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WR1500

4-Port Wireless DSL/Cable Router

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Page 1: ...REVISION 2 VERSION 030904a DATE June 2004 Wireless to the ParkerVision SIGNAL MAX WR1500 4 Port Wireless DSL Cable Router USER S GUIDE WWW PARKERVISION COM ...

Page 2: ...sed in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the nterference by one of more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation ...

Page 3: ...y expenses you may incur This Guarantee is void if failure of the Hardware Device results from any accident abuse or misapplication Any replacement Hardware Device shall be guaranteed for the remainder of the original Guarantee period or thirty 30 days whichever is longer Direct2Data Technologies shall not be liable for any loss or damage that you could have reasonably avoided for example by backi...

Page 4: ...icable law this Guarantee is only made to you the ﬁrst user of the Hardware Device and there are no third party beneﬁciaries of this Guarantee It is not intended for and does not apply to anyone else except as required by law GOVERNING LAW If you acquired the Hardware Device in the United States of America the laws of the State of Florida U S A apply to this agreement QUESTIONS Should you have any...

Page 5: ...dress Translation NAT 68 Chapter 10 Static Route 78 PART V FIREWALL AND REMOTE MANAGEMENT 81 Chapter 11 Introduction to Firewalls 82 Chapter 12 Firewall Conﬁguration Screens 88 Chapter 13 Remote Management 99 PART VI UPnP AND LOGS 109 Chapter 14 Universal Plug n Play UPNP Conﬁguration Screens 110 Chapter 15 Logs Screen 116 PART VII MAINTENANCE 125 Chapter 16 Maintenance Information 126 PART VIII S...

Page 6: ...ay block the radio signal A wireless network adapter that tests outdoors at 200 feet could in an indoor environment provide 20 feet in one direction and as little as 5 or 10 feet in another direction Factors such as building materials ﬂoor plans and furnishings can greatly impact the signal range quality and rate of data transmission The extent to which your signal is affected varies greatly depen...

Page 7: ...R1500 4 Port Wireless DSL Cable Router The following chapters are structured as a step by step guide to help you connect install and setup your ParkerVision WR1500 Wireless Router Part I Getting Started ...

Page 8: ...Wireless Router without the cost of a hub 10 100M Auto negotiating Ethernet Fast Ethernet Interface This auto negotiating feature allows the WR1500 Wireless Router to detect the speed of incoming transmissions and adjust appropriately without manual intervention It allows data transfer of either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps in either half duplex or full duplex mode depending on your Ethernet network 10 100...

Page 9: ...encrypt data that s transmitted over an SSL connection Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer support SSL and many web sites use the protocol to obtain conﬁdential user information such as credit card numbers By convention URLs that require an SSL connection start with https instead of http The WR1500 Wireless Router allows SSL connections to take place through the WR1500 Wireless Router Fi...

Page 10: ...outer s SUA Single UserAccount feature allows multiple user Internet access for the cost of a single IP account NAT supports popular Internet applications such as MS traceroute CuSeeMe IRC RealPlayer VDOLive Quake and PPTP No conﬁguration is needed to support these applications DHCP Dynamic Host Conﬁguration Protocol DHCP Dynamic Host Conﬁguration Protocol allows the individual clients computers t...

Page 11: ...can access from a terminal emulator through the console port or over a telnet connection Logging and Tracing Built in message logging and packet tracing Unix syslog facility support Diagnostics Capabilities The WR1500 Wireless Router can perform self diagnostic tests These tests check the integrity of the following circuitry FLASH memory DRAM LAN port Wireless port Embedded FTP and TFTP Servers Th...

Page 12: ... is an application example of what you can do with your WR1500 Wireless Router 1 3 1 Internet Access Application Add a wireless LAN to your existing network without expensive network cables Wireless stations can move freely anywhere in the coverage area and use resources on the wired network ...

Page 13: ...etail in later chapters of this manual 1 4 2 Box Contents The box your WR1500 came in should contain the following items WR1500 Wireless Router Unit Two Antennas One CAT 5 Ethernet Cable One AC Power Adapter Printed Quick Start Guide CD ROM containing the electronic version of this manual 1 4 3 What You Will Need to Install and Setup the WR1500 It is possible to setup the WR1500 using an existing ...

Page 14: ...outlet Your Cable or DSL modem s Ethernet cable plugged into the Internet In port as shown above An Ethernet cable plugged into the router port 1 as shown above and the other end of this cable plugged into your computer s Ethernet port Now Proceed to the Next Page to Begin Setting Up Your WR1500 Plug the AC Adapter into this port Plug your computer s Ethernet cable into Port 1 The remaining ports ...

Page 15: ...ter hardware is properly connected refer to the Chapter 1 of this manual Step 2 Prepare your computer to connect to the WR1500 Wireless Router refer to the Setting Up Your Computer s IP Address appendix Step 3 Launch your web browser Step 4 Type http 192 168 1 1 as the URL Address ﬁeld Step 5 Type 1234 default as the password and click Login In some versions the default password appears automatica...

Page 16: ...s the RESET button for more than ﬁve seconds and then release it If the SYS LED begins to blink the defaults have been restored and the WR1500 Wireless Router restarts Otherwise go to step 2 Step 2 Turn the WR1500 Wireless Router off Step 3 While pressing the RESET button turn the WR1500 Wireless Router on Step 4 Continue to hold the RESET button The SYS LED will begin to blink and ﬂicker very qui...

Page 17: ... Step 6 Click Transfer then Send File to display the following screen Step 7 After successful ﬁrmware upload enter atgo to restart the WR1500 Wireless Router 2 4 Navigating the WR1500 Wireless Router Web Conﬁguration Utility The following summarizes how to navigate the Web Conﬁguration Utility from the MAIN MENU screen Follow the instructions you see in the MAIN MENU screen or click the IBs icon l...

Page 18: ...way from a channel that an adjacent AP is using For example if your region has 11 channels and an adjacent AP is using channel 1 then you need to select a channel between 6 or 11 The WR1500 Wireless Router s Scan function is especially designed to automatically scan for a channel with the least interference 3 1 2 ESS ID An Extended Service Set ESS is a group of Wireless Routers or wireless gateway...

Page 19: ... entry for the Computer name ﬁeld and enter it as the System Name In Windows XP click Start My Computer View system information and then click the Computer Name tab Note the entry in the Full computer name ﬁeld and enter it as the WR1500 Wireless Router System Name This name can be up to 30 alphanumeric characters long Spaces are not allowed but dashes and underscores _ are accepted Domain Name Th...

Page 20: ...t a channel with the least interference WEP Encryption Select Disable allows all wireless computers to communicate with the Wireless Routers without any data encryption Select 64 bit WEP or 128 bit WEP to allow data encryption ASCII Select this option in order to enter ASCII characters as the WEP keys HEX Select this option to enter hexadecimal characters as the WEP keys The preceding Ox is entere...

Page 21: ...ncapsulation You must choose the Ethernet option when the WAN port is used as a regular Ethernet Otherwise choose PPPoE or PPTP for a dial up connection Service Type Select from Standard RR Toshiba RoadRunner Toshiba authentication method RR Manager Roadrunner Manager authentication method RR Telstra or Telia Login Choose a Roadrunner service type if your ISP is Time Warner s Roadrunner otherwise ...

Page 22: ...the WR1500 Wireless Router out if the WR1500 Wireless Router does not log in periodically Type the number of minutes from 1 to 59 30 recommended for the WR1500 Wireless Router to wait between logins This ﬁeld is not available on all models Next Click Next to proceed to the next page Back Click Back to go back to the previous page 3 4 2 PPTP Encapsulation Point to Point Tunneling Protocol PPTP is a...

