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WER-401 Wireless SOHO Firewall Gateway

MAC address filter for wireless LAN access control

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Embedded FTP Server for firmware upgrade

Embedded FTP Server configuration backup and restore

Scripting and spoofing for major cable providers

Restore Factory Defaults Button to reset to factory default IP address, password, and other

configurations

Embedded Web Configurator for easy setup and management

Security

DoS (Denial of Service) prevention

SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection)

Applications Services Management

Web browsing Patrol by using URL keyword blocking

Auditing and e-mail reporting of web browsing activities

Network Address Translation (NAT) hides local computers from the Internet

Powerful packet filtering capabilities

Incoming port forwarding and DMZ for specific services

MAC address filtering on the wireless LAN connection

Protocol Support

IP routing

Dynamic extended Network Address Translation (NAT+) with port forwarding for operation
with a single static or dynamic IP address

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server for dynamically assigning network
configuration information to computers on the LAN

DHCP client for dynamically obtaining configuration information from the Internet Service
Provider (ISP)

DNS Proxy for simplified configuration

PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) support

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Introduction

Summary of Contents for WER-401

Page 1: ...WER 401 Wireless SOHO Firewall Gateway User s Guide Version 1 01 November 2001 ...

Page 2: ... 2 2 5 Connecting the Wireless SOHO Firewall Gateway 2 3 2 6 Back to Factory Defaults 2 5 3 1 Introduction 3 1 3 2 Preparing Your Personal Computers for IP Networking 3 1 3 3 Configuring Windows 95 or later for IP Networking 3 2 3 4 Configuring the Macintosh for IP Networking 3 4 3 5 Your Internet Account 3 6 3 6 Ready For WER 401 Wireless SOHO Firewall gateway Configuration 3 8 4 1 Web Configurat...

Page 3: ...6 3 6 3 Static Route 6 7 6 4 Dynamic Route 6 11 6 5 Upgrade and Backup 6 13 6 6 Remote Management 6 17 6 7 Diagnostic 6 21 7 1 Security Management 7 1 7 2 Web Patrol 7 3 7 3 Services 7 6 7 4 Log 7 8 8 1 Problem Scenarios 8 1 8 2 FAQ 8 3 Table Of Contents iii ...

Page 4: ...4 3 Figure 4 5 Wizard for Cable User Setup 4 3 Figure 5 1 Internet Setup 5 2 Figure 5 2 System Setup 5 5 Figure 5 3 LAN Setup 5 7 Figure 5 4 DHCP Client Table 5 8 Figure 5 5 Wireless LAN Setup 5 10 Figure 5 6 Status Screen 5 13 Figure 5 7 Statistics Screen 5 15 Figure 6 1 Dynamic DNS Setup 6 2 Figure 6 2 Port Forwarding 6 5 Figure 6 3 Static Route 6 8 Figure 6 4 Show Routing Table 6 10 Figure 6 5 ...

Page 5: ...ns 6 16 Figure 6 11 Remote Management 6 18 Figure 6 12 Diagnostic 6 18 Figure 7 1 Security Management 7 1 Figure 7 2 Web Patrol 7 4 Figure 7 3 Services 7 47 Figure 7 4 Security Services Event Log 7 49 Figure 7 5 Web Patrol Log 7 411 List of Figures v ...

Page 6: ...le 5 7 Statistics Screen 5 15 Table 6 1 Dynamic DNS Setup 6 2 Table 6 2 Port Table Entries Example 6 4 Table 6 3 Port Forwarding 6 6 Table 6 4 Static Route 6 8 Table 6 5 Show Static Routing Table 6 10 Table 6 6 Dynamic Route 6 12 Table 6 7 Upgrade and Backup 6 14 Table 6 8 Remote Management 6 19 Table 6 9 Diagnostic 6 1920 Table 7 1 Security Management 7 2 Table 7 2 Web Patrol 7 5 Table 7 3 Servic...

Page 7: ...l computers Network Address Translation NAT protects you from hackers and wireless LAN access control by MAC address filter enhances the security of wireless applications With minimum setup you can install and use the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway within minutes 1 2 Key Features Built in 4 port LAN 10 100 Mbps Ethernet UTP Switch Half duplex or full duplex operation Allows LAN connections at 10 m...

