Actiontec F2250 Setup Guide
Date: 12/13/2013
Full Install Setup Guide
Actiontec F2250 Gateway
ACTIONTEC F2250 GATEWAY ............................................................................................................................... 2
OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................................................... 2
AVAILABLE TRAINING ...................................................................................................................................................... 2
REQUIRED INSTALL STEPS ................................................................................................................................................. 2
GOOD THINGS TO KNOW ................................................................................................................................................ 2
SETUP GUIDE: RESIDENTIAL, DYNAMIC AND STATIC BUSINESS ............................................................................. 3
INITIAL PROVISIONING .................................................................................................................................................... 3
REMOTE ACCESS ............................................................................................................................................................ 9
STATIC LAN SETUP ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
OPTION: STATIC BUSINESS CLASS WITH DHCP ON PUBLIC LAN ............................................................................................ 14
VERIFY SERVICE ............................................................................................................................................................ 17
INSTALLATION COMPLETE .............................................................................................................................................. 17
FIXING CONNECTION TYPE ................................................................................................................................. 18
CHANGE FROM CONNECTION TYPE DHCP TO PPPOE ......................................................................................................... 18
WIRELESS SETTINGS ........................................................................................................................................... 21
ENABLE WIRELESS ........................................................................................................................................................ 21
DISABLE WIRELESS ........................................................................................................................................................ 22
REVISIONS ......................................................................................................................................................... 23
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Actiontec F2250 Setup Guide
The Actiontec F2250 Gateway is capable of ADSL single line, bonded and
VDSL operation.
The F2250 Gateway will auto detect the DSL technology. As a result, the
F2250 setup steps are the same for any DSL technology. This guide supports
provisioning for single line, bonded and VDSL.
Search in TEDS for the keyword: F2250
Online training focusing on the Actiontec F2250 will continue to be released
throughout the year.
Residential or Dynamic Business Class install
Complete the following sections:
1. Initial provisioning
2. Verify service
Static Business Class install
Complete the following sections:
1. Initial provisioning
2. Remote access
3. Static LAN setup
4. Verify service
Repair Escalation Process:
Frontier Service Bulletin 506.2013
“HSI Troubleshooting – Escalation to Tier 2 Support”
Resetting F2250 to factory defaults:
Hold reset button in until power light turns orange/yellow (about 10
seconds)
Approved firmware version (12/13/2013): F2250-36.128L.02
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Complete physical connections
to the Actiontec F2250
Power (switch on)
DSL
Laptop via Ethernet
(any port 1-4)
Open a browser window, the setup wizard should automatically
be displayed, however if the wizard does not appear, direct the
browser to 192.168.254.254.
The Setup Wizard will start by auto detecting the WAN
configuration. Once the Broadband, Transport and Connection
information is green, click: Next.
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Enter the modem password for the admin user.
The passwords are as follows:
Residential HSI:
o Enter: admin twice and click: Next
Business Class HSI:
o Enter: fr0nt13r twice and click: Next
Select: local Time Zone from the dropdown menu
Click: Next
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Configure the desired wireless settings
Click: Next
Enter the account Username and Password. *
This is the account’s primary e-mail address and password.
If you wish to see the password as you type it, check the
Show Password checkbox.
Click: Next
*Note: If the Setup Wizard does not present this screen and
instead shows the screen in step 8, the customer’s port is
incorrectly provisioned.
Continue with step 8. You’ll be directed to fix the
connection later.
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The Wizard will now attempt to establish a connection to the
Internet. The following screen will appear for a short time.
IF you receive the screen shown below…Click: Retry
Note: DSL must be up and trained for this step to be successful.
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Once an Internet connection has been established and
authentication is complete the Summary page will be displayed.
This Summary page can be saved or printed, however you must
click Next in order to complete the installation process.
The browser will be redirected to the Frontier Welcome Page.
Click: Next
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