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Overview of The ARM Browser Screen

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Summary of Contents for Wireless Router

Page 1: ...Wireless Router User Guide ...

Page 2: ... The material contained herein is supplied without representation or warranty of any kind Therefore assumes no responsibility and shall have no liability of any kind arising from the supply or use of this document or the material contained herein This manual copyright 2001 All rights reserved No part of this document may be copied or re used without prior written consent ...

Page 3: ...re Devices through a Hub to the Wireless Router Chapter 3 Configuring the Wireless Router Internet Access in Five Minutes Using Different Browsers for Wireless Router Configuration Logging On To Enable More Features Customizing the ARM for Your Specific Needs Overview of The ARM Browser Screen What is a Connection Profile Selecting Internet Access Interface Configuring a Basic Internet Access Prof...

Page 4: ...Configure Advanced IP Settings The IP Routing Table To Configure IPX Settings Optional The IPX Routing Table The IPX SAP Table To Enable Bridging Learning Chapter 5 Managing the Wireless Router How to View the Connection Log How to Upgrade the Wireless Router Features Software How to Save or Clear Configuration Changes How to Reset the Wireless Router How to Change the ARM Password What if I Forge...

Page 5: ... manual consists of seven chapters and three appendixes Chapter One Introduction explains the features and capabilities of the Wireless Router Chapter Two Installing the Wireless Router gives the simple steps you follow to install the Wireless Router and configure your workstations Chapter Three Configuring the Wireless Router explains how to log in to the ARM Manager describes the browser screen ...

Page 6: ...uter that sits between your local Ethernet network and a remote network e g the Internet or a remote office The Wireless Router contains an EWAN port connecting to an external ADSL Cable modem a Console COM port for connection to a console device such as a PC COM port and a four port 10 100Mbps Ethernet switch for connection to PCs on your local network The Console COM port can alsobe used to conn...

Page 7: ...e by remote users across the Internet e g an e mail server an FTP server or a web server you can configure the Wireless Router to proxy the service from its own address This means that the remote user can address the router as if it were the special server and the Wireless Router will re direct this connection to the appropriate computer on the network Supporting Dial in Access to Your Network You...

Page 8: ...mote networks to connect to one another and share resources The remote network can use a Wireless router even though it is a different vendor as long as it also supports LAN to LAN communications Figure 1 3 Connecting Two Networks with Wireless Router You can set up the Wireless Router to provide Internet access for everyone on your LAN and create your own private wide area network via V 90 Modem ...

Page 9: ...le the IP address of the VPN partner and authentication information including the encryption key that is used When a PC from one site tries to communicate with a device on the other site for the first time the VPN tunnel and data session establishment process will be triggered automatically For the originating side first the destination IP address will be used to search for the corresponding VPN p...

Page 10: ...port 80 of that address to port 80 of the private IP address 192 168 168 112 In this example all devices on both LANs except for the Web servers are configured to obtain their IP addresses automatically i e from the built in DHCP server in the Wireless Router It is important for the Web Server on LAN 1 to have the same IP address all the time so that users can use the same IP address to access it ...

Page 11: ...re really who they say they are The Wireless Router uses a private IP addressing scheme to prevent devices on your LAN from access by outside users Console Telnet and ARM support password protection DES encryption with PPP ECP negotiation is supported for VPN connections IP packet filtering may be used to futher enhance security requirements A Physical Look at the Wireless Router The Connectors on...

Page 12: ...ering indicating the Router is actively sending or receiving data over the port FDX COL Green The LED is continously illuminated indicating the connection is running in full duplex mode The LED is flickering indicating the connection is experiencing collisions EWAN Indicators LNK ACT Green The LNK ACT LED serves two purposes One is it indicates the Router is connected to your Broadband successfuly...

Page 13: ...WAN port using crossover CAT5 UTP LAN cable Note Some Cable Modems use straight LAN cables Step 2 Connect a PC Workstation to one of the LAN ports of the Wireless Router such as port 1 or port 2 using a straight or cross over LAN cable respectively See below for more details of how to connect to an external repeater hub or LAN switch Step 3 Connect the AC adapter to the Wireless Router and an elec...

