Gigabyte Technology GN-BR404W - Manuals

2. System Connection & Installation The following lists the requirements for the hardware installation. 2-1. ADSL/Cable Modem Requirements It needs to have ADSL/Cable Modem with RJ-45 connectors. 2-2. PC Hardware Requirement at the PC End It needs a PC with Ethernet card connection or a PCMCIA w...

3-2-1. The Settings Under Windows2000 Step 1. Click “ Start ” in the desktop of the Windows to select “ Settings ”, and then click “ Control Panel ”. Step 2. Double click the “ Network and Dial-up Connections ”. 8

Step 3. Double click the “ LAN CONNECTION ”. Step 4. Click “ Properties ” in the box under LAN CONNECTION Status. 9

Step 5. Double click “ Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) ”. Step 6. Please select “ Obtain an IP address automatically ” and “ Obtain DNS server address automatically ”, and then press “ OK ”. Now, the computer will obtain an IP address automatically from the GN-BR404W then you can go to “Step11” directly....

Step 7. Click “ Start ” at the desktop of the Windows, and then “ Program ”, “ Accessories ”, and “ Command Prompt ” in sequence. Step 8. Key in the command “ ipconfig/release ” in DOS mode, and then enter. 11

Step 9. Key in the command “ ipconfig/renew ” in DOS mode, and then enter. If the IP address of the GN-BR404W is 192.168.1.254, the IP address of your computer must be 192.168.1.X (where “X” is a number between 1 and 253. Each computer on your network must have a different IP address within that ran...

Step11. In your “ Internet Explore ” Browser select “ Internet Options ” under “ Tools ”. Step 12. In this dialogue box, please click “ Connections ” in the “ LAN Settings ”. 13

Step 13. Please DO NOT tick all of the selection boxes. Press “ OK ” after finishing with the setup, and refer to Section 3-3 for setup of broadband router. If your ISP Company has a designated Proxy setting, key in the setting after you complete the GN-BR404W configuration. Now, please jump to Sect...

3-2-2. Setup Under the Windows 95/98/Me Step 1. Click “ Start ” at the desktop of the Windows, and select “ Settings ”, and then the “ Control Panel ”. Step 2. Double click “ Network ”. 15

Step 3. Under Network, double click the “ Configuration ”, and choose your appropriate setting “ TCP/IP -> and your network card ” below. Please choose the TCP/IP and the name of your network card. Step 4. Select “ IP Address ” tab. Please select “ Obtain an IP address automatically ” then click ...

Step 7. Please press “ Yes ”, and reset the computer screen as follows: After booting the computer, the computer will obtain an IP address automatically from the GN-BR404W then you can go to “Step11” directly. If you would like to obtain an IP address manually, please refer to Step8~Step10. Step 8. ...

Step 10. In the pulled down menu, select your network card, press “ Release All ”, then press “ Renew All ”, and then press “ OK ”. If the IP address of the GN-BR404W is 192.168.1.254, the IP address of your computer must be 192.168.1.X (where “X” is a number between 1 and 253. Each computer on your...

Step 12. In this dialogue box, please select “ Connections ” in the “ LAN Settings ”. Step 13. Please DO NOT tick all of the selection boxes. Press “ OK ” after finishing with the setup, and refer to Section 3-3 for setup of broadband router. If your ISP Company has a designated Proxy setting, key i...

3-2-3. Setup Under Windows XP Step 1. Click the “ Start ” at the desktop of the Windows, and select the “ Control Panel ”. Step 2. Double click the “ Network Connections ” . 21

Step 3. Double click the “ Local Area Connection ”. Step 4. Click the “ Properties ” in the box under Local Area Connection Status. 22

Step 5. Double click the “ Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) ”. Step 6. Please select the “ Obtain an IP address automatically ” and “ Obtain DNS server address automatically ”, and then press “ OK ”. Now, the computer will obtain an IP address automatically from the GN-BR404W then you can go to “Step11” di...

Step 7. Click the “ Start ” at the desktop of the Windows, and then the “ Accessories ”, and then the “ Command Prompt ”. Step 8. Input the “ ipconfig /release ” in the box of Command Prompt, and then enter. 24

Step 9. Input “ ipconfig/renew ” in the box of Command Prompt, and then enter. If the IP address of the GN-BR404W is 192.168.1.254, the IP address of your computer must be 192.168.1.X (where “X” is a number between 1 and 253. Each computer on your network must have a different IP address within that...

