NETGEAR RP614 manual

SM-RP614NA-1 April 2002 NET GEAR ,I n c . 4500 Gr eat Ame rica P arkw ay Santa Clara, CA 950 54 USA Phone 1-888 -NETGEAR Referenc e Manual for the Model RP614 W eb Safe Router[...]

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iii Bestätigung des Herstellers/Importeurs Es wird hie rmit bes tätigt, da ß das Model R P614 W eb Sa fe Router g emäß der im B MP T -Am tsblV fg 243/199 1 und Vfg 46/199 2 aufg eführt en Bestimmu ngen ents tört is t. Das vor schrif tsmäßi ge Betr eiben ein iger Ger äte (z.B. T estsende r) kann jedoch gewisse n Beschränkunge n unterliege[...]

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Contents v Content s About This Guide T echnic al Support .............. ............. ............. ................... ............. ............. ................... .... xii i Related Public ations ................ ............. ............. .................... ............ ............. ................. xiii T ypog raphical Convention s ...[...]

vi Contents Chapter 3 Prep aring Y our Ne twork Preparing Y our P ersonal Com puters for IP Netwo rking . ............. ................... ............. ... 3-1 Configur ing Windows 95, 98, and ME for IP Networ king ....... ............ ............. ................ 3-2 Install or V erify W indows Networ king Compone nts ......... ............ ..[...]

Contents vii Block Sites ..... ............. ................... ............. .................... ............ ............. ................ 5-4 Schedul e .............. ............. .................... ............. ............. ................... ............. ......... 5- 5 Logs ......... ............ ............. .................... ..[...]

viii Contents T roubleshoo ting the I SP Conne ction ........... ............. ............. ................... ............. ......... 8- 4 T roubleshoo ting a TCP/IP Ne twork Using a Pin g Utility . ............. ............. ................... ... 8-5 T esting the LA N Path to Y our Route r .......... ............. ................... .......[...]

ix Figure 2-1. RP614 Front P anel ............... ............. ................... ............. ............. ......... 2-3 Figure 2-2. RP614 Rear Pane l ... ............. ................... ............. ............. ................... ... 2-4 Figure 4-1. Login window ................. ............. ............. ................... .........[...]

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xi T able 2- 1. LED Descri ptions ........................ ............. ............. ................... ............. ... 2-3 T able 5- 1. Log entry descrip tions ........... ............. ................... ............. ................... ... 5-6 T able 5- 2. Log actio n buttons .......... ............. .................... ............ ....[...]

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About Th is Guide xiii About This Gu ide Cong rat ulati ons on y our p urch ase o f the NE TGE AR ™ Model RP614 W eb Safe Router. The Model RP614 route r provides connec tion for multiple per sonal computer s (PCs) to the Intern et th rough an ex ternal broadband acce ss dev ice (suc h as a ca ble mode m or DSL modem) that is normal ly intended f[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter xiv About Th is Guide For more informatio n about IP address transla tion, refer to RFC 1631, Th e IP N etw ork A ddress T ranslat or (NA T) .[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter About T his Guide xv T ypog raphical Con vent ions This guide uses the fo llowing typogr aphical conv entions: ital ics Book titles and UNIX f ile, command, and dir ectory na mes. courier font Screen text , user- typed command-l ine entries . Initia l Cap s Men u title s and w indo w an d bu[...]

