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    Instant Br oadband™ Series EtherFast ® Cable/DSL & Voice Router powered by Net2Phone Use this Guide to install: BEFN2PS4 User Guide[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2000 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant Broadband is a r egistered trademark of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo ar e register ed trade- marks of Microsoft Corporation. All corporate names, service marks, logos, trade names, trademarks, websites and domain names of Net2Phone (collectively [...]

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    Instant Broadband TM Series EtherFast ® Cable/DSL & Voice Router powered by Net2Phone T able of Contents Introduction 1 About Net2Phone 1 F eatures 2 Package Contents / System Requirements 3 Getting to Know the Cable/DSL V oice Router 4 The Cable/DSL & V oice Router’ s Rear Panel 4 The Reset Button 5 The Cable/DSL & V oice Router’ [...]

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    Package Contents • One Linksys Instant Broadband EtherF ast ® Cable/DSL & V oice Router po wered b y Net2Phone • One po wer adapter • One Net2Phone Access Card (Not Sho wn) • One T echHelper CD-R OM • One user guide and registration card System Requirements • One RJ-45 Broadband Internet connection • One PC with an installed 10Mb[...]

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    Uplink The Uplink P or t is where y ou can expand y our net- w ork by connecting to another s witch or hub . The Uplink P or t is shared with P ort 4. Uplinking to another Router , switch or a hub is done b y simply running a cable from the Uplink P or t to the other device. If the Uplink port is being used , Port 4 will not w ork. Phone The Phone [...]

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    The W AN Indicators Link Gr een . The Link LED illuminates when a successful con- nection is made betw een the Router and your Broadband device or netw ork. Act Gr een . The Act LED flickers when the Router is sending or receiving data o ver the broadband port. Diag Red . The Diag LED illuminates when the Router goes through its self-diagnosis mode[...]

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    EtherFast ® Cable/DSL & Voice Router powered b y Net2Phone 9 DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) DHCP is software that automati- cally assigns IP addresses to client stations lo gging onto a TCP/IP network. DHCP eliminates ha ving to manually assign permanent IP addresses to every device on y our netw ork. DHCP software typicall y r uns[...]

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    No w that your Router is ph ysicall y installed , you will ha ve to conf igure your PCs to accept the IP addresses that your Router will pro vide. These instructions apply onl y to W indows 95 and W indo ws 98 machines. F or TCP/IP setup under W indo ws NT , please refer to your Microsoft W indo ws NT manual. 1. Click the Start button, select Setti[...]

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    Configuring Y our Network with the Cable/DSL & Voice Router Configuring the Cable/DSL & V oice Router No w that your Cable/DSL & V oice Router is wired into your netw ork, you can begin conf iguring your system. 1. Open y our web br o wser and type http://192.168.1.1 in the bro wser’ s Address box. This number is the default IP addres[...]

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    4. Conf igure the f ollo wing values . Host Name & Domain Name These f ields allow y ou to supply a host and domain name for the Router . Some ISPs require these names as identif i- cation. Y ou ma y hav e to check with your ISP to see if your Broadband Internet ser vice has been conf igured with a host and domain name. In most cases, lea ving [...]

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    6. Choose the DHCP tab . 7. Unless you alr eady ha v e a DHCP serv er on your internal network, choose Ena ble from the DHCP Server f ield. By choosing Enable, y ou will conf ig- ure the Router to automatically assign IP addresses to each of your PCs. In the Number of DHCP Users bo x, enter the number of PCs you plan on netw orking to the Router . [...]

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    19 Setting Up Y our Net2Phone Account Once your Router is completel y installed and set up, you can acti v ate your Net2Phone account. Y ou will need the follo wing before you can set up your Linksys Cable/DSL & V oice Router pow ered by Net2Phone to place lo w cost phone calls: • Calling Card w/ Account # and PIN (included with your Net2Phon[...]

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    Setup The Basic Setup screen is the f irst screen you will see w hen you access the Utility . If you ha ve already installed and setup y our router , you ha ve already seen this screen and ha ve already properly conf igured all of the screen’ s val- ues. • Host Name This entry is necessar y for some ISPs. Ask your ISP . • Domain Name This ent[...]

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    EtherFast ® Cable/DSL & Voice Router powered b y Net2Phone 23 • Net2Phone Option This option enbles y our Net2Phone account that came with your Router . Click Enable if y ou wish to enable your account at this time. Both the Account Number and PIN will appear on the Net2Phone/Linksys Rechargeab le Calling Card that came in your Router’ s b[...]

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    EtherFast ® Cable/DSL & Voice Router powered b y Net2Phone DHCP A DHCP (Dynamic Host Conf iguration Protocol) Server automatically assigns IP addresses to each computer on your netw ork. Unless you already ha ve one, it is highly recommended that y our router be set up as a DHCP server . • DHCP Serv er Check the Enable option to enab le the [...]

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    EtherFast ® Cable/DSL & Voice Router powered b y Net2Phone 27 Help Here you will f ind links to all of the Utility’ s internal suppor t documentation, a link to Linksys’ s website, the application that upgrades the Router’ s f irmware, as w ell as a link to Net2Phone’ s w ebsite for Net2Phone account management. T o upg rade the Router[...]

