Linksys BEFDSR41W - Manuals

Page 4 - Table of Contents

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready Filtering 47 Forwarding 49 Dynamic Routing 51 Static Routing 53 DMZ Host 55 Firewall 56 Link Test 57 Appendix A: Troubleshooting 58 Common Problems and Solutions 58 Frequently Asked Questions 60 Appendix B: Configuring Wireless Securi...

Page 5 - Chapter 1: Introduction; The Linksys ADSL Gateway

Instant Broadband ™ Series ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready Chapter 1: Introduction Thank you for choosing the Instant Broadband™ ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready. This Gateway allows you to set up a network with your PCsand share you...

Page 6 - • One ADSL Gateway; Minimum Requirements

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 3 Think of the Gateway as a network device with two sides: the f irst side is madeup of your private Local Area Network (LAN) of PCs. The other, public side isthe Internet, or the Wide Area Network (WAN), outside of your home or off i...

Page 7 - Dynamic IP Addresses; LAN; WAN

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready This user guide covers the basic steps for setting up a network with a Gateway.After going through the “Getting to Know the Gateway” chapter, most userswill only need to use the following chapters: • Chapter 3: Connecting the Gateway ...

Page 8 - The Gateway’s Front Panel LEDs; Chapter 2: Getting to Know the; P o rt S w i t c h / W i r e l e s s - R e a d y; The Gateway’s Back Panel Ports

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 7 Instant Broadband ™ Series 6 Power Green. The Power LED lights up when the Gateway is pow-ered on. Diag Green. The Diag LED flashes when the Gateway is bootingup. If this flashes or stays solid after the bootup phase, theGateway may...

Page 9 - Chapter 3: Connecting the; ADSL Session

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 9 Instant Broadband ™ Series 8 Chapter 3: Connecting the Gateway You will connect the Gateway to your ADSL line and to the computers in yourhome or business. First, make sure that all the devices that you’ll be working with are powere...

Page 11 - Chapter 4: Configuring the PCs; Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Millennium

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 1. Go to the Network screen by clicking the Start button. Click Settings and then Control Panel. From there, double-click the Network icon. 2. On the Conf iguration tab, select the TCP/IP line for the applicable Ethernet adapter. Do n...

Page 12 - Local Area Connection icon for the applicable Ethernet adapter; IP Address tab. Select Obtain an IP address automatically.; Go to “Chapter 5: Configuring the Gateway.”

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 1. Go to the Network screen by clicking the Start button. Click Settings and then Control Panel. From there, double-click the Network and Dial-upConnections icon. 2. Select the Local Area Connection icon for the applicable Ethernet ad...

Page 13 - Select Obtain an IP address automatically. Once the new window

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready The following instructions assume you are running Windows XP with thedefault interface. If you are using the Classic interface (where the icons andmenus look like previous Windows versions), please follow the instructions forWindows 2...

Page 15 - Select Dynamic IP Address as the WAN IP Address.

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 21 Instant Broadband ™ Series 20 4. The Gateway supports f ive modes of Encapsulation: RFC 1483 Bridged, RFC 1483 Routed, RFC2364 PPPoA, RFC2516 PPPoE, and Bridged ModeOnly. These modes are listed in the drop-down menu for the Encapsu...

Page 16 - Select Static IP Address as the WAN IP Address.

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 23 Instant Broadband ™ Series Static IP Address If your ISP says that you are connecting through a static or f ixed IP addressfrom your ISP, follow these steps: 1. Select Static IP Address as the WAN IP Address. 2. Enter the IP Addres...

Page 17 - Quick and Easy Gateway Administration

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready C h a p t e r 6 : U s i n g t h e G a t e w a y ’ s W e b - b a s e d U t i l i ty For your convenience, an administrative utility has been programmed into theGateway where all Gateway-based administrative tasks are performed. Thischa...

Page 18 - • Host Name & Domain Name These f ields allow you to supply a host and

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready • Encapsulation The Gateway supports f ive encapsulation modes: RFC 1483 Bridged, RFC 1483 Routed, RFC 2364 PPPoA, RFC2516 PPPoE,and Bridged Mode Only. These modes can be selected from the drop-downmenu next to the Encapsulation setti...