Page 14: ...mmunicate with the Wireless Router To configure workstations other than Windows 95 98 NT please consult the manufacturer s documentation Step 1 Connect your PC to one of the Wireless Router Switch ports If you connect to LAN port 1 you should use a straight LAN cable and set the Uplink switch to the Normal position or use a crossover LAN cable and set the Uplink switch to Uplink See Figure 2 3 Ste...

Page 15: ...ork Components Step 9 Click Properties and check the settings in each of the TCP IP Properties window Bindings Tab both Client for Microsoft Networks and File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks should be selected Gateway Tab All fields should be blank DNS Configuration Tab Disable DNS should be selected IP Address Tab Obtain IP address automatically should be selected Step 10 When the Wire...

Page 16: ...ou want to connect more devices you can connect an external hub or switch to LAN port 1 using a straight LAN cable if the Uplink switch is set to the Uplink position or using a cross over LAN cable if the Uplink switch is set to the Normal position Figure 2 2 Connecting a Hub or Switch to the Wireless Router The uplink switch is shown in the following picture Figure 2 3 Uplink Switch ...

Page 17: ...To configure your Wireless Router you can use popular browsers such as Netscape 4 5 and Internet Explorer 5 x The following describes after each browser is brought up how to use it to start the ARM interface Netscape Navigator 4 5 or newer In the Location box where you normally enter the URL address enter the default private IP address of the Wireless Router followed by hitting the return key http...

Page 18: ...efault You need to change it to the correct password before you will be let in No matter what password you use each character will always be displayed in the logon prompt as a If you forget the password you need to follow steps described in chapter 5 to be able to log on ...

Page 19: ...applications you can return to this ARM Customization screen to re customize your ARM interface by selecting Customize User Interface from the ARM Menu on the left hand side of the ARM interface Basic Internet Access Select this option if you need basic Internet access This will enable you to configure Internet Access for all of your LAN users Internet Access with Advanced Configuration Select thi...

Page 20: ...ption if you use Novell servers on your network and want to allow dial in users or remote offices to share them Note The choice displayed in this screen depend on the feature keys which are installed in your system Overview of The ARM Browser Screen Before you begin the configuration take a moment to look at the ARM screen Look for these areas ARM Menu Configuration Window Message Window Status Wi...

Page 21: ...y an appropriate message System Status Monitoring Window This section displays statistics and the status of all interfaces This window is invoked as a separate browser screen from the main ARM browser screen and appears automatically each time you start ARM If you close this window you can always restart it or bringing it to the foreground by clicking Monitoring System Status from the ARM Menu It ...

Page 22: ... as well as phone number if necessary to dial up to your ISP You need to enter such information into a connection profile in the Wireless Router Likewise a connection profile needs to be created for each dial in user each remote office or each VPN user Essentially a connection profile contains all information that the Wireless Router needs to access the Internet or support a remote dial in user or...

Page 23: ...ep 1 If you choose via DHCP please follow step 2 if you choose via PPP over Ethernet please follow step 3 Step 1 Enter the following information Profile Name the name that you will use to identify this Internet access profile Obtain IP Addresses Automatically Please specify IP address netmask gateway and domain name server assigned by ISP EWAN IP Address the IP address of your EWAN EWAN IP Netmask...

Page 24: ...ntify this Internet access profile Obtain IP Addresses Automatically get the IP address via DHCP Optional Host Name System Name the Host Name provided by your system Note After configuring each item please go to step 4 Step 3 If you choose via PPP over Ethernet the following items will appear Please enter the following information Profile Name the name that you will use to identify this Internet a...

Page 25: ...er time out Optional Host Name System Name the Host Name provided by your system Note After configuring each item please go to step 4 Step 4 Click APPLY or APPLY and Test Note When you click Apply or Apply and Test the Wireless Router connects to your Internet Service Provider Watch the Message Window for any messages If the test is successful your users will be ready to access the Internet If not...

Page 26: ...t and compressed incoming data to be recognized The ability to use compression depends on the capabilities of the ISP Idle Timeout 0 3600 This is where you specify the idle timeout The default value of the idle timeout is 300 seconds It represents the number of seconds of inactivity over the connection when this value is reached the Wireless Router will disconnect the call You can change the idle ...

