC Filtering IP Filtering Port Blocking Port Forwarding Port Triggering DMZ Host LAN IP Setup Reserve an IP Address for DHCP Use Remote Management Configure Universal Plug and Play UPnP Set Networking Protocols ...

Page 29: ... 2 Configure the settings described in the following table The options are the same for both 2 4 GHz and 5 GHz networks Advanced Wireless Settings Description Wireless Access Point Enable By default this check box is selected so that the gateway works as a wireless access point You can turn off the wireless radio to disable access through this device which can be helpful for configuration network ...

Page 30: ... the Trusted Devices table If the computer is still not listed complete the Device Name and MAC Address fields 3 Click Add The Enable check box for the computer in the MAC Filter List is automatically selected 4 To block the computer select the days and times Days to Block Select the days to block the computer selected in the MAC Filter List The default is Everyday WPS Settings Disable router s PI...

Page 31: ...omputer 2 Click Delete 3 Click Apply IP Filtering By default any computer is allowed access to the Internet through your gateway You can use IP filtering to block specific computers based on their IP addresses from access to the Internet on selected days and times To set up IP filtering 1 In the main menu under Advanced select IP Filtering The Trusted Devices table shows computers that are allowed...

Page 32: ...s Outbound traffic rules control access to outside resources from local users The default rule is to allow all access from the LAN side to the outside You can use port blocking to add predefined or custom rules to specify exceptions to the default rule Note The default rule allows any outbound traffic not blocked by rules that you create To configure port blocking 1 In the main menu under Advanced...

Page 33: ...ple a web server or game server or computer visible and available to the Internet The rule tells the gateway to direct inbound traffic for a particular service to one local server or computer based on the destination port number Directing traffic is also known as port forwarding Some residential broadband ISPs do not allow you to run server processes such as a web or FTP server from your location ...

Page 34: ...Delete To reset the selection in the Service list and to clear all the fields in the Add Custom Rules click Reset Port Triggering Port triggering is an advanced feature that you can use to allow gaming and other Internet applications that the firewall would otherwise block You must know the port numbers the application uses Port triggering operates as follows 1 A computer makes an outgoing connect...

Page 35: ...ed when triggered enter the start port and end port Protocol Select the protocol for the ports TCP Select TCP only UDP Select UDP only Both Select both TCP and UDP 3 Select the Enable check box for the port trigger 4 Perform one of the following actions Click Apply to save your settings and activate the port triggers To remove a port trigger select its radio button and click Delete To return all t...

Page 36: ...band connections in terms of latency and packet loss need the gateway to reply to ping requests 3 Type the last digits of the IP address in the DMZ Address field The DMZ host feature is disabled when the last digit is zero 4 Click Apply LAN IP Setup The LAN IP screen allows you to configure LAN services such as the IP address of the gateway and DHCP The TCP IP and DHCP default values work fine in ...

Page 37: ...No radio button Starting IP Address and Ending IP Address These fields specify the range in the IP address pool Max Users The maximum number of users on the network DHCP Lease For more information see Reserve an IP Address for DHCP Use on page 37 3 Click Apply Reserve an IP Address for DHCP Use To reserve an IP address for DHCP use enter the DHCP server reservation settings for the private LAN in ...

Page 38: ...gateway Note Use secure passwords if you enable remote management Passwords should contain no dictionary words from any language and should be a mixture of letters both uppercase and lowercase numbers and symbols Your password can be up to 16 characters To manage this gateway through the Internet you need its public IP address as seen from the Internet Your ISP allocates this public IP address But...

Page 39: ...te management from any originating IP address select the ALL IP Addresses check box NETGEAR strongly recommends not using this option unless it is required b From the Address Type list select either Single Address or Address Range c Enter the permitted IP addresses You can enter a single IP address or up to 16 IP addresses ranges Each range begins with a start IP address and finishes with an end I...

Page 40: ...llowing any device to automatically control the resources such as port forwarding of the gateway 3 Complete the Advertisement Period and Advertisement Time to Live fields The UPnP Portmap Table displays the IP address of each UPnP device that is accessing the gateway and which internal and external ports of the gateway that device opened The UPnP Portmap Table also displays the protocol for the po...

