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CNET CNIG-914 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Broadband Router User’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Get to Know The Hardware...8 2.1 LED Indicators…………………………………………………... 2.2 Back Panel……………………………………………………… Local LAN Ports ...9 Internet WAN Port ...9 Reset Button...9 Power Connector...10 Chapter 3 Install Yo ur Broadband Router...11 Connect Client PC to Broadband Router………………………………. 3.2 Connect Ethernet Hub/Switch to Broadband Router……………….….
  • Page 3 3.3 Connect Wireless Access Point to Broadband Router.…………………. 3.4 Connect Cable/xDSL Modem to Broadband Router…………………... 3.5 Power up Broadband Router………………………………………….…. Chapter 4 Use Your Broadband Router ...13 4.1 Check the Web Proxy………………………………………... 4.2 Wizard Setup…………………………………………………. 4.3 WAN Setup Complete………………………………………... Chapter 5 Advanced Setup of Broadband Router 21 5.1 Start from Advanced Setting…………………………………...
  • Page 4 IP Filter...39 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting...40 6.1 Troubleshooting Router’s Hardware Failure ...40 Failed Connection between Broadband Router and Client PC ...40 Failed Connection on Broadband Router’s WAN Side...41 DNS (Domain Name System) Failure ...41 6.2 Forget Password?... Appendix A: Configure TCP / IP in Your PC...43 A.1 Enable DHCP in Your PC……………………………………...

  • Page 5: Chapter 1 Introduction

    • Network Address Translation (NAT)/IP Sharing Broadband Router 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...

  • Page 6: Dynamic Dns

    LAN host specified by the LAN IP address. In other words, Broadband Router can open the port for the service with specified port number and then “forward” the port to a LAN host. Thus it is called Port Forwarding, too.

  • Page 7: Package Checklist

    Broadband Router can forward the traffic initiated from the Internet to the Local DMZ Host. • DHCP Client Broadband Router can work as DHCP client and automatically obtain an IP address from the Internet Service Provider or a DHCP server on the WAN side.

  • Page 8: Installation Requirements

    1.5 Installation Requirements Before installing your Broadband Router, be sure you have prepared the following requirements. A Computer equipped with 10/100 BASE-T Ethernet Network Interface Card. TCP/IP protocol installed in the computer Web Browser (Internet Explorer version 5.0 and higher / Netscape Navigator...

  • Page 9: Chapter 2 Get To Know The Hardware

    Chapter 2 Get to Know the Hardware This Chapter explains Broadband Router’s LED and Port functions. 2.1 LED Indicators The LEDs on the front panel show the operational status of your Broadband Router. The function of each LED is illustrated in table 2-1. LED Indicator...

  • Page 10: Back Panel

    Step 2. Press the Reset button on the back panel and keep holding it. Then plug Broadband Router’s power adapter into the power outlet. Step 3. It takes around 15 seconds to reset the router. The Power LED will turn on (Green) initially. Wait until it becomes Red then release the Reset button.

  • Page 11: Power Connector

    Power connector connects your Broadband Router to the power adapter. When Broadband Router is connected to the correct power adapter and the power adapter is plugged into a power outlet, the Power LED will be on and Broadband Router will boot and start operating.

  • Page 12: Chapter 3 Install Your Broadband Router

    You can extend the wired LAN by connecting Wireless Access Point to Broadband Router ’s LAN port. Then a wireless network will be set up and it will turn into an infrastructure mode. The whole network coverage will be expanded by Access Point wireless connection to the wireless clients.
  • Page 13 100Mbps. It will be off when the transmission mode is in 10Mbps. Please use the correct AC adapter. It may cause damage to the router if an improper AC adapter was used.

