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Home Page - Information

The Home Page contains a

summary

of the Gateway’s configuration settings and status.

Summary Information

Field

Status and/or Description

Connection Information

DSL/WAN Status

Wide Area Network may be

Waiting for DSL

(or other waiting status),

Up

or

Down

Connection

Up

or

Down

User Name

Your ISP-assigned Username

IP Address

IP address assigned to the WAN port.

IP Gateway

The IP address of the gateway to which the connection defaults. If doing DHCP, this

info will be acquired. If doing PPP, this info will be negotiated.

Primary and

Secondary DNS

Server

Address(es) of your ISP's Domain Name Server(s).

Speed

Your upstream and downstream data rates

Line Attenuation

amount of attenuation on your phone lines.

Restart Connec-

tion button

allows you to attempt to reconnect using the same login credentials as your current

connection.

Connect button

allows you to reconnect using a different User Name and Password. This button is

only available if you are not connected.

Disconnect button

allows you to disconnect your current connection. This button is only available if a

connection is established.

Router Information

Router Name and

Model

Your Router's manufacturing information

Serial Number

Your Router's unique serial number. Usually also printed on the Router's label.

MAC Address

Your Router's unique hardware address

Software Version

The version of embedded operating system software currently running on the Gate-

way.

Warranty Date

Original date when your Gateway is first connected and gets the time via the network,

for warranty purposes.

Local Network

IP Address

The IP address of your Router as seen from your internal LAN

Ethernet

Status of your Ethernet network connection (if supported).

Connected

or

Not

Con-

nected

.

USB

Status of your USB network connection (if supported).

Connected

or

Not

Connected

.

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Links Bar

Links Bar

The Links Bar is the frame at the left-hand side of the page

containing the major navigation links. These links are available

from every page, allowing you to move freely about the site.

The headings in the following table are hyperlinks. You can

click on any heading to read about that feature.

This chapter covers the following:

Note:

Ethernet

,

Wireless

, and

USB

links are only available on supported models.

Advanced Setup

Configure

Connection

DHCP Server

IP Passthrough

NAT

IPSec

Router Password

Time Zone

VLAN

Wireless

Status

DSL

ATM

Ethernet

IP

LAN

USB

Wireless

Logs

User List

Diagnostics

Update Router

Reset Router

Restart Router

Basic Mode

Help

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Confi

gure

When you click

Confi

gure

, the Links bar expands to display the con-

figuration options available.

Advanced options are intended for experienced users and adminis-

trators. Exercise great caution when making any changes to

Advanced Configuration options.

•

“

Connection

” on page

79

•

“

DHCP Ser

ver

” on page

82

•

“

IP Passthr

ough

” on page

85

•

“

NA

T

” on page

87

•

“

IPSec

” on page

94

•

“

Router Passwor

d

” on page

104

•

“

T

ime Zone

” on page

105

•

“

VLAN

” on page

106

•

“

W

ir

eless

” on page

125

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Links Bar

Connection

When you click

Connection

, the

Connection Configuration

page appears.

Note: The appearance of this page will vary based on the model and WAN connection you

have.

Here you can set up or change the way you connect to your ISP. You should only change

these settings at your ISP's direction, or by agreement with your ISP.

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•

VPI/VCI:

These values depend on the way your ISP's equipment is configured. The

default setting is 8/35. With this setting, the router will match the settings your ISP is

using, with no input on your part. You probably would not need to change this.

•

Protocol:

The authentication and encapsulation protocol is determined by your ISP,

often by the type of account that you have signed up for. Options here are PPPOE LLC,

PPPOE VCMUX, ETHER LLC, IP LLC, PPPOA LLC, and PPPOA VCMUX.

•

Bridging:

Your Router can be turned into a simple bridge, if desired. However, it will no

longer provide routing or security features in this mode.

•

Concurrent Bridging/Routing

: Your Router can bridge or route traffic, depending on

the IP addresses, at the same time. When this mode is enabled, the Router will also

bridge traffic from the LAN if it has a valid LAN-side address.

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PPPoE/PPPoA/DHCP Autosensing

: The pull-down menu allows you to select an

autosensing feature, or to disable it. Selecting between PPPoE/DHCP or PPPoE/PPPoA

enables automatic sensing of your WAN connection type. If you select

PPPoE/DHCP

,

the gateway attempts to connect using PPPoE first. If the Gateway fails to connect after

60 seconds, it switches to DHCP. As soon as it can connect via DHCP, the Gateway

chooses and sets DHCP as its default. Otherwise, after attempting to connect via DHCP

for 60 seconds, the Gateway switches back to PPPoE. The Gateway will continue to

switch back and forth in this manner until it successfully connects. Similarly, selecting

PPPoE/PPPoA

causes the Gateway to attempt to connect by trying these protocols in

parallel, and using the first one that is successful. If you choose to disable the feature,

select

Off

.

•

User Name

and

Password

: Provided by your ISP.

•

Confirm Password:

Repeat your Password entry for confirmation

•

Select the IP Type

:

Dynamic IP - DHCP (Default) –

Single Static IP Address –

Block of Static IP Addresses (Unnumbered Mode) –

•

Static IP Address:

Your service provider may tell you that the WAN IP Address for your

Router is static. If so, enter the IP Address from your service provider in this field.

•

IP Gateway:

The IP Address of the default gateway, or peer address if using PPP. This

is normally set to 0.0.0.0 for PPP connections.

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Primary DNS Server:

The IP Address of the Primary Domain Name Server

•

Secondary DNS Server:

The IP Address of the backup Domain Name Server

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Connection Type:

If using PPPoE, this is a choice to have either an uninterrupted con-

nection or an as-needed connection. The type of service you have signed up for with

your ISP. Options are On-Demand, Always ON, and Manual.