FCC Interference Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. NOTE 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.
Table of Contents FCC Interference Statement...ii The Specifications of ZSR0104C SERIES... iii Chapter 1 Introduction... 1 1.1 The ZSR0104C SERIES Broadband Switch Router .1 1.2 Physical Features of ZSR0104C SERIES ...1 1.3 Non-Physical Features of ZSR0104C SERIES...1 1.4 Package Checklist...3 1.5 Installation Requirements ...3...
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3.2 Connect Ethernet Hub/Switch to ZSR0104C SERIES 7 3.3 Connect Wireless Access Point to ZSR0104C SERIES 7 3.4 Connect Cable/xDSL Modem to ZSR0104C SERIES7 3.5 Power up ZSR0104C SERIES ...8 Chapter 4 Use Your ZSR0104C SERIES ... 8 4.1 Check the Web Proxy...8 4.2 Wizard Setup...8...
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Application Filter ...32 URL Filter ...32 6.1 Troubleshooting ...34 Router’s Hardware Failure...35 Failed Connection between ZSR0104C SERIES and Client PC ...35 Failed Connection on ZSR0104C SERIES’s WAN Side ...36 DNS (Domain Name System) Failure ...36 6.2 Forget Password? ...36 Appendix A: ... 37 A.1 Disable Web Proxy...37...
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Appendix B: Common Port Numbers... 51 Appendix C: Terminology ... 52 Appendix D: Technical Support ... 56 D.1 Hardware Problem ...56 D.2 Software Download...56 D.3 Installation/Application Problem ...56 Page vii...
‧ Network Address Translation (NAT)/Broadband Switch ZSR0104C SERIES can translate the source IP address of a LAN client to the IP address of a WAN client before forwarding a packet from the LAN to the WAN. When the packet returns, NAT translates the destination address from a WAN client to the address of a LAN client before forwarding the packet back to the LAN client.
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Messenger, etc. and many popular Internet Games. ‧ Public DMZ Host Public DMZ Host is a device with a public IP address on the LAN side. ZSR0104C SERIES provides the tunnel service for data traffic between the Public DMZ Host and the Internet. ‧...
ZSR0104C SERIES can restore the factory default settings via the Web Configuration Tool. 1.4 Package Checklist Please check the package contents of ZSR0104C SERIES to verify that you have received the items below. (Figure 1-1) One ZSR0104C SERIES Broadband Switch Router One Straight-Through Ethernet Cables One AC Power Adapter 7.5V / 0.7 A)
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It explains the hardware setup. Chapter 4, Use Your ZSR0104C SERIES It explains ZSR0104C SERIES setup via “Setup Wizard” in the Web Configuration Tool. Chapter 5, Configure Your ZSR0104C SERIES It describes the default functions and advanced features via the Web Configuration Tool.
ZSR0104CP Front Panel ZSR0104C Front Panel Device Indicators Power: The Power LED illuminates whenever ZSR0104C SERIES is powered on. Status: The Status LED will be continuously on when the power is supplied. It takes around 15 seconds to boot. LAN and WAN Indicators Link/Act Link :ON means WAN (ADSL/Cable modem) is connected to ZSR0104C SERIES.
2.2 Back Panel On the back panel, ZSR0104C SERIES has 4 RJ-45 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN ports, and 1 RJ-45 10/100Mbps Ethernet WAN port. In addition, it has a Reload button and a Power Connector (7.5V 0.7A). (Figure 2-2) ZSR0104CP Rear Panel ZSR0104C Rear Panel 1.
3.2 Connect Ethernet Hub/Switch to ZSR0104C SERIES If you have more than four clients, try to connect the hub or switch to ZSR0104C SERIES LAN port with an Ethernet cable, then connect each client PC to a hub or switch with an Ethernet cable, too.
WAN port. 3.5 Power up ZSR0104C SERIES Connect the correct Power Adapter to ZSR0104C SERIES. Then plug the Power Adapter into an AC power outlet. The LED status will be as followed. Power LED and the 4 LAN port’s LED will turn on for the first second.
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Step1. Launch a web browser on your client PC connected to ZSR0104C SERIES. Then point the Web browser to http://192.168.1.1 (http://192.168.1.1 is ZSR0104C SERIES default IP address.) If the router IP address was configured with different IP address, use the configured IP address instead of 192.168.1.1.