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Introduc tion 1-1 Chap ter 1 Introduction This chapte r describes the fe atures of the NETGEAR Model RP614 W eb Safe Router. Abou t the Ro uter The Model RP614 W eb Safe Router with 4-por t switch conne cts your local ar ea network (LAN) to the Int ernet th rough an ext ernal ac cess de vice such as a cable modem or DSL mod em. The Model RP614 r ou[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 1-2 Introduc tion – Blocking can be sche duled by day and time – Network Addr ess T ranslati on (NA T) h ides loca l PCs fr om the Int ernet – Incomi ng port f orwarding a nd DMZ for spec ific ser vices • Built i n 4-port 1 0/100 Mbps Switch – Allows LAN connecti ons at 10 megabits[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Introdu ction 1-3 Content Filtering W ith its content fil tering feat ures, the Model RP614 rou ter prevent s objectiona ble conte nt from reachi ng your PCs. Its content fil tering feat ures includ e: • Conten t filteri ng by domain o r keyword The Model RP614 ro uter uses conten t filte [...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 1-4 Introduc tion TCP/IP The Model RP614 ro uter supports t he T ransmis sion Contr ol Protocol/ Interne t Protocol (TCP/I P) and Rou ting Info rmatio n Proto col (RIP). For furt her i nformat ion about TCP/IP , refer to Append ix B, “Network and Routing Basics .” • IP Addres s Sharing[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Introdu ction 1-5 • V isual monitorin g The Model RP614 route r’ s front panel LEDs pro vide an easy way to monitor its sta tus and activi ty . Maintenance and Supp ort NETGEAR of fers the following feature s to help y ou maximize yo ur use of t he Model RP614 router : • Flash memor y [...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 1-6 Introduc tion[...]

Setting Up the Hardwa re 2-1 Chap ter 2 Setting Up the Hardware This chap ter describes the Mo del RP614 W eb Safe Router hardwar e and provides inst ructions for insta lling it. Packag e Conte nt s The produc t package should c ontain t he following i tems: • Model RP614 W eb Safe Router • AC power a dapte r • Category 5 (CA T5) Ethernet cab[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 2-2 Setting U p the Hardw are Local Ne twork Hardware R equiremen t s The Model RP614 W eb Safe Router is inten ded for use in a n etwork o f personal computers (PCs) that are int erconn ected by twisted- pair Eth ernet cables . PC Requirement s T o install a nd run the Mod el RP614 r outer [...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Setting Up the Ha rdware 2-3 The Rou ter ’ s Front Panel The front panel of th e Model RP614 W eb Safe Router ( Figure 2 -1 ) conta ins status LEDs. Figure 2-1. RP614 Front Panel Y ou can use some of the LEDs to verify connecti ons. Ta b l e 2 - 1 list s and describes eac h LED on the fro [...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 2-4 Setting U p the Hardw are The Rou ter ’ s Rear P anel The rear panel of the Mo del RP614 router ( Figure 2-2 ) contain s port connecti ons. Figure 2-2. RP614 Rear Panel The rear panel cont ains the foll owing feat ures: • AC po wer adap ter outl et • Facto ry Default Reset pus hbut[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Setting Up the Ha rdware 2-5 Connecting to your Local Ethernet Network Y our loca l area net work (LAN) wi ll atta ch to th e four Local rou ter port s shown in F igure 2-2 .T h e Local port s are capable of o peration at e ither 10 Mbps (10BASE- T) or 100 Mbps (100BASE-Tx), dependin g on th[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 2-6 Setting U p the Hardw are 1. Plug the connect or of the power adapt er into the power adapt er outlet on the rear pan el of the router . 2. Plug the other end of the adapter i nto a sta ndard wall outlet. 3. V erify that the Power LED on the router i s lit. Ve r i f y i n g P o w e r Aft[...]

