BenQ ESG-103 manual

Broadband Router ESG-103 User’s Guid e[...]

FCC Warning This eq uipment ha s been tested a nd foun d to com ply with the limi ts for Class A & Clas s B digi tal devic e, pursuant to Part 15 o f the FC C rules. Th ese limi ts are desig ned to pr ovi de reas onable pr otect ion ag ains t harmfu l inter feren ce when the equipment is operated in a residential en vironment. This equipment ge[...]

- I Table of Contents Chapte r 1 Introdu ction ..... ....... .... .... ....... .... .... ....... ....1 1.1 Product Introduction ........................ .................. ............ 1 1.2 Key Fe atures ..................... ........................... .................. ... 1 1.2. 1 Being a router b etween two Et hernet interf aces ............ [...]

- II Table of Contents 3.3. 2 DH CP Setup ... ............ ........ ......... ........ ............ ......... ........ ............. 14 3.3. 3 NAT/ DMZ Setup ........... ............. ........ ........ ............. ........ ........ ..... 16 3.3. 4 RI P Setup ............. ........ ........ ......... ............ ........ ......... ........ ......[...]

Chapte r 1 Introducti on - 1 Chapter 1 I ntroduc tion 1.1 Product Introduction The ESG-10 3 is a broad band router , which is to provide hom e user s a secure enviro nment in their private si de. It also acts as a Netwo rk Address Transl ation (NA T) device and let home users use pr ivate IP ad dresses to access th e Interne t from single or multip[...]

Chapte r 1 Introducti on - 2 1.2.2 Th ree ways to ac quire WAN's IP a ddress There are three ways to acquire ESG-103's WAN IP address. The first one is to assi gn its W AN int erface a static va lid IP add ress. Se cond, us ers can a lso acquire ES G-103' s WAN IP addr ess by PPPoE and this funct ionality can he lp users need not to [...]

Chapte r 1 Introducti on - 3 1.2.7 Fi rmware Up grade ESG-103 provides an effi cient wa y to upgr ade the firmwar e. Users c an use web brow ser to up grade firm war e and also c an use TFT P client to do this job. 1.3 Packing List This packin g includ es the follo wing parts: (1) 1 x ESG -103 Broa dband Router (2) 1 x User ’s Guide (3) 1 x Powe [...]

Chapte r 2 Hard ware Instal lation - 4 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapte r will describ e how to se t up ESG-103 step by step. A fter you've set up your ESG-103 w ell, then y ou may ne ed to configu re your WAN setting to match the mode that you'v e applied for from yo ur ISP or NSP . 2.1 Back Panel 2.2 Check the compone nts you[...]

Chapte r 2 Hard ware Instal lation - 5 2.3 Connect ESG-103 to your ADSL / Cable Mo dem (1) Turn off the p owe r of your AD SL / Cab le Mod em (2) Pic k up one RJ-45 Cat egory-5 cab le and plug on e end of this cable in to your ADS L / Cable's LAN port (3) Plu g the other e nd of t his cab le in to ESG-103's WAN port 2.4 Connecting PC to y[...]

Chapte r 2 Hard ware Instal lation - 6 2.5 Power on (1) Connec t your power adapter to D C inlet to power on your ESG-103 (2) Tur n on ADSL / Cable m ode m's pow er (3) Fi nish 2.6 LED Indication LED State Indication Power On (Green) A stea dy p ower LED sh ows tha t the power is applied. Status On (Or ange) When power is on, ES G-103 wil l do[...]

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Chapter 3 Conf iguration - 8 Chapter 3 Configurat ion This chap ter descri bes the web- based ESG-1 03 configur ation in deta il. The ESG-103 broadband sharin g router h as a struc tured me nu and a "Q uick Installati on Wizar d" page t o help us er quickly s et up thei r ESG -103. This chapter e xplains ea ch of the se menu sec tions. Wh[...]