Page 8: ...locking Auditing and e mail reporting of web browsing activities Network Address Translation NAT hides local computers from the Internet Powerful packet filtering capabilities Incoming port forwarding and DMZ for specific services MAC address filtering on the wireless LAN connection Protocol Support IP routing Dynamic extended Network Address Translation NAT with port forwarding for operation with...

Page 9: ...upports login scripting and monitoring requirements for major cable modem deployments such as RoadRunner 1 3 3 802 11b Standards based Wireless Networking The WER 401 wireless SOHO Firewall gateway provides 11 Mbps wireless connectivity within a range of several hundred feet and acts as a bridge between your wired LAN and wireless computers The WER 401 wireless SOHO Firewall gateway supports 64 bi...

Page 10: ...incoming request or to one designated DMZ host computer Encryption Of The Wireless Link For security against eavesdropping of the wireless signal the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway supports IEEE 802 11b standard 64 bit sometimes referred to as 40 bit and 128 bit Wired Equivalent Privacy WEP data encryption with Shared Key authentication MAC Address Filter Of The Wireless Access For security agains...

Page 11: ...e Use You can configure the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway to send an immediate alert e mail message to you whenever a local user attempts to access a blocked Web site Schedule The WER 401 allows the user to specify the day and time to blocking Trusted Host The WER 401 allows the user to specify one Trusted host from blocking by the fixed IP address Periodical Reports And Logs The URL of websites ...

Page 12: ...ynamically assigns network configuration information including IP gateway and domain name server DNS addresses to attached computers on the LAN using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP This feature greatly simplifies configuration of LAN attached computers DNS Proxy When DHCP is enabled and no DNS addresses are specified the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway provides its own address as a DN...

Page 13: ...odem By integrating NAT and wireless LAN access WER 401 provides not only the ease of installation and Internet access but also the most completed security solution to protect your intranet and efficient network management for data traffic The WER 401 has an internal PCMCIA wireless card with external antenna for 802 11b Wireless LAN connectivity four single auto sensing 10 100BASE T Ethernet port...

Page 14: ...irewall gateway is intended for use in a network of personal computers that are interconnected by 802 11b compliant wireless adapters or twisted pair Ethernet cables 2 2 1 Computer Requirements To install and run the WER 401 wireless SOHO Firewall gateway over your network of computers each computer must have the following An installed 802 11b compliant wireless adapter OR An Ethernet Network Inte...

Page 15: ...ly within 1 min Error G Y blinking reciprocally after 1 min N A 100 Mbps Transmitting Receiving N A OFF Power Off Off No Connection No Connection Off 2 4 WER 401 Wireless SOHO Firewall gateway Back Panel The WER 401 wireless SOHO Firewall gateway contains port connections power connection and an antenna The rear panel contains the following features Antenna 5 VDC power adapter outlet Internet Ethe...

Page 16: ...your Wireless Devices Unclip the antenna from its holding clip on the rear panel of your wireless SOHO Firewall gateway and rotate it to a vertical position Detailed instructions on configuring your wireless devices for TCP IP networking are provided in the next chapter However if you already have a functioning wireless network and you wish to use a wireless computer to initially configure the wir...

Page 17: ...rewall gateway does not include a cable for this connection Instead use the Ethernet cable provided with your access device or any other standard 10BASE T Ethernet cable If you are using a DSL modem the modem s connection to the phone line remains unchanged The Ethernet cable supplied by your ISP for connecting to your cable or DSL modem may be an Ethernet crossover cable or a straight through cab...

Page 18: ...n two ways 1 Use the Restore Factory Default Configurations function of the Web Configurator 2 Use the Restore Factory Defaults button on the rear panel of the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway Use this method for cases when the Web Configurator password or IP address is not known 2 6 1 Procedure To Use the Restore Factory Defaults Button 1 Press the Restore Factory Defaults button for 10 seconds and...

Page 19: ...t You need to purchase a third party TCP IP application Macintosh Operating System 7 or later includes the software components for establishing a TCP IP network All versions of UNIX or Linux include TCP IP components Follow the instructions provided with your operating system or networking software to install TCP IP on your computer Although TCP IP is built into the Windows operating system starti...