Preparin g Your Ne twork 3-1 Chap ter 3 Prep ar ing Y our N etwork This chap ter de scribes how to prepa re your PC ne twork to co nnect to t he Inter net throu gh the Model RP614 W eb Safe Router and how to order broad band Interne t service from an Inter net servic e provider (ISP) . . Prep aring Y our Pe rsonal Comput ers for IP N etworkin g Per[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 3-2 Preparing You r Netwo rk • Macint osh Operating Syst em 7 or later includes th e software component s for establi shing a TCP/IP network . • All versi ons of UNIX or Linux include TCP/IP component s. Follow the inst ructions provi ded with your operat ing system or network ing softwa[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Prepari ng Your Network 3-3 Y ou must have an Ethernet ada pter , the TCP/IP protocol, and Client fo r Microsof t Networks. I fy o un e e dt h ea d a p t e r : a. Click the Add button . b. Select Adapter , and the n click Add. c. Select the m anufactur er and model of your Ethernet ad apter [...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 3-4 Preparing You r Netwo rk d. Select TCP/I P , and then click OK. If you nee d Cli ent f or Mi croso ft N etwo rks: a. Click the Add button . b. Selec t Clie nt, and t hen cl ick Add . c. Select Mi crosoft. d. Select Cli ent for Micros oft Networks, a nd then click OK. 3. Restart you r PC [...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Prepari ng Your Network 3-5 3. Select “I wa nt to set up my Internet connec tion manual ly” or “I want to connect thro ugh a Loca l Area Ne twork ” and c lick Ne xt. 4. Select “I want to conn ect through a Local Area Networ k” and click Next. 5. Uncheck al l boxe s in the LAN I n[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 3-6 Preparing You r Netwo rk 3. If an Et hernet ad apter is present i n your PC, you should s ee an entr y for Loca l Area Connec tion. Double -click that e ntry . 4. Select Prop erti es. 5. V erify that ‘Cli ent for Microsof t Networks’ an d ‘Internet Pro tocol (TCP/IP) ’ are presen[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Prepari ng Your Network 3-7 MacOS 8.6 or 9.x 1. From the App le menu, s elect Contro l Panels, t hen TCP/IP . The TCP/IP Contr ol Panel opens: 2. From th e “Connect v ia” box, select your Macinto sh’ s Ethernet int erface. 3. From the “Configur e” box, select Using DHCP Server . Y [...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 3-8 Preparing You r Netwo rk V erif ying T CP/ IP Prope rties (Ma cin tosh) After yo ur Macin tosh is co nfigured and has rebooted, y ou can c heck the TCP/ IP conf igurati on by retur nin g to the TC P/IP C ontro l Pan el. Fro m the A pple m enu, se lec t Contr ol Pan els, th en TC P/IP . T[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Prepari ng Your Network 3-9 For a single-u ser Inte rnet acco unt, you r ISP su pplies TCP/ IP configu ratio n informat ion for on e PC. W ith a typical account, much of the confi guration inf ormation is dynami cally assig ned when your PC is fi rst boote d up while co nnecte d to the ISP ,[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 3-10 Prepari ng Your N etwork If any of th ese items ar e dynamica lly suppli ed by the ISP , your router automaticall y acquires t hem. If an ISP techni cian config ured your PC during the i nstallat ion of the broadb and modem, or if you configu red it usin g instruct ions provi ded by you[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Prepari ng Your Network 3-11 Obt aining I SP Configurati on Informati on (Macintosh) As mention ed above , you may ne ed to coll ect confi guratio n informat ion from you r Macint osh so that you can use th is infor mation wh en you confi gure the Model RP614 r outer. Fol lowing thi s proced[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 3-12 Prepari ng Your N etwork Ready fo r Configuration After co nfigurin g all of yo ur PCs for TCP/IP ne tworking a nd connec ting them t o the loca l network of your M odel RP614 rou ter, yo u are ready to acce ss and conf igure the r outer. Procee d to the next chap ter .[...]