Chapter 3 Conf iguration - 9 3.1 Quick Installation Wiza rd 3.1.1 W AN Pa rameters ESG-103 pr ovides three wa ys to get an IP addr ess in its WA N interf ace- Fixed IP, DHCP, and PPPoE. There are th ree radio bo xes in this configu ration pag e and you can choos e one of which is suitable for your access envir onme nt. If you are assi gned a Stati [...]

Chapter 3 Confi guration - 10 3.1.2 PPP oE Par amete rs When y ou choose to us e PPPoE m ode to a cquire your WA N IP a ddresses, you should fir st set up PPPoE parameters to faci litate ESG-103 to communica te with you r ISP. When you conn ect to your ADSL dial- in service, yo u need your PP PoE paramete rs given by your I SP. Username - When you [...]

Chapter 3 Confi guration - 11 ask for serv ice name, you can lea ve it blank o r ignored it. 3.1.3 L AN Pa rameters This config uration can he lp you to se t up your LAN interface's IP address and its subnet mask. IP Address - Your IP addr ess in LAN interf ace. Netmask - Subnet mask in yo ur LAN interf ace. 3.1.4 Remote Control Parameters ESG[...]

Chapter 3 Confi guration - 12 hosts, whose IP a ddresses ar e not the one in Remo te Co ntr ol I P bo x. Ping Reply - If you do not like to let yo ur ESG- 103 respo nd to "Ping" packets from the Internet, you can disable the "Ping Reply." Or you can en able this feature to repl y "Ping" p ackets. HTTP Publi c Port - In[...]

Chapter 3 Confi guration - 13 In ESG -103, yo u can g et syst em inform ation in " Status " page. ESG- 103 divides this page in to two parts, the WAN infor mation, an d the LAN infor- mation. This information is quite usef ul for use rs to see if the syst em is in a normal status . 3.3 Advanced Setting 3.3.1 DNS Setup In "DN S Setup&[...]

Chapter 3 Confi guration - 14 DNS serve rs appea red in the web page ar e to be the seco nd and t hird prior- ity to re lay DN S packe ts by E SG-103. DNS N ame Server 1 - First backup DNS server. Since we use the DNS server offere d by ISP to be the firs t choice to complete DNS relay function. DNS N ame Server 2 - Second ba ckup DNS s erver. 3.3.[...]

Chapter 3 Confi guration - 15 3.3.2. 2 DHCP Server Parameters ESG103 ca n act as a DHCP s erver in you r LAN side. It helps users to a cquire their IP a ddresses without making a lot of co nfigurati on. ESG- 103 also o ffers hosts pa rameters shown belo w. Default Ga teway - Tell hosts where they can del iver their packets if they do not k now how [...]

Chapter 3 Confi guration - 16 3.3.2. 3 Table of fix ed host entrie s DHC P server can as sign IP address es and some option s, such as gateway' s IP address, DNS server , etc., to hosts in ESG-1 03's LAN side . Usually, DHC P server ass igns IP a ddresses dyn amicall y. However, you can a ssign MAC address and IP a ddress to be one pair. [...]

Chapter 3 Confi guration - 17 3.3.3. 1 Table of current virtual serv er entries Sometim es, there a re man y serv ers located i n the LAN side and wish to be accessed by any remo te host. Howe ver, they cannot be acc essed directly because o f NAT. We co uld use Virtual Server to let rem ote h osts acces s intern al servers . In this config uration[...]

Chapter 3 Confi guration - 18 Service Name - Name th is se rvice in 10 c haract ers. Port Numb er - The port is op ened to others in the Intern et si de. Server I P Address - The server's private IP address in the LAN side Server Port Numb er - T he port of the i nside ser ver whic h is li stening 3.3.3. 2 Dynamic NAT In the first table, you c[...]

Chapter 3 Confi guration - 19 In the se cond tabl e, you can a ssign a ra nge of pu blic IP ad dresse s that w ill be mapped to any private I P add resses in the f irst tabl e. Base A ddress - The first Pu blic IP a ddress tha t you w ish to be map ped to. Number of Add ress - The number o f the public IP addres ses which ar e configur ed by users [...]

