Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router NETGEAR, Inc.
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Contents About This Guide Technical Support ............................................................................................................xiii Related Publications ........................................................................................................xiii Typographical Conventions ............................................................................................. xv Special Message Formats .............................................................................
Chapter 3 Preparing Your Network Preparing Your Personal Computers for IP Networking .................................................3-1 Configuring Windows 95, 98, and ME for IP Networking ................................................3-2 Install or Verify Windows Networking Components ..................................................3-2 Assign TCP/IP configuration by DHCP ....................................................................3-4 Selecting Internet Access Method ..........................
Block Sites ...............................................................................................................5-4 Schedule ..................................................................................................................5-5 Logs .........................................................................................................................5-6 Chapter 6 Maintenance System Status ............................................................................................
Troubleshooting the ISP Connection ..............................................................................8-4 Troubleshooting a TCP/IP Network Using a Ping Utility .................................................8-5 Testing the LAN Path to Your Router .......................................................................8-5 Testing the Path from Your PC to a Remote Device ................................................8-6 Restoring the Default Configuration and Password ...........................
Figure 2-1. RP614 Front Panel ..................................................................................2-3 Figure 2-2. RP614 Rear Panel ...................................................................................2-4 Figure 4-1. Login window ...........................................................................................4-2 Figure 4-2. Browser-based configuration main menu ................................................4-3 Figure 4-3.
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Table 2-1. LED Descriptions .....................................................................................2-3 Table 5-1. Log entry descriptions ..............................................................................5-6 Table 5-2. Log action buttons ....................................................................................5-7 Table 6-1. Menu 3.2 - System Status Fields .............................................................6-2 Table 6-2. Router Statistics Fields ........
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About This Guide Congratulations on your purchase of the NETGEAR™ Model RP614 Web Safe Router. The Model RP614 router provides connection for multiple personal computers (PCs) to the Internet through an external broadband access device (such as a cable modem or DSL modem) that is normally intended for use by a single PC. Note: If you are unfamiliar with networking and routing, refer to Appendix B, “Network and Routing Basics,” to become more familiar with the terms and procedures used in this manual.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router For more information about IP address translation, refer to RFC 1631, The IP Network Address Translator (NAT).
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Typographical Conventions This guide uses the following typographical conventions: italics Book titles and UNIX file, command, and directory names. courier font Screen text, user-typed command-line entries. Initial Caps Menu titles and window and button names. [Enter] Named keys in text are shown enclosed in square brackets. The notation [Enter] is used for the Enter key and the Return key.
Chapter 1 Introduction This chapter describes the features of the NETGEAR Model RP614 Web Safe Router. About the Router The Model RP614 Web Safe Router with 4-port switch connects your local area network (LAN) to the Internet through an external access device such as a cable modem or DSL modem. The Model RP614 router provides you with multiple Web content filtering options, plus browsing activity reporting and instant alerts -- both via e-mail.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router • • – Blocking can be scheduled by day and time – Network Address Translation (NAT) hides local PCs from the Internet – Incoming port forwarding and DMZ for specific services Built in 4-port 10/100 Mbps Switch – Allows LAN connections at 10 megabits per second (Mbps) or 100 Mbps – Autosensing for Ethernet (10BASE-T) or Fast Ethernet (100BASE-Tx) transmissions – Half-duplex or full-duplex operation Ethernet connection to a wide area network
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Content Filtering With its content filtering features, the Model RP614 router prevents objectionable content from reaching your PCs. Its content filtering features include: • Content filtering by domain or keyword The Model RP614 router uses content filtering to enforce your network’s Internet access policies. The router allows you to control access to Internet content by screening for keywords within Website names or newsgroup names.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router TCP/IP The Model RP614 router supports the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and Routing Information Protocol (RIP). For further information about TCP/IP, refer to Appendix B, “Network and Routing Basics.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router • Visual monitoring The Model RP614 router’s front panel LEDs provide an easy way to monitor its status and activity.