Page 20: ...ach networked computer Before starting locate your Windows CD you may need to insert it during the TCP IP installation process Figure 3 1 Configuring Windows for IP Networking 3 3 1 To configure Microsoft Windows 95 or later for IP networking 1 On the Windows taskbar click the Start button point to Settings and then click Control Panel 2 Double click the Network icon The Network window opens which...

Page 21: ... take effect 3 3 2 Configuring TCP IP Properties After the TCP IP protocol components are installed each computer must be assigned specific information about itself and resources that are available on its network The simplest way to configure this information is to allow the computer to obtain the information from the internal DHCP server of the WER 401 wireless SOHO Firewall gateway If you are us...

Page 22: ...in 2000 Professional systems To check your computer s TCP IP configuration 1 On the Windows taskbar click the Start button and then click Run The Run window opens 2 Type winipcfg and then click OK The IP Configuration window opens which lists among other things your IP address subnet mask and default gateway 3 Select your network adapter The window is updated to show your settings which should mat...

Page 23: ...operties Macintosh After your Macintosh is configured and has rebooted you can check the TCP IP configuration by returning to the TCP IP Control Panel From the Apple menu select Control Panels then TCP IP Figure 3 3 Verifying Macintosh TCP IP The panel is updated to show your settings which should match the values below if you are using the default TCP IP settings The IP Address is between 192 168...

Page 24: ...single computer would normally use When the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway s WAN port is connected to the broadband modem the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway appears to be a single computer to the ISP The wireless SOHO Firewall gateway then allows the computers on the local network to masquerade as the single computer to access the Internet through the broadband modem The method used by the wireles...

Page 25: ...nfiguration information from your computer so that you can use this information when you configure the WER 401 wireless SOHO Firewall gateway Following this procedure is only necessary when your ISP does not dynamically supply the account information To get the information you need to configure the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway for Internet access 1 On the Windows taskbar click the Start button p...

Page 26: ...access 1 From the Apple menu select Control Panels then TCP IP 2 The TCP IP Control Panel opens which displays a list of configuration settings If the Configure setting is Using DHCP Server your account uses a dynamically assigned IP address In this case close the Control Panel and skip the rest of this section 3 If an IP address and subnet mask are shown write down the information 4 If an IP addr...

Page 27: ... Free browser programs are readily available for Windows Macintosh or UNIX Linux If you will be using a wireless connected computer to initially configure the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway you must access the computer s wireless adapter configuration and set the ESSID to the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway s default ESSID Wireless note the capitalization Also you must disable WEP encryption 4 1 1 ...

Page 28: ...e Password box and then click OK If your wireless SOHO Firewall gateway password was previously changed enter the current password 4 2 Introducing The Embedded Web Configurator After a successful login you will see the following screen This SiteMap page contains hyperlinks to its related setup page 4 2 Introducing The Web Configurator ...

Page 29: ...ce of having all information displayed in one page outweighs the inconvenience of scrolling The top of the screen has four buttons Click a button to see a range of related configuration screens 1 Home consists of SiteMap and Wizard screens 2 Click Basic to set up your WAN LAN wireless LAN system information such as name password and time date and display system information and statistics Introduci...

Page 30: ...eduling and display logs Click the HELP button to see embedded HTML help on the screen Click the LOGOUT button to logout this configuration web pages The next three chapters discuss the setup screens under Basic Advanced and Firewall 4 3 Wizard This Wizard helps you configure your system in easy to follow step Choose one service type below to setup the WAN connection DSL user Cable user or other O...

Page 31: ...1 Wireless SOHO Firewall Gateway 4 3 1 DSL User Follows the Step 1 to Step 3 sequentially and you can setup the DSL service connection Figure 4 4 Wizard for DSL user setup Introducing The Web Configurator 4 5 ...

Page 32: ...ireless SOHO Firewall Gateway 4 3 2 Cable User Follows the Step 1 to Step 4 sequentially and you can setup the Cable service connection Figure 4 5 Wizard for Cable user setup 4 6 Introducing The Web Configurator ...

