ASUSTeK Computer DCW615 Users Manual

RCA DCW615 Cable Router

Quick Guide

(Draft User’s Manual )

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Table of Contents

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

l Cable Modem (CM) is 1.0 and non 1.1 upgradeable
l Concatenation, Fragmentation, Payload Header suppression, IGMP and BPI and BPI Plus are

supported features for DOCSIS 1.1

l 4/16/32/64/128/256/512/1024 QAM Downstream Receiver
l 2/4/8/16/32/64/128/256 QAM Advanced TDMA Upstream Transmitter
l Both IP and LLC filters are supported
l Sixteen (16) destination address filters and 256 multicast/unicast DA filters

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l Sixteen (16) independent upstream queues for multiple QoS support

USB Features

l OS (Win2K, XP, WinME) supported for USB interface

Wireless Features

l Supports at least one beacon/DTIM interval of within the range 20-1000κμs
l Supports reception of fragmented packets
l Supports reception of RTS and generation of CTS

Firewall Features

l tateful Packet Inspection against both Denial of Service and Distributed Denial of Service attacks

and will protect against the following:

Ø Reassembly attacks
Ø SYN Attack (SYN Flood)
Ø ICMP Flood
Ø Ping of Death Attack
Ø Tear Drop Attack
Ø IP Spoofing Attack
Ø LAND Attack
Ø Jolt
Ø Winnuke Attack (Netbios out-of-bound)

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Ø OverDrop
Ø BONK, BOINK
Ø Blind Spoofing
Ø Echo/Chargen
Ø Storm
Ø Smurf Attack
Ø Mime Flood

l De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) which allows a computer on the LAN to expose all of its ports to the

WAN that are not otherwise filtered

l Logged Events which all security incidents will be logged
l Keyword 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.

Ø FTP
Ø IRC
Ø H.323
Ø Quake
Ø Blizzard games
Ø Chat ALG

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Ø Real Audio/Video
Ø CUSEEME
Ø Netmeeting
Ø MS Games but not with game zone
Ø DIABOLO II
Ø Activision Games
Ø PCAnywhere
Ø SSL
Ø NNTP

l Port 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

l Having 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 the Add 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 the Device

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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 the Start button. Choose Settings and then Control Panel.

2. Double-click on the Network icon to bring up your Network window. Select the Configuration tab.