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802.11g Wireless Router with
4-Port Switch

BR455GWDC

Instruction Guide

The Professionals’ Source For Hard-to-Find Computer Parts

WIRELESS R

ROUTER

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Summary of Contents for BR455GWDC

Page 1: ...802 11g Wireless Router with 4 Port Switch BR455GWDC Instruction Guide The Professionals Source For Hard to Find Computer Parts WIRELESS R ROUTER Actual product may vary from photo...

Page 2: ...rence to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television recep...

Page 3: ...te the Router Management Interface 10 Chapter 2 Quick Setup 11 Time Zone 11 Broadband Type 12 Cable Modem 13 Fixed IP xDSL 14 PPPoE 15 PPTP 16 Chapter 3 General Settings 17 System 18 Time Zone 18 Pass...

Page 4: ...e 52 Statistics 53 Chapter 5 Tools 54 Configuration Tools 55 Firmware Upgrade 56 Reset 57 Appendix A IP Configuration Settings 58 Appendix B Popular Port Numbers 59 Appendix C Setting a Static IP Addr...

Page 5: ...etup Supports advanced features such as DMZ Virtual Servers Access Control Firewall and Bridge Mode Allows you to monitor the router through DHCP Client Log Security Log and Device Connection Status A...

Page 6: ...k LAN ports are where you connect your wired LAN computers print servers hubs switches etc The Wide Area Network WAN port is where you connect your cable xDSL modem The Reset button can be used to reb...

Page 7: ...has activity data being sent WAN 10 100M On WAN port is connected at 100Mbits sec Off WAN port is connected at 10Mbits sec WAN LNK ACT On WAN port is connected Off WAN port has no connection Flashing...

Page 8: ...cable connect your modem to the router s WAN port Connecting Your Wired Clients Using RJ 45 Ethernet cables connect your network devices to one of the four LAN ports labeled 1 through 4 on the back of...

Page 9: ...le click the Local Area Connection icon c Click the Properties button d Check your Network Components list You should see Internet Protocol TCP IP Select it and click the Properties button e Select Ob...

Page 10: ...twork icon Select the Protocol tab b Check the list of network components If TCP IP is not installed click Add to install it now If TCP IP is installed go to step d c In the Select Network Protocol wi...

Page 11: ...page may not load properly since the router has not been configured Enter the router s IP address regardless of what appears on your screen 2 Once the website has loaded enter the User Name and Passwo...

Page 12: ...ou can use the shortcut bar to move between pages when configuring the router When applicable you can click on the question icon that appears to the right of the page heading for a further definition...

Page 13: ...prior to running Quick Setup See Appendix A for suggestions on how to find some of this information Contact your Internet Service Provider if you encounter difficulties finding this information From t...

Page 14: ...Internet For tips on where to find the information required by the router see Appendix A If you are unsure of what type of connection you are using or of where to find any of the information required...

Page 15: ...ired for a Cable Modem connection Parameter Description Host Name Enter the Host Name if required MAC Address Your ISP may be expecting the MAC address of the adapter you were using when you initially...

Page 16: ...satisfied with your IP address settings click the OK button Congratulations You have completed the basic router configuration required for a Fixed IP xDSL connection Parameter Description IP address...

Page 17: ...ion Type Continuous The router will always connect to the ISP If the WAN line breaks down and links again the router will automatically reconnect to the ISP Connect on Demand The router will auto conn...

Page 18: ...Connection ID This is the IP given by the ISP optional BEZEQ ISRAEL Check here if you are using BEZEQ service in Israel Connection Type Continuous The router will always connect to the ISP If the WAN...

Page 19: ...ck on General Setup You are given six options System Allows you to set the router s time zone password and remote management settings WAN Allows you to change your Internet connection type LAN Allows...

Page 20: ...e you are in as well as choose if and when you want daylight savings enabled Parameter Description Set Time Zone Select the time zone of the country you are in Time Server Address You can manually ass...

Page 21: ...password as soon as possible When you are satisfied with your password settings click Apply Parameter Description Current Password Enter your router s current password By default the password is 1234...

Page 22: ...know the password if applicable When you are satisfied with your remote management settings click Apply Parameter Description Host Address Check the Enabled box to allow Remote Management In the Host...

Page 23: ...WAN settings are identical to the Broadband Type selection process you went through in the Quick Setup Wizard To change your WAN connection to Cable Modem PPPoE PPTP or Fixed IP xDSL turn to Broadban...

Page 24: ...r will always connect to the ISP If the WAN line breaks down and links again the router will automatically reconnect to the ISP Connect on Demand The router will auto connect to the ISP when someone w...

