Getnet GR-724W manual

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    English Copyright © by Edimax T echnology Co, L TD. all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, tr ansmitted, t ranscribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language or computer language, in any form or by any means, el ectronic, mechanical, m agnetic, optical, chemical, manual or otherwise, without the [...]

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    F F e e d d e e r r a a l l C C o o m m m m u u n n i i c c a a t t i i o o n n C C o o m m m m i i s s s s i i o o n n I I n n t t e e r r f f e e r r e e n n c c e e S S t t a a t t e e m m e e n n t t This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Cla ss B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits a[...]

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    CA T ALOG CHAPTER I: PRODUCT INFORMA TION 1-1 Introduction and safety information 1-2 Safety Information 1-3 System Requirements 1-4 Package Contents 1-5 Familiar with your new wireless broadband router CHAPTER II: SYSTEM AND NETWORK SETUP 2-1 Build network connection 2-2 Connecting to wireless br oadband router by web browser 2-2-1 W indows 95/98/[...]

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    2-5 Setup Internet C onnection (W AN Setup) 2-5-1 Setup procedure for ‘Dynamic IP’ 2-5-2 Setup procedure for ‘Static IP’ 2-5-3 Setup procedure for ‘PPPoE’ 2-5-4 Setup procedure for ‘PPTP’ 2-5-5 Setup procedure for ‘L2TP’ 2-5-6 Setup procedure for ‘T elstra Big Pond’ 2-5-7 Setup procedure for ‘DNS’ 2-5-8 Setup procedure f[...]

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    CHAPTER III: ADV ANCED FUNCTIONS 3-1 Quality of Service (QoS) 3-1-1 Basic QoS Settings 3-1-2 Add a new QoS rule 3-2 Network Address T ranslation (NA T) 3-2-1 Basic NA T Settings (Ena ble or disable NA T function) 3-2-2 Port Forwarding 3-2-3 V irtual Server 3-2-4 Port Mapping for Special Applications 3-2-5 UPnP Setting 3-2-6 ALG Settings 3-3 Firewal[...]

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    CHAPTER IV : APPENDIX 4-1 Hardware Specification 4-2 T roubleshooting 4-3 Glossary[...]

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    1 Chapter I: Pr oduct Information 1-1 Introduction and safety information Thank you for purchasing Getnet wi reless 300M broadband router! This high cost-efficiency router is the best choice for Small of fice / Home office users, all computers and network devices can share a single xDSL / cable modem internet connection at high speed. Easy install [...]

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    2 • Easy to use Web-based GUI for network configuration and management purposes • Remote management function allows c onfiguration and upgrades from a remote computer (over the Internet) • Auto MDI / MDI-X function for all wired Ethernet ports.[...]

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    3 1-2 Safety Information In order to keep the safety of user s and your properties, please follow the following safety instructions: 1. This router is designed for indoor use only; DO NOT place this router outdoor . 2. DO NOT put this router at or n ear hot or humid places, like kitchen or bathroom. Also, do not left this router in the car in summe[...]

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    4 1-3 System Requirements z Internet connection, provided by xDSL or cable modem with a RJ-45 Ethernet port. z Computer or network devices with wired or wireless network interface card. z Web browser ( Microsof t Internet Explor er 4.0 or above, Netscape Navigator 4.7 or above, Opera web browser , or Safari web browser). z An available AC power soc[...]

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    5 1-4 Package Contents Before you starting to use this router , please check if there’ s anything missing in the package, and contact your dealer of purchase to claim for miss ing ite ms: □ Router with Antennas (main body , 2 pcs)………………………… 1 □ Quick installation guide (1 pcs) ………………………………… 2 □ [...]

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    6 1-5 Familiar with your new wireless broadband router Fr ont Panel LED Name Light Status Description PWR On Router is switched on and correctly powered. WLAN On W ireless WPS function is enabled. Off W ireless network is switched off. Flashing W ireless LAN activity (transferring or receiving data). WA N LNK/ACT On W AN port is connected. Off W AN[...]

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    7 Back Panel Item Name Description Antenna It is 3dBi dipole antenna. Radio ON/OFF Switch the button to activate or deactivate the wireless functions. Reset / W PS Reset the router to factory def ault settings (clear all s ettings) or start WPS function. Press this but ton and hold for 10 seconds to restore all settings to factory defa ults, and pr[...]

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    8 Chapter II: System and Network Setup 2-1 Build network connection Please follow the following instructi on to build the network connection between your new WIRELESS router and your com puters, network devices: 1. Connect your xDSL / cable modem to the W AN port of router by Ethernet cable. 2. Connect all your computers, netw ork devices (network-[...]

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    9 3. Connect the A/C power adapter to th e wall socket, and then connect it to the ‘Power ’ socket of the router . 4. Please check all LEDs on the front panel. ‘PWR’ LED should be steadily on, W AN and LAN LEDs should be on if the computer / network device connected to the re spective port of the router is powered on and correctly connected[...]

