Linksys NWR04B manual

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Wireless Cable/DSL Router Chapter 6: The Router’ s W eb-based Utility 26 Overview 26 Logging In 26 Setup 27 Pass word 32 Status 33 DHCP 34 Log 35 Help 36 Advanced 37 IP Filtering 38 F orwarding 41 Dynamic Routing 47 Static Routing 48 DMZ Host 50 MA C Address Clone 51 W ireless 52 Appendix A: T roub leshooting 55 Common Problems and Solutions 55 F[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router Chapter 1: Introduction Think of the Netw ork Everywhere W ireless Cable/DSL Router as a kind of "splitter" for your Internet connection. Just connect your DSL or Cab le Modem to the Router , and all the computers in your household can share the Internet -- all at the same time. Y ou can connect y our home comput[...]

Dynamic IP Addresses A dynamic IP address is automaticall y assigned to a device on the netw ork, such as PCs and print servers. These IP addresses are called “dynamic” because they are onl y temporaril y assigned to the PC or device. After a certain time period , they e xpire and ma y change. If a PC logs on to the netw ork (or the Internet) a[...]

The LAN Indicators, sho wn in F igure 1-2, sho w the status of information being transmitted within your local netw ork WLAN Act Gr een . This LED indicates wireless activity . WLAN Link Gr een . This LED indicates that the Router’ s wireless func- tions ha ve been enabled through the W eb-based utility . Powe r Green . This LED indicates that th[...]

Chapter 2: Planning Y o u r Wireless Network A wireless LAN is exactl y like a re gular LAN , except that each computer in the LAN uses a wireless adapter to connect to the netw ork through a wireless con- nection. Computers in a wireless LAN must be conf igured to share the same radio channel. The wireless adapter pro vides LAN access for wireless[...]

Chapter 4: Configuring the PCs These instructions will help you conf igure each of your computers to commu- nicate with the Router . T o do this, you will need to conf igure your PC’ s network settings to obtain an IP (or TCP/IP) address automatically . Computers use IP addresses to commu- nicate with each other across a netw ork or the Inter net[...]

5. Click the OK button again. W indo ws may ask y ou for the original W indows installation disk or additional f iles. Supply them b y pointing to the cor rect f ile location, e.g., D:win98, D:win9x, c:windo wsoptionscabs, etc. (This assumes that “D” is the letter of your CD-R OM drive). 6. If W indo ws asks you to restart your PC, click t[...]

The follo wing instr uctions assume you are running W indo ws XP’ s def ault interface. If you are using the Classic interface (where the icons and menus look like pre vious W indo ws versions), please follo w the instr uctions for W indows 2000. 1. Click the Start button, open the Control P anel . and click the Netw or k and Internet Connections[...]

16 Chapter 5: Using the Setup Wizard The Netw ork Everywhere W ireless Cab le/DSL Router comes with an automat- ed softw are installation procedure for W indo ws 98 SE, Me, 2000, and XP . This will conf igure the Router when connecting it for the f irst time. Thereafter , con- f iguration can be set through the W eb Utility . Insert the Setup W iza[...]

