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Wireless Broadband Router

User Guide

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SMC Networks, Inc.

Hughes

Irvine, CA 92618

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Page 1: ... by SMC for its use nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of SMC SMC reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice Copyright 2000 by SMC Networks Inc 6 Hughes Irvine CA 92618 All rights reserved ...

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Page 3: ...adiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct such interference CE Declaration of Confor...

Page 4: ... 3 2 Install the Software into Your Computers 14 Chapter 4 Configuring Wireless Broadband Router 17 4 1 Startup and Login 17 4 2 Status 18 4 3 Toolbox 19 4 4 Primary Setup 20 4 5 DHCP Server 22 4 6 Virtual Server 23 4 7 Special AP 24 4 8 Access Control 25 4 9 Misc Items 26 4 10 Wireless Setting 27 Chapter 5 Print Server 28 5 1 Configuring on Windows 95 98 Platforms 28 5 2 Configuring on Windows NT...

Page 5: ... 4 Appendix A TCP IP Configuration for Windows 95 98 33 A 1 Install TCP IP Protocol into Your PC 33 A 2 Set TCP IP Protocol for Working with IP Sharer 34 ...

Page 6: ...h speed for wireless LAN connection 11Mbps data rate by incorporating Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum DSSS Roaming Provides seamless roaming within the IEEE 802 11b WLAN infrastructure IEEE 802 11b compatible Allowing inter operation among multiple vendors Auto fallback 11Mbps 5Mbps 2Mbps 1Mbps data rate with auto fallback Broadband modem and IP sharing Connects multiple computers to a broadband c...

Page 7: ...r Definable Application Sensing Tunnel User can define the attributes to support the special applications requiring multiple connections such as Internet gaming videoconferencing Internet telephony and so on This product can then sense the application type and open the correct multi port tunnel for it DMZ Host supported Lets a networked computer be fully open to the Internet this function is used ...

Page 8: ...e LAN ports are used to connect to your computers or other network devices LEDs monitor the status of each port Figure 2 1 Front Panel RESET To reset system settings to factory defaults please follow these steps 1 Power off the device 2 Press the reset button and hold 3 Power on the device 4 Keep the button pressed for about 5 seconds 5 Release the button 6 Watch the M1 and M2 LEDs they will flash...

Page 9: ... 8 WAN the port where you will connect your cable or DSL modem or Ethernet router Port 1 3 the ports where you will connect networked computers and other devices ...

Page 10: ...g or receiving data On The LAN port is linked LAN LAN port activity Green Blinking The LAN port is sending or receiving data W Link Backbone activity Green Blinking Sending or receiving data from wireless to wired backbone W Act Wireless activity Green Blinking Sending or receiving data via wireless On An active station is connected to the corresponding LAN port Link Act 1 3 Link status Green Blin...

Page 11: ...ecide where to place your Wireless Broadband Router You can place your Wireless Broadband Router on a desk or other flat surface or you can mount it on a wall For optimal performance place your Wireless Broadband Router in the center of your office or your home in a location that is away from any potential source of interference such as a metal wall or microwave oven This location must be close to...

Page 12: ...oduct b Wireless LAN connection make sure the antennas are in a vertical position if not rotate them more than 90 degrees Figure 2 3 Setup of LAN and WAN connections for this product 3 Set up WAN connection prepare an Ethernet cable for connecting this product to your cable xDSL modem or Ethernet backbone Figure 2 3 illustrates the WAN connection ...

Page 13: ...er the self test phase When it is in the self test phase the indicators M1 and M2 will be lighted ON for about 10 seconds and then M1 and M2 will be flashed 3 times to indicate that the self test operation has finished Finally the M1 will be continuously flashed once per second to indicate that this product is in normal operation ...

Page 14: ...r example 1 configure IP as 192 168 123 1 subnet mask as 255 255 255 0 and gateway as 192 168 123 254 or more easily 2 configure your computers to load TCP IP setting automatically that is via DHCP server of this product After installing the TCP IP communication protocol you can use the ping command to check if your computer has successfully connected to this product The following example shows th...

Page 15: ...f your computers properly configured Tip If the IP address of this product is 192 168 123 254 the IP address of your computer must be 192 168 123 X and the default gateway must be 192 168 123 254 Now you can configure the Internet Sharer refer to Chapter 4 3 2 Install the Software into Your Computers Skip this section if you do not want to use the print server function of this product Step 1 Inser...

Page 16: ...utton Wait until the following Welcome dialog appears and click on the Next button Step 3 Select the destination folder and click on the Next button The setup program will then begin to install the programs into the destination folder ...

Page 17: ...5 Select the item to restart the computer then click the OK button to reboot your computer Step 6 After rebooting your computer the software installation procedure is complete Now you can configure the Internet Sharer refer to Chapter 4 and set up the Print Server refer to Chapter 5 ...

Page 18: ...ss in the Location for Netscape or Address for IE field and press ENTER For example http 192 168 123 254 After the connection is established you will see the web user interface of this product There are two appearances of web user interface for general users and for system administrator To log in as an administrator enter the system password the factory setting is admin in the System Password fiel...

Page 19: ... Renew or Release button on the Sidenote column You can click this button to renew or release IP manually B Modem Status C Printer Status The possible kinds of printer status include Ready Not ready Printing and Device error When a job is printing there may appear a Kill Job button on the Sidenote column You can click this button to kill a current printing job manually ...

Page 20: ...ange the administrator password You can also get information about Firmware version and WAN s MAC Address You can reboot this product by clicking the Reboot button Note We strongly recommend that you change the system password for security reasons ...

