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Product and Publication Details

Model Number:

MBR814X

Publication Date:

January 2006

Product Family:

Product Family

Product Name:

Mobile Broadband Router MBR814X

Home or Business Product:

Business

Language:

English

Publication Part Number:

202-10141-01

Summary of Contents for MBR814X

Page 1: ...202 10141 01 January 2006 NETGEAR Inc 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara CA 95054 USA Reference Manual for the Mobile Broadband Router MBR814X...

Page 2: ...stallation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the i...

Page 3: ...Publication Details Model Number MBR814X Publication Date January 2006 Product Family Product Family Product Name Mobile Broadband Router MBR814X Home or Business Product Business Language English Pub...

Page 4: ...v1 0 January 2006 iv...

Page 5: ...Ethernet Connections 2 3 Protocol Support 2 3 Easy Installation and Management 2 4 What s in the Box 2 4 The Router s Front Panel 2 5 The Router s Rear Panel 2 6 Chapter 3 Connecting the Router to th...

Page 6: ...ption Methods 4 9 How to Configure WEP 4 11 How to Configure WPA PSK 4 12 Chapter 5 Protecting Your Network Protecting Access to Your Mobile Broadband Router MBR814X 5 1 How to Change the Built In Pas...

Page 7: ...Utilities and Rebooting the Router 6 14 Enabling Remote Management 6 15 Configuring Remote Management 6 15 Chapter 7 Advanced Configuration Configuring Advanced Security 7 1 Setting Up A Default DMZ...

Page 8: ...4 Troubleshooting Internet Browsing 8 5 Troubleshooting a TCP IP Network Using the Ping Utility 8 5 Testing the LAN Path to Your Router 8 6 Testing the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device 8 6 R...

Page 9: ...the Appendices and on the Netgear website This guide uses the following typographical conventions This guide uses the following formats to highlight special messages Table 1 1 Typographical Conventio...

Page 10: ...the topic is described in the manual A button to access the full NETGEAR Inc online knowledge base for the product model Links to PDF versions of the full manual and individual chapters How to Print t...

Page 11: ...installed in order to view and print PDF files The Acrobat reader is available on the Adobe Web site at http www adobe com Click the print icon in the upper left of the window Printing the Full Manual...

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Page 13: ...vides multiple Web content filtering options plus e mail browsing activity reporting and instant alerts Parents and network administrators can establish restricted access policies based on time of day...

Page 14: ...g stateful packet inspection to defend against hacker attacks Its firewall features include Denial of Service DoS protection Automatically detects and thwarts Denial of Service DoS attacks such as Pin...

Page 15: ...Disable IP Address Sharing by NAT The MBR814X allows several networked PCs to share an Internet account using only a single IP address which may be statically or dynamically assigned by your Internet...

Page 16: ...based Web Management Interface Remote management The router allows you to log in to the Web management interface from a remote location via the Internet For security you can limit remote management a...

Page 17: ...sing or damaged contact your NETGEAR dealer Keep the carton including the original packing materials in case you need to return the product for repair The Router s Front Panel The Mobile Broadband Rou...

Page 18: ...is initializing The system is ready and running Wireless On Off Indicates that the Wireless port is initialized The Wireless Access Point is turned off Internet On Green Blink Green The Internet port...

Page 19: ...dband Router MBR814X 2 7 v1 0 January 2006 Wireless antenna AC power adapter outlet Four Local Ethernet RJ 45 ports for connecting the router to the local computers Factory Default Reset push button S...

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Page 21: ...re not sure Observe the guidelines for placement of wireless equipment as described in Observe Performance Placement and Range Guidelines in Chapter 4 If connecting your computer to the router wireles...

Page 22: ...ll the information needed to connect to the Internet If you cannot locate this information you can ask your ISP to provide it or you can try one of the options below If you have a computer already con...

Page 23: ...n For example 169 254 141 148 could be a valid IP address Fixed or Static Internet IP Address ______ ______ ______ ______ Router IP Address ______ ______ ______ ______ Subnet Mask ______ ______ ______...

Page 24: ...urely inserted in the slot in the back of the router Please refer to the applicable sections in the appendix or the user manual provided with the broadband card for additional installation information...

