NETGEAR DG824M manual

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    SM-DG824MNA-0 Novemb er 2002 NET GEA R , Inc. 4500 G reat Americ a Parkwa y Santa Cla ra, CA 950 54 USA Pho ne 1- 888-N ETGE AR Reference Manual for the Model DG824M W ireless ADSL Modem Gateway[...]

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    ii © 2002 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. T rademarks NETGEAR is a tradem ark of Net gear , Inc. Micros of t, W indow s, and Windows NT are regi stered tradem arks of Microsoft Corpo ration. Other bra nd and produ ct names are r eg istered t radem arks or tra dem arks of their respectiv e holders. St atement of Conditions In the in terest of[...]

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    iii Bestätigung des Herstellers/Importeur s Es wird hi er mit bestäti gt, daß das DG824M Wireless ADSL M odem Gatewa y gemäß d er im BMP T -Amtsb lV fg 243/ 1991 und Vfg 46 /1992 auf geführ ten B estim mungen en tstört ist. D as vo rschriftsm äßige Betr eiben eini ger Ge räte ( z.B. T est sende r) kann jedo ch gewiss en Bes chrän kungen [...]

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    Contents v Content s Preface About This Guide Chapter 1 Introduction About the Gatewa y .................. ............. ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ...... ....... ............. ...... ... 1-1 Key Features .............. ............. .................... ................... ............. ................... ................ 1-1 80[...]

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    vi Contents Chapter 3 Wireless Configuration Considerati ons For A Wirel ess Network ...... ............. ................... ................... ............. ... 3-1 Implement Appropria te Securit y ............ ................... ............. ................... ............. ... 3-1 Observe Pl acement a nd Range G uidelines ............. ....[...]

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    Contents vii Activatio n and Admi nistration ......... ................... ................... ............. .............. 5 -12 Dropped Pac kets ........ ............. .................... ................... ............. ................... . 5-12 Enablin g Security E vent E-mai l Notificati on ............. ................... ................[...]

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    viii Contents Restoring th e Default Co nfiguration and Pa ssword ........ ................... ............. ................ 7-9 Problem s with Dat e and T ime .. .................... ............. ................... ............. ................... ... 7-9 Appendix A T echnica l Specification s Appendix B Network and Routing Basi cs Related P u[...]

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    Contents ix Appendix C Prep aring Y our Network Preparing Y our Co mputers for TCP/IP Netwo rking ............... ............ .................... ........ C-1 Configur ing Wind ows 95, 98, and Me for TCP /IP Networkin g ........... .................... ........ C-2 Install or V er ify Windows Net working Components .. ................... ........[...]

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    x Contents[...]

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    1 List of Procedures Procedur e 2-1: Record Y our Inte rnet Conne ction Information ......... .................... ......... 2-4 Procedur e 2-2: Connectin g the Gateway ... ............. ................... ............. ................... ... 2-5 Procedur e 2-3: Auto-Dete cting Y our In ternet Connec tion T yp e ....... .................... .....[...]

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    About This Gui de 3 Preface About This Guide Thank you f or purchasing th e NETGEAR ™ DG824M W ireless ADSL Modem Gateway. Audienc e This ref erence manual assumes that the reader has basi c to inte rmediate comput er and Internet skills . However , basic comput er netw ork, In ternet, f irewall , and wireless te chnolog ies tuto rial informat io[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 4 About Thi s Guide T ypo graph ical Conven tions This gui de uses the fo llowing t ypographical conv entions: ital ics Book titles and UNIX file, command, and d irectory names. courier font Scree n tex t, use r-typed comma nd-li ne e n trie s. Initi al Caps Menu titl es and win[...]

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    Introduc tion 1-1 Chap ter 1 Introduction This cha pte r desc ribes the f eatures of the NETGEAR DG824M W ireless ADSL Modem Gatewa y. The DG824M gate way is a combinatio n of a buil t-in ADSL modem, r outer , 4-port switc h, and firewal l wh ich enables your e nti re network to saf el y sha re an I nternet conne ct ion tha t ot he rwise is used by[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 1-2 Introduc tion • 802.1 1b Standards -based wireless networkin g • Co ntent Filte ring • Auto Sensi ng and Auto Uplink™ LAN Ether net Connect ions • Exten sive Int ernet Protocol S upport • Easy , web-b ased setup fo r instal lation a nd management • A built- in [...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Introdu ction 1-3 Content Filtering W ith its content f iltering fe ature, the DG82 4M preven ts objectionabl e content fro m rea ching your PCs. The gateway al lows you to c ontrol access t o Intern et content by scr eenin g for keywor ds within W eb addresse s. Y ou ca n confi[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 1-4 Introduc tion • DNS Proxy When DHCP is enabled an d no DNS addresses are speci fied, the gatewa y provides its o wn address as a DNS server to the a tt ac hed P C s. The gat eway obt ai ns a ctual DNS addresse s f rom the ISP du ring connection setup and f orwards DNS requ[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Introdu ction 1-5 • Diagno stic fun ctions The gate way incorpora te s bu il t- in diagnostic fu nct ion s s uch as Ping, DNS lo okup, and remote reboot. These functions a llow you to test Internet connectivity a nd reboot the gateway. Y ou can use t hese diagnosti c functio n[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 1-6 Introduc tion What’ s in the B ox? The produc t package shou ld contai n the following i tems: • DG824M W ireless ADSL Modem Gat eway • AC power a dapter ( varies by re gion) • Cat egor y 5 (C at 5) Ethe rnet ca ble • T elepho ne cable • Microf ilters (quanti ty [...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Introdu ction 1-7 Y ou can use the LEDs to verif y various conditions. Ta b l e 1 - 1 lists a nd descri bes each LED on the front p anel of the rout er . These LEDs are gr een when li t. T able 1- 1. LED Descriptions Label Act ivity Descript ion Power On Off Power is suppli ed t[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 1-8 Introduc tion The Gateway’ s R ear Panel The rear panel of the DG824M W ireless ADSL Modem Gate way ( Figure 1-2 ) contains p ort connecti ons. Figure 1-2: DG824 M Rear Panel V i ewed fr om le ft to ri ght , the rea r pan el co n tains the fo llow ing el emen ts: • AC po[...]

