ZyXEL Communications NBG4615 manual

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About This User's Guide NBG4615 User’s Guid e 3 About This User's Guide Intended Audience This manual is intended for people who want to configure the NBG4615 using the W eb Configurator . Tip s for Reading User ’ s Guides On-Screen When reading a Z yXEL User’s Guide On-Screen, keep the following in mind: • If you don’t already [...]

Document Conventions NBG4615 User’s Guide 4 Document Conventions W arnings and Notes These are how warnings and notes are shown in this User’ s Guide. W arnings tell you about things that could harm you or your device. Note: Notes tell y ou other important information (for example, other things you ma y need to configure or helpful tips) or rec[...]

Document Conventions NBG4615 User’s Guid e 5 Icons Used in Figures Figures in this User’ s Guide may use the following generic icons. The NBG4615 icon is not an exact representation of your device. NBG4615 Computer Notebook computer Server DSLAM Firewall Modem Switch Ro ut er[...]

Safety Warnings NBG4615 User’s Guide 6 Safety Warnings • Do NOT use this pro duct near water , for example, in a wet basement or near a swimming po ol. • Do NOT expose y our device to da mpness, dust or c orrosive liquids. • Do NOT stor e things on the device. • Do NOT i nstall, use, or service this device during a thunderst orm. There is[...]

Contents Overview NBG4615 User’s Guid e 7 Contents Overview User ’ s Guide ......................................................................................... ......................... ..................... 19 Introduction ........... ............. ................ ............. ................ ............. ................ ............[...]

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Table of Contents NBG4615 User’s Guid e 9 Table of Contents About This User's Guide ...................................................................... .................................. .............. 3 Document Conventions .................................................. ..................................................... .... .....[...]

Table of Contents NBG4615 User’s Guide 10 4.3 Connect to Internet .... ... ... .... ... ... ............. ... ... .... ... ... ... ............. .... ... ... ... ... ............. .... ... .. ....... .............. 34 4.3.1 Connection T ype: DHCP .............. ................ ................ ............. ................ ................ ....[...]

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Table of Contents NBG4615 User’s Guide 12 12.1 Overview ................. ................ ............. ................ ............. ................ ................ ...... ................. ....... 90 12.2 What Y ou Can Do ................ ................ ................ ............. ................ ............. ................ ... ...[...]

Table of Conten ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 13 15.1.2 What Y ou Should Know ........ ................ ............. ................ ................ ................ ............. . .... 126 15.2 General Wireless LAN Scre en ...... ............ ................. ............. ................ ............. ............ .... ........ 128 15.2.1 Gues[...]

Table of Contents NBG4615 User’s Guide 14 18.3 What Y ou Need T o Know ........... ............. ................ ................. ............ ................. ............ .. .......... 164 18.3.1 IP Pool Setup .............. ................ ............. ................ ................ ............. ................ .. ............. 164 1[...]

Table of Conten ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 15 23.1 Overview ................ ................ ............. ................ ............. ................ ................ ...... ................. ..... 185 23.2 RIP Screen ......................... ............. ................ ................ ............. ................ .......... ..........[...]

Table of Contents NBG4615 User’s Guide 16 28.2.1 NA T T raversal ...... ................. ................ ............. ................ ................ ................ ...... ............ 207 28.2.2 Cautions with UPnP ....... ................ ... ............. ............. ................ ............. ............. ....... ........ 207 28.[...]

Table of Conten ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 17 Appendix I Legal Information .......................................................................... ...................... ........... 351 Index ....................................... .................................................... ............................... ........................ 359[...]

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NBG4615 User’s Guid e 21 C HAPTER 1 Introduction 1.1 Overview This chapter introduces the main features and applications of the NBG4615. The NBG4615 extends the range of your existing wi red n etwork without additional wiring, providing easy network access to mobile users. Y ou can set up a wireless network with other IEEE 802.11b /g/ n compatibl[...]

Chapter 1 Introduction NBG4615 User’s Guide 22 1.4 Good Habit s for Managing the NBG4615 Do the following things regularly to make the NBG4615 more secure and to manage the NBG4615 more effectively . • Change the password . Use a password that’ s not easy to guess and that consists of different types of characters, such as numbers and letters[...]

Chapter 1 Introdu ction NBG4615 User’s Guid e 23 WAN Green On The NBG4615’ s WAN connec tion is ready . Blinking The NBG4615 is sending/receiving data through t he WAN with a 10/100Mbps transmission rate. Amber Blinking The NBG4615 is sending/receiving data through the WAN with a 1000Mbps tr ansmission rate. Off The WAN connection is not ready [...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 24 C HAPTER 2 The WPS Button 2.1 Overview Y our NBG4615 supports WiFi Protected Se tup (WPS), which is an easy wa y to set up a secure wireless network. WPS is an industry standard specification, defined by the WiFi Alliance. WPS allows you to quickly set up a wireless network with strong security , without having to configu[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 25 C HAPTER 3 ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility 3.1 Overview The Z yXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility allows y ou to work with the USB devices that are connected directly to the NBG4615 as if they are connected directly to your computer . This allows you to easi ly share USB-based devices such as printers, scanners , portable [...]

Chapter 3 ZyXEL NetU SB Share Center Utility NBG4615 User’s Guide 26 Note: The follo wing operat ing systems are su pported: Windows XP/ Vista/7 (32 and 64-bit versions ), and Mac OS X 10.6. 3 T o open the ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility , double-click its system tray icon. 3.2 The ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility This section describes the Z [...]

Chapter 3 ZyXEL NetUSB Sh are Cen ter Utility NBG4615 User’s Guid e 27 The following table describes the icons in this window . 3.2.1 The Menus This section describes the utility’ s menus. Figure 3 ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility Menus T able 2 ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility Main Window Icons ICON DESCRIPTION Configure Server Click to open[...]

Chapter 3 ZyXEL NetU SB Share Center Utility NBG4615 User’s Guide 28 The following table describes the menus in this screen. T able 3 ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility Main Screen Menus MENU ITEM DESCRIPTION System Exit This closes the Z yXEL NetUSB S hare Center Util ity . T ools Configur ation This opens the Zy XEL NetUSB Share Cent er Utility [...]

Chapter 3 ZyXEL NetUSB Sh are Cen ter Utility NBG4615 User’s Guid e 29 3.2.2 The ZyXEL NetUSB Shar e Center Configuration Window This section describes the utility’s configur ation wi ndow, which allows y ou to set certain options for the utility . These options do not apply to the USB devices connecte d to the NBG4615. Y ou can open it by clic[...]

Chapter 3 ZyXEL NetU SB Share Center Utility NBG4615 User’s Guide 30 Figure 5 ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility Auto-Connect Printer List Window The following table describes the labels in this screen. 3.2.4 Exit the ZyXEL N etUSB Share Center Utility If you want to exit the ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility when y our computer is not connected t[...]

Chapter 3 ZyXEL NetUSB Sh are Cen ter Utility NBG4615 User’s Guid e 31 1 Click the X on the upper-right corner of the Utility: 2 This will close the Utility screen to an icon at the system tr ay of your computer . Right-click on the Utility’ s icon and click Exit .[...]

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NBG4615 User’s Guid e 33 C HAPTER 4 Connection Wizard 4.1 Overview This chapter provides information on the wi zard setup screens in the W eb Configurator . The W eb Configur ator’s wizard setup helps you configure y our device to access the Internet. Re fer to your ISP for y our Internet account information. Leave a field blank if you don’t [...]

Chapter 4 Connection Wizard NBG4615 User’s Guide 34 4.3 Connect to Internet The NBG4615 offers five Internet connection types. They are Static IP , DHCP , PPPoE , PPTP or L2TP . The wizard attempts to detect which WAN connection type y ou are using. Figure 7 Detecting your Internet Connection T ype If the wizard does not detect a connection type,[...]

Chapter 4 Con nection Wizard NBG4615 User’s Guid e 35 4.3.1 Connection T ype: DHCP Choose DHCP as the Internet Connection Type when the W AN port is used as a regular Ethernet . Click Next . Figure 9 Internet Connection T ype: DHCP Note: If you get an err or screen after clicking Next , you migh t have sel ect ed th e wro ng Internet Connection t[...]

Chapter 4 Connection Wizard NBG4615 User’s Guide 36 4.3.3 Connection T ype: PPPoE Po int-to-P oint Protocol over Ethernet (PPP oE) functions as a dial-up connection. PPP oE is an IETF (Internet Engineering T ask Force) standard specifying how a host personal computer interacts with a broadband modem (for example DSL, cable, wirele ss, etc.) to ac[...]

Chapter 4 Con nection Wizard NBG4615 User’s Guid e 37 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 4.3.4 Connection T ype: PPTP Po int-to-P oint T unneling Protocol (PPTP) is a network protocol that enables tr ansfers of data from a remote client to a priv ate server , creating a Virtual Priv ate Network (VPN) using TCP/IP-based netwo[...]

Chapter 4 Connection Wizard NBG4615 User’s Guide 38 The following table describes the fields in this screen 4.3.5 Connection T ype: L2TP The Layer 2 T unneling Protocol (L2TP) works at layer 2 (the data link layer) to tunnel network tr affic between two peer device s over an other network (like the Internet). Figure 13 Internet Connection T ype: [...]

Chapter 4 Con nection Wizard NBG4615 User’s Guid e 39 The NBG4615 connects to the Internet. Figure 14 Connecting to the Internet Note: If th e Wizard success fully connects to the Intern et, it procee ds to the next step. I f you get an error mes sage, go back to the previous screen and make sure you have entered the correct informatio n pr ovide[...]

Chapter 4 Connection Wizard NBG4615 User’s Guide 40 4.4 Router Password Change the login password in the following scr een. Enter the new passwor d and retype it to confirm. Click Next to proceed with the Wireless Security screen . Figure 15 Router P assword 4.5 Wireless Security Configure Wireless Settings. Configure the wire less network settin[...]

Chapter 4 Con nection Wizard NBG4615 User’s Guid e 41 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 4.5.2 Wireless Secu rity: WP A-PSK/WP A2-PSK Choose WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK security in the Wireless Security screen to set up a password for your wireless network. Figure 17 Wireless Security: WPA-PSK/WP A2-PSK The following table describes[...]

Chapter 4 Connection Wizard NBG4615 User’s Guide 42 Congratulations! Open a web browser , such as Inte rnet Explorer , to visi t your favorite website. Note: If you cannot access the Internet when your computer is connected to one of the NBG4615’ s LAN ports, check y our connection s. Then turn the NBG4615 off , wait for a few seconds then turn[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 43 C HAPTER 5 Introducing the Web Configurator 5.1 Overview This chapter describes how to access the NBG4615 W eb Configurator and provides an o verview of its screens. The W eb Configur ator is an HTML -based management interface that allows easy setup and management of the NBG4615 via Internet browser . Use Internet Explor[...]

Chapter 5 Introducing the Web Configu rator NBG4615 User’s Guide 44 The W eb Configurator initially displays the following login screen. Figure 19 Login screen The following table describes the labels in this screen. 5.2.2 Password Screen Y ou should see a screen asking you to change your password (highly recommended) as shown next. Figure 20 Cha[...]

Chapter 5 Introducing the Web Configurator NBG4615 User’s Guid e 45 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Note: The management session au tomatically ti mes out when the time period set in the Administrator Inactivity Timer field expires (default fiv e minutes; go to Chapter 29 on page 215 to change this). Simply log back into [...]

Chapter 5 Introducing the Web Configu rator NBG4615 User’s Guide 46 5.2.3.1 Weather Edit Y ou can change the temperature unit and select the location for which you want to kn ow the weather . Click the icon to change the W eather display . Figure 22 Change W eather The following table describes the labels in this screen. 5.2.3.2 Time/Date Edit On[...]

Chapter 5 Introducing the Web Configurator NBG4615 User’s Guid e 47 5.3 Resetting the NBG4615 If you forget your password or IP address, or yo u cannot access the W eb Configurator , you will need to use the RESET button at the back of the NBG4615 to re load the factory-default configur ation file. This means that you will lose all configur at io[...]

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NBG4615 User’s Guid e 49 C HAPTER 6 Monitor 6.1 Overview This chapter discusses read-only information re lated to the device state of the NBG4615. T o access the Monitor screens, go to Expert Mode after login, then click . Click open all to show the complete menu. Y ou can also click the links in the Summary table of the Status screen to view the[...]

Chapter 6 Monito r NBG4615 User’s Guide 50 6.3.1 V iew Log Use the View Log screen to see the logged messages for the NBG4615. The log wraps around and deletes the old entries after it fills. Select what logs you want to see from the Display drop list. The log choices depend on your settings in the Log Settings screen. Click Refresh to renew the [...]

Chapter 6 Monitor NBG4615 User’s Guid e 51 6.4 BW MGMT Monitor The Bandwidth Management (BW MGMT) Monitor a llows you to v iew the amount of network bandwidth that applications running in the network are using. The bandwidth is measured in kilobytes per second (kbps). The monitor shows what kinds of applications are running in the network, the ma[...]

