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Basic Setup Tab - Password

Broadband Router

PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)

1.

Enter the Specify IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway Address that is provided by your ISP.

2.

Enter your User Name and Password.

3.

If you select

Connect on Demand

option, the connection will be disconnected if it has been idle for a period

longer than the Max Idle Time setting.

4.

If you select

Keep Alive

option, the Router will keep the connection alive by sending out a few data packets

at the Redial Period, so your Internet service thinks that the connection is still active.

Click the

Save Settings

button to save the network settings or click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your

changes.

Basic Setup Tab - Password

The Router's default User Name and password is

admin

. For greater network security, you should change the

Router's password from this default to one of your own. If you leave the password field blank, all users on your

network will be able to access the Router simply by entering

admin

into the password field.

Old Password

: Enter the old password. The default Password is

admin

when you first power up the Router.

New Password

: Enter a new password for the Router. Your password must be less than 15 characters long and

it can’t contain any spaces.

Confirm New Password

: Re-enter the password for confirmation.

Click the

Save Settings

button to save the Password settings or click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo the

changes.

Figure 5-11: Basic Setup Tab - Password

Figure 5-10: PPTP

NOTE:

The password cannot be recovered if it is lost or forgotten. If the password is

lost or forgotten, you have to reset the Router to its factory default settings.

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Basic Setup Tab - Time

Broadband Router

Basic Setup Tab - Time

Time

The Router uses the time settings to time stamp log events, to automatically update the Content Filter List, and

for other internal purposes.

Set the local time using Network Time Protocol (NTP) automatically or manually.

Automatic

: Select the Time Zone and enter the Daylight Saving and NTP Server. The default Time Zone is Pacific

Time.

Manual

: Enter the Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Month, Day and Year.

Click the

Save Settings

button to save the Time settings or click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo the

changes.

Basic Setup Tab - MAC Clone

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 5-12: Basic Setup Tab - Time

Figure 5-13: Basic Setup Tab - MAC Clone

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Parental Control Tab - On-Line Scheduler

Broadband Router

Parental Control Tab - On-Line Scheduler

The

Parental Control

tab allows you to control and optimize your user’s access to the Internet from your network.

This control can also be exercised through the Utility provided on the CD included with the Router.

The first screen to appear,

On-Line Scheduler

, allows you to allow or deny Internet access, according to the

schedule, to any of the users on your network.

Select User

: From this drop-down menu, select the user whose access you wish to schedule.

From the schedule below, you can restrict or allow access to the Internet. Each day in the schedule is broken into

eight blocks of time. Each block is divided into three hours. Click on any of the boxed hours to make the box red

or green. A red box means that access is restricted. A green box means the user is allowed access.

You can also restrict or allow entire days, or daytime or evening periods, in the lower portion of the screen.

Click

Save Settings

to save the Scheduler settings or click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your changes.

Parental Control Tab - Website 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.

Select User

: From this drop-down menu, select the user whose top websites you wish to view.

Select Date

: From this drop-down menu, select the date when the websites were viewed.

Refresh Data

: Clicking this button will update the information displayed on the screen.

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.

Click

Save Settings

to save the settings or click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your changes.

Figure 5-14: Parental Control Tab - On-Line Scheduler

Figure 5-15: Parental Control Tab - Website Hit Rate

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Parental Control Tab - Application Usage

Broadband Router

Parental Control Tab - Application 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.

Select User

: From this drop-down menu, select the user whose application usage you wish to view.

Select Date

: From this drop-down menu, select the date when the applications were used.

Refresh Data

: Clicking this button will update the information displayed on the screen.

Application information is displayed in ranking order, from most viewed to least viewed, with the amount of

usage displayed for each application. For each application, there is also a column showing the protocol and port

number used. Clicking the

Block

box will restrict that user from utilizing that application.

Click

Save Settings

to save the settings or click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your changes.

Parental Control Tab - 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. If an application is not listed, you can add it or you can edit those listed by

clicking the

Add/Edit New Applications

button.

Select User

: From this drop-down menu, select the user whose application performance you wish to optimize.

All applications are set at a Good level of optimization by default. To change this setting, click the

Enable

box

next to the application. Otherwise, the performance optimization settings will be “greyed-out”. Then, click the

radio button for

Normal

,

Good

, or

Better

optimization. Selecting

Normal

will decrease performance. Selecting

Better

will increase performance.

Click

Save Settings

to save the performance settings or click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your changes.

Adding/Editing New Applications

To add or edit applications, click the

Add/Edit New Applications

button from the

Performance Optimization

screen on the

Parental Control

tab. Enter the Application Name when adding new applications or select the

application you wish to edit from the list displayed.

Then, you can edit the protocol from the

Protocol

drop-down menu and edit the port range from the

Port Range

boxes. You can also change the application speed in the

Kbit/Sec

box.

Figure 5-16: Parental Control Tab - Application Usage

Figure 5-17: Parental Control Tab -

Performance Optimization

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Parental Control Tab - Block List

Broadband Router

Click the

Add to List

button to add the new or newly edited selection to your list of applications. To delete an

application, select from the list and click the

Delete Selected Application

button.

Click

Save Settings

to save the settings or click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your changes. If you wish to

leave this screen without saving your changes, click the

Exit

button.

Parental Control Tab - Block List

From this screen, you can find out which websites or applications are blocked for each of your users, and unblock

them if you wish.

Select User

: From this drop-down menu, select the user whose web or application usage you wish to view.

Refresh Data

: Clicking this button will update the information displayed on the screen.

Change the information displayed on this screen by clicking the

Web Site Block List

for viewing blocked web

sites or the

Application Block List

for viewing blocked applications. The web sites and/or applications are then

listed. An option for Un-Blocking is provided and is used by clicking the

Un-Block

button.

Click

Save Settings

to save the settings or click the

Cancel Changes

button to undo your changes.

Figure 5-19: Parental Control Tab - Block List

Figure 5-18: Parental Control Tab - Performance

Optimization: Add/Edit New Applications

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