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FriendlyNET ® FR1104-G Cable/DSL 802.11g Wirele ss Firewall Router With Integrated 4-Port 10/100 Switch User’s Manual[...]

Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 2 Asanté Technologies, Inc. 821 Fox Lane San Jose, CA 95131 USA FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual, Version 1.21 T ECHNICAL S UPPORT www.asante.com/supp ort C OVER : Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G © 2004 Asanté Te chnologies, Inc. All rig hts reserved. No part of this document, or a ny associated artw[...]

Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 3 Contents Chapter 1. In troduction ........................................................................................................ ............ 4 Chapter 2. Hard ware Details .................................................................................................... ....... 7 Chapter 3[...]

Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 4 Chapter 1. Introduction The Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G ro uters give you the freedom to share your Internet connection without wires. Megapixel p hotos, streaming video and everyday emails with la rge attachments move faster throu gh this router. Wi th numerous intern ational awards and accolades, As[...]

Chapter 1. Introduction Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 5 Home users will appreciate the on-screen configuration wizard and other integrated tools. • Upgradeable wireless ante nna for greater directional range. • Compatible with dynamically configured dev ices, like the Micro soft Xbox game console and MSN Messenger. Application-se[...]

Chapter 1. Introduction Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 6 1.5 T YPICAL I NSTALLATION • Place the router in a central location of your business or home. This allows the router to provide maximum wireless range—while minimizing a ccess by external users. • Although the router supports both 802.1 1b (11 Mbps) and 802.11g (54 Mb ps) [...]

Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 7 Chapter 2. Hardware Details This chapter describe s the FriendlyNET router hardware. 2.1 F RONT P ANEL The FriendlyNET router p rovides color-coded indi ca tors to show the status of various functio ns. • Reset . To restore the router to factory defaul t settings, hold the recessed reset button for a[...]

Chapter 2. Hardware Details Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 8 2.2 R EAR P AN EL Looking at the router from the rear, the followin g connectors are available. Port Function Description 5 VDC Power Input Plug in the Asanté FR1104 external power module rated at 5 VDC, 1.5 A (minimum). 1 through 4 LAN Ports Plug in a cable from your compu[...]

Chapter 2. Hardware Details Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 9 2.3 B OTTOM V IEW The bottom of the router contains three section s: • Holes for wall or desktop mount ing (screws sold separately). • Rubber feet (user-install able). • Product identification label showin g model number (i.e., FR1104-G ), regulatory information (compl[...]

Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 10 Chapter 3. Configuring Router The FriendlyNET router is configured u sing any standard web browser: • Internet Explorer (v5 and later). • Netscape (v5 and later). • Safari (v1 and later). The default IP address for the router i s 192.168.123.254 with default subnet mask 255.255.2 55.0. To log in[...]

Chapter 3. Configuring Router Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 11 If the main screen still does not appear (or you r pass word is not accepted), reset the router to factory default settings. 1. Locate the recessed Reset button on the route r’s front panel [A]. 2. Depress the button using a pencil or blunt end of a paper clip. 3. Hold [...]

Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 12 Chapter 4. Main Menu Upon successfully logging into the route r , the System Status page will be displayed: Tip : The letters A–E (above) correspond to the next five des criptions. A. This screen shows the status of the router and its connections. To return to this screen, click Status from the menu[...]

Chapter 4. Main Menu Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 13 B. To configure the router’s more advanced features, choose from the followin g 5 menus. Menu Functions Basic Setting Primary Setup: LAN IP, WAN ty pe, renew IP forever, NAT DHCP Server: IP pool starting/ ending address, fixed mapping Wireless: SSID, channel, WEP, 802.1X , MAC a[...]

Chapter 4. Main Menu Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 14 • Domain Name Server (DNS). The Internet server used to translate names into IP addresses. The www.asante.c om domain name translates to 207.176.137.2 2. 4.2 WAN S TATI ST ICS These items quantify the types of traffic receiv ed (inbound fro m Internet) and sent (outbound to Inte[...]