  • Page 14: Chapter 4 Use Your Broadband Router

    Because the enabled-Web Proxy setting may cause failure in accessing Broadband Router ’s Web Configuration Tool, verify that you have disabled the Web Proxy before launching your Web browser. If you do not know how to disable the Web Proxy, refer to the section of Disable Web Proxy in Appendix A: Configure TCP/IP in Your 4.2 Wizard Setup...
  • Page 15 Management.” For more related information, refer to “Manage from WAN side” in 5.3 Broadband Router. Step 3. Select “Setup Wizard “to quickly setup Broadband Router’s WAN access type and fill in the necessary information provided by your Internet Service Provider. Figure 4–1...
  • Page 16 Figure 4–2 First please choose your local time zone to set time for your NAT. If daylight saving in applicable, click the checkbox and input the start date and end date, then click “Next” button. You will see 4 options as followed. If Internet access is through a cable modem, please click the selection button of the “Cable Modem ”...
  • Page 17 ISP. b. Clone MAC Address: It is the MAC address of your PC’s network card’s. The default WAN Setting of Broadband Router is Cable Modem Connection without Host Name and MAC Clone If you don’t know the MAC address of your Network Interface Card, you can click Get From PC button to get the MAC address of Network Interface Card.
  • Page 18 B. Fixed-IP xDSL Connection Fixed - IP is a WAN access type provided by some Internet Service Providers. You need to enter the information of IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, Primary DNS Server, and Secondary DNS Server. If Internet access is through PPPoE, please click the selection button of “Dial- Up xDSL(PPPoE)”...
  • Page 19 Broadband Router disconnects the PPPoE session after there is 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 . If Internet access is through a PPTP, please click the selection button of the “PPTP”...
  • Page 20 Broadband Router disconnects the PPTP session after there was no data traffic on WAN interface within the specified “Idle Time” minutes. b. Auto-reconnect field: Once there is any outgoing data traffic, the router automatically re-establishes the PPTP session. Click the Next button and the “LAN Setting” page, Figure 4 – 3, appears on the screen.

  • Page 21: Wan Setup Complete

    IP settings including IP address ,Domain Name ,Subnet Mask , Primary DNS ,and Secondary DNS from Broadband Router . Step 6. Click the “Finish“ button. Broadband Router 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.

  • Page 22: Advanced Setup Of Broadband Router

    Step 2. Click the “Advanced Setup “ (see Figure 4 – 2 ) and Figure 5-1 will be displayed , Step 3. The Router Status screen will show up and tell the current WAN and LAN IP settings of your Broadband Router, including IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary DNS, and Secondary DNS.
  • Page 23 Figure 5 – 1 5.2 System Click the “System/System” button, will see the Figure 5-2. Figure 5-2...

  • Page 24: Administration

    5.3 Time If you want to assign a time server, enter the IP address and then click the “Apply” button to save. If sntp server gets time from network, the system time will display present time, else time is NULL. Local time means the PC’S time, you can also set the PC’S time for system time.

  • Page 25: Wan Side Administration

    WAN Side Administration WAN Side Administration You can configure the Broadband Router to be managed from the WAN side, Internet, via web browser with a specified port number. Click the check mark of the “Allow administration from WAN side with port” to enable the remote access to the Broadband Router.
  • Page 26 Browse icon. If the Browse icon was clicked, the “Choose file” screen will appear. Through the “Choose file” menu, locate the latest router firmware and open it. For example, the latest firmware file, Broadband_Router.bin, is located and opened, the file name will appear at the entry of the firmware file name.

  • Page 27: Reset

    5.6 Reset You can set the Broadband Router back to its manufacturing setting and reset the Broadband Router by clicking the Reset button. If you click the Reload button, the confirmation page appears on the screen. Click the OK button on the confirmation page to make the default settings effective (see Figure 5 –...

  • Page 28: Dynamic Dns (Domain Name System)

    If Broadband Router acquired its WAN IP address via the DHCP or PPPoE schemes, its IP address is likely to be different from its previous one after Broadband Router is rebooted or PPPoE session is re-established. This creates difficulty for some applications due to dynamic nature of Broadband Router WAN IP address.
  • Page 29 Step 2. Go through the DDNS settings in Broadband Router’s 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. If no-ip.com was selected, User Name and Password are mandatory; one or both of Host Name and Group Name have to be entered.