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    10 2-2 Connecting to wireless br o adband router by web browser After the network connection is bu ilt, the next step you should do is setup the router with proper network parameters, so it can work properly in your network environment. Before you can connect to the r outer and start configuration procedures, your computer must be able to get an IP[...]

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    11 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server ’ and then click ‘OK’.[...]

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    12 2-2-2W indows 2000 IP address setup: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click c ontrol panel. Double-click Network and Dial-up Connections icon; click Local Area Con nection, and Local Area Connection Properties window will appear . Select ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’ and then click[...]

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    13 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address au tomatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

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    14 2-2-3W indows XP IP addr ess setup: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click c ontrol panel. Double-click Network and Internet Connections icon, click Network Connections, then double-click Local Area Connection, Local Area Connection S tatus window will appear , and then click ‘Prope[...]

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    15 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address au tomatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

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    16 2-2-4W indows V ista IP address setup: 1. Click ‘Start’ button (it should be located at lower-left corner of your computer), then click control panel. Click V iew Network S tatus and Ta s k s , and then click Manage Network Connections. Right-click Local Area Network, then select ‘Pr operties’. Local Area Connection Properties window wil[...]

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    17 2. Select ‘Obtain an IP address au tomatically’ and ‘Obtain DNS server address automatically’, then click ‘OK’.[...]

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    19 2-2-5 Router IP address lookup After the IP address setup is complete , please click ‘start’ -> ‘run’ at the bottom-lower corner of your desktop: Input ‘cmd’, then click ‘OK’[...]

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    20 Input ‘ipconfig’, then press ‘Enter ’ key . Please check the IP address followed by ‘Default Gateway’ (In this example, the IP address of router is 192.168.1.1, please note that this value may be differ ent. ) 3. Connect the router ’ s management interface by web browser After your computer obtained an IP address from router , plea[...]

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    21 Please input user name and password in the field respectively , default user name is ‘admin’, and default pa ssword is ‘adm in’, then press ‘OK’ button, and you can see the web management interface of this router: NOTE: If you can’t see the web management interface, and you’re being prompted to input user name and p assword again[...]

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    22 2-3 Using ‘Quick Setup’ This router provides a ‘Quick Setup’ procedure, which will help you to complete all required settings you need to access the Internet in very short time. Please follow the following inst ructions to complete the ‘Quick Setup’: Please go to QuickSetup menu by clicking ‘QuickSetup’ button. And the following [...]

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    23 After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (4) button. 2. Broadband T ype Please choose the broadband (Internet connection) type you’re using in this page. There are six types of Internet connection, they are: Dynamic IP - Please go to section 2-3-1 Fixed-IP xDSL - Please go to section 2-3-2 PPPoE - Please go to section 2-3-3[...]

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    24 If you want to go back to previous step, please press ‘Back’ button on the bottom of this page. 2-3-1 Setup procedur e for ‘Cable Modem’: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Host Name (1): Please input the host name of your computer , this is optional, and only r equir ed if your service pr ovider asks you to do so. MAC addr ess [...]

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    25 Here are descriptions of every setup items: IP addr ess Please input IP addr ess assigned assigned by your by your service pr ovider . Service Pr ovider (1): Subnet Mask (2): Please input subne t mask assigned by your service pr ovider DNS addr ess (3): Please input the IP addr ess of DNS server pr ovided by your service pr ovider . Service Pr o[...]

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    26 2-3-3 Setup procedur e for ‘PPPoE xDSL ’: Here are descriptions of every setup items: User Name (1): Please input user name assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. Passwor d (2): Please input the passwor d assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. Service Name (3): Please give a name to this Internet service, this is opti[...]

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    27 When you finish with all settings, please click ‘OK’ (7); if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’. 2-3-4 Setup procedur e for ‘PPTP xDSL ’ : PPTP xDSL requires two kinds of se tting: W AN interface setting (setup IP address) and PPTP setting (PPTP us er name and password). Here we start from W AN interface setting: Sele[...]

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    28 W AN interface settings must be correc tly set, or the Internet connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are co rrect. Please contact your Internet service provider if you don’ t know what you should fill in these fields. Now please go to PPTP settings section: Here are descriptions of every setup items: User Name (1): Please [...]

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    29 BEZEQ network in Israel. Connection Please select the connection type of Internet type (7): connection you wish to use, please r efer to last section for detailed descriptions. Idle T ime Please input the idle time out of Internet Out (8): connection you wish to use, and r efer to last section for detailed descriptions . When you finish with all[...]

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    30 W AN interface settings must be correc tly set, or the Internet connection will fail even those settings of PPTP settings are co rrect. Please contact your Internet service provider if you don’ t know what you should fill in these fields. Now please go to L2TP settings section: Here are descriptions of every setup items: User Name (1): Please [...]