Page 27: ...ddresses automatically as described in Chapter 2 Users may need to re boot their computers in order to obtain the DNS information obtained during the APPLY and TEST operation Adding Internet Access Profiles Step 1 If you want to add additional Internet access connection profiles you need to select Connection Profiles from the ARM Menu Configuration Connection Profiles Then the following screen wil...

Page 28: ...3 12 Step 2 Highlight the entry in the list and click DELETE to delete the profile or click NEXT to modify the profile in which case the same screen as configured previously will appear s ...

Page 29: ...ork from the Wireless Router In order for the Wireless Router to support public servers for access by the Internet you need to create a public network on your LAN This can be done in one of two ways Use Network Address Translation to map the application to be accessed from the Internet This procedure is described in the section Port Address Translation in Chapter 4 Alternatively you can acquire pu...

Page 30: ... 168 230 to 192 168 167 230 either from the browser or through a telnet session right after the change is made you will no longer be able to communicate with your Wireless Router To reconnect you need to re boot your computer so that your device will re acquire a new IP address and the default Gateway from the Wireless Router based on the new private IP network address Your device will then again ...

Page 31: ...ote Devices that require public IP addresses on your network are by definition not DHCP clients Therefore you need to assign their IP addresses network mask default gateway s IP address primary and secondary DNS IP addresses manually Configure WINS Server select Yes if you want the DHCP server to assign WINS Server addresses and NetBIOS Node Type This will cause the following fields to appear IP A...

Page 32: ...nfiguration details Setting up Your Router for Wireless LAN Connection Click the WLAN configuration from the ARM for your Wireless LAN connection Then the Port Configuration screen appears ESSID The ESSID is the unique name shared among all points in a wireless network the ID must be different from each other The EESID can up to 35 characters Enter the your ESSID and click APPLY ...

Page 33: ...n Please select the appropriate one to use data encryption when communicating with the Wireless Router WEP Key Setting The caracters in the range of a z A Z and 0 9 e g Mykey can be set as the WEP keys and the setting of 40 bit WEP key length must equal 5 128 bit WEP key length must equal 13 Once you enabele WEP funcation Please take care that the WEP key must be set up exactly the same on the Wir...

Page 34: ... RTS and Fragment will be activated if the packet size exceeds the value you set Since the packet size maximum of Ethernet frame is 1500 bytes if the packet size you set is bigger than 1500 bytes the function will be disable Therefore it is highly recommend you set the value ranging from 256 to 1500 ...

Page 35: ... IP addresses on a unique network It is not necessary to modify the private IP address if you do not intend to communicate with other private networks such as a remote office Step 1 In the ARM Customization screen select Access to from Remote Site e g Branch Office from the list and click Next Note The ARM Customization screen displays the very first time you invoke the ARM tool To return to this ...

Page 36: ...eremote site back using the number specified in the Call Back field If Call Back is not set Select No the Call Back Number field will not be displayed If the Call Direction is Outgoing only Call Back options are not displayed Remote Phone Number the phone number of the remote router connected to the remote LAN My Account Name the name that the remote system will use to authenticate the local syste...

Page 37: ...ion When this value is reached the Wireless Router will disconnect the call You can set the idle timeout from 0 to 3600 seconds The default setting is 300 seconds If you select 0 the connection will never time out Enable IP select Yes to allow IP routing over a connection using this profile IP RIP enable or disable IP Routing Information Protocol IP RIP Version select RIP I if the Routing Informat...

Page 38: ...outing over a connection using this profile IPX RIP SAP enable or disable IPX Routing Information Protocol and Service Advertising Protocol Set as IPX Default Route if this parameter is set to Yes then the Wireless Router uses this connection if no other route for an IPX packet can be found in the routing table Remote IPX Network Number the IPX network number of a network reachable through this co...

Page 39: ...es from the ARM menu Configuration Connection Profiles Information about each dial in user who is allowed access is stored in a connection profile When you select Connection Profiles the Connection Profile Summary screen appears only if you have existing Connection Profiles The following screen appears Step 3 Highight the New and click the Next Depending on the customization you have done from the...

