SMC Networks Barricade SMC7004AWBR manual

Barricade ™ Wi r e l e s s Broadband Router W ir eless Br oadband Router ◆ Internet a ccess vi a – • 10 Mbps W AN port connection to xDSL/Cable modem, or • RS-232 c onsole port connec tion to ISDN/PSTN modem ◆ Home networ king via – • Three 10/100 Mbps Ethernet switch ports, or • 11 Mbps wireless interface ◆ Buil t-in Pri nt S e[...]

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6 Hugh es Irvi ne, CA 9 2618 Phone: (949) 707-24 00 Barricade ™ W ir eless Br oadband Router User Guide From SMC ’ s Ba rri cad e li ne of Br oa dban d R oute rs Augu st 2 001 Part N umber: 0 1-1112 34-001 R02[...]

Copyright Informat ion furnis hed by SMC Networks, Inc. (SMC) is believed to be accu rate and reliable. However , no resp onsibility is as sumed by SMC fo r its u se, nor fo r any infrin gemen ts of pa tents or other righ ts of third p arties whic h may resu lt from its use. No license is granted by impl ic ati on or othe rw ise und er any pa te nt[...]

v L IMITED W ARRA NTY Limite d W arranty Stat ement: SMC Networks , Inc. (“SMC”) warrants its products to be fr ee fr om defe cts in wor kmans hip and mate rials, u nder n or mal use and service, for the applicable warranty term. All SMC products carry a standard 90-day limit ed w arra nty fr om t he d ate of pu rc hase f rom SM C o r its Au th[...]

L IMITED W ARRA NT Y vi W ARRANTIES EXCLUSIVE: IF AN SMC PRO DUCT DOE S NOT OP ERA TE AS W ARRANTED ABOVE, CUSTOMER’S SOLE RE MEDY SHALL B E REP AIR OR REPLAC EMENT OF THE P RODUCT IN QUES TION, A T SMC’S OPTION. THE FOREG OIN G W ARR ANT IES A ND R EMEDIES ARE EX CLUSIV E AND ARE IN LI EU OF AL L O THE R W AR RAN TIES OR CON DITIO NS, E XP RES[...]

vii C OMPLIANCES FCC - Class B This equip ment has b een t ested an d fo und to com ply wi th t he lim its for a Clas s B digital dev ice, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC R ul es. The se li mits ar e des igne d to provide reas onable protec tion against har mful i nterfe renc e in a residen tial installat ion. This equip ment genera tes, uses and ca[...]

viii Industry Canada - Class B This digital appar atus does not e xceed the Clas s B limi ts fo r radio n oise em issions from digi tal apparatus as set out in the inte rference-caus ing equipment st andard entitle d “ Digit al Appar atu s,” ICES -003 o f t he D epart ment o f Comm uni catio ns . Cet app areil num ériq ue re spect e les li mi [...]

L IMITED W ARRA NT Y Safety Compliance Underwrite rs La boratories Complia nce St atement Important! Before making conne ctions , make sure you h ave the cor rect cord set. Check it (read the la bel on the cable) again st the followin g: The u nit au tomat ically ma tches the c onnec ted i nput vo ltage . Th ere fore, no additional adjustments are [...]

C OMPLIANC ES x 11. Wird das Ge rät üb er einen län geren Z eit raum nicht be nutz t, soll ten Sie es vom Stromne tz trenn en. Som it wir d im Falle eine r Üb erspannu ng ei ne Bes chädigu ng ver miede n. 12. Durch die Lüftungs öffnun gen dür fen nie mals Gegen ständ e oder Flüs sigkeite n in das Gerät gelange n. Dies könnt e einen Br a[...]

xi T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 About the Wireles s Barr icade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Featur es and B enefi ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Appl ications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS xii DNS Con figur ation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12 Wirele ss C onfig uration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13 Chann el and SSID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13 Encry ption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Confi guring Clie nt Ser[...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS xiii A PPENDICES : A Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 B Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 Ether net C able . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 Specifi cations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

T ABLE OF C ONTENTS xiv[...]

1-1 C HAPTER 1 I NTRO DUCT ION Cong ratu lations on yo ur p urchas e of t he Barr icade ™ Wirel es s Broadb and Ro uter . SMC is pr oud t o pr ovid e you with a powerful yet simpl e comm unica tion devic e for connec ting your l ocal area netwo rk (w ire d or w ire less LAN ) to th e In ter net . Fo r thos e wh o want to s urf the In ternet at th[...]