Page 33: ... as name password and time date and display system information and statistics 5 1 Internet Setup Click the Internet Setup tab to display the next screen Use this screen to configure Internet access related setup options You may have to scroll down to see the whole screen The table following the screen describes the fields displayed in the screen The Basic Setup Screens 5 1 ...

Page 34: ...WER 401 Wireless SOHO Firewall Gateway Figure 5 1 Internet Setup 5 2 The Basic Setup Screens ...

Page 35: ...st is for an ISP to tell a customer the DNS server addresses usually in the form of an information sheet when you sign up If your ISP gives you the DNS server addresses enter them in these fields The second is to leave them blank i e 0 0 0 0 in this case the WER 401 acts as a DNS proxy Disable Login Select this option if you don t have to login to access the Internet Enable Login Select this optio...

Page 36: ...y applies when the WER 401 initiates the call PPTP Specific Configuration Enter the following information for PPTP login service My IP Address Enter the IP address of the WAN Ethernet port Server IP Address Enter the IP address of the ANT ADSL Network Termination modem Connection ID Name Enter the connection ID or connection name in the ANT ADSL Network Termination It must follow the c id and n na...

Page 37: ...tab to display the next screen Use this screen to configure system name password and time date You may have to scroll down to see the whole screen The table following the screen describes the fields displayed in the screen Figure 5 2 System The Basic Setup Screens 5 5 ...

Page 38: ...me zone you are in from the drop down list box This setting will be used for the blocking schedule and also for time stamping log entries The wireless SOHO Firewall gateway uses the Network Time Protocol NTP to obtain the current time and date from one of several Network Time Servers on the Internet This menu displays the current time Disable Daylight Savings If you are not using daylight savings ...

Page 39: ...31 and RFC 2132 allows individual clients to obtain TCP IP configuration at start up from a server You can configure the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway as a DHCP server or disable it Select this field to disable DHCP service Make sure you have another DHCP server on your LAN or else the workstation must be manually configured The Basic Setup Screens 5 7 ...

Page 40: ... IP address pool LAN Setup IP Address Enter the IP address of your wireless SOHO Firewall gateway in dotted decimal notation IP Subnet Mask Your wireless SOHO Firewall gateway will automatically calculate the subnet mask based on the IP address that you assign Unless you are implementing subnetting use the subnet mask computed by the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway Help Click this button for HTML h...

Page 41: ... a Channel ID for your wireless LAN RTS CTS and Fragmentation are disabled by default WEP is also disabled by default When WEP is enabled data packet is encrypted before transmitted to prevent data packets are eavesdropped by unrelated people As a minimum security precaution we recommend that you change the ESSID setting of all devices on your network to a unique value not the default value A furt...

Page 42: ...WER 401 Wireless SOHO Firewall Gateway WER 401 Wireless SOHO Firewall Gateway 5 10 The Basic Setup Screens Figure 5 5 Wireless LAN Setup 5 10 The Basic Setup Screens ...

Page 43: ...m the RTS CTS handshake Setting this attribute to be larger than the maximum MSDU MAC service data unit size shall have the effect of turning off the RTS CTS handshake Setting this attribute to zero shall have the effect of turning on the RTS CTS handshake Enter a value between 0 and 2432 in the Threshold field or select Disable 2432 is the default Disable Select this option to disable RTS CTS Thr...

Page 44: ... five ASCII string key e g MyKey Allow All Allow all users to connect the WLAN without enabling MAC addresses filtering Allow User List MAC Address Filter Allow some specific users to access the WLAN User Enter the User Name of some computer in WLAN MAC Address The MAC address related to the specific User of the computer in WLAN Help Click this button for HTML help on this screen Apply Click this ...

Page 45: ...t the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway system System Name This is the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway s system name domain name assigned in the System screen For example System Name xxx Domain Name baboo mickey com Name xxx baboo mickey com F W Version This is the Networking Operating System firmware version and the date created for example V3 50 CL 0 The Basic Setup Screens 5 13 ...

Page 46: ...WAN or to use PPPoE If set to Client the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway is configured to obtain an IP address dynamically from the ISP LAN Port The next four fields display general information about the Local Port MAC The Local port Ethernet address IP The Local port IP address Subnet Mask The Local port IP mask DHCP The Local port DHCP role server or none If set to None the wireless SOHO Firewall...

