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Page 1: ...EE400 R GigaFast Ethernet P 0 EE400 R Broadband Router User Manual ...

Page 2: ...pying manual or otherwise without prior written permission Trademarks All products and company brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies They are used for identification purposes only Specifications are subject to be changed without prior notice GigaFast Ethernet 1100 S Hatcher Ave C City of Industry CA 91748 USA Tel 626 964 2960 Fax 626 964 2690 e mail gfeu...

Page 3: ...ructions in this manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference CE Declaration of Conformity This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibi...

Page 4: ...Information 14 3 1 2 Administration 15 3 1 3 EZ Setup WAN 16 3 1 4 EZ Setup LAN 20 3 2 TELNET CONSOLE CONFIGURATION 24 3 2 1 Device Information and Administration configuration in EE400 R 25 3 2 2 WAN Setup 27 3 2 3 LAN Setup 29 3 2 4 Advanced function 30 CHAPTER 4 ADVANCED FIREWALL FUNCTION 32 4 1 ACCESS CONTROL 32 4 2 SERVICE TIME ALLOCATION 33 4 3 URL KEYWORD BLOCKING 35 4 4 VIRTUAL SERVER 36 4...

Page 5: ...EE400 R GigaFast Ethernet P 4 Appendix C Cabling and Pin Assignment 48 Appendix D Configure IP manually 51 Appendix E Technical Information 53 ...

Page 6: ...AN data from being accessed by outside intruders hackers Figure 1 1 Since all incoming data packets have been analyzed monitored they may be filtered out and recorded as an intrusion event It can also be configured to block some internal LAN users access to the Internet for management purpose Figure 1 1 Secure Internet Access via Cable DSL Modem 1 1 Features Connects to 10 100Mbps Broadband cable ...

Page 7: ... port service URL name keywords and 24 hour time zone Virtual Server Port forwarding function Internet servers WWW FTP E mail in LAN could be virtually exposed to WAN for outside Internet user access This is a useful and secure network deployment for Internet servers DMZ De Militarized Zone Host Administrator can completely expose a host PC in LAN to the Internet without any firewall protection me...

Page 8: ...is data communication If the LED is continuously illuminated it means WAN device is successfully connected or EE400 R s WAN port is working now 10 100 Indicates 10 or 100Mbps wire speed corresponding to WAN port On is 100Mps FDX COL FDX Full Duplex Mode On means the current connection is on full duplex mode COL Collision Blinking means the connection is experiencing collisions The WAN port has NIC...

Page 9: ...mode COL Collision Blinking means the connection is experiencing collisions Note infrequent collisions are normal If the COL LED is lit too often there may be a problem with your connection 1 4 2 Rear Panel Serial Serial port connector It is used to connect with MODEM or console terminal The options could be configured via WEB browser Please refer to Appendix C 2 for pin assignment cabling Default...

Page 10: ...se refer to Appendix C for detailed cabling and pin assignment Figure 2 1 The hardware connection of WAN interface for EE400 R 2 2 Hardware Connection to LAN Connect the network cable from your computer s Ethernet port to one of EE400 R s 4 LAN ports Figure 2 2 If it is correctly connected the corresponding Link Act light will be lit Figure 2 2 Diagram of connections between router and computers I...

Page 11: ...e reset button down for at least 5 seconds The EE400 R LAN interface IP will become 192 168 8 1 and the DHCP server for LAN users is on with an IP range from 192 168 8 17 to 192 168 8 128 by default Follow the procedures to set your computer as a DHCP Client If the fixed IP mode for administrator s computer is desired please refer to Appendix E Step1 Click the Start button select Settings and then...

Page 12: ...ystem may ask you to restart If so restart now After restart the connection should be established Please check it as follows Windows 9x Me Click Start and select Run Type winipcfg and click ok Click the IP Address tab Select Obtain an IP address automatically Step2 ...

Page 13: ...command which will bring up the MS DOS command window Type ipconfig all to check the Ethernet adapter information All Ethernet adapter information is shown in this window Check if you get an IP address like 192 168 8 x where x is any number between 17 and 128 Then check that the default gateway is 192 168 8 1 If everything is correct the network should be working now Please go to the next Chapter ...