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    Connectin g the Gate way to the Internet 2-1 Chap ter 2 Connecting the Gate way to the Internet This chap ter describes how to set up the ga teway on your Local Area Network (LAN), con nect to the In terne t, how to co nfigu re you r DG 824M Wirele ss AD SL Mo dem Ga tewa y for In ter net ac cess using th e Setup W izard, or how t o manually config[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 2-2 Connectin g the Gateway to the Inter net Computer Hardw are Requi re ments T o use the DG82 4M gateway on your n etwork, each compute r must have an inst alled Et hernet Network In terface Card (NI C) and a n Ethernet cable, or a 802.1 1b wireless adapt er . If the computer [...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Connecti ng the Ga teway to th e Internet 2-3 • For W indows 95/ 98/ME, open t he Network control panel, select t he TCP/IP ent ry for the Ethernet adapter , and click Properties. • For W i ndows 2000/XP , open the Local Are a Network Connec tion, sele ct the TCP/IP ent ry f[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 2-4 Connectin g the Gateway to the Inter net Procedure 2-1: Record Y our Internet Connection Information Print t his page. Fill i n the conf iguration para meters from your I nternet S ervice Provider (ISP). ISP Mult iplexing Method and V irtual Circuit Numbe r: The defa ult set[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Connecti ng the Ga teway to th e Internet 2-5 Connecting the DG82 4M Wireless ADSL Mod em Ga teway to Yo u r L A N This sec tion provides i nstructi ons for connect ing the DG824M gatewa y. Note: T he Re sour ce CD incl ude d wit h you r gat ewa y con tains an an imat ed Instal [...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 2-6 Connectin g the Gateway to the Inter net 1. Connect the DG824M. a. T urn off your compute r . b. Connec t the cabl e ( A) from the DG824M ADSL port to your ADSL outlet, b eing sure to properl y connect the wir es as shown in the illustratio n below . Figure 2-1: Connect the [...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Connecti ng the Ga teway to th e Internet 2-7 c. Connect t he Ethernet cable ( B) from y our DG824M’ s LAN port to a compu ter . Figure 2 -2: Conn ect the gatew ay to a comp uter Note: The DG824M ga teway incorporate s Auto Uplink TM techn ology . Eac h Ethernet LAN port wil l[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 2-8 Connectin g the Gateway to the Inter net Note : For i nst ru ctions on co nnec ti ng comput er s t o the DG824M via wir el ess l in ks, please see the Chapter 3, “ W ireles s Configuration” . 2. Log in to t he DG824M. Note: If you usually run sof t ware to log in t o you[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Connecti ng the Ga teway to th e Internet 2-9 3. Connect to the Internet . Figure 2-5: Setup Wizard a. Y ou are no w connect ed to the gateway. If you do no t see the menu above , click the Setu p W izard li nk on th e upper le ft of the main menu. C lick t he Y es button in t h[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 2-10 Connectin g the Gate way to the I nternet • Let the D G824M auto- detect the type of Inter net connection yo u have and configu re it. • Manual ly choose whi ch type of Inte rnet connection you have and config ure it. These opt ions are descri bed below . In eith er cas[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Connecti ng the Ga teway to th e Internet 2-11 • Fixed IP a ddress assignment Next, the Setup W izard w ill r eport whic h connec tion type it has di scovered, and then displ ay the appr opriate configuration me nu. If the Setup W izard f inds no co nnection, you will be promp[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 2-12 Connectin g the Gate way to the I nternet Note: Y ou will no lon ger need t o launch t he ISP’ s login program on your PC in order to access the Int ernet. When y ou start an Int ernet appl ication, your g a teway will automat ically log you in. 3. Domain Name Ser ver (DN[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Connecti ng the Ga teway to th e Internet 2-13 1. Enter you r Login and Pass word. These f i elds are case sensiti ve. If you wish to change the login time out, enter a new v alue in min u tes . This d eterm i nes h ow lo ng the gat ew ay ke eps th e Inter net co nnec tion a cti[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 2-14 Connectin g the Gate way to the I nternet Procedure 2-6: Wizard -Detect ed Dynamic IP Account Setup If the Setup W izard d etermines that your Internet s e rvice account u ses Dynamic IP as signment, you will be directed to t he menu shown i n Figure 2-9 below : Figure 2-9:[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Connecti ng the Ga teway to th e Internet 2-15 If your ISP allows access from only on e specif ic computer’ s Etherne t MAC address, s elect “Use thi s MAC address.” The gateway will t hen captur e and use t he MAC address of the computer that you are now usi ng. Y ou must[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 2-16 Connectin g the Gate way to the I nternet 2. Enter t he IP address of yo ur ISP’ s Primary DNS Ser ver . If a Sec onda ry DNS Server add ress is avail abl e, ente r it also . A DNS server s are r equired t o perfor m the func tion of t ranslat ing an I nternet name such a[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Connecti ng the Ga teway to th e Internet 2-17 Manually C onfiguring Y our Inte rnet Con nection Y ou can manua lly conf igure your gateway using the menu below , or you can all ow the Setup W izard to d etermine your conf igurati on as described in the previous section. Figure [...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 2-18 Connectin g the Gate way to the I nternet Procedure 2-8: Manual Co nfiguration Y ou can manua lly conf igure the gateway in the Basic Set tings menu s hown in Figure 2-1 1 using these s teps: 1. If your IS P ADSL serv ice requires set ti ng th e M ult ipl ex ing Method a nd[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Connecti ng the Ga teway to th e Internet 2-19 b. Intern et IP Add re ss: If your ISP has ass igned you a perma nent, fix ed (stat ic) IP add ress for your PC, sel ect “Use stat ic IP ad dres s ”. En ter th e IP ad dre ss tha t y our IS P ass igne d. Al so ent er th e netmas[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 2-20 Connectin g the Gate way to the I nternet[...]