Page 40: ... Back is not selected User Name the username that is dialing in User Password the password for the remote dial in user Note that Authentication is CHAP MS CHAP MicroSoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol or PAP the Password Authentication Protocol CHAP or MS CHAP will be first tried to authenticate the incoming call and if that fails PAP will be used Step 7 Click APPLY to add the connect...

Page 41: ... is 300 seconds If you select 0 the connection will never time out Enable IP select YES to allow IP routing over a connection using this profile Dynamic IP Assignment get IP Address automatically or manually Enable IPX select YES to allow IPX routing over a connection using this profile Dynamic IPX network Number Assign sets the IPX network number as a random or manually Remote IPX Network Number ...

Page 42: ...3 26 The Connection Profile Summary screen appears Step 2 Highlight the entry in the list you want to delete and click DELETE ...

Page 43: ...ARM Note that the time zone and daylight savings time indicator are saved across power cycles Note The System Time menu choice will not be shown if only Basic Internet Access was selected in the ARM Configuration screen To view or change the system time settings select System Time from the menu Configuration Advanced System Time The following screen displays Step 1 Select the Time Zone of the rout...

Page 44: ...ich is configured below To view or change Internet access time restriction settings select Internet Access Time from the menu Configuration Internet Access Time The following screen is displayed Step 1 Set the days of the week during which Internet access is allowed Select Day Range if you want to specify a range of days If you select All Internet access will be allowed every day Step 2 Set the ti...

Page 45: ... an Internet packet that Wireless Router receives from the Internet into the TCP or UDP port that the application uses on the privately addressed LAN machine that is actually running that application In this manner a privately addressed PC on your LAN that is running a Web Server for example may be accessed from the Internet by configuring the Wireless Router to translate all packets addressed to ...

Page 46: ...anced Configuration in the ARM Configuration screen Note The ARM Configuration screen is displayed the very first time you run the ARM software To return to this screen select Customize User Interface from the menu Step 2 Select IP from the Menu Configuration Advanced IP Step 3 At the bottom of the System IP Configuration screen press the button Address Translation Step 4 Add an entry to the IP Ad...

Page 47: ...equest whose target port number is specified in Public Port Number Public Port Number This is the TCP or UDP port contained in the received IP packet from the Internet This port number will be translated into the port number specified in the Private Port Number field Private IP Address The private address specified here will be the translated destination of the IP packet received from the Internet...

Page 48: ...ts Each PC that is to be assigned a static address requires an entry to be configured in the DHCP Static Assignment Table To access this table perform the following steps Step 1 Select Internet Access with Advanced Configuration in the ARM Configuration screen Note The ARM Configuration screen is displayed the very first time you run the ARM software To return to this screen select Customize User ...

Page 49: ...ply to enter the configured DHCP Static Assignment Table entry Step 7 The screen will revert to the DHCP Static Assignment Table display with the new entry added From this screen you may select an entry and then press Edit to edit the selected entry press Delete to delete the selected entry or press Add to add another entry Creating VPN Connection Profiles Before continuing on with this section be...

Page 50: ...een follow the steps in this section Note When communicating with a remote office the private IP network must be different on both sides of the connection To do this follow the steps indicated in the section To Configure Advanced IP Settings below Step 1 Select Access to from Remote Site in the ARM Configuration screen Note The ARM Configuration screen is displayed the very first time you run the ...

Page 51: ...he remote site is configured with your Tunnel Name and Tunnel Password if used Remote Tunnel Name the name of the remote network that is dialing in Remote Tunnel Password the password that your Wireless Router will expect to see from the remote system If you do not require tunnel authentication leave this field blank Step 4 Click APPLY Set up a VPN Connection Profile Step 1 Set up a VPN Connection...

Page 52: ...ame the name that you will use to identify this remote office dial in dial out profile Call Direction the direction of the call in the tunnel If the remote site will be dialing in select Incoming Only If the Wireless Router will be dialing out to the remote site select Outgoing Only Select Both if either side can initiate the connection The default setting is Both Note If you set Call Direction to...