Page 23: ...gineering Task Force draft standard specifying how a host personal computer interacts with a broadband modem for example xDSL cable wireless etc to achieve access to high speed data networks It preserves the existing Microsoft Dial Up Networking experience and requires no new learning or procedures For the service provider PPPoE offers an access and authentication method that works with existing a...

Page 24: ... a dial up connection Service Name Type the name of your service provider User Name Type the user name given to you by your ISP Password Type the password associated with the user name above Nailed Up Connection Select Nailed Up Connection if you do not want the connection to time out Idle Timeout Type the time in seconds that elapses before the WR1500 Wireless Router automatically disconnects fro...

Page 25: ...nagement of IP Address Space 3 5 2 IP Address and Subnet Mask Similar to the way houses on a street share a common street name so too do computers on a LAN share one common network number Where you obtain your network number depends on your particular situation If the ISP or your network administrator assigns you a block of regis tered IP addresses follow their instructions in selecting the IP add...

Page 26: ...etup blank for example 0 0 0 0 The WR1500 Access Point acts as a DNS proxy when this ﬁeld is blank 3 5 4 WAN MAC Address Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC Media Access Control address The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters for example 00 A0 C5 00 00 02 You can conﬁgure the WAN port s MAC address by either using the factory default or clo...

Page 27: ...es not give you DNS server addresses This option is selected by default Use ﬁxed IP address DNS Server IP Address Select this option If your ISP provides you a DNS server address Primary Secondary DNS Server If you selected the Use ﬁxed IP address Primary Secondary DNS Server option enter the provided DNS addresses in these ﬁelds WAN MAC Address The MAC address ﬁeld allows you to conﬁgure the WAN ...

Page 28: ...sh to complete and save the wizard setup If you are currently using a wireless LAN adapter to access this WR1500 Router Wireless Router and you made changes to the ESSID then you will need to make the same changed to your wireless LAN adapter after you click the Finish button ...

Page 29: ...WR1500 4 Port Wireless DSL Cable Router This part discusses the System LAN and Wireless Setup Screens Part II System LAN and Wireless ...

Page 30: ... the System screens 4 1 System Overview This section provides information on general system setup 4 2 Conﬁguring General Setup Click ADVANCED and then SYSTEM to open the General screen The table on the next page describes the labels in the above screen Chapter 4 System Screens ...

Page 31: ...P address set to 0 0 0 0 User Deﬁned changes to None after you click Apply If you set a second choice to User Deﬁned and enter the same IP address the second User Deﬁned changes to None after you click Apply Select None if you do not want to conﬁgure DNS servers If you do not conﬁgure a DNS server you must know the IP address of a machine in order to access it Apply Click Apply to save your change...

Page 32: ...rd Type the password assigned to you Enable Wildcard Your WR1500 supports DYNDNS wildcard Select the check box to enable Off Line This option is available when CustomDNS is selected in the DDNS Type ﬁeld Check with your dynamic DNS service provider to have trafﬁc redirected to a URL that you can specify while you are off line Edit Update IP Address Server Auto Detect Select this option to update t...

Page 33: ...via console port See the Resetting the Wireless Router section for details The following table describes the labels in this screen LABEL DESCRIPTION Old Password Type in your existing system password 1234 is the default password New Password Type your new system password up to 31 characters Note that as you type a password the screen displays an asterisk for each character you type Retype to Conﬁr...

Page 34: ...1500 Each time you reload this page the WR1500 synchronizes the time with the time server New Time hh mm ss This ﬁeld displays the last updated time from the time server When you select None in the Time Protocol ﬁeld enter the new time in this ﬁeld and then click Apply Current Date yyyy mm dd This ﬁeld displays the date of your WR1500 Router Each time you reload this page the WR1500 Router synchro...

Page 35: ...ter for the background information about Primary and Secondary DNS Server and IP Address and Subnet Mask 5 2 LANs and WANs A LAN is a computer network limited to the immediate area usually the same building or ﬂoor of a building A WAN Wide Area Network on the other hand is an outside connection to another network or the Internet 5 2 1 LANs WANs and the WR1500 Wireless Router The actual physical co...

Page 36: ...ding what ﬁelds need to be conﬁgured 5 5 RIP Setup RIP Routing Information Protocol RFC 1058 and RFC 1389 allows a router to exchange routing information with other routers RIP Direction controls the sending and receiving of RIP packets When set to 1 Both the WR1500 Wireless Router will broadcast its routing table periodically and incorporate the RIP information that it receives 2 In Only the WR15...

Page 37: ...24 0 0 0 to 239 255 255 255 The address 224 0 0 0 is not assigned to any group and is used by IP multicast computers The address 224 0 0 1 is used for query messages and is assigned to the permanent group of all IP hosts including gateways All hosts must join the 224 0 0 1 group in order to participate in IGMP The address 224 0 0 2 is assigned to the multicast routers group The WR1500 Wireless Rou...

Page 38: ...outer s LAN IP address displays in the ﬁeld to the right read only The WR1500 Wireless Router tells the DHCP clients on the LAN that the WR1500 Wireless Router itself is the DNS server When a computer on the LAN sends a DNS query to the WR1500 Wireless Router the WR1500 Wireless Router forwards the query to the WR1500 Wireless Router s system DNS server conﬁgured in the SYSTEM General screen and r...

Page 39: ...n range of each other that from an independent wireless network without the need of an Wireless Router AP 6 1 2 BSS A Basic Service Set BSS exists when all communications between wireless stations or between a wireless station and a wired network client go through one Wireless Router AP Intra BSS trafﬁc is trafﬁc between wireless stations in the BSS When Intra BSS is enabled wireless station A and...

Page 40: ...containing an Wireless Router with each Wireless Router connected together by a wired network This wired connection between APs is called a Distribution System DS An ESSID ESS Identiﬁcation uniquely identiﬁes each ESS All Wireless Routers and their associated wireless stations within the same ESS must have the same ESSID in order to communicate ...

Page 41: ...nvoked When a data frame exceeds the RTS CTS value you set between 0 to 2432 bytes the station that wants to transmit this frame must ﬁrst send an RTS Request To Send message to the AP for permission to send it The AP then responds with a CTS Clear to Send message to all other stations within its range to notify them to defer their transmission It also reserves and conﬁrms with the requesting stat...

Page 42: ...hold value is smaller than the RTS CTS value see previously you set then the RTS Request To Send CTS Clear to Send handshake will never occur as data frames will be fragmented before they reach RTS CTS size 6 3 Conﬁguring Wireless If you are conﬁguring the WR1500 Wireless Router from a computer connected to the wireless LAN and you change the WR1500 Wireless Router s ESSID or WEP settings you will...

Page 43: ...btain the ESSID through passive scanning using a site survey tool Choose Channel ID Set the operating frequency channel depending on your particular region To manually set the WR1500 Wireless Router to use a channel select a channel from the drop down list box Click MAINTENANCE WIRELESS and then the Channel Usage tab to open the Channel Usage screen to make sure the channel is not already used by ...

Page 44: ...requires interaction with a RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial In User Service server either on the WAN or your LAN to provide authentication service for wireless stations IMPORTANT If you do not enable any wireless security on your WR1500 Wireless Router your network is accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range 7 2 WEP Overview WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy as speciﬁed in th...

Page 45: ...edure A wireless station sends a shared key authentication request to the AP which will then reply with a challenge text message The wireless station must then use the AP s default WEP key to encrypt the challenge text and return it to the AP which attempts to decrypt the message using the AP s default WEP key If the decrypted message matches the challenge text the wireless station is authenticate...

