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RT-3100 5-Port Single-WAN Gigabit Router User Guide

Getting to know your product

Package contents:

RT-3100 router

Mounting brackets

Power cable

2-meter (about 6 feet) CAT5E cable

Quick Start Guide

Front panel

LED

Status

Operation

USB 1

LINK/ACT

Blue

USB is connected

Flashing
blue

Activity

Off

No device connected

WAN 1

LINK/ACT

Blue

Port is online (link established)

Flashing
blue

Activity

Off

No device connected

LAN 1-4

LINK/ACT

Blue

Port is online (link established)

Flashing
blue

Activity

Off

No device connected

Power

Blue

The router is
powered on

Off

The router is
turned off

Summary of Contents for RT-3100

Page 1: ...RT 3100 5 Port Single WAN Gigabit Router User Guide...

Page 2: ...AN Settings 14 Select a mode 14 Configure DNS Settings 15 DHCP 16 Static 17 PPPoE 17 Dual Stack Lite 18 L2TP 19 Edit LAN VLAN Settings 19 Backup Restore 23 Logs 24 Reset to factory default settings 25...

Page 3: ...st rule dialog 49 NAT Port Forwarding 50 Complete the NAT Policy dialog 51 Parental Controls 54 Block websites 54 Schedule Internet 56 Complete the Intenet Schedule dialog 57 QoS 59 Restrict WAN uploa...

Page 4: ...l Phone 650 385 8703 Visit our website for up to date support information at www pakedge com Be prepared to provide your product s model and serial number Your model and serial numbers are printed on...

Page 5: ...art Guide Front panel LED Status Operation USB 1 LINK ACT Blue USB is connected Flashing blue Activity Off No device connected WAN 1 LINK ACT Blue Port is online link established Flashing blue Activit...

Page 6: ...s on to factory default the settings USB 1 USB A Up to 5 Gbps USB 3 0 USB port used for debugging and future use WAN 1 RJ 45 10 100 1000 Mbps Ethernet WAN port used for the internet connection from th...

Page 7: ...etwork card is set to obtain an IP address automatically then open any internet browser and go to http 192 168 1 1 or pakedgerouter com Note For best results we recommend using Mozilla Firefox as your...

Page 8: ...and password required and specify the device s network information and network protocol For BakPak Lite setup instructions see the RT 3100 Quick Start Guide Saving changes After logging in you can edi...

Page 9: ...word to new credentials l General Device Information l Friendly Device Name Give the router a descriptive name to identify it on its web interface screen and in BakPak l Device Location Describe the p...

Page 10: ...d Enter the L2TP Username and Password l DNS Settings l DNS Server n server s IP address For a static IP network enter up to two DNS server IP addresses here For a DHCP network these fields are read o...

Page 11: ...xample shows a firmware update is available l Device Name The device name assigned in the Configure tab appears here l IP Address and MAC Address The device s assigned IP address and unique MAC addres...

Page 12: ...vailable fields are l Hostname l IP Type l IP Address l MAC Address l Lease Time l TX RX To Reserve or Clear a DHCP Lease on a device click the More icon l Reserve Click Reserve to have DHCP to always...

Page 13: ...s Enable disable an interface check port status and view edit interface configurations Edit interface settings To edit an Interface s assigned IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway or DHCP Settings 1 Click t...

Page 14: ...og Depending on the selected device you will see an Edit WAN or Edit VLAN dialog For help with each dialog see below Continued Edit WAN Settings Select a mode In the Edit WAN dialog choose a Mode DHCP...

Page 15: ...e Depending on the Mode you selected the settings in the dialog change See below for help completing the Edit WAN dialog Configure DNS Settings Many WAN modes ask you to enter DNS settings See the tab...

Page 16: ...isable VLAN ID Enter the VLAN ID Rely on ICMP Enable disable Allow the WAN interface to reply to PING requests coming from the internet For instructions on completing the rest of the dialog see below...

Page 17: ...e WAN IP address Tip Cannot be in IP ranges of another WAN Interface for example l DMZ Interface l VLAN Interfaces l PPTP Range l OpenVPN Subnet Gateway Enter the WAN Gateway address from the Internet...

Page 18: ...d Enter the PPPoE Username and Password Other settings See DNS Settings above Dual Stack Lite If you are using DSLite configure these settings Field Description Comments DS Lite AFTP Address Enter the...

Page 19: ...ngs Field Description L2TP Server Enter the remote server IP address of the L2TP server you re connecting to PAP CHAP Username PAP CHAP Password Enter the L2TP Username and Password Edit LAN VLAN Sett...

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Page 21: ...faces PPTP Range OpenVPN Subnet Subnet Mask Enter the device LAN Subnet Mask DHCP Settings DHCP Server Enable disable Lease Time D H M DHCP addresses can be reassigned on a daily hourly and monthly ba...

Page 22: ...as the DNS server to client devices l Custom To provide a different IP address for the server to the clients select Custom type the desired IP address and click Apply Interzone Forwarding Use Interzo...

