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How to Navigate the Utility

Setting Up and Configuring the Router

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Advanced Routing

—Select the Router’s operation mode either connecting to the

Internet or Intranet (NAT is only enabled while connecting to the Internet). Configure

dynamic or static routing. The Router support RIP version 1 and 2 to automatically

exchange routing information and establish its routing table.

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Time

—Change the time settings on this screen.

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IP Mode

—Provides options for IPv4 mode or Dual-Stack IPv4 and IPv6 mode.

Wireless

You will use the Wireless tabs to enter a variety of wireless settings for the built-in access point

of the Router.

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Basic Settings

—Choose the wireless network mode (e.g. B/G/N-Mixed), SSID, and radio

channel on this screen.

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Security Settings

—Configures the built-in access point’s security settings.

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Connection Control

—Controls the wireless connections from client devices to the

Router.

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Advanced Settings

—Configures the built-in access point’s more advanced wireless

settings (e.g. Tx Rate Limiting, Channel Bandwidth, etc.).

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VLAN & QoS

—Configures the 802.1Q VLAN and the QoS (Quality of Service) settings.

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WDS

—Configures WDS (Wireless Distribution System) settings.

Firewall

You will use the Firewall tabs to configure basic firewall settings, IP access list, and Network

Address Port Translation settings for your network’s security.

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Basic Settings

—Basic Firewall settings are configured from here.

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IP Based ACL

—Define IP based Access List to block specific hosts, networks, and

protocols (services).

•

Internet Access Policy

—Defines the time schedule to allow or block complete Internet

access or to specific URLs from the router.

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Single Port Forwarding

—Sets up public services or other specialized Internet

applications with a single port on your network.

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Port Range Forwarding

—Sets up public services or other specialized Internet

applications on your network using a port range.

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Port Range Triggering

—Sets up triggered ranges and forwarded ranges to allow special

Internet applications to pass through this NAT Router.

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How to Navigate the Utility

Setting Up and Configuring the Router

ProtectLink

The Trend Micro ProtectLink Gateway hosted service provides security for your network. It

checks e-mail messages, filters website addresses (URLs), and blocks potentially malicious

websites.

VPN

You will use VPN tabs to configure VPN tunnels and accounts to establish a secured channel

through Internet.

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Summary

—Displays the Summary of IPSec tunnel Status.

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IPSec VPN

—The VPN Router can create one or multiple tunnels (or secure channel) that

each connect between two endpoints, so that the transmitted data or information

between these endpoints is secure.

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VPN Client Accounts

—Designates VPN clients and their passwords.

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VPN Pass Through

—Allows you to disable IPSec Passthrough, PPTP Passthrough, and

L2TP Passthrough.

QoS

The Router support two types of Quality of Service (QoS) traffic.

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Bandwidth Management

—Allows you to perform Bandwidth Management, by either

Rate Control or Priority.

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QoS Setup

—Allows users to configure QoS Trust Mode for each LAN port.

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DSCP Settings

—Allows you to set the DSCP (Differentiated Services Code Point)

Administration

You will use Administration tabs for systems administration purposes.

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Management

—You can alter the Router’s password, its access privileges, SNMP settings,

and UPnP settings on this screen.

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Log

—Allows the configuration of Log settings.

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Diagnostics

—Check the connection between the Router and another network device

on the LAN or Internet.

•

Backup & Restore

—Back up and restore the Gateway's configuration file in this screen.

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Factory Defaults

—If you need to restore the Router’s factory defaults, use this screen.

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Reboot

—Reboots the Router.

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Firmware Upgrade

—Upgrade the Router’s firmware.

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Setting Up and Configuring the Router

IPS

Use this tab for advanced configuration on built-in Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) inside the

Router.

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Configure

—Enable or disable IPS functions.

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P2P/IM

—Allows or blocks specific Peer to Peer (P2P) networks and Instant Messaging

(IM) applications.

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Report

—Provides reports of network traffic and malicious attacks.

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Information

—Provides the signature file version and the Protection Scope of the IPS

system.

L2 Switch

Use this tab to configure layer 2 switching features on the 4 port Ethernet Switch (LAN ports

only).

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Create VLAN

—Create a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) assignment.

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VLAN & Port Assignment

—Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) and Port settings.

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RADIUS

—Configuration of Remote Authorization Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) settings.

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Port Setting

—Configuration of port speeds and duplex.

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Statistics

—Displays statistics for both received and transmitted packets.

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Port Mirroring

—Allows configuration of port mirroring.

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RSTP

—Used for RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol) configuration.

Status

Use this tab to get the current status on the Router.

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Gateway

—Provides basic information like firmware version and status information on

the WAN port.

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Local Network

—Provides status information about the local network (four Ethernet

Ports).

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Wireless LAN

—Provides status information on Wireless LAN.

•

System Performance

—Provides traffic statistics on LAN and Wireless LAN ports.

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Setup Tab

Setting Up and Configuring the Router

Setup Tab

The

Setup

screen contains all of the Router’s basic setup functions. The Router can be used in

most network settings without changing any of the default values. Some users may need to

enter additional information in order to connect to the Internet through an ISP (Internet Service

Provider) or broadband (DSL, cable modem) carrier.

Summary

System Information

Firmware version

—Displays the Router's current software version.

CPU—

Displays the Router's CPU type.

System up time—

Displays the length of time that has elapsed since the Router was last reset.

DRAM—

Displays the amount of DRAM installed in the Router.

Flash—

Displays the amount of flash memory installed in.

Port Statistics

This section displays the following color-coded status information on the Router's Ethernet

ports:

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Green Indicates that the port has a connection.

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Black Indicates that the port has no connection.

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Setup Tab

Setting Up and Configuring the Router

Network Setting Status

LAN IP—

Displays the IP address of the Router's LAN interface.

WAN IP—

Displays the IP address of the Router's WAN interface. If this address was assigned

using DHCP, click

DHCP Release

to release the address, or click

DHCP Renew

to renew the

address.

Mode—

Displays the operating mode, Gateway or Router.

DNS 1-2—

The IP addresses of the Domain Name System (DNS) server(s) that the Router is

using.

DDNS—

Indicates whether the Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature is enabled.

DMZ—

Indicates whether the DMZ Hosting feature is enabled.

Firewall Setting Status

DoS (Denial of Service)—

Indicates whether the DoS Protection feature is enabled to block

DoS attacks.

Block WAN Request—

Indicates whether the Block WAN Request feature is enabled.

Remote Management—

Indicates whether the Remote Management feature is enabled.

IPSec VPN Setting Status

IPSec VPN Summary—

Click the

IPSec VPN Summary

hyperlink to display the

VPN > Summary

screen.

Tunnel(s) Used—

Displays the number of VPN tunnels currently being used.

Tunnel(s) Available—

Displays the number of VPN tunnels that are available.

Log Setting Status

E-mail—

If this displays, email cannot be sent because you have not specified an outbound

SMTP server address. Click the

E-mail hyperlink

to display the

Administration > Log

screen

where you can configure the SMTP mail server.

Click the

Save Settings

button to save the network settings or click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your changes.

WAN

The

WAN Setup

screen provides Internet Connection Type and DDNS configurations on the

WAN port of the Wireless Router. Before starting, you need to find out the Internet Connection

Type and settings used by your ISP. If the Router is used as an Intranet Router, you can mostly

use the default settings. If you want to use the dynamic DNS feature, you will need to sign up

for a DDNS service.

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