Page 25: ...up 3 From the Ethernet connected computer you just set up open a browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator 4 Connect to the router by typing http 192 168 0 1 in the address field of your...

Page 26: ...verify access to network resources such as files and printers 3 Make any needed configuration changes to fit your wireless local area network WLAN such as setting up wireless security The router is n...

Page 27: ...outer automatically connects to the Internet when one of your computers requires access It is not necessary to run a dialer or login application such as Dial Up Networking or Enternet to connect log i...

Page 28: ...er during login If the ISP does not transfer an address you must obtain it from the ISP and enter it manually here 3 You should only disable NAT if you are sure you do not require it NAT automatically...

Page 29: ...querade as that computer by cloning its MAC address To change the MAC address select Use this Computer s MAC address The router will then capture and use the MAC address of the computer that you are n...

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Page 31: ...ce or range of your wireless connection can vary significantly based on the physical placement of the wireless firewall The latency data throughput performance and notebook power consumption also vary...

Page 32: ...are several ways you can enhance the security of your wireless network Restrict Access Based on MAC Address You can allow only trusted PCs to connect so that unknown PCs cannot wirelessly connect to...

Page 33: ...WPA data encryption provides data security The very strong authentication along with dynamic per frame re keying of WPA make it virtually impossible to compromise Because this is a new standard wirele...

Page 34: ...hich allows both g and b wireless stations to access this device g only allows only 802 11g wireless stations to be used b only allows 802 11b wireless stations 802 11g wireless stations can still be...

Page 35: ...cryption but does not perform any authentication Security Encryption WEP Key These key values must be identical on all wireless devices in your network key 1 must be the same for all key 2 must be the...

Page 36: ...nge the wireless channel unless you notice interference problems with another nearby wireless router or access point Select a channel that is not being used by any other wireless networks within sever...

Page 37: ...ons are discussed below Restricting Access to Your Network by Turning Off Wireless Connectivity You can completely turn off the wireless portion of the MBR814X For example if your notebook computer is...

Page 38: ...e Wireless Settings menu Wireless Station Access List section click the Setup Access List button to display the list shown below 3 Select the Turn Access Control On check box to enable restricting wir...

Page 39: ...ntication and Security Encryption Methods Note You can copy and paste the MAC addresses from the router s Attached Devices menu into the MAC Address box of this menu To do this configure each wireless...

Page 40: ...ptions as defined by the IEEE 802 11g wireless communication standard Encryption Choices Please refer to the link to Wireless Communications in Appendix B for a full explanation of each of the followi...

Page 41: ...ng whatever LAN address and password you have set up 2 Click the Wireless Settings link in the main menu of the MBR814X router 3 Go to the Security Encryption portion of the page 4 Select the Authenti...

Page 42: ...ttings in the Setup section of the main menu of the MBR814X 3 Choose the WPA PSK radio button The WPA PSK menu will open 4 Enter the pre shared key in the Passphrase field 5 Click Apply to save your s...

Page 43: ...ange the router s password and the amount of time for the administrator s login timeout NETGEAR recommends that you change this password to a more secure password The ideal password should contain no...

Page 44: ...d of inactivity To change the login timeout period 1 In the Set Password dialog box type a number in Administrator login times out field The suggested default value is 5 minutes 2 Click Apply to save...

Page 45: ...om your LAN to Internet locations or services that you specify as off limits Denial of Service DoS protection Automatically detects and thwarts Denial of Service DoS attacks such as Ping of Death SYN...

Page 46: ...yword box click Add Keyword then click Apply Some examples of Keyword application follow If the keyword XXX is specified the URL http www badstuff com xxx html is blocked If the keyword com is specifi...

Page 47: ...les LAN to WAN determine what outside resources local users can have access to A firewall has two default rules one for inbound traffic and one for outbound The default rules of the MBR814X are Inboun...

Page 48: ...ing Because the MBR814X uses Network Address Translation NAT your network presents only one IP address to the Internet and outside users cannot directly address any of your local computers However by...

Page 49: ...are Service From this list select the application or service to be allowed or blocked The list already displays many common services but you are not limited to these choices Use the Services menu to a...

