Gigabyte GN-BR404W инструкция обслуживания

54 Mbp s Wireless VPN Router GN-BR404W User ’ s Guide Rev.1.0b Second Edition[...]

Safety , Care and Regulatory Information Import ant safety instructions Read and follow all instructions marked on t he product and in the documentation before you operate your system. Retain all safety and operating instructions for future use.  The product should be operated only from the ty pe of power source indicated on the rating label. ?[...]

kitchen sink or laundry tub, in a wet basement or near a swimming pool. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) St atement Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interfer en[...]

Content s 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1 1-1. C ONTENTS OF Y OUR S HIPMENT ................................................................................................. 1 1-2. P HYSICAL I NTERF ACE ..............................................[...]

3-5-7. BackUp Restore ........................................................................................................... 85 3-5-8. Log Information ............................................................................................................ 86 3-5-9. Save Maintenance ..........................................................[...]

1. Introduction Thank you for using Gigabyte GN-BR404W Wi reless-G Broadband Router with VPN. This product comes with high-performance transmi ssion rate and compatible wireless connectivity for either your home or busi ness and will allow you to access the data whenever you want. Y ou will be able to enjoy t he freedom that wireless networking del[...]

1-2. Physical Interface  Four Ethernet LAN Port RJ-45, Auto-sensing and Auto-MDI/MDIX for 10/100M Ethernet LAN connection  One Ethernet W AN Port RJ-45, Auto-sensing for 10/ 100M Ethernet W AN connection  Init Bottom Initial reset (Ini t to factory default)  Power The power port is where you connect the power adapter.  External PCMCI[...]

1-4. Key Features  T wo option of plug in wireless card  Gigabyte GN-WMAG Wireless LAN Card  Gigabyte GN-WLMA101 Wireless LAN Card  V ery High W AN-LAN FTP throughput up to 89.5 Mbps  Support UPnP and Windows Messenger  Advanced Smart Setup Support  Smart Installation – Automatically detect s and connects to your ISP  Smar[...]

 IPSec support remote access VPN (c lient-to-site), site-to-site VPN  DNS Relay and Dynamic DNS support  S tatic & Dynamic Routing (RIPv1, RIPv2) support 1-5. S pecification System S tandards IEEE 802.3 (10BaseT ), IEEE 802.3u (100BaseTX), IEEE 802.1 1b/g (Wireless) Operating Range Wireless - Open sp ace: 100 – 300m; Indoor: 30 - 100[...]

Gross W eight 320g ± 5g Dimension 178 mm * 132 mm * 43 mm 5[...]

2. System Connection & Installation The following lists the requirement s for the hardware installation. 2-1. ADSL/Cable Modem Requirement s It needs to have ADSL/Cable Modem with RJ-45 connectors. 2-2. PC Hardware Requirement at the PC End It needs a PC with Ethernet card connecti on or a PCMCIA wireless adapter . 2-3. Connection for Ethernet [...]

3. Configuration 3-1. Prep aration Generally speaking, using the GN-BR404W for Internet connection needs the ADSL or Cable service. We assume that you have al ready obt ained the ADSL/Cable service from the local telephone company or the ISP Comp any , and get the related connection dat a ready . Such data include ： a. IP address provided by ISP [...]

3-2-1. The Settings Under Windows2000 S tep 1. Click “ Sta rt ” in the desktop of the Windows to select “ Settings ”, and then click “ Control Panel ”. S tep 2. Double click the “ Network and Dial-up Connections ”. 8[...]

S tep 3. Double click the “ LAN CONNECTION ”. S tep 4. Click “ Properties ” in the box under LAN CONNECTION S tatus. 9[...]

S tep 5. Double click “ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) ”. S tep 6. Please select “ Obtain an IP address automatically ” and “ Obt ain DNS server address automatically ”, and then press “ OK ”. Now , the computer will obtain an IP address automatically from the GN-BR404W then you can go to “ St e p 1 1 ” directly . If you would like [...]

S tep 7. Click “ Star t ” at the desktop of the Windows, and then “ Program ”, “ Accessori es ”, and “ Command Prompt ” in sequence. S tep 8. Key in the command “ ipconfig/release ” in DOS mode, and then enter . 11[...]