Page 46: ...d Select Auto Open System or Shared Key from the drop down list box ASCII Select this option in order to enter ASCII characters as the WEP keys Hex Select this option in order to enter hexadecimal characters as the WEP keys The preceding Ox that identiﬁes a hexadecimal key is entered automatically Key 1 to Key 4 The WEP keys are used to encrypt data Both the WR1500 Wireless Router and the wireless...

Page 47: ...t Power Set the output power of the WR1500 Wireless Router in this ﬁeld If there is a high density of APs within an area decrease the output power of the WR1500 Wireless Router to reduce interference with other APs The options are 11dBm 50mW 13dBm 32mW 15dBm 20mW or 17dBm 12 6mW Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the WR1500 Wireless Router Reset Click Reset to reload the previous conﬁg...

Page 48: ...s to the WR1500 Wireless Router MAC addresses not listed will be allowed to access the WR1500 Wireless Router Select Allow Association to permit access to the WR1500 Wireless Router MAC addresses not listed will be denied access to the WR1500 Wireless Router MAC Address Enter the MAC addresses in XX XX XX XX XX XX format of the wireless station that are allowed or denied access to the WR1500 Wirel...

Page 49: ...hentication Access Reject Sent by a RADIUS server rejecting access Access Accept Sent by a RADIUS server allowing access Access Challenge Sent by a RADIUS server requesting more information in order to allow access The Wireless Router sends a proper response from the user and then sends another Access Request message The following types of RADIUS messages are exchanged between the Wireless Router ...

Page 50: ...ity message to the wireless station for identity information The wireless station replies with identity information including username and password The RADIUS server checks the user information against its user proﬁle database and determines whether or not to authenticate the wireless station 7 7 Dynamic WEP Key Exchange The AP maps a unique key that is generated with the RADIUS server This key ex...

Page 51: ...he default setting Authentication Required means that all wireless stations have to enter usernames and passwords before access to the wired network is allowed No Access Allowed blocks all wireless stations access to the wired network ReAuthentication Timer in seconds Specify how often wireless stations have to reenter usernames and passwords in order to stay connected This ﬁeld is activated only ...

Page 52: ...500 Wireless Router then checks the user database on the speciﬁed RADIUS server Select RADIUS ﬁrst then Local to have the WR1500 Wireless Router ﬁrst check the user database on the speciﬁed RADIUS server for a wireless station s username and password If the WR1500 Wireless Router cannot reach the RADIUS server the WR1500 Wireless Router then checks the local user database on the WR1500 Wireless Ro...

Page 53: ...e To change your WR1500 Wireless Router s local user database click ADVANCED WIRELESS and then the Local User Database tab The screen appears as shown some of the screen s blank rows are not shown The descriptions for the settings in this screen are described on the next page ...

Page 54: ...haracters for this user proﬁle Note that as you type a password the screen displays a for each character you type Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the WR1500 Wireless Router Reset Click Reset to reload the previous conﬁguration for this screen 7 11 Conﬁguring RADIUS Use RADIUS if you want to authenticate wireless users using an external server To specify a RADIUS server click ADVANCE...

Page 55: ...y must be the same on the external authentication server and your WR1500 Wireless Router The key is not sent over the network Accounting Server Active Select Yes from the drop down list box to enable user accounting through an external authentication server Server IP Address Enter the IP address of the external accounting server in dotted decimal notation Port Number Enter the port number of the e...

Page 56: ...WR1500 4 Port Wireless DSL Cable Router This part discusses Wide Area Network WAN Setup Screens Part III WAN s Wide Area Networks ...

Page 57: ...p chapter for more background information on most ﬁelds in the WAN screens Background information on WAN ﬁelds not included in the Wizard is described here 8 2 Conﬁguring WAN ISP To change your WR1500 Wireless Router s WAN ISP settings click ADVANCED WAN and then the ISP tab The screen differs by the encapsulation 8 2 1 Ethernet Encapsulation The screen shown next is for Ethernet encapsulation The...

Page 58: ...iba authentication method RR Manager Roadrunner Manager authentication method RR Telstra or Telia Login Choose a Roadrunner service type if your ISP is Time Warner s Roadrunner otherwise choose Standard Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the WR1500 Wireless Router Reset Click Reset to begin conﬁguring this screen afresh Service Type The screen varies according to the service type you s...

Page 59: ...he Roadrunner Server IP address if this ﬁeld is left blank If it does not then you must enter the authentication server IP address Login Server Telia Login only Type the domain name of the Telia login server for example logini telia com This ﬁeld is not available on all models Relogin Every min Telia Login only The Telia server logs the WR1500 Wireless Router out if the WR1500 Wireless Router does...

Page 60: ...ntify and reach the PPPoE server User Name Type the username given to you by your ISP Password Type the password associated with the user name above Retype to Conﬁrm Type your password again here to ensure that what you entered in the Password ﬁeld above was what you intended Nailed Up Connection Select Nailed Up Connection if you do not want the connection to time out Idle Timeout Specify the tim...

Page 61: ... of data from a remote client to a private server creating a Virtual Private Network VPN using TCP IP based networks PPTP supports on demand multi protocol and virtual private networking over public networks such as the Internet The screen shown below is for PPTP encapsulation The descriptions for the labels in the screen above are shown on the next page ...

Page 62: ...e out Idle Timeout Specify the time in seconds that elapses before the WR1500 Wireless Router automatically disconnects from the PPTP server PPTP Conﬁguration My IP Address Type the static IP address assigned to you by your ISP My IP Subnet Mask Type the subnet mask assigned to you by your ISP if given Server IP Address Type the IP address of the PPTP server Connection ID Name Type your identiﬁcat...

Page 63: ...ter s WAN IP settings click ADVANCED WAN and then the IP tab The table on the following page describes the labels in this screen LABEL DESCRIPTION WAN IP Address Assignment Get automatically from ISP option Select this selection if your ISP did not assign you a ﬁxed IP address This is the default ...

Page 64: ... of 255 255 255 255 in the subnet mask ﬁeld to force the network number to be identical to the host ID Network Address Translation Network Address Translation NAT allows the translation of an Internet protocol address used within one network to a different IP address known within another network SUA Single User Account is a subset of NAT that supports two types of mapping Many to One and Server Wh...

Page 65: ...t RIP 2B uses subnet broadcasting while RIP 2M uses multicasting Multicasting can reduce the load on non router machines since they generally do not listen to the RIP multicast address and so will not receive the RIP packets However if one router uses multicasting then all routers on your network must use multicasting also By default the RIP Version ﬁeld is set to RIP 1 Multicast Choose None defau...

Page 66: ...ttings click ADVANCED WAN and then the MAC tab The screen appears as shown The MAC address screen allows users to conﬁgure the WAN port s MAC address by either using the factory default or cloning the MAC address from a computer on your LAN Choose Factory Default to select the factory assigned default MAC address ...

Page 67: ...WR1500 4 Port Wireless DSL Cable Router This part covers the information about SUA NAT and Static Route setup Part IV SUA Single User Account NAT Network Address Translation and STATIC ROUTE ...

Page 68: ...he local address refers to the IP address of a host when the packet is in the local network while the global address refers to the IP address of the host when the same packet is traveling in the WAN side Note that inside outside refers to the location of a host while global local refers to the IP address of a host used in a packet Thus an inside local address ILA is the IP address of an inside hos...