Basic Configu ratio n of the Router 4-1 Chap ter 4 Basic Config uration of the Rou ter This chap ter de scribes how to perf orm the b asic conf igurati on of your Mode l RP614 W eb Safe Router us ing the Se tup W izard, whi ch walks you through t he configur ation p rocess for your Intern et connect ion. Access ing th e Web Configu ration Manage r [...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 4-2 Basic Config uration o f the Rou ter A login window opens as shown in Figure 4-1 below:. Figure 4-1. Login window This screen may have a dif ferent appearance in ot her browsers. 6. T ype admin in the User Name box, password in the Password box, a nd then click OK. If your router pa sswo[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Basic Con figurati on of th e Router 4-3 Figure 4- 2. Brow ser-base d config uration main m enu Y ou can manua lly conf igure your route r using th is menu as de scribed in “Manua l Confi guration“ on page 4-8 , or you can allow the Setup W izard to determi ne your configur ation as desc[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 4-4 Basic Config uration o f the Rou ter Configur ation us ing the S etup Wizar d The W eb Configurat ion Manager cont ains a Setup W izard that can automatic ally determi ne your network c onnection type. I f the Set up W izard does not launch aut omatic ally , click on t he Setup W izard h[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Basic Con figurati on of th e Router 4-5 Configuring for Dynamic IP Account If the Setup W izard determi nes that your In ternet ser vice account uses Dyna mic IP assignmen t, you wil l be dir ected to t he menu s hown in Figur e 4-3 below: Figure 4-3. Setup Wiza rd menu for Dynamic IP addre[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 4-6 Basic Config uration o f the Rou ter 3. Router’ s MAC Address: This sect ion deter mines the E therne t MAC address t hat will be used by the rout er on the In ternet por t. If your I SP allows acc ess by only one specific PC’ s Ethernet MAC addr ess, se lect "Us e this MAC ad d[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Basic Con figurati on of th e Router 4-7 A DNS server is a host on the Inter net that tr anslates In ternet names (su ch as www address es) to nume ric IP address es. T ypically your ISP tran sfers t he IP addresses of one or two DNS servers to your ro uter during log in. If the ISP does not[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 4-8 Basic Config uration o f the Rou ter Note: Y ou will no lon ger ne ed to laun ch the ISP’ s login program on yo ur PC in order to acc ess the Int ernet. When y ou star t an Int ernet appl icatio n, your rout er will a utomatica lly l og you in. 3. Domain Name Server (DNS) Addr ess: If [...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Basic Con figurati on of th e Router 4-9 A DNS server is a host on the Inter net that tr anslates In ternet names (su ch as www address es) to nume ric IP address es. T ypically your ISP tran sfers t he IP addresses of one or two DNS servers to your ro uter during log in. If the ISP does not[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 4-10 Basic Con figurati on of the Router[...]

Content Filt ering 5-1 Chap ter 5 Content Filtering This chap ter de scribes how to use t he Content F ilte ring feat ures of y our Model R P614 W eb Safe Router. Th ese feature s can be found by clicking on the Content Fi ltering head ing in the Main Menu of the browser i nterf ace. Configuring for Conte nt Filtering The Model RP614 W eb Safe Rout[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 5-2 Content F iltering E-Mail In order to recei ve logs and aler ts by email, you must provide your e mail informat ion in the E-Mail subheadi ng: • T urn e-mail notif ication on Check thi s box if yo u wish t o receive e-mail l ogs and ale rts from the rout er . • Y our outg oing mai l [...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Content F iltering 5-3 • Send aler t immediately Chec k this b ox if you wo uld lik e imme dia te notifi cat ion of at temp ted acc ess to a blo cked si te. • Send logs accord ing to this sche dule Specifi es how of ten to se nd the logs : Hourl y , Daily , W eekly , or When Full . – D[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 5-4 Content F iltering Block Sites The Model RP614 rou ter allows you to rest rict acce ss based on web and news group address es and web and news group ad dress keywo rds. Up t o 255 entri es are suppor ted i n the Keyword list. The Keyword Bloc king menu is shown below: T o enable keyword [...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Content F iltering 5-5 Y ou may spec ify one T rusted Us er , which is a PC that will be exe mpt from bloc king an d logging. Since t he T rusted User wi ll be id entifie d by an IP add ress, you should c onfigure t hat PC with a fixed IP address. Sche dul e The Model RP61 4 router allows yo[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 5-6 Content F iltering Logs The log is a detai led record of what we bsites you have ac cessed or attempt ed to access. Up to 128 entrie s are stored in the log. Lo g entri es will only appear when keywo rd blocki ng is enabl ed, and no log ent ries wil l be made f or the T rusted User . An [...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Content F iltering 5-7 Log acti on butt ons are de scribed i n Ta b l e 5 - 2 T able 5-2. Log action buttons Field Des cription Refresh Click this but ton to refresh the lo g screen. Clear Log Click th is button to clear the log entr ies. Send Log Click this button to emai l the log immediat[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 5-8 Content F iltering[...]

