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3.0 GETTING TO KNOW PALMROUTER 

This chapter first gives a description of the LED indicators and ports of the 
PalmRouter unit. Then it outlines the steps in installing and configuring the unit to 
work with your network environment. 

3.1 Front Panel 

The Front Panel LED lights provide a status display indicating transmission and 
other activities. 

 

 

Figure 1 

 

Power

 

On 

Indicates that there is power to the unit. 

Self Test 

On 

Indicates a bootup or reset process. 

LAN Ports 

100M 

On 

Indicates a 100Mbps connection is detected on 
the corresponding port. 

 

Off 

Indicates the port is running at 10Mbps. 

On 

Indicates a proper connection with a computer. 

Link/ACT 

Flashing 

Indicates activity on the port. 

On 

Indicates full duplex mode. 

FD 

Off 

Indicates half duplex mode. 

WAN Port 

Link 

On 

Indicates proper connection with the 
Internet/Ethernet. 

Flashing 

Indicates that data packets are flowing through 
the port. 

ACT 

Off Indicates 

idle. 

Table 1 

Summary of Contents for PalmRouter PR-100

Page 1: ...N Ne et tw wo or rk ki in ng g t th he e F Fu ut tu ur re e PalmRouter PR 100 Internet Sharing Router with Four Port Switch User Manual...

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Page 3: ...Directive EEC on the approximation of the Member States relating to Electromagnetic compatibility Trademarks All products and brand names are trademarks and or registered trademarks of their respectiv...

Page 4: ...to Your DSL Cable Modem 6 4 2 Connecting Computers to the PalmRouter 7 5 0 CONFIGURING CLIENT COMPUTERS 9 5 1 Windows 95 98 Me TCP IP Configuration 9 5 2 Assigning TCP IP Values Manually 11 6 0 BASIC...

Page 5: ...dably With the PalmRouter you can get as many as 253 PC users online simultaneously through one DSL line or Cable with one ISP account The PalmRouter installs quickly and easily and best of all it s a...

Page 6: ...pport 1 1 7 Security The PalmRouter provides firewall like security through NAT Network Address Translation to prevent unauthorized Internet users from accessing internal files NAT translates private...

Page 7: ...and Registration Card One Category 5 UTP Ethernet cable with RJ 45 connectors 2 2 System and Other Requirements ISP account with DSL Cable Modem Broadband Internet connection Desktop computer s with...

Page 8: ...r On Indicates that there is power to the unit Self Test On Indicates a bootup or reset process LAN Ports 100M On Indicates a 100Mbps connection is detected on the corresponding port Off Indicates the...

Page 9: ...er UP position straight through for connecting LAN computers to the PalmRouter or DOWN position uplink for cascading a series of hubs or switches to the PalmRouter LAN Ethernet Ports Four 10 100Mbps E...

Page 10: ...service is functioning properly connect the DSL modem or Cable modem to the PalmRouter by following the instructions below 1 Disconnect the Ethernet cable from the computer that is currently connected...

Page 11: ...OTE To connect more than four computers to the PalmRouter simply plug additional computers into a network hub and plug this hub into the PalmRouter s uplink port Read below for further instructions Se...

Page 12: ...8 Figure 5...

Page 13: ...t of instructions in the following pages 5 1 Windows 95 98 Me TCP IP Configuration 1 Double click the Control Panel icon in My Computer folder or locate it in the Start Menu The sub folder Control Pan...

Page 14: ...the installed TCP IP protocol the TCP IP Properties window appears To automatically assign computer s TCP IP the PalmRouter s DHCP server must perform the following functions a Click the IP Address t...

Page 15: ...ually If you already have a DHCP server on the network or if you prefer not to use the PalmRouter s DHCP server to assign TCP IP values automatically you can input these values manually To manage a co...

Page 16: ...he proper IP numbering scheme Figure 10 4 Click the DNS Configuration tab choose Enable DNS and input a unique Host Name that simply is the computer s name on the network Enter the DNS IP addresses pr...