Page 53: ...s Router will expect to see from the remote system VPN L2TP Tunnel the VPN Tunnel you will use for this profile This is one of the tunnel configurations set up earlier Step 7 Click APPLY and TEST when you are done or select Advanced to enter advanced options Advanced Options Setup Note The IPX options shown in this screen only appear if you selected Share NetWare IPX Resource on the ARM Configurat...

Page 54: ... the Wireless Router over a local LAN and if encryption is enabled on your system Step 2 Click OK Step 3 Click APPLY Packet Filtering This section describes the packet filtering feature Note Packet filtering is a sophisticated feature that can substantially impact your Wireless Router operation Therefore be sure that you fully understand the description in this chapter before you start to configur...

Page 55: ...alternatively each and every IP or IPX packet to be inspected to determine if it should be disallowed from being transmitted over a WAN interface alternatively Due to the conflicting nature of allow and disallow only one of the above two choices can be made for each WAN interface After the choice is made you can define selection rules to select which packets will be allowed or disallowed Each pack...

Page 56: ... requirements are 1 I want to block any user in my remote office from being able to access my local NetWare server The corresponding translated packet rule is All IPX communication with my remote office is allowed EXCEPT remote devices with Any IPX network number and Any IPX node number and Any IPX socket which are disallowed from communicating with the local NetWare server identified by its IPX n...

Page 57: ... select IP Filter from the ARM menu Configuration Advanced IP Filter Step 1 From the IP Filtering Configuration screen select the WAN profile of interest from the pull down menu For example if your only need is to control access to the Internet you should only select the Internet access profile Step 2 Select send or discarded as the default action as desired which is equivalent to allow and disall...

Page 58: ... number s of the local devices this new rule will apply to See Table 4 1 for some examples of TCP IP port assignments This field does not appear if either ICMP or IGMP is selected as the IP Protocol Remote IP Address the IP address es of the remote devices this new rule will apply to You can select a single IP address a range of IP addresses a network or any IP addresses The screen may change to s...

Page 59: ...ct the WAN profile of interest from the pull down menu Step 2 Select send or discarded as the default action as desired which is equivalent to allow and disallow respectively Step 3 If you are just starting click Add to add a new selection rule If you have previously defined rules you will see those rules shown as entries in the rule table and you can edit the rule by first highlighting the desire...

Page 60: ...e Name a name by which you will refer to this rule Interface the specific WAN interface this new selection rule will apply to IPX Packet Type The packet type to which the rule applies This value is specified as a two digit hexadecimal number Some standard IPX Packet Types are listed in Table 4 2 Local IPX Network Number the IPX Network Number s of the local devices to which this new rule applies Y...

Page 61: ... may change to show fields you need to fill out accordingly For example if you select range you will also see From and To fields where you need to fill out the starting IPX Network Number and the ending IPX Network Number Remote IPX Node Number the IPX Node Number of the remote device s to which this new rule applies You may select an individual Network Node or any Network Node An individual Netwo...

Page 62: ... recommend that you do not change any of the default settings Configuration Features IP Step 2 Enter the following information Note To install public servers on your network e g Web or ftp servers you need to apply for an IP address for each server plus one for the LAN port of the Wireless Router All these public IP addresses have to belong to the same IP network Public IP Address the public IP ad...

Page 63: ...168 167 230 either from the browser or through a telnet session which is based on the IP address the device from which you operate will no longer be able to communicate with your Wireless Router router To reconnect you need to restart your device This is so that your device will re acquire the IP address from the Wireless Router router based on the new private IP address and then your Network Addr...

Page 64: ...orkstation on the local area network that is configured as a DHCP client Devices on your network that are configured with public IP addresses are not DHCP clients Therefore you need to assign their IP addresses network mask default gateway s IP address primary and secondary DNS IP addresses manually IP Address Assignment sets the range of IP address IP RIP sets IP RIP to Disable Active or Passive ...

Page 65: ...ination is in a network directly attached to this router such as a LAN If no match is found with a destination network then a special entry called the Default IP Route may be used This normally is set to a path where another router can be reached that has additional information about other networks not known to the local router such as the interface to the Internet If no match is found and a defau...