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    EtherFast ® Cable/DSL & Voice Router powered b y Net2Phone Filters b lock specif ic inter nal users from accessing the Inter net. Y ou can set up a f ilter through an IP address or a netw ork Port number . T o Modify Filter Settings • Enter the IP addresses you wish to f ilter into the IP address f ields. The users who ha ve these IP address[...]

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    EtherFast ® Cable/DSL & Voice Router powered b y Net2Phone For P or t forwarding sets up pub lic services on your netw ork. When users from the Internet make cer tain requests of your netw ork, the router will forward those requests to the appropriate computer . The router's DHCP function must be disabled to use F orwarding. F orwarding i[...]

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    EtherFast ® Cable/DSL & Voice Router powered b y Net2Phone Static Routing If your Router is connected to more than one netw ork, it ma y be necessar y to set up a static route betw een them. A static route is a pre-determined pathwa y that netw ork infor mation must trav el to reach a specif ic host or network. Click the Sho w Routing T able b[...]

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    The DMZ Host setting allo ws one local computer to be exposed to the Internet to use a special-pur pose ser vice such as Inter net gaming or video- conferencing. T o expose one computer , enter the computer’ s IP address and click the Appl y button. Inactiv ate DMZ by entering a zero (0). DMZ Host DMZ Host 35 EtherFast ® Cable/DSL & Voice Ro[...]

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    Troubleshooting Common Problems and Solutions This section pro vides possible solutions to problems re garding the installation and operation of the Cable/DSL V oice Router . Read below description to solve y our problems. If you can’ t f ind an answ er here, check the Linksys w ebsite at www .linksys.com. 1. I Can’t connect to the Cable/DSL Ro[...]

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    should be the Router’ s IP Address, and DNS (in "More".) • Same as abo ve, check the same setup v alues in the Status Monitor page of the Cable/DSL Router . 4. When I enter a URL or IP address, I get a time out error . • Check if other PCs w ork. If they do, ensure that your w orkstations IP settings are cor rect (IP address, Subnet[...]

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    ports 7777, 7778, 7779, 7780, 7781, and 27900 to the IP address of the ser v- er . If you w ant to use the UT Ser ver Admin, forward another port (8080 usually w orks well), then in the [UW eb.W ebSer ver] section of the server .ini f ile, set the ListenP or t to 8080 (to match the mapped por t abo ve) and ServerName to the IP assigned to the route[...]

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    Which modems are compatible with the router? The router is compatib le with virtually an y cable or DSL modem that supports Ethernet. What are the advanced features of the router? The router's adv anced features include Filters, F orwarding, Dynamic Routing, Static Routing, and DMZ host. Does Linksys provide syslog support? No, Linksys does no[...]

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    44 Instant Broadband TM Series What happens when I don't hear the dial-tone? There are chances that the W A V f iles ha ve been corr upted. Either upg rade the f irmware (see page 25) or , if you ha ve already upg raded , reapply y our f ir mware upgrade. What should I do when the calls are getting dropped after a few minutes? Call Net2phone C[...]

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    3. At the DOS command prompt , type "ping mail" (assuming that the location for which y ou’ re trying to f ind an IP address is conf igured as “mail”). Press Enter . Information such as the following data, tak en from a ping of Microsoft Netw ork’ s e-mail ser ver , will be displa yed. 4. Write do wn the IP addr ess retur ned b y [...]

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    48 Instant Broadband TM Series F ollo w these instructions to install the TCP/IP Protocol on one of your PCs only after a netw ork card has been successfully installed inside the PC. These instructions are for W indo ws 95 and W indows 98. F or TCP/IP setup under Microsoft W indows NT , please refer to your Microsoft Windo ws NT manual. 1. Click th[...]

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    50 Instant Broadband TM Series There are different grades, or categories, of twisted-pair cab ling. Category 5 is the most reliable and is highl y recommended. Category 3 is a good second choice. Straight-through cables are used for connecting computers to a hub . Crosso ver cables are used for connecting a hub to another hub (there is an exception[...]

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    52 Instant Broadband TM Series EtherFast ® Cable/DSL & Voice Router powered by Net2Phone Warrant y Information BE SURE T O HA VE Y OUR PROOF OF PURCHASE AND A BARCODE FR OM THE PR ODUCT'S P A CKA GING ON HAND WHEN CALLING. RETURN REQUESTS CANNO T BE PR OCESSED WITHOUT PR OOF OF PURCHASE. IN NO EVENT SHALL LINKSYS’ LIABILITY EXCEED THE P[...]

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    Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of this product, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of the phone numbers or Inter net addresses below . Information 800-546-5797 (LINKSYS) T ech Support and RMA Issues 800-326-7114 Fa x 949-261-8868 Email support@linksys.com We b http://www .linksys.com FTP Site ftp.linksys.com I[...]

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    © Copyright 2000 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Printed in the USA. http://www .linksys.com[...]