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    31 for detailed descriptions. When you finish with all settings, pleas e click ‘OK (7); if you want to go back to previous menu, click ‘Back’. 2-3-6 Setup procedur e for ‘T elstra Big Pond’: This setting only works when you’re using T elstra big pond’ s network service in Australia. Y ou need to input: User Name (1): Please input the [...]

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    32 Please click ‘Apply’ button to prepare to restart the router , and you’ll see this message: Please wait for about 30 seconds, then click ‘OK!’ button. Y ou’ll be back to router management interface again, and the router is ready with new settings.[...]

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    33 2-4 Basic Setup In this chapter , you’ll know how to change the time zone, password, and remote management settings. Please st art your web browser and log onto router web management interface, then click ‘General Setup’ button on the left, or click ‘General Setup’ link at the upper-right corner of web management interface. 2-4-1 T ime[...]

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    34 2-4-2 Change management password Default password of this router is admin, and it’ s displayed on the login prompt when accessed from web browse r . There’ s a security risk if you don’t change the default password, sin ce everyone can see it. This is very important when you have wi reless function enabled. T o change password, please foll[...]

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    35 Please retype the new password ag ain when you see above message. If you see the following message: It means the content in ‘Current Password’ field is wrong, please click ‘OK’ to go back to previous menu, and try to input current password again. If the current and new passwords are correctly entered, after you click ‘Apply’, you’l[...]

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    36 you should be able to login with new password. 2-4-3 Remote Management This router does not allow manageme nt access from Internet, to prevent possible security risks (especially wh en you defined a weak password, or didn’t change default password). Ho wever , you can still managem ent this router from a specific IP address by enabling the ‘[...]

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    37 When you finish with all settings, click ‘Apply’, and you’ll see the following message displayed on web browser: Press ‘Continue’ to save the settings made and back to web management interface; press ‘Apply’ to save the se ttings made an d restart the router so the settings will take ef fect after it reboots.[...]

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    38 NOTE: When you want to manage th is router from another computer on internet, you have to input the IP address and port number of this router . If your Internet service prov ider assigns you with a st atic IP address, it will not be a problem; but if the IP address your service provider assigns to you will var y ever y time you est ablish an int[...]

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    39 2-5 Setup Internet Conn ection (W AN Setup) Internet connections setup can be done by using ‘Quick Setup’ menu described in chapter 2-3. Howeve r , you can setup W AN connections up by using W AN configuration menu. Y ou can also set advanced functions like DDNS (Dynamic DNS) here. T o start configuration, please follow the following instruc[...]

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    40 2-5-1 Setup procedur e for ‘Dynamic IP’: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Host Name (1): Please input host name of your computer , this is optional, and only r equir ed if your service pr ovider asks you to do so. MAC Addr ess (2): Please input MAC addr ess of your computer , if your service pr ovider only permits computer with ce[...]

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    41 Please click ‘Continue’ (1) to back to previous setup menu; to continue on router setup, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooti ng). 2-5-2 Setup procedur e for ‘S tatic IP’: Here are descriptions of every setup items: IP addr ess assigned Please[...]

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    42 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to pr evious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait fo r about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in th is page back to previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ bu[...]

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    43 Passwor d (2): Please input the passwor d assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. Service Name (3): Please give a name to this Internet service, this is optional MTU (4): Please input the MTU value of your network connection her e. If you don’ t know , you can use default value. Connection Please select the connection type of Intern[...]

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    44 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to pr evious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait fo r about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in th is page back to previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ bu[...]

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    45 your Internet service provider if you don’ t know what you should fill in these fields. Now please go to PPTP settings section: Here are descriptions of every setup items: User Name (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. Passwor d (2): Please input the passwor d assigned by your Internet servic[...]

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    46 Connection Please select the connection type of Internet type (7): connection you wish to use, please r efer to section 2-5-3 for detailed descriptions. Idle T ime Out (8): Please input the idle time out of Internet connection you wish to use, and r efer to section 2-5-3 for detailed descriptions. When you finish with all settings, pl ease click[...]

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    47 Here are descriptions of every setup items: User ID (1): Please input user ID (user name) assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. Passwor d (2): Please input the passwor d assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e. L2TP Please input the IP addr ess of PPTP gateway Gateway (3): assigned by your Internet service pr ovider her e.[...]

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    48 If you want to reset all settings in th is page back to previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button. 2-5-6 Setup procedur e for ‘T elstra Big Pond’: This setting only works when you’re using T elstra big pond’ s network service in Australia. Y ou need to input: User Name (1): Please input the user name assigned by T elstra. [...]

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    49 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to pr evious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait fo r about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in th is page back to previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ bu[...]