Page 25: ...23 Telstra The Telstra page applies only to Telstra Big Pond users in Australia For additional information contact Telstra...

Page 26: ...en homogenous networks When the router is in bridge mode the original WAN MAC address is ignored and the original LAN MAC address will be used as the MAC address These values will be restored when you...

Page 27: ...ridged network a computer on Network A is able to communicate with a computer on Network B by sending a message to IP address 192 168 2 1 which in turns sends a message to 172 25 3 14 which in turn se...

Page 28: ...you are satisfied with your DNS settings click Apply Parameter Description Domain Name Server DNS Enter the IP address of the DNS server you wish to Address use The default is your ISP s DNS server Se...

Page 29: ...ts DynDNS and TZO When you are satisfied with your DDNS settings click Apply Parameter Description Dynamic DNS Choose whether to Enable or Disable DDNS By default this feature is disabled Provider Sel...

Page 30: ...router will use the spanning tree protocol to prevent network loops from occurring in the LAN ports DHCP Server Enabled With the DHCP server enabled the router will automatically give your LAN clients...

Page 31: ...server will assign your LAN clients an IP address from this pool If you need to assign a static fixed IP address to one of your LAN PCs i e for functions like Virtual Server or DMZ you will have to ch...

Page 32: ...nel set your wireless encryption settings and set your wireless access control parameters When you are satisfied with your wireless setting click Apply Click on one of the wireless options on the left...

Page 33: ...this page When you are satisfied with your wireless settings click Apply Parameter Default Description Alias Name The alias name of the router ESSID default A name to identify the wireless portion of...

Page 34: ...u will need to set up a WEP key See Encryption on page 33 for details Both If you select Both your wireless clients will be able to associate with the wireless access point using either authentication...

Page 35: ...ess clients If you select a 64 bit or 128 bit WEP key you will need to enter the WEP key to encrypt your data See the next page for details Parameter Default Description WEP Mode Disable If you enable...

Page 36: ...345abcde Key Length Choose the length of your WEP encryption key Default Key Select one of the four encryption keys to encrypt your data Only the key you select in Default Key will take effect Key 1 K...

Page 37: ...esses by allowing multiple local users to access the Internet through far fewer public IP addresses NAT also provides firewall protection from hacker attacks and allows you to map private IP addresses...

Page 38: ...be forwarded You can choose TCP UDP or both Port Range Select the range of ports to be forwarded to the private IP address For information on port numbers see Appendix B Comment You can use this spac...

Page 39: ...ee LAN on page 28 for Virtual Server to work properly Private Port Enter the port number of the private client host that the Public Port will be mapped to Type Select the port s protocol type TCP or U...

Page 40: ...am below demonstrates one of the ways you can use the Virtual Server Private IP 192 168 3 14 Private Port 80 HTTP Type TCP Public Port 80 HTTP In this example the user wants the web server on their pr...

Page 41: ...ort protocol TCP UDP or both Public Port Enter the incoming Inbound port number for this type of application NOTE Individual port numbers should be separated by a comma Use a hyphen to indicate a port...

Page 42: ...ion s operations An ALG manages specific protocols and lets the application pass through the NAT gateway When you are satisfied with your ALG settings click Apply Parameter Description Enable Select w...

Page 43: ...all protection From the Firewall screen you can choose to specify which users can access certain applications block certain URLs block common hacker attacks and set up a De Militarized Zone DMZ To ena...

Page 44: ...below NOTE If you enable MAC Filtering only users with their MAC Addresses entered into the table will have access to the network Parameter Description Enable MAC Filtering Check this box to allow MA...

Page 45: ...ified pool see LAN on page 28 for Access Control to work properly Client Service Check off the services you want to block the user from accessing Protocol Select the protocol type Port Range You can e...

Page 46: ...n the screen shot on the previous page there is an access control restriction in place The computer with a fixed IP address of 192 168 3 14 has been blocked from accessing ports 1863 MSN Messenger and...

Page 47: ...ord Type either the full URL or a keyword of the website you want to block in this field Add Reset When you have entered all the above information click the Add button to add the setting to the Curren...

Page 48: ...prevention settings click Apply Parameter Description Ping of Death Check this box to protect your network from Ping of Death attacks Discard Ping from WAN Check this box and the router s WAN port wil...

Page 49: ...ress to a particular LAN client server When you are satisfied with your DMZ settings click Apply Parameter Description Enable DMZ Check this box to enable your DMZ NOTE If there is a conflict between...