Chapter 4. Main Menu Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 15 Tip : This log may be emailed or automatically st ored on a sysl og server. See Advanced Settings > System Log.[...]

Chapter 4. Main Menu Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 16 4.4 C LIENTS L IST • Wake up. Wake-on-LAN (WoL) is a te chnol ogy used to remotely power-up a network device. To use this feature, your target computers must be WoL-enabled. To wa ke up a device, select the device [A] and click Wake up [B]. Confirm your selection by clicki ng OK[...]

Chapter 4. Main Menu Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 17 4.4 A DMINISTRATOR T IME -O UT For security reasons, the router administration will automatically terminate your session after a set period of inactivity. To set this idle time, see Security Settings > Miscellan eous > Administrator Time-Out.[...]

Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 18 Chapter 5. Setup Wizard If your router has already been configured, skip to chapter 6. Otherwise, login to the router, and configure your router using the Setup Wizard . From the menu on the left, click Setup Wizard . Click Next to proceed to the next screen.[...]

Chapter 5. Setup Wizard Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 19 5.1 S ELECT WAN T YPE Choose from these Internet (WAN) types: • Static IP Address. ISP assi gns you a static IP address. • Dynamic IP Address. Obtain an IP address from ISP automatically. This is the most common configuration (e specially for cable modem users) and is th e [...]

Chapter 5. Setup Wizard Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 20 5.2 S TA TIC IP A DDRESS The following information must be provi ded by your ISP. If your ISP did not provide this info, you may have a dynamic IP address; choose one of the o ther settings: • Static IP Address. The router ’s Internet (WAN) IP address. • Static Subnet Mas[...]

Chapter 5. Setup Wizard Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 21 5.3 D YNAMIC IP A DDRESS In most cases, you will not need to make any change s. Click Next to proceed to the next screen. The following setting is optional. Most ISPs will not require thi s info. • WAN’s MAC Address. Some ISPs limit the use of routers. Click Clone MAC to ha[...]

Chapter 5. Setup Wizard Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 22 5.4 D YNAMIC IP A DDRESS (R OA D R UNNER ) The following information must be provi ded by your ISP: • Account. Your user account name. • Password. Your account password. • Login Server. Optional. Click Next to proceed to the next screen (“Config uration Com pleted”); [...]

Chapter 5. Setup Wizard Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 23 5.5 PPP OVER E THERNET (PPP O E) The following information must be provi ded by your ISP: • Account. Your user account name. For security rea sons, this field appears blank the next time you see this screen. • Password. Your account password. For se cu rity reasons, this fi[...]

Chapter 5. Setup Wizard Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 24 5.6 P OINT - TO -P OINT T UNNELING P ROTOCO L (PPTP) The following information must be provi ded by your ISP: • My IP Address. The router’s Internet (WAN) IP address. • My Subnet Mask. Default is 255.255.255.0 • Server IP Address. The IP address for your ISP’s server [...]

Chapter 5. Setup Wizard Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 25 5.7 C ONFIGURA TION C OMPLETED 1. Click Reboot to restart your router. Your installation is complete. 2. To verify your installation, visit a website, like www.asante .com . If you are unable to connect to a website, then restart your computer(s).[...]

Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 26 Chapter 6. Basic Setting After using the Setup Wizard, described in the previou s chapter, you may fine-tune your configuration. Log in to the router, click Basic Setting link [A] and choose from on e of the four sub-menus [B]. Basic Setting Functions Primary Setup LAN IP, WAN type, renew IP forever, [...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 27 6.1 P RIMARY S ETUP – D YNAMIC IP A DDRESS In most cases, you will not need to make any change s. • LAN IP Address. The router’s LAN IP addre ss a nd the gateway address for com puters on your network (LAN and WLAN). In most ca ses, do not change the default value (192.1[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 28 6.2 C HOOSE WAN T YPE After clicking Change from the Basic Setting > Primary Setup screen, you will see this: Choose from these Internet (WAN) types: • Static IP Address. ISP assi gns you a static IP address. • Dynamic IP Address. Obtain an IP address from ISP automatic[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 29 6.3 P RIMARY S ETUP - S TAT IC IP A DDRESS • LAN IP Address. The router’s LAN IP addre ss a nd the gateway address for com puters on your network (LAN and WLAN). In most ca ses, do not change the default value (192.168.123.254). • LAN Subnet Mask. Default is 255.255.255.[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 30 6.4 P RIMARY S ETUP - D YNAMIC IP A DDRESS • LAN IP Address. The router’s LAN IP addre ss a nd the gateway address for com puters on your network (LAN and WLAN). In most ca ses, do not change the default value (192.168.123.254). • LAN Subnet Mask. Default is 255.255.255.[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 31 6.5 P RIMARY S ETUP - D YNAMIC IP A DDRESS (R OAD R UNNER ) • LAN IP Address. The router’s LAN IP addre ss a nd the gateway address for com puters on your network (LAN and WLAN). In most ca ses, do not change the default value (192.168.123.254). • LAN Subnet Mask. Defaul[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 32 6.6 P RIMARY S ETUP - PPP OVER E THERNET (PPP O E) • LAN IP Address. The router’s LAN IP addre ss a nd the gateway address for com puters on your network (LAN and WLAN). In most ca ses, do not change the default value (192.168.123.254). • WAN Type. PPP over Ethernet. The[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 33 6.7 P RIMARY S ETUP - P OINT - TO -P OINT T UNNELING P ROTOCOL (PPTP) • LAN IP Address. The router’s LAN IP addre ss a nd the gateway address for com puters on your network (LAN and WLAN). In most ca ses, do not change the default value (192.168.123.254). • WAN Type. PPT[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 34 6.8 P RIMARY S ETUP - V IRTUAL C OMPUTER S From the Primary Setup screen, click Vi rtual Computers . Some business-class Internet service plans provi de multiple static IP addresses. If you subscribe to such a service, you can use the router’s fire wall a nd other features t[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 35 6.9 DHCP S ERVER From the Basic Settings menu, click DHCP Serv er . All computers and devices connected to the router need to be configure d. Since TCP/IP configuration can be tedious, t he router’s dynamic host configur atio n protocol (DHCP) service can automatically confi[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 36 The DHCP Server settings can be set a s follows: • DHCP Server. Default is Enable (recommended). • Lease Time. Do not change this field (re commended). • IP Pool Starting Address. Default is 100 (recommended), minimum value is 1. This field controls the last octet of you[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 37 6.10 C LIENTS L IST • Wake up. Wake-on-LAN (WoL) is a te chnology used to remotely power up a net work device. To use this feature, your target computers must be WoL-enabled. To wa ke up a device, select the device [A] and click Wake up [B]. Confirm your selection by clicki [...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 38 6.11 F IXED M APP IN G AND MAC A DDRESS C ONTROL On this screen, you can manually associate specif ic local (LAN or WLAN) IP addre sses with a specific computer or device (client). • MAC Address Co ntrol. Cli ck Enable to allow the settings on this page to become effective. [...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 39 For medium security, grant acce ss to all wired client s, but only speci fic wireless clients: • Mac Address Control: Enable. • Connection Control: Enable. Allow unspecified MAC addresse s to connect. • Association Control. E nable. Deny unsp ecified MA C addresses to as[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 40 6.12 W IRELESS S ETTING This screen establishes the settings for the wireless network (WLA N). You must match these settings with all wireless clients that will use thi s router. • Network ID (SSID or ESSID). Default is default . If you have multiple wireless access points w[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 41 • Security. Choose the appropriate securit y level for your network. Security Description Comments None Factory default Not recommend ed WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy Popular choice 802.1X Port-based authentication with RADIUS server Popular choice for businesses WPA-PSK Wi-F[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 42 S ECURITY : WEP • WEP. Choose the encryption standard. The 128-bit design is mo re secure than 64-bit and the 256-bit is much more secure than 128-bit. However, not all wirele ss adapters support 256-bit WEP encryption. • WEP Key 1, 2, 3, 4. Select one field and enter a ra[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 43 S ECURITY : 802.1X To use this security feature, you must have an 802.1X-compatible authenti cation server. Use the settings provided by your remote authenticat ion dial-in user service (RADIUS) server. Authentications using PEAP-CH APv2 and PEAP-TLS are supported. • Encrypt[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 44 S ECURITY : WPA-PSK In a home or small business network, Wi-Fi prot ected Access (WPA) uses a spec ial mode called WPA-PSK. The PSK refers to a pr e-shared key (or pass word) used to initialize authentication. This is the most common method of implementin g WPA wireless securi[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 45 S ECURITY : WPA For businesses and larger organizations with an 802.1X RADIUS authentic ation serve r, choose this Wi-Fi protected Access (WPA) mode—not WP A-PSK. The PSK refers to a pre-shared key (or password) used to initialize authentication. This is the most common meth[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 46 6.13 WPA FOR W IRELESS C LIENTS In most cases, you will need to upgrade and in stall your wireless client utility software and drivers before using WPA. Check with your wi reless ada pter manufacturer for utility software and driver updates as necessary. Follow their specific [...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 47 A PPLE M ACI N TO SH OS X Asanté’s FriendlyNET AeroLAN AL5402-XG, A L5403-XG an d Apple’s AirPort Extreme cards support WPA when using the current Apple AirP ort dri ver in OS X 10.2.8 and above; earlier versions of Mac OS X and OS 9 are not sup ported by Apple. Using the[...]