Page 17: ...ing the DNS numbers into both the TCP IP control panel of the computer and the DNS fields on the One Page Setup screen If you do not have these DNS numbers you can obtain them from your ISP PPPoE Dyna...

Page 18: ...then appear Leave the Username field blank and type admin as the default password for the PalmRouter If it does not appear check your cable connections and TCP IP settings Also see the Troubleshooting...

Page 19: ...nd WAN IP Address Figure 13 Host Name This is an optional section Some ISPs such as The Home Network and Cox Cable require a host name for authentication purposes in order to be recognized by their sy...

Page 20: ...t provides you with a static IP address you will need to enter this information by following the instructions below 6 3 1 Dynamic Configuration The PalmRouter is setup for a dynamic connection by defa...

Page 21: ...ly to save your changes 7 Use your browser to establish an Internet connection to a website Note If you experience any troubles please refer to our Troubleshooting and FAQ section 6 3 3 PPPoE Dynamic...

Page 22: ...the PalmRouter If you enable the PalmRouter s Connect on Demand feature a connection to the Internet will automatically be initiated when you open your web browser We recommend having this feature ena...

Page 23: ...ask Default Gateway and DCHP Server values some will remain the same because they are static addresses from the ISP WAN IP Renew This will update or renew the ISP connection information For ISPs that...

Page 24: ...ver There is no need to disable the DHCP Server even if you have given your machines static IPs unless you have another DHCP Server on the network The DHCP Server begins assigning IPs at 192 168 1 100...

Page 25: ...te by accessing the WAN IP through a web browser It is important to remember that this feature runs over port 80 so it will not work if you also have a web server behind the router You will have to ch...

Page 26: ...ng NetMeeting Timbuktu or other types of services may require this type of access Please enter one LAN IP Address below Activate this feature only when required It is recommended to use the Virtual Se...

Page 27: ...r program and da_pr100_version bin NOTE These files are actually inside a single compressed folder on our web site This means that you would only download one file Once downloaded and decompressed a f...

Page 28: ...s register the MAC address of the NIC card so as to limit only that computer to have Internet access Contact your provider with the correct PalmRouter s Public IP MAC address if it is necessary A FAQ...

Page 29: ...the PalmRouter Consult your operating system manual to install TCP IP You would install and configure TCP IP under the Network Control Panel The Self Test light stays on I believe my router is frozen...

Page 30: ...upported What ISPs or DSL Cable modems are compatible with the PalmRouter If the ISP or DSL Cable modem use standard TCP IP and Ethernet then they are compatible with the PalmRouter What is a DNS Serv...

Page 31: ...h a new cable and a different web browser You can reset the PalmRouter then recycle the power on the unit Now try the steps again How to reset PalmRouter to factory default 1 Remove all cables from th...

Page 32: ...t LEDs Power Self Test LAN 100M Link ACT FD WAN Link ACT Interface Ports LAN Four RJ 45 ports WAN One RJ 45 port Cabling Type UTP Category 5 Power Supply External AC Adapter Input 100 Japan 110 Taiwan...

Page 33: ...public network DMZ prevents the external users from accessing the internal private network directly DNS Domain Name System The system in which an Internet domain name are located and translated into...

Page 34: ...at contain addresses of the senders and the receivers IP Address An identifier for a computer or device on a TCP IP network Networks using the TCP IP protocol route messages base on the IP address of...

Page 35: ...rotocol for managing routing information within a self contained network Using RIP a gateway host send its entire routing table to it s nearest neighbor host every 30 seconds Then this neighbor host w...

Page 36: ...entire transmission can be sent in one or two UDP datagrams Virtual Server A server at someone else s location shared by many web site owners Users with virtual servers can have their own domain names...

Page 37: ...rect indirect special incidental or consequential damages resulting from the use of the product its accompanying software or its documentation Xsense does not offer refunds for any product Xsense offe...

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