Page 69: ...vers for Many to One and Many to Many Overload mapping NAT offers the additional beneﬁt of ﬁrewall protection With no servers deﬁned your WR1500 Wireless Router ﬁlters out all incoming inquiries thus preventing intruders from probing your network For more information on IP address translation refer to RFC 1631 The IP Network Address Translator NAT 9 1 3 How NAT Works Each packet has two addresses ...

Page 70: ...ed 9 1 4 NAT Application The following ﬁgure illustrates a possible NAT application where three inside LANs logical LANs using IP Alias behind the WR1500 Wireless Router can communicate with three distinct WAN networks More examples follow at the end of this chapter ...

Page 71: ...500 Wireless Router maps the multiple local IP addresses to shared global IP addresses Many One to One In Many One to One mode the WR1500 Wireless Router maps each local IP address to a unique global IP address Server This type allows you to specify inside servers of different services behind the NAT to be accessible to the outside world Port numbers do not change for One to One and Many One to On...

Page 72: ...s that corresponds to a port or a range of ports Many residential broadband ISP accounts do not allow you to run any server processes such as a Web or FTP server from your location Your ISP may periodically check for servers and may suspend your account if it discovers any active services at your location If you are unsure refer to your ISP Default Server IP Address In addition to the servers for ...

Page 73: ... Text Transfer protocol or WWW Web 80 P0P3 Post Ofﬁce Protocol 110 NNTP Network News Transport Protocol 119 SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol 161 SNMP trap 162 PPTP Point to Point Tunneling Protocol 1723 9 2 2 Conﬁguring Servers Behind SUA Example Let s say you want to assign ports 22 25 to one server port 80 to another and assign a default server IP address of 192 168 1 35 as shown in the ﬁ...

Page 74: ...n all packets received for ports not speciﬁed in this screen will be discarded This ﬁeld displays the number of an individual SUA server entry Active Select this check box to enable the SUA server entry Clear this checkbox to disallow forwarding of these ports to an inside server without having to delete the entry Name Enter a name to identify this port forwarding rule Start Port End Port Enter a ...

Page 75: ... as shown The table below describes the setting in the above screen LABEL DESCRIPTION This ﬁeld displays the index number of the address mapping rule Local Start IP This refers to the Inside Local Address ILA that is the starting local IP address Local IP addresses are N A for Server port mapping Local End IP This is the end local IP address If the rule is for all local IP addresses then this ﬁeld...

Page 76: ... IP This is the end local IP address ILA If your rule is for all local IP addresses then enter 0 0 0 0 as the Local Start IP address and 255 255 255 255 as the Local End IP address This ﬁeld is N A for One to One and Server mapping types Global Start IP This is the starting global IP address IGA Enter 0 0 0 0 here if you have a dynamic IP address from your ISP Global End IP This is the ending glob...

Page 77: ...e WR1500 Wireless Router has no knowledge of the networks beyond For instance the WR1500 Wireless Router knows about network N2 in the following ﬁgure through remote node Router 1 However the WR1500 Wireless Router is unable to route a packet to network N3 because it doesn t know that there is a route through the same remote node Router 1 via gateway Router 2 The static routes are for you to tell ...

Page 78: ...ng is always based on network number Gateway This ﬁeld displays the IP address of the gateway The gateway is an immediate neighbor of your WR1500 Wireless Router that will forward the packet to the destination On the LAN the gateway must be a router on the same segment as your WR1500 Wireless Router over the WAN the gateway must be the IP address of one of the remote nodes Edit To set up a static ...

Page 79: ...ediate neighbor of your WR1500 Wireless Router that will forward the packet to the destination On the LAN the gateway must be a router on the same segment as your WR1500 Wireless Router over the WAN the gateway must be the IP address of one of the remote nodes Metric Type a number that approximates the cost for this link Metric represents the cost of transmission for routing purposes IP routing us...

Page 80: ...Cable Router This part introduces ﬁrewalls in general and the WR1500 Wireless Router ﬁrewall It also explains custom ports and gives example ﬁrewall rules and information on Remote Management Part V Firewall and Remote Management ...

Page 81: ...evel Firewalls 3 Stateful Inspection Firewalls 11 2 1 Packet Filtering Firewalls Packet ﬁltering ﬁrewalls restrict access based on the source destination computer network address of a packet and the type of application 11 2 2 Application level Firewalls Application level ﬁrewalls restrict access by serving as proxies for external servers Since they use programs written for speciﬁc Internet service...

Page 82: ...erVision s Firewall The WR1500 Wireless Router ﬁrewall is a stateful inspection ﬁrewall and is designed to protect against Denial of Service attacks when activated in SMT menu 21 2 or in the Web Conﬁguration Utility The WR1500 Wireless Router s purpose is to allow a private Local Area Network LAN to be securely connected to the Internet The WR1500 Wireless Router can be used to prevent theft destr...

Page 83: ...IP implementation 2 Those that exploit weaknesses in the TCP IP speciﬁcation 3 Brute force attacks that ﬂood a network with useless data 4 IP Spooﬁng 1 Ping of Death and Teardrop attacks exploit bugs in the TCP IP implementations of various computer and host systems 1 a Ping of Death uses a ping utility to create an IP packet that exceeds the maximum 65 536 bytes of data allowed by the IP speciﬁca...

Page 84: ... LAND Attack hackers ﬂood SYN packets into the network with a spoofed source IP address of the targeted system This makes it appear as if the host computer sent the packets to itself making the system unavailable while the target system tries to respond to itself 3 A brute force attack such as a Smurf attack targets a feature in the IP speciﬁcation known as directed or subnet broadcasting to quick...

Page 85: ...correctly an attacker can traceroute the ﬁrewall gaining knowledge of the network topology inside the ﬁrewall 4 Often many DoS attacks also employ a technique known as IP Spooﬁng as part of their attack IP Spooﬁng may be used to break into systems to hide the hacker s identity or to magnify the effect of the DoS attack IP Spooﬁng is a technique used to gain unauthorized access to computers by tric...

Page 86: ...e response depending on your ﬁrewall rules The default rules allow LAN to WAN trafﬁc and deny trafﬁc initiated from WAN to LAN The previous ﬁgure shows the WR1500 Wireless Router s default ﬁrewall rules in action as well as demonstrates how stateful inspection works User A can initiate a Telnet session from within the LAN and responses to this request are allowed However other Telnet trafﬁc initia...

Page 87: ...LAN to WAN WAN to WAN WR1500 Wireless Router By default the WR1500 Wireless Router s stateful packet inspection allows packets traveling in the following directions LAN to LAN WR1500 Wireless Router This allows computers on the LAN to manage the WR1500 Wireless Router and communicate between networks or subnets connected to the LAN interface LAN to WAN By default the WR1500 Wireless Router s state...

Page 88: ... Notes server to synchronize over the Internet to an inside Notes server 2 Is the intent of the rule to forward or block trafﬁc 3 What direction of trafﬁc does the rule apply to refer to 12 2 1 4 What IP services will be affected 5 What computers on the Internet will be affected The more speciﬁc the better For example if trafﬁc is being allowed from the Internet to the LAN it is better to allow on...

Page 89: ...nnection Direction Examples This section describes examples for ﬁrewall rules for connections going from LAN to WAN and from WAN to LAN LAN to LAN WR1500 Wireless Router and WAN to WAN WR1500 Wireless Router rules apply to packets coming in on the associated interface LAN or WAN respectively LAN to LAN WR1500 Wireless Router means policies for LAN to WR1500 Wireless Router the policies for managin...