Chapter 3 Confi guration - 20 3.3.4 RIP Setup 3.3.4. 1 RIP Param eters ESG-103 can act a s a rou ter, whic h use RIP-v 2 (Rou ting Info rmatio n Proto- col versi on 2) to exchange routing informat ion with ot her RIP rou ters. H ow- ever, the de fault val ue is "disab le" in ESG -103. If you h ave to use RIP to deal with packet s passed t[...]

Chapter 3 Confi guration - 21 Net wor k Add res s - Host or ne twork th at you woul d like to forwa rd your packets Net mas k Ad dres s - Ne two rk mas k. Gateway Address - Host that you would like packet s to go from. 3.4 Backup Dial Line When y our bro adband Interne t does n ot wo rk or di sconnecte d, you can us e dia l-u p mod em as a ba ckup [...]

Chapter 3 Confi guration - 22 3.5 Admin Password This sect ion explain s how to chan ge the "adm in" passwo rd on the ES G-103 broad band shar ing ga teway . We r ecom mend t hat you k eep t he ad min p ass- word secr et, and c hange it periodical ly. You can go to Change Pa ssword screen by se lecting Change Passwo rd tab. The Password S[...]

Chapter 3 Confi guration - 23 3.7 Reboot System ESG-103 offers a r emote reb oot fu nction to r eboot yo ur ESG-10 3. This means th at use rs do no t need to get to their ESG-1 03s to reset sys tems. Attentio n: Whenever yo u change the conf iguratio n of ESG-103, you mu st reboot your ES G-103 to activa te the n ew conf iguratio n. 3.8 Update Firm[...]

Chapter 3 Confi guration - 24 3.9 Load Default Setting Every ESG -103 has its defau lt setting when sh ipped to users. It can prevent you from mistak enly setting u p the co nfigurati ons an d makin g ESG -103 wor k abnorm ally. If this situ ation h appens , you can g o to th e web pa ge sh own below and try to down l oad ESG- 103's defa ult s[...]

Chapter 4 Appendix - 25 Chapter 4 Appendix Appendix A: Specuficati on Ports • 1 x 10/100 Base- TX Fast Etherne t Wan port • 4 x 10/100 Base- TX Fast Etherne t switch por ts Operation Environme nt • Ambient Temp erature : 0°C - 40°C • Relative Humi dity: 5%-95% Power • 110V AC or 220AC1 0%, 47-6 3Hz Dimension • 172mm X 130mm X 26 mm We[...]

Chapter 4 Appendix - 26 Appendix B: TCP/IP Configuration for Windows 98/Me/2000 1. Click Star t icon , and choose the settings , then clic k Control P anel . 2. Doub le click th e Network icon. See the Configuration tab, and s elect the TCP/IP li ne that has been ass ociated to your n etwork card. 3. Click Properties button to set the TCP/ IP proto[...]

Chapter 4 Appendix - 27 Appendix C: TCP/IP Configuration for Windows XP 1. Double click St art icon, and choose the setti ngs, then click Co ntrol Panel . 2. Do uble clic k th e Ne two rk ic on. Se e the Con fig urat ion tab, an d se lect t he TCP/IP line that has been ass ociated to yo ur networ k card. 3. Click Proper ties butto n to set the TCP [...]

Chapter 4 Appendix - 28 Appendix D: Remove the Proxy Server in Web Browser 1. Op en your Web Br owser. 2. At the menu of your Web Browser, Go to Tool > Internet Options. 3. Click the "C onnection" tab in the me nu at t he top . 4. Click the LAN Settings at the bo ttom .[...]

Chapter 4 Appendix - 29 5. Uncheck the box "Use a p ro xy ser ver " under the "Proxy server." 6. Click OK to conf irm the sett ings and close the menus of "LAN Set- tings” and "Internet Options".[...]

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P/N: 49.34 101.001 Ver: V1.0 E Issue Date: 2002/04/17 8 Jihu Road, Ne i-hu, Taipei 114, Taiwan Tel: +88 6-2-2 799-8800 Fax: +8 86-2-2 656-6 390 www.BenQ.com .tw[...]