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Summary of Contents for XRT-101A

Page 1: ...Networking Communication Internet Broadband Router XRT 101A User s Guide...

Page 2: ...Manual is accurate PLANET disclaims liability for any inaccuracies or omissions that may have occurred Information in this User s Manual is subject to change without notice and does not represent a c...

Page 3: ...30 CHAPTER 5 OPERATION AND STATUS 31 Operation 31 Status Screen 31 Connection Status PPPoE 33 Connection Status PPTP 36 Connection Details Fixed Dynamic IP Address 38 CHAPTER 6 ADVANCED FEATURES 40 O...

Page 4: ...ii Internet Access 66 APPENDIX B SPECIFICATIONS 68 XRT 101A 68...

Page 5: ...nctions while being easy to use Internet Access Features Shared Internet Access All users on the LAN or WLAN can access the Internet through the Internet Broadband Router using only a single external...

Page 6: ...PN Virtual Private Networking connections using PPTP and IPSec are transparently supported no configuration is required LAN Features Dual Ethernet ports The Internet Broadband Router has 2 Ethernet po...

Page 7: ...ll All incoming data packets are monitored and all incoming server requests are filtered thus protecting your network from malicious attacks from external sources Protection against DoS attacks DoS De...

Page 8: ...re shown below LAN Data Status LED WAN Data LED Description On Orange then Green On Normal start up power ON sequence On Green On Idle Flashing Green Flashing Normal Operation The Data Status LED will...

Page 9: ...received o WAN port 10BaseT Connect the 10BaseT cabling RJ45 connector for the External LAN WAN or DSL Cable Modem here p LAN port Auto sensing 10 100BaseT Connect the LAN cable RJ45 connectors from t...

Page 10: ...ower On 3 Keep holding the Reset Button for a few seconds until the RED LED has flashed TWICE 4 Release the Reset Button The Internet Broadband Router is now using the factory default values s Power p...

Page 11: ...er OFF 2 Set DIP switch 1 ON 3 Turn the power to the Internet Broadband Router ON 4 Operate DIP switch 1 in the following sequence you have 15 seconds to complete the sequence OFF ON OFF 5 The Interne...

Page 12: ...lation Diagram 1 Choose an Installation Site Select a suitable place on the network to install the Internet Broadband Router Ensure the Internet Broadband Router and the DSL Cable modem are powered OF...

Page 13: ...and power up Use only the power adapter provided Using a different one may cause hardware damage 5 Check the LEDs When the Internet Broadband Router is powered On the Data Status LED should flash Oran...

Page 14: ...to locate detailed instructions for the required functions To Do this Refer to Configure PCs on your LAN Chapter 4 PC Configuration Check Internet Broadband Router operation and Status Chapter 5 Oper...

Page 15: ...band Router Using UPnP If your Windows system supports UPnP an icon for the Internet Broadband Router will appear in the system tray notifying you that a new network device has been found and offering...

Page 16: ...he connection is not working or your PC s IP address is not compatible with the Internet Broadband Router s IP Address See next item If your PC is using a fixed IP Address its IP Address must be withi...

Page 17: ...quired Dynamic IP Address Your IP Address is allocated automatically while connecting to you ISP None Static Fixed IP Address Your ISP allocates a permanent IP Address to you IP Address allocated to y...

Page 18: ...e Home screen When you connect in the future you will see this screen when you connect An example screen is shown below Figure 4 Home Screen Navigation Data Input Use the menu bar on the top of the sc...

Page 19: ...s the PCs on that LAN segment DHCP Server If Enabled the Internet Broadband Router will allocate IP Addresses to PCs DHCP clients on your LAN when they start up The default and recommended value is En...

Page 20: ...ng the Internet Broadband Router s DHCP Server This is the default setting The DHCP Server settings are on the LAN screen On this screen you can Enable or Disable the Internet Broadband Router s DHCP...

Page 21: ...assigned a password to the Internet Broadband Router on the Password screen above you will be prompted for the password when you connect as shown below If no password has been set this dialog will no...

Page 22: ...on each PC TCP IP Settings Overview If using the default Internet Broadband Router settings and the default Windows TCP IP settings no changes need to be made By default the Internet Broadband Router...

Page 23: ...ld then see a screen like the following Figure 9 IP Address Win 95 Ensure your TCP IP settings are correct as follows Using DHCP To use DHCP select the radio button Obtain an IP Address automatically...