F EAT URES AND B ENEFITS 1-2 Featur es an d Benefit s • Internet con nection to xDSL or Ca ble m odem via a 10 Mbps WAN port • Int ernet conne ction to ISDN TA or PS TN modem vi a an RS-232 cons ole p ort • Local network conn ecti on via 10/1 00 Mbps Ethe rnet ports or 11 Mbps wirel ess in terfa ce ( sup po rtin g up t o 128 mobi le user s) ?[...]

I NTR ODUCT ION 1-3 • Supp orts PPP d ial-in conne ctio n us ing st andard dial -up progr am • Eas y setup th ro ugh a Web browse r on a ny op er ating sy stem that suppo rts TCP /IP • Compatib le with all popu lar Intern et applic ations Applicati ons Many advan ced applications are provided by the Wireles s Barricade, such as : •F l e x i[...]

A PPLI CATION S 1-4 • Virtual Ser ver If you h ave a fi xed IP ad dres s, yo u can set up t he W irel ess Bar ricade t o act as a vi rtual host for netwo rk addres s trans lation . Rem ote users acce ss va riou s se rvices at y our sit e usin g a co ns tant IP ad dre ss . Th en, de pend ing on the reque sted se rvi ce (or po rt nu mbe r), the Wir[...]

I NTR ODUCT ION 1-5 • Virt ual Pr ivate Network The Wir eless Bar ricad e suppo rts th ree of the most co mmon ly use d VPN pr otoc ols – PPTP , L2TP and IPS ec. Thes e pr otoc ol s allow remot e use rs to es tablish a secur e conn ectio n to th eir corp orate networ k. If your s ervice provid er s upports VPNs , then any of the se pr otoc ol s[...]

A PPLI CATION S 1-6[...]

2-1 C HAPTER 2 I NSTALLATION Before i n stallin g the Barric ade ™ W irel ess Broadb and Rou ter , v erify that y ou have all t he it ems li sted unde r “ Pack age Con tents. ” If an y of t he it ems are mis sing or d amage d, co ntact you r loca l SMC dis tribut or . Also be su re that you have all the nec essary cabling before instal lin g [...]

I NSTA LLA TIO N 2-2 Plea se fi ll out an d ret urn the W arran ty Re gist ra tion C ard to SMC o r regist er on SMC ’ s W eb sit e at www.s mc.com. The Barricade W irele ss Broadb and Rout er is co vered by a limit ed lifeti me warranty . Desc ripti on of Hard ware The Barr ica de Wir ele ss Broa db and Rou te r ca n be c onn ecte d to the Int e[...]

I NSTALLATIO N 2-3 • Three RJ -45 po rts for co nne ctio n to a 10BASE -T/1 00BASE -TX Eth ernet Lo cal Ar ea Networ k (LAN). Thes e port s can auto - nego tiate th e op erati ng spe ed to 10/100 Mbps, the mo de to half /full dupl ex, and th e pin signal s to MDI/ MDI-X (i.e. , allowi ng these p orts to be conne cted to any net work dev ice with [...]

I NSTA LLA TIO N 2-4 The fo llow in g figu r e sho ws th e com pone nts of t he Wire less B arr icad e: Figure 2-1. Front and Rear Panels Item Description LEDs Power, WLAN, WAN and LAN port status indicators. (See Verify Port Status on page 2-11.) Wireless Antennas Dual antennas provide optimal reception by dynamically choosing the best antenna for[...]

I NSTALLATIO N 2-5 System Require ments Y ou mus t have an Inter net Ser vice Pr ovide r (ISP) that m eets t he following minimu m require ments: • Int ernet ac cess from yo ur lo cal t elephon e comp any or ISP using an xDSL modem, Cable modem, ISDN TA, or PSTN analog modem. You may also have ac cess over t he t eleph one system to an analog mod[...]

I NSTA LLA TIO N 2-6 Connect the System The Wire less Barricade can be po siti oned at any co nvenie nt loc ation in you r offi ce o r home. No s pecial wirin g or c ooling requ irement s are need ed. Y ou shoul d, howe ver comply with the follo wing gui delines : • Keep the Wireless Barricade away from any heating devices. • Do n ot plac e the[...]