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    Wirele ss Confi guration 3-1 Chap ter 3 Wireless Configuration This chap ter describes how to configure t he wireless fea tures of your DG824M W ireless ADSL Modem Gateway. Consid eration s For A W ireless Ne twork In plann i ng your wireless ne twork, you should co nsider the leve l of secur ity requ ired. Y ou should also se lect the physic al pl[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 3-2 Wireless Confi gu ra tio n For best results, place your gateway: • Ne ar the c ente r of the area i n whi ch you r PC s will opera te. • In an el evated locatio n such as a high shelf. • A way from potenti al sources of i nterfer ence, such as PCs, mic rowaves, and 2.4[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Wire less Con figur ation 3-3 • Iden tifica tion . — Regula tory Domain. This field disp lays the region of operation fo r which the wirel ess inter face is int en ded. It ma y not b e lega l to op era te the ga tewa y in a r egi on oth er tha n the region s hown here. — S[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 3-4 W ir el ess Confi gu ratio n 3. Set the C hann el. This fi eld determines whi ch operating fr equenc y will be us ed. It should not be nece ssary to change t he wireless chann el unless you not ice inte rference probl ems with another ne arby wireles s router or acc ess poin[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Wire less Con figur ation 3-5 Procedure 3-2: Restri cti n g Wireless Access by MAC Address T o restri ct access based on MAC addresses, fol low these steps: 1. From th e W ireless Sett ings menu, clic k th e Tr ust ed PCs but ton to displa y t he W ireless Ac ces s menu, shown b[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 3-6 W ir el ess Confi gu ratio n Configuring Wired Equivalent Pri vacy (WEP) Figure 3-3. Wireless WE P menu In the W ireless Set tings menu y ou can configure WEP d ata encry ption using the fol lowing para meters : • Authen ticati on T ype Normally t his can be left at the de[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Wire less Con figur ation 3-7 • Automatic - Enter a word or group of printable char acters i n the Passphrase box and click t he Generat e button. T he keys will be aut omatical ly populat ed with key values . For 64-bi t encryption, a ll four k eys are generate d from a singl[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 3-8 W ir el ess Confi gu ratio n • Automatic - Enter a word or group of printable char acters i n the Passphrase box and click th e Generate button. Select w hic h of the f our keys will be a ctive. Click Appl y to save a ny settings fr om this me nu.[...]

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    Protect ing Your Network 4-1 Chap ter 4 Protectin g Y o ur Netw ork This chap ter descri bes how to us e the basic fir ewall fea tures of the DG824M W irele ss ADSL Modem Gate way to prot ect your ne twork. Protecting Acce ss to Y our DG824M Wir e less ADSL Modem Gateway For secur ity reasons, the g ateway has its own u ser name and password. Also,[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 4-2 Protecting You r Network 2. From the Mai n Menu of the browser interface, unde r the Maintenance heading, select Set Password t o bring up the menu shown in Figure 4-2 . Figure 4-2: Set Password menu 3. T o change the pa ssword, fi rst ente r the old password , and then ente[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Protecti ng Your N etwork 4-3 Configuring Bas ic Firewa ll Serv ices Basic fi rewall servic es you c an configu re include acce ss blocking and sc heduling of fir ewall secur ity . Th e se to p ics ar e pr esent ed bel ow . Blocking Keywords, Sites, and Services The gateway prov[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 4-4 Protecting You r Network 2. Click on t he Block Si tes link of the Security menu. Figure 4-3: Block Sites menu 3. T o enabl e keyword bl ocking, che ck “T urn keyword blocking on”, ent er a keyword or domain in the Ke yword box, click Add Key word, then click App ly . So[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Protecti ng Your N etwork 4-5 6. Click Appl y to save y our settings. Rules Firewal l rules are use d to block or allow speci fic traf fic pas sing throug h from one side to the other . Inbound rul es (W A N to LAN) rest rict access by outs iders to privat e resources, se lectiv[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 4-6 Protecting You r Network T o acces s the Rule s configuratio n of the DG824M, click t he Rule s link on t he main menu, then click Add for eit her an Outbound or I nbound Se rvice. Figure 4-4: Rules menu • T o edit an exist ing rule, s elect its button on the left si de of[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Protecti ng Your N etwork 4-7 Inbound Ru les (Port Forward ing) Because t he DG824M use s Network Addr ess Tr anslation (NA T), your net work prese nts only one IP addre ss to the Inter net, and outside users cannot dir ectly address any of your local computers. However , by def[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 4-8 Protecting You r Network The param eters a r e: •S e r v i c e From this list, select the app licati on or servi ce to be a llowed or blocked . The list alrea dy display s many common services , but you ar e not limited to these choi ces. Use the Add Service s menu to add [...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Protecti ng Your N etwork 4-9 Inbound Rule Example: Allowing V ideoconference from Restricted Addresses If you want to allow inc oming videoconferenc in g to be ini ti at ed fr om a restri ct ed ra nge of outside IP addre sses, such as fro m a branch of fice, you c an create an [...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 4-10 Protecti ng Your N etwork Outbound Ru les (Service Blocking) The DG824M all ows you to block the use of cer tain Internet service s by PCs on you r network. This is called serv ice blocki ng or p ort fil tering. Y ou can defi ne an out bound rule to block Inter net access f[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Protecti ng Your N etwork 4-11 The param eters a r e: •S e r v i c e From this list, select the app licati on or servi ce to be a llowed or blocked . The list alrea dy display s many common services , but you ar e not limited to these choi ces. Use the Add Service s menu to ad[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 4-12 Protecti ng Your N etwork Order of Precedence for Rules As you defi ne new rules, the y are added to the tables i n the Rule s menu, as shown in Figure 4-8 : Figure 4-8: Rules table with examples For an y tra ffic attem ptin g to pa ss thr ough the fi rewal l, the p acket i[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Protecti ng Your N etwork 4-13 Service s Service s are functions performed by serv er computer s at the reques t of clie nt computers. For example, W eb serve rs serve w eb pages , time servers se rve time and date information, and game hosts se rve data abou t other pl ayers’[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 4-14 Protecti ng Your N etwork • T o delet e a n e xisting Servi ce , se lect its bu tt on on the left side of the table and cl ick Delete. 3. Modify the menu shown below fo r defini ng or ed iting a s ervice. Figure 4-10: Add Services menu 4. Click Appl y to save y our change[...]