S tep 9. Key in the command “ ipconfig/renew ” in DOS mode, and then enter . If the IP address of the GN-BR404W is 192.168.1.254, the IP address of your computer must be 192. 168.1.X (where “X” is a number between 1 and 253. Each computer on your net work must have a different IP address within that range where “X” represents a number b[...]

S tep1 1. In your “ Internet Explore ” Browser select “ Internet Options ” under “ T ools ”. S tep 12. In this dialogue box, please click “ Connections ” in the “ LAN Settings ”. 13[...]

S tep 13. Please DO NOT tick all of the sele ction boxes. Press “ OK ” af ter finishing with the setup, and refer to Section 3-3 for setup of broadband router . If your ISP Comp any has a designated Pr oxy setting, key in the setting after you complete the GN-B R404W configuration. Now , please jump to Section 3-3 to setup broadband router . 14[...]

3-2-2. Setup Under the Windows 95/98/Me S tep 1. Click “ Star t ” at the desktop of t he Windows, and select “ Settings ”, and then the “ Control Panel ”. S tep 2. Double click “ Network ”. 15[...]

S tep 3. Under Network, double click the “ Configuration ”, and choose your appropriate setting “ TCP/IP -> and y our network card ” below . Please choose the TCP/IP and the name of your network card. S tep 4. Select “ IP Address ” t ab. Please select “ Obta in an IP address automatically ” then click “ Gateway ” t ab. 16[...]

S tep 5. In the window of “ Gateway ”, please clear all installed gateways and do not fill any of the blanks, and then click “ DNS Configuration ” tab. S tep 6. In the window of “ DNS Configuration ”, please select “ Disable DNS ” and then press “ OK ”. 17[...]

S tep 7. Please press “ Ye s ”, and reset the computer screen as follows: After booting the computer , the computer will obtain an IP address automatically from the GN-BR404W then you can go to “ Ste p1 1 ” directly . If you would like to obtain an IP address manually , please refer to S tep8~S tep10. S tep 8. After booting the computer , p[...]

S tep 10. In the pulled down menu, se lect your network card, press “ Release All ”, then press “ Renew All ”, and then press “ OK ”. If the IP address of th e GN-BR404W is 192.168.1.254, the IP address of your computer must be 192. 168.1.X (where “X” is a number between 1 and 253. Each computer on your net work must have a differen[...]

S tep 12. In this dialogue box, please select “ Connections ” in the “ LAN Settings ”. S tep 13. Please DO NOT tick all of the sele ction boxes. Press “ OK ” af ter finishing with the setup, and refer to Section 3-3 for setup of broadband router . If your ISP Company has a designated Pr oxy setting, key in the setting after you complete[...]

3-2-3. Setup Under Windows XP S tep 1. Click the “ Start ” at the desktop of the Windows, and select the “ Control Panel ”. S tep 2. Double click the “ Network Connections ” . 21[...]

S tep 3. Double click the “ Local Area Connection ”. S tep 4. Click the “ Properties ” in the box under Local Area Connection S tatus. 22[...]

S tep 5. Double click the “ Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) ”. S tep 6. Please select the “ Obt ain an IP address automatically ” and “ Obt ain DNS server address automatically ”, and then press “ OK ”. Now , the computer will obtain an IP address automatically fro m the GN-BR404W then you can go to “S tep1 1” dire ctly . If you would[...]

S tep 7. Click the “ Start ” at the desktop of the Windows, and then the “ Accessories ”, and then the “ Command Prompt ”. S tep 8. Input the “ ipconfig /release ” in the box of Command Prompt, and then enter . 24[...]

S tep 9. Input “ ipconfig/renew ” in the box of Command Prompt, and then enter . If the IP address of the GN-BR404W is 192.168.1.254, the IP address of your computer must be 192. 168.1.X (where “X” is a number between 1 and 253. Each computer on your net work must have a different IP address within that range where “X” represents a numb[...]