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Chapter 2 Setting Up the Hardware This chapter describes the Model RP614 Web Safe Router hardware and provides instructions for installing it.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Local Network Hardware Requirements The Model RP614 Web Safe Router is intended for use in a network of personal computers (PCs) that are interconnected by twisted-pair Ethernet cables. PC Requirements To install and run the Model RP614 router over your network of PCs, each PC must have an installed Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) and an Ethernet cable.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router The Router’s Front Panel The front panel of the Model RP614 Web Safe Router (Figure 2-1) contains status LEDs. Figure 2-1. RP614 Front Panel You can use some of the LEDs to verify connections. Table 2-1 lists and describes each LED on the front panel of the router. These LEDs are green when lit. Table 2-1. LED Descriptions Label Activity Description Power On Off Power is supplied to the router. Power is not supplied to the router.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router The Router’s Rear Panel The rear panel of the Model RP614 router (Figure 2-2) contains port connections. Figure 2-2.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Connecting to your Local Ethernet Network Your local area network (LAN) will attach to the four Local router ports shown in Figure 2-2. The Local ports are capable of operation at either 10 Mbps (10BASE-T) or 100 Mbps (100BASE-Tx), depending on the Ethernet interface of the attached PC, hub, or switch. For any connection which will operate at 100 Mbps, you must use a Category 5 (CAT5) rated Ethernet cable, such as the cable included with the router.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router 1. Plug the connector of the power adapter into the power adapter outlet on the rear panel of the router. 2. Plug the other end of the adapter into a standard wall outlet. 3. Verify that the Power LED on the router is lit. Verifying Power After connecting the power adapter to the router and a power source, the router powers on automatically. Complete the following steps to verify that power is correctly applied to the router: 1.
Chapter 3 Preparing Your Network This chapter describes how to prepare your PC network to connect to the Internet through the Model RP614 Web Safe Router and how to order broadband Internet service from an Internet service provider (ISP). . Note: If an ISP technician configured your PC during the installation of a broadband modem, or if you configured it using instructions provided by your ISP, you may need to copy the current configuration information for use in the configuration of your router.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router • Macintosh Operating System 7 or later includes the software components for establishing a TCP/IP network. • All versions of UNIX or Linux include TCP/IP components. Follow the instructions provided with your operating system or networking software to install TCP/IP on your computer.. In your IP network, each PC and the router must be assigned a unique IP addresses.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router You must have an Ethernet adapter, the TCP/IP protocol, and Client for Microsoft Networks. Note: It is not necessary to remove any other network components shown in the Network window in order to install the adapter, TCP/IP, or Client for Microsoft Networks. If you need the adapter: a. Click the Add button. b. Select Adapter, and then click Add. c. Select the manufacturer and model of your Ethernet adapter, and then click OK.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router d. Select TCP/IP, and then click OK. If you need Client for Microsoft Networks: 3. a. Click the Add button. b. Select Client, and then click Add. c. Select Microsoft. d. Select Client for Microsoft Networks, and then click OK. Restart your PC for the changes to take effect.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router 3. Select “I want to set up my Internet connection manually” or “I want to connect through a Local Area Network” and click Next. 4. Select “I want to connect through a Local Area Network” and click Next. 5. Uncheck all boxes in the LAN Internet Configuration screen and click Next. 6. Proceed to the end of the Wizard.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router 3. If an Ethernet adapter is present in your PC, you should see an entry for Local Area Connection. Double-click that entry. 4. Select Properties. 5. Verify that ‘Client for Microsoft Networks’ and ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’ are present. If not, select Install and add them. 6. Select ‘Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)’, click Properties, and verify that “Obtain an IP address automatically is selected. 7.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router MacOS 8.6 or 9.x 1. From the Apple menu, select Control Panels, then TCP/IP. The TCP/IP Control Panel opens: 2. From the “Connect via” box, select your Macintosh’s Ethernet interface. 3. From the “Configure” box, select Using DHCP Server. You can leave the DHCP Client ID box empty. 4. Close the TCP/IP Control Panel. 5. Repeat this for each Macintosh on your network. MacOS X 1. From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences, then Network. 2.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Verifying TCP/IP Properties (Macintosh) After your Macintosh is configured and has rebooted, you can check the TCP/IP configuration by returning to the TCP/IP Control Panel. From the Apple menu, select Control Panels, then TCP/IP. The panel is updated to show your settings, which should match the values below if you are using the default TCP/IP settings that NETGEAR recommends: • The IP Address is between 192.168.0.2 and 192.168.0.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router For a single-user Internet account, your ISP supplies TCP/IP configuration information for one PC. With a typical account, much of the configuration information is dynamically assigned when your PC is first booted up while connected to the ISP, and you will not need to know that dynamic information.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router If any of these items are dynamically supplied by the ISP, your router automatically acquires them. If an ISP technician configured your PC during the installation of the broadband modem, or if you configured it using instructions provided by your ISP, you need to copy configuration information from your PC’s Network TCP/IP Properties window (or Macintosh TCP/IP Control Panel) before reconfiguring your PC for use with the router.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Obtaining ISP Configuration Information (Macintosh) As mentioned above, you may need to collect configuration information from your Macintosh so that you can use this information when you configure the Model RP614 router. Following this procedure is only necessary when your ISP does not dynamically supply the account information. To get the information you need to configure the router for Internet access: 1.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Ready for Configuration After configuring all of your PCs for TCP/IP networking and connecting them to the local network of your Model RP614 router, you are ready to access and configure the router. Proceed to the next chapter.