I NSTALLATIO N 2-7 3. Connect your printer : Use stand ard paralle l pri nter cabl e to connec t your printer to the pr inter port on the Wireless Barricade. 4. Power on : Connect the power adapter to the W ireless Barricade. Figure 2-2. Connectin g the W irele ss Barri cade Attach to Your Ne twork Us ing Ethernet Cabling The th ree LA N ports on t[...]

I NSTA LLA TIO N 2-8 Warning: Do not plug a ph one ja ck conn ector in to any RJ-4 5 port. Th is m ay d amag e the Wi rele ss Barr ic ade. In st ead, use only t wiste d-pair cab les with RJ-4 5 conne ctors that con form with FCC s tanda rds. Notes: 1. Use 100- ohm sh ielded or u nshield ed twi sted -pair c able with RJ-45 conne ctor s for all conn [...]

I NSTALLATIO N 2-9 Comp ut ers eq uipp ed wit h a wir ele ss ad apte r can com mu nica te with each other as an inde pe ndent wirel ess LAN by config urin g eac h comp ut er to th e sam e rad io ch ann el. How eve r , the Wirele ss Bar ricade c an pr ovide acce ss to your wired/ wirele ss LAN or to t he Int er net for all wire less wo rkstati ons. [...]

I NSTA LLA TIO N 2-10 Attach the Wirel ess Barri cade to the Intern et If In tern et services are provi ded through an xDSL or Cable mod em, use uns hielde d or sh ielde d twis ted- pair Ethe r net cable (Cat eg ory 3 or gr ea ter) w ith RJ-4 5 pl ug s to co nne ct the br oadb and mode m direc tly to the W A N port o n the Wir ele ss Barri cade. Us[...]

I NSTALLATIO N 2-11 Connecting the Power Adap ter Plug the po wer adapt er in to the power so cke t on the Wir e less Bar ricade, and t he other end int o a power outle t. Check the indi cator mark ed Po wer on t he f ront p anel t o be sure it i s on. If the P ower i ndicat or does n ot light up, refe r to T roubleshoot ing in Append ix A . Verify[...]

I NSTA LLA TIO N 2-12[...]

3-1 C HAPTER 3 C ONFI GURI NG C LIENT PC S TCP/IP C onfiguration T o acce ss th e I nter n et t hrou gh the Bar ricade ™ Wire less B ro adb an d Rou ter , you must config ure the n etwor k sett ings of th e comp uters on y our LAN to us e the same IP sub net as t he W ireles s Barr icad e. The defau lt ne twork settin gs for the Wireles s Barric [...]

P RINT E R C LIE NT I NSTALLATI ON 3-2 Printer Client Instal lation If you ne ed to provi de pr int se rvi ces for d evice s attac hed to th e W irele ss Ba rricad e, th en ins tall the Port Mo nitor prog ram fr om the CD (for W indo ws 95/98 /NT), and co nfigur e the prin t server on each network stati on. The Wireless Barricade pri nt se rver sup[...]

4-1 C HAPTER 4 C ONFIGURING THE B ARRI CADE After y ou ha ve conf igur e d TCP/ IP on a cli ent comp ut er , yo u can use a W eb br owser to c onfi gure t he Barr icade ™ Wi r e l es s Broadb and Ro uter . The Wi reless B arricade can be config ured by any J ava-sup port ed brows er in cludi ng I nternet Exp lorer 4 .0 or above , or Netsc ape N a[...]

N AVIGATI NG THE W EB B RO W S E R I NTE R FACE 4-2 Navigating the We b Brow ser Inter face The Wi reles s B arric ade ’ s man agement inte rface in clude s four key menus – Status, He lp, T ools, and Setup. The Status and He lp men us pro vide ge nera l info r mation on t he cu rren t se ttin gs an d how t o co nfigure the W ireless Barri cade[...]

C ONFIGURI NG THE B ARRI CAD E 4-3 Main Menu Using the W eb managem ent i nterfac e, you can defi ne sy stem par ame ters , ma nage and c ontr ol t he W i reles s Ba rrica de a nd it s port s, or monit or n etwork c ondit ions. T he fol lowi ng tabl e bri efly des cribes the select ions available from this pro gram. Menu Description Set up Me nu Co[...]