Chapter 6 Monito r NBG4615 User’s Guide 52 Address, IP Address , and Expiration time ) of all network clients using the NBG461 5’ s DHCP server . Figure 27 Summary: DHCP T able The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 18 Summary: DHCP Table LABEL DESCRIPTION # This is the inde x number of t he host compute r . MAC Address[...]

Chapter 6 Monitor NBG4615 User’s Guid e 53 6.6 Packet S t atistics Click the Packet Statistics (Details...) hyperlink in the Status screen. Read-only inform ation here includes port status, packet specific statistics and the "system up time". The Poll Interval(s) field is configurable and is used for refreshing the screen. Figure 28 Sum[...]

Chapter 6 Monito r NBG4615 User’s Guide 54 6.7 WLAN S t ation St atus Click the WLAN Station Status (Details...) hyperlink in the Status screen. View the wireless stations that are currently associated to the NBG4615 in the Association List . Association means that a wireless client (for example, your netwo rk or computer with a wireless network [...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 55 C HAPTER 7 NBG4615 Modes 7.1 Overview This chapter introduces the different modes av aila ble on your NBG4615. First, the term “mode” refers to two things in this User’ s Guide. • Web Configurator mode . This refers to the W e b Configurator interface y ou want to use for editing NBG4615 features. • Device mode [...]

Chapter 7 NBG4615 Mo des NBG4615 User’s Guide 56 For more information on these modes and to change the mode of your NBG4615, refer to Chapter 29 on page 224 . The menu for changing device modes is av ailable in Expert mode only . Note: Choose your Device Mode carefull y to avoid having to change it later . When changing to another mode, the IP ad[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 57 C HAPTER 8 Easy Mode 8.1 Overview The W eb Configur ator is set to Easy Mode by default. Y ou can configure sever al key features of the NBG4615 in this mode. This mode is useful to us ers who are not fully familiar with some features that are usually intended for network administrators. When you log in to the W eb Config[...]

Chapter 8 Easy Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 58 Click Status to open the following screen. Figure 31 Easy Mode: Sta tus Screen 8.2 What Y ou Can Do Y ou can do the following in this mode: •U s e t h i s Navigation Panel to opt out of the Easy mode ( Secti on 8.4 on page 59 ). •U s e t h e Network Map screen to check if your NBG4615 can ping the g[...]

Chapter 8 Easy Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 59 8.4 Navigation Panel Use this navigation panel to opt out of the Easy mode. Figure 32 Control Panel The following table describes the labels in this screen. 8.5 Network Map Note: The Netwo rk MAP is view able by Windows XP (need to install patch), Windows Vista and Windows 7 users only . For Window s X[...]

Chapter 8 Easy Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 60 The line connecting the NBG4615 to the gateway beco mes green when the NBG4615 is able to ping the gateway . It be comes red when the ping initia ting from the NBG4615 does not get a response from the gateway . The same rule applies to the line connecting the gatew ay to the Internet. Y ou can also view[...]

Chapter 8 Easy Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 61 8.6.1 Game Engine When this feature is enabled, the NBG4615 maximizes the bandwidth for gaming traffic that it forwards out t hrough an interface. Figure 35 Game Engine Note: Wh en this is switched on, the Game Conso le tab in the Bandwid th Mgmt screen is automatic ally posi tioned on t op. T urn this[...]

Chapter 8 Easy Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 62 Disabling the wireless capability lowers the en ergy consumption of the of the NBG4615. Figure 36 Po w e r S a v i n g The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 23 Pow e r S av in g LABEL DESCRIPTION WLAN Status Select On or Off to specify whether the Wirele ss LAN is turned on or [...]

Chapter 8 Easy Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 63 8.6.3 Content Filter Use this screen to restrict access to certain websites, based on keywords contained in URLs, to which you do not w ant users in your network to open. Figure 37 Content Filter The following table describes the labels in this screen. 8.6.4 Bandwid th MGMT Use this screen to set bandw[...]

Chapter 8 Easy Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 64 The NBG4615 uses bandwidth management for incomi ng and outgoing traffic. R ank the services and applications by dragging them accordingly from High to Low and click Apply . Click Cancel to close the screen. Figure 38 Bandwid th MGNT 8.6.5 Firewall Enable this feature to protect the network from Denial [...]

Chapter 8 Easy Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 65 Note: Y ou can enable the Wireless function of your NBG4615 by first turning on the switch in the back panel. Figure 40 Wireless Security The followi ng table describ es the gener a l wireless LAN labels in this screen. T able 25 Wireless Security LABEL DESCRIPTION Wireless Network Name (SSID) (Service[...]

Chapter 8 Easy Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 66 8.6.7 WPS Use this screen to add a wireless station to the network using WPS . Click WPS in the Wireless Security to open the following screen. Figure 41 Wireless Security: WPS The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 26 Wireless Security: WPS LABEL DESCRIPTION Wireless Security C[...]

Chapter 8 Easy Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 67 8.7 S t atus Screen in Easy Mode In the Network Map screen, click Status to view read-only information about the NBG4615. Figure 42 Status Screen in Easy Mode The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 27 Status Screen in Easy Mode ITEM DESCRIPTION Name This is the name of the NBG4[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 68 C HAPTER 9 Router Mode 9.1 Overview The NBG4615 is set to router mode by default. Routers are used to connect the local network to another network (for example, the Internet). In the figure below, the NBG4615 connects the local network ( LAN1 ~ LAN4 ) to the Internet. Figure 43 NBG4615 Network Note: The Status screen is s[...]

Chapter 9 Router Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 69 9.2 Router Mode S t atus Screen Click to open the status screen. Figure 44 Status Screen: Router Mode The following table describes the icons shown in the Status screen. T able 28 Status Screen Icon Key: R outer Mode ICON DESCRIPTION Logout Click this at any time to ex it the W eb Configurator . Clic[...]

Chapter 9 Router Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 70 The following table describes the labels shown in the Status screen. Click this i con to see th e Status page. The information in this screen depends on the device mode you selec t. Click this i con to see th e Monito r navigation menu. Click this i con to see th e Configuration navigation menu. Click[...]

Chapter 9 Router Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 71 Item This column shows the type of data the NBG4615 is recording. Data This column shows the actual data recorded by the NBG4615. System Up Time This is the tota l time the NBG4615 has be en on. Current Date/Time This field displa ys your NBG4615’ s present date and time. System Resource - CPU Usag[...]

Chapter 9 Router Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 72 9.2.1 Navigation Panel Use the sub-menus on the navigation panel to configure NBG4615 features. Figure 45 Navigation P anel: Router Mode The following table describes the sub-menus. T able 30 Navigation P anel: Router Mode LINK TA B FUNCTION Status Thi s screen shows th e NBG4615’ s gener al device,[...]

Chapter 9 Router Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 73 Wireless LAN General Use this screen to configure wireles s LAN. Securi ty Use this screen to configur e the le vel of wi reless security for the NBG4615. MAC Filter Use the MAC fil ter screen to configure the NBG4615 to block access to devices or bl ock the devices from access ing the NBG4615. Adv a[...]

Chapter 9 Router Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 74 Bandwidth Management Gener al Use this screen to enable bandwidth managemen t. Adv anced Use this screen to set the up stream bandwidth and edit a bandwidth mana gement rule. Monitor Use th is screen to view th e am ount of network bandwidth that applications running in the network are using. Rem o t [...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 75 C HAPTER 10 Access Point Mode 10.1 Overview Use your NBG4615 as an access po int (AP) if you already have a router or gateway on y our network. In this mode your NBG4615 bridges a wired network (LAN) and wireless LAN (WLAN) in the same subnet. See the figure below for an example. Figure 46 Wireless Internet Access in Acce[...]

Chapter 10 Access Point Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 76 10.3.1 Setting your NBG4615 to AP Mode 1 Log into the W eb Configurator if you haven’t already . See the Quick start Guide for instructions on how to do this. 2 T o use your NBG4615 as an access point, go to Maintenance > Sys OP Mode > General and select Access Point mode. Figure 47 Cha[...]

Chapter 10 Access Point Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 77 3 Click Start > Run on your computer in Windows. T ype “cmd” in the dialog box. Enter “ipconfig” to show your computer’ s IP address. If your computer ’ s IP address is not in the correct range then see Appendix D on page 263 for information on changing you r computer’s IP add[...]

Chapter 10 Access Point Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 78 10.4 AP Mode S t atus Screen Click to open the Status screen. Figure 49 Status Screen: Access Point Mode The following table describes the labels shown in the Status screen. T able 31 Status Screen: Access Point Mode LABEL DESCRIPTION Logout Click this at any time to exit the W eb Configur ator[...]

Chapter 10 Access Point Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 79 - WLAN OP Mode This is the device mode ( Section 7.1.2 on page 55 ) to which the NBG4615’ s wireless LAN is set - Access Point Mode . - MAC Address This shows the wireless adapter MAC Addre ss of your device. - Status This sh ows the current status of the W ireless LAN - ON or OFF . - Name ([...]

Chapter 10 Access Point Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 80 10.4.1 Navigation Panel Use the menu in the navigation panel to configure NBG4615 features in Access P oint mode. The following screen and table show the features you can configure in Access P oint mode. Figure 50 Menu: Access Point Mode Re fe r to T able 30 on page 72 for descriptions of the l[...]

Chapter 10 Access Point Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 81 The table below describes the labels in the screen. T able 32 Network > LAN > IP LABEL DESCRIPTION Get from DHCP Server Click this to deploy the NBG4615 as an access point in the network. When you en able this, the NBG 4615 gets its IP addre ss from the network’s DHCP server (for examp[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 82 C HAPTER 11 Universal Repeater Mode 1 1.1 Overview In universal repeater mode, your NBG4615 can act as an access point and wireless client at the same time. The NBG4615 can connect to an existi ng network through another access point and also lets wireless clients connect to the network through it. This helps you expand w[...]

Chapter 11 Uni versal Repeater Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 83 1 1.3 What Y ou Need to Know With the exception of the Wireless LAN > AP Client screen, other configuration screens in Universal Repeater mode are similar to the ones in Access Point Mode. See Chapter 15 on page 125 through Chapter 29 on page 224 of this User’ s Guide. 1 1.4 Settin[...]

Chapter 11 Universal Re peater Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 84 Note: The Universal Repeater mode IP a ddres s is always the same as the Access P oint mode IP address. If you changed the IP address of your NBG4615 while in Access P oint mode, use this IP address in Universal R epeater mode. 9 When you select Universal Repeater Mode , the following po[...]

Chapter 11 Uni versal Repeater Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 85 The following table describes the labels shown in the Status screen. T able 33 Status Screen: Universal Repeater Mode LABEL DESCRIPTION Logout Click this at any time to exit the W eb Configur ator . Device Information Host Name This is the Sy stem Name y ou enter in the Maintenance >[...]

Chapter 11 Universal Re peater Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 86 1 1.5.0.1 Navigation Panel Use the menu in the navigation panel to configure NBG4615 features in Universal Repeater mode. The following screen and table show the features you can configure in Un ive rsal Repeater mode. Figure 56 Menu: Universal Repeater Mode Re fe r to T able 30 on page [...]

Chapter 11 Uni versal Repeater Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 87 Note: T o have wi reless clients access or ac quire an IP address from another access point or wireless router ( B ) through the NBG4615 ( A ) in univ ersal repeater mode, you must set t he channel nu mber in the Wireless LAN > General screen to be the same as the one on the wireless[...]

Chapter 11 Universal Re peater Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 88 1 1.6.2 S t atic WEP Figure 58 Universal Repeater Mode: Wireless LAN > Univ ersal Repeater: Static WEP The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 35 Universal R epeater Mode: Wireless LAN > Universal Repeater: Static WEP LABEL DESCRIPTION Universal R epeater P [...]

Chapter 11 Uni versal Repeater Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 89 1 1.6.3 WP A(2)-PSK Figure 59 Universal Repeater Mode: Wireless LAN > Univ ersal Repeater: WP A(2)-PSK The following table describes the labels in this screen. Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the NB G4615. Cancel Click Cancel to reload the previ ous configuration for t[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 90 C HAPTER 12 WISP Mode 12.1 Overview Y our NBG4615 can act as a wireless client. In wireless client mode, it can connect to an existing network via an access point. Use this mode if you already have an access point or router in y our network. In the example below, one NBG4615 ( A ) is configured as a wireless client and an[...]

Chapter 12 WISP Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 91 12.3.1 Setting your NBG4615 to WISP Mode 1 Log into the W eb Configurator if you haven’t already . See the Quick start Guide for instructions on how to do this. 2 T o se t your NBG4615 to WISP Mode , go to Maintenance > Sys OP Mode > General and select WISP Mode. Figure 61 Changing to WISP mod[...]

Chapter 12 WISP Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 92 2 The default IP address of the NBG4 615 is “192.168.1. 1” . If you did not change this, you can use the same IP address in WISP Mode . Open a web browser such as Internet Explorer and type “192.168.1.1” as the web address in your web browser . If you changed the IP address of your NBG4615 whil[...]