S tep 1 1. Please select “ Internet Options ” under “ To o l s ” of your IE Browser . S tep 12. In this dialogue box, please select “ Connections ” in the “LAN Settings ”. 26[...]

S tep13. Please DO NOT tick all of the selection boxes . Press “ OK ” after fi nishing with the setup. If your ISP Comp any has a designated Pr oxy setting, key in the setting after you complete the GN-B R404W configuration. Now , please jump to Section 3-3 to setup broadband router . 27[...]

3-3. Setup for Broadband Router The GN-BR404W provides Web based configuration. You can configure your GN-BR404W through your Internet Explorer browser or Netscape Communicator. S tep 1. Key in the preset IP address“ 192.168.1.254 ” in the address column in the browser , and then press enter . If you have more than one router or IP conflict pro[...]

S tep 3. The homepage of the GN-BR404W will appear as shown below . If you are the first time to configure the router and you hav e connected to the W AN port, the system will detect your wan type aut omatically through the “ Smart Setup ” function. Please refer to the instruction of the “ Smart Setup ”. If you want to configure the wan typ[...]

Smart Setup If you are the first time to configure the rout er and you have connected to the W AN port, the “ Smart Setup ” function can detect your wan type automatically through the Internet connection. And it will guide you to comp lete the wan setting step by step. System automatic detection: S tep1. The system is detecting the W AN c onnec[...]

S tep2. If you are the PPPoE user , the screen will appear as s hown below . Please enter the User ID and Password information that your ISP provided you. S tep3. If you are the dynamic IP address user , the device will save the configuration and there is no necessary to reboot t he device. Please click “OK” button. 31[...]

S tep4. If you are the S tat ic IP address user , the scr een will appear as shown below . Please enter the W AN IP address, W AN subnet mask, W AN gateway , and DNS information that your ISP provide you. 32[...]

Click Smart Setup manually: S tep 1. The system is detecting the W AN c onnection type, and will show the detective result later . S tep2. If you are the PPPoE user , the screen will appear as s hown below . Please enter the User ID and Password information that your ISP provided you. 33[...]

S tep3. If you are the dynamic IP address user , the device will save the configuration and there is no necessary to reboot the device. S tep4. If you are the S tat ic IP address user , the scr een will appear as shown below . Please enter the W AN IP address, W A N subnet mask, W AN gateway , and DNS information that your ISP provide you. 34[...]

Note: If the device can not detect the WAN Et hernet link signal, it will show the error message. Please check the physical co nnection between GN-BR404W and cable or DSL modem. 35[...]

Setup Wizard S tep1. “ LAN Setup ” is shown in the diagram. Each setup item of the local area network is default setting, and is not necessary to make change to it for normal operation. Please input the setti ngs on your own if change is needed. DHCP Setup: - ” enable ” indicates that the DHCP function of the GN-BR404W is initialized, and y[...]

S tep 2. Choose your desir ed wide area network mode.  “ PPPoE ” : If you are using the hourly rate for the ADSL, plea se select this item. And then please follow S tep 3  “ Dynamic IP Address ” : If you use the wideban d fixed connection of ADSL/Cable Modem, but do not have a static IP , please select this item. And then please follo[...]

S tep 3. If you select “ PPPoE ” under the W AN TYPE SELECT , key in the User ID an d password. The wideband company prov ides the above dat a, and press “ Finish ” to go to next step. PPPoE User ID and Password: The “User ID” and “Password” are your ISP assigned to you. 38[...]

S tep 4. Press “ Reboot ” to go to next step. S tep 5. Please wait a moment. 39[...]

S tep 6. The IE browser will be automatically connected to the main menu, and your setup has completed by then. Please use your IE connect to Internet. If you can connect to the Internet , t he setting is completed. If you use the Wireless Lan Card connection or need fu rther setting, please continue to section 3-4 Advanced Setup. 40[...]

S tep 7. If you select the “ Dynamic IP Address ” in the W AN TYPE SELECT , the following screen will appear . Please key in the Host Name if your ISP has provided. And then press “ Finish ” to go to next step. S tep 8. Press “ Reboot ” to go to next step. 41[...]

S tep 9. Please wait a moment. 42[...]