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Figure 4 –2 First please choose your local time zone to set time for your NAT. If have daylight saving click the checkbox and input the start date and end date. Then click “Next” button. Page 10...
You will see 4 options as followed. If Internet access is through the cable modem, Please click the selection button of the “Cable Modem ”. Then click “Next” button. A. Cable Modem Connection Two option fields might be required to enter by some Internet Service Providers. a.
The default WAN Setting of ZSR0104C SERIES is Cable Modem Connection without Host Name and MAC Clone If you don’t know the MAC address of your Network Interface Card, follow the steps to obtain the information. The MAC address information might be helpful when you need to use MAC Clone.
PPPoE is a common type of Internet access provided by many xDSL Internet Service Providers. It requires you to enter the User Name and the Password to obtain authentication and ZSR0104C SERIES WAN IP address. Additional three optional fields might be assigned value by user: a.
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b. Idle Time field: If the Idle Time was specified with non-zero number, ZSR0104C SERIES router disconnects the PPPoE session after there was no data traffic on WAN interface within the specified “Idle Time” minutes. c. Auto-reconnect field: Once there is any outgoing data traffic, the router automatically re-establishes the PPPoE session.
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Click the button Next, the “LAN Setting” page, Figure 4 – 3, appears on the screen. Step 4. The ” LAN Setting” page is used to configure ZSR0104C SERIES IP address of LAN interface. You can assign the IP address from one of three private IP address groups a.
IP address, Domain Name, Subnet Mask, Primary DNS, and Secondary DNS from ZSR0104C SERIES. Step 6. Click the button “Finish “. ZSR0104C SERIES will save your settings and it will take around 20 seconds to reboot. After finishing rebooting, the page will be redirected to the Index Page, Figure 4 - 2.
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Step 3. The Router Status screen will show up and tell the current WAN and LAN IP settings of your ZSR0104C SERIES, including IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary DNS, and Secondary DNS. On the left, you will see 5 main categories, including System, Wan, Lan, Nat and Firewall.
5.3 Time Click the “System/Time” button, will see the Figure 5-3 If you want to assign the timeserver, enter the IP address then click “Apply” button to save. If sntp server gets time from network, the system time will display now time, else time is NULL. Local time means the pc’s time, you can also set the pc’s time for system time.
WAN Side Administration You can configure the ZSR0104C SERIES to be managed from the WAN side, Internet, via web browser with specified port number. Click the check mark of the “Allow administration from WAN side with port” to enable the remote access the NAT router.
5.5 Firmware Upgrade A web-based interface, via Microsoft Internet Explore or Netscape web browser, is provided to allow the user upgrade the latest firmware to the executed from LAN site (local upgrade) or from WAN site (remote upgrade) Pre-requirements • A copy of the latest firmware of NAT router •...
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Through the “Choose file” menu, locate the latest router firmware and open it. For example, the latest firmware file, zonet_2004.bin, is located and opened, the file name will appear at the entry of the firmware file name. Step 3. Click the “Apply” icon from the firmware upgrade page After clicking the “Apply”...
ZSR0104C SERIES. 5.6 Reset You can set the ZSR0104C SERIES back to its manufacturing setting and reset the ZSR0104C SERIES by clicking the Reset button. If click the Reload button, the confirmation page appears on the screen.
After clicking the OK button, Please remember: use 192.168.1.1 to access web page after reboot”. 5.7 Dynamic DNS (Domain Name System) If ZSR0104C SERIES acquired its WAN IP address via the DHCP or PPPoE schemes, its IP address is likely different from previous one after ZSR0104C SERIES is rebooted or PPPoE session is re-established.
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Your DDNS service provider will provide you the account ID and password. Step 2. Go through the DDNS settings in ZSR0104C SERIES DDNS section. Select one DDNS service provider, and fill in the necessary information form DDNS service provider such as ID, password, and related settings etc.
IP addresses to the DHCP clients. Also, a DHCP client can automatically obtain its IP addresses from the DHCP server. 2. DHCP Server in LAN By default, ZSR0104C SERIES works as a DHCP server and automatically assigns the IP addresses to each client PC on the LAN side. A. Auto-Remember When assigning IP addresses to LAN clients, ZSR0104C SERIES can remember each LAN client’s IP address corresponding to the client’s MAC address.