Chapter 12 WISP Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 93 Sys OP Mode This is the device mode ( Section 7.1.2 on page 55 ) to which the NBG4615 is set - WISP Mode . WAN Information - MAC Address This shows the WAN Ethernet adapter MAC Address of your device. - IP Address This shows the WAN port’ s IP address. - IP Subnet Mask This shows the WAN port’s su[...]

Chapter 12 WISP Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 94 12.4.0.1 Navigation Panel Use the menu in the navigation panel to configure NBG4615 features in WISP mode. The following screen and table show the features you can configure in Access Point mode. Figure 64 Menu: WISP Mode Re fe r to T able 30 on page 72 for descriptions of the labels shown in the Navig[...]

Chapter 12 WISP Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 95 12.5 Wireless LAN General Screen Use this screen to configure the wireless LAN settings of your NBG4615. Go to Configuration > Wireless LAN > General to open the following screen. Figure 65 WISP Mode: Wireless LAN > General The following table describes the labels in this screen. 12.5.0.1 No [...]

Chapter 12 WISP Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 96 12.5.1 S t atic WEP Use this screen if the access point to which you w ant to connect to uses WEP security mode. Figure 67 WEP (WISP) The following table describes the labels in this screen. Apply Click Apply to save y our changes back to the NBG4615. Cancel Click Cancel to reload the previous configur[...]

Chapter 12 WISP Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 97 12.5.2 WP A(2)-PSK Use this screen if the access point to which you w ant to connect uses WPA(2)-PSK security mode. Figure 68 WPA-PSK/WPA2 -PSK (WISP) The following table describes the labels in this screen. K ey 1 to K ey 4 The WEP keys are used to enc rypt data. Both the NB G4615 and the wireless st[...]

Chapter 12 WISP Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 98 12.5.3 Site Survey Screen Use this screen to scan for and connect to a wireless network automatically . Go to Configuration > Site Surv ey to open the following screen. Figure 69 Configuration > Wireless LAN > Site Su rvey (WISP) The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able [...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 99 C HAPTER 13 WISP + UR Mode 13.1 Overview In WISP + UR mode, the NBG4 615 has the same f unction as in WISP mode. In addition, it can provide WiFi function to the clients on the LAN side. In the example below, one NBG4615 ( A ) is configured as WISP +UR mode and another is used as an access point ( B ). The NBG4615 ( A ) w[...]

Chapter 13 WISP + UR Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 100 13.3.1 Setting your NB G4615 to WISP + UR Mode 1 Log into the W eb Configurator if you haven’t already . See the Quick start Guide for instructions on how to do this. 2 T o set your NBG4615 to WISP + UR Mode Mode , go to Maintenance > Sys OP Mode > General and select WISP + UR Mode. Figur[...]

Chapter 13 WISP + UR Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 101 2 The default IP address of the NBG4 615 is “192.168.1. 1” . If you did not change this, you can use the same IP address in WISP + UR Mode . Open a web browser such as Internet Explorer and type “192.168.1.1” as the web address in your web browser . If you changed the IP address of your [...]

Chapter 13 WISP + UR Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 102 The following table describes the labels shown in the Status screen. T able 43 Status Screen: WISP + UR Mod e LABEL DESCRIPTION Logout Click this at any time to exit the W eb Configur ator . Device Information Host Name This is the Sy stem Name y ou enter in the Maintenance > General screen. I[...]

Chapter 13 WISP + UR Mode NBG4615 User’s Guid e 103 13.4.0.1 Navigation Panel Use the menu in the navigation panel to configure NBG4615 features in WISP + UR mode. - Memory Usage This shows wha t percentage of the heap memory th e NBG4615 is using. System S ettin g - Firewall This shows whether th e firewall is enabled or not. - Bandwidth Managem[...]

Chapter 13 WISP + UR Mode NBG4615 User’s Guide 104 The following screen and table show the features you can configure in Access Point mode. Figure 74 Menu: WISP +UR Mode Re fe r to T able 30 on page 72 for descriptions of the labels shown in the Navigation panel.[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 105 C HAPTER 14 Tutorials 14.1 Overview This chapter provides tutorial s for setting up you r NBG4615. • Set Up a Wireless Network with WPS • Configure Wireless Security without WPS • Using Multiple SSIDs on the NBG4615 • Connecting the NBG4615 (in Universal R epeater Mode) to an AP or Wireless Router • Connecting [...]

Chapter 14 Tutorials NBG4615 User’s Guide 106 4 Log into NBG4615’ s W eb Configurator and press the Push Button in the Configuration > Network > Wireless Client > WPS St ation screen. Note: Y our NBG4615 has a WPS button located on its back panel, as well as a WPS button in its configuration utility . Both button s have exactly the sam[...]

Chapter 14 Tutori als NBG4615 User’s Guid e 107 2 Enter the PIN number to the PIN field in the Configuration > Network > Wireless LAN > WPS Station screen on the NBG4615. 3 Click Start buttons (or button next to the PIN field) on both the wireless client utility screen and the NBG4615’s WPS Station screen within two minutes. The NBG461[...]

Chapter 14 Tutorials NBG4615 User’s Guide 108 Follow the steps below to configure the wireless settings on your NBG4615. The instructions require that your hardware is connected (see the Quick Start Guide) and you are logged into the W eb Configurator through your LAN connection (see Section 5. 2 on page 43 ). 1 Make sure the WLAN switch (at the [...]

Chapter 14 Tutori als NBG4615 User’s Guid e 109 6 Open the Status screen. V erify your wireless and wireless security settings under Device Information and check if the WLAN connection is up under Interface Status . 14.3.1 Configure Y our Notebook Note: W e use the Z yXEL M-302 wireless adap ter utility screens as an example for the wireless clie[...]

Chapter 14 Tutorials NBG4615 User’s Guide 11 0 4 Select SSID_Example3 and click Connect . 5 Select WPA -PSK and type the security k ey in the following screen. Click Next . 6 The Confirm Save window appears. Check your settings and click Save to continue.[...]

Chapter 14 Tutori als NBG4615 User’s Guid e 111 7 Check the status of your wireless connection in the screen below . If your wireless connection is weak or you ha ve no connection, see the T roubleshooting section of this User’s Guide. If your connection is successful, open y our Internet browser and enter http://www .zyxel.com or the URL of an[...]

Chapter 14 Tutorials NBG4615 User’s Guide 11 2 For example, yo u may set up three wireless networks ( A , B and C ) in your office. A is for workers, B is for guests and C is specific to a V oIP device in the meeting room. 14.4.1 Configuring Security Settings of Multiple SSIDs The NBG4615 is in access point mode by default. If you w ant to use mu[...]

Chapter 14 Tutori als NBG4615 User’s Guid e 11 3 5 Enter “1234” (default) as the password and click Login . 6 T ype a new passwo rd and retype it to confirm, then click Apply . Otherwise, click Ign ore . 7 The Easy mode appears. Click Expert Mode in th e navigation panel. 8 Go to Configuration > Network > Wireless LAN > General . Con[...]

Chapter 14 Tutorials NBG4615 User’s Guide 11 4 10 Select SSID_Guest from the SSID drop-down list. Configure the screen as follows. Click Apply . 11 Select SSID_VoIP from the SSID drop-down list. Configure the screen as follows. Click Apply .[...]

Chapter 14 Tutori als NBG4615 User’s Guid e 11 5 12 Click the MAC Filter t ab to configure MA C filtering for the SSID_VoIP wireless network. Select SSID_VoIP from the SSID drop-down list and select Allow in the Policy field. Enter the V oIP device’ s MAC address in the Add a station Mac Address field and click Apply to allow only the V oIP dev[...]

Chapter 14 Tutorials NBG4615 User’s Guide 11 6 8 On the left of the screen, click Maintenance > Sys OP Mode and select Universal Repeater Mode . Click Apply . The NBG4615 restarts. 9 Enter the password and click Login to access the web configurator again. Click Expert Mode . 10 Go to Configuration > Netw ork > Wire less LAN > Universa[...]

Chapter 14 Tutori als NBG4615 User’s Guid e 11 7 11 Set the channel number in the Wireless LAN > General screen to be the same as the one on the wireless router or AP to which the NBG4615 is co nnecting. This allows wireless clie nts access or acquire an IP address from another AP or wire less router through the NBG46 15 in universal repeater [...]

Chapter 14 Tutorials NBG4615 User’s Guide 11 8 12 Go to the Status screen. If the NBG4615 has successfully co nnected to an A P or wireless router , it displays the SSID and MAC address of the AP or wireless router in the field next to WLAN Station Status under Device Information . T o check whether a wireless client is currently connecting to th[...]

Chapter 14 Tutori als NBG4615 User’s Guid e 11 9 14.6 Connecting to USB S tor age with the ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility This tutorial shows you how to connect to a USB device over your NBG4615 ne twork by using the Z yXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility . 1 Install the ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility on the computer to which you want to connec[...]

Chapter 14 Tutorials NBG4615 User’s Guide 120 1 After the first computer ( A ) finishes using the USB device, click Disconnect on the Utilty to unmount it. 2 Click Connect on the Utility of the second computer ( B ) to mount the USB device on B . 3 If A does not disconnect from the USB device, B cannot use it. B can click the Request to Connect b[...]

Chapter 14 Tutori als NBG4615 User’s Guid e 121 14.7 Automatically Connecting to a USB Printer Y our computer can connect to a shared USB printer by using the Z yXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility . This tutorial shows you how to set your computer to automatically connect to a shared USB printer over your NBG4615 network each time you log into your [...]

Chapter 14 Tutorials NBG4615 User’s Guide 122 6 Select the USB printer you wa nt to connect to and click Apply . 7 Now your computer can automatically connect to this shared USB printer over your NBG4615 network each time you log into your computer . The printer will be automatically added to your printer list. 8 The Utility supports one connecti[...]

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NBG4615 User’s Guid e 125 C HAPTER 15 Wireless LAN 15.1 Overview This chapter discusses how to configure the wire less network settings in your NBG4615. See the appendices for more detailed information about wireless networks. The following figure provides an example of a wireless network. Figure 77 Example of a Wireless Network The wireless netw[...]

Chapter 15 Wireless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 126 •U s e t h e Advanced screen to allow intra-BS S networking and set the RT S/CTS Threshold ( Section 15.5 on page 136 ). •U s e t h e QoS screen to ensure Quality of Service (QoS) in your wireless network ( Section 15.6 on page 137 ). •U s e t h e WPS screen to quickly set up a wireless netwo[...]

Chapter 15 Wi reless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guid e 127 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. T o get the MAC address for ea ch wireless client, see the appropriate User’s Guide or other documentation. Y ou can use the MAC address filter to tell the AP which wireless clients are allowed or not allowed to use the wireless network. If a wireless client is allowed to use[...]

Chapter 15 Wireless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 128 For example, if the wireless network has a RADIUS serv er , you can choose WPA or WPA2 . If users do not log in to the wireless network, you can choose no encryption, Static WEP , WPA-PSK , or WPA2-PSK . Usually , you should set up the strongest encryption that every wireless client in the wireless[...]

Chapter 15 Wi reless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guid e 129 Note: If you are configuring the NBG4615 from a computer connected to the wireless LAN and you change t he NBG4615’ s SSID , channe l or security sett ings, you will lose your wirel ess connec tion when you pr ess Apply to confirm . Y ou must then change the wireless settings of your computer t[...]

Chapter 15 Wireless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 130 home or office network. An example is shown next to define maximum bandwidth for your networks ( A is Guest WLAN and N is home or company network.) Figure 79 Example: Bandw idth for Different Networks Click Network > Wireless LAN to open the General screen. Figure 80 Network > Wireless LAN &g[...]

Chapter 15 Wi reless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guid e 131 The followi ng table describ es the gener a l wireless LAN labels in this screen. T able 45 Network > Wireless LAN > General LABEL DESCRIPTION Wireless LAN This show s whether the wireless LAN i s ON or OFF . Y ou can enable or disable the wireless LAN by using the WLAN switch located on th[...]

Chapter 15 Wireless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 132 See the rest of this chapter for inform at ion on the other labels in this screen. 15.3 Wireless Security Screen Use this screen to select the wireless security mode for each SSID . Click Network > Wireless LAN > Security to open the Security screen. The screen varies depending on what you se[...]

Chapter 15 Wi reless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guid e 133 Select Static WEP from the Security Mode list. Figure 82 Network > Wireless LAN > Security: Static WEP The following table describes the wireless LAN security labels in this screen. T able 47 Network > Wireless LAN > Security: Static WEP LABEL DESCRIPTION SSID Select the SSID for whic[...]

Chapter 15 Wireless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 134 15.3.3 WP A-PSK/WP A2-PSK Select WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK from the Security Mod e list. Figure 83 Network > Wireless LAN > Security: WPA -PSK/WPA2-PSK The following table describes the labels in this screen. K ey 1 to K ey 4 The WEP keys are use d to encrypt data. Both the NBG4615 an d the wireles[...]

Chapter 15 Wi reless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guid e 135 15.4 MAC Filter The MAC filter screen allows you to configure the NBG4615 to give exclusive access to devices (Allow) or exclude devices from accessing the NBG4615 (D eny). Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consis[...]