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    50 DNS Addr ess (1): Please input the IP addr ess of DNS server pr ovided by your service pr ovider . Secondary Please input the IP addr ess of another DNS DNS Addr ess (2): server pr ovided by your service pr ovider , this is optional. After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (3) button and the following message will be di spla[...]

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    51 using at a certain time. This router supports DDNS service of several service providers, for example: DynDNS ( http://www .dyndns.or g ) TZO ( http://www .tzo.com ) Please go to one of DDNS service pr ovider ’ s webpage listed above, and get a free DDNS account by the inst ructions given on their webpage. Here are descriptions of every setup i[...]

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    52 After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (6) button and the following message will be di splayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ to back to pr evious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait fo r about 30 second[...]

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    53 Here you will see the Access Point which you select. Here we provide WEP and PW A-PSK se curity settings for you to connect with ISP (Access Point). If your ISP does not ask you to input the security key , please choose “ Disable” and c lick “ Apply “ to save changes you made and restart the broadband router , this requires about 30 seco[...]

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    54 2-6 W ir ed LAN Configuration Before all computers using wired Ethernet connection (i.e. those computers connect to this router ’ s LA N port 1 to 4 by Ethernet cable) can communicate with each other and access internet, they m ust have a valid IP address. There are two ways to assign IP addre sses to computers: static IP address (set the IP a[...]

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    55 Please follow the following instructi ons to set wired LAN parameters: Please click ‘LAN’ menu on the left of web management interface, there are three setup groups here: ‘LAN IP’, ‘DHCP Server ’, and ‘Static DHCP Leases T able’. Here are setup instructions for each of them: 2-6-1 LAN IP section: Here are descriptions of every se[...]

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    56 2-6-2 DHCP Server: These settings are only available when ‘DHCP Server ’ in ‘LAN IP’ section is ‘Enabled’, a nd here are descriptions of every setup items: Lease T ime (1): Please choose a lease time (the duration that every computer can keep a specific IP addr ess) of every IP addr ess assigned by this r outer fr om dr opdown menu. [...]

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    57 2-6-3 S tatic DHCP Leases T able: This function allows you to assign a static IP address to a specific computer forever , so you don’t ha ve to set the IP address for a computer , and still enjoy the benef it of using DHCP server . Maximum 16 static IP addresses can be assigned here. (If you set ‘Lease T ime’ to ‘for ever ’ in ‘DHCP [...]

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    58 After you clicked ‘Add’, the MAC a ddress and IP address mapping will be added to ‘Static DHCP Leases T able’ section. If you want to delete a specific item , please check the ‘Select’ box of a MAC address and IP addr ess mapping (1), then click ‘Delete Select ed’ button (2); if you want to delete all mappings, click ‘Delete Al[...]

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    59 2-7 W ir eless LAN Configuration If your computer , PDA, game console, or other network devices which is equipped with wireless network interface, you can use the wireless function of this router to let th em connect to Internet and share resources with other computers w ith wired-LAN connection. Y ou can also use the built-in security func tion[...]

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    60 router , to expand the scope of network. d. AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point : Connect this router with up to four other wireless routers, to e xpand the scope of network. e. AP Bridge-WDS : Connect this router with up to four WDS-capable wireless routers, to expand the scope of network. f. Universal Repeater : The router can act as Station and AP[...]

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    61 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Band (2): Please select the r adio band fr om one of following options: 1 2 3 4 2.4 GHz (B) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.1 1b wireless network client to connect this router (maximum transfer rate 1 1Mbps). 2.4 GHz (N) 2.4GHz band, only allows 802.1 1n wireless network client to connect this router (max[...]

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    62 SSID (3): This is the name of wir eless r outer . Y ou can type any alphanumerical characters her e, maximum 32 characters. SSID is used to identify your own wir eless r outer fr om others when ther e ar e other wir eless r outers in the same ar ea. Default SSID is ‘default’, it’ s r ecommended to change default SSID value to the one which[...]

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    63 2-7-1-2 Setup pr ocedur e for ‘S tation-Infrastructure ’: In this mode, you can connect the rout er to Ethernet device such us TV , Game player , HDD&DVD to enable the Ethernet device be a wireless station and join to a wireless network through an access point or AP router . Here are descriptions of every setup items: Band (2): Select th[...]

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    64 2-7-1-3 Setup pr ocedur e for ‘AP Bridge-Point to Point’: In this mode, you can connect your wireless router with another , to combine two access points and expand the scope of wireless network, and all clients (wired only – AP will not accep t wireless clients in this mode) of two wireless routers will think th ey’re on the same physica[...]

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    65 2-7-1-4 Setup pr ocedur e for ‘AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point’: In this mode, you can connect your wireless router with at least four wireless routers to expand the scope of wireless network, and all clients (wired only – AP will not accept wire less clients in this mode) of the wireless routers will think they’re on the same physical ne[...]

