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Chapter 1: Introduction

Introduction to your (Wireless) ADSL Router

Welcome to the (Wireless) ADSL VPN Firewall Router. Your router is an “all-in-one” unit,

combining an ADSL modem, ADSL router and Ethernet network switch, providing everything

you need to get the machines on your network connected to the Internet over your ADSL

broadband connection. With features such as an ADSL Quick-Start wizard and DHCP Server,

you can be online in no time at all and with a minimum of fuss and configuration, catering for

first-time users to the guru requiring advanced features and control over their Internet

connection and network.

Features

ADSL Multi-Mode Standard

Supports downstream transmission rates of up to 8Mbps and upstream transmission rates of

up to 1024Kbps. It also supports rate management that allows ADSL subscribers to select

an Internet access speed suiting their needs and budgets. It is compliant with Multi-Mode

standard (ANSI T1.413, Issue 2; G.dmt(G.992.1); G.lite(G992.2)). The Annex A and B are

supported in different H/W platforms.

Wireless Ethernet 802.11b ((Wireless) ADSL Router Only)

Provides a wireless Ethernet 802.11b access point for extending the communication

media to WLAN.

Fast Ethernet Switch

A 4-port 10/100Mbps fast Ethernet switch is built in with automatic switching between MDI

and MDI-X for 10Base-T and 100Base-TX ports. An Ethernet straight or cross-over cable

can be used directly for auto detection.

Multi-Protocol to Establish A Connection

Supports PPPoA (RFC 2364 - PPP over ATM Adaptation Layer 5), RFC 1483

encapsulation over ATM (bridged or routed), PPP over Ethernet (RFC 2516) and IPoA

(RFC1577) to establish a connection with the ISP. The product also supports VC-based

and LLC-based multiplexing.

Quick Installation Wizard

Supports a WEB GUI page to install this device quickly. With this wizard, end users can

enter the information easily which they get from their ISP, then surf the Internet

immediately.

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) and UPnP NAT Traversal

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This protocol is used to enable simple and robust connectivity among stand-alone devices

and PCs from many different vendors. It makes network simple and affordable for users.

UPnP architecture leverages TCP/IP and the Web to enable seamless proximity

networking in addition to control and data transfer among networked devices. With this

feature enabled, users can now connect to Net meeting or MSN Messenger seamlessly.

Network Address Translation (NAT)

Allows multi-users to access outside resources such as the Internet simultaneously with

one IP address/one Internet access account. Many application layer gateway (ALG) are

supported such as web browser, ICQ, FTP, Telnet, E-mail, News, Net2phone, Ping,

NetMeeting, IP phone and others.

Firewall

Supports SOHO firewall with NAT technology, automatically detects and blocks Denial of

Service (DoS) attacks. URL blocking, packet filtering and SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection)

are also supported. The hacker’s attack will be recorded associated with timestamp in the

security logging area. More firewall functions will always be implemented through updated

firmware releases.

Domain Name System (DNS) relay

Provides an easy way to map the domain name (a friendly name for users such as

www.yahoo.com) and IP address. When a local machine sets its DNS server with this

router’s IP address, every DNS conversion request packet from the PC to this router will be

forwarded to the real DNS in the outside network.

Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS)

The Dynamic DNS service allows you to alias a dynamic IP address to a static hostname.

This dynamic IP address is the WAN IP address. For example, to use the service, you must

first apply for an account from a DDNS service like http://www.dyndns.org/. More than 5

DDNS servers are supported.

Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Allows user to make a tunnel with a remote site directly to secure the data transmission

among the connection. User can use embedded PPTP and L2TP client/server, IKE and

IPSec which are supported by this router to make a VPN connection or users can run the

PPTP client in PC and the router already provides IPSec and PPTP pass through function

to establish a VPN connection if the user likes to run the PPTP client in his local computer.

Virtual Server (“port forwarding”)

Users can specify some services to be visible from outside users. The router can detect

incoming service requests and forward either a single port or a range of ports to the

specific local computer to handle it. For example, a user can assign a PC in the LAN

acting as a WEB server inside and expose it to the outside network. Outside users can

browse inside web servers directly while it is protected by NAT. A DMZ host setting is also

provided to a local computer exposed to the outside network, Internet.

Rich Packet Filtering

Not only filters the packet based on IP address, but also based on Port numbers. It will

filter packets from and to the Internet, and also provides a higher level of security control.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client and server

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In the WAN site, the DHCP client can get an IP address from the Internet Service Provider

(ISP) automatically. In the LAN site, the DHCP server can allocate a range of client IP

addresses and distribute them including IP address, subnet mask as well as DNS IP

address to local computers. It provides an easy way to manage the local IP network.

Static and RIP1/2 Routing

Supports an easy static routing table or RIP1/2 routing protocol to support routing

capability.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)

It is an easy way to remotely manage the router via SNMP.

Web based GUI

Supports web based GUI for configuration and management. It is user-friendly and comes

with on-line help. It also supports remote management capability for remote users to

configure and manage this product.

Firmware Upgradeable

Device can be upgraded to the latest firmware through the WEB based GUI.

Rich management interfaces

Supports flexible management interfaces with local console port, LAN port, and WAN port.

Users can use terminal applications through the console port to configure and manage the

device, or Telnet, WEB GUI, and SNMP through LAN or WAN ports to configure and

manage the device.

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(Wireless)ADSL Router

(Wireless)ADSL Router

Figure 1.1 Application Diagram of

(Wireless)ADSL Router

Thank you for your purchase, and welcome to the world of broadband Internet!