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Product and Publication Details
Model Number:
DGN2000
Publication Date:
July 2008
Product Family:
Wireless Modem Router
Product Name:
DGN2000 Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem Router
Home or Business Product:
Home
Language:
English
Publication Part Number:
202-10390-01
Publication Version Number:
1.0
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Contents
Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN2000 Reference Manual
About This Manual
Who Should Use This Book
..............................................................................................
xi
How to Use This Book
......................................................................................................
xi
Conventions, Formats and Scope
....................................................................................
xii
How to Use This Manual
.................................................................................................
xiii
How to Print this Manual
..................................................................................................
xiii
Revision History
...............................................................................................................
xiv
Chapter 1
Connecting Your Router to the Internet
Using the Setup Manual
.................................................................................................
1-1
What You Need before You Begin
..................................................................................
1-2
Logging In to the Wireless Modem Router
.....................................................................
1-3
Auto-detecting Your Internet Connection
........................................................................
1-5
Viewing or Manually Configuring Your ISP Settings
.......................................................
1-6
Understanding the Basic Settings Screen
......................................................................
1-8
ADSL Settings
..............................................................................................................
1-11
How the Internet Connection Works
.............................................................................
1-12
Chapter 2
Configuring Your Wireless Network
and Security Settings
Planning Your Wireless Network
....................................................................................
2-1
Wireless Placement and Range Guidelines
.............................................................
2-2
Wireless Security Options
........................................................................................
2-3
Manually Configuring Your Wireless Network
.................................................................
2-4
Manually Configuring Your Wireless Security
...............................................................
2-10
Restricting Wireless Access to Your Network
........................................................
2-11
Turning off wireless connectivity completely
....................................................
2-11
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Hiding your wireless network name (SSID)
.....................................................
2-11
Restricting access by MAC address
................................................................
2-11
Configuring Mixed WPA-PSK+WPA2-PSK Security
..............................................
2-13
Choosing Alternative Authentication and Encryption Methods
..............................
2-14
Configuring WEP
.............................................................................................
2-15
Configuring WPA-802.1x
.................................................................................
2-16
Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network and Security
.....
2-17
Connecting Additional Wireless Client Devices After WPS Setup
.........................
2-20
Chapter 3
Protecting Your Network
Protecting Access to Your Wireless Modem Router
.......................................................
3-1
How to Change the Built-In Password
.....................................................................
3-2
Changing the Administrator Login Time-out
.............................................................
3-3
Configuring Basic Firewall Services
...............................................................................
3-3
Blocking Keywords, Sites, and Services
..................................................................
3-3
How to Block Keywords and Sites
...........................................................................
3-3
Firewall Rules
.................................................................................................................
3-5
Inbound Rules (Port Forwarding)
.............................................................................
3-6
Inbound Rule Example: A Local Public Web Server
..........................................
3-7
Inbound Rule Example: Allowing Video conferencing
.......................................
3-8
Considerations for Inbound Rules
.....................................................................
3-9
Outbound Rules (Service Blocking)
.........................................................................
3-9
Outbound Rule Example: Blocking Instant Messenger
.....................................
3-9
Order of Precedence for Rules
..............................................................................
3-11
Services
........................................................................................................................
3-12
How to Define Services
..........................................................................................
3-12
Setting Times and Scheduling Firewall Services
..........................................................
3-13
How to Set Your Time Zone
...................................................................................
3-14
How to Schedule Firewall Services
........................................................................
3-15
Chapter 4
Managing Your Network
Backing Up, Restoring, and Erasing Your Settings
........................................................
4-1
How to Back Up the Configuration to a File
.............................................................
4-1
How to Restore the Configuration from a File
..........................................................
4-2
How to Erase the Configuration
...............................................................................
4-2
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Upgrading the Wireless Modem Router’s Firmware
.......................................................
4-3
How to Upgrade the Wireless Modem Router Firmware
..........................................
4-3
Network Management Information
.................................................................................
4-4
Viewing the Wireless Modem Router Status and Usage Statistics
..........................
4-4
Viewing Attached Devices
......................................................................................
4-10
Viewing, Selecting, and Saving Logged Information
..............................................
4-11
Selecting What Information to Log
..................................................................
4-12
Saving Log Files on a Server
..........................................................................
4-13
Examples of Log Messages
...................................................................................
4-13
Activation and Administration
..........................................................................
4-13
Dropped Packets
.............................................................................................
4-13
Enabling Security Event E-mail Notification
.................................................................
4-14
Running Diagnostic Utilities and Rebooting the Wireless Modem Router
....................
4-15
Configuring Remote Management
................................................................................
4-16
Automatic Firmware Recovery
.....................................................................................
4-18
Chapter 5
Advanced Configuration
Configuring Advanced Security
......................................................................................
5-1
Setting Up a Default DMZ Server
.............................................................................
5-2
How to Configure a Default DMZ Server
...........................................................
5-2
Other WAN Options
.................................................................................................
5-3
Configuring LAN IP Settings
...........................................................................................
5-4
Configuring DHCP
....................................................................................................
5-6
Use Router as DHCP Server
.............................................................................
5-6
How to Configure Reserved IP Addresses
........................................................
5-7
Configuring LAN TCP/IP Settings
............................................................................
5-8
Configuring Dynamic DNS
.......................................................................................
5-9
How to Configure Dynamic DNS
..............................................................................
5-9
Using Static Routes
......................................................................................................
5-10
Static Route Example
.............................................................................................
5-10
How to Configure Static Routes
.............................................................................
5-11
How to Configure Universal Plug and Play
...................................................................
5-13
Building Wireless Bridging and Repeating Networks
...................................................
5-14
How to Configure a Point-to-Point Bridge Configuration
........................................
5-16
How to Configure a Multi-Point Bridge
...................................................................
5-17
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How to Configure a Repeater with Wireless Client Association
.............................
5-19
Displaying and Configuring Advanced WPS Settings
..................................................
5-20
Chapter 6
Troubleshooting
Basic Functioning
...........................................................................................................
6-1
“Welcome” Page Displays instead of Router Management Interface
......................
6-2
Power LED Is Not On
...............................................................................................
6-2
Power LED Is Red
....................................................................................................
6-2
LAN or ADSL Port LED Is Not On
............................................................................
6-3
Window Appears Asking You to Reload Firmware
...................................................
6-3
Troubleshooting the Web Configuration Interface
..........................................................
6-3
Troubleshooting the ISP Connection
..............................................................................
6-4
ADSL Link
................................................................................................................
6-4
ADSL Link LED Is Green or Blinking Green
......................................................
6-5
ADSL Link LED Is Blinking Amber
.....................................................................
6-5
ADSL Link LED Is Off
........................................................................................
6-5
Internet LED is Red
..................................................................................................
6-5
Obtaining an Internet IP Address
.............................................................................
6-6
Troubleshooting PPPoE or PPPoA
..........................................................................
6-6
Troubleshooting Internet Browsing
..........................................................................
6-7
Resolving a ‘Reload Firmware’ Message
.................................................................
6-7
Troubleshooting a TCP/IP Network Using the Ping Utility
..............................................
6-8
Testing the LAN Path to Your Router
.......................................................................
6-8
Testing the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device
.....................................
6-9
Restoring the Default Configuration and Password
......................................................
6-10
Using the Wireless On/Off and WPS Buttons to Reset the Router
........................
6-10
Problems with Date and Time
.......................................................................................
6-10
Appendix A
Technical Specifications
General Specifications
...................................................................................................
A-1
Default Configuration
.....................................................................................................
A-2
Appendix B
Related Documents
Index

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