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Page 2: ...ision by Jake Manual Number U 0363 V1 1C Version 1 1 January 2003 Disclaimer Compex Inc provides this manual without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the i...
Page 3: ...or an experienced radio TV technician for help Caution Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the grantee of this device could void the user s authority to operate the equipment FCC Co...
Page 4: ...a Unit A Anaheim CA 92807 USA Call Fax Tel Tel Fax BBS 1 714 630 7302 8 a m 5 p m Pacific time 1 800 279 8891 Ext 122 Technical Support 1 714 630 6521 1 714 630 2570 24 hour access Europe Write ReadyL...
Page 5: ...o refer to your operating system s documentation for networking How to Use this Document The document is written in such a way that you as a user will find it convenient to find specific information p...
Page 6: ...DHCP Server 3 1 2 8 Virtual Server 3 1 2 9 Time based Access Management 3 1 2 10 IP Packet Filtering 3 1 2 11 Web based Configuration Interface 3 1 2 12 Remote Management 4 1 3 Package Contents 4 1 4...
Page 7: ...Ethernet PPPoE 35 3 2 4 Singapore SingTel Magix SuperSurf 38 3 2 5 Australia Big Pond Cable Internet 39 3 2 6 Point to Point Tunneling Protocol PPTP 41 3 3 Network Address Translator NAT 43 3 3 1 Int...
Page 8: ...hapter 4 Wireless LAN Option 74 4 1 Activating Compex NetPassage 16A Wireless LAN Option 74 4 2 Operating Mode of Compex NetPassage 16A Wireless LAN Option 75 4 3 Wireless Pseudo VLAN 76 4 3 1 Per Nod...
Page 9: ...Table of Contents Appendix C Frequently Asked Question 94...
Page 10: ...ique Parallel Broadband Compex NetPassage 16A delivers scalable Internet bandwidth to your network supporting Load Balancing and Fail Over Redundancy with multiple broadband channels In addition Compe...
Page 11: ...ith a Type II PCMCIA slot supporting Compex 11Mbps Wireless LAN card for Wireless LAN implementation Compex NetPassage 16A activated with wireless LAN distributes Internet access to the 11Mbps Wireles...
Page 12: ...in your private network Virtual Server based on Port Forwarding and IP Forwarding may be defined on Compex NetPassage 16A 1 2 9 Time based Access Management With Time based Access Management the netw...
Page 13: ...ELNET session 1 3 Package Contents Your Compex NetPassage 16A retail package contains the following items 1 x Compex NetPassage 16A 1 x External Power Adapter 5VDC 3A and 1 x Power Cord 1 x Quick Inst...
Page 14: ...turned on 2 WAN Link Act LED Steady Amber indicates that the connectivity is linked at 100Mbps Flashing Amber indicates that 100Mbps data transmission is detected at the respective port Steady Green...
Page 15: ...s Flashing Green indicates that 10Mbps data transmission is detected at the respective port 6 CONN LED Steady Green indicates that the WAN connection is established Flashing Green indicates that the W...
Page 16: ...t 3 Blink slowly 1 flash sec indicates configuration reset to factory default 4 Steady On indicates normal reboot 1 5 Specifications 1 5 1 Compex NetPassage 16A Specifications x Industry Standards Com...
Page 17: ...outing Static Dynamic Entry x Routing Protocol RIP1 RIP2 x VPN Client Pass Through PPTP IPSec L2TP x Microsoft NetMeeting Yes x Configuration Interface Web based Configuration Interface TELNET RS232 C...
Page 18: ...Europe 2 4465 2 4835 France x Radio Technology Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum x Frequency Channels 11 Channels US Canada 13 Channels Europe 4 Channels France x Data Rates 11Mbps 5 5Mbps 2Mbps 1Mbps...
Page 19: ...e hardware setup for each application 2 1 1 Distributing Broadband Internet Access to Fast Ethernet Network Figure 2 1a Compex NetPassage 16A distributes broadband Internet access to the Fast Ethernet...
Page 20: ...pex NetPassage 16A and gently insert the wireless LAN card into the PCMCIA slot of Compex NetPassage 16A Figure 2 1b Compex NetPassage 16A distributes broadband Internet access to the Fast Ethernet an...