Chapter 4 Basic Configuration of the Router This chapter describes how to perform the basic configuration of your Model RP614 Web Safe Router using the Setup Wizard, which walks you through the configuration process for your Internet connection. Accessing the Web Configuration Manager In order to use the browser-based Web Configuration Manager, your PC must have a web browser program installed such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router A login window opens as shown in Figure 4-1 below:. Figure 4-1. Login window This screen may have a different appearance in other browsers. 6. Type admin in the User Name box, password in the Password box, and then click OK. If your router password was previously changed, enter the current password. If your router has not yet been configured, the Setup Wizard should launch automatically.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Figure 4-2. Browser-based configuration main menu You can manually configure your router using this menu as described in “Manual Configuration“ on page 4-8, or you can allow the Setup Wizard to determine your configuration as described in the following chapter.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Configuration using the Setup Wizard The Web Configuration Manager contains a Setup Wizard that can automatically determine your network connection type. If the Setup Wizard does not launch automatically, click on the Setup Wizard heading in the upper left of the opening screen, shown in Figure 4-2.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Configuring for Dynamic IP Account If the Setup Wizard determines that your Internet service account uses Dynamic IP assignment, you will be directed to the menu shown in Figure 4-3 below: Figure 4-3. Setup Wizard menu for Dynamic IP address 1. Enter your Account Name (may also be called Host Name) and Domain Name. These parameters may be necessary to access your ISP’s services such as mail or news servers.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router 3. Router’s MAC Address: This section determines the Ethernet MAC address that will be used by the router on the Internet port. If your ISP allows access by only one specific PC’s Ethernet MAC address, select "Use this MAC address". The router will then capture and use the MAC address of the PC that you are now using. You must be using the one PC that is allowed by the ISP.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router A DNS server is a host on the Internet that translates Internet names (such as www addresses) to numeric IP addresses. Typically your ISP transfers the IP addresses of one or two DNS servers to your router during login. If the ISP does not transfer an address, you must obtain it from the ISP and enter it manually here. If you enter an address here, you should reboot your PCs after configuring the router. 3.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Note: You will no longer need to launch the ISP’s login program on your PC in order to access the Internet. When you start an Internet application, your router will automatically log you in. 3. Domain Name Server (DNS) Address: If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the router during login, select “Use these DNS servers” and enter the IP address of your ISP’s Primary DNS Server.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router A DNS server is a host on the Internet that translates Internet names (such as www addresses) to numeric IP addresses. Typically your ISP transfers the IP addresses of one or two DNS servers to your router during login. If the ISP does not transfer an address, you must obtain it from the ISP and enter it manually here. If you enter an address here, you should reboot your PCs after configuring the router. 6. 7.