Page 21: ...ault address is 192 168 123 254 You can change it if necessary 2 WAN Type WAN connection type of your ISP You can click Change button to choose a correct one from the following four options A Static IP Address ISP assigns you a static IP address B Dynamic IP Address Obtain an IP address from ISP automatically C PPP over Ethernet Some ISPs require the use of PPPoE to connect to their services D Dia...

Page 22: ...ssword keep it empty 2 PPPoE Service Name optional Input the service name if your ISP requires it 3 Maximum Idle Time the time of no activity required to disconnect your PPPoE session Setting it to 0 will disable this feature 4 4 4 Dial up Network 1 Dial up Telephone Account and Password assigned by your ISP If you don t want to change the password keep it empty 2 Primary and Secondary DNS automat...

Page 23: ...figure your computers as automatic IP allocation mode when your computer is powered on it will automatically load the proper TCP IP settings from this product The settings of DHCP server include the following items 1 DHCP Server Choose Disable or Enable 2 Range of IP Address Pool Whenever there is a request the DHCP server will automatically allocate an unused IP address from the IP address pool t...

Page 24: ...Server Mapping A virtual server is defined as a Service Port and all requests to this port will be redirected to the computer specified by the Server IP For example if you have an FTP server port 21 at 192 168 123 1 a Web server port 80 at 192 168 123 2 and a VPN server at 192 168 123 6 then you need to specify the following virtual server mapping table Service Port Server IP Enable 21 192 168 123...

Page 25: ...nt to allow an application to function correctly try DMZ host in the Misc Items options 1 Trigger the outbound port number the application issued first 2 Incoming Ports when the trigger packet is detected the inbound packets directed to the specified port numbers are allowed to pass the firewall This product provides some predefined settings in the gray pad on the bottom of the web page Choose the...

Page 26: ...ers are all members of the Default Group Next you have to assign the access rights of each group Access rights can allow or block users to access specified TCP and UDP ports For example Group Members Access Right Comments Default Allow 0 No access right allow nothing Group 1 100 199 Allow 25 53 80 110 Can browse 80 receive 110 and send 25 email only Group 2 50 99 Block 21 119 Cannot read net news ...

Page 27: ... browse the built in web pages to perform the administration tasks This feature enables you to perform the administration task from a remote host If this feature is enabled only the specified IP address can perform remote administration If the specified IP address is 0 0 0 0 any host can connect to this product to perform the administration task When this feature is enabled the web port will be sh...

Page 28: ...tting is default 2 Channel The radio channel number The permissible number of channels depends on the Regulatory Domain The factory setting is Channel 7 3 Security Select the data privacy algorithm you want Enabling the security will protect your data while it is transferred from one station to another The standardized IEEE 802 11 WEP based on a 40 bit shared key is used here When you enable the s...

Page 29: ... Configuring on Windows 95 98 Platforms After you complete the software installation procedure described in Chapter 3 your computer possesses the network printing facility provided by this product For convenience we call the printer connected to the printer port of this product as server printer On a Windows 95 98 platform open the Printers window in the My Computer menu Yon can now configure the ...

Page 30: ... 29 1 Find out the corresponding icon of your server printer for example the HP LaserJet 6L Click the mouse s right button on that icon and then select the Properties item 2 Click the Details item ...

Page 31: ...ter 4 Click on the button of Port Settings Type in the IP address of this product and then click the OK button 5 Make sure that all the settings mentioned above are correct and then click the OK button 5 2 Configuring on Windows NT Platforms The configuration procedure for a Windows NT platform is similar to that of Windows 95 98 except the screen of printer Properties ...

Page 32: ...onfigure Port 5 3 Configuring on Windows 2000 Platforms The configuration procedure for a Windows 2000 platform is similar to that of Windows 95 98 except for the screen of printer Properties Compared to the procedure in the previous section the selection of Details is equivalent to the selection of Ports and Port Settings is equivalent to Configure Port ...

Page 33: ... 32 5 4 Configuring on Unix based Platforms Please follow the traditional configuration procedure on Unix platforms to set up the print server of this product The printer name is lp ...

Page 34: ...not please refer to your network card manual Also Section A 2 tells you how to set TCP IP values for working with this IP Sharer correctly A 1 Install TCP IP Protocol into Your PC 1 Click Start button and choose Settings then click Control Panel 2 Double click Network icon and select Configuration tab in the Network window 3 Click Add button to add network component into your PC 4 Double click Pro...

Page 35: ...K button to return to Network window 6 The TCP IP protocol will be listed in the Network window Click OK to complete the install procedure and restart your PC to enable the TCP IP protocol A 2 Set TCP IP Protocol for Working with IP Sharer 1 Click Start button and choose Settings then click Control Panel ...

Page 36: ...the TCP IP line that has been associated to your network card in the Configuration tab of the Network window 3 Click Properties button to set the TCP IP protocol for this IP Sharer 4 You now have two setting methods A Get IP via DHCP server ...

Page 37: ... 36 a Select Obtain an IP address automatically in the IP Address tab ...

Page 38: ... 37 b Do not input any value in the Gateway tab ...

Page 39: ... 38 c Choose Disable DNS in the DNS Configuration tab ...

Page 40: ...Select Specify an IP address in the IP Address tab The default IP address of this product is 192 168 123 254 Therefore please use 192 168 123 xxx xxx is between 1 and 253 for IP Address field and 255 255 255 0 for Subnet Mask field ...

Page 41: ... 40 b In the Gateway tab add the IP address of this product default IP is 192 168 123 254 in the New gateway field and click Add button ...

Page 42: ... 41 c In the DNS Configuration tab add the DNS values which are provided by the ISP into DNS Server Search Order field and click Add button ...

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