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3.6.3.3.3 Firmware

Your router’s “firmware” is the software that allows it to operate and provides all its

functionality. Think of your router as a dedicated computer, and the firmware as the software

it runs. Over time this software may be improved and modified. Your router allows you to

upgrade the software it runs to take advantage of these changes.

Clicking on

Browse

allows you to select the new firmware image file you have downloaded

to your PC. Once the correct file is selected, click Upgrade to update the firmware in your

router.

New Firmware Image:

Type in the location of the file you wish to upload in this field or click

Browse ...

to find it.

Browse...:

Click

Browse...

to find the .ras file you wish to upload. Remember that you must

decompress compressed (.zip) files before you can upload them.

Upgrade

: Click

upgrade

to begin the upload process. This process may take up to two

minutes.

Do NOT upgrade firmware on any Atlantis Land product over a wireless

connection.

Failure of the device may result. Use only hard-wired network connections.

Restore a saved configuration file generated with another firmware version

may render your Router unstable and prevent some functions from working

properly. After upgrading you must reset the router to factory default settings,

then manually re-enter your settings.

Detach ADSL Line and connect to the Router using only 1

Ethernet port.

Please pay attention. In case electrical shutdown, during this procedure, this

product could be not usable.

When uploading software to the Router, it is important not to interrupt the

Web browser by closing the window or loading a new page. If the browser is

interrupted, it may corrupt the software

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3.6.3.3.4 Backup/Restore

These functions allow you to save and backup your router’s current settings to a file on your

PC, or to restore a previously saved backup. This is useful if you wish to experiment with

different settings, knowing that you have a backup handy in the case of any mistakes. It is

advisable to backup your router’s settings before making any significant changes to your

router’s configuration.

Press

Backup

to select where on your local PC to save the settings file. You may also

change the name of the file when saving if you wish to keep multiple backups.

Press

Browse

to select a file from your PC to restore. You should only restore settings files

that have been generated by the Backup function, and that were created when using the

current version

of the router’s firmware.

Settings files saved to your PC should not be

manually edited in any way.

Select the settings files you wish to use, and press

Restore

to load those settings into the

router.

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3.6.3.3.5 Restart

Click

Restart

with option

Current Settings

to reboot your router and restore your last saved

configuration.

If you wish to restart the router using the factory default settings (for example, after a

firmware upgrade or if you have saved an incorrect configuration), select

Factory Default

Settings

to reset to factory default settings.

You may also reset your router to factory settings by pressing in the small Reset pinhole

button on the back of your router for 10-12 seconds while the router is turned on. You have to

Switch Off and Switch On the device that boot with factory default settings.

3.6.3.3.6 User Management

To prevent unauthorized access to your router’s configuration interface, all users are required

to login with a password. You can set up multiple user accounts, each with their own

password.

You are able to

Edit

existing users and

Create

new users who are able to access the

device’s configuration interface. Once you have clicked on

Edit,

you are shown the following

options:

You can change the user’s

password

, whether their account is active and

Valid

, as well as

add a comment to each user account. These options are the same when creating a user

account, with the exception that once created you cannot change the username. You cannot

delete the default admin account; however you can delete any other created accounts by

clicking

Cancel

when editing the user.

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You are strongly advised to change the password on the default “

admin

” account when you

receive your router, and any time you reset your configuration to Factory Defaults.

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3.6.3.4 Firewall

Your router includes a full DoS firewall for controlling Internet access from your LAN, as well

as helping to prevent attacks from hackers. In addition to this, when using NAT (Network

Address Translation. Please see the

WAN

configuration section for more details on NAT) the

router acts as a “natural” Internet firewall, as all PCs on your LAN will use private IP

addresses that cannot be directly accessed from the Internet.

Firewall

: Prevents access from outside your network. The router provides three levels of

security support:

NAT natural firewall

: This masks LAN users’ IP addresses which are invisible to outside

users on the Internet, making it much more difficult for a hacker to target a machine on your

network.

This natural firewall is on when NAT function is enabled.

Firewall Security and Policy (General Settings):

Inbound direction of Packet Filter rules to

prevent unauthorized computers or applications accessing your local network from the

Internet.

Intrusion Detection

: Enable Intrusion Detection to detect, prevent and log malicious attacks.

Access Control:

Prevents access from PCs on your local network:

Firewall Security and Policy (General Settings):

Outbound direction of Packet Filter rules

to prevent unauthorized computers or applications accessing the Internet.

MAC Filter rules

: To prevent unauthorized computers accessing the Internet.

URL Filter:

To block PCs on your local network from unwanted websites.

You can find 10 items under the Firewall section: General Settings, Packet Filter, Intrusion

Detection, MAC Address Filter, URL Filter (up to 30 rules)

and Firewall Log.

You can choose not to enable Firewall, to add all filter rules by yourself, or enable the

Firewall using preset filter rules and modify the port filter rules as required.

3.6.3.4.1 Packet Filering

User can decide to enable this firewall function including Packet Filter, Block Hacker Attack,

and Block WAN request features for better security control or not. But be noted, it wastes

network processor computation power. The performance will be lower about 10% to 15%.

More firewall features will be added continually, please visit our web site to download latest

firmware.

Packet filtering function enables you to configure your router to check specified

internal/external user (IP address) from Internet access, or you can disable specific service

request (Port number) to /from Internet. This configuration program allows you to set up

different filter rules up to 10 for different users based on their IP addresses or their network

Port number. The relationship among all filters is “or” operation, which means the device

checks these different filter rules one by one, stating from the first rule.

As long as one of the rules is satisfied, the specified action will be taken. remote server using

the port number.