Page 66: ... option Note Mis configuring the default route may result in abnormal system behavior and or unnecessary telephone charges Add Static Route select if you want to add a static route Remote IP Address the remote IP address of the new route Remote IP Netmask the IP netmask of the new route Gateway select whether the gateway is an IP address or interface Hop Count the maximum number of hops for this r...

Page 67: ... on your LAN Normally this is automatically detected by the Wireless Router IPX RIP SAP enables or disables IPX Routing Information Protocol and Service Advertising Protocol used for exchanging routing tables and server information among IPX RIP SAP agents Step 3 Press APPLY to save the changes to the Wireless Router or press IPX Routing Table to display or modify the IP Routing Table or press IPX...

Page 68: ...ith a destination network then a special entry called the Default IPX Route is used This normally is set to a path where another router can be reached that has additional information about other networks not known to the local router If no match is found and a default IPX route is not defined the IPX packet is discarded and will go nowhere An entry for a specific host or network may be added manua...

Page 69: ...twork can be reached This is either the LAN or a profile name Gateway MAC Address identifies the MAC address of the gateway on the LAN through which the Destination Network Number can be reached This field only appears if the Gateway Interface Name is the LAN Hop Count the maximum number of hops for this route Step 3 Click APPLY The IPX SAP Table The IPX SAP table contains Service Advertising info...

Page 70: ...umber Socket The two byte four hexadecimal digit address of the IPX socket providing the service Type The Service Type Well known service types include IfName The name of the interface through which this resource may be accessed This is either the LAN or a connection profile name Hops The number of routers the packet must travel through in order to reach its final destination If this value is zero...

Page 71: ...SAP entry is as follows Step 1 Click the ADD button at the bottom of the IPX SAP Table screen to display the following screen Step 2 Enter the following information Server Name The name of the server offering the service This name may be up to 48 characters IPX Network Number The network number on which the server resides Up to eight hexadecimal digits may be entered IPX Node Number The node numbe...

Page 72: ...MAC address enables or disables Learning If Learning is enabled the Wireless Router maintains a MAC address table that keeps track of the relationship between MAC addresses and network interfaces so that the system knows which device is reachable through which network interface Note Enabling the learning protocol does not enable bridging on any connection on the Wireless Router You must enable bri...

Page 73: ...Wireless Router provides a connection log that you can use to track the connections in establlished both out of or into your Wireless Router Connect and disconnect messages can be useful in determining connection costs Trigger messages are useful in determining the particular device and application that triggered the connection To view the Connection Log select Connection Log from the menu Monitor...

Page 74: ...em Tools System Upgrade The following screen is displayed Step 2 To update the Wireless Router software download the software from distributor s web site and install the software in your local environment first then from the above screen enter a path or filename e g a P17v500 sig or click Browse to select the path for the firmware Next Click the Upgrade button The new firmware will begin loading a...

Page 75: ...uration Data Options from the menu System Tools Configuration Data Options The following screen displays Step 2 Select Save to save the current configuration or Clear and Reset to erase your entire configuration database and reset the system Step 3 When you click Clear and Reset you will be asked to confirm your choice Click Yes to clear the configuration and reset the system otherwise click No to...

Page 76: ...ion save All saved configuration changes are restored after the system re initializes How to Change the ARM Password After you start using the Wireless Router you should change the factory default ARM password as follows Step 1 Select Change Password from the menu System Tools Change Password The following screen displays Step 2 Enter the following information Current Password the current password...

Page 77: ...eless Router will return all settings to the factory default The password will once again be password Note Keep in mind that anyone who can physically access the router can perform this and thereby compromise the security in your network How to Customize the ARM Interface You can use the ARM Customization feature to specify applications you intend the router for Your ARM interface will be customiz...

Page 78: ... settings select System from the menu Configuration Advanced System The following screen displays Step 1 Enter the following information System Uptime the elapsed time since the Wireless Router was powered on display only System Name a unique name that you assign to this Wireless Router System Contact the network administrator responsible for maintaining the network System Location where the Wirel...

Page 79: ...uplicate remote IP address entered The IP address entered in the Optional Remote IP Address field is either invalid or a duplicate of an existing entry in the IP Routing Table Advanced Configuration not applied Duplicate remote IPX network number entered The IPX network number entered in the Optional Remote IPX Network Number field is either invalid or a duplicate of an existing entry in the IPX R...