Page 21: ...16A operating in Client Mode may access to Compex NetPassage 16A operating as an Access Point If you have two Fast Ethernet segments that are environmentally not possible to be connected by cable you...
Page 22: ...of your computer Compex NetPassage 16A comes with a uConfig agent and a window based utility UCONFIG EXE To connect to Compex NetPassage 16A s Web based Configuration Interface via Universal Configura...
Page 23: ...uration CAUTION Click on the ExitUconfig from the Command Menu to exit from the uConfig mode If you do not exit the uConfig mode the router may not function correctly 2 3 NPfind Utility Software In th...
Page 24: ...Command Console of Compex NetPassage 16A via a TELNET session or a direct serial connection This section assumes that the IP address of your Compex NetPassage 16A has not been changed It is still the...
Page 25: ...Launch the Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator 2 Open the URL using the default IP of Compex NetPassage 16A E g Type in http 192 168 168 1 in the Address field of Internet Explorer 3 The logon pag...
Page 26: ...Command Menu Enable the user to select feature to be configured Configuration Window Enable the user to configure the parameters associated with the selected feature Message Window Display the messag...
Page 27: ...ssage 16A s Command Console via TELNET 1 Connect to Compex NetPassage 16A s Command Console with the following command at DOS prompt The TELNET application will then be launched and connect to Compex...
Page 28: ...ompex NetPassage 16A s Command Console 1 Connect the RS232 serial port of Compex NetPassage 16A to the serial COM port of a computer using the RS232 crossover cable 2 Power on Compex NetPassage 16A an...
Page 29: ...wing settings and press the OK button to proceed Figure 2 4f Configuring Communication Port 5 Once the Properties Window is closed hit the ENTER key once for the login prompt to appear Type in passwor...
Page 30: ...Dynamically Obtain IP Address To configure your computers to dynamically obtain IP address gateway and DNS information from Compex NetPassage 16A perform the following actions For Microsoft Windows 95...
Page 31: ...n an IP address Subnet Mask and Gateway information to the computer For Microsoft Windows 2000 XP Figure 2 5c Network Connection 1 Right click on the network icon on the task bar and click on status C...
Page 32: ...et you need to configure your computer with the following network settings IP 192 168 168 X Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 168 168 1 DNS Server IP address of DNS server X is any integer from 2...
Page 33: ...shown in Figure 2 5a 3 Double click on the TCP IP that is bound to your network adapter the TCP IP configuration window shall be displayed as shown in Figure 2 5f Type in the IP Address and Subnet Ma...
Page 34: ...e OK button to close this window Figure 2 5h DNS Configuration Window Figure 2 5i Network Configuration Windows XP NOTE You must not configure more than one computer with the same host name This creat...
Page 35: ...ish to use these for your network you may change these settings You may also wish to specify another IP address as a default gateway in the DHCP releases If the DHCP Gateway IP Address is set to 0 0 0...
Page 36: ...mpex NetPassage 16A is 192 168 168 1 and 255 255 255 0 respectively the DHCP Start IP Address should be 192 168 168 X where X is 1 254 DHCP End IP Address This is the last IP address where the built i...
Page 37: ...ure the TCP IP of every computer in the network 4 Press the Save button followed by Reboot button to complete the process 3 1 2 Advanced Option for DHCP Server You may configure the built in DHCP Serv...
Page 38: ...must not be within the range of DHCP start and end IP addresses 3 Press the Add button to add this entry and the Apply button to make it effective To view the IP released by the DHCP Server 1 Press t...
Page 39: ...to Cable Internet of which your ISP dynamically assigns IP address to you please go to Section 3 2 1 titled Cable Internet with Dynamic IP Assignment If you have subscribed to Cable Internet of which...
Page 40: ...ternet subscription and that the ISP refuses to release an IP address to you you may clone the approved MAC address to Compex NetPassage 16A Refer to the paragraph titled Cloning MAC Address to Compex...
Page 41: ...igured with PPPoE or other WAN type this page will show the respective configuration page 2 Press the Change button and the list of supported WAN type will be displayed as shown in Figure 3 2b Figure...