Page 90: ...from WAN to LAN You may block trafﬁc initiated from the LAN by conﬁguring blocked services in the Services screen You may allow trafﬁc initiated from the WAN by conﬁguring port forwarding rules one to one many one to one mapping rules and or allow remote management The ﬁrewall is automatically enabled when you conﬁgure blocked services When you conﬁgure a remote management menu to allow access to ...

Page 91: ...WAN services appear in the Blocked Services textbox in the Services screen with Enable Services Blocking selected Log All log all LAN to WAN packets WAN to LAN To log packets related to ﬁrewall rules make sure that Access Control under Log is selected in the Logs Log Settings screen Packets to Log Choose what WAN to LAN and WAN to WAN Prestige packets to log Choose from No Log Log Forwarded Log Al...

Page 92: ...s with the word bad in the URL by specifying bad as a keyword You can also block access to web proxies and pages containing Active X components Java applets and cookies Finally you can schedule when the WR1500 Wireless Router performs content ﬁltering by day and time Click ADVANCED FIREWALL and then the Filter tab to open the Filter screen The settings in the screen above are described on the next...

Page 93: ...tering by pointing to this proxy server Enable URL Keyword Blocking Select this check box to block the URL containing the keywords in the keyword list Keyword Type a keyword in this ﬁeld You may use any character up to 64 characters Wildcards are not allowed Keyword List This is a list of keywords that will be inaccessible to computers on your LAN once you enable URL keyword blocking Add Type a ke...

Page 94: ...d click Add to add the port to the Blocked Service ﬁeld Please see Table 12 4 for more information on services available Blocked Services This is a list of services ports that will be inaccessible to computers on your LAN once you enable service blocking Choose the IP port TCP UDP orTCP UDP that deﬁnes your customized port from the drop down list box Custom Port A custom port is a service that is ...

Page 95: ... take effect all day by selecting the All Day check box You can also conﬁgure speciﬁc times that by entering the start time in the Start hr and Start min ﬁelds and the end time in the End hr and End min ﬁelds Enter times in 24 hour format for example 3 00pm should be entered as 15 00 Apply Click Apply to save your customized settings Reset Click Reset to reload the previous conﬁguration for this s...

Page 96: ... a speciﬁc group of hosts NEWS TCP 144 A protocol for news groups NFS UDP 2049 Network File System NFS is a client server distributed ﬁle service that provides transparent ﬁle sharing for network environments NNTP TCP 119 Network News Transport Protocol is the delivery mechanism for the USENET newsgroup service PING ICMP O Packet INternet Groper is a protocol that sends out ICMP echo requests to t...

Page 97: ...tems UNIX systems and network servers SSH TCP UDP 22 Secure Shell Remote Login Program STRM WORKS UDP 1558 Stream Works Protocol TELNET TCP 23 Telnet is the login and terminal emulation protocol common on the Internet and in UNIX environments It operates over TCP IP networks Its primary function is to allow users to log into remote host systems TFTP UDP 69 Trivial File Transfer Protocol is an Inte...

Page 98: ...ou still need to conﬁgure a ﬁrewall rule to allow access To disable remote management of a service select Disable in the corresponding Server Access ﬁeld 13 1 1 Remote Management Limitations Remote management over LAN or WAN will not work when 1 A ﬁlter in SMT menu 3 1 LAN or in menu 11 5 WAN is applied to block a Telnet FTP or Web service 2 You have disabled that service in one of the remote mana...

Page 99: ... minutes three hundred seconds for either the console port or telnet web FTP connections Your WR1500 Wireless Router automatically logs you out if you do nothing in this timeout period except when it is continuously updating the status in menu 24 1 or when sys stdio has been changed on the command line 13 2 Telnet You can telnet into the WR1500 Wireless Router to perform remote management 13 3 Con...

Page 100: ...h a computer may access the WR1500 Wireless Router using this service Secured Client IP Address A secured client is a trusted computer that is allowed to communicate with the WR1500 Wireless Router using this service Select All to allow any computer to access the WR1500 Wireless Router using this service Choose Selected to just allow the computer with the IP address that you specify to access the ...

Page 101: ...rt number for a service if needed however you must use the same port number in order to use that service for remote management Server Access Select the interface s through which a computer may access the WR1500 Wireless Router using this service Secured Client IP Address A secured client is a trusted computer that is allowed to communicate with the WR1500 Wireless Router using this service Select ...

Page 102: ...mote management Server Access Select the interface s through which a computer may access the WR1500 Wireless Router using this service Secured Client IP Address A secured client is a trusted computer that is allowed to communicate with the WR1500 Wireless Router using this service Select All to allow any computer to access the WR1500 Wireless Router using this service Choose Selected to just allow...

Page 103: ...istrators perform network management functions It executes applications that control and monitor managed devices The managed devices contain object variables managed objects that deﬁne each piece of information to be collected about a device Examples of variables include the number of packets received node port status etc A Management Information Base MIB is a collection of managed objects SNMP al...

Page 104: ...5 A trap is sent after booting power on 2 warmStart deﬁned in RFC 1215 A trap is sent after booting software reboot 3 NnkUp deﬁned in RFC 1215 A trap is sent when the port is up 4 authenticationFailure deﬁned in RFC 1215 A trap is sent to the manager when receiving any SNMP get or set requirements with wrong community password 6 NnkDown deﬁned in RFC 1215 A trap is sent when the port is down The f...

Page 105: ...ss of source Trap Community Type the trap community which is the password sent with each trap to the SNMP manager Destination Type the IP address of the station to send your SNMP traps to SNMP Server Port You may change the server port number for a service if needed however you must use the same port number in order to use that service for remote management Server Access Select the interface s thr...

Page 106: ...ver Access Select the interface s through which a computer may send DNS queries to the WR1500 Wireless Router Secured Client IP Address A secured client is a trusted computer that is allowed to send DNS queries to the WR1500 Wireless Router Select All to allow any computer to send DNS queries to the WR1500 Wireless Router Choose Selected to just allow the computer with the IP address that you spec...

Page 107: ...sages are processed by the TCP IP software and directly apparent to the application user Respond to Ping on The WR1500 Wireless Router will not respond to any incoming Ping requests when Disable is selected Select LAN to reply to incoming LAN Ping requests Select WAN to reply to incoming WAN Ping requests Otherwise select LAN WAN to reply to both incoming LAN and WAN Ping requests Do not respond t...

Page 108: ...WR1500 4 Port Wireless DSL Cable Router This part provides information and conﬁguration instructions for UPnP Universal Plug and Play and the logs Part VI UPnP and LOGS ...

Page 109: ...NAT Traversal UPnP NAT traversal automates the process of allowing an application to operate through NAT UPnP network devices can automatically conﬁgure network addressing announce their presence in the network to other UPnP devices and enable exchange of simple product and service descriptions NAT traversal allows the following Dynamic port mapping Learning public IP addresses Assigning lease tim...

Page 110: ... using NAT traversal UPnP applications automatically reserve a NAT forwarding port in order to communicate with another UPnP enabled device this eliminates the need to manually conﬁgure port forwarding for the UPnP enabled application Allow UPnP to pass through Firewall Select this check box to create a static LAN to LAN WR1500 Wireless Router rule that allows forwarding of ports 1900 and 80 Selec...

Page 111: ...click Network Connections Step 3 In the Network Connections window click Advanced in the main menu and select Optional Networking Components The Windows Optional Networking Components Wizard window displays Step 4 Select Networking Service in the Components selection box and click Details Step 5 In the Networking Services window select the Universal Plug and Play check box Step 6 Click OK to go ba...