At this point, you should v erify that your Internet connection (Cable or DSL) is connected to your PC. V erify that your connection is w orking properl y before clicking the Next button to continue. If y ou wish to stop the setup process, click the Exit button. When the screen sho wn in Figure 5-3 appears, disconnect your PC from y our Internet co[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router When the screen sho wn in F igure 5-6 appears, connect the po w er for the Router and modem, using a surge protector . Some of the Router’ s lights should come on as sho wn on the screen. V erify that y our connection is w orking properly before clicking the Next button to continue. If y ou wish to step back in the setup[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router Conf iguration is complete and the Router is set up when y ou see the f inal screen, sho wn in Figure 5- 9. Click the Finish button to close the Setup W izard. T o set up any further com- puters to connect to the Router , r un the Setup W izard again and choose Set Up Additional Computer(s) . T o f ine-tune the Router’ s[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router On the next screen that appears, sho wn in Figure 5-14, y ou will conf igure the Router’ s wireless settings. As this is a wireless router , it can be used with your wireless de vices. Ho we ver , all settings must be the same for the wireless devices to be ab le to communicate with each other . V erify that the follo wi[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router Chapter 6: The Router’s Web-based Utilit y Use the Router’ s w eb-based utility to administer it. This chapter will describe each w eb page in the Utility and each page’ s ke y functions. The utility can be accessed via your w eb bro wser through use of a computer connected to the Router . F or a basic netw ork setup[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router Firmw are V ersion This entry shows the v ersion and date of the f ir mware the Router is using. Future versions of the Router’ s f irmware will be posted and a vailable for do wnload on the Netw ork Everywhere w ebsite at www .Networ kEverywher e.com . Time Zone This drop-do wn menu allo ws y ou to set the time zone in [...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 30 Network Everywhere ® Series Wir eless (Enable/Disa ble). In order to utilize the Router’ s wireless functions, select Enable . If y ou do not wish to utilize any wireless functions, make sure Disab le is selected. ( Note: No other wir eless functions will be availa ble unless you enab le this setting.) SSID : The SSI[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 32 Network Everywhere ® Series 31 The Pass w ord screen, sho wn in Figure 6-6, allo ws you to set up a passw ord and UPnP Services. Y ou can also restore default settings on the Router . Router P assw ord Set a passw ord for the Router . Y ou can use up to 64 alphanu- meric characters. The default passw ord is admin . If [...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 34 Network Everywhere ® Series 33 WA N These f ields display the Router’ s cur rent MAC Address, IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gatew a y IP Address, as seen b y external users on the Internet. The DNS (Domain Name System) IP Address f ields sho w the IP address(es) of the DNS server(s) cur rently used b y the Rou[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 36 Network Everywhere ® Series 35 If you should need an y fur ther infor mation about an ything on this screen, click the Help button. Under the Help tab, sho wn in Figure 6-10, you’ ll f ind links to all of the utili- ty’ s inter nal support documentation along the left margin, including the fol- lo wing: Netw ork Ev[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router • Dynamic Routing - Sets up the Router so it will automatically adjust to ph ys- ical changes in the netw ork’ s la yout. • Static Routing - Sets up static routes needed when netw ork information must tra vel to a specif ic host or netw ork. • DMZ Host - Allo ws one local user to be e xposed to the Internet for use[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 40 Network Everywhere ® Series 39 Block W AN Requests By enabling the Block W AN Request feature, you can prev ent your netw ork from being “pinged , ” or detected , by other Internet users. The Block W AN Request feature also reinforces your netw ork security b y hiding your netw ork ports. Both functions of the Bloc[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 42 Network Everywhere ® Series 41 The Preset Applications at the top of the list are among the most widely used Internet applications. They include the follo wing: • FTP (File T ransfer Protocol) A protocol used to transfer f iles o ver a TCP/IP netw ork (Inter net, UNIX, etc.). F or example, after dev eloping the HTML [...