Page 42: ...Menu and the WAN configuration page will be displayed as shown Figure 3 2c Cloning MAC Address 2 Press the Clone Mac button to clone the MAC address of your managing computer to Compex NetPassage 16A...
Page 43: ...able Internet subscription you need to configure the WAN interface of Compex NetPassage 16A with static IP address 1 Click on the WAN Setup from the Command Menu and the WAN configuration page will be...
Page 44: ...P Press the Save button followed by the Reboot button to complete the configuration process 3 2 3 ADSL Internet using PPP over Ethernet PPPoE If you have subscribed to ADSL Internet service using stan...
Page 45: ...er the password of the username Service Name Enter the service name of your ADSL Internet subscription optional On Demand When this box is checked your Compex NetPassage 16A will automatically connect...
Page 46: ...is 30 seconds If Always On option is selected with an RTF of 30 seconds your Compex NetPassage 16A will stay connected to the ISP even when there is no Internet traffic present If disconnected by the...
Page 47: ...SL Internet using PPP over Ethernet PPPoE 1 Click on the WAN Setup from the Command Menu and the WAN configuration page will be displayed as shown in Figure 3 2a 2 Press the Change button and the list...
Page 48: ...of Big Pond Cable Internet in Australia If you have subscribed to OPTUS in Australia please go to Section 3 2 1 titled Cable Internet with Dynamic IP Assignment Please take note that OPTUS requires a...
Page 49: ...and press the Save button The configuration page for Big Pond Australia will be displayed Figure 3 2l Big Pond Australia Configuration Page 4 Enter the Username Password and Idling Timeout to the fiel...
Page 50: ...i protocol Virtual Private Networks VPNs through public data networks such as Internet or PPTP 1 Click on the WAN Setup from the Command Menu and the WAN configuration page will be displayed as shown...
Page 51: ...e username of your PPTP subscription Password Enter the password of the username VPN Server Enter the IP Address for VPN server Idle Timeout This field allows you to specify the idling timeout value f...
Page 52: ...at supports Port Address Translation PAT sharing a single public IP address with multiple computers in the private network by using different TCP ports for different computers By default the NAT is en...
Page 53: ...Port Forwarding Figure 3 3a shows two Virtual Servers implemented HTTP Virtual Server and FTP Virtual Server To implement the Virtual Server you need to know the TCP port that the intended applicatio...
Page 54: ...Militarized Zone DMZ Due to the nature of Network Address Translator NAT the subnet behind the NAT cannot be reached from the Internet If you know the TCP UDP port of an application such as HTTP you c...
Page 55: ...displayed as shown below Figure 3 3c NAT Configuration Page 2 Press the DMZ button and the following DMZ Host Definition Window will be displayed Figure 3 3d Configuring DMZ 3 Enter the IP address of...
Page 56: ...d Virtual Server based on Port Forwarding 3 Press the Add button to define new Virtual Server as shown below Figure 3 3f Defining New Virtual Server based on Port Forwarding 4 For Known Server select...
Page 57: ...on to define Virtual Server based on IP Forwarding 1 Click on the NAT from the Command Menu and the NAT configuration page will be displayed as shown below Figure 3 3g NAT Configuration Window for Sta...
Page 58: ...rwarding 4 Enter the Public IP Address and the Private IP Address which it maps to Please ensure that you have subscribed to this Public IP Address 5 Press the Add button to add this new Virtual Serve...
Page 59: ...u may access to the broadband Internet via Compex NetPassage 16A without the need of reconfiguring the TCP IP of your notebook By default this feature is disabled NOTE If you are unsure whether to act...
Page 60: ...r You can simply key in any legal IP Address in the field of the TCP IP Properties window such as 10 10 10 10 Please refer to the figures shown below Figure 3 5a TCP IP for Window 95 98 Figure 3 5b TC...
Page 61: ...e 16A may reroute the IP packets to another network This is very useful for a network with more than one router CAUTION If you are configuring Compex NetPassage 16A for broadband Internet sharing you...
Page 62: ...ting table to point the gateway 192 168 168 254 to subnet 192 168 100 0 Once added packets with destination IP address of 192 168 100 X will be re routed to NetPassage 11A IP 192 168 168 254 Alternati...