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Chapter 5 Content Filtering This chapter describes how to use the Content Filtering features of your Model RP614 Web Safe Router. These features can be found by clicking on the Content Filtering heading in the Main Menu of the browser interface. Configuring for Content Filtering The Model RP614 Web Safe Router provides you with Web content filtering options, plus browsing activity reporting and instant alerts via e-mail.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router E-Mail In order to receive logs and alerts by email, you must provide your email information in the E-Mail subheading: • Turn e-mail notification on Check this box if you wish to receive e-mail logs and alerts from the router. • Your outgoing mail server Enter the name of your ISP’s outgoing (SMTP) mail server (such as mail.myISP.com). You may be able to find this information in the configuration menu of your e-mail program.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router • Send alert immediately Check this box if you would like immediate notification of attempted access to a blocked site. • Send logs according to this schedule Specifies how often to send the logs: Hourly, Daily, Weekly, or When Full. – Day for sending log Specifies which day of the week to send the log. Relevant when the log is sent weekly or daily. – Time for sending log Specifies the time of day to send the log.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Block Sites The Model RP614 router allows you to restrict access based on web and newsgroup addresses and web and newsgroup address keywords. Up to 255 entries are supported in the Keyword list. The Keyword Blocking menu is shown below: To enable keyword blocking, check “Turn keyword blocking on”, then click Apply. Be sure that a time period for blocking is specified on the Schedule menu.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router You may specify one Trusted User, which is a PC that will be exempt from blocking and logging. Since the Trusted User will be identified by an IP address, you should configure that PC with a fixed IP address. Schedule The Model RP614 router allows you to specify when blocking will be enforced. The Schedule tab is shown below: • Use this schedule for blocking content Check this box if you wish to enable a schedule for Content Filtering. Click Apply.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Logs The log is a detailed record of what websites you have accessed or attempted to access. Up to 128 entries are stored in the log. Log entries will only appear when keyword blocking is enabled, and no log entries will be made for the Trusted User. An example is shown below: Log entries are described in Table 5-1 Table 5-1. Log entry descriptions Field Description Number The index number of the content filter log entries.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Log action buttons are described in Table 5-2 Table 5-2. Log action buttons Field Description Refresh Clear Log Click this button to refresh the log screen. Click this button to clear the log entries. Click this button to email the log immediately.
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Chapter 6 Maintenance This chapter describes how to use the maintenance features of your Model RP614 Web Safe Router. These features can be found by clicking on the Maintenance heading in the Main Menu of the browser interface. System Status The System Status menu provides a limited amount of status and usage information. From the Main Menu of the browser interface, click on Maintenance, then select System Status to view the System Status screen, shown in Figure 6-1. Figure 6-1.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router This screen shows the following parameters: Table 6-1. Menu 3.2 - System Status Fields Field Description System Name This field displays the Host Name assigned to the router. Firmware Version This field displays the router firmware version. WAN Port These parameters apply to the Internet (WAN) port of the router. IP Address This field displays the IP address being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Click on the “Show Statistics” button to display router usage statistics, as shown in Figure 6-2 below: Figure 6-2. Router Statistics screen This screen shows the following statistics:. Table 6-2. Router Statistics Fields Field Description Port The statistics for the WAN (Internet) and LAN (local) ports. For each port, the screen displays: Status The link status of the port.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Attached Devices The Attached Devices menu contains a table of all IP devices that the router has discovered on the local network. From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under the Maintenance heading, select Attached Devices to view the table, shown in Figure 6-3 Figure 6-3. Attached Devices menu For each device, the table shows the IP address, NetBIOS Host Name (if available), and Ethernet MAC address.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under the Maintenance heading, select the Router Upgrade heading to display the menu shown in Figure 6-4. Figure 6-4. Router Upgrade menu To upload new firmware: 1. Download and unzip the new software file from NETGEAR. 2. In the Router Upgrade menu, click the Browse button and browse to the location of the binary (.BIN) upgrade file 3. Click Upload.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under the Maintenance heading, select the Settings Backup heading to bring up the menu shown in Figure 6-5. Figure 6-5. Settings Backup menu Three options are available, and are described in the following sections. Restore and Backup the Configuration The Restore and Backup options in the Settings Backup menu allow you to save and retrieve a file containing your router’s configuration settings.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router To erase the configuration, click the Erase button. To restore the factory default configuration settings without knowing the login password or IP address, you must use the Default Reset button on the rear panel of the router. See “Using the Default Reset button“ on page 8-7. Changing the Configuration Password The default password for the router’s Web Configuration Manager is password.
