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Wireless Broadband Router
The information furnished by SMC Networks, Inc. (SMC) is believed to be accurate and
reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by SMC for its use, nor for any
infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use.
No license is granted by implication or otherwise under any patent or patent rights of
SMC. SMC reserves the right to change specifications at any time without notice.
User Guide
Copyright © 2000 by
SMC Networks, Inc.
6 Hughes
Irvine, CA 92618
All rights reserved.
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Page 1: User Guide
Wireless Broadband Router User Guide The information furnished by SMC Networks, Inc. (SMC) is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no responsibility is assumed by SMC for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties which may result from its use. - Page 3 Trademarks: SMC is a registered trademark and Barricade is a registered trademark of SMC Networks, Inc. Other products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. FCC Interference Statement: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.
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Page 4: Table Of Contents
Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software Installation... 13 3.1 Make Correct Network Settings of Your Computer ... 13 3.2 Install the Software into Your Computers... 14 Chapter 4 Configuring Wireless Broadband Router ... 17 4.1 Startup and Login... 17 4.2 Status... 18 4.3 Toolbox ... - Page 5 Appendix A: TCP/IP Configuration for Windows 95/98... 33 A.1 Install TCP/IP Protocol into Your PC ... 33 A.2 Set TCP/IP Protocol for Working with IP Sharer... 34...
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Page 6: Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 1 Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding SMC Wireless Broadband Router. This product is designed specifically for small office and home office needs. It provides a complete SOHO solution for Internet surfing and is easy to configure and operate even for non-technical users. -
Page 7: Packing List
Lets a networked computer be fully open to the Internet; this function is used when the special application-sensing tunnel feature is insufficient to allow an application to function correctly. 1.2 Packing List One wireless broadband router unit One installation CD-ROM One power adapter One CAT-5 UTP Fast Ethernet cable... -
Page 8: Chapter 2 Hardware Installation
Chapter 2 2.1 Panel Layout 2.1.1. Front Panel The front panel features three 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports, one Wide Area network (WAN) port, and diagnostic LED indicators. The WAN port connects your DSL or cable modem to the router. The LAN ports are used to connect to your computers or other network devices. - Page 9 WAN: the port where you will connect your cable (or DSL) modem or Ethernet router. Port 1-3: the ports where you will connect networked computers and other devices.
- Page 10 LED: Function Color System status 1 Orange System status 2 Orange WAN port Green activity LAN port Green activity Backbone W-Link Green activity W-Act Wireless activity Green Link/Act. Link status Green 10/100 Data Rate Green Status Description This product is functioning Blinking properly This product is working for a...
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Page 11: Procedure For Hardware Installation
2.2 Procedure for Hardware Installation 1. Decide where to place your Wireless Broadband Router: You can place your Wireless Broadband Router on a desk or other flat surface, or you can mount it on a wall. For optimal performance, place your Wireless Broadband Router in the center of your office (or your home) in a location that is away from any potential source of interference, such as a metal wall or microwave oven. - Page 12 Set up LAN connection: a. Wired LAN connection: connect an Ethernet cable from your computer’s Ethernet port to one of the LAN ports of this product. b. Wireless LAN connection: make sure the antennas are in a vertical position (if not, rotate them more than 90 degrees).
- Page 13 Power on: By connecting the power cord to the power inlet and turning the power switch on, this product will automatically enter the self-test phase. When it is in the self-test phase, the indicators M1 and M2 will be lighted ON for about 10 seconds, and then M1 and M2 will be flashed 3 times to indicate that the self-test operation has finished.
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Page 14: Chapter 3 Network Settings And Software Installation
Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software To use this product correctly, you have to properly configure the network settings of your computers and install the attached setup program into your MS Windows platform (Windows 95/98/NT/2000). 3.1 Make Correct Network Settings of Your Computer The default IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254, and the default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0. -
Page 15: Install The Software Into Your Computers
Request timed out. there must be something wrong in your installation procedure. You have to check the following items in sequence: Is the Ethernet cable correctly connected between this product and your computer? Tip: The LAN LED of this product and the link LED of the network card on your computer must be lit. - Page 16 Step 2: Click on the INSTALL button. Wait until the following Welcome dialog appears, and click on the Next button. Step 3: Select the destination folder and click on the Next button. The setup program will then begin to install the programs into the destination folder. -15-...
- Page 17 Step 4: When the following window is displayed, click on the Finish button. Step 5: Select the item to restart the computer, then click the OK button to reboot your computer. Step 6: After rebooting your computer, the software installation procedure is complete. Now, you can configure the Internet Sharer (refer to Chapter 4) and set up the Print Server (refer to Chapter 5).
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Page 18: Chapter 4 Configuring Wireless Broadband Router
Chapter 4 Configuring Wireless Broadband Router This product provides a Web-based configuration scheme, i.e., configuring by Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer. This approach can be adopted in any MS Windows, Macintosh or UNIX based platform. 4.1 Startup and Login Activate your browser, and disable the proxy or add the IP address of this product into the exceptions. -
Page 19: Status
4.2 Status This option provides the function for observing this product’s working status: A. WAN Port Status. If the WAN port is assigned a dynamic IP, there may appear a “Renew” or “Release” button on the Sidenote column. You can click this button to renew or release IP manually. -
Page 20: Toolbox
4.3 Toolbox This option enables you to change the administrator password. You can also get information about Firmware version and WAN's MAC Address. You can reboot this product by clicking the Reboot button. Note: We strongly recommend that you change the system password for security reasons. -19-... -
Page 21: Primary Setup
4.4 Primary Setup This option is essential to enable this product to work properly. The setting items and the web appearance depend on the WAN type. Choose the correct WAN type before you start. LAN IP Address: this product’s IP address. The default address is 192.168.123.254. You can change it if necessary. - Page 22 4.4.1 Static IP Address WAN IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary and Secondary DNS: enter the proper setting value provided by your ISP. 4.4.2 Dynamic IP Address Host Name: optional, required by some ISPs, for example, @Home. Renew IP Forever: this feature enables this product to renew the IP address automatically when the lease time is expired even with the system in an idle state.
