Chapter 1 Introduction; Functions - Huawei EchoLife HG520 User Manual

Chapter 1 Introduction

EchoLife HG520 Home Gateway (thereinafter referred to as
HG520) is a kind of home gateway design for family and SOHO users.
It provides high-speed ADSL and ADSL2+ interfaces for external
broadband WAN access. It also provides WLAN, Ethernet and USB
Client interfaces for internal connection with different family service
terminals such as PC, STB, IAD and EPHONE.
HG520 has powerful routing and bridging functions. It supports
the advanced NAT/Firewall technique, UpnP, flexible network
configuration and the QoS strategy. With other network equipment, it
provides end-to-end quality assurance. It extends the high-speed and
high quality broadband services to service terminals inside families.
HG520 also supports data, communications and entertainment
services

1.1 Functions

HG520 are designed with the following functions:
Built-in ADSL modem for high-speed Internet access.
Support Network Address Translation (NAT) and IP filtering.
Support network sharing and firewall protection.
Four Ethernet interfaces for Internet access through LAN.
Support DHCP protocol.
Support Web-based configuration and status view.
Support remote/local upgrade through HTTP and TFTP.
Support IEEE 802.11g 54Mbit/s and can be used as a
wireless access point equipment.
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