Page 47: ... line is down idle line ppp idle dial starting to trigger a call and drop dropping a call if you re using PPPoE Encapsulation TxPkts The number of transmitted packets on this port since reset or manual clear RxPkts The number of received packets on this port since reset or manual clear Cols The number of collisions on this port since reset or manual clear Tx B s Shows the transmission speed in Byt...

Page 48: ...ou in NetMeeting CU SeeMe etc You can also access your FTP server or Web site on your own computer using a DNS like address e g myhost dhs org where myhost is a name of your choice which will never change instead of using an IP address that changes each time you reconnect Your friends or relatives will always be able to call you even if they don t know your IP address First of all you need to have...

Page 49: ... this option to enable Dynamic DNS Service and then fill in the following fields Service Provider This is the name of your Dynamic DNS client This field is read only Registered Host Name Enter the domain name assigned to your wireless SOHO Firewall gateway by your Dynamic DNS provider Enable Wildcard Your wireless SOHO Firewall gateway supports DYNDNS Wildcard Select this ti t bl DYNDNS Wild d 6 2...

Page 50: ...en Requested services are identified by port numbers in an incoming IP packet For example a packet that is sent to the external IP address of your router and destined for port number 80 is an HTTP Web server request and port 21 is an FTP request Examples of port numbers are shown at the top of the PORTS menu although you are not limited to these choices See IETF RFC1700 Assigned Numbers for port n...

Page 51: ...s that has been assigned by your ISP If this address is 172 16 1 23 for example an Internet user can access your Web server by directing the browser to http 172 16 1 23 The assigned IP address can be found in the Status Screen where it is shown as the WAN IP Address Some considerations for this application are If your account s IP address is assigned dynamically by your ISP the IP address may chan...

Page 52: ... work properly with them but there are other applications that may not function well In some cases one local computer can run the application properly if that computer s IP address is entered as the default in the Port Forwarding Menu If one local computer acts as a game or videoconference host enter its IP address as the default The table following the figure describes the fields contained within...

Page 53: ...rding Select this option to enable Port Forwarding Service Port Range Enter the port number or range to be forwarded and the local IP address of the desired server To forward a range of services specify the start and end port numbers To forward a single service specify the same number as start and end port number Server IP Address Enter the local IP address of the desired server here Well known Po...

Page 54: ... that it cannot learn automatically through other means This can arise in cases where RIP is disabled on the LAN or you have multiple routers or multiple IP subnets located on your network Each remote node specifies only the network to which the gateway is directly connected and the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway has no knowledge of the networks beyond Under normal circumstances the router has ade...

Page 55: ...Routing Entry Select the static route entry you want to edit or create from the drop down list box Enable this entry Select this checkbox to make this static route active Route Name Enter a descriptive name for this route for identification purposes only Destination IP Enter the IP network address of the final destination Routing is always based on 6 8 The Advanced Setup Screens ...

Page 56: ...g Table Click this button to display the static routing table Help Click this button for HTML help on this screen Apply Click this button to save your changes back to the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway Cancel Click this button to cancel any configuration changes you made in this screen 6 3 1 Static Route Example As an example of when a static route is needed consider the following case Your primar...

Page 57: ...nly as a precautionary security measure in case RIP is activated 6 3 2 Show Routing Table Click Show Routing Table in Static Route to display the static routing table The table following the figure describes the fields contained within Figure 6 4 Show Routing Table Table 6 5 Show Static Routing Table FIELD DESCRIPTION Destination IP Address Subnet Mask The Destination IP Address and IP Subnet Mask...

Page 58: ... Outgoing only is enabled the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway will broadcast its routing table periodically When both are enabled or Incoming only is enabled it will incorporate the RIP information that it receives when both are disabled it will not send any RIP packets and will ignore any RIP packets received The RIP Version field controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets ...

Page 59: ...kbox to disable RIP broadcasts Enable Dynamic Routing Select this checkbox to enable RIP broadcasts Outgoing Select Enable if you want the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway to broadcast its routing table periodically otherwise select Disable Incoming Select Enable if you want the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway to incorporate the RIP information that it receives otherwise select Disable 6 12 The Advan...