Page 112: ...is connected to a LAN port of the WR1500 Wireless Router Turn on your computer and the WR1500 Wireless Router 14 5 1 Auto discover Your UPnP enabled Network Device Step 1 Click Start and Control Panel Double click Network Connections An icon displays under Internet Gateway Step 2 Right click the icon and select Properties Step 3 In the Internet Connection Properties window click Settings to see th...

Page 113: ...ay edit or delete the port mappings or click Add to manually add port mappings When the UPnP enabled device is disconnected from your computer all port mappings will be deleted automatically Step 5 Select the Show icon in notiﬁcation area Step 6 Double click the icon to display your current Internet connection status ...

Page 114: ... Web Conﬁguration Utility Step 1 Click start and then Control Panel Step 2 Double click Network Connections Step 3 Select My Network Places under Other Places Step 4 An icon with the description for each UPnP enabled device displays under Local Network Step 5 Right click the icon for your WR1500 Wireless Router and select Invoke The Web Conﬁguration Utility login screen displays Step 6 Right click...

Page 115: ...creen to see the logs for the categories that you selected in the Log Settings screen see section 15 2 Options include logs about system maintenance system errors access control allowed or blocked web sites blocked web features such as ActiveX controls Java and cookies attacks such as DoS and IPSec You can view logs and alert messages in this page Log entries in red indicate system error logs Once...

Page 116: ... Log Now to send the log screen to the e mail address speciﬁed in the Log Settings page Refresh Click Refresh to renew the log screen Clear Log Click Clear Log to clear all the logs 15 2 Conﬁguring Log Settings To change your WR1500 Wireless Router s log settings click ADVANCED LOGS and then the Log Settings tab The screen appears as shown Use the Log Settings screen to conﬁgure to where the WR150...

Page 117: ...WR1500 4 Port Wireless DSL Cable Router 15 2 Conﬁguring Log Settings Continued The table on the following page describes the labels in the screen above ...

Page 118: ... Detail Record and system messages Log Facility Select the Local from the drop down list box The log facility allows you to log the messages to different ﬁles in the syslog server Refer to your UNIX manual for more information Send Log Log Schedule This drop down menu is used to conﬁgure the frequency of log messages being sent as E mail Daily Weekly Hourly When the Log is Full None If the Weekly ...

Page 119: ...ols or service ports The LAN IP addresses to and or from which the most trafﬁc has been sent How much trafﬁc has been sent to and from the LAN IP addresses to and or from which the most trafﬁc has been sent The web site hit count may not be 100 accurate because sometimes when an individual web page loads it may contain references to other web sites that also get counted as hits The WR1500 Wireless...

Page 120: ...ost trafﬁc has been sent and how much trafﬁc has been sent to and from those IP addresses Start Collection Stop Collection The button text shows Start Collection when the WR1500 Wireless Router is not recording report data and Stop Collection when the WR1500 Wireless Router is recording report data Click Start Collection to have the WR1500 Wireless Router record report data Click Stop Collection t...

Page 121: ...r service port listed ﬁrst Start Collection Stop Collection The button text shows Start Collection when the WR1500 Wireless Router is not recording report data and Stop Collection when the WR1500 Wireless Router is recording report data Click Start Collection to have the WR1500 Wireless Router record report data Click Stop Collection to halt the WR1500 Wireless Router from recording more data Refr...

Page 122: ...op Collection when the WR1500 Wireless Router is recording report data Click Start Collection to have the WR1500 Wireless Router record report data Click Stop Collection to halt the WR1500 Wireless Router from recording more data Refresh Click Refresh to update the report display The report also refreshes automatically when you close and reopen the screen IP Address This column lists the LAN IP ad...

Page 123: ...port Speciﬁcations LABEL DESCRIPTION Number of web sites protocols or ports IP addresses listed 20 Hit count limit Up to 232 hits can be counted per web site The count starts over at 0 if it passes four billion Bytes count limit Up to 264 bytes can be counted per protocol port or LAN IP address The count starts over at 0 if it passes 264 bytes ...

Page 124: ...WR1500 4 Port Wireless DSL Cable Router This part describes the Maintenance Web Conﬁguration Utility screens Part VII Maintenance ...

Page 125: ... in the SYSTEM STATUS screen LABEL DESCRIPTION System Name This is the System Name you enter in the ﬁrst Internet Access Wizard screen It is for identiﬁcation purposes Firmware Version This is the ﬁrmware version and the date created Routing Protocols This shows the routing protocol IP for which the WR1500 Wireless Router is conﬁgured WAN Port IP Address This is the WAN port IP address IP Subnet M...

Page 126: ...e transmission speed only for wireless port TxPkts This is the number of transmitted packets on this port RxPkts This is the number of received packets on this port Collisions This is the number of collisions on this port TxB s This shows the transmission speed in bytes per second on this port RxB s This shows the reception speed in bytes per second on this port Up Time This is the total amount of...

Page 127: ...s The DHCP table shows current DHCP client information including IP Address Host Name and MAC Address of all network clients using the DHCP server The following table describes the labels in this screen DHCP Table LABEL DESCRIPTION This is the index number of an associated wireless station IP Address This ﬁeld displays the IP Address relative to the ﬁeld listed above Host Name This ﬁeld displays t...

Page 128: ...p the screen shown below The following table describes the labels in this screen Association List LABEL DESCRIPTION This is the index number of an associated wireless station MAC Address This ﬁeld displays the MAC address of an associated wireless station Association Time This ﬁeld displays the time a wireless station ﬁrst associated with the WR1500 Wireless Router Refresh Click Refresh to reload ...

Page 129: ... IBSS as one that doesn t See the Wireless Conﬁguration and Roaming chapter for more information on basic service sets BSS and extended service sets ESS MAC Address This ﬁeld displays the MAC address of the AP in an Infrastructure wireless network It is randomly generated so ignore it in an Ad Hoc wireless network Channel This is the index number of the channel currently used by the associated AP ...

Page 130: ...ng ﬁrmware using FTP TFTP commands Click MAINTENANCE and then the FAV UPLOAD tab Follow the instructions in this screen to upload ﬁrmware to your WR1500 Wireless Router The following table describes the labels in this screen Firmware Upload Firmware LABEL DESCRIPTION File Path Type in the location of the ﬁle you want to upload in this ﬁeld or click Browse to ﬁnd it Browse Click Browse to ﬁnd the b...

Page 131: ...reless Router automatically restarts in this time causing a temporary net work disconnect In some operating systems you may see the following icon on your desk top After two minutes log in again and check your new ﬁrmware version in the System Status screen If the upload was not successful the following screen will appear Click Return to go back to the F W Upload screen ...

Page 132: ... Router is functioning properly Click Backup to save your current WR1500 Wireless Router conﬁguration to your computer 16 6 2 Restore Conﬁguration Restore conﬁguration replaces your WR1500 Wireless Router s current conﬁguration content ﬁlters ﬁrewall settings etc with a previously saved conﬁguration Restore ﬁles usually have a ROM extension e g WR1500 Wireless Router ROM The system reboots automat...

Page 133: ...ation ﬁle upload is in progress After you see a conﬁguration upload successful screen you must then wait one minute before logging into the WR1500 Wireless Router again The WR1500 Wireless Router automatically restarts in this time causing a temporary network disconnect In some operating systems you may see the following icon on your desktop If you uploaded the default conﬁguration ﬁle you may nee...

Page 134: ...ts as shown on the screen This will erase all conﬁgurations that you have applied Click the Default tab to display the screen shown next Clicking the Reset button will cause the following screen to be displayed You can also press the RESET button on the side panel to reset the factory defaults of your WR1500 Wireless Router Refer to the Resetting the WR1500 Wireless Router section for more informa...

