Contents
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Contents
Preface
Purpose ........................................................................................................................... xv
Audience .......................................................................................................................... xv
Conventions .....................................................................................................................xvi
Special Message Formats .........................................................................................xvi
Use of Enter, Type, Press, and Click .........................................................................xvi
Other Conventions ...................................................................................................xvii
Related Publications .......................................................................................................xvii
Chapter 1
Introduction
About the Router ............................................................................................................1-1
Features ..........................................................................................................................1-1
Key Features ............................................................................................................1-2
Autosensing 10/100 Ethernet ...................................................................................1-3
TCP/IP ......................................................................................................................1-3
IP Address Masquerading by Dynamic NAT+ ....................................................1-3
Port Forwarding with NAT ..................................................................................1-3
Automatic Configuration of Attached PCs by DHCP ..........................................1-4
DNS Proxy .........................................................................................................1-4
PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) ..............................................................................1-4
Security ....................................................................................................................1-4
PCs Hidden by NAT ...........................................................................................1-4
Packet Filtering ..................................................................................................1-4
Port-Address Translation ...................................................................................1-4
Management ............................................................................................................1-5
Browser-based Setup Wizard ............................................................................1-5
Manager Interface ..............................................................................................1-5