S tep 10. The IE browser will be automatically connected to the main menu, and your setup has completed by then. Please use your IE connect to Internet. If you can connect to the Internet , t he setting is completed. If you use the Wireless Lan Card connection or need fu rther setting, please continue to section 3-4 Advanced Setup. 43[...]

S tep 1 1. If you select “ St atic IP Address ” in the W AN TYPE SELECT , please key in the data provided by the wideband company in the following fields as shown below . And then press “ Finish ” to go to next step. If your wideband company gives you more than one IP address, then select one of them to fill in the column in the following f[...]

S tep 13. Please wait a moment. S tep 14. The IE browser will be automatically connected to the main menu, and your setup has completed by then. Please use your IE connect to Internet. If you can connect to the Internet , t he setting is completed. If you use the Wireless Lan Card connection or need fu rther setting, please continue to section 3-4 [...]

S tep 15. If you select “ PPPoE Unnumber ” in the W AN TYPE SELECT , please key in the data provided by the wideband company in the following fields as shown below . And then press “ Finish ” to go to next step. If your wideband company gives you more than one IP address, then select one of them to fill in the column in the following fields[...]

S tep 17. Please wait a moment. S tep 18. The IE browser will be automatically connected to the main menu, and your setup has completed by then. Please use your IE connect to Internet. If you can connect to the Internet , t he setting is completed. If you use the Wireless Lan Card connection or need fu rther setting, please continue to section 3-4 [...]

3-4. Advanced Setup This section will show you the advanced setup of the GN-BR404W if you need require special configuration. 3-4-1. Network Configuration The Network Configuration function allows y ou to access to the LA N Configuration, W AN Confguration and Multise ssion Configuration.  LAN Configuration  LAN Configuration From this table,[...]

 W AN Configuration This page is the further conf iguration of the WAN connection. You can setup up to 4 WAN connection entries. Each entry may has it’s own connection type (PPPoE, PPPoE Unnumber, Dynamic IP addr ess, Static IP address) and s ome other properties. For example, when you click the “ Edit ” button of the ISP No.1 (WAN Type: D[...]

 ISP Name, Host Name, Gateway , DNS 1 and DNS2 Address, DNS Domain Name Those information are provided by your ISP company .  MTU(Maximum T ransmission Unit) This defines the maximum size of the packe t s sent from your computer onto the network. Any messages larger than the MTU are divided into smaller packets before being sent. Leave this o[...]

- possible for more people. Normal user please select “ NA T enable ” or “ UPnP&NA T ” then connect to the Internet in general.  UPnP Delete Time This variable determines the time to live in hours of a port-mapping lease when the value of Lease Time is 0. Note: If the W AN IP address which got form a DHCP server and the LAN IP addres[...]

 Authentication T ype Y ou may choose between “ Auto ”, “ CHAP ” and “ PA P ”. The default is set to “ Auto ”. Challenge Handshake Aut hentication Protocol(CHAP) . This is the preferred method of authentication for PPP dialup links. With CHA P , the server sends a challenge to which the remote router sends an encrypted reply cont[...]

St atic IP Address  ISP Name, W AN IP Address, W AN S ubnet M ask, W AN Gateway, DNS1 and DNS2, DNS Domain Name Those information are provided by your IS P comp any . If your ISP company gives you more than one IP address, and then sele ct one of them to fill in the above form. 53[...]

PPPoE Unnumber PPPoE unnumbered is a kind of PPPoE serv ice provide by ISP . Using PPPoe unnumbered, customer could having more than 1 global IP address. Maybe 8 or 16, or more, it's all depend on ISP's server polic y . One of these address should use for router's wan IP address, other s could be use behind the router .  ISP Name,[...]

 Multisession Configuration The Multisession configuration allows you to setup the priority of W AN connec tion after you complete the W AN configuration. In our PPPoE multi-session, three connections will be established in three visual interfaces . Each interface owns ip address, gateway and netmask belong each sub network. So we can use a set [...]

Sub2 session have no backup sessions. Backup session can be set the main session only . Note: The backup session can be specified LAN type connection.  Our priority of rule SUB2 > SUB1 >MAIN In other words, every packet s pass thought the router would be matching SUB2 rule first. If it is matc h, p acket next hop will be change to SUB2 ses[...]