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    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Protecti ng Your N etwork 4-15 2. Click on t he Schedul e link of the Sec urity menu to display menu sho w n below . Figure 4-1 1: Schedule Services menu 3. Select your T ime Zone. Thi s setting will be used for the b locking sc hedule ac cording to your local time z one a n d f[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 4-16 Protecti ng Your N etwork Procedure 4-5: Scheduling Firewall Services If you enabl ed s ervic es blo cking in the Bloc k Serv ices m enu o r Port forw ardin g in the Ports menu , you can se t up a schedule f or when blocking occurs or when acces s isn't restr icted. 1.[...]

  • Page 67

    Managing Yo ur Network 5-1 Chap ter 5 Managing Y our Network This chap ter describes how to perform networ k management tas ks with you r DG824M W ireless ADSL Modem Gateway. Backin g Up, Restoring, or Erasin g Y our Setting s The confi guration sett ings of the DG824M g ateway are stored in a conf igurati on file in the gateway. Th is file can be [...]

  • Page 68

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 5-2 Managing You r Network 2. From the Mai nte nance heading of t he Main Men u, select the Set ti ngs Bac kup men u as seen in Figure 5 - 1 . Figure 5-1: Settings Backup menu 3. Click Bac kup to save a copy of the current s ettings. 4. Store th e .cfg file on a c omputer on you[...]

  • Page 69

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Managin g Your Ne twork 5-3 Procedure 5-7 : Restore a Con figuration from a F ile 1. Log in to the gateway at it s defaul t LAN address of htt p://192 .168.0.1 wi th its de fault User Name of admin , defau lt pass word of password , or us in g what ev er User Name, Pas swor d an[...]

  • Page 70

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 5-4 Managing You r Network Upgrade f i les can be downlo aded from NETGEAR's websit e. If the upgrade fi le is compres sed (.ZIP file ), you must firs t ext ract the bi nary ( .BIN or .IMG) f ile before uploa ding i t to t he gat eway. Procedure 5-1: Gateway Upgrade Note: N[...]

  • Page 71

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Managin g Your Ne twork 5-5 Netw ork Manage ment Inf ormat ion The DG824M provi des a variety of status and usage informat ion which i s discussed bel ow . V i ewing Gateway S t atus and Usage St atistics From the Mai n Menu, under Maintenan ce, select Gateway S tatus to vi ew t[...]

  • Page 72

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 5-6 Managing You r Network This scre e n show s the foll o wing par am eter s: T able 5 -1. Menu 3.2 - Gatewa y St at us Fields Field Descrip tion System Name The Host Nam e assign ed to the gatew ay in the Basic Settings m enu. Firmware V ersion This fi eld displays the gatew a[...]

  • Page 73

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Managin g Your Ne twork 5-7 Click on t he “Sho w Stat istics” butt on to displ ay gateway usage statist ics, as sh own in Figure 5-3 belo w: Figure 5-4: G ateway Statistics scree n This scree n show s the follo wing stat is tics : . T abl e 5- 1. G ate way St atist ics Fiel [...]

  • Page 74

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 5-8 Managing You r Network Click on t he “Sho w W AN St atus” button to d i splay gateway W AN connecti on status, as shown in Figure 5 - 5 be low : Figure 5-5: Gat eway W AN Status screen Clickin g the Renew button up dates the stat us informat ion. This scree n show s the [...]

  • Page 75

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Managin g Your Ne twork 5-9 V i ewing Att ached Devices The Attac hed Devices menu cont ains a table of all IP de vices that the gateway has discovered on the lo cal netwo rk. Fro m the Main Me nu of th e b rows er in te rface, under the Ma in ten ance heading, selec t At ta che[...]

  • Page 76

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 5-10 Managing Y our Netwo rk V i ewing, Selecting, an d Saving Logged I nformation The gatewa y will log secur ity-related e vents such as den ied incoming se rvice re quests, hacker probes, a nd administ rator l ogins. If you ena bled cont ent filter ing in t he Block Sit es me[...]

  • Page 77

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Managin g Your Ne twork 5-11 Log e n trie s a re des cribe d in Ta b l e 5 - 1 Log acti on buttons are de scribed in T able 5- 8 Selecting What Inf ormati on to Log Besides t he standard inf ormation lis ted above, you can ch oose to log additio nal information. Tho se optiona l[...]

  • Page 78

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 5-12 Managing Y our Netwo rk • Ro uter o perat ion (s tart up , get time , etc . ) • Known DoS att acks and Port Scans Saving Log Fi les on a Server Y ou can choose t o write the logs to a PC runni ng a sysl og pr ogr am. T o activate this featu re, check the box un der Sysl[...]

  • Page 79

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Managin g Your Ne twork 5-13 Enab lin g Se cu rit y Ev ent E-mail Notific at ion In order to recei ve logs and aler ts by e-mai l, you mus t provide your e-mail informa tion in the E-Mail subheadin g: • T urn e-mail notification on Check thi s box if yo u wish to re ceive e-ma[...]

  • Page 80

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 5-14 Managing Y our Netwo rk • Send aler t immediately Check thi s box if you wo uld li ke immediate notific ation of a signifi cant secur ity event , such a s a known att ack, port scan, o r attempted acce ss to a bl ocked site. • Send logs according to thi s schedule Speci[...]

  • Page 81

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Managin g Your Ne twork 5-15 Runn in g Di agnostic Utili tie s and Rebootin g the Rou ter The DG824M gat eway has a diagnosti cs f eat ur e. Y ou can use the diagnostic s menu to perfor m the followi ng functi ons from th e gateway: • Ping an I P Address to test connectivity t[...]