Chapter 15 Wireless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 136 15.5 Wireless LAN Advanced Screen Use this screen to allow wireless adv anced features, such as the output power , RTS/CTS Threshold and high-throughput ph ysical mode settings. Click Network > Wireless LAN > Advanc ed . The screen appears as shown. Figure 85 Network > Wireless LAN > Ad[...]

Chapter 15 Wi reless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guid e 137 15.6 Quality of Service (QoS) Screen The QoS screen allows you to automatically give a service (such as V oIP and video) a priority level. Click Network > Wireless LAN > QoS . The following screen appears. Figure 86 Network > Wireless LAN > QoS The following table describes the labels[...]

Chapter 15 Wireless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 138 Note: With WPS, wireless clients can only co nnect to the wireless ne twork using the firs t SSID on the NBG4615. Figure 87 Network > Wireless LAN > WPS The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 52 Network > Wireless LAN > WPS LABEL DESCRIPTION WPS Setup Enable WPS[...]

Chapter 15 Wi reless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guid e 139 15.8 WPS S t ation Screen Use this screen when you want to add a wireless station using WPS . T o open this screen, click Network > Wireless LAN > WPS Station tab. Note: After you click Push Button on this screen, y ou have t o press a similar button in the wireless station utility withi n [...]

Chapter 15 Wireless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 140 15.9 Scheduling Screen Use this screen to set the times your wireless LAN is turned on and off . Wireless LAN scheduling is disabled by default. The wireless LAN can be schedul ed to turn on or off on certain days an d at certain times. T o ope n this screen, click Netw ork > Wireless LAN > S[...]

Chapter 15 Wi reless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guid e 141 15.10 WDS Screen A Wireless Distribution System (WDS) is a wirele ss connection between two or more APs. Use this screen to set the operating mode of y our NBG4615 to AP + Bridge or Bridge and establish wireless links with other APs. Y ou need to know the MAC address of the peer device, which als[...]

Chapter 15 Wireless LAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 142 Rem ot e MA C Address This is the MAC address of the pee r device that your NBG4615 wants to m ake a bridge connection with. Y ou c an connect to up to 4 peer devices . Securi ty EncrypT ype Select whether to use WEP , TKIP or AES encryption for your WDS connect ion in this field. Otherwise, sele c[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 143 C HAPTER 16 IPv6 16.1 Overview IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), is designed to enhance IP address size and features. The increase in IPv6 address size to 128 bits (from th e 32-bit IPv4 addr ess) allows up to 3.4 x 1038 IP addresses. •S e e Appendix G on page 309 for more inform ation on IPv6. 16.1.1 What Y ou Need [...]

Chapter 16 IPv6 NBG4615 User’s Guide 144 When IPv6 is enabled on a device, its interf ace automatically generates a link -local address (beginning with fe80). When the interface is connected to a network with a router and the NBG4615 is set to automatically obtain an IPv6 network prefix from the router for the interface, it gener ates 3 another a[...]

Chapter 16 IPv6 NBG4615 User’s Guid e 145 16.2.1 IPv6 Connection: Ethernet If you select Ethernet as the IPv6 Connection T ype, the following screen displays. Figure 91 Network > IPv6: Ethern et The following table describes the fields in this screen. T able 56 Network > IPv6: Ethernet LABEL DESCRIPTION IPv6 Connection T ype Setup IPv6 Conn[...]

Chapter 16 IPv6 NBG4615 User’s Guide 146 16.2.2 IPv6 Connection: DHCPv6 If you select DHCPv6 as the IPv6 Connection Type , the following screen displays. Figure 92 Network > IPv6 : DHCPv6 Address A utoconfig urati on Setup Enable Address Autoconfiguration Select the ch eckbox to enable Address Autoconf iguration on the NB G4615. T ype Select t[...]

Chapter 16 IPv6 NBG4615 User’s Guid e 147 The following table describes the fields in this screen. 16.2.3 IPv6 Connection: Link-local only Use the Link-local only connection mode for the NBG4615 to communicate with other IPv6 devices on the LAN side. If you choose this mode, the LAN IPv6 Link-local Address will be shown in the screen. T able 57 N[...]

Chapter 16 IPv6 NBG4615 User’s Guide 148 If you select Link-loc al only as the IPv6 Connection Type , the following screen displays. Figure 93 Network > IPv6: Link -local only[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 149 C HAPTER 17 WAN 17.1 Overview This chapter discusses the NBG4615’ s WAN screens. Use these screens to configure your NBG4615 for Internet access. A WAN (Wide Area Network) connection is an outside connection to another network or the Internet. It connects your priv ate networks such as a LAN (Local Area Network) and ot[...]

Chapter 17 WAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 150 17.3.1 Configuring Y our Internet Connection Encap sulation Method Encapsulation is used to include data from an upper layer protocol into a lower la yer protocol. T o set up a WAN connection to the Internet, y ou need to use the same encapsulation method used by your ISP (Internet Service Provider). If you[...]

Chapter 17 WAN NBG4615 User’s Guid e 151 17.3.2 Multicast T r aditionally , IP packets are transmitted in one of ei ther two w ays - Unicast (1 sender - 1 recipien t) or Broadcast (1 sender - everybody on the networ k). Multicast delivers IP packets to a group of hosts on the network - not everybody and not just 1. Figure 95 Multicast Example In [...]

Chapter 17 WAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 152 This screen displays when you select Ethernet encapsulation. Figure 96 Network > WAN > Internet Connection : Ethernet Encapsulation The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 58 Network > W AN > Internet Connection: Ethernet Encapsulation LABEL DESCRIPTION ISP Par ameters fo[...]

Chapter 17 WAN NBG4615 User’s Guid e 153 17.4.2 PPPoE Encap sulation The NBG4615 supports PPPoE (P oint -to-Point Proto col over Ethernet). PPP oE is an IETF standard (RFC 2516) specifying how a personal computer (PC) interacts with a broadband modem (DSL, cable, wireless, etc.) connection. The PPP over Ethernet option is for a dial-up connection[...]

Chapter 17 WAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 154 By implementing PPPoE directly on the NBG4615 (r ather than individual computers), the computers on the LAN do not need PPP oE software installed, since the NBG4615 does that part of the task. Furthermore, with NA T , all of the LANs’ computers will have access. This screen displays when you select PPPoE [...]

Chapter 17 WAN NBG4615 User’s Guid e 155 17.4.3 PPTP Encap sulation Po int-to-P oint T unneling Protocol (PPTP) is a networ k protocol that enables secure transfer of data from a remote client to a priv ate server , creating a Virtual Private Network (VPN) using T CP/IP- based networks. PPTP supports on-demand, multi-protocol and virtual private [...]

Chapter 17 WAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 156 This screen displays when you select PPTP encapsulation. Figure 98 Network > WAN > Internet Connection : PPTP Encapsulation The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 60 Network > W AN > Internet Connection: PPTP Encapsulation LABEL DESCRIPTION ISP Par ameters for Internet A[...]

Chapter 17 WAN NBG4615 User’s Guid e 157 17.4.4 L2TP Encap sulation The Layer 2 T unneling Protocol (L2TP) works at layer 2 (the data link layer) to tunnel network tr affic between two peer device s over an other network (like the Internet). Idle Time out This val ue specifies the t ime in minutes that el apses before the NBG4615 automatically di[...]

Chapter 17 WAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 158 This screen displays when you select L2TP encapsulation. Figure 99 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: L2TP Encapsulation The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 61 Network > W AN > Internet Connection: L2TP Encapsulation LABEL DESCRIPTION ISP Par ameters for Internet Ac[...]

Chapter 17 WAN NBG4615 User’s Guid e 159 17.5 Advanced W AN Screen Use this screen to enable Multicast and enable Auto-brid ge . Note: The categories show n in this screen are independent of each other . IP Address Enter your WAN IP addres s in this fiel d if you selected Use Fixed IP Address . IP Subnet Mask Y our NBG4615 will automatically calc[...]

Chapter 17 WAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 160 T o change your NBG4615’s adv anced WAN settings, click Netw ork > WAN > Advanced . The screen appears as shown. Figure 100 Network > WAN > Adv anced The following table describes the labels in this screen. 17.6 IGMP Snooping Screen Use this screen to enable IGMP snooping if you ha ve LAN user[...]

Chapter 17 WAN NBG4615 User’s Guid e 161 IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) is a network -layer protocol used to establish membership in a multicast group - it is not used to carry user data. Click Network > WAN > IGMP Snooping . The screen appears as shown. Figure 101 Network > WA N > IGMP Snooping The following table describes[...]

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NBG4615 User’s Guid e 163 C HAPTER 18 LAN 18.1 Overview This chapter describes how to configure LAN settings. A Local Area Network (LAN) is a shared communication system to which many computers are attached. A LAN is a computer network limited to the immediate area, usually the same b uilding or floor of a building. The LAN screens can help you c[...]

Chapter 18 LAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 164 18.3 What Y ou Need T o Know The actual physical connection determines whether the NBG4615 ports are LAN or WAN ports. There are two separate IP networks, one inside the LAN network and the other outside the WA N network as shown next. Figure 103 LAN and WAN IP Addresses The LAN parameters of the NBG4615 ar[...]

Chapter 18 LAN NBG4615 User’s Guid e 165 18.4 LAN IP Screen Use this screen to change the IP address for your NBG4615. Click Network > LAN > IP . Figure 104 Network > LAN > IP The following table describes the labels in this screen. 18.5 IP Alias Screen Use this screen to have the NBG4615 apply IP alias to create LAN subn ets. Click L[...]

Chapter 18 LAN NBG4615 User’s Guide 166 IP Sub net Mask The subnet mask specifi es the network number portion of an IP address. Your NBG4615 will automat ically calculate the subn et mask based on the IP address that you assign. Unless you are implementing subnett ing, use the subn et mask computed by the N BG4615. Apply Click Apply to save your [...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 167 C HAPTER 19 DHCP Server 19.1 Overview DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, RFC 2131 and RFC 2132) allows individual clients to obtain TCP/IP configur ation at start -up from a server . Y ou can configure the NBG4615’ s LAN as a DHCP server or disable it. When configured as a server , the NBG4615 provides the TCP/[...]

Chapter 19 DHCP Server NBG4615 User’s Guide 168 19.2 General Use this screen to enable the DHCP server . Click Network > DHCP Serv er . The following screen displays. Figure 106 Network > DHCP Server > General The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 66 Network > DHCP Serv er > Gener al LABEL DESCRIPTION Enab[...]

Chapter 19 DHCP Server NBG4615 User’s Guid e 169 19.3 Advanced This screen allows you to assign IP addresses on the LAN to specific individual computers based on their MAC addresses. Y ou can also use this screen to configure the DNS server information that the NBG4615 sends to the DHCP clients. T o change your NBG4615’s static DHCP settings, c[...]

Chapter 19 DHCP Server NBG4615 User’s Guide 170 First DNS Server Second DNS Server Select From ISP if your ISP dynamically assigns DNS server information (and the NBG4615's W AN IP address). The field to the right displays the (read-only) DNS server IP address that th e ISP assigns. Select User-Defined if y ou have the IP address of a DNS se[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 171 C HAPTER 20 NAT 20.1 Overview NA T (Network Address T ranslation - NA T , RFC 1631) is the translation of the IP address of a host in a packet. F or example, the source address of an outgoing pack et, used within one network is changed to a different IP address known within another network. The figure below is a simple i[...]

Chapter 20 NAT NBG4615 User’s Guide 172 •U s e t h e Advanc ed screen to change your NBG4615’ s trigger port settings ( Section 20.5.3 on page 178 ). 20.1.2 What Y ou Need T o Know The following terms and concepts may he lp as y ou read through this chapter . Inside/Outside This denotes where a host is located relative to the NBG4615, for exa[...]

Chapter 20 NAT NBG4615 User’s Guid e 173 all incoming inquiries, thus preventing intruders from probing your n etwork. For more information on IP address tran slation, refer to RFC 1631 , The IP Network Address Translator (NAT) . How NA T W orks Each packet has two addresses – a source address and a destination address. For outgoing packets, th[...]

Chapter 20 NAT NBG4615 User’s Guide 174 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 20.3 Application Port forw arding allows you to define the local servers to which the incoming services will be forwarded. T o chang e your NBG4615’ s port forwarding settings, click Network > NAT > Application . The screen appears as shown. N[...]

Chapter 20 NAT NBG4615 User’s Guid e 175 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 70 Network > NA T > Application LABEL DESCRIPTION Add Application Rule Active Select the check box to enable this rule and the requ ested service can be forwarded to the host with a spec ified internal IP address. Clear the checkbox to d[...]

Chapter 20 NAT NBG4615 User’s Guide 176 20.4 Advanced T o change your NBG4615’s trigger port settings, click Network > NAT > Ad vanced . The screen appears as shown. Note: Only one LAN comp uter can use a trigger port (r ange) at a time. Figure 1 12 Network > NA T > Advanced The following table describes the labels in this screen. T[...]