Page 50: ...Match traffic of this type which matches the parameters and action will be logged Not match traffic of this type which does not match the parameters and action will be logged Inbound Rule Example All...

Page 51: ...er s IP address constant Local computers must access the local server using the computer s local LAN address 192 168 0 11 in the example in Figure 5 6 above Attempts by local computers to access the s...

Page 52: ...select the application or service to be allowed or blocked The list already displays many common services but you are not limited to these choices Use the Add Custom Service feature to add any additi...

Page 53: ...elected you must enter the Start and Finish fields Single address enter the required address in the Start field Log You can select whether the traffic will be logged The choices are Never no log entri...

Page 54: ...mber appears as the destination port number in the transmitted IP packets For example a packet that is sent with destination port number 80 is an HTTP Web server request The service numbers for many c...

Page 55: ...duling Firewall Services The MBR814X router uses the Network Time Protocol NTP to obtain the current time and date from one of several Network Time Servers on the Internet How to Set Your Time Zone In...

Page 56: ...servers If you would prefer to use a particular NTP server as the primary server enter its IP address under Use this NTP Server 5 Click Apply to save your settings How to Schedule Firewall Services I...

Page 57: ...re 5 11 3 To block Internet services based on a schedule select Every Day or select one or more days If you want to limit access completely for the selected days select All Day Otherwise to limit acce...

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Page 59: ...red or reverted to factory default settings The procedures below explain how to do these tasks How to Back Up the Configuration to a File 1 Log in to the router at its default LAN address of http 192...

Page 60: ...store the router to the factory default settings This can be done by using the Erase function 1 To erase the configuration from the Maintenance menu Settings Backup link click the Erase button on the...

Page 61: ...er interface under the Maintenance heading select the Router Upgrade heading to display the Router Upgrade dialog box 4 Click Browse to locate the binary BIN or IMG upgrade file 5 Click Upload Note NE...

Page 62: ...ovides a variety of status and usage information which is discussed below Viewing Router Status and Usage Statistics From the main menu under Maintenance select Router Status to view a screen similar...

Page 63: ...ess If no address is shown the router cannot connect to the Internet DHCP If None the router uses a fixed IP address on the broadband If Client the router gets an IP address dynamically from the ISP I...

Page 64: ...arameters Port Status Click the Port Status button on the Router Status page to display the broadband Status as shown below Figure 6 4 Table 6 1 Port Status Fields Field Description Connection Status...

Page 65: ...Figure 6 5 Table 6 1 More Info Status Fields Field Description IP Address The IP Address assigned to the WAN port by the Internet Service Provider Subnet Mask The Network Mask assigned to the WAN port...

Page 66: ...rt the screen displays Status The link status of the port TxPkts The number of packets transmitted on this port since reset or manual clear RxPkts The number of packets received on this port since res...

Page 67: ...hat if the router is rebooted the table data is lost until the router rediscovers the devices To force the router to look for attached devices click the Refresh button Viewing Selecting and Saving Log...

Page 68: ...Reference Manual for the Mobile Broadband Router MBR814X 6 10 v1 0 January 2006 An example of the logs file is shown below Figure 6 8...

Page 69: ...n Date and Time The date and time the log entry was recorded Description or Action The type of event and what action was taken if any Source IP The IP address of the initiating device for this log ent...

Page 70: ...is entry shows an administrator logging in and out from IP address 192 168 0 2 Tue 2002 05 21 19 00 06 Login screen timed out IP 192 168 0 2 This entry shows a time out of the administrator login Wed...

Page 71: ...il program Enter the e mail address to which logs and alerts are sent This e mail address will also be used as the From address If you leave this box blank log and alert messages will not be sent via...

Page 72: ...814X router has a diagnostics feature You can use the diagnostics menu to perform the following functions from the router Ping an IP Address to test connectivity to see if you can reach a remote host...

Page 73: ...rnet select Everyone To allow access from a range of IP addresses on the Internet select IP address range Enter a beginning and ending IP address to define the allowed range To allow access from a sin...

Page 74: ...ll type your router s WAN IP address in your browser s Address in IE or Location in Netscape box followed by a colon and the custom port number For example if your external address is 134 177 0 123 an...