IP. 3. DHCP Client in LAN When DHCP is enabled in both ZSR0104C SERIES and the LAN clients, the LAN PC client can automatically obtain the IP settings, including IP address, Domain Name, Subnet Mask, Primary DNS, and Secondary DNS from ZSR0104C SERIES.
Configure TCP/IP in Your PC. 5.9 Virtual Server (Port Forwarding) The firewall in ZSR0104C SERIES blocks the traffic initiated from the Internet in order to protect your LAN. However, ZSR0104C SERIES can provide tunnel service and forward the Internet service packet specified with a port number to the server specified by a LAN IP address. In other words, ZSR0104C SERIES can open the port for the service with specified port number and then “forward”...
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As illustrated as above, when ZSR0104C SERIES obtains traffic of Port 21 from the Internet, it will forward it to the FTP server with LAN IP address 192.168.1.2. If ZSR0104C SERIES receives traffic of Port 80, it will re-direct it to the Web server with LAN IP 192.168.0.3.
For example, when you want to run NetMeeting to communicate with your friend on the Internet, he /she cannot find your LAN host due to ZSR0104C SERIES NAT function. However, after you assign the LAN IP address 192.168.1.2 as the Local DMZ Host, your friend can call ZSR0104C SERIES Public IP address 140.112.8.8 and the service request of...
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Then you will be able to communicate with your friend via NetMeeting. Besides, the other LAN clients behind ZSR0104C SERIES are still protected by its firewall, and the traffic initiated from the Internet is denied to access these LAN clients To activate Local DMZ Host, please check the Enable item and assign the LAN IP address of the LAN host.
Public DMZ Host. Then click the button Apply to make your settings take effect. The server in the Public DMZ is not protected by ZSR0104C SERIES firewall. Please pay attention when you enable Public DMZ.
If you want to restrict your LAN clients from accessing certain websites, enter the keywords of the websites in the blank. ZSR0104C SERIES will examine the packet information when receiving the packet with port 80 from the WAN. If it finds the listed keywords, it will drop the packet and LAN clients cannot obtain the information from the website.
Checked this item, the LAN client can access to the following services. For example, forwarding port 21.The LAN client only can access ftp in the Internet. Please refer to Appendix B: Common Port Numbers. 5. MAC Filter A. Disable Checked this item, the LAN client can access to Internet. B.
For example, forwarding IP address 192.168.1.2 this client can access Internet. 6.1 Troubleshooting You should be able to use ZSR0104C SERIES after going through the setup steps. If you cannot access a website on your client PC, the possible reasons could be as followed. Please check them in the following sequence.
192.168.1.1”, the network connection works. If not, please use another Ethernet Cable to connect your Client PC to ZSR0104C SERIES. 3. If you can reach your ZSR0104C SERIES with ping command, verify that you have disabled the Web Proxy function. For information of disabling the Web Proxy, please refer to A.2 Disable Web Proxy in Appendix A: Configure TCP/IP in Your PC...
PC. 6.2 Forget Passwords? If you forget the password to log in to the Web Configuration Tool, you can reload the factory default settings into ZSR0104C SERIES with the Reset button. Solution: Step 1. Disconnect ZSR0104C SERIES power adapter from the power outlet.
Appendix A: A.1 Disable Web Proxy When the Web Proxy is disabled, your Web browser can obtain information from ZSR0104C SERIES without the Web Proxy block. This section is divided into 4 parts as followed, “Disable Web Proxy for Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT,” “Disable Web Proxy for Windows XP,” “Disable Web Proxy for Mac,”...
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Step 2. Click the Connections tab. Press the LAN Settings... button. (Figure A -22) Step 3. Verify the item “Use a proxy server” is not checked. Then click the OK button to close each the Internet Options window. (Figure A-23) Figure A–22 Figure A–23 Page 38...
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D. B. Netscape Step 1. Open Netscape and click the Stop button. Choose Edit and then click Preferences... A Preferences window will pop up. (Figure A-24) Step 2. In Category, find Proxies under the advanced item. (Figure A-25) Figure A–24 Figure A–25 Page 39...