No assigned Ignored  The method of setting Host Name: (The destination IP can be assign to the IP address or Host name) For example as follows: Host Name .tw .com.tw www .gigabyte.com.tw host1.www .gigabyte.com.tw www .*.com.tw No assigned  The method of setting Port: IP Address Description * All ports 80 S pecific port 80 − 1 10 Range assi[...]

3-4-2. Wireless C onfiguration  Wireless LAN Configuration  Region Because of the different region has a di f ferent open channel r egulation, please check whether the default region value is your local area. If it did not appear properly region please cont act your local distributor or authorized reseller immediately.  HW info The informa[...]

 SSID The SSID is the name represent the rout er in the wireless network. This SSI D string is case sinsitive of up to 32 ASCII characters. The default value is “GIGABYTE”, if the setup value is the default value, like “router”. Only can accept the computer connection, wh ich use the wireless card SSID (or ESSID) set up, is “router”.[...]

WPA Pre-shared key , One of the biggest drawbacks to traditional WEP security is that changing the encryption key is optional. Even if you do switch encryption keys from time to time, there is no option for globally rekeying all access points and all wireless NICs. Instead, rekeying is a tedious manual proc ess and is completely impractical for lar[...]

The 128 bits WEP encryption use 104 bits as a secret key, which can controlled by user, and 24 bits as the initialize vector, which user can not control. These two portions plus together is 128 bits encryption. Some other vendor’s product might refer as 104 bits encryption. It is the same thing. The 152 bits WEP encryption use 128 bits as a secre[...]

 802.1x 802.1x authentication for wireless LANs provides centralized, server-based athentication of end users. 1) A client sends a “start” message to a r outer , which requests the identity of the client. 2) The client replies with a response pa cket cont aining an identit y , and the router forwards the packet to an authentication server . [...]

 Shared sercet This filed can key in up to 256 character.  Rekey Under this option two setting are possible: “ enable ” or “ disable ”. The default value is “ enable ”.  WDS Wiring is headache and complex problem on t he Networking environment all the time. The Wireless Access Point solves the c onnection problem between end-us[...]

Router AP AP AP Extended Distributed Wireless Systems （ EDWS ） ISP WDS could be used for extend wireless ambit for router . For example, router locate at floor 1, but the radio's range c an't reach floor 3. In this case, customer can deploy a access point at floor 2 and t hen enable WDS function of router . Then, user at floor 3 can c[...]

3-4-3. Routing T able  RIP Configuration RIP(Routing Information Protocol ) is a dynamic internetwork routing protocol primary used in interior routing environments. A dynamic routing protocol, as opposed to a static routing protocol, autom atically discovers routes and builds routing tables.  St atic Routing T able Under some of Internet env[...]

 Gateway This is the IP address of the gateway dev ice that allows for contact between the router and the network or host.  Metr ic Type a numeber between 1 and 15 as the Me tric value. This represents the number of routers between y our network and the destinat ion. Usually, a setting of 2 or 3 works, but if this is a direct connection, set [...]

3-4-4. V irtual Server Virtual server setting split into two different case. Case 1 is router having only 1 global IP address, PPPoE/DHCP/Static is this case. Case 2 is router having mo re than 1 global IP address, normal having 8 or 16 IP address, PPPoE unnumbered is this case. In case 1, virtual server only need to configure LAN host information,[...]

 PPPoE/DHCP/Static Type of the Virtual Server Virtual Server provides a way to let the PC at the WAN end connect to a server of a PC at the LAN end. Taking the IP address 192. 168.1.1 of a PC on a FTP at the LAN for example: x Protocol: TCP x Port: 21 x Vitrual Server IP: 192.168.1.1 x Enable: enable The PC at the WAN end can connect to t he int[...]

 PPPoE Unnumber Type of the Virtual Server T he PPPoE Unnumer user may have multiple gl obal IP addresses, therefore each IP address needs to setup specifically. Your ISP may provides you a group of the Global IP, e.g. 61.222.10.1 ~ 61.222.10.7(But only can use 61.222.10. 2~61.222.10.6) Taking the IP address 192.168.1.1 of a PC on a FTP at the L[...]

3-4-5. Firewall Rule The Firewall Rule allows you to configure yo ur own security policy to prevent unauthorized Internet users from accessing private net works or corporate LAN’s and Intranets.  Security Configuration The security configuration provides a securi ty list for you configure, includes Security One-Touch Setting, Stealth Mode, and[...]

 VPN Pass Through V irtual private networks (VPN)a re secured private network connections, built on top of publicly-accessible infrastructure, such as the Internet or the public telephone network. VPNs typically employ some co mbination of encryption, digi tal certificates, strong user authentication and access control to provide se curity to th[...]

 L2TP Pass Through setting L2TP stands for Layer 2 Tunnelin g Protocol. It is an extension of the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol and is also used to establish virtual private networks. Enable/Disable VPN pass through. If adminis trator configure a host to enable VPN pass through, router wil l automatically setting virtual server and firewall [...]

 Rule Number (No.) From 1~64, rule 1 has highest priori ty, rule 64 has lowest priority  Policy Under this option two settings are possible: “ accept ” or “ drop ”.  Direction Sets the direction of packet flow. For the Data Filter: a. W->L , WAN to LAN, specifies the rule for filtering incoming packets. b. L->W , LAN to WAN, [...]

3-4-6. DNS Configuration  DNS Replay The default value of the DNS replay is “ Enable ”. The DNS query packets will send through the router . When a DNS query packet enters the router, and the router will sends an answer to the host that sent t he DNS query packet. And then users have to set the IP address of the router as the IP address of t[...]

3-4-7 URL Blocking Configuration The Router allows you to restrict access based on web address and web address keywords. 1. To disable the URL Blocking function, keep the default value, Disable . To set up a URL Blocking setting, click Enable . 2. T o type a keyword or domain in the Keyword box. Verify the desired setting and then click the “ Sub[...]

3-4-8 VPN Configuration A VPN is a secure, private communication tunnel between two or more devices across a public network (like the Internet). These VPN devices can be either a computer running VPN software or a special device like a VPN enabled router . It allows your home computer to be connected to your office network or can allow two home com[...]

Click “Add” button to add a new VPN. Name Y o u can give a name for the VPN. Source Subnet/Netmask Enter the router ’ s subnet. Destination Address  Gateway to Gateway Mode , allows you to setup the c onnection of the router to another router . Please enter the remote(rout er2) IP address, Gateway address and subnet netmask.  Host to Ga[...]

Click the VPN hyperlink to edit the VPN configuration. Click to edit the VPN configuration. 78[...]

3-5. Management T ool This section will show you how to use t he management tool to manage and maintain your wireless broadband router. 3-5-1. PPP Monitor The PPP Monitor will show you the W AN connection status. W e can disconnect ppp anytime by pressing the “disconnection” button. We al so can connect to an ISP again by pressing the “connec[...]

3-5-2. Reboot This function allows you to restart the GN-BR404W . 80[...]

3-5-3. Initilization Y ou can use this function to init ial the router to fa ctory defult value. Or you can press the “ init ” botton on the GN-BR404W about 5sec, then the router will be rest art and the system setting will restore to t he factory default value. 81[...]

3-5-4. Change Password User can change the administrat ion password of the GN-BR404 W to prevent other user access to the GN-BR404W. Please enter the account and a new password and confirm the password and then click “ Submit ”. You have to enter this new pass word to log in when you want to configure t he GN-BR404W next time. 82[...]

3-5-5. Change W AN MAC If your ISP comp any asks you to use the or i ginal MAC address. Y ou can select the “ Assign W AN MAC ” and enter the “ New W AN MAC Address ”. The MAC address is from your Network Interface Card (NIC) that you regist ered with your ISP comp any . If you want to restore to the factory defaul t value, please select ?[...]

3-5-6. Upgrade Firmware This tool allows you to upgrade the latest firmware of the GN-BR404W using a file provided by Gigabyte. You can download the upgraded fi rmware version from Gigabyte website. Please click “ Browse ” and select your desired upgrade f ile (firmware version), and then click “ Upgrade ”. 84[...]

3-5-7. BackUp Restore The “ BackUP ” button allows you to save the configur ation of the GN-BR404W to a temp file on your PC. You can then click the “ Restore ” button to restore the saved backup configuration file. 85[...]

3-5-8. Log Information From here, you can veiw the reco rd of the firewall log, W AN connection and the UPnP log. If you want to reload the data of the log list, please click “ Check Again ” button.  Firewall Log  W AN Connection 86[...]

 UPnP Log 3-5-9. Save Maintenance Please save the log and the status informa tion if you have the s upport requirement. And then send this file to Gigabyte supporting team for further investigation your question. 87[...]

3-5-10. Ping This “Ping” tool allows you to verify the st atus of the IP address on the network. Please enter a IP address then click “ Ping ”. 88[...]

3-5-1 1 Help The Help tool can guide you the conf iguration information of the router. 3-5-12 About This page show you the product name and firmware version. 89[...]

3-6. S t atus You can use this status screen to view the router’s current connection status.and configuration. The main menu includes LAN information, DHCP information, WAN configuration information, LA N Ethernet Status, WAN Etherne t Status, Wireless Status, ARP Table, DHCP Lease Table, Routing Tab l e and UPn P Mapping Table.  LAN Ethernet [...]

MAC This field displays the MAC address being used by the LAN port of the router. MTU The maximum size of the packets sent fr om your computer onto the network. Rx packets The number of the packets received on this port since reset or manual clear. Tx packets The number of packets transmitted on this port since reset or manual clear. Rx bytes The c[...]

Tx bytes The current transmission bandwidth used on the WAN ports.  Wireless S t atus From this p age, you can get the curr ent Wireless LAN connection information.  ARP T able The ARP Table will show you the mapping of the IP address and MAC addres s of the PCs. 92[...]

 DHCP Lease T able From this table, you can get t he information of the IP assignment.  Routing Table The Routing table can show you the routing information of the router. 93[...]

 UPnP Port Mapping Table From this table, you can get the UPnP Port Mapping information of the router. 94[...]

3-7. Logout As you finished the configuration of the GN-BR404W , please choose “Logout”. After 5 minutes idle time, the system will be logout automatically . 95[...]

4. Troubleshooting This chapter gives information about troubleshoot ing your wireless broadban d router . Read the descriptions below to help you diagnose and solve the problem. Q: What to do if you forget your p assw ord or forget the IP address of the router? A: Please press the “init” bottom on the rout er . The router will be restart and t[...]

Q: Can the router act as DHCP server? A: Y es. The router has the DHC P server function built-in. Q: What is WEP? A: Wired Equivalent Privacy . Security me chanism defined within the 802.1 1 standard designed to make the link in tegrity of the wirel ess medium equal to wired cable. Data privacy mechanism based on a 40 bits (128 bit optional ) share[...]

Appendix A: Glossary ADSL Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) is a new modem technology that convert s existing twisted-pair telephone lines into a ccess p aths for high-speed communications of various sorts. Auto-MDI/MDIX On a network hub or switch, an auto-MDI/MDIX por t automatically senses if it needs to act as a MDI or MDIX port. The aut[...]

Dynamic IP Address An IP address that is automatically assigned to a client station in a TCP/IP network, typically by a DHCP server . Firewall A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network. Firewalls can be implemented in both hardware and software, or a combination of both. Firewalls are frequently used to prevent u[...]

SSID The SSID is the name represent the router in the wireless network. PPPoE Point-to-Point over Ethernet is a protocol for connecting remote hosts to the Internet over an always-on connection by simulating a dial-up connection. Router A device that forwards data packet s along networ ks. A router is connec ted to at least two networks, commonly t[...]

Appendix B: General Public License Licensing Information This product includes copy righted software license owned by third-party under terms of the GNU General Public Li ce nse. Texts of the GPL are included w ith every CD shopped w ith our product. All future firmw are updates w ill also be accompanied with their related source cod e on our websi[...]

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