Page 63: ...network into the Gateway IP Address field For example if a gateway of IP 192 168 168 254 is connected to a remote network 192 168 100 0 enter the Destination IP Address and Gateway IP Address as 192 1...
Page 64: ...Click on the Remote Management from the Command Menu and the remote management activation page will be displayed as shown below Figure 3 7a Activating Remote Router Management 2 Enter the desired TCP...
Page 65: ...o the router command console by TELNET to port 5000 of 203 120 12 30 3 Press the Save button followed by the Reboot button to complete the process 3 8 Load Balancing Fail Over Redundancy with Parallel...
Page 66: ...e one connected to Cable Internet whereas the other connected to ADSL line Once the Parallel Broadband is implemented these two Compex NetPassage 16As will balance the Internet traffic among them whil...
Page 67: ...tPassage 16A will automatically establish a backup Internet connection via the 56K or ISDN modem dial up access 3 9 1 Setting Up 56K Dial Up Access ISDN Modem as Backup Link To setup an external V 90...
Page 68: ...ar Figure 3 9b Select the types of modem 4 Select the radio button of either Direct or Backup Modem and hit on Apply button 5 Next check the Enable radio button choose the Modem Type enter the dial up...
Page 69: ...ntrol the traffic flowing in and out of the network This is much better than a normal firewall The packets that make it through the filters are sent to the requesting system and the rest are discarded...
Page 70: ...ransport Control Protocol is used to rebuild information that travels over the Internet UDP User Datagram Protocol is used for the information that requires no response such as streaming audio and vid...
Page 71: ...ou wish to add in more rules for security purposes simply 1 Click on Add button and the following GUI will appear Figure 3 10b Firewall Rule configuration 2 After entering your preference entry to ind...
Page 72: ...all log displays all necessary information such as the reasons on why the packets are being accepted or discarded The log will also inform you about the attack on UDP flooding or SYN flooding Figure 3...
Page 73: ...you wish to allow only web browsing in the network you may define a function to allow only HTTP protocol to pass through Compex NetPassage 16A 3 12 1 Time based Access Management To define a function...
Page 74: ...s where this rule applies For example if you wish to disallow two computers IP address of 192 168 168 10 and 192 168 168 11 to access to the Internet between 10 00PM to 8 00AM you may define a rule wi...
Page 75: ...P port of the application of which this rule applies For example if you wish to stop the computers from connecting to the Internet via a TELNET uses TCP Port 23 session you may define a rule with the...
Page 76: ...ological society as it helps to secure others from accessing to certain websites such as accessing to undesirable content website in school or library etc Figure 3 13a 8e6 Internet Filtering Time Sele...
Page 77: ...Addition option as shown in Figure 3 13a 4 The GUI in Figure 3 13c will appear Click on the Browse button and locate your saved text document 5 Hit on the Load button to activate the filtering config...
Page 78: ...changing the administrative password 3 14 1 Setting Router Identity You may define a name for your Compex NetPassage 16A This name will also be used as a DHCP Client ID when it negotiates for an IP r...
Page 79: ...clock Therefore it is important that the router s clock is set correctly 1 Click on the Set Router s Clock from the Command Menu and the System Time Setting window will be displayed as shown below Fig...
Page 80: ...low Figure 3 14c Upgrading Router s Firmware 2 Press the Browse button and locate the firmware image from your computer 3 Press the Upgrade button to update your Compex NetPassage 16A s firmware It is...
Page 81: ...isplayed as shown below Figure 3 14d Saving Restore and Reset Profile 2 Press the Save button if you wish to save the configuration profile into Compex NetPassage 16A s flash ROM Press the Backup butt...
Page 82: ...hout saving the configuration all the unsaved configuration will be lost after reboot 1 Click on the Reboot Router from the Command Menu 2 Press the Yes button to reboot the router 3 14 6 Changing Adm...
Page 83: ...1Mbps standard To ensure security Compex NetPassage 16A wireless LAN option uses private encryption key for communication over the wireless network This technology is known as Wire Equivalent Privacy...
Page 84: ...utes the broadband Internet access to the Fast Ethernet wireless network and bridge the wireless LAN to the Fast Ethernet network Please refer to Figure 4 2a Figure 4 2a Compex NetPassage 16A Wireless...