Page 80: ...ained from the EWAN Internet connection was in conflict with an IP address subnet already defined for an interface of the router Either change the IP address subnet for the interface or contact your ISP for a different address assignment Call operation in progress Request ignored An Apply and Test or Connect is pressed when a call is already connected Cannot perform operation Port or profile is cu...

Page 81: ...to 48 Single User Dial In profiles To add another of either type you must delete an existing profile from the same type Conversion integer character failure An internal error occurred Please report this to customer support Current password is wrong The correct password is required The password entered is incorrect Please re enter the password D Destination not currently reachable or call back conf...

Page 82: ...y is invalid Please re enter A valid encryption key may only contain hexadecimal numbers 0 9 a f and may be up to 16 digits in length depending upon the strength of encryption licensed for the router site File Invalid The firmware file entered is either missing or invalid External logon attempt rejected Another browser elsewhere in the network has attempted to open the router s HTTP page This atte...

Page 83: ...An error has occurred while communicating with the router Please use the Reload or Refresh button to load this page again H I The Internet access time has been configured successfully This message is displayed when the Internet access time configuration is accepted by the router Interface is not available An invalid interface type was specified during an IP filter configuration Invalid access type...

Page 84: ...ess with a syntax error is entered An IP address should be a set of four three digit numbers Each three digit number should be between 0 and 255 inclusive For example a correct IP address is 192 168 100 2 Filter name is a string up to 30 characters The Filter Name entered is not valid A Filter Name should be between one and 30 characters numbers letters dashes or underscores Invalid gateway config...

Page 85: ...tempt is made to disconnect an inactive modem port Lower bound address is out of range 231 254 The IP address entered in Dial In IP Address Low is not valid It must be a number in the range from 231 to 254 and at least one lower than the upper bound IP address configured M My Tunnel Name is required The Local Name of a tunnel is required Maximum number of tunnels reached No more are added The maxi...

Page 86: ...error occurred Please contact customer support The new password does not match the confirmed password The re entered password is not the same as the previous password entered during the change password operation The new password is the same as the old password The new password is the same as the old password Not a static route The message is displayed when attempt to delete a non static route in t...

Page 87: ...om 0 to 9 and the characters and may be entered Placing VPN call Please wait The router is in the process of establishing a Virtual Private Networking session Please add a filter to this interface first before setting sent or discarded A Filtering Rule must be configured before the Default Rule Forward or Discard can be set Please select an access type The type of Connection Profile to be configur...

Page 88: ...ne number has not been entered The remote account name already exists Please change to another user name A duplicate user name is entered Dial In user names must be unique Resetting system please wait The message is displayed when the router is in the process of resetting You can logon to the router after about 30 seconds S Save configuration failed Please try again The system failed to save the c...

Page 89: ...stem is disconnecting A disconnect button is pressed while the system is in the process of disconnecting an active modem link The system time has been configured successfully The time has been configured successfully The Gateway IP Address has been set as the IP Default Route The Internet access profile has been configured in the router and the configured ISP Gateway IP Addrress is now set as the ...

Page 90: ... the user has issued this command from a remote location through the Internet then connectivity is lost immediately At that point the user can still use telnet through port 23 to issue a CLI command to do this If port 23 has been re assigned the administrator must re assign the HTTP port using the CLI through a new Telnet router port if available from a LAN attached device or through a non Interne...

Page 91: ...6 13 port if available from a LAN attached device or through a non Internet connection Note Address Translation only applies to Internet connections ...

Page 92: ...P routing and NAT PAT support Supporting PPPoE client function for xDSL connection Supporting Mac clone for cable modem connection Supporting Multimedia application ICQ Netmeeting CUSeeMe Quick Time etc Supporting Virtual Server Standards IEEE 802 3 802 3u IEEE 802 11b Wireless LAN WiFi compatible Protocol Support PPP PPPoE IP routing RIP 1 2 NAT PAT IPX Transparent bridging L2TP Management Cisco ...