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 44 Network Everywhere ® Series 43 T o apply an y of the settings you’ ve changed on this page, click the A pply but- ton, and then click the Continue button. T o cancel any v alues you’ ve entered on this page, click the Cancel button. If you should need an y fur ther informa- tion about anything on this screen, click[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 46 Network Everywhere ® Series 45 P ort T riggering From the P ort Range F orwar ding or UPnP F orwar ding screens, click the Po r t T rigg ering button to access the P or t T riggering screen, sho wn in Figure 6-14. This allo ws the Router to watch outgoing data for specif ic port num- bers. The IP address of the compute[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 48 Network Everywhere ® Series 47 T o apply an y of the settings you’ ve changed on this page, click the A pply but- ton, and then click the Continue button. T o cancel any v alues you’ ve entered on this page, click the Cancel button. If you should need an y fur ther informa- tion about anything on this screen, click[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 50 Network Everywhere ® Series 49 From the DMZ Host screen, sho wn in Figure 6-17, y ou can expose one local user to the Internet for a special-pur pose service such as Inter net gaming and videoconferencing. P or t Range F orwarding forw ards a maximum of 10 ranges of por ts, and DMZ Hosting forwards all the ports for on[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 52 Network Everywhere ® Series 51 Before making any changes to the W ireless tab, shown in F igure 6-19, please check the wireless settings for all your wireless PCs, as these changes will alter the Router’ s effecti veness. In most cases, these settings do not need to be changed. • Firmw are V ersion. This indicates [...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router • Station MA C Filter . This option will allo w you to pre vent wireless users on your netw ork from accessing the Router’ s functions. Clicking the Activ e MA C T ab le button will displa y the MA C Addresses of all users on your wireless netw ork. Addresses in green show access to the Router , while addresses in red [...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 56 Network Everywhere ® Series 55 F or W indo ws 2000: A. Click Start , Settings , and Control P anel . Double-click Netw ork and Dial-Up Connections . B . Right-click the Local Ar ea Connection that is associated with the Ether net adapter you are using, and select the Pr operties option. C. In the Components checked ar [...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 58 Network Everywhere ® Series 57 • Click the OK button in the Internet Pr otocol (TCP/IP) Pr operties win- do w , and click the OK button in the Local Ar ea Connection Pr operties windo w . • Restart the computer if asked. B . Open a command prompt. • F or Windo ws 98 SE and Me , please click Start and Run . In the[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 60 Network Everywhere ® Series 59 Change the IP address for the Router to another subnet to a void a conflict betw een the VPN IP address and y our local IP address. F or example, if your VPN server assigns an IP address 192.168.1.X (X is a number from 1 to 254) and your local LAN IP address is 192.168.1.X (X is the same [...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 62 Network Everywhere ® Series 61 F . Check the Enable option for the port ser vices you w ant to use. Consider the example belo w: Customized Ext. P ort TCP UDP IP Address Enable Application UT 7777 to 27900 X X 192.168.1.100 X Halflife 27015 to 27015 X X 192.168.1.105 X PC Anyw here 5631 to 5631 X 192.168.1.102 X VPN IP[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 64 Network Everywhere ® Series 63 12. I need to upgrade the firmware . In order to upgrade the f ir mware with the latest features, y ou need to go to the Netw ork Everywhere w ebsite and do wnload the latest f ir mware at www .net- wor keverywher e.com . F ollo w these steps: A. Go to the Linksys w ebsite at http://www .[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 66 17. The Diag LED stays lit continuously . • The Diag LED lights up when the de vice is f irst pow ered on. Then, the system will boot up itself and check for proper operation. After f inishing the checking procedure, the LED turns off to sho w that the system is w orking f ine. If the LED remains lit after this time, [...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 68 Network Everywhere ® Series 67 I set up an Unreal T ournament Ser ver , but others on the LAN cannot join. What do I need to do? If you ha ve a dedicated Unreal T our nament ser ver running, you need to create a static IP for each of the LAN computers and forward ports 7777, 7778, 7779, 7780, 7781, and 27900 to the IP [...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router How many ports can be simultaneously forwarded? Theoretically , the Router can establish 520 sessions at the same time, but y ou can only forw ard 10 ranges of ports. Does the Router replace a modem? Is there a cable or DSL modem in the Router? No, this version of the Router must w ork in conjunction with a cable or DSL mo[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router bit to be transmitted. This bit patter n is called a chip (or chipping code). The longer the chip, the greater the probability that the original data can be reco v- ered. Even if one or more bits in the chip are damaged during transmission, statistical techniques embedded in the radio can reco ver the original data without[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 74 Network Everywhere ® Series 73 3. At the DOS command prompt , type “ping mail” (assuming that the loca- tion for which y ou’ re trying to f ind an IP address is conf igured as “mail”). Press Enter . Infor mation such as the follo wing data, taken from a ping of Microsoft Netw ork’ s e-mail server , will be [...