Page 85: ...defines a single Wireless LAN into multiple Virtual LANs Communication is only possible between wireless nodes of the same VLAN The Wireless Pseudo VLAN may be defined to contain a single user for eac...
Page 86: ...ports multiple wireless nodes per VLAN with different WEP key for each Pseudo VLAN Users from the same Pseudo VLAN may access to one another provided that the WEP key is correct Users from two differe...
Page 87: ...wer the following message will be displayed in the Message Window NOTICE wireless card firmware must have v0 8 3 or higher You may download a copy of WL11A Firmware Update Utility 0 8 3 from Compex co...
Page 88: ...ESSID in order to access this Compex NetPassage 16A Do not modify the default name if you are not sure what to do Channel Select a frequency channel for wireless communication Tx Rate Select a transm...
Page 89: ...ncryption 4 4 2 Configuring Compex NetPassage 16A in Client Mode If you wish to connect two Fast Ethernet segments using two units of Compex NetPassage 16A activated with wireless LAN options you need...
Page 90: ...ter the SSID of the wireless access point that you wish this access point client to access to Tx Rate Select a transmission rate from the drop down menu PS Mode Disable Enable the power saving mode RT...
Page 91: ...AN Per Node and Per Group To understand Wireless Pseudo VLAN and its application please go to Section 4 3 titled Wireless Pseudo VLAN To implement Per Node Wireless Pseudo VLAN NOTE Wireless Pseudo VL...
Page 92: ...ed as shown in Figure 4 4b 3 Expand the Pseudo VLAN drop down menu and select Per Group 4 Press the Apply button and the Per Group Pseudo VLAN membership definition window will be displayed as shown i...
Page 93: ...p Pseudo VLAN with the format as xx xx xx xx xx xx Press the Apply button to add this MAC address into the Per Group Pseudo VLAN 8 Repeat Step 7 8 until all the wireless clients have been added to the...
Page 94: ...down menu and select the preferred private encryption 64 bit or 128 bit Press the Apply button and the WEP definition page will be displayed as shown in Figure 4 4f Figure 4 4f Defining WEP Private E...
Page 95: ...rred private encryption 64 bit or 128 bit Press the Apply button and the WEP definition page will be displayed as shown in Figure 4 4f 4 The 64 bit WEP and 128 bit WEP are defined as 40 bit and 104 bi...
Page 96: ...4 4a 2 Press the Apply button and the access point configuration window will be displayed as shown in Figure 4 4h Figure 4 4h AP Mode Configuration Page 3 Expand the WEP encryption method drop down me...
Page 97: ...n in Figure 4 4a 2 Select Access Point from drop down menu 3 Press the Apply button and the access point client configuration window will be displayed as shown in Figure 4 4c 4 Expand the WEP encrypti...
Page 98: ...ed virtual servers based on IP forwarding SHOW PORT STATIC NAT TABLE List defined virtual servers based on port forwarding SHOW SYSTEM Display the system information SHOW RIP Display the status of the...
Page 99: ...ate used by RS232 serial console management SET SYSTEM NAME STRING Set the router s identity SET SYSTEM CONTACT STRING Specify the contact person for this router SET SYSTEM LOCATION STRING Specify the...
Page 100: ...dd an entry to the routing table ADD IP STATIC NAT PRI IP PUB IP Add a virtual server based on IP forwarding ADD PORT STATIC NAT PRI IP TCP UDP FROM PORT TO PORT RULE NAME Add a virtual server based o...
Page 101: ...ABLE DHCP SERVER Disable DHCP server SAVE Command SYNTAX DESCRIPTION SAVE CONFIG Save the changes in configuration to the router s flash ROM DISCONNECT Command SYNTAX DESCRIPTION DISCONNECT TELNET SES...
Page 102: ...acific Internet Broadband WAN Type PPP over Ethernet PPPoE Username Format username pacific net sg B 3 Germany T DSL T Online WAN Type PPP over Ethernet PPPoE Username Format Connection ID T Online Nu...
Page 103: ...he Internet If you have not configured the DHCP server to configure the DNS information of the computers in the network you need to manually configure the DNS entry on every computer Without the DNS s...
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