Page 93: ... Encryption with L2TP protocol support RAS and WAN Port Redundancy COM port interface for connecting an external modem or ISDN TA for remote dial in and WAN port redundancy Virtual server feature to setup public Server VPN L2TP with DES Encryption Physical Specification Electrical Specification External power adapter with AC 9V 1A input Dimensions H 38 mm W 157 mm D 222 mm Weight 550g EMI Certific...

Page 94: ...A 3 LED 17 LEDs for Power WLAN WAN KN ACT COL LAN 10 100 LNK ACT FDX COL for port 1 2 3 4 PPPoE 1 power jack for AC Adapter 9V 1A 1 Power Switch ...

Page 95: ...ers A bit has a binary value of 0 and 1 which is the most basic unit for representing information A byte consists of 8 bits and therefore can have a value of between 0 and 255 A byte can represent any character you can see on a computer keyboard including upper case and lower case characters Therefore a document of a certain number of characters can be represented in a computer as the same number ...

Page 96: ...ving end the abbreviation is restored to the full data pattern A good compression algorithm can achieve a compression ratio of 4 to 1 depending on the nature of the data being compressed Connection Profile A connection profile contains all necessary information required to set up a dial up connection For example an Internet access connection profile contains the ISP s phone number the account name...

Page 97: ...tional to the amount of time the user uses the network service to connect to the Internet Therefore often it is designed so that the connection will be triggered only when there is a need such as when a user tries to use a web browser to access the Internet For ISDN when there is a demand the device will first bring up one B channel to provide 64Kbps or 56Kbps data bandwidth If traffic is heavy su...

Page 98: ...rtions the IP network address and the host identifier The IP address is a 32 bit binary pattern which can be represented as four cascaded decimal numbers separated by aaa aaa aaa aaa where each aaa can be anything from 000 to 255 or as four cascaded binary numbers separated by bbbbbbbb bbbbbbbb bbbbbbbb bbbbbbbb where each b can either be 0 or 1 A network mask is also a 32 bit binary pattern and c...

Page 99: ...e with neighboring routers IPX SAP IPX SAP Service Advertising Protocol is a protocol used for advertising services available from IPX devices and for exchanging server tables among IPX SAP devices agents For example the SAP table is broadcasted either periodically or whenever there is a change in the SAP table or when the IPX SAP device receives SAP table queries from other IPX SAP devices LAN WA...

Page 100: ...indows machine to other networked Windows machines NetWare The name of an IPX based Network Operating System developed by Novell It has evolved to work with the IP protocol equally well now PPPoE Short for PPP over Ethrenet relying on two widely accepted standards Ethernet and the Point to Point Protocol It is a communications protocol for transmitting information over Ethrenet between devices fro...

Page 101: ...ticating the user asking for the user account name and password and assigning an IP address to the user Other commonly used protocols are Ethernet ATM TCP IP ISDN call set up take down etc Remote Access Server A remote access server RAS allows a remote PC user to dial in through it to the local LAN environment to share resources on the LAN RIP RIP II OSPF Routing Protocol RIP stands for Routing In...

Page 102: ...rform the sharing function Most routers today acquire this single IP address dynamically from the ISP when a connection is established When properly designed the router can completely relieve the user the burden to apply for or configure any IP addresses plus other network parameters for the entire network SPX This is a reliable transport layer protocol used in the IPX environment While IP is equi...

Page 103: ... Internet IPSec sensures confidenn tially integrity and athenticity of data communicatons accross a public network Web based Graphical User Interface GUI Many devices support a graphical user interface that is based on the web browser This means the user can use the familiar Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer to control or monitor the device being managed WINS Server The Windows Internet Nami...

Page 104: ...ched equipment and company assumes no liability as a consequence of such events under the terms of this Warranty While company has made every effort to provide clear and accurate technical information about the application of the Product company assumes no liability for any event arising out of the use of this technical information INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES CAUSED BY MALFUNCTION DESIGN ...

Page 105: ...s manual The company acknowledges all trademarks and the rights of the trademarks owned by the companies referred to herein The following list of trademarks may not include all trademarks referenced in this manual Windows Windows 95 Windows NT Windows NT Server and Windows NT Workstation Windows ME Windows 2000 are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other trademarks service marks r...

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