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GN-B46B

Wireless Broadband Router

User Guide

Rev.1.0 First Edition

Summary of Contents for GN-B46B

Page 1: ...GN B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Rev 1 0 First Edition...

Page 2: ...relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consu...

Page 3: ...tings under Windows 95 98 Me 15 The Settingsunder Windows XP 21 Chapter4 Basic Setup for Router 27 Log in to the Router 27 Setup Wizard 28 Status 39 Logout 39 Chapter5 Advanced Setup 40 Network Config...

Page 4: ...r consumption and power management functions and provides a high speed wireless data communication n Conforms to IEEE 802 11b specification n Transmits data rate up to the maximum speed of 11Mbps n Dy...

Page 5: ...ernet WAN Port n Four Ethernet LAN Port n Init Bottom n Wireless antenna One 2 4 GHz antenna n Power Package Contents Before the installation procedures please ensure the components are not damaged du...

Page 6: ...rt Transmit or receive data via the WAN port Green Light n WAN Green Light Blinking Package transmit n LAN1 LAN4 10 100 Mbps Network Connection 10 100 Mbps Data Transmission Rate On Blinking Green Lig...

Page 7: ...Ethernet cable RJ 45 or a PCMCIA wireless adapter for laptop computer Hardware Requirements n A Computer with Windows Macintosh or Linux based operating system n A Javascript enabled web browser prog...

Page 8: ...ess LAN card manual which provided by your wireless card manufacture The SSID of the Wireless LAN card should be the same as the SSID of the GN B46B The default value is GIGABYTE or any if your wirele...

Page 9: ...lease follow the instructure to perform the setup under the TCP IP network environment By default Windows 98 Me 2000 and XP has TCP IP installed If you have not installed the TCP IP communication Prot...

Page 10: ...10 GN B46B Wireless Broadband Router User Guide Step3 Double click the LAN CONNECTION and click the Properties button Step2 Double click the Network and Dial up Connections icon...

Page 11: ...CP IP item Step5 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically click the OK button to return to Local Area Connection Properties Click the OK button again to co...

Page 12: ...r Guide Step6 Click Start at the desktop of the Windows and then Programs Accessories and Command Prompt in sequence Step7 Key in the command ipconfig release in DOS mode and then enter Step8 Key in t...

Page 13: ...and then enter Note If the IP address of the GN B46B is 192 168 1 254 the IP address of your computer must be 192 168 1 X where X is a number between 1 and 253 Each computer on your network must have...

Page 14: ...es Click the OK button after finishing with the setup and go to the Chapter4 Basic Setup for Router Note If your ISP Company has a designated Proxy setting Key in the setting after you complete the GN...

Page 15: ...eless Broadband Router User Guide 15 The Settings under Windows 95 98 Me Step1 Click Start at the desktop of the Windows and select Settings and then select the Control Panel Step2 Double click the Ne...

Page 16: ...ide Step3 On the Configuration tab please choose your appropriate setting TCP IP your network LAN card and click Properties button Step4 Select the IP Address tab Please select Obtain an IP address au...

Page 17: ...r Guide 17 Step6 On the DNS Configuration tab please select Disable DNS and then click the OK button Step5 On the Gateway tab please clear all installed gateways and do not fill any of the blanks and...

Page 18: ...automatically from the GN B46B then you can go to the Step11 directly If you would like to obtain an IP address manually please refer to Step8 Step10 Note The Windows may ask you for the original Wind...

Page 19: ...the OK button Step11 In your IE Browser select Internet Options under Tools Note If the IP address of the GN B46B is 192 168 1 254 the IP address of your computer must be 192 168 1 X where X is a numb...

Page 20: ...es Click the OK button after finishing with the setup and go to the Chapter4 Basic Setup for Router Note If your ISP Company has a designated Proxy setting Key in the setting after you complete the GN...

Page 21: ...Broadband Router User Guide 21 The Settings under Windows XP Step1 Click Start in the desktop of the Windows to select Settings and then select Control Panel Step2 Double click the Network and Dial up...

Page 22: ...Step4 The Local Area Connection Properties dialog box will appear Verfiy that the Internet Protocol TCP IP item is checked And then double click the Internet Protocol TCP IP item Step3 Double click th...

Page 23: ...ain an IP address manually please refer to Step6 Step9 Step5 Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically click the OK button to return to Local Area Connectio...