Maintenan ce 6-1 Chap ter 6 Maintenance This chapte r describes how to us e the maintenance featu res of your Model RP614 W eb Safe Router. T hese fea tures can be foun d by cli cking on th e Maintenanc e heading i n the Mai n Menu of the br owse r inte rfac e. System St atus The Syste m St atus men u provides a limite d amount of s tatus and usage[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 6-2 Main tenance This screen sho ws the following para meters : T ab le 6-1. Menu 3.2 - System St atus Fi elds Field De scription System N ame This field di splays the Host Name assigned to the route r . Firmware V ersion This field di splays the router fi rmware version. W AN Por t These pa[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Main tenance 6-3 Click o n the “Sh ow Statist ics” bu tton to d ispla y route r usag e statis tics , as shown in Figure 6-2 belo w: Figure 6-2. Router St atistics sc reen This screen sho ws the followin g statist ics:. Click on t he “Show PPPoE St atus” but ton to d isplay t he progr[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 6-4 Main tenance Att ached D evices The Attached D evices menu conta ins a table of all IP devi ces that the rout er has discove red on the local netwo rk. From the Main Menu of the br owser inte rface, under the Mainte nance headi ng, select Attached De vices to view the table, s hown in Fi[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Main tenance 6-5 From the Main Menu of the bro wser interfa ce, under the Maint enance headi ng, select th e Router Upgrade he ading to di splay th e menu sho wn in Fig ure 6-4 . Figure 6-4. Router Upgrade menu T o upload new firmware: 1. Dow nload a nd unzi p the new so ftwa re file fr om N[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 6-6 Main tenance From the Mai n Menu of the br owser inter face, under t he Mainte nance hea ding, selec t the Set tings Backup hea ding to bring up t he menu shown i n Figure 6- 5 . Figure 6-5. Settings Backup menu Three optio ns are avail able, and are descri bed in the foll owing section [...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Main tenance 6-7 T o erase t he configu ration, c lick the Erase b utton. T o restore t he factor y default configur ation set tings w ithout k nowing the l ogin passwo rd or IP address , you must use the Defaul t Reset button on th e rear panel of the route r . See “Us ing the Default Res[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 6-8 Main tenance[...]

