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Chapter 5: Configuring the ADSL Gateway
Overview
ADSL Gateway with 4-Port Switch
Chapter 5: Configuring the ADSL Gateway
Overview
Follow the steps in this chapter and use the Gateway’s web-based utility to configure the Gateway. This chapter
will describe each web page in the Utility and each page’s key functions. The utility can be accessed via your web
browser through use of a computer connected to the Gateway. For a basic network setup, most users only have to
use the following screens of the Utility:
•
Basic Setup. On the Basic Setup screen, enter the settings provided by your ISP.
•
Management. Click the
Administration
tab and then the
Management
tab. The Gateway’s default username
and password is admin. To secure the Gateway, change the Password from its default.
There are six main tabs: Setup, Security, Access Restrictions, Applications & Gaming, Administration, and Status.
Additional tabs will be available after you click one of the main tabs.
Setup
•
Basic Setup. Enter the Internet connection and network settings on this screen.
•
DDNS. To enable the Gateway’s Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature, complete the fields on this
screen.
•
Advanced Routing. On this screen, you can alter Dynamic Routing, and Static Routing configurations.
Security
•
Firewall. This screen contains Filters and Block WAN Requests. Filters block specific internal users from
accessing the Internet and block anonymous Internet requests.
•
VPN. To enable or disable IPSec and/or PPTP Pass-through, and set up VPN tunnels, use this screen.
Access Restrictions
•
Internet Access. This screen allows you to prevent or permit only certain users from attaching to your
network.
Note:
For added security, you should change
the password through the Administration tab.
Have You:
Enabled TCP/IP on your computers?
computers communicate over the network with
this protocol. Refer to Appendix E: Windows Help
for more information on TCP/IP.
browser
: an application program that provides a way to look at
and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web
DDNS
: allows the hosting of a website, FTP
server, or e-mail server with a fixed domain name
(e.g., www.xyz.com) and a dynamic IP address
PPTP
: a VPN protocol that allows the Point to Point Protocol
(PPP) to be tunneled through an IP network. This protocol is
also used as a type of broadband connection in Europe
static routing
: forwarding data in
a network via a fixed path
WAN
: the Internet