  • Page 82

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 5-16 Managing Y our Netwo rk Enabling R emote Management Using the Remote Management page, you can all ow a user or users on t he Internet to co nfigure, upgrade a nd check the stat us of your NETGEAR Cable/DSL ProSafe VPN Fi rewall. Procedure 5-2: Configu re Remote Management 1[...]

  • Page 83

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Managin g Your Ne twork 5-17 6. Click Appl y to have your chan ges take ef fect. When access ing your gateway f r om the Internet , you will type your gateway' s W AN IP address in your browser' s Address (in IE) or Locati on (in Netscape) box, followed by a c olon (:)[...]

  • Page 84

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 5-18 Managing Y our Netwo rk[...]

  • Page 85

    Adva nced Configur ation 6-1 Chap ter 6 Advanced Configur ation This chap ter describes how to configure t he advanced feat ures of you r DG824M W ireless ADSL Modem Gateway. Configur in g Advance d Se curity The DG824M W irele ss ADSL Modem Gat eway provides a var i ety of advance d features, such as: • Set ting u p a De milit ari zed Zo ne (D M[...]

  • Page 86

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 6-2 Advanced Configu ra tio n Incoming t raffic f rom the In ternet is normal ly discarded by the gateway unles s the tra ffi c is a respons e to one of your lo cal comp uters or a service that you have configure d in the Ports menu . Instea d of discar ding this t raf fic, you [...]

  • Page 87

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Advanc ed Configu ration 6-3 Configurin g LAN IP Settings The LAN IP Set up menu allows confi guration of LAN IP s ervices s uch as DHCP and RIP . These featur es can be found unde r the Advanced hea ding in the Main Menu of t he browser interface. LAN TCP/IP Setup The gateway i[...]

  • Page 88

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 6-4 Advanced Configu ra tio n The LAN TCP/IP Se tup paramet ers are: • IP Addres s This is the LAN IP addres s of the ga teway. • IP Subnet M ask This is the LAN Subnet Mask of the gate way. Combine d with the IP address, the I P Subnet Mask allows a devi ce to know which ot[...]

  • Page 89

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Advanc ed Configu ration 6-5 Any packet s sent through t he gateway that a re lar ger than the c onfigure d MTU size wi ll be repac kage d into smal le r pa ck ets to meet the MT U req u ireme nt. T o ch an ge th e MT U size: 1. Under MTU Size , select Custom. 2. Enter a n ew si[...]

  • Page 90

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 6-6 Advanced Configu ra tio n • WINS Serv er , s hort for W indows Internet Naming Service Server , determines the IP address associated with a particular Wi ndow s computer . A WINS server records and reports a list of names and IP address of W indows PCs on its local network[...]

  • Page 91

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Advanc ed Configu ration 6-7 2. From the Mai n Menu , und er Advanced, clic k the LAN IP Setup li nk to view the menu , sh own in Figure 6-3 Figure 6-3: LAN IP Setup Menu 3. Ente r the T C P/IP , M TU, DH CP , o r R eser ved IP p aram eters . 4. Click Appl y to save y our change[...]

  • Page 92

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 6-8 Advanced Configu ra tio n The gatewa y contains a cli ent that can con nect to a dynamic DNS service pr ovider . T o use t his featur e, you must se lect a servic e provider and obt ain an account wi th them. After you ha ve configu red your account i nformation in the ga te[...]

  • Page 93

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Advanc ed Configu ration 6-9 Using St atic Routes S tatic Ro utes provi de additional r outing i nformation to your gateway. Under norma l circumst ances, the gatewa y has adequate routing i nformation aft er it has been configured for Intern et access, an d you do no t need to [...]

  • Page 94

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 6-10 Advanc ed Configu ra tio n Procedure 6-3: Configu ring St atic Rou tes 1. Log in to the gateway at it s defaul t LAN address of htt p://192 .168.0.1 wi th its de fault User Name of admin , defau lt pass word of password , or us in g what ev er User Name, Pas swor d an d LAN[...]

  • Page 95

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Advanc ed Configu ration 6-11 c. Select Act iv e t o mak e this route effectiv e. d. Select Private i f you w ant to limi t acc ess to the L AN on ly . The s tatic r oute w ill no t be re porte d in R IP . e. T ype the Destinat ion IP Ad dress of t he final desti nation. f. T yp[...]

  • Page 96

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 6-12 Advanc ed Configu ra tio n[...]

  • Page 97

    Troubles hooting 7- 1 Chap ter 7 T roubleshooting This chap ter gives info rmation about troubles hooting your DG824M W ireless ADSL Mo dem Gateway. Afte r each problem descri ption, instru ctions are provided to help you diagnose and solve the prob lem. For the common p roblems li sted, go to the s ection indicat ed. • Is the g ateway on? • Ha[...]

  • Page 98

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 7-2 Troubl eshootin g b. The LAN port LEDs are lit for a ny local ports that are connected. c. The W AN port LED is lit. If a por t’ s LED is lit, a link has been es tablished to th e connecte d device. If a LAN por t is connecte d to a 100 Mbp s device, ve rify that the port?[...]

  • Page 99

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Troub leshooti ng 7-3 • Make sur e that t he Etherne t cable connect ions are s ecure at the gat eway and at the hub or workstat ion. • Make sur e that po wer is turned on t o the conne cted hub or workst ation. • Be sur e you are u sing the corr ect cabl e: — When conne[...]

  • Page 100

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 7-4 Troubl eshootin g • When ent ering con figurati on setti ngs, be sur e to click the APPL Y button bef ore moving t o another menu or tab, or your changes ar e lost. • Click th e Refresh or Reloa d button i n the W eb browser . The change s may have occ urred, but the W e[...]

  • Page 101

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Troub leshooti ng 7-5 W AN LED Off If the W AN LED is of f , di sc onne ct a ll telephones o n the line. If th is solves th e pr obl em, re con n ec t the te lephon es one at a time , being c areful to use a microfi lter on each te lephone. If the microfil ters are conn ected co[...]