Chapter 20 NAT NBG4615 User’s Guid e 177 20.5 T echnical Reference The following section contains additional tec hnical information about the NBG4615 features described in this chapter . 20.5.1 NA TPort Forwarding: Services and Port Numbers A port forwarding set is a list of inside (behind NA T on the LAN) servers, for example, web or FTP , that [...]

Chapter 20 NAT NBG4615 User’s Guide 178 20.5.3 T rigger Port Forwarding Some services use a dedicated range of ports on the client side and a dedicated range of ports on the server side. With regular port forw arding you set a forwarding port in NA T to forw ard a service (coming in from the server on the W A N) to the IP address of a computer on[...]

Chapter 20 NAT NBG4615 User’s Guid e 179 20.5.5 T wo Point s T o Re member About T rigger Port s 1 T rigger events only happen on data that is goin g coming from inside the NBG4615 and going to the outside. 2 If an application needs a continuous data stream, that port (r ange) will be tied up so that another computer on the LAN can’t trigger it[...]

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NBG4615 User’s Guid e 181 C HAPTER 21 DDNS 21.1 Overview DDNS services let you use a domain name with a dynam ic IP address. 21.1.1 What Y ou Need T o Know The following terms and concepts may he lp as y ou read through this chapter . What is DDNS? DDNS, or Dynamic DNS, allows you to update your current dynamic IP address with one or many dynamic[...]

Chapter 21 DDNS NBG4615 User’s Guide 182 21.2 General T o change your NBG4615’ s DDNS , click Network > DDNS . The screen appears as shown. Figure 1 15 Dynamic D NS The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 72 Dynamic DNS LABEL DESCRIPTION Dynamic DNS Setup Enable Dynami c DNS Select this check box to use dynamic DNS . [...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 183 C HAPTER 22 Static Route 22.1 Overview This chapter shows you how to configure static routes for your NBG4615. Each remote node specifies only the network to which the gatew ay is directly connected, and the NBG4615 has no knowledge of the networks beyond. For instance, the NBG4615 knows about network N2 in the following[...]

Chapter 22 Static Route NBG4615 User’s Guide 184 22.2 IP S t atic Route Screen Click Network > Static Route to open the IP Static Route screen. Figure 1 17 Network > Static Route The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 73 Network > Static R oute LABEL DESCRIPTION Static Routing Settings Rou te N am e Enter a the n[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 185 C HAPTER 23 RIP 23.1 Overview R outing Information Protocol (RIP) is an interior or intra-domain routing protocol that uses distance-vector rou ting algorithms. RIP is used on the Internet and is common in the NetW are environment as a method for exchanging routing information between routers. 23.2 RIP Screen Use this sc[...]

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NBG4615 User’s Guid e 187 C HAPTER 24 Firewall 24.1 Overview Use these screens to enable and configure the fire wall that protects your NBG4615 and your LAN from unwanted or m alicious traffic. Enable the firewall to protect your LAN computers from attacks by hack ers on the Internet and control access between the LAN and W AN. By default the fir[...]

Chapter 24 Firewall NBG4615 User’s Guide 188 What is a Firewall? Originally , the term “firew all” referred to a construc tion technique designed to prevent the spread of fire from one room to another . The networking term "firewall" is a system or group of systems that enforces an access-control policy between two ne tworks. It ma [...]

Chapter 24 Firewall NBG4615 User’s Guid e 189 4 Don't enable any local service (such as NTP) that you don't use. Any enabled servic e could present a potential security risk. A determined hacker migh t be able to find creati v e ways to misuse the enabled services to access the firewall or the network. 5 For local services that are enab[...]

Chapter 24 Firewall NBG4615 User’s Guide 190 Click Security > Firewall > Ser vices . The screen appears as shown next. Figure 121 Security > Firewall > Services l The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 76 Security > Firewall > Services LABEL DESCRIPTION LABEL DESCRIPTION ICMP Internet Control Message Pro[...]

Chapter 24 Firewall NBG4615 User’s Guid e 191 See Appendix F on page 30 5 for commonly used services and port numbers. Protocol Select the protocol ( ALL , TCP , UDP or BOTH ) used to tr ansport the pack ets for which you wa nt to apply the firewall rule. Dest P ort Range Enter the port number/range of the destin ation that define th e traffic ty[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 192 C HAPTER 25 Content Filtering 25.1 Overview This chapter provides a brief overview of content filtering using the embedded web GUI. Internet content filtering allows you to create an d enforce Internet access policies tailored to your needs. Content filtering is the ability to block certain web features or specific URL k[...]

Chapter 25 Content Filtering NBG4615 User’s Guid e 193 25.2 Content Filter Use this screen to restrict web features, add keywords for blocking and designate a trusted computer . Click Security > Content Filter to open the Content Filter screen. Figure 122 Security > Content Filter The following table describes the labels in this screen. T a[...]

Chapter 25 Content Filte ring NBG4615 User’s Guide 194 25.3 T echnical Reference The following section contains additional tec hnical information about the NBG4615 features described in this chapter . 25.3.1 Customizing Keyw ord Blocking URL Checking Y ou can use commands to set how much of a website’s URL the content filter is to check for key[...]

Chapter 25 Content Filtering NBG4615 User’s Guid e 195 File Name URL Checking Filename URL checking has the NBG4615 check all of the characters in the URL. For example, filename URL checking searches for keywords within the URL www.zy xel.com.tw/ news/pressroom.php . Use the ip urlfilter customize actionFlags 8 [disable | e nable] command to exte[...]

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NBG4615 User’s Guid e 197 C HAPTER 26 Bandwidth Management 26.1 Overview This chapter contains information about configuring bandwidth management and editing rules. Z yXEL ’ s Bandwidth Management allows you to sp ecify bandwidth management rules based on an application. In the figure below , uplink tr affic goes from the LAN device ( A ) to th[...]

Chapter 26 Bandwidth Management NBG4615 User’s Guide 198 26.3 What Y ou Need T o Know The sum of the bandwidth allotments that apply to the WAN interface (LAN to W AN, WLAN to W AN) must be less than or equal to the Upstream Bandwidth that y ou configure in the Bandwidth Management Advanced screen ( Section 26.5 on page 198 ). The sum of the band[...]

Chapter 26 Band width Management NBG4615 User’s Guid e 199 Note: The two tables shown in t his screen can be configured and appli ed at the same time. Click Management > Bandwidth Management > Advanced to open the bandwidth management Advanced screen. Figure 125 Management > Bandwidth Management > Adv anced The following table describ[...]

Chapter 26 Bandwidth Management NBG4615 User’s Guide 200 Application List Use this table to al locate specific amou nts of bandwidth based on a pre-defined service. # This is the number of an indivi dual bandwidth management rule. Priority Select a priori ty from the drop down list box. Choose High , Mid or Low . • High - Select this fo r voice[...]

Chapter 26 Band width Management NBG4615 User’s Guid e 201 26.5.1 Rule Configuration: Appl ication Rule Configuration If you want to edit a bandwidth management rule for a pre-defined service or application, click the Edit icon in the Application List table of the Advanced screen. The following screen displays. Figure 126 Bandwidth Management Rul[...]

Chapter 26 Bandwidth Management NBG4615 User’s Guide 202 26.5.2 Rule Configuration: User De fined Service Rule Configuration If you w ant to edit a bandwidth management rule for other applications or services, click the Edit icon in the User-defined Ser v ice table of the Advanced screen. The following screen displa ys. Figure 127 Bandwidth Manag[...]

Chapter 26 Band width Management NBG4615 User’s Guid e 203 See Appendix F on page 30 5 for commonly used services and port numbers. 26.6 Monitor Screen Use this screen to view the amount of network ba ndwidth th at applications running in the network are using. The bandwidth is measured in kilobits per second (kbps). The monitor shows what kinds [...]

Chapter 26 Bandwidth Management NBG4615 User’s Guide 204 V oIP (SIP) Se nding voice signals over th e Internet is called Voice over IP or V oIP . Session Initiated Prot ocol (SIP) is an in te rnationally recognized standard for implementing V oIP . SIP is an application-lay er control (signal ing) protocol that handles the se tting up, alte ring [...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 205 C HAPTER 27 Remote Management 27.1 Overview This chapter provides information on the R emote Management screens. R emote Management allows you to m anage your NBG4615 from a remote location through the following interfaces: •L A N a n d W A N •L A N o n l y •W A N o n l y Note: The NBG4615 is managed using the W eb[...]

Chapter 27 Remote Ma nagement NBG4615 User’s Guide 206 27.3 WWW Screen T o change your NBG4615’ s remo te managem ent settings, click Manageme nt > Remote Management > WWW . Figure 129 Management > Re mote Management > WWW The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 83 Management > R emote Management > WWW [...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 207 C HAPTER 28 Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP) 28.1 Overview This chapter introduces the UPnP feature in the web configur ator . Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a distributed, open networking standard that uses T CP/IP for simple peer-to-peer network connectivit y between devices. A UPnP device can dynamically join a netwo[...]

Chapter 28 Universal Plug-a nd -Pl a y (UPn P) NBG4615 User’s Guide 208 All UPnP-enabled devices may communicate freely with each other without additional configur ation. Disable UPnP if this is not your intention. 28.3 UPnP Screen Use this screen to enable UPnP on your NBG4615. Click Manage ment > UP nP to display the screen shown next. Figur[...]

Chapter 28 Uni versal Plug-and-Play (UPnP) NBG4615 User’s Guid e 209 2 Right-click the icon and select Properties . Figure 131 Network Connections 3 In the Internet Connection Properties window , click Settings to see the port mappings there were automatically created. Figure 132 Internet Connection Properties[...]

Chapter 28 Universal Plug-a nd -Pl a y (UPn P) NBG4615 User’s Guide 210 4 Y ou may edit or delete the port mappings or click Add to manually add port mappings. Figure 133 Internet Connection Properties: Advanced Settings Figure 134 Internet Connection Properties: Advanced Settings: Add Note: When the UPnP-enabled devi ce is di sconnected from you[...]

Chapter 28 Uni versal Plug-and-Play (UPnP) NBG4615 User’s Guid e 21 1 6 Double-click on the icon to display your cur rent Internet connection status. Figure 136 Internet Connection Status 28.4.2 We b Configurator Easy Access With UPnP , you can access the web-based configur ator on the NBG4615 without finding out the IP address of the NBG4615 fir[...]

Chapter 28 Universal Plug-a nd -Pl a y (UPn P) NBG4615 User’s Guide 212 3 Select My Network Places und er Other Places . Figure 137 Network Connections 4 An icon with the description for each UPnP-enabled device displays under Local Network . 5 Right-click on the icon for y our NBG4615 and select Invoke . The web configurator login screen display[...]

Chapter 28 Uni versal Plug-and-Play (UPnP) NBG4615 User’s Guid e 213 6 Right-click on the icon for your NBG4615 and select Properties . A properties window displays with basic information about the NBG4615. Figure 139 Network Connections: My Network Places: Properties: Example[...]

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NBG4615 User’s Guid e 215 C HAPTER 29 Maintenance 29.1 Overview This chapter provides information on the Maintenance screens. 29.2 What Y ou Can Do •U s e t h e General screen to set the timeout period of the management session ( Section 29.3 on page 215 ). •U s e t h e Password screen to change your NBG4615’ s system password ( Section 29.[...]

Chapter 29 Maintenance NBG4615 User’s Guide 216 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 29.4 Password Screen It is strongly recommended that you change your NBG4615's password. If you forget your NBG4615's password (or IP a ddress), you will need to reset the device. See Section 29.8 on page 221 for details. Click Maint[...]

Chapter 29 Maintenance NBG4615 User’s Guid e 217 29.5 T ime Setting Screen Use this screen to configure the NBG4615’s time based on y our local time zone. T o change your NBG4615’s time and date, click Maintenance > Time . The screen appears as shown. Figure 142 Maintenance > Time The following table describes the labels in this screen.[...]

Chapter 29 Maintenance NBG4615 User’s Guide 218 New Date (yyyy/mm/dd) This field displa ys the last updated date from the time server or the last date configured manually . When you select Manual , enter the ne w date in this field and the n click Apply . Get from Time Serve r Select this r adio button to have the NBG4615 get the ti me and date f[...]

Chapter 29 Maintenance NBG4615 User’s Guid e 219 29.6 Firmware Upgrade Screen Find firmware at www .zyx el.com in a file that (usually) uses the system model name with a “*.bin” extension, e.g. , “NBG4615. bin” . The upload process uses HT TP (Hypertext T r ansfer Protocol) and may take up to two minutes. After a su ccessful upload, the s[...]

Chapter 29 Maintenance NBG4615 User’s Guide 220 If the upload was not successful, an error message appears. Click Return to go back to the Firmware Upgrad e screen. 29.7 Configuration Backup/Restore Screen Backup configuration allows you to back up (save) the NBG4615’s current configuration to a file on your computer . Once your NBG4615 is conf[...]

Chapter 29 Maintenance NBG4615 User’s Guid e 221 Note: If yo u uploaded the default conf igurat ion file you may need to change the IP address of your computer to be in the sa me subnet as that of the default NBG4615 IP address (192.168.1.2). S ee Appendix D on page 263 for details on how t o set up your computer’ s IP address. 29.8 Reset/Rest [...]

Chapter 29 Maintenance NBG4615 User’s Guide 222 Router A router connects your local network with another network, such as the Internet. The router has two IP addresses, the LAN IP address and the W AN IP address. Figure 147 LAN and WAN IP Addresses in R outer Mode Access Point An access point enabled all ethernet ports to be bridged together and [...]

Chapter 29 Maintenance NBG4615 User’s Guid e 223 Universal Repeater NBG4615 in Universal Re peater mode work as an access point and wireless client simultaneously . Figure 149 Universal R epeater Mode WISP A WISP client connects to an existing access point wirelessly . It acts just like a wireless client in notebooks/computers. Figure 150 IP Addr[...]

Chapter 29 Maintenance NBG4615 User’s Guide 224 29.10 Sys OP Mode Screen Use this screen to select how y ou want to use your NBG4615. Figure 151 Maintenance > Sys OP Mode The following table describes the labels in the General screen. T able 90 Maintenance > Sys OP Mode LABEL DESCRIPTION System Oper ation Mode Rou te r Select Router Mode if[...]

Chapter 29 Maintenance NBG4615 User’s Guid e 225 Note: If you select the incorrect S ystem Oper ation Mode you may not be able to connect to the Internet. WISP Mode Select WISP Mode if yo ur d e vi c e n e ed s a w ir e le s s c li e n t t o co nn e c t t o a n existing access point . • Y ou cannot configure Wireless LA N settings (inclu ding W[...]

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NBG4615 User’s Guid e 227 C HAPTER 30 Troubleshooting 30.1 Overview This chapter offers some suggestions to solve problems you might encounter . The potential problems are divided into the following categories. • Po wer , Hardware Connections, and LEDs • NBG4615 Access and Login • Internet Access • Resetting the NBG4615 to Its F actory De[...]

Chapter 30 Troubleshoo ti n g NBG4615 User’s Guide 228 4 Disconnect and re-connect the power adaptor to the NBG4615. 5 If the problem continues, contact the v endor . 30.3 NBG4615 Access and Login I don’t know the IP address of my NBG4615. 1 The default IP address is 192.168.1.1 . 2 If you changed the IP address and have forgotten it, you might[...]

Chapter 30 Troubleshoo ting NBG4615 User’s Guid e 229 • If you changed the IP address ( Section 18.4 on page 165 ), use the new IP address. • If you changed the IP address and hav e forgotten it, see the troubleshooting suggestions for I don’t know the IP addre ss of my NBG4615. 2 Check the hardware connections, and make sure th e LEDs are [...]

Chapter 30 Troubleshoo ti n g NBG4615 User’s Guide 230 30.4 Internet Access I cannot access the In ternet. 1 Check the hardware connections, and make sure th e LEDs are behaving as expected. See the Quick Start Guide. 2 Make sure you entered y our ISP account information correctly in the wizard. These fields are case- sensitive, so make sure [Cap[...]

Chapter 30 Troubleshoo ting NBG4615 User’s Guid e 231 3 Reboot the NBG4615. 4 If the problem continues, contact the network admi nistrator or vendor , or try one of the advanced suggestions. Advanced Suggestion • Check the settings for QoS. If it is disabled, you might consider activating it. 30.5 Resetting the NBG4615 to It s Factory Default s[...]

Chapter 30 Troubleshoo ti n g NBG4615 User’s Guide 232 4 Make sure your computer (with a wireless adapter in stalled) is within the transmission range of the NBG4615. 5 Check that both the NBG4615 and your wireless station are using the same wireless and wireless security settings. 6 Make sure tr affic between the WLAN and the LAN is not blocked [...]

Chapter 30 Troubleshoo ting NBG4615 User’s Guid e 233 • Building Materials: metal doors, aluminum studs. • Electrical devices: microwav es, monitors, electric motors, cordless phones, and other wireless devices. T o optimize the speed and quality of your wireless connection, you can: • Move your wireless device closer to the AP if the signa[...]

Chapter 30 Troubleshoo ti n g NBG4615 User’s Guide 234 1 It is strongly recommended to use version 2.0 or lower USB storage devices (such as memory sticks, USB hard drives) and/or USB devices (suc h as USB printers). Other USB products are not guaranteed to function pr operly with the NBG4615. 30.8 ZyXEL Share Ce nter Utility Problems I cannot ac[...]

Chapter 30 Troubleshoo ting NBG4615 User’s Guid e 235 3 If A does not disconnect the USB stor age, B should click Request to Connect in the Utility to request A to disconnect. B cannot access the USB storage until A disconnects. •S e e Chapter 14 on page 119 for more details on connecting to USB storage by the Utility .[...]

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NBG4615 User’s Guid e 237 A PPENDIX A Product S pecifications The following tables summarize the NBG4 615’ s hardware and firmware features. T able 91 Hardware Features Dimensions 162 mm (W) x 106 mm (D) x 28 mm (H) We i g h t 285g SDRAM 32 MB Flash Memory 8 MB Power Specification Input: 100~240 AC, 50~60 Hz Output: 12 V DC 1.5A Ethernet ports [...]

Appendix A P ro duct Specifications NBG4615 User’s Guide 238 Default Password 1234 DHCP Pool 192. 168.1.33 to 192.168. 1.64 Wireless Interfa ce Wireless LAN Default Wireless SSID ZyXEL Device Manageme nt Use the W eb Configur ator to easily configure the rich range of features on the NBG4615. Wireless Functionalit y Allows IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 80 2[...]

Appendix A Product Specifications NBG4615 User’s Guid e 239 W all-mounting Instructions Complete the following steps to hang your NBG4615 on a wall. 1 Select a position free of obstructions on a sturdy w all. 2 Drill two holes for the screws. Be careful to avoid da maging pipes or cables lo cated inside the wall when drilling holes for the screws[...]

Appendix A P ro duct Specifications NBG4615 User’s Guide 240 The following are dimensions of an M4 tap screw and masonry plug used for wall mounting. All measurements are in millimeters (mm). Figure 153 Masonry Plug and M4 T ap Screw[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 241 A PPENDIX B Pop-up Windows, JavaScript and Java Permissions In order to use the web configur ator you need to allow: • W eb browser pop-up windows from your device. • Jav aScript (enabled by default). • Jav a permissions (enabled by default). Note: The screens used below belong to Intern et Explorer versi on 6, 7 a[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScript and Java Permissions NBG4615 User’s Guide 242 2 Clear the Block pop-ups check box in the Pop-up Blocker section of the screen. This disables any web pop-up blockers you may have enabled. Figure 155 Internet Options: Privacy 3 Click Apply to save this setting. Enable Pop-up Blockers with Exceptions Alternative[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScrip t and Java Permissions NBG4615 User’s Guid e 243 2 Select Settings… to open the Pop-up Bloc ker Settings screen. Figure 156 Internet Options: Privacy 3 T ype the IP add ress of your device (the web page that you do not w ant to have blocked) with the prefix “http://” . F or example, http://192.168.167.1.[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScript and Java Permissions NBG4615 User’s Guide 244 4 Click Add to move the IP address to the list of Allowed sites . Figure 157 Pop-up Block er Settings 5 Click Close to return to the Privacy screen. 6 Click Apply to save this setting. JavaScript If pages of the we b configurator do not display properly in Interne[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScrip t and Java Permissions NBG4615 User’s Guid e 245 1 In Internet Explorer , click Tools , Internet Options and then the Security tab. Figure 158 Internet Options: Security 2 Click the Custom Level... button. 3 Scroll down to Scripting . 4 Under Active scripting make sure that Enable is selected (the default). 5 [...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScript and Java Permissions NBG4615 User’s Guide 246 6 Click OK to close the window. Figure 159 Security Settings - Jav a Scripting Java Permissions 1 From Internet Explorer , click Tools , Internet Option s and then the Security tab. 2 Click the Custom Level... button. 3 Scroll down to Microsoft VM . 4 Under Java p[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScrip t and Java Permissions NBG4615 User’s Guid e 247 5 Click OK to close the window. Figure 160 Security Settings - Jav a JA V A (Sun) 1 From Internet Explorer , click Tools , Internet Option s and then the Advance d tab. 2 Make sure that Use Java 2 for <applet> under Java (Sun) is selected.[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScript and Java Permissions NBG4615 User’s Guide 248 3 Click OK to close the window. Figure 161 Java (Sun) Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0 screens are used here. Screens for other v ersions may vary slightly . The steps below apply to Mozilla Firefox 3.0 as well. Y ou can enable Java, Jav ascript and pop-ups in [...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScrip t and Java Permissions NBG4615 User’s Guid e 249 Click Content to show the screen below . Select the check boxes as sho wn in the following screen. Figure 163 Mozilla Firefox Content Security Opera Opera 10 screens are used here. Screens for o ther versions may v ary slightly .[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScript and Java Permissions NBG4615 User’s Guide 250 Allowing Pop-Ups From Opera, click Tools , then Preferences . In the General tab, go to Choo se how you prefer to handle pop-ups and select Open all pop-ups . Figure 164 Opera: Allowing P op-Ups Enabling Java From Opera, click Tools , then Preferences . In the Adv[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScrip t and Java Permissions NBG4615 User’s Guid e 251 T o customize JavaScript behavior in the Oper a browser , click JavaScript Options . Figure 166 Opera: Jav aScript Options Select the items you want Opera’ s JavaScript to apply .[...]

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NBG4615 User’s Guid e 253 A PPENDIX C IP Addresses and Subnetting This appendix introduces IP addresses a nd subnet masks. IP addresses identify individual devices on a network. Ev ery networking device (including computers, servers, routers, printers, etc.) needs an IP address to communicate across the network. These networking devices are also [...]

Appendix C IP Addresses and Subnetting NBG4615 User’s Guide 254 The following figure shows an example IP address in which the first three octets (192.168.1) are the network number , and the fourth octet (16) is the host ID. Figure 167 Network Number and Host ID How much of the IP address is the netw ork number and how much is the host ID v aries [...]

Appendix C IP Addr esses and Subnetting NBG4615 User’s Guid e 255 Subnet masks are expressed in dotted decimal nota tion just like IP addresses. The following examples show the binary and decimal notation for 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit and 29-bit subnet masks. Network Size The size of the network number determ ines the maximum number of possible hosts[...]

Appendix C IP Addresses and Subnetting NBG4615 User’s Guide 256 Subnetting Y ou can use subnet ting to divide one network into multiple sub-networks. In the following example a network administrator creates two sub-networks to isolate a group of servers from the rest of the company network for security reasons. In this example, the company networ[...]

Appendix C IP Addr esses and Subnetting NBG4615 User’s Guid e 257 The following figure shows the company netw ork after subnetting . There are now two sub- networks, A and B . Figure 169 Subnetting Example: After Subnetting In a 25-bit subnet the host ID has 7 bits , so each sub-network has a maximum of 2 7 – 2 or 126 possible hosts (a host ID [...]

Appendix C IP Addresses and Subnetting NBG4615 User’s Guide 258 Example: Eight Subnet s Similarly , use a 27-bit mask to create eight subn ets (000, 001, 010, 011, 100, 101, 110 and 111). Subnet Address: 192.168.1.0 Lowest Host ID: 192.16 8.1.1 Broadcast Address: 192.168.1.63 Highest Host ID: 192.1 68.1.62 T able 98 Subnet 2 IP/SUBNET MASK NETWOR[...]

Appendix C IP Addr esses and Subnetting NBG4615 User’s Guid e 259 The following table shows IP address last octet values for each subnet. Subnet Planning The following table is a summary fo r subnet planni ng on a network with a 24-bit network number . The following table is a summary fo r subnet planni ng on a network with a 16-bit network numbe[...]

Appendix C IP Addresses and Subnetting NBG4615 User’s Guide 260 Configuring IP Addresses Where you obtain your n etwork number depends on your particular situation. If the ISP or your network administrator assigns y ou a block of regist ered IP addresses, follow their instructions in selecting the IP addresses and the subnet mask. If the ISP did [...]

Appendix C IP Addr esses and Subnetting NBG4615 User’s Guid e 261 IP Address Conflict s Each device on a network must have a unique IP address. Devices with duplicate IP addresses on the same network will not be able to access the Internet or other resources. The devices may also be unreachable through the network. Conflicting Computer IP Address[...]

Appendix C IP Addresses and Subnetting NBG4615 User’s Guide 262 Conflicting Computer and R outer IP Addresses Example More than one device can not use the same IP addr ess. In the following examp le, the computer and the router’s LAN port both use 192.168.1.1 as th e IP address. The computer cannot access the Internet. This problem can be solv [...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 263 A PPENDIX D Setting Up Y our Computer ’ s IP Address Note: Y our specific NBG4615 may not support all of the oper ating systems described in this appendix. See the product specif icat ions for more information about which operating systems are sup ported. This appendix shows you how to configure the IP se ttings on you[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guide 264 Windows XP/NT/2000 The following example uses the default Windows XP display theme but can also apply to Windows 2000 and Windows NT . 1 Click Start > Control Panel . 2 In the Control Panel , click the Network Connections icon.[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guid e 265 3 Right-click Local Area Connection and then select Properties . 4 On the General tab, select Internet Protocol (TCP/I P) and then click Properties .[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guide 266 5 The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties window opens. 6 Select Obtain an IP address automatically if your network administrator or ISP assigns your IP address dynamically . Select Use the following IP Address and fill in the IP address , Subnet mask , and Default gatewa[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guid e 267 Windows V ist a This section shows screens from Windows Vista Professional. 1 Click Start > Control Panel . 2 In the Control Panel , click the Network and Internet icon. 3 Click the Network and Sharing Center icon.[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guide 268 4 Click Manage network connections . 5 Right-click Local Area Connection and then select Properties . Note: During this procedure, cl ick Continue whenever Windows displa ys a screen saying that it needs your permissi on to continue.[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guid e 269 6 Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv 4) and then select Properties .[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guide 270 7 The Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties window opens. 8 Select Obtain an IP address automatically if your network administrator or ISP assigns your IP address dynamically . Select Use the following IP Address and fill in the IP address , Subnet mask , and [...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guid e 271 Windows 7 This section shows screens from Windows 7 Enterprise. 1 Click Start > Control Panel . 2 In the Control Panel , click View network status and tasks under the Network and Intern et category . 3 Click Change adapter settings .[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guide 272 4 Double click Local Area Connection and then sele ct Properties . Note: During this procedure, cl ick Continue whenever Windows displa ys a screen saying that it needs your permissi on to continue.[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guid e 273 5 Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv 4) and then select Properties .[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guide 274 6 The Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties window opens. 7 Select Obtain an IP address automatically if your network administrator or ISP assigns your IP address dynamically . Select Use the following IP Address and fill in the IP address , Subnet mask , and [...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guid e 275 V erifying Settings 1 Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt . 2 In the Command Prompt window , type "ipconfig" and then press [ENTER]. 3 The IP settings are displayed as follows. Mac OS X: 10.3 and 10.4 The screens in this section a[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guide 276 2 In the System Preferen ces window , click the Network icon. 3 When the Network preferences pane opens, select Built-in Et hernet from the network connection type list, and then click Config ure.[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guid e 277 4 For dynamically assigned settings, select Using DHCP from the Configur e IPv4 list in the TCP/IP tab. 5 For statically assigned settings, do the following: •F r o m t h e Configure IPv4 list, select Manually . •I n t h e IP Address field, type your IP address. •I[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guide 278 V erifying Settings Check your TCP/IP properties by clicking Appli cations > Utilities > Network Utilities , and then selecting the appropriate Network Interface from the Info tab. Figure 173 Mac OS X 10.4: Network Utility Mac OS X: 10.5 and 10.6 The screens in this[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guid e 279 2 In System Preferen ces , click the Network icon. 3 When the Network preferences pane opens, select Ethernet from the list of av ailable connection types. 4 From the Configure list, select Using DHCP for dynamically assigned settings.[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guide 280 5 For statically assigned settings, do the following: •F r o m t h e Configure list, select Manually . •I n t h e IP Address field, enter your IP address. •I n t h e Subnet Mask field, enter y our subnet mask. •I n t h e Router field, enter the IP address of your [...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guid e 281 V erifying Settings Check your TCP/IP properties by clicking Appli cations > Utilities > Network Utilities , and then selecting the appropriate Network interface from the Info tab. Figure 174 Mac OS X 10.5: Network Utility Linux: Ubuntu 8 (GNOME) This section shows[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guide 282 2 When the Network Settings window opens, click Unlock to open the Authenticate window. (By default, the Unlock button is greyed out until clicked.) Y ou cannot make changes to your configuration unless you first enter your admin password. 3 In the Authenticate window, en[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guid e 283 4 In the Network Settings window, select the connection that you want to configure, then click Properties . 5 The Properties dialog box opens. •I n t h e Configuration list, select Automatic Configuration (DHCP ) if you have a dynamic IP address. •I n t h e Configura[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guide 284 7 If you know your DNS server IP address(es), click the DNS tab in the Network Settings window and then enter the DNS server information in the fields provided. 8 Click the Close button to apply the changes.[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guid e 285 V erifying Settings Check your TCP/IP properties by clicking System > Ad ministrati on > Network Tools , and then selecting the appropriate Network device from the Devices tab. The Interface Statistics column shows data if your connection is working properly . Figu[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guide 286 1 Click K Menu > Computer > Administrator Settings (YaST) . 2 When the Run as Root - KDE su dialog opens, enter the admin password and click OK .[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guid e 287 3 When the YaST Control Center window opens, select Network Devices and then click the Network Card icon. 4 When the Network Settings window opens, click the Overview tab, select the appropriate connection Name from the list, and then click the Configure button.[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guide 288 5 When the Network Card Setup window opens, click the Address tab Figure 176 openSUSE 10.3: Network Ca rd Setup 6 Select Dynamic Address (DHCP) if you have a dyn amic IP address. Select Statically assigned IP Address if you have a static IP address. Fill in the IP address[...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guid e 289 8 If you know your DNS server IP address(es), click the Hostname/DNS tab in Network Settings and then enter the DNS server information in the fields provided. 9 Click Finish to save your settings and close the window . V erifying Settings Click the KNetwork Manager icon [...]

Appendix D Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NBG4615 User’s Guide 290 When the Connection Status - KNetwork Manager window opens, click the Statistics tab to see if your connection is working properly . Figure 178 openSUSE: Connection Status - KNetwork Manager[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 291 A PPENDIX E Wireless LANs Wireless LAN T opolo gies This section discusses ad-hoc and infrastructure wireless LAN topologies. Ad-hoc Wireless LAN Configuration The simplest WLAN configuration is an indepe ndent (Ad-hoc) WLAN that connects a set of computers with wireless adapters (A, B, C). Any time two or more wireless [...]

Appendix E Wireless LANs NBG4615 User’s Guide 292 disabled, wireless client A and B can still access the wired network but cannot communicate with each other . Figure 180 Basic Service Set ESS An Extended Service Set (ESS) consists of a series of overlapping BSSs, each containing an access point, with each access point connected together by a wir[...]

Appendix E Wi reless LANs NBG4615 User’s Guid e 293 An ESSID (ES S IDentification) uniquely identifies each ESS. All access points and their associated wireless clients within the same ESS must have the same ES SID in order to communicate. Figure 181 Infrastructure WLAN Channel A channel is the radio frequency(ies) used by wireless devices to tr [...]

Appendix E Wireless LANs NBG4615 User’s Guide 294 cannot "hear" each other , that is they do not know if the channel is currently being used. Therefore, they are considered hidden from each othe r . Figure 182 RT S/CTS When station A sends data to the AP , it might not know that the station B is already using the channel. If these two s[...]

Appendix E Wi reless LANs NBG4615 User’s Guid e 295 If the Fragmentation Threshold value is smaller than the RTS/CT S value (see previously) you set then the R TS (Request T o Send)/CTS (Clear to Send) handshake will never occur as data frames will be fragmented before they reach RTS/CTS size. Preamble T ype Preamble is used to signal that data i[...]

Appendix E Wireless LANs NBG4615 User’s Guide 296 The following figure shows the relative effectivenes s of these wireless security methods available on your NBG4615. Note: Y ou must enable the same wireless se curit y settings on the NBG4615 and on all wireless clients that y ou want to associate wit h it. IEEE 802.1x In June 2001, the IEEE 8 02[...]

Appendix E Wi reless LANs NBG4615 User’s Guid e 297 RADIUS is a simple package exchange in wh ich your AP acts as a me ssage relay between the wireless client and the network RADIUS server . T ypes of RADIUS Messages The following types of RADIUS messages are ex changed between the access point and the R ADIUS server for user authen tication: •[...]

Appendix E Wireless LANs NBG4615 User’s Guide 298 EAP-MD5 (Message-Dig est Algorithm 5) MD5 authentication is the simplest one-w ay authentication method. The authentication serv er sends a challenge to the wireless client. The wireless client ‘proves’ that it knows the password by encrypting the password with the challenge and sends back the[...]

Appendix E Wi reless LANs NBG4615 User’s Guid e 299 If this feature is enabled, it is not necessary to configure a default encryption k ey in the wireless security configuration screen. Y ou may still configure and store keys, but they will not be used while dynamic WEP is enabled. Note: EAP-MD5 cann ot be used with Dynamic WEP K ey Exchange For [...]

Appendix E Wireless LANs NBG4615 User’s Guide 300 called Rijndael. They both include a per -packet key mixing function, a Message Integrity Check (MIC) named Michael, an extended initialization vector (IV) with se quencing rules, and a re-keying mechanism. WPA and WPA2 regu larly change and rotate the encryp tion k eys so that the same encryption[...]

Appendix E Wi reless LANs NBG4615 User’s Guid e 301 WP A(2) with RADIUS Application Example T o set up WPA(2), you need the IP address of the RADIUS server , its port numbe r (default is 1812), and the RADIUS shared secret. A WPA(2) applicat ion example with an external RADIUS server looks as follows. "A" is the RADIUS server . "DS[...]

Appendix E Wireless LANs NBG4615 User’s Guide 302 4 The AP and wireless clie nts use the TKIP or AE S encryption process, the PMK and information exchanged in a handshake to create tempor al encryp tion keys. They use these keys to encrypt data exchanged between them. Figure 184 WPA(2)-PSK Authentication Security Pa rameters Summary R efer to thi[...]

Appendix E Wi reless LANs NBG4615 User’s Guid e 303 Po sitioning the antennas properly increases the range an d coverage area of a wireless LAN. Antenna Characteristics Frequency An antenna in the frequency of 2.4GHz (IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g) or 5GHz (IEEE 802.11a) is needed to communicate efficiently in a wireless LAN Radiation Pattern A r[...]

Appendix E Wireless LANs NBG4615 User’s Guide 304 F or directional antennas, point the antenna in the direction of th e desired cover age area.[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 305 A PPENDIX F Common Services The following table lists some commonly-used services and their associated protocols and port numbers. For a comprehensive list of port number s, ICMP t ype/code numbers and services, visit the IANA (I nterne t Assigned Number Authority) web site. • Name : This is a short, descriptive name f[...]

Appendix F Common Services NBG4615 User’s Guide 306 HT TP TCP 80 Hyper T ext T r ansfer Protocol - a client/ server protocol for the worl d wide web. HT TPS TCP 443 HTTPS is a se cured http session often use d in e-commer ce. ICMP User-Defined 1 Internet Control Message Protocol is often used for diagnostic or routing purposes. ICQ UDP 4000 This [...]

Appendix F Common Services NBG4615 User’s Guid e 307 SMTP TCP 25 Simple Mail T ransfer Protocol is the message-exchange standard for the Internet. SMTP enab les y ou to move messages from one e-mail server to another . SNMP TCP /U D P 161 Simple Network Management Pro gram. SNMP- TRAPS TCP/ U DP 16 2 T r aps for use with the SNMP (RFC:1 215). SQL[...]

Appendix F Common Services NBG4615 User’s Guide 308[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 309 A PPENDIX G IPv6 Overview IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), is designed to enhance IP address size and features. The increase in IPv6 address size to 128 bits (from the 32-bit IPv4 address) allows up to 3.4 x 10 38 IP addresses. IPv6 Addressing The 128-bit IPv6 address is written as eight 16-bit hexadecimal blocks sepa[...]

Appendix G IPv6 NBG4615 User’s Guide 310 Global Address A global address uniquely iden tifies a device on the Internet. It is similar to a “public IP address” in IPv4. A global unicast address starts with a 2 or 3. Unspecified Address An unspecified address (0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 or ::) is used as the source address when a device does not have its [...]

Appendix G IPv6 NBG4615 User’s Guid e 31 1 Subnet Masking Both an IPv6 address and IPv6 subnet mask compose of 128-bit binary digits, which are divided into eight 16-bit blocks and written in hexadecimal notation. Hexadecimal uses four bits for each character (1 ~ 10, A ~ F). Each block’s 16 bits are then represented by four hexadecimal charact[...]

Appendix G IPv6 NBG4615 User’s Guide 312 the time T2 is reached and the server does not re spond, the client sends a Rebind message to any available server ( S2 ). For a n I A _ T A, t h e c l ie n t m ay s e n d a Re ne w o r Reb i n d m e ss a g e a t t h e c l ie n t ' s discretion. DHCP Relay Agent A DHCP relay agent is on the same netwo[...]

Appendix G IPv6 NBG4615 User’s Guid e 313 • Neighbor advertisem ent: A response from a node to announce its link -layer address. • R outer solicitation: A request from a host to locate a router that can act as the default router and forward pack ets. • Router adv ertisement: A response to a router solicitation or a periodical multicast adve[...]

