WBMR-G54 Wireless ADSL Router User Guide

LAN Clients

The

LAN Clients

window is used when establishing port forwarding rules in the

Virtual Server

and

Filters

windows.

This window can be accessed directly by clicking on the

LAN Clients

button in the

Advanced

tab. In order to use these

advanced features it is necessary to have IP addresses available for configuration. If there are no IP addresses listed in

the

LAN Clients

window, you will not be able to access the

Virtual Server

window.

Use the

LAN Clients

window to add or delete static IP addresses for the advanced functions mentioned above, or to

Reserve a Dynamically assigned IP address for an advanced function. Dynamically assigned IP addresses will only be

listed if DHCP is enabled on the Router.

LAN Clients window

To add a static IP address to the list of available IP addresses, type an IP address that falls within the range a available

IP addresses and click on the

Add

button. In the example above, available addresses range from 1.0.0.1 to

223.255.255.254. Any addresses added will appear in the list of

Static Addresses

available for advanced configuration.

To delete an IP address from the list of Static Addresses, click the

Delete

box for the address or addresses you want to

eliminate and click on the

Apply

button.

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Dynamically assigned IP addresses may be reserved so that the lease does not expire for the LAN IP address. Click the

Reserve box for the address or addresses you want to reserve and click the

Apply

button. These addresses will become

Static IP addresses and will no longer be available for DHCP assignment.

SNMP

Simple Network Management Protocol is a standard for internetwork and intranetwork management.

SNMP Management window

Configure these parameters for SNMP on the Router:

SNMP Category

Parameters

SNMP Management

This is used to enable or disable SNMP Agent and SNMP Traps or edit client

SNMP Name, Location and Contact.

•

Enable SNMP Agent: Click to select enable or disable SNMP Agent.

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Enable SNMP Traps: Click to select enable or disable SNMP Traps.

Community

Use this edit client community for server SNMP access.

•

Name: Edit community Name.

•

Access Right: Access Right may choose ReadOnly or ReadWrite.

Traps

The management agent can send an event notification to the management

system to identify the occurrence of conditions such as threshold that

exceeds a predetermined value.

•

Destination IP:

Insert destination IP address to launch trap

message.

•

Trap Community:

Insert Trap Community name.

•

Trap Version:

Drop-down menu allows you to select SNMP v1 or

SNMP v2c.

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Filters

Filter rules in the Router are put in place to allow or block specified traffic. The Filter Rules however can be used in a

single direction to examine and then Allow or Deny traffic for Inbound (WAN to LAN) or Outbound (LAN to WAN)

routed data. The rules are based on IP address and TCP/UDP port.

Configure the filter rules as desired and click the

Apply

button to create the rule. The newly created rule appears listed

in the Outbound Filter List at the bottom of the window. The table below describes the various parameters that are

configured for the filter rules.

Filters window

To modify any previously created filter rule, click on the note pad icon in the right hand column of the Filter List for the

set you want to configure. Adjust the settings as desired and click the

Apply

button to put the new settings into effect.

First determine the direction of the traffic you want the rule to filter. To filter WAN to LAN traffic, select the

Inbound

Filter

option. Any new Inbound Filter rules created will appear in the list. Likewise, should you to filter LAN to WAN

traffic, create an

Outbound Filter

rule.

Note

The Service Filtering feature of the Firewall may interfere with ules configured in the

Filters window. For example, FTP packets are not allowed through from the external

network by default. See the Firewall section below for details.

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The parameters described in the table below are used to set up filter rules.

Click the

Apply

button to put the new rule into effect. Any filter rule configured in the menu will appear in the Filters

List with the new settings. The Router must save the new settings and reboot before the new rules are applied.

Filters Parameter

Description

Source IP

For an Outbound Filter, this is the IP address or IP addresses on your LAN

for which you are creating the filter rule. For an Inbound Filter, this is the

IP address or IP addresses for which you are creating the filter rule. You

can opt to indicate a

, an

or

from the pull-down

menu. Choosing Any IP will apply the rule to all WAN or all LAN IP

addresses depending on which type of rule (Inbound or Outbound) is being

configured.

Destination IP

Where the Destination IP address resides also depends on if you are

configuring an Inbound or Outbound filter rule. You can opt to indicate a

, an

or

from the pull-down menu.

Source Port

The Source Port is the TCP/UDP port on either the LAN or WAN depending

on if you are configuring an Outbound or Inbound Filter rule. Select one of

the following options from the pull-down menu to define

,

or

(ports above 1024).

Destination Port

The Destination Port is the TCP/UDP port on either the LAN or WAN

depending on if you are configuring an Outbound or Inbound Filter rule.

Select one of the following options from the pull-down menu to define a

,

or

(ports above 1024).

Protocol

Select the transport protocol (

,

or

) that will be used for

the filter rule.

Action

Select to

or

transport of the data packets according to the

criteria defined in the rule. Packets that are allowed are routed to their

destination; packets that are denied are blocked.

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