M AIN M ENU 4-4 Statu s M enu Displays connection status, ke y interface settings, as well as the firmware and har dware version numbers. INTERNET Displays WAN connection typ e and status. GATEWAY Displays system IP settings, the status for DHCP, and Firewall services, as w ell as the wireless interface settings. INFORMATION Displays the number of [...]

C ONFIGURI NG THE B ARRI CAD E 4-5 Networking and Client Services Use th e Setup men u to co nf igur e the LAN inte r face (in clu ding TCP/ IP param eters fo r the Wire less Ba rricad e ’ s gatew ay addre ss, DHC P addr es s pool for dynam ic cl ient addr es s allo cati on), the W A N co nnect ion o ptions , DN S domai n nam e mappi ng, the wir [...]

N ETWORKING AND C LIE NT S ERVI CE S 4-6 Change Password Use t his menu t o res trict m anagem ent acc ess b ase d on a specifi c passwor d. Y ou must enter a passwo rd to access the co nfigu ration opti ons p rovid ed by the menus. By de faul t, t here i s no pass word. So, p lease assi gn a passwor d to the Admi nistrat or a s so on as possib le,[...]

C ONFIGURI NG THE B ARRI CAD E 4-7 Set Time Zone Set the time zon e for th e Wireles s Barric ade. This infor mat ion is used for log entrie s and client filte ring. LAN Gateway and DHCP Settings Con fig ure th e g ate way ad dr ess of the Wir ele ss B a rricad e. T o dyn ami cally as sign t he I P ad dr ess for c lient P Cs, ena ble th e DH C P Se[...]

N ETWORKING AND C LIE NT S ERVI CE S 4-8 from 0 – 25 5, whi le t he l ast fiel d is th e h ost port ion an d c an be fr om 1 – 25 4. Howeve r , remember not to includ e the gat eway addr ess of the Wi reless Barr icade in the clie nt addre ss poo l. The Domai n Name is opt ional, but this informatio n may be spec ified s o th at it can be pass [...]

C ONFIGURI NG THE B ARRI CAD E 4-9 Dynamic IP Address – DHCP The Host N ame is opt ional, but m ay be requi red b y som e ISP s. The d efault MAC addr es s is set to the W A N ’ s physica l interface on the Wi reless Barr icade. Use this address when r egistering for In ternet servi ce, and do not chan ge i t unles s requ ired by yo ur I SP . Y[...]

N ETWORKING AND C LIE NT S ERVI CE S 4-10 Note: Yo u may nee d a f ixed add ress i f you want to p rovide Inte rnet se rvic es, su ch as a Web serve r or FTP serv er. PPP over Ether net – PPPoE Ent er the PPPoE user name and pas sword assi gned by yo ur ISP . The Servi ce Nam e is normally option al, bu t may be re quire d by some pro vid ers.[...]

C ONFIGURI NG THE B ARRI CAD E 4-11 Dial-up on Demand – Modem If yo u are access ing the Inte rnet via an ISDN T A or PSTN modem attached to the seria l port on the Wireless Barricade, t hen you must specify your acc ount information on this screen as described below. Chec k i f you on ly use a di al- up m ode m t o co nnec t to t he In ter net .[...]

N ETWORKING AND C LIE NT S ERVI CE S 4-12 IP ad dres s for you to us e, ma rk “ Ye s ” for th is it em and enter the IP addr ess and subn et mask. Note: I f your I SP has g iven yo u a second ary ph one num ber, or if you have a seco ndary Inter net ser vice accou nt, then f ill in the relevant fiel ds under “ Second ary Dial-up. ” DNS Conf[...]

C ONFIGURI NG THE B ARRI CAD E 4-13 Wireless Configuration T o configu re the W irele ss Barri cade as a wirele ss access point for wirel ess cl ients (either stati onary o r ro aming), al l you n eed to do is defin e the radio channel , the dom ain ide ntifie r , and enc rypti on opti ons. Y ou can us e the Setup W izard by c licking t he “ Ent [...]