Chapter 6. Basic Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 48 6.14 C HANG E P ASSWORD The router’s administrator’s default password i s admin . Caution! You should ch ange the password immediately and write down the new password i n a safe place. • Old password. Factory default is admin . • New password. Choose yo ur own password[...]

Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 49 Chapter 7. Forwarding Rules After logging into the router, click on the For warding Rules link [A]. Choose from one of the three sub-menus [B]. This chapter describe s how to customize the route r’s forwarding rules so you ma y run specialized servers and applications on your local n etwork. In most[...]

Chapter 7. Forwarding Rules Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 50 7.1 V IRTUAL S ERVER By default, the router’s network address trans lation (NAT) firewall will block unrecognized incoming packets from the Internet (WAN) to pr otect i nternal clients on the LAN and WLAN. To allow direct external access for specific Inte rnet servi ces, [...]

Chapter 7. Forwarding Rules Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 51 Popular Internet Services Service Port Comment Web 80 HTTP Telnet 23 SMTP 25 Email POP3 110 Email FTP 21 ISAKMP 500 DNS 53 Authentication 113 PPTP 1723 After making change s, be sure to clic k Save . To restore the last saved settings, click Undo . To read on-screen informa[...]

Chapter 7. Forwarding Rules Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 52 7.2 S PECIAL A PPLICATIONS AND G AME S Some applications and Internet games ut ilize a ra nge of service ports that are normally blo cked by the router’s network address translat ion (NAT) firewall. This Special Applications featu re lets you enable pre-defined applicatio[...]

Chapter 7. Forwarding Rules Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 53 7.3 M ISCELLANEOUS This page defines two special services: DMZ (demilitarized zone) for unrestricted two-way communications a nd non-standard FTP port. • IP Address of DMZ host. If your special appl ication o r Internet game does not work with the Special Applications set[...]

Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 54 Chapter 8. Security Setting After logging into the router, click on the Security Setting link [A]. Choose from one of the five sub-menus [B]. This chapter lets you tailor the route r’s extensiv e security features to best p rotect your local network. The router uses a “dou ble firewall” (NAT wit[...]

Chapter 8. Security Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 55 8.1 P AC KE T F ILTERS – O UTBOUND F ILTE R Packet filters allow you to control access to t he network (local and Internet) by analyzin g every inbound and outbound packet. Dep ending upon the rule you define, packets will be evaluate d against source address, destinat io[...]

Chapter 8. Security Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 56 • Enable. You may selectively enable or disable ea ch rule. • Use Rule #. Use the drop-down menu at t he bottom of the screen to quickly fill in a scheduling rule. Tip : Rules are scheduled in Advance d Settings > Schedule Rule. After making change s, be sure to clic[...]

Chapter 8. Security Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 57 8.2 P AC KE T F ILTERS – I NBOUND P AC KE T F ILTER After making change s, be sure to clic k Save . To restore the last saved settings, click Undo . To assign filters for outbound traffic, click Outbo und Filter . To set MAC address co ntrols for spe cific clients, clic k[...]

Chapter 8. Security Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 58 8.3 M AC A DDRESS C ONTROL From the Inbound (or Outbound) Packet Filter scre en, click MAC Level . On this screen, you can manually associate specif ic local (LAN or WLAN) IP addre sses with a specific computer or device (client). • MAC Address Co ntrol. Cli ck enable to [...]

Chapter 8. Security Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 59 • Control Table. Use the DHCP clients drop-d o wn menu to add each client to the list. Check both C (conne ction control) and A (associatio n control) for each client. • When finis hed, click Save . Tip : For maximum security, see the Security Settings menu.[...]

Chapter 8. Security Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 60 8.4 D OMAIN F ILTER • Domain Filter. Check to prevent clients from accessing specif ic websites (URLs). • Log DNS Query. Check to log all domain name requ ests. For example, a user attempting to browse www.google.com from his browser will have www.goo gle.com entered in[...]

Chapter 8. Security Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 61 8.5 URL B LOCKING By enabling this function, any website with the specified keyword( s) will be blocked and a ccess attempts will be logged. See Status > View Log to view the on-screen log. • URL Blocking. Check to block client s from ac cessing web sites with the spe [...]

Chapter 8. Security Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 62 8.6 M ISCELLANEOUS S ECURITY S ETTINGS This configuration page allows you to limit the vulnerabilities of your router from Internet attackers. When in doubt, do not change these d efault settings. • Remote Administrator Host/Port. Changi ng this setting allows others to e[...]

Chapter 8. Security Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 63 For maximum network security, Asanté recommends these settings: Miscellaneous Security Setting Enable Remote Administrator Host/Port No Administrator Time-out 300 9 Discard PING from WAN side 9 Secure Packet Inspection (SPI) Mode 9 Denial of Service (DoS) Attack Detection [...]

Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 64 Chapter 9. Advanced Setting After logging into the router, click on the Adv anced Setting link [A]. Choose from one of the five sub-menus [B]. Use the settings described in this ch apter to c onfigure the router’s advanced feature s. For most network installations, these settings a re set only on ce[...]

Chapter 9. Advanced Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 65 9.1 S YSTEM T IME If this is the first time setting up the router, you will need to se t the router’s internal clock. • Get Date and Time by NTP Protocol. Use the time provided by spec ified network time protocol (NTP) server. If enabled, then the route r’s real-time [...]

Chapter 9. Advanced Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 66 9.2 S YSTEM L OG The router’s system log records sp ecified system events plus potential se curity threats based upon the settings in Security Setting. The log is normally saved in volatile memory. It can be manually or automatically exported to other servers o r devices.[...]

Chapter 9. Advanced Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 67 9.3 D YNAMIC DNS Unless your ISP has provided a static (fixed) IP address, it would be very difficult to host a local web server without this rout er’s Dynamic DNS (DDNS) service. By subscribing to a DDNS, whenever your Internet IP address changes, the r outer will automa[...]

Chapter 9. Advanced Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 68 9.4 DDNS S ERVICES Since DDNS is a service offered by a third-part y, Asan té Technologies does not endorse n or can Asanté be responsible or provide technical support for su ch services. You will need to open an account with a supported DDNS before enabling this feature.[...]

Chapter 9. Advanced Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 69 9.5 SNMP Simple Network Managem ent Protocol (SNMP) is a standard for providing remot e network management services via polling (get) an d setting (set) device values. • Enable SNMP. The router will respo nd to SN MP requests from Local (LAN or WLAN), Remote (Internet) or[...]