Page 19 - Enter the DNS Server Address(es) in the DNS 1 and DNS 2 f ields.

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready Static IP Address Choose this option if your ISP provided you with the fol-lowing information: IP Address, Default Gateway Address, and DNS ServerAddress(es). 1. Enter the IP address provided by the ISP in the Specify an IPAddress f i...

Page 20 - Enter the User Name in the Specify an IP Address f ield.

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 31 Instant Broadband ™ Series 30 RFC 2364 PPPoA Choose this option if your ISP told you to use this mode of encapsulation.Use the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. 1. Enter the User Name in the Specify an IP Address f ield....

Page 21 - Bridged Mode Only

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 33 Instant Broadband ™ Series 32 Bridged Mode Only Choose this option if your ISP told you to use this mode of encapsulation.This mode is used to conf igure the Gateway as an RFC1483 bridge, when theGateway’s routing and NAT capabilit...

Page 22 - • SNMP Trap Community Enter the password sent with each trap to the; • SNMP Get Community Set the read-only community string for SNMP. It

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 35 Instant Broadband ™ Series 34 • SNMP Trap Community Enter the password sent with each trap to the SNMP manager. • SNMP Trap Destination Enter the IP address of the station that receives the SNMP traps sent by the Gateway. • Restore...

Page 23 - • WAN These f ields display the WAN IP Address, WAN Subnet Mask, and; DHCP; • Host Name This f ield shows the name of the Gateway.; • Upstream Speed This indicates the maximum speed at which the ADSL; Status

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready • Downstream Speed This indicates the maximum speed at which the ADSL Gateway will receive data. • Login This indicates the status of the PPPoA or PPPoE login (if applica- ble). • LAN These f ields display the current MAC Address, LAN...

Page 25 - • Incoming Access Log and Outgoing Access Log With logging enabled,

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 41 Instant Broadband ™ Series The Log tab provides you with a log of all incoming and outgoing URLs or IPaddresses for your Internet connection. • Access Log To log incoming and outgoing traff ic, select the Enable option next to Acce...

Page 26 - Browse button to f ind the f irmware upgrade f ile that you down-; the firmware file you downloaded and extracted. Click the; Help

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready To upgrade the Gateway’s f irmware: 1. Select the Help tab (see Figure 6-16). 2. Click Upgrade Firmware to display a new window (see Figure 6-17). 3. Click the Browse button to f ind the f irmware upgrade f ile that you down- loaded f...

Page 27 - Wireless

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready On the WEP Key Setting screen, you can make the following choices: • Select 64- or 128-bit WEP encryption. • Select Passphrase generation for easy setup of encryption f ields. • Conf igure the manual entry of WEP encryption keys. • Co...

Page 28 - Advanced

Instant Broadband ™ Series 46 The following instructions are for advanced users or users whose setup needsrequire special conf iguration. When you click the Advanced tab, you will beable to set up these features. There are seven additional tabs available. • Filters - Block specif ic internal users f...

Page 29 - Forwarding

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 49 Instant Broadband ™ Series 48 Port Range Forwarding sets up public services on your network, such as webservers, ftp servers, e-mail servers, or other specialized Internet applications.(Specialized Internet applications are any app...

Page 30 - Dynamic Routing

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 51 Instant Broadband ™ Series 50 With Dynamic Routing you can enable the Gateway to automatically adjust tophysical changes in the network’s layout. The Gateway, using the RIP protocol,determines the network packets’ route based on th...

Page 31 - Static Routing

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 53 Instant Broadband ™ Series RIP VersionSelect the version of IP you want to use. • RIP-1 Routing data will be sent in RIPv1 format.• RIP-2B Routing data will be sent in RIPv2 format using subnet broadcast- ing. • RIP-2M Routing data...

Page 32 - Routing This setting is only applicable to the DMZ network.; DMZ Host

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 55 Instant Broadband ™ Series 54 The DMZ Hosting function allows for a server attached to Port 4 of theGateway to be fully accessible from the Internet. The Gateway supports anAdvanced form of DMZ, allowing the system attached to Port...

