Arris X5001 - Table of Contents

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X5001 USER GUIDE - 501-3327100
CONTENTS
SAFETY INFORMATION .................................................................................................3
Warnings on the power supply unit .........................................................................3
Laser Safety ..............................................................................................................3
Important Safety Instrucons ..................................................................................3
Safety aspects of connecons .................................................................................. 5
Regulatory Informaon ............................................................................................5
PRODUCT OVERVIEW ...................................................................................................6
GETTING STARTED ........................................................................................................7
About you X5001 gatway .........................................................................................7
Typical applicaon ....................................................................................................7
What’s in the box .....................................................................................................7
What else you need .................................................................................................7
System requirements ...............................................................................................7
Acquiring high-speed Internet service .....................................................................8
What about security? ...............................................................................................9
Ethernet or wireless ................................................................................................. 9
INSTALLING THE GATEWAY .........................................................................................10
Front panel .............................................................................................................11
Rear panel ..............................................................................................................12
Finding a suitable locaon .....................................................................................13
Wireless placement consideraons .......................................................................13
Desktop mounng instrucons .............................................................................. 13
Connecng to the LAN ...........................................................................................14
Connecng to the WAN .........................................................................................14
Gateway connecons ............................................................................................. 14
CONFIGURING THE GATEWAY ....................................................................................15
Powering on the gateway .......................................................................................15
Reboong or reseng the gateway ....................................................................... 15
Conguring your wireless connecon .................................................................... 15
WPS (WiFi Protected Setup) wireless setup ........................................................... 16
Accessing the conguraon interface ....................................................................17
Seng Parental Controls ........................................................................................17
Conguring your Ethernet connecon ................................................................... 20
TROUBLESHOOTING ...................................................................................................22
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................................................24
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE OF SOFTWARE (“TERMS”) .................................. 25
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