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Appendix C: Finding the MAC Address and IP Address for Your Ethernet Adapter

For the Router’s Web-based Utility

10/100 4-Port VPN Router

3.

Write down the Physical Address as shown on your computer screen; it is the MAC address for your Ethernet

adapter. This appears as a series of numbers and letters.

The MAC address/Physical Address is what you will use for MAC address cloning or MAC filtering.

The example shows the Ethernet adapter’s IP address as 192.168.1.100. Your computer may show something

different.

For the Router’s Web-based Utility

Some ISPs require that you register a MAC address. This feature “clones” your network adapter's MAC address

onto the Router, and prevents you from having to call your ISP to change the registered MAC address to the

Router's MAC address. The Router's MAC address is a 12-digit code assigned to a unique piece of hardware for

identification.

Enter the MAC Address in the User Defined MAC Address field for Internet ports 1 or 2, or click the

Clone

button

to add the MAC Address from the PC viewing the Web-based Utility.

Click

Save Settings

to save the MAC Cloning settings or click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your changes.

Figure C-3: MAC Address/Physical Address

Note:

The MAC address is also called the Physical Address.

Figure C-4: MAC Address Clone

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Appendix D: Using the RT042 Utility

Starting the Utility

Broadband Router

Appendix D: Using the RT042 Utility

While many of the Router’s functions can be utilized through the Web-based Utility, a separate utility also comes

on the Router’s CD. This RT042 Utility is more graphically oriented and can do many, though not all, of the things

the Web-based Utility can do.

Starting the Utility

To start the utility, put the Router’s CD in your PC’s CD-Rom drive and open it. Then, double-click the Utility icon

on the CD. You will then need to enter a password, this is the same as the Web-based Utility’s password, which is

by default,

admin

.

After entering the password and clicking the

OK

button, the Utility will automatically detect the PC connected to

the Router on your network and its settings. The main Utility screen will then open.

This screen gives a graphical representation of the Router’s connection to the Internet, displaying which Internet

ports are active. From this screen, you can also control the amount of bandwidth used.

Figure D-1: The Utility’s Main Screen

NOTE:

You can change the Router’s password by clicking the PassPort Configuration icon at the

bottom of the screen. You will be enter the old password. Then, enter the new password once in the

New Password field and again in the Confirm New Password field for confirmation. Then, click the

Save

button, to save the new password.

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Router Information

Broadband Router

Router Information

Clicking on the image of the Router will open up the

Router Information

screen.

The left side of this screen gives general statistics about the Router: Serial Number, Firmware Version, and

Internet Connection types as well as bandwidth for each Internet port.

The right side of the screen provides user information for your network users, depending upon which Internet

port they are accessing. You can also view which user is taking up the most bandwidth on your network from the

usage percentage information.

From this screen, you can select PCs on your network whose usage you want to configure, either by restricting or

optimizing their performance. By double-clicking the user listed, that user will appear as the PC icon on the

Utility’s main screen.

Usage Configuration Screens

Connection Status

The icons in the upper left corner also provide the following information on your connection status.

Router Status (earth) Icon

: The earth icon shows the network connection status. The earth will spin when the

router is connectin to the Internet.

Internet 1/Internet 2 Icons

: Click the Internet2 button to switch to the other Internet port. Click the Internet 1

button to view and edit the Internet configuration. As you change the Internet port, the screen will change

acccordingly. If dual Internet is used , you can see who is going through Internet1 and Internet2. If only Internet 1

is used the status of Internet 2 will be shown as NOT AVAILABLE.

PC Status Icon

: All PCs that are connected to the Router will be recorded and displayed. The off-line PCs will be

shown as Intenet Disconnected, and on-line PCs will be shown as Internet Connected. PCs with a blue dot can be

connected to the Internet, and the PCs with an orange dot can’t connect to the Internet. When PCs are connecting

to the Internet, the dot will flicker. You can prevent the selected PC from connecting to the Internet by clicking the

blue dot, which will turn it orange. You can then click the orange dot again to allow it to connect to the Internet.

The Host Name and IP Address of all PCs will display, and you can click the right mouse button to rename the host

name for the PC.

Figure D-2: The Router Information Screen

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Usage Configuration Screens

Broadband Router

Right Mouse click options

: Select the PC, click the right mouse button, and the following tools will be available.

•

View button: Click View Scheduler / View Hit Rate / View Usage / View Performance Optimization button to

view the page of the user’s passport.

•

Connect to Internet 1/2: You can click the button to connect to the other internet port if both wan ports are

used.

•

Remove: You can click the Remove button to remove the selected PC from the topology. Because the PC

was once connected to your home network by an occasional user, it will be recorded, and you can use this

tool to remove the PC if you don’t need to manage it from the topology.

Bandwidth Control

The left arrow controls the guaranteed bandwidth, and right arrow limits the bandwidth for each user. The

percentage and bandwidth (kbps) from the minimum to maximum will display accordingly. The default is no

guarantee and limit bandwidth, so the default min rate is 0% and max rate is 100%. You can allocate the

guaranteed bandwidth for each user, with the total minimum bandwidth being 100% of the max bandwidth

provided by the ISP. For example, if the max upstream bandwidth provided by ISP is 512Kbit/sec, and you allocate

50% for user A, he will get 256Kbit/sec guaranteed bandwidth. The max bandwidth user A can use will be

512Kbit/sec, but you also can lower the max bandwidth to limit the bandwidth for this user. For example, if you

limit the max as 70%, the maximum bandwidth user A can use will be around 358Kbit/sec.

Once you change the bandwidth settings or rename the host name of PC, the Save bar will appear. After finishing

the changes click the Save button to apply the changes, or click the Cancel button to undo the changes.

As noted above, you can configure each user’s access to the Router, either by restricting or optimizing

performance, by clicking the right arrow bar or the PC icon on the Utility’s main screen, after selecting the user.

This will open up the configuration screens. These are:

On-Line Scheduler

: This allows you to allow or deny Internet access, according to the schedule, to any of the

users on your network.

Hit Rate

: From this screen, you can view the frequency at which each of your network’s users are viewing their

ten most favorite websites. You can also block these sites, if you wish.

Real Time Usage

: From this screen, you can view which applications are taking up the most bandwidth on your

network, according to user, and block those sites if you wish.

Performance Optimization

: From this screen, you can list the network applications most often used on your

network, according to user, and set the priority at which it is run.

Figure D-3: The On-Line Scheduler

Figure D-4: The Hit Rate Screen

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Usage Configuration Screens

Broadband Router

On-Line Scheduler

From the schedule, you can restrict or allow access to the Internet. Select any day in the schedule or hours of

time.

To refresh the information on the screen, click the

Refresh

button. If you need help on-line, click the

Help

button.

Click

Save

to save the schedule or click the

Cancel

button to undo your changes.

Hit Rate

From the Hit Rate screen, you can view the frequency at which each of your network’s users are viewing their ten

most favorite websites. You can also block these sites, if you wish.

Website information is displayed in ranking order, from most viewed to least viewed, with the amount of “hits”

displayed. Each website is displayed as a link, so you can click the name to bring up the site. Clicking the

Block

box will restrict that user from viewing that website.

View URL Block List

: Clicking this button will show which sites have been blocked for this user.

View One Week History

: Click this button will display which websites this user viewed in the past week. You can

also select individual days for further information.

To refresh the information on the screen, click the

Refresh

button. If you need help on-line, click the

Help

button.

Click

Save

to save the blocked list or click the

Cancel

button to undo your changes.

Figure D-5: The Real Time Usage Screen

Figure D-6: The Hit Rate Screen

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