Appendix G IPv6 NBG4615 User’s Guide 314 Example - Enabling IPv6 on Windows XP/2003/Vist a By default, Windows XP and Windows 2003 suppo r t IPv6. This example shows y ou how to use the ipv6 install command on Windows XP/2003 to enable IPv6. This also displays how to use the ipconfig command to see auto-generated IP addresses. IPv6 is installed a[...]

Appendix G IPv6 NBG4615 User’s Guid e 315 4 Double click Di bbler - a DHCPv6 client . 5 Click Start and then OK . 6 Now your computer can obtain an IP v6 address from a DH CPv6 server . Example - Enabling IPv6 on Windows 7 Windows 7 supports IPv6 by default. DHCPv6 is al so en abled when you enable IPv6 on a Windows 7 computer . T o enable IPv6 i[...]

Appendix G IPv6 NBG4615 User’s Guide 316 4 Click Close to exit the Local Area Connectio n Status screen. 5 Select Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt . 6 Use the ipconfig command to check your dynamic IPv6 address. This example shows a global address (2001:b021:2d::1000) obta ined from a DHCP server . C:>ipconfig Wind[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 317 A PPENDIX H Open Sof tware Announcement s End-User License Agreement for "NBG4615" WARNING: Z y XEL Communications Corp. IS WILLING TO LICENSE THE SOF TWARE T O YOU ONL Y UPON THE CONDITION THA T YOU ACCE PT ALL OF THE TERMS CONT AI NED IN THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT . PLEASE READ THE TERMS CAREFU LL Y BEFORE COMPLE[...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 318 The Software and Documentation contain material that is protected by international copyright law , trade secret law , international treaty provisions, an d the applicable national laws of each respective country . All rights not granted to you herein are expressly reserved by Zy XEL.[...]

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Appendix H Open Software Annou ncemen ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 321 When we speak of free software, we are referring to freedom, not p rice. Our General Public Licenses are designed to make sure that you hav e the freedom to distribute copies of free software (and charge for this service if you wish), that y ou receive source code or can get it if[...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 322 a) Y ou must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change. b) Y ou must cause any work that y ou distribute or publish, that in whole or in part contains or is derived from the Program or any part thereof , to be li[...]

Appendix H Open Software Annou ncemen ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 323 counts as distribution of the source code, even though third parties are not compelled to copy the source along with the object code. 4. Y ou may not copy , modify , sublicense, or distri bute the Program except as expressly provided under this License. Any attempt otherwise to co[...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 324 a version number of this License, you may choose any version ev er published by the Free Software Foundation. 10. If you wish to incorpor ate parts of the Program into other free progr ams whose distribution conditions are different, write to the author to ask for permission. For sof[...]

Appendix H Open Software Annou ncemen ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 325 FITNESS FOR A P ARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PAR TY RIGHTS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE L IABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTH ER LIABILITY , WHETHE R IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT , TOR T OR OT HERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION W[...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 326 1.2 "GoAhead" means Go Ahead Software, Inc. 1.3 "Intellectual Property Rights" means all rights, whether now existing or hereinafter acquired, in and to trade secrets, patents, copyrights, tr ademarks, know-how , as well as moral rights and similar rights of any t[...]

Appendix H Open Software Annou ncemen ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 327 GoAhead hereby grants Y ou a worl d- wide, royalty -free, non-exclusiv e license, subject to third party intellectual property claims, to use, reproduce, modify , copy and distribute the Original Code. 2.2 Binary Code. GoAhead hereby grants Y ou a world-wide , royalty-fr ee, non-e[...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 328 GoAhead hereby grants to Y ou a limited world-wide, royalty -free, non-exclusiv e license to use the GoAhead trade names, tr ademarks, logos, service marks and product designations posted in Exhibit A (collectively , the "GoAhead Marks") in connection with the activities by[...]

Appendix H Open Software Annou ncemen ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 329 (including any Modifications Y ou make) and the Documentation is with Y ou. Should the Original Code or the Documentation prove defective, Y ou (and not GoAhead or its distributors, licensors or dealers) assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing or repair . GoAhead does no[...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 330 OR ANY DEFECT IN THE ORIGINAL CODE, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, EVEN IF THEY HA VE BEEN ADVIS ED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. Y ou agree that GoAhead and its distributors and dealers will not be LIABLE for defense or indemnity with respect to an y claim against Y ou by any thir[...]

Appendix H Open Software Annou ncemen ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 331 The Original Code is not fault -tolerant and is not designed , manufactured or intended for use or resale as online control equipment in hazardous environments requiring fail-safe performance, such as in the oper ation of nuclear facilities, aircraft na vigation or communication s[...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 332 provided in the contract between the v endor and the governmental entity; and (iv) in all respects is proprietary data belonging solely to GoAhead (or its licensor(s)). 10. Governing Law and Interpretation. This Agreement shall be interpreted un der and governed by the laws of the St[...]

Appendix H Open Software Annou ncemen ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 333 Exhibit A GoAhead T r ademarks, Logos, and Product Designation Information 01/28/00 This Product includes LL TD software under below license LICENSE NO TICE. Use of the Microsoft Windows R ally Development Kit is cov ered under the Microsoft Windows Rally Dev elopment Kit License [...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 334 the Free Software F oundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later v ersion. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY W ARRANTY ; without even the implied warrant y of MERCHANT ABILITY or FITNESS FOR A P ARTICULAR PURP[...]

Appendix H Open Software Annou ncemen ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 335 The OpenSSL toolkit sta ys under a dual license, i.e. both the conditions of the OpenSSL License and the original SSLeay license apply to the toolkit. See below for the actual license texts. Actually both licenses are BSD-st yle Open Source licenses. In case of an y license issues[...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 336 * endorse or promote products derived from this softw are without * prior written permission. Fo r written permission, please contact * openssl-core@openssl.org. * * 5. Products deriv ed from this softwa re may not be called "OpenSSL " * nor may "OpenS SL" appear [...]

Appendix H Open Software Annou ncemen ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 337 Original SSLeay License * Copyright (C) 1995-1998 Eric Y oung (eay@cryptsoft.com) * All rights reserved. * * This package is an SSL implementation written * by Eric Y oung (eay@cryptsoft.com). * The implementation was written so as to conform with Netscapes SSL. * * This library i[...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 338 * 2. Re distributions in binary form must reproduce the abo ve copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. * 3. All advertising materials mentioni ng features or use of this sof[...]

Appendix H Open Software Annou ncemen ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 339 * [including the GNU Public Licence. ] This Product includes ppp software under below license Copyrights: *********** All of the code can be freely used and redistributed. The individual source files each have their own copyright and permission notice. Pppd, ppp stats an d pppdump[...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 340 binary forms, with or without mo dification, of the software and documentation provided that the following conditions are met: 0. If you receive a version of the so ftware that is specifically labelled as not being for redistribution (c h eck the version message and/or README), you a[...]

Appendix H Open Software Annou ncemen ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 341 WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY AND FI TNESS FO R A PAR TICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT , INDIRECT , INCIDENT AL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY , OR CONSEQUENTIAL DA MAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO , PROCUREM ENT OF S[...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 342 including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely , subject to the following restrictions: 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not claim that y ou wrote the original software. If y ou use this software in a product, an ackno[...]

Appendix H Open Software Annou ncemen ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 343 All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: * Redistributions of source code must retain th e above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following d[...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 344 V ersion 2.1, F ebruary 1999 Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor , Boston, MA 02110 -1301 USA Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. [This is the first [...]

Appendix H Open Software Annou ncemen ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 345 Finally , software patents pose a constant threat to the existence of any free program. W e wish to make sure that a compan y cannot effectively restrict the users of a free program by obtaining a restrictive license from a patent holder . Therefore, we insist that an y patent lic[...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 346 modifications and/or tran slated straightforwardly into another langu age. (Hereinafter , translation is included without limitation in the term "modification".) "Source code" for a work means the preferred form of the work for making modification s to it. For a l[...]

Appendix H Open Software Annou ncemen ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 347 Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work written entirely by you; r ather , the intent is to exercise the right to control the distribution of deriv ative or collective works based on the Library . In addition, mere aggregation of a[...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 348 6. As an exception to the Sections above, you may also combine or link a "work that uses the Library" with the Library to produce a work containi ng portions of the Library , and distribute that work under terms of your ch oice, provided that th e terms permit modification [...]

Appendix H Open Software Annou ncemen ts NBG4615 User’s Guid e 349 "b) Give prominent notice with the combined library of the fact that part of it is a work based on the Library , and explaining where to find the acco mpanying uncombined f orm of the same work. 8. Y ou may not copy , modify , sublicense, link with, or distribute the Library [...]

Appendix H Open Software Announcements NBG4615 User’s Guide 350 13. The Free Software Foundation may publish revised and/or new versions of the Lesser General Public License from time to time. Such new versions will be similar in spirit to the present version, but may differ in detail to address new problems or concerns. Each version is given a d[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guid e 351 A PPENDIX I Legal Information Copyright Copyright © 2011 by Z yXEL Communications Corporation. The contents of this publication may not be repr oduced in any part or as a whole, tr anscribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into an y language, or transmitted in any form or by an y means, electronic, mechanical,[...]

Appendix I Legal Information NBG4615 User’s Guide 352 If this device does cause harmful interference to radio/television reception, which can be determined by turning the device off and on, th e user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. 2 Increase [...]

Appendix I Legal Informa ti on NBG4615 User’s Guid e 353 注意 ! 依據 低功 率 電波 輻 射性電機管 理 辦法 第十二條 經型式認證合格之低功 率 射頻電機，非經許可，公司、商號或使用 者均 不 得擅自變 更 頻 率 、加大功 率 或變 更 原設計之特性及功能。 第十四條 低功 率 射?[...]

Appendix I Legal Information NBG4615 User’s Guide 354 Note R epair or replacement, as provided under this wa rr anty , is the exclusive remedy of the purchaser . This warr anty is in lieu of all other warranties, ex press or implied, including any implied warr anty of merchantability or fitness for a particular use or pu rpose. Z yXEL shall in no[...]

Appendix I Legal Informa ti on NBG4615 User’s Guid e 355 National Restrictions This product may be used in all EU countries (and other countries following the EU directive 1999/ 5/EC) without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below: Ce produit peut être utilisé dans tous les pays de l’UE (et dans tous les pays ay ant transpos?[...]

Appendix I Legal Information NBG4615 User’s Guide 356 The requirements for any country may evolv e. Zy XEL recommends that you check with the local authorities for the latest status of their national regulations for both the 2,4- and 5-GHz wireless LANs. The following countries have restrictions and/or requ irements in addition to those given in [...]

Appendix I Legal Informa ti on NBG4615 User’s Guid e 357 Italy This product meets the National Radio Interface and the requirements spec ified in the National Frequency Allocation T able for Italy . Unless th is wireless LAN product is operating within the boundaries of the owner's property , its use requires a “general authorization. ” [...]

Appendix I Legal Information NBG4615 User’s Guide 358[...]

Index NBG4615 User’s Guid e 359 Index A ActiveX 193 Address Assignment 150 Advanced Encryption Standard See AES. AES 299 alternative subnet mask notation 255 antenna directional 303 gain 303 omni-directional 303 AP 21 AP (access point) 293 AP Mode menu 80 , 86 , 94 , 103 status screen 78 AP+Bridge 21 Auto-bridge 160 , 161 B Bandwidt h managemen t[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guide 360 Index DynDNS 182 DynDNS see also DDNS 182 DynDNS Wildcard 181 E EAP Authentication 297 encryption 127 , 299 and local (user) database 128 key 128 WPA compatible 128 ESS 292 ESSID 231 Extended Service S et, See ESS 29 2 F FCC interference statement 351 File T r ansfer Program 203 Firewall 188 Firewal l overvi ew guidelines[...]

Index NBG4615 User’s Guid e 361 L LAN 163 IP pool setup 164 LAN overview 163 LAN setup 163 LAN TCP/IP 164 Language 221 Link type 71 , 79 , 86 , 94 , 103 local (user) database 127 and encryption 128 Local Area Network 163 M MAC 135 MAC address 126 , 150 cloning 150 MAC address filter 126 MAC address filtering 135 MAC filter 135 managing the device[...]

NBG4615 User’s Guide 362 Index R RADIUS 296 message types 297 messages 297 shared secret key 297 RADIUS server 127 registration product 354 related documentation 3 Remote manage ment and NA T 205 limitations 205 system timeout 205 Reset button 47 Reset the device 47 Restore configur ation 220 RF (Radio Frequency) 238 RIP 185 Ro am i n g 13 6 Ro u[...]

Index NBG4615 User’s Guid e 363 W WAN (Wide Area Network) 149 WA N a dv a nc ed 159 WAN MAC address 150 warranty 353 note 354 W eb Configur ator how to access 43 Overview 43 web config urator 21 W eb Proxy 19 3 WEP Encryption 87 , 88 , 89 , 96 , 97 , 13 3 , 134 WEP encryption 132 WEP key 132 Wi-Fi Protected Access 299 Wildcard 181 Wireless associ[...]

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