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Page 23: Dhcp Server
The settings of the TCP/IP environment include Host IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS configurations. It is not easy to correctly configure all the computers in your LAN environment. Fortunately, DHCP provides a simple approach to handle these settings. This product supports the function of DHCP server. -
Page 24: Virtual Server
This product’s NAT firewall filters out unrecognized packets to protect your Intranet, thus all hosts behind this product are externally invisible. If you wish, you can make some of them accessible by enabling the Virtual Server Mapping. A virtual server is defined as a Service Port, and all requests to this port will be redirected to the computer specified by the Server IP. -
Page 25: Special Ap
Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet games, video conferencing, Internet telephony, etc.. Due to the firewall function, these applications cannot work with a pure NAT router. Special Applications enables some of these applications to work with an NAT router. If Special Applications is insufficient to allow an application to function correctly, try DMZ host in the Misc. -
Page 26: Access Control
Access Control allows you to assign different access rights to different users. First, you have to divide users into different groups. Users are identified by their IP addresses. You can assign access rights to the members of Group 1, 2 and 3. The others are all members of the Default Group. -
Page 27: Misc. Items
IP Address of DMZ Host: DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) The host is one without the protection of firewall. It allows a computer to be exposed to unrestricted two-way communication. Note that this feature should be used only when needed. Remote Administrator Host: In general, only Intranet users can browse the built-in web pages to perform the administration tasks. -
Page 28: Wireless Setting
Wireless settings allow you to set the wireless configuration items. Network ID(SSID): Network ID is used to identify the WLAN. Client stations can roam freely on this product and other Access Points that have the same Network ID. (The factory setting is “default”) Channel: The radio channel number. -
Page 29: Chapter 5 Print Server
Chapter 5 Print Server This product provides the function of the network print server for MS Windows 95/98/NT/2000 and Unix-based platforms. You must configure each station individually to connect to your server printer. 5.1 Configuring on Windows 95/98 Platforms After you complete the software installation procedure described in Chapter 3, your computer possesses the network printing facility provided by this product. - Page 30 Find out the corresponding icon of your server printer, for example, the HP LaserJet 6L. Click the mouse’s right button on that icon, and then select the Properties item: Click the Details item: -29-...
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Page 31: Configuring On Windows Nt Platforms
that the Printer Driver item is configured to the correct driver of your server printer. Click on the button of Port Settings: Type in the IP address of this product and then click the OK button. Make sure that all the settings mentioned above are correct, and then click the OK button. -
Page 32: Configuring On Windows 2000 Platforms
Compared to the procedure in the previous section, the selection of Details is equivalent to the selection of Ports, and Port Settings is equivalent to Configure Port. 5.3 Configuring on Windows 2000 Platforms The configuration procedure for a Windows 2000 platform is similar to that of Windows 95/98, except for the screen of printer Properties: Compared to the procedure in the previous section, the selection of Details is equivalent to the selection of Ports, and Port Settings is equivalent to Configure Port. -
Page 33: Configuring On Unix-Based Platforms
5.4 Configuring on Unix-based Platforms Please follow the traditional configuration procedure on Unix platforms to set up the print server of this product. The printer name is “lp.” -32-... - Page 34 Appendix A: TCP/IP Configuration for Windows 95/98 This section advises on how to install TCP/IP protocol into your personal computer. It assumes you have successfully installed one network card on your personal computer. If not, please refer to your network card manual. Also, Section A.2 tells you how to set TCP/IP values for working with this IP Sharer correctly.
- Page 35 5. Select the Microsoft item in the manufacturers list. Choose TCP/IP in the Network Protocols. Click OK button to return to Network window. The TCP/IP protocol will be listed in the Network window. Click OK to complete the install procedure and restart your PC to enable the TCP/IP protocol. A.2 Set TCP/IP Protocol for Working with IP Sharer Click Start button and choose Settings, then click Control Panel.
- Page 36 Double click Network icon. Select the TCP/IP line that has been associated to your network card in the Configuration tab of the Network window. Click Properties button to set the TCP/IP protocol for this IP Sharer. You now have two setting methods: A.
- Page 37 Select Obtain an IP address automatically in the IP Address tab. -36-...
- Page 38 Do not input any value in the Gateway tab. -37-...
- Page 39 Choose Disable DNS in the DNS Configuration tab. -38-...
- Page 40 B. Configure IP manually Select Specify an IP address in the IP Address tab. The default IP address this product 192.168.123.254. Therefore, please 192.168.123.xxx (xxx is between 1 and 253) for IP Address field and 255.255.255.0 for Subnet Mask field. -39-...
- Page 41 In the Gateway tab, add the IP address of this product (default IP is 192.168.123.254); in the New gateway field and click Add button. -40-...
- Page 42 In the DNS Configuration tab, add the DNS values which are provided by the ISP into DNS Server Search Order field and click Add button. -41-...