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Chapter 7 Advanced Configuration of the Router This chapter describes how to configure the advanced features of your Model RP614 Web Safe Router. These features can be found under the Advanced heading in the Main Menu of the browser interface.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Configuring for Port Forwarding to Local Servers Although the router causes your entire local network to appear as a single machine to the Internet, you can make a local server (for example, a web server or game server) visible and available to the Internet. This is done using the Port Forwarding menu. From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under Advanced, click on Port Forwarding to view the port forwarding menu, shown in Figure 7-1 Figure 7-1.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router 2. Enter the IP address of the local server in the corresponding Server IP Address box. 3. Click the Add button. Add a Custom Service To define a service, game or application that does not appear in the Services & Games list, you must detemine what port numbers are used by the service. For this information, you may need to contact the manufacturer of the program that you wish to use. When you have the port number information, follow these steps: 1.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router • If the IP address of the local PC is assigned by DHCP, it may change when the PC is rebooted. To avoid this, you can manually configure the PC to use a fixed address. • Local PCs must access the local server using the PCs’ local LAN address (192.168.0.33 in this example). Attempts by local PCs to access the server using the external IP address (172.16.1.23 in this example) will fail.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router The Default DMZ Server feature is helpful when using some online games and videoconferencing applications that are incompatible with NAT. The router is programmed to recognize some of these applications and to work properly with them, but there are other applications that may not function well. In some cases, one local PC can run the application properly if that PC’s IP address is entered as the Default DMZ Server.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Dynamic DNS If your network has a permanently assigned IP address, you can register a domain name and have that name linked with your IP address by public Domain Name Servers (DNS). However, if your Internet account uses a dynamically assigned IP address, you will not know in advance what your IP address will be, and the address can change frequently.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router LAN IP Setup The second feature category under the Advanced heading is LAN IP Setup. This menu allows configuration of LAN IP services such as DHCP and RIP. From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under Advanced, click on LAN IP Setup to view the LAN IP Setup menu, shown in Figure 7-3 Figure 7-3. LAN IP Setup Menu The router is shipped preconfigured to use private IP addresses on the LAN side, and to act.as a DHCP server.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router For most applications, the default DHCP and TCP/IP settings of the router are satisfactory. See “IP Configuration by DHCP” on page B-10 for an explanation of DHCP and information about how to assign IP addresses for your network. Use router as DHCP server If another device on your network will be the DHCP server, or if you will manually configure the network settings of all of your computers, clear the ‘Use router as DHCP server’ check box.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router — When set to Both or In Only, it will incorporate the RIP information that it receives. — When set to None, it will not send any RIP packets and will ignore any RIP packets received. • RIP Version This controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets that the router sends. (It recognizes both formats when receiving.) By default, this is set for RIP-1. — RIP-1 is universally supported.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under Advanced, click on Static Route to view the Static Route menu, shown in Figure 7-4. Figure 7-4. Static Route Summary Table To add or edit a Static Route: 1. Select a number and click the Edit button to open the Edit Menu, shown in Figure 7-5. Figure 7-5. Static Route Entry and Edit Menu 2. Type a route name for this static route in the Route Name box under the table.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router 6. Type the IP Subnet Mask for this destination. If the destination is a single host, type 255.255.255.255. 7. Type the Gateway IP Address, which must be a router on the same LAN segment as the router. 8. Type a number between 1 and 15 as the Metric value. This represents the number of routers between your network and the destination. Usually, a setting of 2 or 3 works, but if this is a direct connection, set it to 1. 9.
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Chapter 8 Troubleshooting This chapter gives information about troubleshooting your Model RP614 Web Safe Router. After each problem description, instructions are provided to help you diagnose and solve the problem. Basic Functioning After you turn on power to the router, the following sequence of events should occur: 1. When power is first applied, verify that the Power LED 2. Verify that the Test LED procedure is running. 3. After approximately 10 seconds, verify that: is on.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router • Check that you are using the 7.5 V DC power adapter supplied by NETGEAR for this product. If the error persists, you have a hardware problem and should contact technical support. Test LED Never Turns On or Test LED Stays On When the router is turned on, the Test LED turns on for about 10 seconds and then turns off. If the Test LED does not turn on, or if it stays on, there is a fault within the router.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Troubleshooting the Web Configuration Interface If you are unable to access the router’s Web Configuration interface from a PC on your local network, check the following: • Check the Ethernet connection between the PC and the router as described in the previous section. • Make sure your PC’s IP address is on the same subnet as the router. If you are using the recommended addressing scheme, your PC’s address should be in the range of 192.168.0.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Troubleshooting the ISP Connection If your router is unable to access the Internet, you should first determine whether the router is able to obtain a WAN IP address from the ISP. Unless you have been assigned a static IP address, your router must request an IP address from the ISP. You can determine whether the request was successful using the Web Configuration Manager. To check the WAN IP address: 1.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router OR Configure your router to spoof your PC’s MAC address. This can be done in the Basic Settings menu. Refer to “Manual Configuration“ on page 4-8. If your router can obtain an IP address, but your PC is unable to load any web pages from the Internet: • Your PC may not recognize any DNS server addresses. A DNS server is a host on the Internet that translates Internet names (such as www addresses) to numeric IP addresses.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router If the path is working, you see this message: Reply from < IP address >: bytes=32 time=NN ms TTL=xxx If the path is not working, you see this message: Request timed out If the path is not functioning correctly, you could have one of the following problems: • Wrong physical connections — Make sure the LAN port LED is on. If the LED is off, follow the instructions in “LAN or WAN Port LEDs Not On” on page 8-2.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router — If your ISP assigned a host name to your PC, enter that host name as the Account Name in the Basic Settings menu. — Your ISP could be rejecting the Ethernet MAC addresses of all but one of your PCs. Many broadband ISPs restrict access by only allowing traffic from the MAC address of your broadband modem, but some ISPs additionally restrict access to the MAC address of a single PC connected to that modem.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router • Date shown is January 1, 2000 Cause: The router has not yet successfully reached a Network Time Server. Check that your Internet access settings are configured correctly. If you have just completed configuring the router, wait at least five minutes and check the date and time again. • Time is off by one hour Cause: The router does not automatically sense Daylight Savings Time.