Page 24: ...Your LAN administrator can advise you of the IP Address they assigned to the Internet Broadband Router Figure 10 Gateway Tab Win 95 98 On the DNS Configuration tab ensure Enable DNS is selected If the...

Page 25: ...ng TCP IP Settings Windows NT4 0 1 Select Control Panel Network and on the Protocols tab select the TCP IP protocol as shown below Figure 12 Windows NT4 0 TCP IP 2 Click the Properties button to see a...

Page 26: ...art your PC to ensure it obtains an IP Address from the Internet Broadband Router Specify an IP Address If your PC is already configured check with your network administrator before making the followi...

Page 27: ...dows NT4 0 Add Gateway 2 The DNS should be set to the address provided by your ISP as follows Click the DNS tab On the DNS screen shown below click the Add button under DNS Service Search Order and en...

Page 28: ...Internet Sharing Gateway User Guide 24 Figure 15 Windows NT4 0 DNS...

Page 29: ...up Connection 2 Right click the Local Area Connection icon and select Properties You should see a screen like the following Figure 16 Network Configuration Win 2000 3 Select the TCP IP protocol for y...

Page 30: ...Router Using a fixed IP Address Use the following IP Address If your PC is already configured check with your network administrator before making the following changes Enter the Internet Broadband Rou...

Page 31: ...nnection 2 Right click the Local Area Connection and choose Properties You should see a screen like the following Figure 18 Network Configuration Windows XP 3 Select the TCP IP protocol for your netwo...

Page 32: ...xed IP Address Use the following IP Address If your PC is already configured do NOT change the settings on the screen shown in Figure 19 above unless advised to do so by your network administrator You...

Page 33: ...onnections 2 Select Set up or change your Internet Connection 3 Select the Connection tab and click the Setup button 4 Cancel the pop up Location Information screen 5 Click Next on the New Connection...

Page 34: ...empting any changes Fixed IP Address By default most Unix installations use a fixed IP Address If you wish to continue using a fixed IP Address make the following changes to your configuration Set you...

Page 35: ...ify which PC receives an incoming connection Refer to Chapter 6 Advanced Features for further details Applications which use non standard connections or port numbers may be blocked by the Internet Bro...

Page 36: ...uested If the URL Filter is enabled this address will be shown as a URL Otherwise the IP address will be displayed Blocked If the request was blocked by the URL Filter function this will display Yes O...

Page 37: ...nnection Physical Address The hardware address of this device as seen by remote devices on the Internet This is different to the hardware address seen by devices on the local LAN IP Address The IP Add...

Page 38: ...te Server located ISP s Server has responded to connection attempt Start PPP Attempting to login to ISP s Server and establish a PPP connection PPP up successfully Able to login to ISP s Server and es...

Page 39: ...Operation and Status 35...

Page 40: ...n the local LAN IP Address The IP Address of this device as seen by Internet users This address is allocated by your ISP Internet Service Provider PPTP Status This indicates whether or not the connect...

Page 41: ...If not connected establish a connection to your ISP Disconnect If connected to your ISP hang up the connection Clear Log Delete all data currently in the Log This will make it easier to read new mess...

Page 42: ...ice as seen by Internet users This address is allocated by your ISP Internet Service Provider Network Mask The Network Mask associated with the IP Address above Default Gateway The IP Address of the r...

Page 43: ...has NOT allocated an IP Address for the Internet Broadband Router this button will say Renew Clicking the Renew button will attempt to re establish the connection and obtain an IP Address from the ISP...

Page 44: ...owing advanced features are provided Access Control Special Applications DMZ Virtual Servers Dynamic DNS Remote Management This chapter contains details of the configuration and use of each of these f...

Page 45: ...oup 4 These names can not be changed All PCs are in the Default Group unless explicitly moved to another group Access restrictions may be imposed on any Group including the Default group Access Contro...

Page 46: ...s cannot access the Internet at all Use this to create the most restrictive group Use Packet Filter Table below Use this to define intermediate levels of access Using the Packet Filter table gives you...

Page 47: ...layed with members of that Group listed on the left and other PCs listed on the right To Add a PC to the current Group select the desired PC or PCs in the Other PCs list the click the Add button To Re...

Page 48: ...allowed Ports not blocked are allowed Once defined a filter may be used with any Group Data Filters Name Enter a descriptive name for this filter Port No Enter an integer representing the Port Number...