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    66 four other access points together , and every access point can still accept wireless clients. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Band (2): Select the band you want to use, all the wir eless r outers must use the same setting. SSID (3): Input the SSID of your wir eless r outer , the setting should be the same with other wir eless r outer[...]

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    67 1 to 4 (6 - 9): Set Security Click to set secu rity settings for this connection (10): (Please go to section ‘2-7-3 W ir eless Security’ for detailed instructions). 2-7-1-6 Setup pr ocedur e for ‘Universal Repeater ’ In this mode, the router can act as a wireless repeater; it can be Station and AP at the same time. It can use S tation fu[...]

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    68 wir eless r outer fr om others when ther e ar e other wir eless r outers in the same ar ea. Default SSID is ‘default’, it’ s r ecommended to change default ESSID value to the one which is meaningful to you, like myhome, office_r oom1, etc. Channel Select the channel you w ant to use, all the wir eless Number (4): clients must use the same [...]

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    69 effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooti ng). 2-7-2 Advanced W ir eless Settings This router provides some advanced control of wireless parameters, if you want to configure these settings , please click ‘W ireless’ menu on the left of web management interface, then click ‘Advanced Settin gs’, and the following mes[...]

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    70 default value is 100. DTIM Period (4): Set the DTIM period of wir eless radio. Do not modify default value if you don’ t know what it is, default value is 3. Data Rate (5): Set the wir eless data transfer rate to a certain value. Since most of wir eless devices will negotiate with each other and pick a pr oper data transfer rate automatically [...]

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    71 big space, you may not have to set output power to 100%. This will enhance security (malicious / unknown users in distance will not be able to re ach your wir eless router). WMM (12): The short of W i-Fi MultiMedia, it will enhance the data transfer performance of multimedia contents when they’r e being transferr ed over wir eless network. If [...]

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    72 Please select an encryption method from ‘Encryption’ dropdown menu, there are four options: 2-7-3-1 Disable wir eless security When you select this mode, data encryption is disabled, and every wireless device in proximity will be ab le to connect your wireless router if no other security measure is enab led (like MAC address access control -[...]

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    73 characters of key will be displayed. For example, if you select ’64-bit’ as key length, and ‘Hex’ as key format, you’ll see the message at the right of ‘Key Format’ is ‘Hex (10 char acters), which means the length of WEP key is 10 characters. Default Tx Key (4): Y ou can set up to four sets of WEP key , and you can decide which k[...]

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    74 IP addr ess (1 1): server her e RADIUS Server Please input the port number of radius Port (12): server her e. RADIUS Server Please input the port number of radius Passwor d (13): passwor d her e. After you finish WEP setting, please click ‘Apply’ button (10) and the following message will be di splayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Co[...]

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    75 2-7-3-3 W i-Fi Protected Access (WP A): When you select this mode, the wire less router will use WP A encryption, and the following setup menu will be shown on your web browser: Here are descriptions of every setup items: WP A Unicast Please select a type of WP A cipher suite. Cipher Suite (2): A vailable options ar e: WP A (TKIP), WP A2 (AES), [...]

  • Page 83

    76 other setup procedures, or click ‘A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait fo r about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). 2-7-3-4 WP A RADIUS: If you have a RADIUS server , this r outer can work with it and provide safer wireless authentication. Here are descriptions of every setup items: WP A Unicast Ple[...]

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    77 After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (6) button and the following message will be di splayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ to back to pr evious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait fo r about 30 second[...]

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    78 All allowed MAC addresses will be di splayed in ‘MAC Address Filtering T able’ (1). Here are descriptions of every setup items: Delete Selected (2): If you want to delete a specific MAC addr ess entry , check the ‘select’ box of the MAC addr ess you want to delete, then click ‘Delet e Selected’ button. (Y ou can select mor e t han on[...]

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    79 anything. Y ou can input up to 16 alphanumerical characters her e. This is optional and you can leave it blank, however , it’ s r ecommended to use this field to write a comment for every MAC addr esses as a memory aid. Add (7): Click ‘Add’ butto n to add the MAC addr ess and associated comment to the MAC addr ess filtering table. Clear (8[...]

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    80 2-7-5 W i-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) W i-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) is the simplest way to build connection between wireless network clients and this wireless router . Y ou don’t have to select encryption mode and input a long encryption passphrase every time when you need to setup a wirele ss client, you only have to press a button on wireless cl[...]

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    81 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable WPS (1): Check this box to enable WPS function, uncheck it to disable WPS. WPS Information (2):WPS-r elated syst em information will be displayed her e: WPS S tatus: If the wir eless security (encryption) function of this wir eless r outer is pr operly set, you’ll see ‘Configur ed’ message[...]