Page 60: ... wireless SOHO Firewall gateway Cancel Click this button to cancel any configuration changes you made in this screen 6 5 Upgrade and Backup Click the Upgrade and Backup tab to display the next screen Use this screen to upgrade system software restore factory default configurations back up current system configurations to your computer and restore previously saved system configurations back to the ...

Page 61: ...ton for HTML help on this screen 6 5 1 Upgrade System Software The routing software is stored in FLASH memory and can be upgraded as new software is released Upgrade files can be downloaded from our website If the upgrade file is compressed ZIP file you must first extract the binary BIN file before sending it to the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway The upgrade file can be sent to the wireless SOHO F...

Page 62: ...tory Default Configurations in the Upgrade and Backup screen to upload the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway s default configuration file to your system The factory default configuration settings are Web Configurator password is 1234 The IP address to 192 168 1 1 You can erase the current configuration and restore factory defaults in two ways 1 Use the Restore Factory Default Configurations function ...

Page 63: ... location on your computer where you wish to save the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway s current configuration then click Backup Figure 6 9 Backup Current Configurations 6 5 4 Restore Previously Saved Configurations Click Restore Previously Saved Configurations in the Upgrade and Backup screen to upload a previously saved configuration file to the system Figure 6 10 Restore Previously Saved Configur...

Page 64: ...te management for the HTTP server enter http WAN IP Address 8080 into the browser of any PC on the network LAN or WAN and press the Enter key You will then be able to alter the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway configuration settings To disable Remote Management click Disable in the Access Interface field of either the HTTP server or the FTP server then click on Apply If you remotely upgrade the wire...

Page 65: ...WER 401 Wireless SOHO Firewall Gateway WER 401 Wireless SOHO Firewall Gateway 6 18 The Advanced Setup Screens Figure 6 11 Remote Management 6 18 The Advanced Setup Screens ...

Page 66: ...mputer that will be exempt from blocking and logging Since the Trusted Host will be identified by an IP address you should configure that computer with a fixed IP address All Select this option if all computers on your LAN are exempt from logging and blocking Selected Select this option if just one computer is exempt from logging and blocking and enter its IP address FTP Server Service Port 21 is ...

Page 67: ...want to remotely manage via FTP server from or disable remote management via FTP server here LAN LAN and WAN WAN Disable Trusted Client IP Address The wireless SOHO Firewall gateway allows you to specify one Trusted Host which is a computer that will be exempt from blocking and logging Since the Trusted Host will be identified by an IP address you should configure that computer with a fixed IP add...

Page 68: ...ess SOHO Firewall Gateway 6 7 Diagnostic The diagnostic facility allows you to test the different aspects of your WER 401 to determine if it is working properly Figure 6 12 Diagnostic The Advanced Setup Screens 6 21 ...

Page 69: ... Release and Renewal conveniently allow you to release and or renew the assigned WAN IP address subnet mask and default Router in a fashion similar to winipcfg DHCP Release DHCP Renewal PING By Pinging some Host on Internet you can see if your WER 401 is connecting to Internet properly Ping Host IP Address Enter the Host IP address you want to ping Help Click this button for HTML help on this scre...

Page 70: ...atrol schedule web access block schedule specific services and display logs of these events 7 1 Security Management Click the Security Management tab to display the next screen Use this screen to configure e mail settings and privileged access The table following the figure describes the fields contained within Figure 7 1 Security Management The Firewall Screens 7 1 ...

Page 71: ...log is full Weekly Daily None If the Weekly Daily or Hourly option is selected and the log fills up before the specified period the log is automatically e mailed to the specified e mail address After the log is sent the log is cleared from the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway s memory If the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway cannot e mail the log file the log buffer may fill up In this case the wireles...

Page 72: ...eb Patrol Click the Web Patrol tab to display the next screen Use this screen to enforce your network s Internet access policies by configuring web URLs filtering and scheduling web access Internet Web Patrol allows schools and businesses to create and enforce Internet access policies tailored to your needs Web Patrol is the ability to block objectionable content from reaching your computers restr...

Page 73: ...WER 401 Wireless SOHO Firewall Gateway WER 401 Wireless SOHO Firewall Gateway 7 4 The Firewall Screens Figure 7 2 Web Patrol 7 4 The Firewall Screens ...