Advanc ed Configur ation of the Ro uter 7-1 Chap ter 7 Advanc ed Conf igurati on of the Rout er This chap ter de scribes how to confi gure the a dvanced fe atures of your Mode l RP614 W eb Safe Router. Th ese fe atures ca n be found u nder the Adva nced headi ng in the Mai n Menu of the browser inter face.[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 7-2 Advan ced Config uration of the Router Configur ing for P ort Forw arding t o Local S ervers Although t he route r causes your entir e local net work to app ear as a s ingle machin e to the I nternet, you can make a lo cal server ( for example, a web se rver or ga me server) vis ible and[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Advanc ed Configur ation of the Router 7-3 2. Enter the IP addre ss of the local serve r in the correspondi ng Server IP Address box. 3. Click the Add button . Add a Custom Service T o define a service, game or applic ation tha t does not appear in the Servi ces & Games list, you must de[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 7-4 Advan ced Config uration of the Router • If the IP a ddress of t he local PC is a ssigned by DHCP , it may change w hen the PC is rebooted. T o avoid thi s, you can m anually configur e the PC to u se a fixed addres s. • Local P Cs must access t he local ser ver using th e PCs’ loc[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Advanc ed Configur ation of the Router 7-5 The D efaul t DM Z Serv er fe ature i s hel pfu l when u sing s ome o nline g ames and vid eo confe ren cing applica tions th at are incompati ble with NA T . The router is progra mmed to recognize so me of these appl ications and to work pro perly [...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 7-6 Advan ced Config uration of the Router Dynamic DNS If your network has a perman ently assig ned IP address, you can reg ister a domain name and have that na me linked w ith your IP address by public Domain Name Serve rs (DNS). Howev er , if your Intern et account uses a dyn amically assi[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Advanc ed Configur ation of the Router 7-7 LAN IP Set up The second feat ure category unde r the Advanced heading is LAN IP Setu p. This menu allows configu ration of LAN IP ser vices suc h as DHCP and RIP . From the Main Men u of th e browser interf ace, under Adva nced, click on LAN IP Set[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 7-8 Advan ced Config uration of the Router For most appli cations, the def ault DHCP and TCP/IP settin gs of the router are satis facto ry . See “IP Configur ation by DHCP ”o n page B-10 for an ex planatio n of DHCP and information a bout how to assign IP addre sses for your networ k. Us[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Advanc ed Configur ation of the Router 7-9 — When set to Both or In Only , i t will inc orporate the RIP info rmation tha t it receives. — When set to None, it wi ll not send any RIP packet s and will ignore any RIP pack ets receiv ed. • RIP V e rsion This contro ls the format and th e[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 7-10 Advan ced Configur ation of the Router From the Main Menu of the browser in terface , under Advanced, c lick on Sta tic Route to vie w the S tatic Route menu, shown in Figure 7-4 . Figure 7-4. St atic Route Summary T able T o add or edit a S tatic Rou te: 1. Select a number and c lick t[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Advanc ed Configur ation of the Router 7-11 6. T ype the IP Subnet Mask for this dest ination. If the desti nation is a single hos t, type 255.255.2 55.255. 7. T ype the Gateway I P Address, w hic h must be a router on the same LAN segment as the router. 8. T ype a number b etween 1 and 15 a[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 7-12 Advan ced Configur ation of the Router[...]

Troubles hooting 8- 1 Chap ter 8 T roubleshooting This chapte r gives informat ion about troubl eshoot ing your Model RP614 W eb Safe Router. After each prob lem descript ion, instruc tions are provi ded to help you diagnose and solv e the problem. Basic F unctio ning After yo u turn on power to t he router , the followin g seque nce of even ts sho[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 8-2 Troubl eshootin g • Check th at you are usin g the 7.5 V DC power adapter su pplied by NETGEAR for thi s product. If the error per sists, y ou have a har dware p roblem and s hould conta ct techn ical s upport. T est LED Never T urns On or T est LED St ays On When the router is turned [...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Troub lesh ooting 8-3 T rou bleshoot ing the Web Configu ration Inte rface If you ar e unable t o acce ss the ro uter ’ s W eb Configuratio n inte rface fr om a PC on you r local network, c heck the fol lowing: • Check th e Ethern et connect ion betwee n the PC a nd the rout er as des cr[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 8-4 Troubl eshootin g T rou bleshoot ing the ISP C onnec tion If your rout er is unable to ac cess the In ternet, you sho uld fir st determine whe ther the rout er is able to obtain a W AN IP addre ss from the ISP . Unless you have been ass igned a static IP addres s, your router must re que[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Troub lesh ooting 8-5 OR Configur e your router to spoo f your PC’ s MAC address. This can be done in the B asic Settings menu. Refer to “Manual Co nfiguration “ on page 4-8 . If your router ca n obtain a n IP add ress, but your PC is una ble to lo ad any web p ages fro m the Inter net[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 8-6 Troubl eshootin g If the path is wor king, yo u see t his message : Reply from < IP address >: bytes=32 ti me=NN ms TTL=xxx If the path is not wo rking , you see th is mess ag e: Request timed out If the path is not funct ioning corr ectly , you could have one of the following pro [...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Troub lesh ooting 8-7 — If your I SP assigne d a host name t o your PC, e nter that ho st name as t he Account Name i n the Bas ic Setti ngs m enu. — Y our ISP could be rej ecting the Ethe rnet MAC addr esses of all but one of yo ur PCs. Many broadban d ISPs r estrict access by only all [...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 8-8 Troubl eshootin g • Date shown is Januar y 1, 2000 Cause: The route r has not yet succes sfully rea ched a Network T ime Server . Check that your Intern et acc ess sett ings are config ured corr ectly . If you have ju st complet ed config uring the router , wait at least five minu tes [...]