Step 11. Please select “ Internet Options ” under “ Tools ” of your IE Browser. Step 12. In this dialogue box, please select “ Connections ” in the “LAN Settings ”. 26

Step13. Please DO NOT tick all of the selection boxes. Press “ OK ” after finishing with the setup. If your ISP Company has a designated Proxy setting, key in the setting after you complete the GN-BR404W configuration. Now, please jump to Section 3-3 to setup broadband router. 27

3-3. Setup for Broadband Router The GN-BR404W provides Web based configuration. You can configure your GN-BR404W through your Internet Explorer browser or Netscape Communicator. Step 1. Key in the preset IP address“ 192.168.1.254 ” in the address column in the browser, and then press enter. If you h...

Step 3. The homepage of the GN-BR404W will appear as shown below. If you are the first time to configure the router and you have connected to the WAN port, the system will detect your wan type automatically through the “ Smart Setup ” function. Please refer to the instruction of the “ Smart Setup ”....

Smart Setup If you are the first time to configure the router and you have connected to the WAN port, the “ Smart Setup ” function can detect your wan type automatically through the Internet connection. And it will guide you to complete the wan setting step by step. System automatic detection: Step1...

Step2. If you are the PPPoE user , the screen will appear as shown below. Please enter the User ID and Password information that your ISP provided you. Step3. If you are the dynamic IP address user , the device will save the configuration and there is no necessary to reboot the device. Please click ...

Step3. If you are the dynamic IP address user , the device will save the configuration and there is no necessary to reboot the device. Step4. If you are the Static IP address user, the screen will appear as shown below. Please enter the WAN IP address, WAN subnet mask, WAN gateway, and DNS informati...

Setup Wizard Step1. “ LAN Setup ” is shown in the diagram. Each setup item of the local area network is default setting, and is not necessary to make change to it for normal operation. Please input the settings on your own if change is needed. DHCP Setup: - ” enable ” indicates that the DHCP functio...

Step 2. Choose your desired wide area network mode. “ PPPoE ” : If you are using the hourly rate for the ADSL, please select this item. And then please follow Step 3 “ Dynamic IP Address ” : If you use the wideband fixed connection of ADSL/Cable Modem, but do not have a static IP, please select this...

Step 3. If you select “ PPPoE ” under the WAN TYPE SELECT, key in the User ID and password. The wideband company provides the above data, and press “ Finish ” to go to next step. PPPoE User ID and Password: The “User ID” and “Password” are your ISP assigned to you. 38

Step 4. Press “ Reboot ” to go to next step. Step 5. Please wait a moment. 39

Step 6. The IE browser will be automatically connected to the main menu, and your setup has completed by then. Please use your IE connect to Internet. If you can connect to the Internet , the setting is completed. If you use the Wireless Lan Card connection or need further setting, please continue t...

Step 7. If you select the “ Dynamic IP Address ” in the WAN TYPE SELECT, the following screen will appear. Please key in the Host Name if your ISP has provided. And then press “ Finish ” to go to next step. Step 8. Press “ Reboot ” to go to next step. 41

Step 10. The IE browser will be automatically connected to the main menu, and your setup has completed by then. Please use your IE connect to Internet. If you can connect to the Internet , the setting is completed. If you use the Wireless Lan Card connection or need further setting, please continue ...

3-4. Advanced Setup This section will show you the advanced setup of the GN-BR404W if you need require special configuration. 3-4-1. Network Configuration The Network Configuration function allows you to access to the LAN Configuration, WAN Confguration and Multisession Configuration. LAN Configurat...

WAN Configuration This page is the further configuration of the WAN connection. You can setup up to 4 WAN connection entries. Each entry may has it’s own connection type (PPPoE, PPPoE Unnumber, Dynamic IP address, Static IP address) and some other properties. For example, when you click the “ Edit ”...