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Page 77: ...are discussed below Setting Up A Default DMZ Server The Default DMZ Server feature is helpful when using some online games and videoconferencing applications that are incompatible with NAT The router...

Page 78: ...default LAN address of http 192 168 0 1 with its default User Name of admin default password of password or using whatever Password and LAN address you have chosen for the router 2 From the main menu...

Page 79: ...d Do not select this box unless you have a specific reason to do so MTU Size The normal MTU Maximum Transmit Unit value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes or 1492 Bytes for PPPoE connections For...

Page 80: ...evice to know which other addresses are local to it and which must be reached through a gateway or router RIP Direction RIP Router Information Protocol allows a router to exchange routing information...

Page 81: ...orking and TCP IP Addressing in Appendix B for an explanation of DHCP and information about how to assign IP addresses for your network Use Router as DHCP server If another device on your network will...

Page 82: ...P addresses should be assigned to servers that require permanent IP settings To reserve an IP address 1 Click the Add button 2 In the IP Address box type the IP address to assign to the computer or se...

Page 83: ...ng information after it has been configured for Internet access and you do not need to configure additional static routes You must configure static routes only for unusual cases such as multiple route...

Page 84: ...like Figure 7 4 below In this example The Destination IP Address and IP Subnet Mask fields specify that this static route applies to all 134 177 x x addresses The Router IP Address fields specifies t...

Page 85: ...e to make this route effective e Type the Destination IP Address of the final destination f Type the IP Subnet Mask for this destination If the destination is a single host type 255 255 255 255 g Type...

Page 86: ...ent Period is how often the Router will advertise broadcast its UPnP information This value can range from 1 to 1440 minutes The default period is for 30 minutes Shorter durations will ensure that con...

Page 87: ...orts Internal and External that device has opened The UPnP Portmap Table also displays what type of port is opened and if that port is still active for each IP address 3 To save cancel or refresh the...

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Page 89: ...Internet Go to Troubleshooting the ISP Connection on page 8 4 I can t remember the router s configuration password I want to clear the configuration and start over again Go to Restoring the Default C...

Page 90: ...rned on the Test LED turns on for about 10 seconds and then turns off If the Test LED does not turn on or if it stays on there is a fault within the router If you experience problems with the Test LED...

Page 91: ...on page 8 7 Make sure your browser has Java JavaScript or ActiveX enabled If you are using Internet Explorer click Refresh to be sure the Java applet is loaded Try quitting the browser and launching i...

Page 92: ...properly and re connect the power to the router If the problem persists the wireless coverage in your area may be poor or the PC card may be defective Obtaining an Internet IP Address If your router i...

Page 93: ...r is a host on the Internet that translates Internet names such as www addresses to numeric IP addresses Typically your ISP will provide the addresses of one or two DNS servers for your use If you ent...

Page 94: ...Request timed out If the path is not functioning correctly you could have one of the following problems Wrong physical connections Make sure the LAN port LED is on If the LED is off follow the instru...

Page 95: ...t access by only allowing traffic from the MAC address of your broadband modem but some ISPs additionally restrict access to the MAC address of a single PC connected to that modem If this is the case...

Page 96: ...log is stamped with the date and time of day Problems with the date and time function can include Date shown is January 1 2000 Cause The router has not yet successfully reached a Network Time Server...

Page 97: ...ead Spectrum DSSS Range Depending on various environmental conditions maximums are Outdoor environment Indoor environment 1Mbps 1650 ft 503 m 1Mbps 500 ft 152 m 2Mbps 1320 ft 402 m 2Mbps 400 ft 122 m...

Page 98: ...Environmental Specifications Operating temperature 0 to 40 C 32 to 104 F Operating humidity 90 maximum relative humidity noncondensing Electromagnetic Emissions Meets requirements of FCC Part 15 Clas...

Page 99: ...king and TCP IP Addressing http documentation netgear com reference enu tcpip index htm Wireless Communications http documentation netgear com reference enu wireless index htm Preparing a Computer for...

Page 100: ...Reference Manual for the Mobile Broadband Router MBR814X Appendix B 2 v1 0 January 2006...

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