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    82 Configur e Click ‘S tart PBC’ to start Push-Button style WPS by Push Button (4): setup pr ocedur e. This wir eless r outer will wait for WPS r equests fr om wir eless clients for 2 minutes. The ‘WLAN’ LED on the wire less r outer will be steady on for 2 minutes when this wir eless r outer is waiting for incoming WPS r equest. Configur e [...]

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    83 2-7-6 Security T ips for W ir eless Network Here are some quick tips to help you improve the security level of your wireless network: 1. Never use simple words (like sc hool, apple and computer) as WEP encryption or WP A passphrase. 2. A complicated (the combination of number , alphabet, even symbol, and long enough) WEP key and WP A passphrase [...]

  • Page 91

    84 Chapter III Advanced Functions 3-1 Quality of Service (QoS) Quality of service provides an efficient way for computers on the network to share the internet bandwidth with a promised quality of internet service. W ithout QoS, all computers and devices on the network will compete with each other to get internet ba ndwidth, and some applications wh[...]

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    85 Here are descriptions of every setting: Enable QoS (1): Check this box to enable QoS function, unselect this box if you don’ t want to enfor ce QoS bandwidth limitations. T otal Download Y ou can set the limit of total download Bandwidth (2): bandwidth in kbits . T o disable download bandwidth limitation, input ‘0’ her e. T otal Upload Y o[...]

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    86 Move Up (9): Y ou can pull up the priority of the QoS rule you selected by clicking this button. Move Down (10): Y ou can lower th e priority of the QoS rule you selected by clicking this button. After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (1 1) button and the following message will be di splayed on your web browser: Please clic[...]

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    87 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Rule Name (a): Please give a name to this QoS rule (up to 15 alphanumerical characters) Bandwidth (b): Set the bandwidth li mitation of this QoS rule. Y ou have to select the data dir ection of this rule (Upload of Download), and the speed of bandwidth limitation in Kbps, then select the type of QoS: ?[...]

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    88 Remote IP Specify the r e mote (destination) IP addr ess Addr ess: (e): that will be affected by this rule. Please input the starting IP addr ess in the left field, and input the end IP addr ess in the right field to define a range of IP addr esses, or just input the IP addr ess in the left field to define a single IP addr ess. Remote Port Pleas[...]

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    89 3-2 Network Addr ess T ranslation (NA T) Network address translations solve the problem if sharing a single IP address to multiple computers. W it hout NA T , all computers must be assigned with a valid Internet IP addr ess to get connected to I nternet, but Internet service providers only provide very few IP addresses to every user . Therefore [...]

  • Page 97

    90 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to pr evious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait fo r about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). 3-2-2 Port Forwarding This function allows you to redirect a single port or consecutive ports of Internet IP[...]

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    91 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable Port Check this box to enable port mapping, Forwar ding (1): and uncheck this box to disable port mapping. Private IP (2): Input the IP addr ess of the computer on local network which pr ovides internet service. Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the r outer[...]

  • Page 99

    92 Delete All (1 1): Dele te all mappings existed in virtual server table. Reset (12): Unselect all mappings. After you finish with all settings, please click ‘Apply’ (13) button and the following message will be di splayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ to back to pr evious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, o[...]

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    93 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable V irtual Check this box to enable virtual server , Server (1): and uncheck this box to disable virtual server . Private IP (2): Input the IP addr ess of the computer which pr ovides Internet service. Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the computers connected to the r outer will be lis[...]

  • Page 101

    94 Reset (9): Remove all inputted values. V irtual Server All existing virtual server mappings will be T able (10): displayed her e. Delete (1 1): Please select a virtual server mapping by clicking the ‘Select’ box of the mapping, then click ‘Delete Selected’ button to r emove the mapping. If ther e’ s no existing mapping, this button wil[...]

  • Page 102

    95 3-2-4 Port Mapping for Special Applications Some applications require more than one connection a time; these applications won’t work with sim ple NA T rules. In order to make these applications work, you can use this function to let these applications work. Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable (1): Check this box to enable specia[...]

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    96 Popula Applications This section lists the mor e popular applications that (7): r equir e mu ltiple connections. Select an application fr om the Popular Applications selection and click ‘Add’ to save the setting to ‘Curr ent T rigger-Port Ta b l e . ’ Add (8): Add the setting to the ‘Curr ent T rigger-Port T able.’ Reset (9): Click ?[...]

  • Page 104

    97 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to pr evious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait fo r about 30 seconds while the router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in th is page back to previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel?[...]

  • Page 105

    98 Please click ‘Continue’ to back to pr evious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait fo r about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in th is page back to previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ bu[...]

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    99 There are many applications listed here. Please check the box of the special support for applications you n eed, and then click ‘Apply’ button and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ to back to pr evious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘A pply’ to reboot the[...]