  • Page 30: Dhcp Server

    IP addresses to DHCP clients. Also, a DHCP client can automatically obtain its IP address from the DHCP server. 2. DHCP Server in LAN By default, Broadband Router works as a DHCP server and automatically assigns IP addresses to all each client PCs on the LAN side. Auto-Remember...

  • Page 31: Dhcp Client In Lan

    IP address leased will be released and renewed in one day. 3. DHCP Client in LAN When DHCP is enabled in both Broadband Router 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 Broadband Router.

  • Page 32: Dhcp Client List

    Internet service packet specified with a port number to the server specified by a LAN IP address. In other words, Broadband Router can open the port for the service with specified port number and then “forward” the port to the server specified by a LAN IP address.
  • Page 33 As illustrated above, when Broadband Router receives traffic of Port 21 from the Internet, it will forward it to the FTP server with LAN IP address 192.168.1.2. If Broadband Router receives traffic of Port 80, it will re-direct it to the Web server with LAN IP 192.168.1.3.

  • Page 34: Firewall

    You can set up your personal computer or network-ready device to be a public or local DMZ hosts. In general, Internet applications use only one unique port and can pass through a Broadband Router by enabling Virtual Server. However, some special applications need to implement multiple ports, port ranges, dynamically assigned ports, and special protocols.
  • Page 35 Internet, he /she cannot find your LAN host due to Broadband Router ’s NAT function. However, after you assign the LAN IP address 192.168.1.2 as the Local DMZ Host, your friend can call Broadband Router ’s Public IP address 140.112.8.8 and the service request of NetMeeting will be forwarded to your LAN host with the LAN IP address 192.168.1.2, as...
  • Page 36 IP address of the device you want to assign as the Public DMZ Host. Then click the button Apply to make your settings take effect. The server in the Public DMZ is not protected by Broadband Router’s firewall. Please pay attention when you enable Public DMZ.

  • Page 37: Anti Ping And Tcp/Udp Echo Attack

    Broadband Router can prevent Ping and TCP/UDP Echo Attack. To enable Broadband Router ’s firewall against Ping and TCP/UDP Echo Attack, check Denial of Service Enable and click the button Apply at the end of page to make your setting take effect.

  • Page 38: Port Filter

    4. Port Filter Broadband Router’s Service Filter Firewall controls the LAN client’s access to the Internet services by specifying the port number of the service in the list. Disable If checked the LAN client can access to all Internet services.

  • Page 39: Mac Filter

    5. MAC Filter A. Disable Checking this item, the LAN clients can access to Internet . B. Blocking the following MAC Checking this item, the listed MAC address cannot access to Internet. For example, blocks MAC address 00-e0-29-50-00-22. This client cannot access Internet.

  • Page 40: Ip Filter

    6. IP Filter A. Disable Checking this item, the LAN clients can access to Internet. No IP filtering is enabled. B. Blocking the following IP Checking this item allows filtering LAN clients based on their IP address. For example, IP address 192.168.1.2 = client cannot access Internet. C.

  • Page 41: Chapter 6 Troubleshooting

    Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 6.1 Troubleshooting You should be able to use Broadband Router after going through the setup steps. If you cannot access a website on your client PC, the possible reasons could be as follows. Please check them in the following sequence.

  • Page 42: Failed Connection On Broadband Router's Wan Side

    3. If you can reach your Broadband Router with ping command, verify that you have disabled the Web Proxy function. For information on disabling the Web Proxy, please refer to A.2 Disable Web Proxy in Appendix A: Configure TCP/IP in Your PC If the problem persists, there might be a problem in your PC, Ethernet Interface Card, or Ethernet cable.

  • Page 43: Forget Password

    Then plug Broadband Router ’s power adapter into the power outlet. Step 3. It takes around 15 seconds to reset the Broadband Router. The Power LED will turn on in Green initially. Wait for the Power LED becomes Red. Then release the Reset button.