N ETWORKING AND C LIE NT S ERVI CE S 4-14 Encryption If you ar e tran sm itti ng se nsitiv e da ta acro ss wir ele ss chann els, y ou shou ld e nabl e enc ry ption . En crypt io n re qui res yo u t o use the sa me set of e ncry ption /de crypt ion key s for the Wirele ss Barri cade and all o f yo ur wirel ess clien ts. Y ou c an ch oose betwe en st[...]

C ONFIGURI NG THE B ARRI CAD E 4-15 Y ou ca n auto matic ally g ener ate e ncrypt ion keys or you c an manu ally ent er th e keys. F or aut omati c 64-b it se curi ty , you en ter a pass phrase that is u sed to crea te fou r key s (as sh ow n bel ow). The auto matic 128- bit secu rity gene rate s a si ngle key by e nter ing a pas sphras e. T o manu[...]

N ETWORKING AND C LIE NT S ERVI CE S 4-16 Configuring Client Services The Wi reless Barr icade inc ludes a b roa d range of cl ient serv ices , inc luding f ire wall prot ection , net work ad dress trans lation, virt ual serve r , conne ction suppor t for special appli cations, and res tric ted Inte r net acce ss for sp ec ifie d clien ts. Y ou can[...]

C ONFIGURI NG THE B ARRI CAD E 4-17 Virtua l Server If yo u con figur e the Wi reless Barr icad e as a vir tual serv er , remote user s access in g serv ices suc h as W eb o r FTP at you r lo cal site via pub lic IP ad dresses can be automa tica lly re direc ted to local servers con figure d with p rivat e IP address es. I n other word s, de pend i[...]

N ETWORKING AND C LIE NT S ERVI CE S 4-18 HTTP r eques t from outsid e user s wil l be trans ferre d to 19 2.168. 2.2. The refore, b y jus t en teri ng the IP A ddress pro vided by th e ISP , Int ernet user s ca n access the ser vice the y need at th e loc al addre ss to which you redirec t them. Some of th e mo re co mmon T CP s ervic e po rts i n[...]

C ONFIGURI NG THE B ARRI CAD E 4-19 Specify the port normally associated wi th an applicati on in the “ T rigge r Port ” fiel d, selec t the prot oco l type as TC P or UDP , then ente r th e p ublic po rts associ ated with the tri gg er p ort t o o pen the m for in bound traffi c. Note: I f an applicat ion stil l cannot functi on corr ectly af [...]

N ETWORKING AND C LIE NT S ERVI CE S 4-20 MAC Filt ering Y ou c an fi lter In ternet acce ss fo r loca l wir ed and wireless cli ents bas ed on MA C add res s. MAC Addres s Contr ol: Eve ry c lie nt that conn ects to the net wor k has a uniqu e MA C (Medi a Acces s C ontrol) addres s on his or her Ethe r net a dap ter . An admi nist rato r can have[...]

C ONFIGURI NG THE B ARRI CAD E 4-21 When a wire d client is allo wed t o “ Con nect ” to the Wirele ss Barricade, it mean s that it has fu ll access to the I nternet and net work re sourc es. When a wire d client is not al lowed to “ C onnect ” to the Wire les s Barricade, it means that it CAN communicate with the other clien ts on th e wi [...]

N ETWORKING AND C LIE NT S ERVI CE S 4-22 When a wireles s clie nt is NOT al lowed to “ Assoc iate ” to the wireless LAN, it means t hat it CANNOT : • Commu nicate with an y other s clie nts on the LAN (n eith er wired nor wi rele ss ) • Conn ect to the Inte rnet • Use t he Pr int Serve r func tion • Use th e Wirel ess Barr ic ade ’ s[...]

C ONFIGURI NG THE B ARRI CAD E 4-23 Miscel laneous Setti ngs – Misc The Wi reless Barricade also all ows you set a timeou t for admi nistrat or ac cess, p reven t external PI NGs f rom caus ing securit y probl ems, set up remote manage ment, and co nfigur e a Vir tual DMZ Ho st . Admini strat or Tim e-out – Ent er a ti me-ou t sett ing in m inu[...]

N ETWORKING AND C LIE NT S ERVI CE S 4-24 Ente r the IP addr e ss of a D MZ host to th is scr een . Add ing a clie nt to the DMZ (D emilit arize d Zone) m ay expos e you r local netwo rk to a var iety o f secu rity ri sks, so only use t his opt ion as a last r eso rt.[...]