  • Page 102

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 7-6 Troubl eshootin g • Y our ISP may check for your PC's host name. Assign t he PC Host Name of your I SP account t o the gateway in t he browser -based Set up Wi z a r d . • Y our ISP on ly allows one Etherne t MAC address to conne ct to Int e rnet, and may chec k for[...]

  • Page 103

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Troub leshooti ng 7-7 A DNS server is a host on the Int ern et that tr ans lates Internet names (such as www addres ses ) to nume ric IP add r esses. T ypicall y your ISP will pro vide the address es of o ne or two DNS server s for your use . If you enter ed a DNS addre ss dur i[...]

  • Page 104

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 7-8 Troubl eshootin g — Ma ke sur e the LAN port LED is on . If the LE D is off, fol low th e instr uctio ns in “LAN or W AN Port LEDs Not On ” on page 7- 2 . — Check tha t the correspond ing Link LEDs are on f or your net work interface card and for the hub ports (if a [...]

  • Page 105

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Troub leshooti ng 7-9 Restor in g the Def ault Configura tion and Pa ss word This sec tion explains ho w to restore the factory defaul t config uration setti ngs, changing the router’ s a dministr ation pas sword to p assword and the IP address to 192.168.0 .1. Y ou can e rase[...]

  • Page 106

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 7-10 Troubl eshootin g[...]

  • Page 107

    Techni cal Spec ificati ons A-1 Append ix A T echnica l Specifications This appe ndix provides te chnical s pecification s for the DG824M W ireless ADSL Mode m Gateway. Network Protocol and S t a ndards Comp atibility Data and Ro uting P rotocols: TCP/IP , RIP-1, RIP- 2, DHCP , PPP over Ether net (PPPoE) or PPP over A TM (PPPoA), RFC 1483 Bridged E[...]

  • Page 108

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway A-2 Technical Specif ications Operati ng humidity : 90% m axim um re lative hu m idity , no ncon dens ing Electromagneti c Emissions Meets req uir em en ts of: FCC Part 15 Clas s B VCCI Class B EN 55 022 (CI SPR 22), Class B Interfac e Specifications LAN: 10BASE-T or 1 00BASE-Tx[...]

  • Page 109

    Network a nd Routi ng Basi cs B-1 Append ix B Network an d Routing Basics This chap ter provides an overview of IP net works, r outing, an d wireless networ king. Relate d Publication s As you rea d this doc ument, you may be di rected t o various RFC documents for fur ther informat ion. An RFC is a Request For Comment (RFC) publi shed by the Inter[...]

  • Page 110

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway B-2 Netw ork and R outing Basics What is a Router? A router is a de vice that for wards tra ff ic between networ ks based on netwo rk layer infor mation in the da ta and on rout i ng ta bles maintai ne d b y the router . In these r out ing tables, a r outer builds up a logical p[...]

  • Page 111

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Network and Routin g Basics B-3 The latt er version is easier t o remember an d easier to ente r into yo ur computer . In addit ion, the 32 bits of the address a r e subdivided i nto two parts. The first part of the address identi fies the networ k, and the secon d part ide ntif[...]

  • Page 112

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway B-4 Netw ork and R outing Basics •C l a s s C Class C ad dresses can have 254 hosts on a networ k. Class C address e s use 24 bits fo r the network a ddress and eight bits for the node. They a re in thi s range: 192.0.1.x to 223.255.254.x. •C l a s s D Class D addre sses are[...]

  • Page 113

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Network and Routin g Basics B-5 As a short er a lternative to dot ted-decimal n ota ti on, t he netmask may also be e xpressed in terms o f the number of ones fro m the lef t. This number is appende d to the IP a ddress, followin g a backward slash ( / ), as “/ n.” In the ex[...]

  • Page 114

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway B-6 Netw ork and R outing Basics Although t he preceding example use s the entire t hird octet for a subnet address , note that you ar e not res t ricted to octet boundaries in su bnetting. T o create mor e network numbers, you need only shift some bits from th e hos t add r ess[...]

  • Page 115

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Network and Routin g Basics B-7 NETGEAR strongl y recommen ds that yo u configure all hos ts on a LAN segment to use the same netmas k for the foll owing reasons: • So tha t hosts r ecognize local IP broadca st packets When a devic e broadcasts t o its segme nt neighbors, it u[...]

  • Page 116

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway B-8 Netw ork and R outing Basics Single IP Address Operation Using NA T In the past, if mu ltiple PCs on a LAN nee de d to ac cess the I nt erne t simu ltane ousl y , y ou ha d to obtain a range of IP addr esses from the ISP . Thi s type of Internet accoun t is more c ostly than[...]

  • Page 117

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Network and Routin g Basics B-9 This sch eme offers t he additional b enefit of fir e wall-like pro tection because the in ternal LA N addre sses are n o t avai labl e to th e Inte rnet th ro ug h the transl ate d c onne cti on . All incom ing inquir ies are f i ltered out by th[...]

  • Page 118

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway B-10 Network a nd Routi ng Basi cs Domain Name Server Many of the resources on the Inte rnet can be addre ssed by simple descript ive names such a s www .NETGEAR.com . This addre ssing is very helpful at the applicati on level, but the descrip t ive name must b e tra nslat ed to[...]

  • Page 119

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Network and Routin g Basics B-11 Ethern et Cabling Although Et hernet networks originally used thick or thin coaxi al cable, most in stallations cur rently use unshi elded twisted p air (UTP) c abling. The UTP cable contains eight conductor s, arranged in four twi sted pai rs, a[...]

  • Page 120

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway B-12 Network a nd Routi ng Basi cs Cable Qu a lity A twiste d pair Ethernet ne twor k op erating at 10 Mbi ts /s eco nd ( 10BASE- T) will often tol er at e l ow qualit y cables, but at 100 Mbits/second ( 10BASE-Tx) the cable must be r ated as Cat egory 5, or "Cat 5" , [...]