Page 14: ...ation of database consistency If anyone else tries to log in it will fail and the EE400 R will pop up an alert message The following description also assumes the EE400 R is in factory default condition 3 1 Web Based Configuration Open the web browser and type http 192 168 8 1 into the browser s address box This IP address is the EE400 R s LAN interface address The main page should show up as below...

Page 15: ...word admin Then click enter to login 3 1 1 Device Information After login the first page is the Device Information of the EE400 R This page shows the detailed status of the EE400 R and displays the current WAN s information about dial up duration and traffic bytes count ...

Page 16: ... OK to send the request Upgrade Firmware Click browse to choose the correct firmware upgrade file upg When a file has been selected click Go to send the request The EE400 R s firmware will be upgraded immediately After a moment EE400 R will restart automatically Miscellaneous Commands View system events log records system events such as system start administrator log in log out dial hang up and ha...

Page 17: ...istration page Clone MAC Duplicates the MAC address of the administrator s PC into the WAN MAC address of the EE400 R Reset to Default Resets the system settings to factory default and restart automatically after completion Restart System Forces the EE400 R to restart immediately 3 1 3 EZ Setup WAN Click the EZ Setup WAN link in the left frame There are 4 connection types in this page Only one con...

Page 18: ...sed when a fixed IP address is used Certain ISPs will assign a static or unchanging IP address Please check with your ISP to find out If you have a Static IP select the static option and fill in the blanks according to the information provided by your ISP 4 connection types ...

Page 19: ...WAN 1st DNS DNS Domain Name Server ISP will provide this address WAN 2nd DNS The second DNS Click the Save Restart button B DHCP Client Connection DHCP Client connection means that the ISP will dynamically assign an IP address and other settings so no settings are required to be filled in Click the Save Restart button This connection type is popular for most Cable modems After the save restart the...

Page 20: ...onnected Auto disconnect when Idle Time is over __ sec fill in a time period in seconds if you want to disconnect automatically when your Internet connection is idle more than that period of time Click the Save Restart button After the save restart the assigned IP address can be checked on the Device Info page refer to 3 1 1 If something is wrong please browse the system event log to check the dia...

Page 21: ... W2 to request MODEM to report carrier speed instead of DTE speed This works only for most Rockwell conexant v 90 modems Click the Save Restart button After the save restart the assigned IP address can be checked on the Device Info page refer to 3 1 1 If something is wrong please browse the system event log to check the dial log in activity refer to 3 1 2 3 1 4 EZ Setup LAN Click the EZ setup LAN ...

Page 22: ...d the administrator may lose the connection with the EE400 R when they are not in the same LAN segment Administration operation will not work until they are in the same segment again Do this by releasing and renewing the IP address on the administrator s PC 1 DHCP Server Enabled Choose this option if you want the EE400 R to assign IPs to computers on the network automatically ...

Page 23: ...m the IP address pool to the requesting computer The end address must be greater than the start address Lease time the assigned IP will be valid during the lease interval Assign fixed IP to MAC If there are some computers like web E mail server which will be assigned a fixed IP by the DHCP server you can set those computers with their own predefined IP Those computers will be identified by their M...

Page 24: ...EE400 R GigaFast Ethernet P 23 2 DHCP Server Disabled Disable DHCP Server function of EE400 R You just have to fill in LAN IP Address and then press Save Restart button ...

Page 25: ...t configuration can only be used via Lan The terminal parameters should be set to 115200 8 N 1 baud rate 115200 8 data bit No parity 1 stop bit When the RDY LED is blinking regularly press the Enter key once Click Start and select Run Type telnet and when the window opens type open 192 168 8 1 In general the Telnet console configuration is menu driven Enter the password admin is the default and pr...

Page 26: ... P 25 3 2 1 Device Information and Administration configuration in EE400 R When you select 1 to enter the device information you can see the device information as follows Press Esc to exit Select 2 to enter administrator setup ...

Page 27: ...must use a telnet program with file transfer capability to upgrade your firmware Window s built in terminal does not provide this feature 3 Set Date Time Press 3 for this setting Set the date and time separately A Date Time needs to be initialized every time the EE400 R is reset B Whenever the administrator logs on via web browser the date time is calibrated automatically according to the login PC...

Page 28: ...ction types can be chosen by entering the available type number A D 1 Static IP address Static connection is used when a fixed IP address is used Certain ISPs will assign a static or unchanging IP address Please check with your ISP to find out If you have a Static IP select the static option and fill in the blanks according to the information provided by your ISP ...