Page 50: ...mation about the router s hardware version boot code version and runtime code version You are also given four options Internet Connection The Internet Connection page gives you information on your cur...

Page 51: ...nnected to a Cable DSL modem IP Address Displays the router s WAN IP address Subnet Mask Displays the router s Subnet Mask Default Gateway Displays your gateway IP address MAC Address Displays the rou...

Page 52: ...Displays the WLAN s security settings Associated Clients Displays the clients associated with the router IP Address Displays your router s LAN IP address Subnet Mask Displays your router s LAN subnet...

Page 53: ...lists information about all illegal attempts to access your network Click the Save button to save the log to a local file for further processing Click Clear to clear the security log Click Refresh to...

Page 54: ...he router s DHCP server Parameter Description DHCP Client Log This page shows all the DHCP LAN clients that are currently connected to your network The DHCP client log displays the IP address MAC addr...

Page 55: ...3 Statistics The Statistics page lets you see the number of packets sent and received on your Wireless LAN Ethernet LAN and Ethernet WAN Click the Refresh button to get the most up to date information...

Page 56: ...the wireless router homepage click on Tools You have three options Configuration Tools You can save the router s current configuration restore the router s saved configuration files or restore the ro...

Page 57: ...n the Save button will save the router s current configuration to a file named config bin Restore Settings Click on the Browse button to locate the file and click Upload to re load the saved configura...

Page 58: ...heck for possible firmware upgrades for this product If there is an upgrade available download the file according to instructions on the website and then proceed with the following steps Parameter Des...

Page 59: ...current settings If you want to reboot to the factory defaults see Configuration Tools on page 55 Click on the Apply button to reset the router You will be asked to confirm your decision The reset wil...

Page 60: ...re you are still unsure of where to find some of the required information contact your ISP for details 1 Click on Start then Run 2 Type cmd or command in the field and click OK 3 At the command prompt...

Page 61: ...ion of some of the most popular port numbers A more complete list of port numbers is available on the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority IANA website at http www iana org assignments port numbers App...

Page 62: ...ing Classic View 1 From your Control Panel double click on Network and Dial Up Connections Windows 2000 or Network Connections Windows XP 2 Right click on the Local Area Connection and select Properti...

Page 63: ...in names Enter the IP address of your ISP s DNS server Contact your ISP if you can not find this information 6 Click OK and restart your computer to allow the changes to take effect Windows NT 4 0 1 F...

Page 64: ...ial the wireless signal must cross through also affects its range A solid metal door or concrete wall can decrease the signal s range Whenever possible position the adapters so that the signal can pas...

Page 65: ...are equipped with 802 11g compatible wireless adapters Make sure that your wireless router and all your wireless clients have the same ESSID and are on the same channel If you have enabled encryption...

Page 66: ...ul If you see four Request timed out or Destination host unreachable messages there is a problem with your router connection This is likely a hardware problem Check your cables NICs and router Ping an...

Page 67: ...cal support for details on whether they support multi login on one IP address Forgotten Password If you have forgotten your password you have to reset the router Press the reset button for more than 4...

Page 68: ...r higher 1 Start Netscape Navigator 2 From the Edit menu click Preferences 3 Expand the Advanced list by clicking on the sign and click Proxies 4 Make sure Direct connection to the Internet is selecte...

Page 69: ...different networks based on data link layer MAC address information Broadband A method of communication where a wide band of frequencies is available to transmit voice data and video signals over a si...

Page 70: ...ur ISP can provide you with the IP address of the DNS server you use when connected to the Internet DSL Modem Digital Subscriber Line Modem A device that provides a user with Internet access using tel...

Page 71: ...outer located at the ISP s office Your ISP can provide you with this address if needed LAN Local Area Network A group of computers and devices connected together in a relatively small area such as a h...

Page 72: ...hed by another device over the Internet See also NAT Router An intelligent network device that forwards packets between different networks based on network layer address information such as IP address...

Page 73: ...rk WEP Wired Equivalent Protocol A security protocol designed to provide a wireless network with the same level of security as a wired LAN WEP offers protection primarily by encrypting the information...

Page 74: ...PoE PPTP NAT PAT DHCP Client Server PAP CHAP MS CHAP Firewall Throughput 50 MBytes sec Wireless Transfer Rate 802 11g devices 54 Mbits sec max 802 11b devices 11 Mbits sec max Antenna RP SMA detachabl...

Page 75: ...Warranty Information This product is backed by a two year warranty In addition StarTech com warrants its products against defects in materials and workmanship for the periods noted below following th...

Page 76: ...Revised October 22 2003...

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