Page 74: ...d Enter the keyword in the Keywords field and then click this button Delete Select a keyword in the Keyword List text box and then click this button to delete that keyword from the list Clear All Click this button to clear all keywords from the Keyword List text box Schedule Schedule days and time that URL keyword blocking should be active in the following fields Days to Block Everyday Select this...

Page 75: ... to cancel any configuration changes you made in this screen 7 3 Services Click the Services tab to display the next screen Use this screen to block services and schedule when to block them The table following the figure describes the fields contained within 7 6 The Firewall Screens ...

Page 76: ...WER 401 Wireless SOHO Firewall Gateway Figure 7 3 Services The Firewall Screens 7 7 ...

Page 77: ...rvice List Schedule Schedule days and times that services blocking should be active in the following fields Days to Block Everyday Select this checkbox if services blocking should be active everyday Day Select which day s services blocking should be active here Time of day to Block 24 Hour format Select what time of day services blocking should be active here Use military time e g 6 PM should be e...

Page 78: ...ices Event Log in the Log screen to view this log The log is a detailed record of attacks and services accessing on your network Up to 128 entries are stored in the log No log entries will be made for the Privileged Access computer Figure 7 4 Security Services Event Log The Firewall Screens 7 9 ...

Page 79: ... This field displays whether the packet was blocked Previous Page Click this button to view the previous page in the log Refresh Click this button to refresh this log window Clear Click this button to clear the log data Next Page Click this button to view the next page in the log Help Click this button for HTML help on this screen 7 4 2 Web Patrol Log Select Web Patrol Log in the Log screen to vie...

Page 80: ...f this event occurred Below the time is the name or IP address of the website visited or attempted to access Source IP This is the IP address of the computer that attempted to access this website Action This field displays whether the packet was blocked forwarded or neither BLOCK FORWARD or NONE NONE means that no action is dictated by this rule Previous Page Click this button to view the previous...

Page 81: ...O Firewall Gateway FIELD DESCRIPTION Clear Click this button to clear the log data Next Page Click this button to view the next page in the log Help Click this button for HTML help on this screen 7 12 The Firewall Screens ...

Page 82: ...f you are not sure initiate the DHCP function and let the computer get the IP address automatically Ensure that your computer is using an IP Address within the default range of 192 168 1 2 to 192 168 1 254 and thus compatible with the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway default IP Address of 192 168 1 1 Also the Subnet Mask should be set to 255 255 255 0 to match the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway In t...

Page 83: ...ectly but still not working check the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway Ensure that it is connected and ON Connect to it and check its settings If you cannot connect to it check the LAN and power connections If the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway is configured correctly check your Internet connection DSL Cable modem etc to see that it is working correctly Manually configure the TCP IP with a DNS addre...

Page 84: ...Apple and Macintosh networks can be used from LAN to LAN connections but those protocols cannot connect from WAN to LAN 8 2 4 Does the WAN connection of the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway support 100Mb Ethernet Because of the speed limitations of broadband Internet connections the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway s current hardware design supports 10Mb Ethernet on its WAN port It does of course supp...

Page 85: ...el in your Ethernet Adapter s Advanced Properties tab Make sure that your proxy setting is disabled in the browser 8 2 9 If all else fails in the installation what can I do Reset the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway by holding down the restore button for at least three seconds and reset your cable or DSL modem by powering the unit off and then on Obtain and flash the latest firmware release 8 2 10 D...

Page 86: ... with the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway No 8 2 16 Does the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway pass PPTP packets or actively route PPTP sessions The wireless SOHO Firewall gateway allows PPTP packets to pass through 8 2 17 Is the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway cross platform compatible Any platform that supports Ethernet and TCP IP is compatible with the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway 8 2 18 Will the ...

Page 87: ...rsion of the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway must work in conjunction with a cable or DSL modem 8 2 21 Which modems are compatible with the wireless SOHO Firewall gateway The router is compatible with virtually any cable or DSL modem that supports Ethernet 8 2 22 How can I check whether I have static DHCP IP Addresses Consult your ISP to confirm the information 8 6 Troubleshooting ...

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