Appendix A Technical Specifications This appendix provides technical specifications for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router. Network Protocol and Standards Compatibility Data and Routing Protocols: TCP/IP, RIP-1, RIP-2, DHCP PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) Power Adapter North America: 120V, 60 Hz, input United Kingdom, Australia: 240V, 50 Hz, input Europe: 230V, 50 Hz, input Japan: 100V, 50/60 Hz, input All regions (output): 7.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Operating humidity: 90% maximum relative humidity, noncondensing Electromagnetic Emissions Meets requirements of: FCC Part 15 Class B VCCI Class B EN 55 022 (CISPR 22), Class B Interface Specifications LAN: 10BASE-T or 100BASE-Tx, RJ-45 WAN: 10BASE-T, RJ-45 A-2 Technical Specifications
Appendix B Network and Routing Basics This chapter provides an overview of IP networks, routing, and firewalls. Basic Router Concepts Large amounts of bandwidth can be provided easily and relatively inexpensively in a local area network (LAN). However, providing high bandwidth between a local network and the Internet can be very expensive. Because of this expense, Internet access is usually provided by a slower-speed wide-area network (WAN) link such as a cable or DSL modem.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Routers vary in performance and scale, number of routing protocols supported, and types of physical WAN connection they support. The Model RP614 Web Safe Router is a small office router that routes the IP protocol over a single-user broadband connection. Routing Information Protocol One of the protocols used by a router to build and maintain a picture of the network is the Routing Information Protocol (RIP).
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router There are five standard classes of IP addresses. These address classes have different ways of determining the network and host sections of the address, allowing for different numbers of hosts on a network. Each address type begins with a unique bit pattern, which is used by the TCP/IP software to identify the address class. After the address class has been determined, the software can correctly identify the host section of the address.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router • Class D Class D addresses are used for multicasts (messages sent to many hosts). Class D addresses are in this range: 224.0.0.0 to 239.255.255.255. • Class E Class E addresses are for experimental use. This addressing structure allows IP addresses to uniquely identify each physical network and each node on each physical network.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Subnet Addressing By looking at the addressing structures, you can see that even with a Class C address, there are a large number of hosts per network. Such a structure is an inefficient use of addresses if each end of a routed link requires a different network number. It is unlikely that the smaller office LANs would have that many devices. You can resolve this problem by using a technique known as subnet addressing.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Note: The number 192.68.135.127 is not assigned because it is the broadcast address of the first subnet. The number 192.68.135.128 is not assigned because it is the network address of the second subnet. The following table lists the additional subnet mask bits in dotted-decimal notation. To use the table, write down the original class netmask and replace the 0 value octets with the dotted-decimal value of the additional subnet bits.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Table B-2. Netmask Formats 255.255.255.252 /30 255.255.255.254 /31 255.255.255.255 /32 NETGEAR strongly recommends that you configure all hosts on a LAN segment to use the same netmask for the following reasons: • So that hosts recognize local IP broadcast packets When a device broadcasts to its segment neighbors, it uses a destination address of the local network address with all ones for the host address.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Single IP Address Operation Using NAT In the past, if multiple PCs on a LAN needed to access the Internet simultaneously, you had to obtain a range of IP addresses from the ISP. This type of Internet account is more costly than a single-address account typically used by a single user with a modem, rather than a router. The Model RP614 router employs an address-sharing method called Network Address Translation (NAT).