Techni cal Spec ificati ons A-1 Append ix A T echnical Specifications This appe ndix provi des techni cal spec ificat ions for t he Model RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter. Network Protocol and St andards Compatibility Data and Ro uting Protoco ls: TCP/IP , RIP-1, RIP- 2, DHCP PPP over Ethernet ( PPPoE) Power Adapte r North America : 120V , 60 Hz, input Unit[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter A-2 Techn ical Spec ificati ons Oper atin g hum idit y: 90% m axim um re lative hu midit y , non cond ens ing Electromagnet ic Emissions M e e t sr e q u i r e m e n t so f : F C CP a r t1 5C l a s s B VCCI Class B EN 55 022 (CISPR 22), Class B Interface Spec ifications LAN: 10BASE-T or 100B[...]

Network a nd Routi ng Basi cs B-1 Append ix B Network and Routing Basic s This chap ter provi des an over view of IP net works, r outing, an d firewal ls. Basic Ro uter Con cepts Lar ge amounts of bandwidth can be prov ided easily and rel atively in expensiv ely in a local area network (LAN). Howev er , providing high band width bet ween a local ne[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter B-2 Netw ork an d Routing Basi cs Routers vary in per formanc e and scal e, number of routing p rotoco ls support ed, and types of physica l W AN connection they supp ort. The Model RP614 W eb Safe Router is a small of fice router tha t routes the IP pr otocol over a singl e-user broadb and [...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Network and Rou ting Bas ics B-3 There are five st andard class es of IP address es. These addre ss classes have dif ferent ways of determi ning th e network a nd host sec tions of the addres s, all owing for d iff erent numbe rs of host s on a networ k. Each address t ype begins with a uniq[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter B-4 Netw ork an d Routing Basi cs • Class D Class D ad dresses ar e used for multi casts (mes sages se nt to many hosts) . Class D addr esses are in thi s rang e: 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255. • Class E Class E address es are for experimen tal use. This addres sing struct ure allows IP a[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Network and Rou ting Bas ics B-5 Subnet Addressing By looking at the addre ssing struc tures, you can see th at even with a Class C address, ther e are a lar ge number o f hosts per net work. Such a structure i s an inef ficie nt use of ad dresses if e ach end of a routed link re quires a di[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter B-6 Netw ork an d Routing Basi cs The foll owing t able lis ts the add itio nal subnet mask bit s in dott ed-de cimal nota tion. T o use the table, wr ite down t he origin al class n etmask an d repla ce the 0 val ue octets w ith the d otted-de cimal value of the ad ditional su bnet bits. Fo[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Network and Rou ting Bas ics B-7 NETGEAR strongl y recommen ds that yo u configur e all hos ts on a LAN segment to u se the same netmask for the fo llowing reaso ns: • So that host s recognize loc al IP broadca st packets When a de vice broa dcasts to its s egment nei ghbors, it uses a des[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter B-8 Netw ork an d Routing Basi cs Single IP Address Op eration Usin g NA T In the p ast, if m ultipl e PCs on a LAN need ed to a ccess the Internet simulta neously , you had to obtain a range of IP addr esses from the ISP . This type of Inter net account is more cost ly than a single -addre [...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Network and Rou ting Bas ics B-9 This s chem e offer s the a ddit ion al ben efit of si mple fire wall -lik e prot ect ion be caus e the int ernal LAN addr esse s are n ot a vaila ble t o the I ntern et th roug h the tran sla ted co nnec tion. All inc oming inquir ies are f iltere d out by t[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter B-10 Network a nd Routi ng Basi cs IP Config uration by DHCP When an IP- based local a rea netwo rk is insta lled, each PC must be conf igured with an I P address. If the PCs need to a ccess the Internet , they should al so be con figured wi th a gate way address and one or mo re DNS server [...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Network and Rou ting Bas ics B-11 Ethern et Cabling Although Et hernet net works ori ginally us ed thick or t hin coaxial cable, mos t install ations cur rently use unshiel ded twisted pair ( UTP) cabling . The UTP cable contains eight cond uctors, a rranged in four twi sted pai rs, and term[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter B-12 Network a nd Routi ng Basi cs • Cro ssov er cab le A crossov er cable is a special cab le in which the tran smit and receive pai rs are exchange d at one of t he two cable connec tors. Cros sover cabl es are of ten unmarke d as such, a nd must be identi fied by compari ng the two conn[...]

