User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Introducing the 802.11a/g Router
- Installing the 802.11a/g Router
- What’s in the Box?
- A physical look at the back panel
- A physical look at the front panel
- Connecting the Cables
- High Level Configuration Steps Required for the 802.11a/g Router
- Setting up a Windows PC or wireless client as DHCP clients
- Configuring a PC running MS-Windows 95/98/Me:
- Configuring a PC running MS-Windows XP/2000:
- Confirming your PC’s IP Configuration:
- Connecting More Devices Through A Switch/Hub To The 802.11a/g Router
- Basic Configuration of the 802.11a/g Router
- Advanced Settings
- Managing your 802.11a/g Router
- How to View the device Status
- How to View the System Log
- Security Log
- DHCP Client Table
- Wireless Client Table
- Bridge Table
- WAN Status
- LAN Status
- Upgrading Firmware
- How to Save or Restore Configuration Changes
- How to Restore the System Settings to the Factory Defaults
- How to Reboot your 802.11a/g Router
- What if you Forgot the Password?
- Command Line Interface
- Text Configuration
- Specification
A Security Overview
More and more people are concerned about protecting your local network from the Internet. The
802.11a/g Router provides several ways to keep your network secure:
Devices on your wired or wireless network are assigned private IP addresses; therefore remote
users from the Internet cannot see nor access them. This provide a firewall between your local
LAN and the Internet.
The 802.11a/g Router implements IP packet filtering with SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection)
capabilities, which you can use to selectively filter (discard) packets to/from the Internet.
You can selectively restrict management to remote devices.
To address the growing security concern in a wireless LAN environment, different levels of security
can also be enabled in the 802.11a/g Router, including:
To disable SSID broadcast so to restrict association to only client stations that are already pre-
configured with the correct SSID.
To enable WEP (Wireless Encryption Protocol) encryption to implement privacy of your data
Support of Access Control List to allow you to grant/deny access to/from specified wireless
stations (using MAC addresses)
Provisioning of centralized authentication through 802.1x and RADIUS Server(s).
To enable WPA (WiFi Protected Access) to assure authorized access as well as to implement
privacy of your data. WPA comes with two modes: 802.1x for enterprise users and PSK (Pre-
Shared Key) for SOHO users.
802.11a/g Router Features
Compliant with 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g standards with roaming capability
Support of NAT for multiple users to share Internet access
IP routing (RIP1/RIP2) support
VPN (Virtual Private Network) support for PPTP/IPSec pass-through.
Support of PPPoE (multiple sessions and unnumbered IP) and PPTP client function for
xDSL connections
Support of multimedia applications (NetMeeting, CUSeeMe, Quick Time, etc) pass-through.
Support of the Virtual Server function.
Support of the standard Access Point mode for connection to wireless clients
Built-in DHCP server to assign IP addresses to DHCP client devices on both wired and
wireless LAN
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