Page 135: ...ces the SMT System Management Terminal and discusses the Getting Started SMT menus See the Web Conﬁguration Utility parts of this guide for background information on features conﬁgurable by Web Conﬁguration Utility and SMT Part VIII SMT Getting Started Menus ...

Page 136: ...in the bottom left corner Run and then type telnet 192 168 1 1 the default IP address and click OK Step 3 For your ﬁrst login enter 1234 in the Password ﬁeld As you type the password the screen displays an x for each character you type Step 4 After entering the password you will see the main menu Please note that if there is no activity for longer than ﬁve minutes default timeout period after you ...

Page 137: ...ge Password as shown next Step 3 Type your existing system password in the Old Password ﬁeld for example 1234 and press ENTER Step 4 Type your new system password in the New Password ﬁeld up to 30 characters and press ENTER Step 5 Re type your new system password in the Retype to conﬁrm ﬁeld for conﬁrmation and press ENTER Note that as you type a password the screen displays an asterisk for each c...

Page 138: ...WR1500 4 Port Wireless DSL Cable Router 17 4 WR1500 Wireless Router SMT Menu Overview Example Continued ...

Page 139: ...move to the previous and the next ﬁeld respectively Entering information Type in or press SPACE BAR then press ENTER You need to ﬁll in two types of ﬁelds The ﬁrst requires you to type in the appropriate information The second allows you to cycle through the available choices by pressing SPACE BAR Required ﬁelds or ChangeMe All ﬁelds with the symbol must be ﬁlled in order to be able to save the ne...

Page 140: ...tion including Internet connection 12 Static Routing Setup Use this menu to set up static routes 14 Dial in User Setup Use this menu to set up local user proﬁles on the WR1500 Wireless Router 15 NAT Setup Use this menu to specify inside servers when NAT is enabled 21 Filter and Firewall Setup Use this menu to set up ﬁlters and ﬁrewall to provide security etc 22 SNMP Conﬁguration Use this menu to s...

Page 141: ...the host name System Name on each individual computer the domain name can be as signed from the WR1500 Wireless Router via DHCP 18 1 1 Dynamic DNS To use this service you must register with the Dynamic DNS service provider The Dynamic DNS service provider will give you a password or key The WR1500 Wireless Router supports www dyndns org You can apply to this service provider for Dynamic DNS servic...

Page 142: ...domain name entered by you is given priority over the ISP assigned domain name parkervision com First System DNS Server Second System DNS Server Third System DNS Server Press SPACE BAR to select From ISP User Deﬁned or None and press ENTER From ISP IP Address Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers This ﬁeld is available when you select User Deﬁned in the ﬁeld above N A Edit Dynamic DNS Press SP...

Page 143: ...ter your user name Password Enter the password assigned to you Enable Wildcard Your WR1500 Wireless Router supports DYNDNS wildcard Press SPACE BAR and then ENTER to select Yes or No This ﬁeld is N A when you choose DDNS client as your service provider No Ofﬂine This ﬁeld is only available when CustomDNS is selected in the DDNS Type ﬁeld Press SPACE BAR and then ENTER to select Yes When Yes is sel...

Page 144: ...behind a static public IP address No IP Address Enter the static public IP address if you select Yes in the User Speciﬁed IP Addr ﬁeld N A When you have completed this menu press ENTER at the prompt Press ENTER to Conﬁrm to save your conﬁguration or press ESC at any time to cancel 18 2 WAN Setup The MAC address ﬁeld allows users to conﬁgure the WAN port s MAC address by either using the factory de...

Page 145: ...ss Select IP address attached on LAN and enter the IP address in the IP Address ﬁeld below to clone the MAC address of the computer on the Ethernet Factory default IP Address Enter the IP address of the computer whose MAC address you are cloning This ﬁeld is available if you select IP address attached on LAN in the Assigned By ﬁeld N A When you have completed this menu press ENTER at the prompt Pr...

Page 146: ...led explanation about the LAN Setup screens is given in the next chapter 19 1 1 General Ethernet Port Filter Setup This menu allows you to specify ﬁlter set s that you wish to apply to the Ethernet trafﬁc You seldom need to ﬁlter Ethernet trafﬁc however the ﬁlter sets may be useful to block certain packets reduce trafﬁc and prevent security breaches If you need to deﬁne ﬁlters please read the Filt...

Page 147: ... WR1500 Wireless Router for TCP IP To edit menu 3 2 enter 3 from the main menu to display Menu 3 Ethernet Setup When menu 3 appears press 2 and press ENTER to display Menu 3 2 TCP IP and DHCP Ethernet Setup as shown next Follow the instructions in the table on the following page to conﬁgure the DHCP ﬁelds ...

Page 148: ...ss pool 32 First DNS Server Second DNS Server Third DNS Server Press SPACE BAR to select From ISP User Deﬁned DNS Relay or None and press ENTER The DNS servers are passed to the DHCP clients along with the IP address and the subnet mask From ISP IP Address Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers This ﬁeld is available when you select User Deﬁned in the ﬁeld above N A DHCP Server Address If Relay...

Page 149: ...ess Router supports three logical LAN interfaces via its single physical Ethernet interface with the WR1500 Wireless Router itself as the gateway for each LAN network Press SPACE BAR to select Yes and press ENTER to go to menu 3 2 1 No When you have completed this menu press ENTER at the prompt Press ENTER to Conﬁrm to save your conﬁguration or press ESC at any time to cancel 19 3 IP Alias IP Alia...

Page 150: ... ﬁrst network Move the cursor to Edit IP Alias ﬁeld and press SPACE BAR to choose Yes and press ENTER to conﬁgure the second and third network Press ENTER to display Menu 3 2 1 IP Alias Setup as shown next Follow the instructions in the table on the next page to conﬁgure IP Alias parameters ...

Page 151: ...Press SPACE BAR to select the RIP version Choices are RIP 1 RIP 2B or RIP 2M RIP 1 Incoming Protocol Filters Enter the ﬁlter set s you wish to apply to the incoming trafﬁc between this node and the WR1500 Wireless Router Outgoing Protocol Filters Enter the ﬁlter set s you wish to apply to the outgoing trafﬁc between this node and the WR1500 Wireless Router When you have completed this menu press E...

Page 152: ...e same on the WR1500 Wireless Router and the wireless stations to communicate 1 Key 1 to Key 4 The WEP keys are used to encrypt data Both the WR1500 Wireless Router and the wireless stations must use the same WEP key for data transmission If you chose 64 bit WEP in the WEP Encryption ﬁeld then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters 0 9 A F If you chose 128 bit WEP in the WEP Enc...

Page 153: ...based authentication is less secure than EAP authentication Follow the steps below to create the MAC address table on your WR1500 Wireless Router Step 1 From the main menu enter 3 to open Menu 3 LAN Setup Step 2 Enter 5 to display Menu 3 5 Wireless LAN Setup Step 3 In the Edit MAC Address Filtering ﬁeld press SPACE BAR to select Yes and press ENTER Menu 3 5 1 WLAN MAC Address Filter displays as sh...

Page 154: ...NTER MAC addresses not listed will be allowed to access the router The default action Allowed Association permits association with the WR1500 Wireless Router MAC addresses not listed will be denied access to the router MAC Address Filter 1 32 Enter the MAC addresses in XX XX XX XX XX XX format of the client computers that are allowed or denied access to the WR1500 Wireless Router in these address ...