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 76 Network Everywhere ® Series 75 Appendix C: Configuring Wireless Securit y An acronym for W ired Equiv alent Priv acy , WEP is an encryption method used to protect your wireless data communications. WEP uses a combination of 64- bit or 128-bit ke ys to pro vide access control to your netw ork and encr yption security fo[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 78 Network Everywhere ® Series 77 • WEP (64Bit or 128B) Select the level of encryption from the drop-do wn box. 128-bit WEP encr yption is unique to Netw ork Everywhere and ma y conflict with other vendors’ WEP encr yption. The WEP Encryption key is generated in one of tw o wa ys: 1. Y ou ma y create an encr yption ke[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 80 Network Everywhere ® Series 79 2. In the “Control Panel” windo w , click the Netw ork and Inter net Connections icon, sho wn in Figure C-4. 3. Click the Networ k Connections icon, sho wn in Figure C-5. 4. The “Netw ork Connections” windo w will appear, as sho wn in Figure C-6. Under LAN or High-Speed Internet y[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 82 Network Everywhere ® Series 81 6. When the “W ireless Netw ork Connection Properties” window appears, as in Figure C- 8, click the Wir eless Netw orks Ta b . 7. If the appropriate wire- less netw ork, specif ied b y the Router’ s SSID , is displa yed in the “Prefer red netw orks” section, as sho wn in Figure [...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 84 Network Everywhere ® Series 83 Appendix D: Finding the MAC Address and IP Address for Y o u r Ethernet Adapter This section describes ho w to f ind the MAC address for y our Ether net adapter to do either MA C Filtering or MA C Address Cloning for the Router and ISP . Y ou can also f ind the IP address of your computer[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 86 Network Everywhere ® Series 85 2. In the command prompt, enter ipconf ig /all . Then press the Enter key . 3. Write do wn the Ph ysical Address as sho wn on your computer screen; it is the MA C address for your Ethernet adapter . This will appear as a series of letters and numbers. The MA C address/Ph ysical Address is[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 88 Network Everywhere ® Series 87 Appendix E: Glossar y 10BaseT - An Ethernet standard that uses twisted wire pairs. 100BaseTX - IEEE ph ysical la yer specif ication for 100 Mbps ov er tw o pairs of Category 5 cable. Adapter - Printed circuit board that plugs into a PC to add to capabilities or connectivity to a PC. In a [...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router DHCP supports static addresses for computers containing W eb servers that need a permanent IP address. DMZ - ( D e M ilitarized Z one) allo ws one IP address (or computer) to be exposed to the Internet. Some applications require multiple TCP/IP por ts to be open. It is recommended that you set y our computer with a static [...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 92 Network Everywhere ® Series 91 ing the de velopment and application of electrotechnolo gy and allied sciences for the benef it of humanity , the advancement of the profession, and the w ell- being of our members. ” The IEEE fosters the de velopment of standards that often become national and international standards. [...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router RIP ( R outing I nformation P rotocol) - A simple routing protocol that is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. It determines a route based on the smallest hop count betw een source and destination. RIP is a distance vector protocol that routine- l y broadcasts routing information to its neighboring routers. RJ-45 - A connec[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router the actual deliv er y of the data (routing), UDP takes care of keeping track of the individual units of data (called pack ets) that a message is divided into for ef f i- cient deliv er y o ver the netw ork. UDP is kno wn as a “connection-less” protocol due to NO T requiring the receiver of a pack et to return an acknow[...]

Wireless Cable/DSL Router 98 Network Everywhere ® Series 97 Appendix G: Warrant y Information BE SURE T O HA VE Y OUR PR OOF OF PURCHASE AND A BARCODE FR OM THE PR ODUCT'S P A CKAGING ON HAND WHEN CALLING. RETURN REQUESTS CANNO T BE PR OCESSED WITHOUT PR OOF OF PURCHASE. IN NO EVENT SHALL NETW ORK EVER YWHERE’S LIABILITY EXCEED THE PRICE P [...]

Network Everywhere ® Series Appendix H: Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of the W ireless Cable/DSL Router , contact Netw ork Everywhere T echnical Suppor t at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below . T echnical Support 949-271-5470, M-F , 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (PST) Fa x 949-265-6655 Email support@Networ[...]