Page 29: ... are complete don t forget to type Y to restart the system 3 PPP over Ethernet PPPoE point to point protocol over Ethernet connection means that personal users can browse Internet through DSL based broadband connection If you are connected to the Internet through a DSL line check your ISP if they use PPPoE If they do choose the PPPoE option and type in optional depending on the ISP Dial on Demand ...

Page 30: ...eed instead of DTE speed This works only for most Rockwell conexant v 90 modems When all settings are complete don t forget to type Y to restart the system 3 2 3 LAN Setup The LAN Setup configuration in a telnet environment has 2 items 1 LAN IP Address type in the IP address of the EE400 R as it is seen by the internal LAN computers If Telnet is used and the LAN IP is changed the administrator may...

Page 31: ...n the start address C Set DHCP Lease Duration the assigned IP will be valid during the lease duration D Assign fixed IP address by MAC address If there are computers such as web E mail servers which will be assigned fixed IPs by the DHCP server you can set those computers with their own predefined IP Those computers will be identified by their MAC address DHCP Server disabled Select 1 to toggle be...

Page 32: ...nagement from WAN This function allows the administrator to configure the EE400 R from the outside Internet with a browser directly In order to reserve HTTP service port 80 which is used for virtual servers the remote web administration function utilizes another port 64511 instead e g http 211 79 244 45 64511 2 User command This is reserved for diagnostic purposes ...

Page 33: ...y Click the Access Control link in the left frame There you will see the 3 options shown below 1 Respond to Ping from WAN Allow or Deny responding if there is any PING packet sent to the WAN of the EE400 R This is very useful to avoid Internet intruders hackers from probing the computer Most likely the hacker will not start to attack 2 Web Management from WAN This function allows the administrator...

Page 34: ...SOHO environment and the administrator wants to inhibit LAN users from using Telnet services like BBS on line chat then it is easily achieved by blocking all packets to service port 23 Another example would be blocking service port 110 POP3 which will inhibit LAN users from checking retrieving outside Internet E Mail accounts This is very useful when WAN connection type is Dial On Demand like PPPo...

Page 35: ... time This feature is implemented through two mechanisms One method is to specify the maximum continuous service period This is primarily used for parental control in home family applications It can protect children from surfing the Internet continuously for more than a pre defined period X Meanwhile the EE400 R will still stop service until period Y is expired ...

Page 36: ...rd Blocking In order to prevent LAN users from accessing specific websites the EE400 R provides a function to perform such a filtering mechanism The administrator can enter the URL keywords of which websites are to be rejected Then the EE400 R will reject any websites which have URL names that match or partially match For example if the keyword is xyz then www xyz com ftp xyz com xyz abc com are a...

Page 37: ...E mail should be visible and accessible by the outside Internet As a result the EE400 R provides Virtual Server functions to meet this demand In addition the EE400 R also protects the servers and all other computers in the LAN simultaneously Since all the Internet servers always handle the fixed TCP UDP service port number like WWW is 80 FTP is 21 any packets from the WAN which have a destination ...

Page 38: ...ers hackers However the advantage is that all computers in the DMZ are completely exposed to Internet thus all of them gain the full access right privilege to the outside Internet In such a case theoretically all Internet applications should be compatible with them because there is no interference from the firewall There are more and more Internet applications need 2 way access right like video an...

Page 39: ...ine games The DMZ feature can often avoid these problems The following shows a single DMZ host is allowed due to the single WAN IP address shown for example WAN connection type is DHCP client PPPoE and PPP 4 6 Multiple DMZ Host If the WAN connection type is static and there is a range of IP addresses assigned to the WAN interface instead of a single IP please refer to section 3 1 then the EE400 R ...

Page 40: ...ction SOHO environment please refer to Figure 4 2 It is less popular with home users due to the range of WAN IP address because IP addresses are important and expensive resources now Some ISPs provide leased line services DSL is a common one to subscribers and can offer a range of IP addresses for subscription In this case there are two types of connection configurations One is Bridging mode the o...

Page 41: ...k with the Figure 4 1 configuration because the EE400 R can only handle one IP address not 5 IP addresses In such conditions the bridging mode option is available for Multiple DMZ The following Figure 4 2 is a typical Router to Router inter connection configuration Figure 4 2 Routing mode EE400 R EE400 R ...