Page 23: ...ation backup and restore the configuration file l Save Configuration Click to save a file that contains all of this router s settings l Choose File Click to select a saved configuration backup file to...

Page 24: ...ortable by severity timestamp and details l Remote Syslog Enable to save the logs on another network You ll also need to specify the remote Syslog server IP address and port l Log Level Choose to disp...

Page 25: ...er 1 Go to the Advanced tab and click Device Settings 2 Click Factory Default then click Yes Reset using the physical RESET button Your router has a recessed RESET button accessible through a pinhole...

Page 26: ...irewall Control the forwarding of traffic between network interfaces and access fine grain control over firewall rules Firmware Update the router firmware for functionality improvements and feature en...

Page 27: ...se File select the file then click Upgrade Unregister from BakPak You can unregister the agent from BakPak then re register it under a different account You can also only stop BakPak monitoring servic...

Page 28: ...us settings LEDs UPnP WAN Access and SNMP l Run Diagnostic tests Ping traceroute nslookup speedtest l Reset the device Restore factory default settings Enable settings With the toggle button Enable or...

Page 29: ...uter for your devices This can be essential for certain audio video systems and devices such as game consoles 3 Web GUI Timeout Specify the number of minutes a user must be idle before they are automa...

Page 30: ...d of the router Important Speed tests run from the router can easily be affected by other network traffic and processor utilization on the router It is recommended for most accurate results to run spe...

Page 31: ...er User Guide Factory Defaults Pressing the Factory Default button will restore the router to factory default settings Important If you are connecting remotely access to the router may be lost until t...

Page 32: ...s to a device Tip To see if a device got its IP address using DHCP or if it was reserved check the Connections tab Add a new reservation If you know a device s MAC address you can add it to the networ...

Page 33: ...ion and find the device you wish to manage Then click the More icon 2 Using the options either Reserve or Clear the DHCP Lease l Reserve To have DHCP always assign the same IP address to the selected...

Page 34: ...d tab DHCP Reservation and click Clear All DHCP 2 Click Apply at the top of the page to finalize the action To remove a single reservation 1 Go to the Advanced tab DHCP Reservation 2 Next to the devic...

Page 35: ...ger able to get onto the internet it will switch over to WAN2 After the router detects that WAN1 is back up it will switch back to WAN1 2 Under each WAN choose how and when the primary WAN should swit...

Page 36: ...work your Pakedge router must not be placed behind another firewall router device The router has two options for DDNS The first is under the Pakedge Dynamic DNS tab Pakedge offers its own DDNS servic...

Page 37: ...y to have the router check if that name is available In the following example we will check to see if host1 bakpakddns com is available 5 After you click Check Availability scroll towards the top to s...

Page 38: ...ering the new credentials and clicking Change 12 You will see a message towards the top letting you know that the BakPak user has been changed Note You can register for a new BakPak user only once on...

Page 39: ...RT 3100 5 Port Single WAN Gigabit Router User Guide 3 Complete the dialog see below and click Continue 4 Click Apply at the top of the page to save your changes 39...

Page 40: ...ned up for Password Enter the password for your account Source of IP Address Specify where to obtain the IP address Interface Specify the Interface which will provide the IP address IP change check fr...

Page 41: ...econdary DDNS profile 1 Go to the Advanced tab Dynamic DNS 2 Under Dynamic DNS click Add New and complete the steps outlined above 3 Click Apply at the top of the page to finalize the action Edit or d...

Page 42: ...ll traffic is handled globally 1 Go to the Advanced tab Global Settings 2 Under Global Settings choose whether to globally Allow Reject Drop each type of traffic Traffic types include Input Output For...

Page 43: ...rying to reach the router itself through any Interface not tied to a Zone l Output Choose to Allow Reject Drop traffic originating from the router itself going through an Interface with no Zone l Forw...

Page 44: ...of traffic through the router To add a new Firewall policy 1 Go to the Advanced tab Firewall then choose Policies Add New 2 Complete the dialog see table below then click Continue 3 To save your chan...

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Page 46: ...this rule l Any l Choose from a list of available firewall Zones To Select the Firewall Zone which traffic must be destined for to apply to this rule Source Select the IP address from which traffic m...

Page 47: ...are upgrades If your firmware is up to date this screen shows your current firmware version and provides a link for that firmware s release notes If a firmware update is available this screen also sho...

Page 48: ...e VLANs you cannot add Multicast Routing policies VLANs may be configured on the Interfaces tab Add a new Multicast Routing rule to designate which direction traffic is allowed to travel To add a new...

Page 49: ...ate from All available Zones To Specify the Zone multicast traffic can forward to All available zones except zone selected on From To edit or delete a Multicast rule 1 Go to the Advanced tab Multicast...

Page 50: ...ws services inside the network to be available from the Internet For example if you have an IP camera on your network port forwarding would allow you to remotely view the camera l 1 1 NAT is similar t...

Page 51: ...RT 3100 5 Port Single WAN Gigabit Router User Guide 3 Add any other policies then click Apply at the top of the page to save your work Complete the NAT Policy dialog 51...