Page 33 - Link Test

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready The Link Test page allows an advanced user or technician to perform advanceddiagnostics of the ADSL Gateway and perform connectivity tests. The information provided by these tests is not discussed in this document. 57 Instant Broadban...

Page 34 - Appendix A: T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g; Common Problems and Solutions

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready Make sure that you do NOT have a microf ilter plugged in between theGateway and the wall jack. Verify that your ADSL account is active withyour ISP. 5. I can’t browse through the Gateway. • Check if both ends of the network cable and ...

Page 35 - Network Address Translation

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 61 Instant Broadband ™ Series 60 I set up an Unreal Tournament Server, but others on the LAN cannot join. What do I need to do? If you have a dedicated Unreal Tournament server running, you need to create a static IP for each of the L...

Page 37 - Mandatory under the WEP section.; A p p en d i x B : C o n f i g u r i n g

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 65 Instant Broadband ™ Series 64 1. At the Wireless Screen, if you choose to enable WEP Encryption, select Mandatory under the WEP section. 2. Press the WEP Key Setting button to set the WEP Encryption type and level. 3. The following...

Page 38 - You may create an encryption key by using a Passphrase.

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready WEP Encryption key can be generated in one of two ways: 1. You may create an encryption key by using a Passphrase. a. Enter a Passphrase, a user-def ined password, into the Passphrase f ield. The Passphrase can be a maximum of 31 lett...

Page 39 - Click the Start button and go to the Control Panel.

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 2. In the “Control Panel” window, click the Network and Internet Connections icon. 3. Click on the Network Connections icon. 4. The “Network Connections” window will appear. Under LAN or High- Speed Internet you will see all Network c...

Page 40 - click the Wireless Networks Tab.

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 71 Instant Broadband ™ Series 70 6. When the “Wireless Network Connection Properties” window appears, click the Wireless Networks Tab. 7. If the appropriate wireless network, specif ied by the Gateway’s SSID, is displayed in the “Pref...

Page 41 - Start button. Choose Settings and then Control Panel.

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready A p p e n d i x C : I n s t a l l i n g t h e T C P/ I P P r o t o c o l Follow these instructions to install the TCP/IP protocol on one of your PCs onlyafter a network card has been successfully installed inside the PC. Theseinstruct...

Page 42 - Start and; OK button. Windows may ask for original Windows installation

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready A p p e n d i x D : F i n d i n g t h e M A C A d d r e s s a n d I P Address for Yo u r E t h e r n e t A d a p t e r This section describes how to f ind the MAC address for your Ethernet adapterto do either MAC Filtering for the Gat...

Page 43 - Start; or click the OK button.

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 2. In the command prompt, enter ipconfig /all. Then press the Enter key. 3. Write down the Physical Address as shown on your computer screen; it is the MAC address for your Ethernet adapter. This will appear as a series ofletters and ...

Page 44 - Appendix E: S p e c i f i c a t i o n s

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready 79 Instant Broadband ™ Series When entering the information using the Router’s web-based utility, you willtype the 12-digit MAC address in this format, XXXXXXXXXXXX withoutthe hyphens for MAC Filtering. 78 Appendix E: S p e c i f i c ...

Page 45 - Appendix F: W a r r a n ty I n f o r m a t i o n; Environmental

ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready Appendix F: W a r r a n ty I n f o r m a t i o n BE SURE TO HAVE YOUR PROOF OF PURCHASE AND A BARCODEFROM THE PRODUCT’S PACKAGING ON HAND WHEN CALLING.RETURN REQUESTS CANNOT BE PROCESSED WITHOUT PROOF OFPURCHASE. IN NO EVENT SHALL LIN...

Page 46 - A p p e n d i x G : C o n t a c t I n f o r m a t i o n

© Copyright 2002 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. www.linksys.com A p p e n d i x G : C o n t a c t I n f o r m a t i o n For help with the installation or operation of your ADSL Gateway with Modem/ Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready, contact Linksys Technical Supportat one of the phone numbers or...