  • Page 44: Appendix A: Configure Tcp / Ip In Your Pc

    You can configure your client PC as a DHCP client to automatically obtain an IP address from Broadband Router. This section is divided into 3 parts as follows, “Enable DHCP in Your PC for Windows 98/ME, ” “Enable DHCP in Your PC for Windows 2000,”...
  • Page 45 Step 2. Click on the Network icon. (Figure A -2) Step 3. Select the Configuration tab. Click on the TCP / IP line listed with your Network Interface Card. (Figure A -3) Figure A –2 Figure A –3...

  • Page 46: For Windows 2000

    Step 4. Under the IP Address tab, verify that Obtain an IP address automatically is selected and click the OK button. Restart your computer to save your setting. (Figure A-4) 2. For Windows 2000 If you use Windows 2000, follow the steps to enable DHCP in your client computer. Step 1.
  • Page 47 Step 2. Click on the Network & Dial-Up Connections . (Figure A –6) Choose the icon corresponding to the local area connection. (Figure A-7) Step 3. Go through the path “Local Area Connection Status? Properties.” (Figure A-8) Figure A-6 Figure A–7...
  • Page 48 Go through the path “Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) ? Properties.” (Figure A-9) Step 4. In the Internet Protocol (TCP / IP) Properties window, verify that Obtain an IP address automatically is selected and click the OK button to save your setting. (Figure A-10) Figure A–8 Figure A–9...

  • Page 49: For Windows Xp

    3. For Windows XP If you use Windows XP, follow the steps to enable DHCP in your client computer. Step 1. Go through the path “Start? Setting? Control Panel.” (Figure A-11) Figure A–10 Figure A–11...
  • Page 50 Network Connections.” (Figure A–12) Go through the path “Network and Internet Connections? Network Connections.” (Figure A-13) Step 3. Locate the network adapter connected to Broadband Router. Right mouse-click on this icon and select Properties option. (Figure A-14) Figure A-12 Figure A –13...
  • Page 51 Step 4. Make Sure the Internet Protocol TCP / IP option is selected and then highlight that option and click the Properties button. (Figure A-15) Step 5. Under the General tab, verify that Obtain an IP address automatically is selected. (Figure A–16) Then click the OK button to save your setting. Figure A-14 Figure A–15...
  • Page 52 Figure A–16...

  • Page 53: Verify Ip Settings

    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 Broadband Router’s IP address. This section is divided into 3 parts, including “Verify IP Settings for Windows 98/ME, ”...
  • Page 54 Step 4. To obtain new IP settings from NIC, click the Renew button. As listed below, the IP address is your client computer’s LAN IP address, and the Default Gateway is Broadband Router’s 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.

  • Page 55: For Windows 2000

    2. For Windows 2000 If you use Windows 2000 , follow the steps to verify the IP settings in your client PC. The steps and screenshots here are based on Windows 2000. Step 1. Go through the path “Start? Run.”(Figure A-21) Step 2.
  • Page 56 Step 4. To obtain new IP settings from NIC, run “ipconfig / renew.” As listed below, the IP address is your client computer’s LAN IP address, and the Default Gateway is Broadband Router’s 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.

  • Page 57: For Windows Xp

    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-24) Step 2. Enter command and press the OK button. (Figure A-25) Figure A–24 Figure A–25...
  • Page 58 Step 4. To obtain new IP settings from NIC, run “ipconfig / renew.” As listed below, the IP address is your client computer’s LAN IP address, and the Default Gateway is Broadband Router’s 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.

  • Page 59: Appendix B: Common Port Numbers

    Appendix B: Common Port Numbers Port Number Service Name Echo Systat Chargen 20 (21) TELNET SMTP Time TACACS 67(68) BOOTP TFTP Gopher Finger HTTP(WEB) Kerberos POP2 POP3 AUTH SQLServ News/NNTP 137(138)(139) NetBIOS-ns, NetBIOS-dgm, NetBIOS-ssn IMAP2 161(162) SNMP(SNMPT RAP) IMAP3 LDAP HTTPS SYSLOG 546(547)

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