RCA DCW615 User manual

RCA DCW615 Cable Router
Quick Guide
(Draft User’s Manual)

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TableofContents
INTRODUCTION......................................................................................................................................................................................................3
Overview..............................................................................................................................................................................................................3
Features................................................................................................................................................................................................................3
PREPARATIONS.......................................................................................................................................................................................................7
System Requirements............................................................................................................................................................................................7
Installing a Network Card....................................................................................................................................................................................7
Installing the TCP/IP Protocol ............................................................................................................................................................................9
USING THE ROUTER ...........................................................................................................................................................................................14
The Front Panel .................................................................................................................................................................................................14
The Rear Panel...................................................................................................................................................................................................15
CONNECT THE ROUTER....................................................................................................................................................................................17
Overview............................................................................................................................................................................................................17
Connecting Your Hardware Together and Booting Up......................................................................................................................................17
CONFIGURE YOUR PCS......................................................................................................................................................................................19
Overview............................................................................................................................................................................................................19
Configuring Windows 95, 98, and Millennium PCs ..........................................................................................................................................20

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Configuring Windows 2000 PCs........................................................................................................................................................................23
Configuring Windows XP PCs...........................................................................................................................................................................24
CONFIGURE THE ROUTER................................................................................................................................................................................26
PRODUCT SPECFICATIONS...............................................................................................................................................................................30

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Introduction
Overview
Thank you for purchasing the RCA DCW615 Cable Router. This cable router delivers the highest performance in
data over cable technology. Ideal for home and small business users, this easy-to-use communication device
offers reliable connectivity as well as remarkable data transfer rates –100 times faster than a 56K dial-up modem.
Once the cable router is powered up, you are online to enjoy real-time 3D animation, video conferencing, and
perform other data intensive operations.
Features
DOCSIS Features
lCable Modem (CM) is 1.0 and non 1.1upgradeable
lConcatenation, Fragmentation, Payload Header suppression, IGMP and BPI and BPI Plus are
supported features for DOCSIS 1.1
l4/16/32/64/128/256/512/1024 QAM Downstream Receiver
l2/4/8/16/32/64/128/256 QAM Advanced TDMA Upstream Transmitter
lBoth IP and LLC filters are supported
lSixteen (16) destination address filters and 256 multicast/unicast DA filters

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lSixteen (16) independent upstream queues for multiple QoS support
USB Features
lOS (Win2K, XP, WinME) supported for USB interface
Wireless Features
lSupports at least one beacon/DTIM interval of within the range 20-1000κμs
lSupports reception of fragmented packets
lSupports reception of RTS and generation of CTS
Firewall Features
ltateful Packet Inspection against both Denial of Service and Distributed Denial of Service attacks
and will protect against the following:
ØReassembly attacks
ØSYN Attack (SYN Flood)
ØICMP Flood
ØPing of Death Attack
ØTear Drop Attack
ØIP Spoofing Attack
ØLAND Attack
ØJolt
ØWinnuke Attack (Netbios out-of-bound)

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ØOverDrop
ØBONK, BOINK
ØBlind Spoofing
ØEcho/Chargen
ØStorm
ØSmurf Attack
ØMime Flood
lDe-Militarized Zone (DMZ) which allows a computer on the LAN to expose all of its ports to the
WAN that are not otherwise filtered
lLogged Events which all security incidents will be logged
lKeyword blocking is based on keywords in a URL and can be specified by the user
NAT Requirements
The implementation of NAT must allow for specific port redirection. Listed below are applications
supported.
ØFTP
ØIRC
ØH.323
ØQuake
ØBlizzard games
ØChat ALG

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ØReal Audio/Video
ØCUSEEME
ØNetmeeting
ØMS Games but not with game zone
ØDIABOLO II
ØActivision Games
ØPCAnywhere
ØSSL
ØNNTP
lPort Forwarding, incoming traffic that is not part of an existing connection will be dropped unless
the user specifies forwarding of the server to a host on the LAN
Virtual Private Network (VPN) Feature
lHaving the ability to enable or disable PPTP and IPSec pass through

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Preparations
System Requirements
„One RJ-45 Broadband Internet connection, with a Cable Modem
„One PC with an installed 10Mbps, 100Mbps, or 10/100 Mbps Ethernet card (optional)
„TCP/IP network protocol for each PC
„UTP network cable with RJ-45 connector
„Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later, or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or later. (5.0 and 4.7, respectively, are
strongly recommended.)
„Windows 95, 98, Millennium, NT 4.0, 2000 or XP
Installing a Network Card
If your system does not have an embedded LAN controller, you must install a network interface card. This is an
example of setup procedures for some systems:
1. Install an Ethernet card on your motherboard.
2. Power up your PC and follow theAdd New Hardware Wizard’s instructions to install the driver. When asked to
restart your computer at the end of the installation, click Yes.
3. After restarting the system, right-click My Computer on the desktop, select Properties, click theDevice

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Manager tab, and then double-click Network adapters to confirm that the Ethernet driver is properly installed.
After the TCP/IP protocol is installed, restart your computer and consult the installation guide provided by your

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cable operator to complete TCP/IP configurations for router.
Installing the TCP/IP Protocol
Follow these instructions to install the TCP/IP protocol on one of your PCs only after a network card has been
successfully installed inside the PC. These instructions are for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows Me. For
TCP/IP setup under Windows NT, 2000, and XP, see your Windows documentation.
1. Click theStart button. ChooseSettings and then Control Panel.
2. Double-click on theNetwork icon to bring up your Network window. Select theConfiguration tab.