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System Tools: Dell™ TrueMobile™ 2300 Wireless Broadband

Router User's Guide

Use the System Tools section to view the intruder detection log, routing tables, and system diagnostics regarding the device

settings and status. These three pages are for your information only. The System Tools section also includes features to reload

the default settings, upgrade the firmware for the Wireless Broadband Router, and reset the unit.

Use the following pages in the web-based configuration tool to access the System Tools:

Intruder Detection Log

Display Routing Table

System Diagnostic

Load Default Settings

Upgrade Firmware

Reset Device

Intruder Detection Log

Indicator

Description

Event

Type of attack that the router detects

Time

Based on the timestamp of the IP packet, plus or minus the time offset

Source

IP address that the packet came from

Dest (=Destination)

Usually the IP address for the Wireless Broadband Router

Port

Port number

The figure below shows an example of an entry of an Intrusion attempt (INT_ATEMPT) event from a computer with IP address

192.168.2.60 (Source) targeted at the router's port number 80 at time 12 AM:1 Min: 5 Sec.

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Display Routing Table

Indicator

Description

Type

The type of routing. This can be either:

LAN or WAN interface (INTF)

Static routing

Destination LAN IP

Address

Either an entire network or a specific IP address. An IP address ending in .0 refers to a

network.

Subnet Mask

Must follow the subnet mask rules

Gateway IP Address

To communicate with an IP address matching the destination IP Address, the Wireless

Broadband Router sends all traffic through the gateway IP address listed here.

Hop Count

The number of routers the packet has passed through to its destination. Hop count is used to

measure the distance between a source and a destination. If there are 3 routers between the

source and the destination nodes, the hop count for the packet will be 3 when it arrives at its

destination node.

The figure below shows three network routes that your router currently possesses. 192.168.2.0 is the destination network

connected to one of your router's interface port (LAN or WAN) and the IP address and Subnet Mask for this interface is

192.168.2.1 and 255.255.255.0, respectively. The number of routers (Hop Count) the packet passed through is 1. Also in the

same example, the destination with 0.0.0.0 network and 0.0.0.0 Subnet Mask is the default route for your router, where every

packet that left unmapped to any other route will be mapped to this route. The outgoing default gateway IP address is

192.168.1.254.

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System Diagnostic

The Systems Diagnostics page is for your information only. This page displays both the configuration settings and diagnostics

for the Wireless Broadband Router. Configuration settings include firmware version, the ISP and device settings that have been

configured for your network.

The Diagnostics section shows the current connections for your network. Diagnostic settings include the ISP status, link status,

current WAN connection, LAN MAC table, and WAN MAC table.

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Load Default Settings

The Load Default Settings page allows you to reload the factory default configurations that came with the device. When this

option is used, the default IP address is reset to the factory default value (192.168.2.1). This is equivalent to pressing and

holding the

Reset

button on the back panel of the device for more than 3 seconds (for more details, please refer to

A Look at

the Hardware

).

CAUTION: Loading the default settings option will cause the current settings for your Wireless Broadband

Router to be lost.

Click the

START

button to reload the default settings.

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Upgrade Firmware

Dell periodically releases firmware updates to provide improved performance or capabilities. Use the firmware upgrade feature

to easily upgrade the firmware on your Wireless Broadband Router. You can check Dell support website,

support.dell.com

, to

see if there are any new upgrades. Download the new firmware first before upgrade, and save it to one of the clients in your

network. To upgrade the firmware, enter the firmware file path into the box, or click the

Browse

button to choose a firmware

file to upgrade to.

NOTE: Make sure the file you choose is an actual Dell TrueMobile 2300 Wireless Broadband Router firmware file.

Click the

START

button when you have chosen a file. After the firmware is written to the Wireless Broadband Router, the

home page will be loaded automatically. While the Wireless Broadband Router resets, the

Power

light on the front panel of the

unit blinks.

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Reset Device

Use the Reset Device function if a system failure occurs. This feature does

not

reload the factory default settings. It simply

resets the device to the network settings that existed on the device before the system failure occurred. This is equivalent to

unplugging the device and plugging it back in or pressing the reset button for less than 3 seconds until the

Power

light start to

blinks. No settings are lost.

NOTICE: If you were in the process of updating the network settings, those changes are lost when the device

is reset.

Click the

START

button to reset the Wireless Broadband Router to its

current firmware settings

. While the Wireless

Broadband Router is reset, the

Power

light on the front of the unit blinks.

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Advanced Settings:

Dell™ TrueMobile™ 2300 Wireless Broadband Router User's

Guide

Advanced IP Settings

DHCP Server Settings

Time Zone

Advanced Wireless

Parental Control

Access Control Settings

Port Forwarding Settings

Static Routing

Administration Settings

NOTE: Dell technical support representatives do not support the configuration options in the Advanced Settings

portion of the configuration program. These options are provided for your convenience only; however, the

advanced settings are fully documented and explained in this guide.

NOTE: The options "

Port Forwarding Settings

" and "

Static Routing

" are invisible if you are in Access Point

Mode.

NOTE: After making changes to any section in Advanced Settings and clicking the

SUBMIT

button, you are taken

to a page where you can click the

Save & Restart

button. Click this button to store changes and to reboot the

router. You must save all new settings for the changes to take effect.

Advanced IP Settings

The Dell TrueMobilie 2300 Wireless Broadband Router comes with an assigned

IP address

and

IP subnet mask

. These

settings apply only to the Local Network portion of the router. If you are installing the unit on an existing network or simply want

to change these values, make sure the IP subnet mask is the same for all devices on your network. The network portion of the

IP address must also be the same for all devices on your network.

NOTE: Dell strongly suggests you do not change the IP address unless there is a specific reason for doing so.

While you are changing the IP address, be aware that:

Changing the IP address of the Wireless Broadband Router also changes the IP address pool if the DHCP server is

enabled.

If you are using the Wireless Broadband Router with a cable modem or DSL line, you should assign a "private" IP

address. Private IP addresses are in one of three ranges: