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.

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3. Click theAdd button.

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4. Double-click on Protocol.
5. Highlight Microsoft under the list of manufacturers.
6. Find and double-click TCP/IP in the list to the right (see Figure below).
7. After a few seconds, the main Network window will appear. The TCP/IP Protocol should now be listed.

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8. Click theOK button. Windows may ask for original Windows installation files. Supply them as needed, e.g.,
c:\windows\options\cabs, D:\win98, D:\win95, D:\win9x.

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9. Windows will ask you to restart the PC. Click the Yes button.
The TCP/IP installation is now complete.

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UsingtheRouter
The Front Panel
Power Green. The power LED illuminates when the device is powered on.
Test Red. The Test LED illuminates when the device goes through its self-diagnosis mode during boot-up and
restart. It will turn off upon successful completion of the diagnosis.
The LAN indicators
USB Green. The USB LED illuminates when the USB port is properly connected to your PC.
HPNA Green. The HPNA LED illuminates when the HPNA port is plugged in and ready to transfer data.
WLAN Green. The WLAN LED illuminates when the Wireless PC card slide-in.
Link/Act Green. Steady on when link is up and blinking when data is following through this LAN port.
Full/Col Green. Steady on when it operates at full duplex mode. Off at half duplex mode. Blinking when collision is
occurred on this port.
Test
Power
USB
HPNA
WLAN
Link/Act
Link/Act
Full/Col
100/10
12 3 4
Ready
Receive
Send
Cable Modem

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100/10 Green. Steady on when a successful 100/10Mbpsconnection is made through the corresponding port.
The WAN indicators
Ready Green. Steady on when cable is registered and ready to transfer data. Blinking when no downstream RF
carrier present.
Receive Green. Blinking when user data going through the cable modem to PC present.
Send Green. Blinking when user data going through the cable modem from PC present.
The Rear Panel
Power The Power Port is where you will connect the included AC Power adapter.
HPNA The Home PNA Port (RJ-11 connector).
USB The USB Port. You can connect the Router to PC using USB line.
HPNA
USB
1 2 3 4
Power
Wireless PC Card
Cable
Reset

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Ports 1-4These four LAN (Local Area Network) ports are where you will connect networked devices, such as PCs,
print servers and any other Ethernet devices you want to put on your network. If Port 4 is being used, the
Uplink Port will not work.
Cable The Cable Line Port (Coaxial Copper).
Wireless The Wireless Network PC Card is inserted into this slot to enable the wireless features. This slot is not
PC Card hot swappable.
Reset Briefly pressing the Reset Button will refresh the Router’s connections, potentially clearing any jammed
links. Pressing the Reset Button and holding it in for a few seconds will clear all of the Router’s data and
restore the factory defaults. This should be done only if you are experiencing heavy routing problems,
and only after you have exhausted all of the other troubleshooting options. By resetting the Router, you
run the risk of creating conflicts between your PCs’ actual IP Addresses and What the Router thinks their
IP Addresses should be. You may be forced to reboot the entire system(s). If your Router locks up, simply
power it down for 5 seconds by removing the power cable from the Router’s Power Port. Leaving the
power off for too long could result in the loss of network connections.

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ConnecttheRouter
Overview
Unlike a simple hub or switch, the Router’s setup consists of more than simply plugging hardware together. You
will have to configure your networked PCs to accept the IP addresses that the Router assigns them (if applicable),
and you will also have to configure the Router with setting(s) provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
The installation technician from your ISP should have left the setup information with you after installing your
broadband connection. If not, you can call your ISP to request the data.
Once you have the setup information you need for your specific type of Internet connection, you can begin
installation and setup of the Router.
Connecting Your Hardware Together and Booting Up
1. Before you begin, make sure that all of you hardware is powered off, including the Router, PCs, hubs, and
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2. Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to one of the LAN ports (labeled 1, 2, 3, or 4) on the back of the
Router and the other end to a standard port on a network device, e.g., a PC, print server, hub, or switch.
Repeat the above step to connect more PCs or network devices to the Router.
3. Connect the cable from your ISP to the Cable port on the Router’s back panel.
4. Connect the power-supply cable to the Power port on the rear of the Router, then plug the supplied AC
power cable into a power outlet and power on the RCA DCW615.
•The Power LED on the front panel will light up green as soon as the power adapter is connected
properly.
•The Diag LED will light up red for a few seconds when the Router
goes through its self-diagnostic test. The LED will turn off when the self-test is complete.
5. Power on the network devices that connected to the RCA DCW615.
The Hardware Installation is complete. Continue to the next page to configure your PCs with RCA
DCW615.

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ConfigureYourPCs
Overview
The instructions in this chapter will help you configure each of your computer to be able to communicate with the
Router.
To do this, you need to configure your PC’s network settings to obtain an IP (or TCP/IP) address automatically
(called DHCP). Computers use IP addresses to communicate with each other across a network or the Internet.
Find out which operating system your computer is running, such as Windows 95, 98, Millennium, NT 4.0, 2000, or
XP. You will need to know which operating system your computer is running. You can find out by clicking theStart
button and then going to the Settings option. Then click Control Panel, and then double-click the System icon. If
your Start menu doesn’t have a Settings option, you’re running Windows XP. Click the Cancel button when done.
You may need to do this for each computer you are connecting to the Router.
Important: These instructions apply only to Windows 95, 98, Millennium, 2000, or XP machines. For TCP/IP
setup under Windows NT, see your Windows manual. By default Windows 98, 2000, Me, and XP has TCP/IP
installed and set to obtainan IP address automatically.