- possible for more people. Normal user please select “ NAT enable ” or “ UPnP&NAT ” then connect to the Internet in general. • UPnP Delete Time This variable determines the time to live in hours of a port-mapping lease when the value of Lease Time is 0. Note: If the WAN IP address which got for...

• Authentication Type You may choose between “ Auto ”, “ CHAP ” and “ PAP ”. The default is set to “ Auto ”. Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol(CHAP). This is the preferred method of authentication for PPP dialup links. With CHAP, the server sends a challenge to which the remote router send...

Static IP Address • ISP Name, WAN IP Address, WAN Subnet Mask, WAN Gateway, DNS1 and DNS2, DNS Domain Name Those information are provided by your ISP company. If your ISP company gives you more than one IP address, and then select one of them to fill in the above form. 53

PPPoE Unnumber PPPoE unnumbered is a kind of PPPoE service provide by ISP. Using PPPoe unnumbered, customer could having more than 1 global IP address. Maybe 8 or 16, or more, it's all depend on ISP's server policy. One of these address should use for router's wan IP address, others could be use beh...

Multisession Configuration The Multisession configuration allows you to setup the priority of WAN connection after you complete the WAN configuration. In our PPPoE multi-session, three connections will be established in three visual interfaces. Each interface owns ip address, gateway and netmask bel...

No assigned Ignored • The method of setting Host Name: (The destination IP can be assign to the IP address or Host name) For example as follows: Host Name .tw .com.tw www.gigabyte.com.tw host1.www.gigabyte.com.tw www.*.com.tw No assigned • The method of setting Port: IP Address Description * All por...

3-4-2. Wireless Configuration Wireless LAN Configuration • Region Because of the different region has a different open channel regulation, please check whether the default region value is your local area. If it did not appear properly region please contact your local distributor or authorized resell...

WPA Pre-shared key, One of the biggest drawbacks to traditional WEP security is that changing the encryption key is optional. Even if you do switch encryption keys from time to time, there is no option for globally rekeying all access points and all wireless NICs. Instead, rekeying is a tedious manu...

The 128 bits WEP encryption use 104 bits as a secret key, which can controlled by user, and 24 bits as the initialize vector, which user can not control. These two portions plus together is 128 bits encryption. Some other vendor’s product might refer as 104 bits encryption. It is the same thing. The...

3-4-3. Routing Table RIP Configuration RIP(Routing Information Protocol) is a dynamic internetwork routing protocol primary used in interior routing environments. A dynamic routing protocol, as opposed to a static routing protocol, automatically discovers routes and builds routing tables. Static Rou...

3-4-4. Virtual Server Virtual server setting split into two different case. Case 1 is router having only 1 global IP address, PPPoE/DHCP/Static is this case. Case 2 is router having more than 1 global IP address, normal having 8 or 16 IP address, PPPoE unnumbered is this case. In case 1, virtual ser...

PPPoE/DHCP/Static Type of the Virtual Server Virtual Server provides a way to let the PC at the WAN end connect to a server of a PC at the LAN end. Taking the IP address 192.168.1.1 of a PC on a FTP at the LAN for example: x Protocol: TCP x Port: 21 x Vitrual Server IP: 192.168.1.1 x Enable: enable ...

PPPoE Unnumber Type of the Virtual Server T he PPPoE Unnumer user may have multiple global IP addresses, therefore each IP address needs to setup specifically. Your ISP may provides you a group of the Global IP, e.g. 61.222.10.1 ~ 61.222.10.7(But only can use 61.222.10.2~61.222.10.6) Taking the IP a...

3-4-5. Firewall Rule The Firewall Rule allows you to configure your own security policy to prevent unauthorized Internet users from accessing private networks or corporate LAN’s and Intranets. Security Configuration The security configuration provides a security list for you configure, includes Secu...

VPN Pass Through Virtual private networks (VPN)are secured private network connections, built on top of publicly-accessible infrastructure, such as the Internet or the public telephone network. VPNs typically employ some combination of encryption, digital certificates, strong user authentication and...

• L2TP Pass Through setting L2TP stands for Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol. It is an extension of the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol and is also used to establish virtual private networks. Enable/Disable VPN pass through. If administrator configure a host to enable VPN pass through, router will autom...