Page 24: ...e in DOS mode and then enter Note If the IP address of the GN B46B is 192 168 1 254 the IP address of your computer must be 192 168 1 X where X is a number between 1 and 253 Each computer on your netw...

Page 25: ...eless Broadband Router User Guide 25 Step9 Key in exit and then enter Step10 In your IE Browser select Internet Options under Tools Step11 In this dialog box please click the LAN Settings on the Conne...

Page 26: ...se DO NOT tick all of the selection boxes Click the OK button after finishing with the setup and go to the Chapter4 Basic Setup for Router Note If your ISP Company has a designated Proxy setting Key i...

Page 27: ...scape Communicator Step2 The dialogue box will appear as shown in the following diagram and key in the default user name admin for the wideband network GN B46B and the default password admin and then...

Page 28: ...is not necessary to make change to it for normal operation Please input the settings on your own if change is needed IPAddress Subnet Mask The values are the Router s IP Address and Subnet Mask The d...

Page 29: ...he GN B46B uses this allocable range of the IP address as the initial value to assign the IP to the PC connected to the LAN end For example The DHCP start address is 192 168 1 1 and the end address is...

Page 30: ...connection of ADSL Cable Modem but do not have a static IP please select this item And then please follow Step 10 n Static IP Address If you use the wideband fixed connection of ADSL Cable Modem but h...

Page 31: ...PoE under the WAN TYPE SELECT key in the User ID and password The wideband company provides the above data and press Finish to go to next step n PPPoE User ID and Password The User ID and Password are...

Page 32: ...ll be automatically connected to the main menu and your setup has completed by then Please use your IE connect to Internet Note If you can connect to the Internet the setting is completed If you use t...

Page 33: ...ep10 If you select the Dynamic IP Address in the WAN TYPE SELECT the following screen will appear Please key in the Host Name if your ISP has provided And then press Finish to go to next step Dynamic...

Page 34: ...ill be automatically connected to the main menu and your setup has completed by then Please use your IE connect to Internet Note If you can connect to the Internet the setting is completed If you use...

Page 35: ...y in the data provided by the wideband company in the following fields as shown below And then press Finish to go to next step Static IP Address Note If your wideband company gives you more than one I...

Page 36: ...ill be automatically connected to the main menu and your setup has completed by then Please use your IE connect to Internet Note If you can connect to the Internet the setting is completed If you use...

Page 37: ...ELECT please key in the data provided by the wideband company in the following fields as shown below And then press Finish to go to next step Note If your wideband company gives you more than one IP a...

Page 38: ...ill be automatically connected to the main menu and your setup has completed by then Please use your IE connect to Internet Note If you can connect to the Internet the setting is completed If you use...

Page 39: ...tatus You can use this status screen to view the router s current connection status and configuration Logout As you finished the configuration of the GN B46B please choose Logout Note After 5 minutes...

Page 40: ...k Configuration function allows you to access to the LAN Configuration WAN Confguration and WAN Configuration Setting LANConfiguration n LAN Configuration From this table you can modify the LAN settin...

Page 41: ...ou can setup up to 4 WAN connection entries Each entry may has it s own connection type PPPoE PPPoE Unnumber Dynamic IP address Static IP address and some other properties For example when you click t...

Page 42: ...creases it is becoming a requirement for even the smallest businesses and homes to connect to the Internet Network Address Translation NAT is a method of connecting multiple computers to the Internet...

Page 43: ...button to set the value into GN B46B And then the screen will transfer to WAN configuration setting page WANConfiguration Setting There are four WAN configuration setting you may setup on WAN Configu...

Page 44: ...P and PAP The default is set to Auto Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol CHAP This is the preferred method of authentication for PPP dialup links With CHAP the server sends a challenge to whic...

Page 45: ...e automaticly reconnected to WAN Disable When the WAN connection is automatically disconnected and you want to use the Internet again then you will have to manually reconnect to Internet Static IP Add...

Page 46: ...Wireless Broadband Router User Guide PPPoE Unnumber n ISPName User ID Passwaord Service Name AC Name DNS1 and DNS2 DNS Domain Name WAN IPAddress WAN Subnet Mask Those information are provided by your...

Page 47: ...channel regulation please check whether the default region value is your local area If it did not appear properly region please contact your local distributor or authorized reseller immediately n HW...