Page 155: ...formation you need is a login name and password FIELD DESCRIPTION YOUR INFORMATION System Name Enter the name of the WR1500 Wireless Router optional Service Name PPPoE Enter the PPPoE service name if the ISP supplies one Enter any if the ISP does not assign you one Encapsulation Select Ethernet PPPoE or PPTP My Login Enter the login name assigned by your ISP for PPP PPPoE only My Password Enter th...

Page 156: ... a RoadRunner ﬂavor if your ISP is using Time Warner s RoadRunner otherwise choose Standard The User Name Password and Login Server ﬁelds are not applicable N A for the latter Choose from Standard Telstra RoadRunner Telstra or BigPond authentication method RR Manager RoadRunner Manager authentication method or RR Toshiba RoadRunner Toshiba authentication method Standard My Login Conﬁgure the My Lo...

Page 157: ...the packet to the destination On the LAN the gateway must be a router on the same segment as your WR1500 Wireless Router Network Address Translation Press SPACE BAR and then ENTER to select None SUA Only or Full Feature Please see the NAT Chapter for more details SUA Only When you have completed this menu press ENTER at the prompt Press ENTER to Conﬁrm to save your conﬁguration or press ESC at any...

Page 158: ...WR1500 4 Port Wireless DSL Cable Router This part contains appendices that are designed to assist you with setup and troubleshooting of the WR1500 Part IX Appendices ...

Page 159: ...ss Router via the console port 1 Check to see if the WR1500 Wireless Router is connected to your computer s console port 2 Check to see if the communications program is conﬁgured correctly The communications software should be conﬁgured as follows VT100 terminal emulation 9600 bps is the default speed on leaving the factory Try other speeds in case the speed has been changed No parity 8 data bits ...

Page 160: ...ters are on the same subnet Problems with the WAN Interface Troubleshooting the WAN Interface PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION I cannot get a WAN IP address from the ISP The ISP provides the WAN IP address after authenticating you Authentication may be through the user name and password the MAC address or the host name The username and password apply to PPPoE and PPTP encapsulation only Make sure that yo...

Page 161: ...he Internet Access chapter SMT Make sure you entered the correct user name and password For wireless stations check that both the WR1500 Wireless Router and wireless station s are using the same ESSID channel and WEP keys if WEP encryption is activated Internet connection disconnects If you use PPTP or PPPoE encapsulation check the idle time out setting Refer to the WAN chapter Web Conﬁguration Ut...

Page 162: ...ng any computer on the WLAN Make sure the wireless card is properly inserted in the WR1500 Wireless Router and the WLAN LED is on Make sure the wireless adapter on the wireless station is working properly Check that both the WR1500 Wireless Router and wireless station s are using the same ESSID channel and WEP keys if WEP encryption is activated ...

Page 163: ...ed that other products in the 1500 family 1500WLAN and 1500USB are compatible with computers running only Windows 2000 or XP Windows 95 98 Me Click Start Settings Control Panel and double click the Network icon to open the Network window The Network window Conﬁguration tab displays a list of installed components You need a network adapter the TCP IP protocol and Client for Microsoft Networks If yo...

Page 164: ...tically If you have a static IP address select Specify an IP address and type your information into the IP Address and Subnet Mask ﬁelds 2 Click the DNS Conﬁguration tab If you do not know your DNS information select Disable DNS If you know your DNS information select Enable DNS and type the information in the ﬁelds below you may not need to ﬁll them all in ...

Page 165: ...ck OK to save and close the TCP IP Properties window 5 Click OK to close the Network window Insert the Windows CD if prompted 6 Turn on your WR1500 Wireless Router and re start your computer when prompted Verifying Your Computer s IP Address 1 Click Start and then Run 2 In the Run window type winipcfg and then click OK to open the IP Conﬁguration window 3 Select your network adapter You should see...

Page 166: ... For Windows XP click start Control Panel In Windows 2000 NT click Start Settings Control Panel 2 For Windows XP click Network Connections For Windows 2000 NT click Network and Dial up Connections 3 Right click Local Area Connection and then click Properties ...

Page 167: ... XP and click Properties 5 The Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties window opens the General tab in Windows XP If you have a dynamic IP address click Obtain an IP address automatically If you have a static IP address click Use the following IP Address and ﬁll in the IP address Subnet mask and Default gateway ﬁelds Click Advanced ...

Page 168: ...ddress in IP address and a subnet mask in Subnet mask and then click Add Repeat the above two steps for each IP address you want to add Conﬁgure additional default gateways in the IP Settings tab by clicking Add in Default gateways In TCP IP Gateway Address type the IP address of the default gateway in Gateway To manually conﬁgure a default metric the number of transmission hops clear the Automati...

Page 169: ...rver ﬁelds If you have previously conﬁgured DNS servers click Advanced and then the DNS tab to order them 8 Click OK to close the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties window 9 Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window 10 Turn on your WR1500 Wireless Router and restart your computer if prompted Verifying Your Computer s IP Address 1 Click Start All Programs Accessories and then C...

Page 170: ...Macintosh OS 8 9 1 Click the Apple menu Control Panel and double click TCP IP to open the TCP IP Control Panel 2 Select Ethernet built in from the Connect via list 3 For dynamically assigned settings select Using DHCP Server from the Conﬁgure list ...

Page 171: ...Type the IP address of your WR1500 Wireless Router in the Router address box 5 Close the TCP IP Control Panel 6 Click Save if prompted to save changes to your conﬁguration 7 Turn on your WR1500 Wireless Router and restart your computer if prompted Verifying Your Computer s IP Address Check your TCP IP properties in the TCP IP Control Panel window Macintosh OS X 1 Click the Apple menu and click Sys...

Page 172: ...nﬁgure list 4 For statically assigned settings do the following From the Conﬁgure box select Manually Type your IP address in the IP Address box Type your subnet mask in the Subnet mask box Type the IP address of your WR1500 Wireless Router in the Router address box 5 Click Apply Now and close the window 6 Turn on your WR1500 Wireless Router and restart your computer if prompted Verifying Your Com...

Page 173: ...nner similar to dial up services using PPP Beneﬁts of PPPoE PPPoE offers the following beneﬁts 1 It provides you with a familiar dial up networking DUN user interface 2 It lessens the burden on the carriers of provisioning virtual circuits all the way to the ISP on multiple switches for thousands of users For GSTN PSTN ISDN the switching fabric is already in place 3 It allows the ISP to use the ex...

Page 174: ... the PPP frames to the ISP The L2TP tunnel is capable of carrying multiple PPP sessions With PPPoE the VC Virtual Circuit is equivalent to the dial up connection and is between the modem and the AC as opposed to all the way to the ISP However the PPP negotiation is between the PC and the ISP WR1500 Wireless Router as a PPPoE Client When using the WR1500 Wireless Router as a PPPoE client the PCs on...

Page 175: ...ne separate ATM VC per destination PPTP and the WR1500 Wireless Router When the WR1500 Wireless Router is deployed in such a setup it appears as a PC to the ANT In Windows VPN or PPTP Pass Through feature the PPTP tunneling is created from Win dows 95 98 and NT clients to an NT server in a remote location The pass through feature allows users on the network to access a different remote server usin...

Page 176: ...to the PNS The PPTP user is unaware of the tunnel between the PAC and the PNS Microsoft includes PPTP as a part of the Windows OS In Microsoft s implementation the PC and hence the WR1500 Wireless Router is the PNS that requests the PAC the ANT to place an outgoing call over AAL5 to an RFC 2364 server Control PPP connections Each PPTP session has distinct control connection and PPP data connection...

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