3-4-8 VPN Configuration A VPN is a secure, private communication tunnel between two or more devices across a public network (like the Internet). These VPN devices can be either a computer running VPN software or a special device like a VPN enabled router. It allows your home computer to be connected...

3-5. Management Tool This section will show you how to use the management tool to manage and maintain your wireless broadband router. 3-5-1. PPP Monitor The PPP Monitor will show you the WAN connection status. We can disconnect ppp anytime by pressing the “disconnection” button. We also can connect ...

3-5-2. Reboot This function allows you to restart the GN-BR404W. 80

3-5-3. Initilization You can use this function to initial the router to factory defult value. Or you can press the “ init ” botton on the GN-BR404W about 5sec, then the router will be restart and the system setting will restore to the factory default value. 81

3-5-4. Change Password User can change the administration password of the GN-BR404W to prevent other user access to the GN-BR404W. Please enter the account and a new password and confirm the password and then click “ Submit ”. You have to enter this new password to log in when you want to configure ...

3-5-5. Change WAN MAC If your ISP company asks you to use the original MAC address. You can select the “ Assign WAN MAC ” and enter the “ New WAN MAC Address ”. The MAC address is from your Network Interface Card (NIC) that you registered with your ISP company. If you want to restore to the factory ...

3-5-6. Upgrade Firmware This tool allows you to upgrade the latest firmware of the GN-BR404W using a file provided by Gigabyte. You can download the upgraded firmware version from Gigabyte website. Please click “ Browse ” and select your desired upgrade file (firmware version), and then click “ Upgr...

3-5-7. BackUp Restore The “ BackUP ” button allows you to save the configuration of the GN-BR404W to a temp file on your PC. You can then click the “ Restore ” button to restore the saved backup configuration file. 85

3-5-8. Log Information From here, you can veiw the record of the firewall log, WAN connection and the UPnP log. If you want to reload the data of the log list, please click “ Check Again ” button. Firewall Log WAN Connection 86

UPnP Log 3-5-9. Save Maintenance Please save the log and the status information if you have the support requirement. And then send this file to Gigabyte supporting team for further investigation your question. 87

3-5-10. Ping This “Ping” tool allows you to verify the status of the IP address on the network. Please enter a IP address then click “ Ping ”. 88

3-5-11 Help The Help tool can guide you the configuration information of the router. 3-5-12 About This page show you the product name and firmware version. 89

3-6. Status You can use this status screen to view the router’s current connection status.and configuration. The main menu includes LAN information, DHCP information, WAN configuration information, LAN Ethernet Status, WAN Ethernet Status, Wireless Status, ARP Table, DHCP Lease Table, Routing Table ...

Tx bytes The current transmission bandwidth used on the WAN ports. Wireless Status From this page, you can get the current Wireless LAN connection information. ARP Table The ARP Table will show you the mapping of the IP address and MAC address of the PCs. 92

DHCP Lease Table From this table, you can get the information of the IP assignment. Routing Table The Routing table can show you the routing information of the router. 93

UPnP Port Mapping Table From this table, you can get the UPnP Port Mapping information of the router. 94

3-7. Logout As you finished the configuration of the GN-BR404W, please choose “Logout”. After 5 minutes idle time, the system will be logout automatically. 95

Q: Can the router act as DHCP server? A: Yes. The router has the DHCP server function built-in. Q: What is WEP? A: Wired Equivalent Privacy. Security mechanism defined within the 802.11 standard designed to make the link integrity of the wireless medium equal to wired cable. Data privacy mechanism b...

Appendix A: Glossary ADSL Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) is a new modem technology that converts existing twisted-pair telephone lines into access paths for high-speed communications of various sorts. Auto-MDI/MDIX On a network hub or switch, an auto-MDI/MDIX port automatically senses if ...

Appendix B: General Public License Licensing Information This product includes copyrighted software license owned by third-party under terms of the GNU General Public License. Texts of the GPL are included with every CD shopped with our product. All future firmware updates will also be accompanied w...

Limited Warranty 1-Year Warranty Gigabyte warrants to the original consumer/purchaser that the product free from defects in material and workmanship for no limited time from the original manufactory shipment date. This warranty does not cover the product if it is damaged in the process of being inst...