C ONFIGURI NG THE B ARRI CAD E 4-25 Viewing Network and Device Status Y ou can us e the fol lowing screen t o display the connection status for the W AN/ WLAN/LA N interfaces, f irmware and hardware version numbe rs, any ille gal attemp ts to ac cess y our net work, as well as inform ation on all DHC P clien ts connec ted to your networ k. The f ol[...]

U SING S YSTEM T OOLS 4-26 Using System Tools Y ou c an use the “ To o l s ” men u to reboo t the W ireless Bar rica de, rest or e fact or y sett ings , or upda te fir mwar e. Note: If you u se the R es et bu tton on the fron t pa nel , the Wire les s Barric ade pe rforms a po wer res et and re stor es the factory settin gs. The “ Backup Sett[...]

5-1 C HAPTER 5 C ONFI GURI NG C LI ENT TCP/IP If yo u ha ve not previ ously ins talled the TC P/IP proto col o n your cli ent P Cs, refe r to the foll owing s ecti on. If you n eed in formatio n on ho w to conf igur e a TCP/ IP add r ess on a PC, ref er to “ Se tting TCP/ IP to W o rk with the Ba rricad e ” on page 5 -3. Installin g TCP/IP P ro[...]

I NSTA LLIN G TCP/ IP P RO T O C O L IN Y OUR PC 5-2 5. Sele ct the Micr osoft ite m in the man ufactu rers list. And ch oos e TCP/IP in t he Netw or k Prot oc ols. Cl ic k th e OK b u tton to r etur n to th e Network wind ow. 6. The TC P/I P prot oc ol wi ll be l iste d in th e Netw ork wi ndow . Click OK to compl ete the i nstall pr o cedure and [...]

C ONFIGU RING C LIE NT TCP/IP 5-3 Setting TCP/IP to Work w ith the Barrica de 1. Cli ck th e Start button and c hoose Setti ngs , then clic k Cont r ol Panel . 2. Double cl ick the Netw ork ic on. Select t he TCP/IP lin e that has bee n assig ned to you r netwo rk card in th e Config uration tab of the Net w ork wi ndo w. 3. Cli ck th e Pr ope rtie[...]

S ETTING TCP/ IP TO W ORK WITH THE B ARRICADE 5-4 Dynamic IP Allocation via a DHCP Server Select Obtain an I P addr ess automatically in the IP Ad dre ss tab. Do n ot in put any val ues u nder the Gateway tab, and ch oo se Disable DNS in the DNS Configuration tab. Th ese se tt ings will be auto matica lly c onfig ured by the DHCP serv er . Click OK[...]

C ONFIGU RING C LIE NT TCP/IP 5-5 Manual IP Configuration 1. Sele ct S pecify an IP addr e ss in th e IP Addr ess tab. Select an IP addre ss ba sed on the d efaul t ne twork 192.16 8.2.X (wh ere X is betwe en 1 and 254), and use 255.255.255 .0 for the subnet mask. 2. In the Gateway tab, add the IP addres s of the Wireless Barricade (defaul t: 192.1[...]

S ETTING TCP/ IP TO W ORK WITH THE B ARRICADE 5-6 4. After fini shi ng TCP/I P setu p, clic k OK , an d t he n re bo ot t he comp uter . After that, set up ot her PCs on the LAN accordi ng to the proce dures d escrib ed abov e. Verifying Your TCP/IP Connection Aft er in stall ing the TCP /IP c ommun ication protoc ol and configu rin g an IP addre s[...]

C ONFIGU RING C LIE NT TCP/IP 5-7 If you ca n su cce ssful ly Pin g th e W irele ss Bar ric ade, t hen yo u are now re ady to conn ect to the In ter ne t![...]

S ETTING TCP/ IP TO W ORK WITH THE B ARRICADE 5-8[...]

6-1 C HAPTER 6 C ONFIGURING P RINTER S ERVICES If you wa nt to u se th e prin t serv er b uilt into the W ireless Bar ricade, then you m ust firs t inst all t he Por t Mo nitor program as des crib ed in the foll owing sectio n for Windo ws 95/9 8/ME/N T/ 2000 . T o co nfigure the W ireless B arri cade Print Serv er for Win dows 95/9 8/M E/ NT/ 2000[...]