Page 42: ...400 R through web Check the cable connection to the EE400 R LAN port and see if the status LEDs on the front panel are functioning properly In Windows9x ME series run winipcfg to check the client side by clicking on the Start button then select Run The PC should show 1 IP address 192 168 8 xxx xxx is from 17 to 128 2 Submask 255 255 255 0 3 Default Gateway IP 192 168 8 1 3 Time out error message p...

Page 43: ...er transmitted on the Internet It allows the EE400 R to be used with low cost Internet accounts such as DSL or cable modems where only one IP address is provided by the ISP Users can have many private addresses behind a single address 4 If installation fails what can I do Reset your cable DSL modem by powering the unit off for 20 seconds and then turn it back on Once it has completed its tests res...

Page 44: ... Yes any platform that supports Ethernet and TCP IP is compatible with the EE400 R 10 Can I use my own public IPs and Domain or do I have to use the IPs provided by the router You can customize your own IPs through configuration of this router 11 What are the advanced features of the EE400 R The advanced features of the router include Access Control URL Blocking Virtual Server and DMZ ...

Page 45: ...by the operating system when there is a request for service Port numbers for server applications are pre assigned by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IANA and do not change The following is a short list of some well known port numbers Table A 1 Well Known TCP ports Port No Name TCP Description 20 FTP DATA FTP data 21 FTP FTP command 23 TELNET Terminal Connection 25 SMTP SMTP 53 DOMAIN Name ...

Page 46: ...R GigaFast Ethernet P 45 Appendix B Illustrated Typical Application B 1 Home User Application Figure B 1 Home user application DSL Cable modem Figure B 2 Home user application ISDN V 90 Modem EE400 R EE400 R ...

Page 47: ...nvironment application DHCP Server in the EE400 R EE400 R GigaFast Ethernet P 46 Figure B 1 SOHO environment application Simple IP sharing EE400 R GigaFast Ethernet P 47 B 2 SOHO environment Application EE400 R EE400 R ...

Page 48: ...EE400 R GigaFast Ethernet P 47 EE400 R Figure B 5 SOHO environment application DHCP Server in LAN ...

Page 49: ... from one end of the cable to the other All 8 wires are used Table C 1 To determine which wire is wire number 1 hold the cable so that the end of the plastic RJ 45 tip the part that goes into a wall jack first is facing away from you Face the clip down so that the copper side faces up the springy clip will now be parallel to the floor When looking down on the copper side wire 1 is on the far left ...

Page 50: ... the interconnections of terminals and host computers through public telephone networks Its interface presupposes a common ground between the DTE and DCE RS232 is used to connect both the EE400 R and PC or Modem in this case With different pin specifications pin assignments are different between DTE Data Terminal Equipment usually a computer or terminal to DCE Data Circuit terminating Equipment us...

Page 51: ...the EE400 R and PC console DTE DTE C 2 3 Connection between the EE400 R and Modem DTE DCE 1 Shield 2 Received Data 3 Transmitted Data 4 DTE Ready DTR 5 Signal Ground 6 DCE Ready DSR 7 Request to send 8 Clear to send 9 Ring indicator Male Gate 2000 Gate 2000 ...

Page 52: ...ess Type in your customized IP address The default IP address of this product is 192 168 8 1 so you can type in an IP Address like 192 168 8 xxx xxx can be numbers from 1to 253 Set the Subnet Mask to 255 255 255 0 In the Gateway tab add the IP address of this product The default IP Address of this product is 192 168 8 1 ...

Page 53: ...EE400 R GigaFast Ethernet P 52 Change to the DNSConfiguration tab Enable DNS and add DNS values provided by your ISP into DNS Server Search Order Click ok to finish ...

Page 54: ...y One RJ 45 port IEEE 802 3 100BaseT CSMA CD UTP category 5 10 100 Mbps Four RJ 45 ports IEEE 802 3u 100BaseT CSMA CD UTP category 5 switched 10 100 Mbps One D sub9 male DTE type EIA RS232C Power Ready WAN Link Act 10 100 Full Duplex Collision Modem Ready CD LAN Link Act 10 100 Full Duplex Collision Button Factory default setting External DC 5V 2A 180 x 110 x 20 mm 1lb 3 3 oz FCC class B CE mark 0...

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