Page 52: ...ll use the specified External IP rather than the WAN interface IP l Port Forward l 1 1NAT Name Specify a name for the port forward rule l Type any name 32 character limit External Interface Specify th...

Page 53: ...e able to access other local devices by the Public IP associated with the forwarding policy l Enable disable To edit or delete an existing NAT policy 1 Go to the Advanced tab NAT Next to the policy yo...

Page 54: ...n use Block Websites to prevent users from visiting a site like www yahoo com Block websites To block websites by device 1 Go to the Advanced tab Parental Controls Select the Block Websites tab 2 To b...

Page 55: ...bsites click Add New 6 When you are finished click Apply at the top of the page The websites you entered are now blocked Note After you have blocked a website on the router you must clear the DNS cach...

Page 56: ...ent services from accessing the internet during specific times To block a client s services from accessing the internet 1 Go to the Advanced tab Parental Controls and select the Schedule Internet tab...

Page 57: ...RT 3100 5 Port Single WAN Gigabit Router User Guide Complete the Intenet Schedule dialog 57...

Page 58: ...s field allows you to specify which port you wish to block from going out to the internet For example you can type in port 80 and that would deny any traffic that is using that port from going out to...

Page 59: ...unction properly with some latency such as ordinary web traffic Restrict WAN upload and download speeds From the top of the page you can restrict download and upload speeds For example in the followin...

Page 60: ...ority setting If you want to create a new QoS policy to prioritize the data for some devices over others 1 Go to the Advanced tab QoS Under Priority click Add New 2 Complete the dialog details below t...

Page 61: ...ine which source IP address the policy will apply to If you select All the policy will apply to all devices on the network If your device is listed in the drop down menu you can select it otherwise ma...

Page 62: ...network Static routes allow the manual forwarding of traffic to networks that are not a part of the router internal routable networks To create a static route 1 Go to the Advanced tab Static Routes 2...

Page 63: ...f that network 255 255 255 0 Interface The Interface that Gateway traffic will be forwarded to LAN Gateway Gateway is the IP Address traffic should be forwarded to in order to reach that new network A...

Page 64: ...te a port with untagged access to one specific VLAN Under the available Ports go to each network and scroll to select Tagged Untagged or Off Notes l LAN cannot be tagged only Untagged or Off l A port...

Page 65: ...or use Enable the OpenVPN Server In order to use OpenVPN it must be enabled on the router To enable OpenVPN 1 Go to the Advanced tab VPN 2 On the OpenVPN Server tab click Enable 3 Complete the fields...

Page 66: ...2 On the OpenVPN Server tab under Profiles click Add New 3 Create a profile Type a descriptive profile name and click Continue Tip Do not use spaces special characters Tip Profile names must be unique...

Page 67: ...ou just created This Configuration file can be emailed to the device that will be connecting so it can be loaded into the OpenVPN app and the connection can be made Set up the OpenVPN user profile Eac...

Page 68: ...I tray icon at the bottom righthand corner of your screen 5 From the menu click Connect iOS OpenVPN Connect is a free OpenVPN client for iOS devices To Use OpenVPN Connect on iOS 1 Download and instal...

Page 69: ...RT 3100 5 Port Single WAN Gigabit Router User Guide 3 Tap Copy to OpenVPN and the OpenVPN Connect app should open automatically 69...

Page 70: ...RT 3100 5 Port Single WAN Gigabit Router User Guide 4 Tap to import the profile 5 Tap Connection to connect to the VPN 70...

Page 71: ...100 5 Port Single WAN Gigabit Router User Guide 6 If connected successfully you should see the notice that your connection is active Android OpenVPN Connect is a free OpenVPN client for Android device...

Page 72: ...nect 1 Download and install the OpenVPN Connect app from Google Play 2 Open the email you sent yourself with the config file on your Android device and tap the attached file Save it to your SD card 3...

Page 73: ...RT 3100 5 Port Single WAN Gigabit Router User Guide 4 Tap Import Profile from SD card locate your downloaded OpenVPN Config file then tap Select to import the file 73...

Page 74: ...RT 3100 5 Port Single WAN Gigabit Router User Guide 5 Tap Connect 74...

Page 75: ...RT 3100 5 Port Single WAN Gigabit Router User Guide 6 Allow permission to run OpenVPN by tapping OK 75...

Page 76: ...RT 3100 5 Port Single WAN Gigabit Router User Guide 7 You are connected to OpenVPN 76...

Page 77: ...e Configure PPTP The router also supports Point to Point Tunnel Protocol VPN With PPTP VPN you can connect to the router remotely and have access to all network resources To enable PPTP VPN 1 Go to th...

Page 78: ...dd New 6 Enter the username and password 7 When you are done click Apply at the top of the page to finalize the settings When you connect to the VPN you will have full access to all of your devices on...

Page 79: ...ited States and or other countries 4Store 4Sight Control4 My Home Mockupancy and BakPak are also registered trademarks or trademarks of Control4 Corporation Other names and brands may be claimed as th...

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