I NSTAL L THE P RINT E R P ORT M ONIT OR 6-2 2. The next sc reen ind icate s th at the pr int cl ient us es TCP /IP netwo rk pr ot oc ol to mo nit or print requ es ts. Cl ick Nex t . 3. Select the de stin ation fol der and clic k on t he Next button. Th e setup pro gr am will then beg in to install th e pro grams into the dest in ati on f old er .[...]

C ONFIGURING P RINT ER S ERVICES 6-3 4. Select the Pr ogram F olde r that will c ontai n the p rogram ic on for un insta lli ng the por t moni tor , an d then cl ick Next . 5. Enter th e pri nter po rt name that wi ll be u sed to id enti fy the port mo nitor in you r syst em, an d pr ess Ne xt . 6. Whe n the setup pr og ram fi nish es in st all ing[...]

C ONFIGUR E THE P RINT S ERVER 6-4 Config ure the Pr int Se rver The Wi reles s B arric ade ’ s p rint ser ver suppo rt s Mi cros oft Wind ows 95/ 98/ME/N T/200 0 and U nix. If you ar e usi ng W indows 95/9 8/ ME/N T/20 00, fi rst i nstal l t he po rt monito r as d escribe d i n t he previo us s ection bef ore ad ding the W ireless B arri cade ?[...]

C ONFIGURING P RINT ER S ERVICES 6-5 3. Specif y the p rinter ty pe attac hed to the Wir eless Bar ricad e. 4. Select the monito red p ort. T he de fault p ort nam e is “ SMC100 ” and th en cl ick the C onfigur e Port bu tto n. 5. Enter the IP addr ess of t he Wireles s Barri cade and click OK , and then cli ck Ne xt in the Add Prin ter W izar [...]

C ONFIGUR E THE P RINT S ERVER 6-6 Configure the Network Printer in Windows NT 1. On a W indows NT p latform, op en t he Prin ters windo w in the My Computer menu, and d ouble-c lick the Add Prin ter icon. 2. Fol low th e prom pts t o add a local pri nter to you r sy stem.[...]

C ONFIGURING P RINT ER S ERVICES 6-7 3. Selec t th e monito red port. T he def aul t port name is “ SMC1 00. ” Then cl ick the Configur e Port butt on. 4. Enter the IP addr ess of t he Wireles s Barri cade and click OK , and then cli ck Ne xt in the Add Prin ter W izar d dialog box. 5. Specif y the p rinter ty pe attac hed to the Wir eless Bar [...]

C ONFIGUR E THE P RINT S ERVER 6-8 Configure the Network Printer in Unix Systems Fol low th e tradi t ional confi gurat ion proced ure on Uni x pl atforms to s et u p the Wire less B arric ade prin t se rver. The prin ter n ame is “ lpt1 . ”[...]

A-1 A PPENDIX A T ROUBLESHOOTING Thi s appen dix desc ribes comm on pro blems you may en coun ter and possi ble soluti ons. The Wirel ess Bar ricade can be easi ly mon itore d thro ugh pane l indicat ors to ident ify prob lems . If you cann ot re solv e any c onnec tio n probl ems after chec king the indi cator s, t hen refer to t he ot her sect io[...]

T R OU BLESHOOTI NG A-2 LED I ndi cato rs Link LED is Off • Ve rify that the Wireless Barricade and attac hed device are powered on. • Be sure the cable is plugged i nto both the Wireless Barricade and the co rresponding devi ce. • Verify that the proper cable typ e is used and its length does not exceed specif ied limits. • Be sure that th[...]

T R OUBLE SH OOT I NG A-3 Mobile users cannot access the Wireless Barricade • Make sure that the Wireless B arricade and all mobile users are configured to use the same radio channel, wireless domai n (SSID), and encr yptio n keys . • Ensure that all mobile users are within range of the Wireless Barricade as spec ified in Appendix C. Management[...]

T R OU BLESHOOTI NG A-4[...]

B-1 A PPENDIX B C ABLES Ethernet Cable Specifications Twisted-pair Cable Caution: DO -NOT plug a phone ja ck conne ctor int o any RJ-45 port . Use only twis ted- pair cabl es with RJ- 45 c onnect ors that con form with FC C standards. For 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX connections, a twisted-pair cable must have t wo p airs of wires . Eac h wire p air i s ide[...]