  • Page 121

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Network and Routin g Basics B-13 St ateful Packet Inspection Unlike si mple Inter net shari ng routers , a fire wall uses a p rocess cal led stat eful packe t inspection to ensure s ecure firewall filtering to pr otect you r network from att acks and i ntrusions. Since user -lev[...]

  • Page 122

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway B-14 Network a nd Routi ng Basi cs Ad Hoc Mode (Peer-to-Peer Workgr oup) In an ad hoc network , computers a re brought together as needed; t hus, th ere is no st ructure or fixed points t o the network - e ach node can genera lly communicat e with any o t her node. There i s no [...]

  • Page 123

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Network and Routin g Basics B-15 Authentication and WEP Encryption The absenc e of a physical connection bet ween nod es makes the wireless link s vulnerab le to eavesdr opping and i nformation thef t. T o provide a certain leve l of secur ity , the IEEE 8 02.1 1 standar d has d[...]

  • Page 124

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway B-16 Network a nd Routi ng Basi cs The radi o frequency channe ls used are lis ted in T able 7-2 : Note: The avai lable channel s sup ported by the wirel ess pr oducts i n variou s countr ies ar e dif fer ent. The pref erred channel se paration betwee n the channels in neighbori[...]

  • Page 125

    Preparin g Your Ne twork C-1 Append ix C Prep ar ing Y our Networ k This app endi x desc ribes how to pr epare your n etwork to connec t to the Inte rnet throug h t he Model RP614 W eb Safe Router and how to ve rify the readi ness of broadband Internet serv ice from an Inter net se rvice pro vi der (I SP). Prep aring Y our Computer s for TCP/IP Net[...]

  • Page 126

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter C-2 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk • All versi ons of UNIX or Linux incl ude TCP/IP compon ent s. Fol low the inst ru cti ons provi ded with your operating system or networking softwa re to ins tall TCP/IP on your computer . In your I P network, e ach PC and the fire wall must be assigned a uniq[...]

  • Page 127

    Referen ce Manual for the Model RP61 4 Web Safe Route r Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-3 Y ou must hav e an Ethern et adapter , the TCP/I P protocol, and Cli ent for Mic rosoft Networks. If you ne ed to install a new adap ter , follow these st eps: a. Click th e Add button. b. Select A dapter , and the n click Add. c. Select the manufacturer and model [...]

  • Page 128

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter C-4 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk If you ne ed Client for Microsoft Netw orks: a. Click th e Add button. b. Select C lient , and th en click Ad d. c. Select Mi cr osof t. d. Select C lient for Mic rosoft Net works, and t hen click OK. 3. Rest art yo ur PC fo r the c hang es to ta ke effec t. Enab[...]

  • Page 129

    Referen ce Manual for the Model RP61 4 Web Safe Route r Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-5 V erify the fo llowing sett ings as shown: • Cli ent fo r Mic ro sof t N etwo r k exis ts • Eth e rnet a dapte r is pre sent •T C P / I P i s p r e s e n t • Prim ary N etw ork L ogon is set to W indows logon Click on t he Pr operties but ton. The followi n[...]

  • Page 130

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter C-6 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk Selecting Wi ndows’ Internet Access Method 1. On the W indows taskb ar , click th e S tart bu tt on, poi nt to Settings, an d then click Cont rol Panel. 2. Doub l e-cl ick th e Inte rnet O p tions icon . 3. Select “I want to set up my Internet connec tion man[...]

  • Page 131

    Referen ce Manual for the Model RP61 4 Web Safe Route r Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-7 2. T ype winipcfg , a nd then cl ick OK. The IP Configuratio n window ope ns, which li sts (among other things ), your IP a ddress, su bnet mask, and de fault gateway . 3. From the dr op-down box, select you r Ethernet adapt er . The window is up dated t o show you[...]

  • Page 132

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter C-8 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk DHCP Configuration of TCP/IP in Windows XP , 2000, or NT4 Y ou will fi nd there are many s imilarities in t he procedu res for dif ferent W indows sys tems when using DHCP to configure TCP/IP . The fo llowing st eps will walk you through the co nfigurat ion proce[...]

  • Page 133

    Referen ce Manual for the Model RP61 4 Web Safe Route r Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-9 • Now you should be at the Local Area Network Conn ection Sta t us window . This box displ ays the connecti on statu s, duration, speed , and a ctiv i ty st at isti cs. • Administrat or logon acces s rights are need ed to use t his win dow . •C l i c k t h e [...]

  • Page 134

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter C-10 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk DHCP Configuratio n of TCP/IP in Windows 2000 Once agai n, after y ou have install ed the net work card, TCP/ IP for W indows 2000 is configur ed. TCP/IP shou ld be added by defa ult and set to DHCP wi thout your having to configure it . However , if there ar e [...]

  • Page 135

    Referen ce Manual for the Model RP61 4 Web Safe Route r Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-11 • Click on the My Network Places ico n on the W indows deskto p. This will br in g up a window called Network and Dial-up Connection s. • Right click on Lo cal Area Connect ion and se lect Pr operties . •T h e Local Ar ea Connection Pr operties dialog b ox a[...]

  • Page 136

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter C-12 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk • Wi th Inte rnet Protocol ( TCP/IP) sel ected, clic k on Properti es to open th e Interne t Protocol (TCP/IP) P roperties dial ogue box. • V erif y th at • Obtain an IP addr es s automa t ic all y is select ed. • Obtain DNS server addr es s automat i ca[...]

  • Page 137

    Referen ce Manual for the Model RP61 4 Web Safe Route r Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-13 DHCP Configuratio n of TCP/IP in Windows NT4 Once you ha ve installed t he network c ard, you nee d to configure the TCP/ IP environment f or W indows NT 4.0. Fol low this p rocedure to c onfigure TCP/IP with DHCP i n Windo w s NT 4.0. • Choose Settin gs fro m t[...]

