ATT 3800hgvb Manual

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Using Broadband Link Advanced Settings 
The Advanced Settings page allows you to manually configure your DSL and Internet connection settings. 
Typically, these settings are automatically provided  by your service provider. You should adjust these 
settings  ONLY if you are ver y familiar with DSL and networking technology. 
 Selecting Broadband Connection. The Broadband Type dro pdown menu allows you to select whether to 
connect via DSL or Ethernet.
 Modifying DSL Settings....

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Home Network Pages
Viewing Your Home Network Summar y
The Home Network Summary page displays information about the devices installed on your network.
Local Devices
The Local Devices panel shows you the name of the devic e, how it is connected, any special configuration 
information, and provides links to other system featur es that you can set up for the device. A “device” on 
your network is usually a computer — either a  personal computer used by a household member, or a...

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 Access shared files. Accesses the shared files available from this computer. This feature only works 
with Microsoft Windows computers that have  shared files and file sharing installed. If your computer is 
configured with a static IP addr ess, this link will not appear.
 Edit firewall settings. Accesses the system user in terface page, which allows you to edit the firewall 
pass-through settings for the computer. For exampl e, you may need to change the pass-through settings...

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By default, the 2Wire gateway ships with WPA enabled and a preconfigured network name. The default WPA 
key is located on the bottom of the  gateway, next to the serial number.
The Current Settings panel shows the 2Wire ga teway’s wireless access point settings:
 Access Point. The designated name  of the wireless access point.
 Network Name. The name assigned to your wire less network. The default is 2WIREXXX, where XXX 
represents the last three digits of your 2Wir e gateway...

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Customizing Security Settings
You should always enable encr yption for wireless communication. When encryption is enabled, you must 
define an encr yption key for the 2Wire gateway’s wirele ss access point and configure that same key on each 
wireless client that will use your 2Wire gateway wireless network.
Note: If encr yption is enabled, each wireless client  must be configured with the encr yption key 
defined on the system before it can operate on your wireless network....

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Configuring Advanced Settings
The Edit Advanced Home Network Settings page displays the current IP settings in use by your system for 
your home network, and allows you to configure your  home network settings. You should adjust these 
settings  ONLY if you are ver y familiar with computer networking technologies.
The Current Settings panel shows the following information:
 Router Address. The IP address used by your ga teway on the private home network (the default is...

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Editing Address Allocation Settings
The Current Settings panel displays the computers curr ently on the local network, and their IP address. It 
also indicates whether a given computer is receiv ing its IP address via DHCP or has been manually entered 
into the computer (static).  
If users enable the Public Network feature, they can  choose to have their broadband accessible (non-NAT) IP 
addresses assigned automatically via DHCP to  computers on the local network. To do so:...

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Firewall Pages
The 2Wire gateway has a professional-grade firewall to help prevent unauthorized users from accessing your 
local network. The 2Wire gateway firewall includes the following features: 
 Stateful packet inspection. Blocks common Denial  of Ser vice attacks (such as SYN/FIN flooding or 
Smurf), and detects and logs TCP and UDP port scans.
 Stateless packet inspection. Filters specific NetB ios traffic, suspicious packets and IP fragments; 
blocks packets sent from...

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The Firewall Settings panel displays the Current Settings for your firewall.
 Default. Unsolicited inbound traffic is not allowed to pass through the firewall.
 Custom. Applications are associated with computers on your network.
An access list shows the computers (Devices) on your  network and the names of the Allowed Applications 
for each computer. When you allow application traffic,  external users on the Internet can have limited 
access to your home network. This access...

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Configuring Firewall Settings
The Edit Firewall Settings page allows you to open select por ts, or “pinholes” in the firewall.
You can allow individual applications, or use DMZplus mode. When in DMZplus mode, the designated 
computer:
 Shares your gateway’s IP  address (Router Address).
 Appears as if it is directly connected to the Internet.
 Has all of the unassigned TCP and UDP por ts opened and pointed to it.
 Can receive unsolicited network traffic from the Internet....