Planet Networking & Communication MH-5001 User Manual page 19

MH-5001 User Manual
Transparent mode provides the same basic protection as NAT mode. Packets received by the MH-5001 are
intelligently forwarded or blocked according to firewall rules. MH-5001 can be inserted in your network at any
point without the need to make any changes to your network or any of its components. However, VPN, NAT,
Routing and some advanced firewall features (such as Authentication, IP/MAC Binding) are only available in
NAT/Route mode.
Transparent mode
Note:
1.
2.
Step 5. WAN Connectivity
Choose the type of IP Address Assignment
provided by your ISP to access the Internet.
Here we have four types to select. This will
determine how the IP address of WAN1 is
obtained. Click Next to proceed.
Step 5.a —
DHCP client
If Get
IP Automatically
selected, MH-5001 will request for IP address,
netmask, and DNS servers from your ISP. You
can use your preferred DNS by clicking the DNS
IP Address and then completing the Primary
DNS and Secondary DNS server IP addresses.
Click Next to proceed.
You cannot connect the LAN1/LAN2/DMZ interfaces to the same Hub while using Transparent mode,
otherwise the traffic from the PCs under LAN1/LAN2/DMZ interfaces may be blocked.
If you would like to change the operation mode from NAT/Route mode to Transparent mode, you have to
backup the configuration file and then do the factory reset first.
Table 1-2 The operation mode
BASIC SETUP > Wizard > Next
BASIC SETUP > Wizard > Next > DHCP
(DHCP) is
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Chapter 1
Quick Start