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router This scheme offers the additional benefit of simple firewall-like protection because the internal LAN addresses are not available to the Internet through the translated connection. All incoming inquiries are filtered out by the router. This filtering can prevent intruders from probing your system. However, using port forwarding, you can allow one PC (for example, a Web server) on your local network to be accessible to outside users.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router IP Configuration by DHCP When an IP-based local area network is installed, each PC must be configured with an IP address. If the PCs need to access the Internet, they should also be configured with a gateway address and one or more DNS server addresses. As an alternative to manual configuration, there is a method by which each PC on the network can automatically obtain this configuration information.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Ethernet Cabling Although Ethernet networks originally used thick or thin coaxial cable, most installations currently use unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cabling. The UTP cable contains eight conductors, arranged in four twisted pairs, and terminated with an RJ45 type connector. A normal "straight-through" UTP Ethernet cable follows the EIA568B standard wiring and pinout as described in Table B-3. Table B-3.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router • Crossover cable A crossover cable is a special cable in which the transmit and receive pairs are exchanged at one of the two cable connectors. Crossover cables are often unmarked as such, and must be identified by comparing the two connectors. Since the cable connectors are clear plastic, it is easy to place them side by side and view the order of the wire colors on each.
Glossary 10BASE-T IEEE 802.3 specification for 10 Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair wiring. 100BASE-Tx IEEE 802.3 specification for 100 Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair wiring. 802.11b IEEE specification for wireless networking at 11 Mbps using direct-sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology and operating in the unlicensed radio spectrum at 2.5GHz. Denial of Service attack DoS. A hacker attack designed to prevent your computer or network from operating or communicating.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router 2 IP See Internet Protocol. IP Address A four-byte number uniquely defining each host on the Internet. Ranges of addresses are assigned by Internic, an organization formed for this purpose. Usually written in dotted-decimal notation with periods separating the bytes (for example, 134.177.244.57). IPSec Internet Protocol Security. IPSec is a series of guidelines for securing private information transmitted over public networks.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router Network Address Translation A technique by which several hosts share a single IP address for access to the Internet. packet A block of information sent over a network. A packet typically contains a source and destination network address, some protocol and length information, a block of data, and a checksum. PPP See Point-to-Point Protocol. PPP over Ethernet PPPoE.
Reference Manual for the Model RP614 Web Safe Router 4 wide area network WAN. A long distance link used to extend or connect remotely located local area networks. The Internet is a large WAN. Windows Internet Naming Service WINS. Windows Internet Naming Service is a server process for resolving Windows-based computer names to IP addresses. If a remote network contains a WINS server, your Windows PCs can gather information from that WINS server about its local hosts.
Index A Account Name 4-5, 4-7, 4-8 Address Resolution Protocol B-9 DNS Proxy 1-4 DNS server 3-10, 3-11, 4-5, 4-6, 4-8 DNS, dynamic 7-6 domain 3-10 B backup configuration 6-6 C cables, pinout B-11 Cabling B-11 Cat5 cable 2-2, 2-5, B-12 configuration automatic by DHCP 1-4 backup 6-6 erasing 6-6 restore 6-5 router, initial 4-1 Domain Name 4-5, 4-7, 4-8 domain name server (DNS) B-9 Dynamic DNS 7-6 E End Port 7-3 EnterNet 3-9 erase configuration 6-6 Ethernet cable B-11 F factory settings, restoring 6-6 c
Web site address B-7 installation 1-4 Internet account address information 3-9 establishing 3-8 IP addresses 3-10, 3-11 and NAT B-8 and the Internet B-2 assigning xiii, B-2 auto-generated 8-3 private B-7 translating xiv IP configuration by DHCP B-10 IP networking for Macintosh 3-6 for Windows 3-2, 3-5 K KALI 7-4 N NAT 3-9 NAT.
rear panel 2-4 typographical conventions xv requirements access device 2-2 hardware 2-2 U reset button, clearing config 8-7 restore configuration 6-5 restore factory settings 6-6 RFC 1466 xiii, B-7 1597 xiii, B-7 1631 xiv, B-8 finding B-7 Uplink port 2-5 uplink switch B-11 USB 3-8 W Windows, configuring for IP routing 3-2, 3-5 winipcfg utility 3-5 RIP (Router Information Protocol) 7-8 WinPOET 3-9 router concepts B-1 World Wide Web iii Routing Information Protocol 1-4, B-2 S Secondary DNS Server