  • Page 138

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter C-14 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk • Highlight the TCP/IP Pr otocol in the Network Proto cols box, and click on the Pro perties butt on.[...]

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    Referen ce Manual for the Model RP61 4 Web Safe Route r Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-15 V erifying TCP/IP Properties for W indows XP , 2000, and NT4 T o check your PC’ s TCP/IP configu ration: 1. On the W indows taskbar , click the S tart bu tton, and t hen clic k Run. The Run windo w opens. 2. T ype cmd and then click OK. A command window o pens 3[...]

  • Page 140

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter C-16 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk • The defau lt gateway is 192 .168.0.1 4. T ype exit Configur in g the Macint osh for TCP/IP Ne tworking Beginning with Macintosh Oper ating Syst em 7, TCP/IP is alre ady insta lled on t he Macintosh . On each net worked Macintosh, you will need to config ure [...]

  • Page 141

    Referen ce Manual for the Model RP61 4 Web Safe Route r Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-17 2. If not alre ad y sel ecte d, sele ct Bu ilt- in Ethe rnet in the C onfig ure li st. 3. If not a lready s elected, S elect Using DHCP in the TCP/ IP tab. 4. Click Sav e. V erifying TCP/I P Properties for Macinto sh Computers After yo ur Macintosh is co nfigured [...]

  • Page 142

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter C-18 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk V erif yi ng th e Re adines s of Y our Inter ne t Acco unt For broad band access t o the Inte rnet, you need to contract wit h an In ternet s ervice provider (ISP) for a si ngle-user Inter net access accou nt using a cable modem or DSL mode m. This modem mus t b[...]

  • Page 143

    Referen ce Manual for the Model RP61 4 Web Safe Route r Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-19 • An IP a ddress and subnet mask • A gate way IP addre ss, which is the a ddress of the ISP ’ s router • One or mo re domain na m e serve r (DNS) IP addresse s • Host n ame and doma in suf fix For exampl e, your account’ s full server na mes may look l[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter C-20 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk If an I P address a ppears under Instal led Gateways, write d own the address. Thi s is the ISP’ s gateway a ddress. Select t he addres s and then click R emove to r e move the gateway ad dress. 6. Select the DNS Configurati on tab. If any DNS s erver add ress[...]

  • Page 145

    Referen ce Manual for the Model RP61 4 Web Safe Route r Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-21 Rest arting the Network Once you’v e set up your c omputers to work with the fir ewall, you m ust res et the network f or the devices to be abl e to communicat e cor rectl y . Rest art a ny comput er t hat is conne cte d to t he fi rewall . After c onfiguring al[...]

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    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el RP614 W eb Safe Ro uter C-22 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk[...]

  • Page 147

    Glossary 1 Glossary 10BASE-T IEEE 802.3 specification for 1 0 Mbps Ethern et over twisted p air wiring . 100BASE-Tx IEEE 80 2.3 speci fication for 1 00 Mbps Et hernet over t wisted pai r wiring. 802.1 1b IEEE specification for wireless networking at 1 1 Mbps usin g direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology an d operating in the un l icensed[...]

  • Page 148

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 2 Glossar y Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP . An Ethernet protocol specifying how a centralized DHCP server can assign network configuration information to multiple DHCP clients. The assigned information in cludes IP ad dresses, DNS addresses, and gateway (router) add r[...]

  • Page 149

    Referenc e Manual for the Mo del DG824M W ireless ADS L Modem G ateway Glossa ry 3 NA T See Network Address T ranslation . Netmask A number that ex plains which part of an IP addr ess comprises the network address and which par t is the host ad dress on that network . It can be expressed in dotted-d ecimal notation or as a number appen ded to the I[...]

  • Page 150

    Referenc e Manual f or the Mod el DG824 M Wireless A DSL Modem Gateway 4 Glossar y subnet ma sk See netmask. UTP Unshielded twisted pair . The cable used by 10BASE-T and 100BASE-Tx Ether net netw orks. VCI V irtual Channel Identifier . T o gether with the VPI, defines a V irtual Channel through an A TM network. Used by A TM switching equipment to r[...]

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    Index 1 Numerics 802.11b B-13 A Account Na me 2-14, 2-1 8 Addre ss Res o lution Protoc ol B-9 ad-hoc mode B-14 Auto Uplink 1-3 B backu p co nfigu r ation 5-1 BSSID B-14 C Cabling B-1 1 Cat5 cable 2- 2, B-12 Channel 3-3, B-15 config uration automatic by DHCP 1-3 backup 5- 1 erasing 5-3 router , initial 2- 1 conten t filtering 1-3 conv entions typogr[...]

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    2 Index G gateway ad dress C-20 H host n ame 2-14, 2-18 I IANA contacti ng B-2 IETF B-1 W eb sit e address B-7 inboun d rules 4- 7 infrastructure mode B-14 installatio n 1-4 Internet a ccount address inform ation C-18 establi shing C-18 Internet Serv ice Provid er 2-1 IP addresses C-19, C-20 and NA T B-8 and the Internet B-2 assigning B-2, B-9 auto[...]

  • Page 153

    Index 3 placemen t 3-1 port filterin g 4-10 port fo rwarding 4-7 port fo rwarding behind NA T B-9 port numb ers 4-13 PPP over Eth er ne t 1- 4, C-18 PPPoE 1- 4, 2-1 1, 2-12, C-18 Primary DNS Server 2 -12 , 2-13, 2-1 4, 2-16, 2-18, 2-19 prot ocols Address Resolution B-9 DHCP 1-3, B-10 Routing Information 1-3 , B-2 supp ort 1-3 TCP/IP 1-3 publicatio [...]

  • Page 154

    4 Index WEP e ncryp tion 1-2 WEP , Key s 3-6 Wi - F i B-13 W indows, configurin g for IP ro uting C-2, C-7 winipcfg utili ty C-6 Wi n P O E T C-18 WINS 6-6 W ired Equ ivalen t Priva cy . See WE P W ireless Ethernet B-13 Wo r l d W i d e We b 1-iii[...]