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    100 3-3 Fir ewall Excepting NA T , this router also provides firewall function to block malicious intruders from accessing your com puters on local network. These functions include inbound att ack prevention, and block outbound traffics, like block URLs whic h have pre-defined keywords. Please follow the following instructions to enable or disable [...]

  • Page 108

    101 settings will take effect (Please wait fo r about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). 3-3-1 Access Control This function allows or denies co mputers with specific MAC address from connecting to the network; it can also allow or deny computers with specific IP address, protocol, or port. Please click ‘Firewall’ menu on the le ft of web ma[...]

  • Page 109

    102 Client PC Please input the MAC addr ess of computer MAC addr ess (2): or network device her e, dash ( - ) or colon ( : ) ar e not r equir ed. (i.e. If the MAC addr ess label of your wir eless device indicates ‘aa-bb-cc-dd-ee-ff ’ or ‘aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff ’, just input ‘aabbccddeeff ’ Computer Name (3): Pull down the menu and all the co[...]

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    103 Enable IP Check this box to enable IP addr ess based Filtering (1 1): filtering, and pl ease select ‘Deny’ or ‘Allow’ to decide the behavior of IP filtering table. If you select deny , all IP addr esses listed in filtering table will be denied fr om connecting to the network; if you select allow , only IP addr esses listed in filtering [...]

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    104 settings will take effect (Please wait fo r about 30 seconds while router is rebooting). If you want to reset all settings in th is page back to previously-saved value, please click ‘Cancel’ button. 3-3-1-1 Add PC After button is clicked, the followi ng message will be displayed on your web browser: a b c d e f[...]

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    105 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Client PC Please input any text to describe this IP Description (a): addr ess, up to 16 alphanumerical characters. Client PC IP Please input the starting IP addr ess in the left addr ess (b): field, and input the end IP addr ess in the right field to define a range of IP addr esses, or just input the [...]

  • Page 113

    106 can use this function to stop comput ers in local network from accessing the site you defined here. This function is useful for parents and company managers. Please follow the following instructions to set URL blocking parameters: Please click ‘Firewall’ menu on the le ft of web management interface, then click ‘URL Blocking’, and the f[...]

  • Page 114

    107 Curr ent URL All existing URL/Keywor ds in filtering Blocking T able (5): table will be listed her e. Delete (6): If you want to dele te a specific URL/Keywor d entry , check the ‘select’ box of the MAC addr ess you want to delete, then click ‘Delet e Selected’ button. (Y ou can select mor e t han one MAC addr esses). Delete All (7): If[...]

  • Page 115

    108 Internet connection will become very slow , and server may stop responding because it is not capabl e to handle too much traffics. This router has a built-in DoS att ack prevention mechanism; when you activate it, the router will stop the DoS attack for you. Please follow the following instructions to set DoS prevention parameters: Please click[...]

  • Page 116

    109 Port Scan (3): Some malicious in truder will try to use a ‘port scanner ’ to know how many ports of your Internet IP addr ess ar e open, and they can collect a lot of valuable information by doing so. Check this box and the r outer will block all traffics which ar e trying to scan your Internet IP addr ess. Sync Flood (4): This is another k[...]

  • Page 117

    11 0 3-3-3-1 DoS - Advanced Settings When you click ‘Advanced’ button in DoS menu, the following message will be displayed on your web browser: Here are descriptions of every setup items: Ping of Death (a): Set the thr eshold of when this DoS pr evention mechanism will be activated . Please check the box of Ping of Death, and input the fr equen[...]

  • Page 118

    111 After you finish with all settings, pl ease click ‘Apply’ (e) button and the following message will be di splayed on your web browser: Please click ‘Continue’ to back to pr evious setup menu; to continue on other setup procedures, or click ‘A pply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take effect (Please wait fo r about 30 seco[...]

  • Page 119

    11 2 Here are descriptions of every setup items: Enable DMZ (1): Check this box to enable DMZ function, uncheck this box to disable DMZ function. Public IP Y ou can select ‘Dynamic IP’ or ‘S tatic IP’ her e. addr ess (2): If you select ‘Dynam ic IP’, you have to select an Internet connection session fr om dr opdown menu; if you select ?[...]

  • Page 120

    11 3 Curr ent All existing public IP addr ess and private IP DMZ T able (7): addr ess mappi ng will be displayed her e. Delete (8): If you want to delete a specific DMZ entry , check the ‘select’ box of the DM Z entry you want to delete, then click ‘Delete Selected ’ button. (Y ou can select mor e than one DMZ entries). Delete All (9): If y[...]

  • Page 121

    11 4 3-4 System Status The functions describe d here will provide you with system related information. T o enter system status me nu, please either click ‘Status’ link located at the upper -right corner of web management interface, or click ‘Status’ button in main menu. 3-4-1 System information and firmware version Y ou can use this functio[...]