Page 49: ...Conferencing Telephony Most applications are supported transparently by the Internet Broadband Router But sometimes it is not clear which PC should receive an incoming connection This problem could ar...

Page 50: ...estination on your local LAN is unknown Send incoming calls to This lists the PCs on your LAN If necessary you can add PCs manually using the PC Database option on the advanced menu For each applicati...

Page 51: ...ations Screen Data Special Applications Screen Checkbox Use this to Enable or Disable this Special Application as required Name Enter a descriptive name to identify this Special Application Incoming P...

Page 52: ...nish fields Using a Special Application Configure the Special Applications screen as required On your PC use the application normally Remember that only one 1 PC can use each Special application at an...

Page 53: ...he Firewall making it more vulnerable to attacks For this reason you should only enable the DMZ feature when required URL Filter The URL Filter allows you to block access to undesirable Web site To us...

Page 54: ...the Add button An entry may be a Domain name e g www trash com or simply a string e g ads Any URL which contains ANY entry ANYWHERE in the URL will be blocked Buttons Delete Delete All Use these butt...

Page 55: ...te PC Remote PC Using Web Server Using FTP Server http 203 70 212 52 ftp 203 70 212 52 203 70 212 52 192 168 0 1 192 168 0 10 192 168 0 20 LAN IP Address WAN IP Address Figure 31 Virtual Servers IP Ad...

Page 56: ...operties Enable Use this to Enable or Disable support for this Server as required If Enabled any incoming connections will be forwarded to the selected PC If Disabled any incoming connection attempts...

Page 57: ...l data from the Properties area ready for input of a new Virtual Server entry For each entry the PC must be running the appropriate Server software Defining your own Virtual Servers If the type of Ser...

Page 58: ...e problem of having a dynamic IP address With a dynamic IP address your IP address may change whenever you connect which makes it difficult to connect to you The Service works as follows You must regi...

Page 59: ...yndns org Desired Domain Enter your the preferred domain name The name should consist only of letters and the hyphen dash Using any other characters may cause problems The DDNS Status area will indica...

Page 60: ...t the use of a Web Virtual Server on your LAN See Advanced Internet Virtual Servers Current IP Address You must use this IP Address to connect see below This IP Address is allocated by your ISP But if...

Page 61: ...maintained automatically but you can add and delete entries for PCs which use a Fixed Static IP Address Options Enable or Disable various options MAC Address Set the MAC hardware address used on the I...

Page 62: ...s type For this model the type will always be LAN Name If adding a new PC to the list enter its name here It is best if this matches the PC s hostname IP Address Enter the IP Address of the PC The PC...

Page 63: ...unavailable TFTP Enable Firmware Upgrade using TFTP If enabled TFTP Trivial FTP can be used to upgrade the firmware in this device This is normally not required a Windows utility is available for thi...

Page 64: ...all If enabled DoS Denial of Service attacks will be detected and blocked The default is enabled It is strongly recommended that this setting be left enabled Note A DoS attack does not attempt to stea...

Page 65: ...dress Screen Select MAC Address from the Advanced menu to reach a screen like the example below Figure 37 MAC address screen Data MAC address Screen MAC hardware Address The current MAC hardware addre...

Page 66: ...n the Internet Broadband Router and ensure the following Windows 2000 settings are correct Open Routing and Remote Access In the console tree select Routing and Remote Access server name IP Routing RI...

Page 67: ...nges to the selected entry Properties Destination Network The network address of the remote LAN segment For standard class C LANs the network address is the first 3 fields of the Destination IP Addres...

Page 68: ...ult Route or Default Gateway Local Router The local router is the Router installed on the same LAN segment as the Internet Broadband Router This router requires that the Default Route is the Internet...

Page 69: ...1 Segment 1 Destination IP Address 192 168 1 0 Network Mask 255 255 255 0 Standard Class C Gateway IP Address 192 168 0 100 Internet Broadband Router s local Router Metric 1 Entry 2 Segment 2 Destinat...

Page 70: ...ddress within the range 192 168 0 2 to 192 168 0 254 and thus compatible with the Internet Broadband Router s default IP Address of 192 168 0 1 Also the Network Mask should be set to 255 255 255 0 to...

Page 71: ...data passing through it so it is not transparent Use the Special Applications feature to allow the use of Internet applications which do not function correctly If this does solve the problem you can u...

Page 72: ...terface LEDs 4 External Power Adapter 12 V DC FCC Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 This device may not cause harmful...

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