Step 3. Check Direct connection to the Internet. Then click the OK button. (Figure A-26) 2. For Windows XP If you use Windows XP, follow the steps to disable Web Proxy in your Web browser. A. Internet Explorer Step 1. Open Internet Explorer and click the Stop button. Choose Tools and then click Internet Options.
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Step 2. Click the Connections tab. Press the LAN Settings... button. (Figure A-28) Step 3. Verify that the item Use a proxy server for your LAN is unchecked. Then click the OK button to close each the Internet Options window. (Figure A-29) Figure A–28 Figure A–29 Page 41...
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B. Netscape Step 1. Open Netscape and click the Stop button. Choose Edit and then click Preferences... A Preferences window will pop up. (Figure A-30) Step 2. Choose Proxies under the advanced item. (Figure A-31) Figure A–30 Figure A–31 Page 42...
Step 3. Check Direct connection to the Internet. Then click the OK button. (Figure A-32) 3. For MAC The instructions are based on Mac OS 8.5. It is similar to Mac OS 7.x and above. Follow the steps to disable the Web Proxy. G.
Verify IP settings in your client computer to make sure the network is working and learn your client PC’s LAN IP address and your ZSR0104C SERIES Router’s IP address. This section is divided into 5 parts, including “Verify IP Settings for Windows 95/98/ME,” “Verify IP Settings for Windows 2000/NT 4.0,”...
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IP address is your client computer’s LAN IP address, and the Default Gateway is ZSR0104C SERIES IP address. Make sure that your IP Address is 10.0.0.xxx, (xxx ranges from 2 to 254) your Subnet Mask is 255.0.0.0, and your Default Gateway is 192.168.1.1.
2. For Windows 2000 /NT If you use Windows 2000 or NT, follow the steps to verify the IP settings in your client PC. The steps and screenshots here are based on Windows 2000. It is similar to the other Windows Operating System.
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IP address is your client computer’s LAN IP address, and the Default Gateway is ZSR0104C SERIES IP address. Make sure that your IP Address is 192.168.1.xxx (xxx ranges from 2 to 254), your Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0, and your Default Gateway is 192.168.1.1.
3. For Windows XP If you use Windows XP, follow the steps to verify the IP settings in your client computer. Step 1. Go through the path “Start→Run.”(Figure A-41) Step 2. Enter command and press the OK button. (Figure A-42) Step 3.
IP address is your client computer’s LAN IP address, and the Default Gateway is ZSR0104C SERIES IP address. Make sure that your IP Address is 192.168.1.xxx (xxx ranges from 2 to 254), your Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0, and your Default Gateway is 192.168.1.1.
Step 1. To release the previous IP settings of your computer, run the command “kill all dhcpcd”. Step 2. To obtain new IP settings from ZSR0104C SERIES, run the command “dhcpcd eth#”. “#” Means the number of the Ethernet Network Interface Card installed in your client computer.
Appendix C: Terminology ‧ Auth (TCP Authentication) It implements the Identification Protocol, which can identify active TCP connections in Linux environment. ‧ Boot It is the process when the computer starts executing instructions. ‧ Browser It is an application program that helps users to view and interact with the information of the World Wide Web.
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File Transfer Protocol enables you to transfer files in a bi-directional method over a TCP/IP network. ‧ Firewall It is a mechanism that protects a network from attacks from the other networks. Also, it can provide the Internet access control list that restricts clients’ connection to other networks. ‧...
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to a different network or subnet. ‧ IP Address It is a 32-binary digit number that provides the source or destination information on the Internet. ‧ ISP (Internet Service Provider) It is a company that provides individuals and companies the access to the Internet. ‧...
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It is a series of instructions that tells the computer how to process the data. ‧ Special Applications They are Internet applications implementing multiple ports, port ranges, dynamically assigned ports, and special protocols. ZSR0104C SERIES supports the transparent pass-through of these special applications. ‧ SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) It is a type of firewall mechanism that allows the packet to travel between the LAN and the WAN by examining the protocol and the source or destination IP address of the packet.
LAN host specified by the LAN IP address. In other words, ZSR0104C SERIES can open the port for the service with specified port number and then “forward” the port to a LAN host. Therefore it is called “Port Forwarding,” too.