C ABLES B-2 Fig ure B-1 i llustr ate s how the pins on t he RJ -45 c onnec tor ar e numb er ed . Be su re to hold th e con nec to rs in th e sa me or ie nta tion when attach ing th e w ir es t o the pin s. Figure B-1. RJ-45 Connect or Pin Numbers Straight-through Cable Crossover Cable Straight-Through RJ-45 Pin A ssignments End 1 End 2 1 (TD+ ) 1 ([...]

C AB LES B-3 RJ-45 Port Pin Assig nments All LAN ports on the Wir eless Bar ricad e suppo rt auto matic MDI/ MDI- X configur ation. Th is means th at the pin sig nals in use wi ll dep end on whet her the LAN port is op erat ing in M DI or MDI- X mode. However , the W A N port is configure d only for MDI- X mode. Pin MDI Signal Name* MDI-X Signal Na[...]

C ABLES B-4 Serial Port Pin Assignments The DB-9 s erial port on th e rear p anel i s used to c onnect the W irele ss Bar ricad e to an ISDN T A or PST N mode m. The pin assi gnment s use d to conne ct t o th is por t are p rovid ed in the follo wing t ables . Figure B-2. DB-9 S erial Port Pin Numbers DB-9 Port Pin Assignments EIA Circuit CCITT Sig[...]

C AB LES B-5 Serial Port to 9-Pin COM Port on PC Serial Port to 25-Pin DCE Port on Modem Serial Port to 25-Pin DTE Port on PC Barricade ’ s 9-Pin Ser ial Po rt CCITT Signal PC ’ s 9-Pin CO M Por t 1 DCD ----------- D CD ------------ 1 2 RXD <--------- TXD ------------ 3 3 TXD ----------- RXD ----------> 2 4 DTR ----------- D SR ----------[...]

C ABLES B-6 Printer Port Pi n Assignments The D B-25 paral lel por t on th e Wirele ss Barric ade ’ s rear panel is use d to co nnec t the Wirele ss Barric ade to a prin ter . When a prin ter is attach ed to thi s port , an y PCs attached to the Wireles s Barricade ’ s LAN por ts can pass files to th e printe r . The pi n assign ment s used to [...]

C-1 A PPENDIX C S PECIFICATIONS WA N I n t e r f a c e 10BA SE- T , 1 RJ-4 5 por t Seri al, 1 R S-232 DB-9 connec tor LAN Inter face 10BA SE-T/ 100BASE -TX 3 R J-45 por ts WLAN Inter face Standard: I EEE 802. 11b, D irect Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) T r ans missi on Rate: 11 Mb ps, au tomati c fallba ck to 5 .5, 2 or 1 M bps Maximum Channels: U[...]

S PECI FI C ATION S C-2 Management W eb manageme nt Advanced Feat ur es Dynami c IP A ddre ss Conf igur ation – DHC P , DN S Firew all – Clien t priv ilege s, h acker prevent ion an d log ging, NA T V irtual Priv ate Netw ork – PP TP , L2TP , IPSec pass-t hrough Bac kup In ternet Conne ction – Dial- on-dem and v ia sec ondar y W AN port Pri[...]

S PECIFI CATIONS C-3 Te m p e r a t u r e Operat ing 32 t o 10 4 ° F (0 to 40 ° C) Storag e -40 to 1 58 ° F (-40 to 70 ° C) Humidity 5% to 95% (nonc ondens ing) Compliances CE Ma rk Emis si ons FCC Clas s B VCCI Class B Indu str y Canada Class B EN5502 2 (CISPR 22) Class B C-Ti ck - A S/NZS 35 48 (199 5) Clas s B ETS 300 328 MP T RCR STD-3 3 EN[...]

S PECI FI C ATION S C-4[...]

D-1 A PPENDIX D O RDERING I NFORMATION Barricade Broadband Rou ter Products SMC7004ABR 4-port Residential Gateway - WAN/LAN/Print Server SMC7008ABR 8-port Residential Gateway - WAN/LAN/Print Server SMC7004AWBR 4-port Residential Gate way - WAN/LAN/WLAN/Print Server[...]

O RD ER IN G I NFOR MATION D-2[...]

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