Page 48: ...se between Open System Shared Key and Open system Shared Key The Authentication Type default is set to Open System Open System in which the sender and the recipient do NOT share a secret key Each part...

Page 49: ...ntrol These two portions plus together is 64 bits encryption Some other vendor s product might refer as 40 bits encryption It is the same thing The 128 bits WEP encryption use 104 bits as a secret key...

Page 50: ...e address of the network or host to which the static route is assigned n Netmask The Netmask determines which portion of a destination LAN IP address is the network portion and which portion is the ho...

Page 51: ...LAN terminal can be used to input to the field of LAN IP Address Verify the desired setting and then click the Submit button to set the value into GN B46B Virtual server setting split into two differ...

Page 52: ...nect to a server of a PC at the LAN end Taking the IP address 192 168 1 1 of a PC on a FTP at the LAN for example u Protocol TCP u Port 21 u Vitrual Server IP 192 168 1 1 u Enable enable The PC at the...

Page 53: ...of the Global IP e g 61 222 10 1 61 222 10 7 But only can use 61 222 10 2 61 222 10 6 Taking the IP address 192 168 1 1 of a PC on a FTP at the LAN for example u Global IP 61 222 10 2 u Protocol TCP...

Page 54: ...sers from accessing private networks or corporate LAN s and Intranets Security From this security setting list you can check which security rule you want and then click Submit button to set the value...

Page 55: ...P stands for Point to Point Tunneling Protocol It basically allows you to establish a connection to a corporate network and you can share files and other data as if your machine were actually on that...

Page 56: ...VPN packets will be transparent and will redirect to this host VPN pass through works either VPN server behind the LAN side or VPN server locate at WAN side For different VPN pass through setting onl...

Page 57: ...from outside and provides a method of restricting users on the local network from accessing the Internet Additionally it can filter out specific packets to trigger the router to place an outgoing con...

Page 58: ...ies the rule for filtering incoming packets b L W LAN to WAN specifies the rule for filtering outgoing packets n Protocol Specifies the protocol s this static rule will apply to Under this option eigh...

Page 59: ...he DNS replay is Enable The DNS query packets will send through the router When a DNS query packet enters the router and the router will sends an answer to the host that sent the DNS query packet And...

Page 60: ...r6 Management Tool This chapter will show you how to use the management tool to manage and maintain your wireless broadband router PPP Monitor The PPP Monitor will show you the WAN connection status R...

Page 61: ...outer will be restart and the system setting will restore to the factory default value Change Password User can change the administration password of the GN B46B to prevent other user access to the GN...

Page 62: ...tered with your ISP company If you want to restore to the factory default value please select Restore Default WAN MAC Verify the desired setting and then click the Submit button Upgrade Firmware This...

Page 63: ...of the GN B46B to a temp file on your PC You can then click the Restore button to restore the saved backup configuration file Log Information From here you can veiw the record of the firewall log WAN...

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Page 65: ...and the status information if you have the support requirement And then send this file to Gigabyte supporting team for further investigation your question Ping This Ping function allows you to verify...

Page 66: ...ervice expires 4 Please confirm if your network cable is connected properly and the LED status is normal Q What is the IEEE802 11b standard A It also referred to as 802 11 High Rate or Wi Fi It is an...

Page 67: ...ver function built in Q What is WEP A Wired Equivalent Privacy Security mechanism defined within the 802 11 standard designed to make the link integrity of the wireless medium equal to wired cable Dat...

Page 68: ...utomatically as sign IP addresses to deliver TCP IP stack configuration parameters such as the subnet mask and default router and to provide other configuration information such as the ad dresses for...

Page 69: ...Address Every machine on the Internet has a unique identifying number called an IP Address A typical IP address looks like this 216 27 61 137 IPSec IPSec stands for IP Security It provides authentica...

Page 70: ...Control Protocol Internet Protocol the suite of communications protocols used to connect hosts on the Internet VPN Virtual private networks are secured private network connections built on top of publ...

Page 71: ...11 Mbps date rate at nominal temperature Antenna 1 external antenna and 1 internal antenna support diversity Regulatory and Environmental Compliance FCC part 15 USA DGT Taiwan CE Europe Temperature Ra...

Page 72: ...ither new or reconditioned parts Re paired or replaced products will be returned to you at the same revision level as received or higher at Gigabyte s option Gigabyte reverses the right to replace dis...

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