Glossary 1 Glossary 10BASE-T IEEE 80 2.3 specificat ion for 10 Mb ps Ethern et over tw isted pair wi ring. 100BASE-Tx IE EE 802.3 specification for 100 Mbps Ether net over twisted pair wirin g. 802.1 1b IEEE specification for wireless netw orking at 1 1 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectru m (DSSS) technology and o perating in the un licensed [...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 2 Glossar y IP See Internet Protoco l. IP Address A four-b yte number uniquely defining each host on the Internet. Ranges of addresses are ass igned by Internic, an or ganizatio n formed for this purpose. Usually written in dotted-decim al notation with p eriods separating the bytes (for exa[...]

Referen ce Manual for t he Model RP 614 Web S afe Rou ter Glossa ry 3 Network Address T ranslation A techniqu e by which several hosts share a single IP address for access to the Internet. p acket A b lock of information sent over a network. A packet typically contains a source and destination network address, some proto col and length information,[...]

Reference M anual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter 4 Glossar y wide area ne twork W AN. A long distance link used to extend or connect remotely located local area networks. The I nternet is a lar ge W AN. Window s Internet Naming Service WINS. W indows Internet Naming S ervice is a server process for resolving W indows-based computer names t[...]

Index 1 A Account Name 4-5, 4-7, 4-8 Address Reso lution Prot ocol B-9 B backu p configu ratio n 6-6 C cables, p inout B -11 Cabling B-1 1 Cat5 cab le 2 -2, 2-5 , B-12 config urati on automatic b y DHCP 1-4 backup 6- 6 erasing 6-6 restore 6-5 router , initial 4-1 content f iltering 1-3, 5-1 conv entions typogr aphy xv cro ssover ca ble 2-5, 8-2 , B[...]

2 Index W eb si te address B-7 installation 1-4 Internet a ccount address info rmation 3 -9 establi shing 3- 8 IP addresses 3-10, 3-11 and NA T B-8 and the Internet B-2 assigning x iii, B- 2 auto-generat ed 8-3 priva te B-7 translating xiv IP configuratio n by DHCP B-10 IP netwo rking for Macinto sh 3-6 for Windows 3-2, 3-5 K KALI 7-4 L LAN IP Setu[...]

Index 3 rear panel 2-4 requiremen ts access device 2-2 hardware 2-2 reset button, clearing config 8-7 restore c onfig uration 6-5 restore factory settin gs 6-6 RFC 1466 xiii, B-7 1597 xiii, B-7 1631 xiv , B- 8 findin g B-7 RIP (Router Information Protocol) 7-8 rout er conc ep ts B-1 Routing In formation Pro tocol 1-4, B-2 S Seco ndar y DNS Serv er [...]