Chapter 9. Advanced Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 70 9.6 R OUTING The router support s dynamic and static routing for large networks wi th multiple routers and subnets. If you have fewer than 255 clients (comp u ters and devices) on the same network, skip this section. Routing tables permit you to choose the physica l interfa[...]

Chapter 9. Advanced Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 71 9.7 S CHEDULE R ULE Services and filters can be individually turned on and off per sched ule. For example, you can define these rules to control activities: • Limit all outbound packets, except FTP, during OffPeak hours. • Drop all packets to banned domain s (espn, naps[...]

Chapter 9. Advanced Setting Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 72 9.8 S CHEDULE R ULE S ETTING From the Schedule Rule screen, clic k Add New Rule . To define a schedule rule: A. Name your rule. B. Enter the starting and ending times for e ach day of the week (or every day). Be sure to use “military time” in which 08:00 is 8am and 20:0[...]

Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 73 Chapter 10. Toolbox After logging into the router, click on the Toolbox link [A]. Choose from one of the six sub-menus [B]. This section provides quick access to some important tools, plus specialty functions that will be valuable to only a few network administrators. Toolbox Description View Log View[...]

Chapter 10. Toolbox Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 74 10.1 S YSTEM L OG Click on View Log to display the System Log screen. After the log information is displayed on the screen, click Refresh t o update with the latest activities. To save the log into a text file, click Dow nload . To reset the log, click Clear . To return to the prev[...]

Chapter 10. Toolbox Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 75 10.2 F IRMWARE U PGRADE To check for the latest firmware updates for the route r, open a new web browser wind ow and visit http://www.asante.com/support/do wnProd.aspx?id=FR11 04-G Version G1.1 firmware is av ailable for Mac OS (.bin) and Windows (.zip) u sers. Other than the compr[...]

Chapter 10. Toolbox Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 76 Firmware Update Precautions These safeguards ensure that the upgra des will be performed successfully. Tip : If your router is already functioning prop erly, Asa nté does not recommend upgra ding firmware just to have newer firmware. • Download the Friendly NET FR1104-G firmware[...]

Chapter 10. Toolbox Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 77 10.3 B ACKUP S ETTING Click OK to save your router’s firmware and all settings into a config.bin file. You will be prompted for the name and location of th e file. 10.4 R ESET TO D EFAULT Click OK to restore your router’s settings to the original factory defaults: • Default I[...]

Chapter 10. Toolbox Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 78 10.5 R EBOOT Click OK to restart your router. This is similar to powering your router off and then on. All your saved settings will be restored.[...]

Chapter 10. Toolbox Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 79 10.6 T OOLBOX M ISCELL ANEOUS • MAC Address for Wake-on-LAN (WoL). This te chnol ogy is used to power up a client from another location on the local network. To use th is feat ure, your target clients must be WoL-enabled. Enter the MAC address for the clie nt and click Wake up . [...]

Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 80 Appendix A. Product Specifications Overvie w LAN: 4 x 10/100 Mbps Fa st Ethernet with Auto-Uplink (100BaseTX, 10BaseT): RJ-45 connector Wireless: 54 Mbps (IEEE 802.11g), 22 Mbps (TI 802.11b+) and 11 Mbps (IEEE 802.11b) Internet: 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet with Auto-Uplink (100BaseTX, 10BaseT): RJ-45 co[...]

Appendix A. Product Specifications Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 81 Wireless Settings Basic: Network ID (SSID), channel, 64- and 128-bit WEP encryption Advanced: 256-bit WEP encryption. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) with RADIUS or pre-shared key Authentication: 802.1X with 64/ 128-bit key for RADIUS server Frequency: 2.412–2.497 GHZ[...]

Appendix A. Product Specifications Asanté FriendlyNET FR1104-G User’s Manual 82 Support Technical Support: 24-hour supp ort via web and ftp. 2-year email and telephone support Product Warranty: 2-year product warranty covers d efects in manufacturing and workma nship Product Updates: Free download of maintenance releases from www.asante.com webs[...]

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