  • Page 122

    11 5 This information will vary de pending on the connection status. 3-4-3 Device Status Y ou can use this function to know the status of your router . Please click ‘Device Status’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: This information will vary depending on the device sta[...]

  • Page 123

    11 6 3-4-4 System Log All important system events are logged. Y ou can use this function to check the event log of your router . Please click ‘System Log’ menu on the left of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: The system events will be displa yed in this page, and here are descriptions of [...]

  • Page 124

    11 7 and the following message will be displayed on your web browser: The system events will be displa yed in this page, and here are descriptions of every buttons: Save (1): Save curr ent event log to a text file. Clear (2): Delete all event logs displayed her e. Refr esh (3): Refr esh the event log display . 3-4-5 Active DHCP client list If you?[...]

  • Page 125

    11 8 displayed here. Y ou can click ‘Re fresh’ button to display latest information. 3-4-6 Stati stics Y ou can use this function to check the statistics of wireless, LAN, and W AN interface of this router . Please click ‘Statistic s’ menu on the le ft of web management interface, and the following message will be displayed on your web brow[...]

  • Page 126

    11 9 3-5 Configuration Backup and Restore Y ou can backup all configurations of th is router to a file, so you can make several copied of router conf iguration for security reason. T o backup or restore router configuration, please follow the following instructions: Please click ‘T ool’ located at the uppe r-right corner of web managem ent inte[...]

  • Page 127

    120 3-6 Firmware Upgrade The system software used by this rout er is called as ‘firmware’, just like any applications on your computer , when you replace the old application with a new one; your computer will be equipped with new function. Y ou can also use this firmware upgrade f unction to add new functions to your router , even fix the bugs [...]

  • Page 128

    121 website, and use it to upgrade your router . After a firmware upgrade file is sel ected, click ‘Apply’ button, and the router will start firmware upgr ade procedure automatically . The procedure may take several minutes, please be patien t. 3-7 System Reset If you think the network performance is bad, or you found the behavior of the router[...]

  • Page 129

    122 Chapter IV : Appendix 4-1 Hardware Specification Product Wireless 300M Broadband Router Model Name: GR-724W Main Chipset RTL8196B + RTL8192SE Flash and SDRAM 4MB Flash + 16MB SDRAM Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n Frequenc y Band 2.4000~2.4835GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band) Modulation OFDM with BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64QAM (11n) OFDM with BPSK, Q[...]

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    123 4-2 T roubleshooting If you found the router is working improperly or stop responding to you, don’t pani c! Before you contact your dealer of purchase for help, please read this troubleshooting first. Some problems can be solved by you within very short time! Scenario Solution Router is not responding to me when I want to access it by web bro[...]

  • Page 131

    124 with your computer dir ectly attached to the device provided by your Internet service provider . d. Check PPPoE / L2TP / PPTP user ID and password again. e. Call your Internet service provide and check if there’ s something wrong with their service. f. If you just can’t connect to one or more website, but you can still use other internet se[...]

  • Page 132

    125 management interface: password is wrong IP address of the router! b. Password is case-sensitive. Make sure the ‘Caps Lock’ light is not illuminated. c. If you really forget the password, do a hard reset. Router become hot a. This is not a malfunction, if you can keep your hand on the router ’ s case. b. If you smell something wrong or see[...]

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    126 4-3 Glossary Default Gateway (Router): Every non-router IP device ne eds to configure a default gateway’ s IP address. When the device sends out an IP packet, if the destination is not on the same network, the device has to send th e packet to its def ault gateway , which will then send it out towards the de stination. DHCP: Dynamic Host Conf[...]

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    127 A network mask is also a 32-bit binary pa ttern, and consists of consecutive leading 1’ s followed by consecutive trailing 0’ s, such as 1 11 1 1 1 1 1.1 1 1 1 11 1 1.11 1 1 1 1 1 1.00000000. Therefor e sometimes a network mask can also be described simply as “x” number of leading 1’ s. When both are represented side by side in thei r[...]

  • Page 135

    128 Application Protocol Port Number T elnet TCP 23 FTP TCP 21 SMTP TCP 25 POP3 TCP 110 H.323 TCP 1720 SNMP UCP 161 SNMP Trap UDP 162 HTTP TCP 80 PPTP TCP 1723 PC Anywhere TCP 5631 PC Anywhere UDP 5632 PPPoE: Point-to-Point Protocol ov er Ethernet. Point-to-Point Protocol is a secure data transmission method originally crea ted for dial-up connecti[...]

  • Page 136

    129 transmission over the Internet. Both TCP and UDP are transport layer protocol. TCP performs proper error detection and error r ecovery , and thus is reliable. UDP on the other hand is not reliable. They both run on top of the IP (Internet Protocol), a network layer protocol. W AN: W ide Area Network. A network that connects computers located in[...]

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