Page 41: ...er Advanced select NTP 2 Select the NTP enable box 3 Enter the IP server addresses a Enter the first server IP address in the Server IP Address 1 field b Enter the second server IP address in the Server IP Address 2 field c Enter the third server IP address in the Server IP Address 3 field 4 Click Apply ...

Page 42: ...ect to the Gateway s Main Menu on page 43 I have configured the gateway but I cannot access the Internet See Troubleshoot the ISP Connection on page 44 I cannot access the gateway See Troubleshoot a TCP IP Network Using a Ping Utility on page 44 If you cannot remember the gateway s configuration password or you want to clear the configuration and start over again see Factory Default Settings on pa...

Page 43: ...upplied by NETGEAR for this product If the error persists you have a hardware problem and should contact technical support All LEDs stay on Clear the gateway s configuration to factory defaults to set the gateway s IP address to 192 168 0 1 See Factory Default Settings on page 48 If the error persists you might have a hardware problem and should contact technical support LAN LED is off for a port ...

Page 44: ...he browser and launching it again Make sure that you are using the correct login information The gateway user name admin is lowercase Caps Lock should be off The default password is password If the gateway does not save changes you have made check the following When entering configuration settings be sure to click the Apply button before moving to another screen or your changes are lost Click the ...

Page 45: ...sage Request timed out If the path is not working correctly you could have one of the following problems Wrong physical connections Make sure that the LAN port LED is lit If the LED is off see Basic Functions on page 43 Check that the corresponding LEDs are on for your network interface card and for the hub ports if any that are connected to your workstation and gateway Wrong network configuration...

Page 46: ...way listed as the default gateway If DHCP assigns the IP configuration of your computer this information is not visible in your computer s Network Control Panel Verify that the IP address of the gateway is listed as the default gateway Check to see that the network address of your computer the portion of the IP address specified by the netmask is different from the network address of the remote de...

Page 47: ...47 A A Supplemental Information This appendix includes the following sections Factory Default Settings Technical Specifications ...

Page 48: ...lt settings Feature Field Default Gateway login User login URL http 192 168 0 1 User name and password case sensitive admin password Local network LAN LAN IP 192 168 0 1 Subnet mask 255 255 255 0 DHCP server Enabled DHCP starting IP address 192 168 0 2 DHCP Ending IP address 192 168 0 254 Firewall Inbound communication from the Internet Disabled except traffic on port 80 the HTTP port Outbound com...

Page 49: ...gion United States varies by region RF channel Auto Operating mode n g and b Data rate Best Output power Full Access point Enabled Authentication type Open System Wireless Card Access List All wireless stations allowed 1 Maximum wireless signal rate derived from IEEE Standard 802 11 specifications Actual throughput varies Network conditions and environmental factors including volume of network tra...

Page 50: ... client VPN pass through IPSec PPTP Power adapter North America input 120V 60 Hz input All regions output 12V DC 2 5A output 30W maximum Physical Dimensions 10 2 by 6 49 by 3 65 in 259 17 by 164 77 by 92 72 mm Weight 1 34 lb 0 61 kg Environmental Operating temperature 32 140 F 0 to 40 C Operating humidity 90 maximum relative humidity non condensing Electromagnetic emissions Meets requirements of F...

Page 51: ...vice may not be used for setting up outdoor radio links in France and in some areas the RF output power may be limited to 10 mW EIRP in the frequency range of 2454 2483 5 MHz For detailed information the end user should contact the national spectrum authority in France FCC Requirements for Operation in the United States FCC Information to User This product does not contain any user serviceable com...

Page 52: ...tion of other channels is not possible Pour les produits disponibles aux États Unis Canada du marché seul le canal 1 à 11 peuvent être exploités Sélection d autres canaux n est pas possible This device and its antenna s must not be co located or operation in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter Cet appareil et son antenne s ne doit pas être co localisés ou fonctionnement en associatio...

Page 53: ...ironment This equipment should be installed and operated with minimum distance 20cm between the radiator your body NOTE IMPORTANTE Déclaration d exposition aux radiations Cet équipement est conforme aux limites d exposition aux rayonnements IC établies pour un environnement non contrôlé Cet équipement doit être installé et utilisé avec un minimum de 20 cm de distance entre la source de rayonnement...