IBM 22P6415 - Manual

Part 1: Product description The IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Gateway provides small offices and homeoffices (SOHO) an economical way to connect a small local area network(LAN) to the Internet using an external DSL/Cable modem. With its built-inwireless access point, you can connect your IEEE 802.11b-c...

Part 2: Configuration The IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Gateway has a Web-based setup utility. Note: It is not recommended that multiple users be logged into the Web-basedsetup utility at the same time. Web-based interface The Web-based setup utility has an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI). N...

v Help : Displays related help information v Delete : Deletes an entry in the configuration table Saving configurations The configuration changes made through the Web-based setup utility areautomatically saved into the flash memory within 30 seconds after clicking Apply . For more information, see “...

Part 3: Setting up the wireless access point in the IBMHigh Rate Wireless LAN Gateway The IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Gateway is a multifunctional device with anintegrated IEEE 802.11b-compliant WiFi certified access point. You can use it asa base station for your wireless network. Through the follow...

Wireless Settings - Advanced Request to send (RTS) Threshold: In some situations, not all clients in a WLANare aware of each other (hidden node problem). That can lead to differentWLAN clients transmitting to the Gateway at the same time, thereforejamming both transmissions. RTS Threshold is a packe...

Wireless Settings - MAC Control Setup After you enable the MAC access limit function, then you can determine theaccess mode. In IEEE 802.11b-compliant devices, the MAC address is a means of controllingnetwork access. MAC addresses can be found in the package of the networkinterface card (NIC). The f...

Block or Allow: You can list specific MAC addresses to block or allow in thiswindow. Blocking a specific MAC address will allow everyone else with thecorrect settings to access the LAN and the Gateway. Allowing a specific MACaddress will allow only that MAC address access to the LAN and Gateway aslo...

Part 4: Setting up client computers for Internet access This section provides information on setting up client computers for Internetaccess. Client computer requirements Client computers can use Microsoft ® Windows ® products, Novell Netware, Linux, or Unix. System requirements Your computer must ha...

9. Add the IP address of the server to the DNS Server Search Order list. 10. Save the changes, and then restart your computer. Your computer canaccess the Internet through the server. Setting up Windows 2000 Professional clients Before setting up a Windows 2000 Professional client, be sure that the ...

7. Save the changes, and then restart your computer. Your computer is able toaccess the Internet through the server. Setting up Windows NT 4.0 Workstation clients Before setting up a Windows NT 4.0 Workstation client, be sure that theTCP/IP protocol is installed with your Ethernet network card. See ...

Part 5: Using tools for advanced configuration This section provides instructions for using the advanced configuration tool inthe Web-based setup utility. Advanced configuration Click Advanced Configuration to display the Advanced Configuration table. DHCP configuration With dynamic host configurati...

v DHCP : The DHCP feature can be enabled or disabled. v DHCP Start Address : This is the starting IP address of the IP address pool in the DHCP server. The default is 192.168.1.11. v DHCP End Address : This is the end address of the address pool in the DHCP server. The default is 192.168.1.254. 2. C...

2. Click Add to add a new entry in the Fixed IP table. v IP Address : The specified IP address for the client device. This IP address must be within the address pool in the DHCP server. v MAC Address : The MAC address of the client device v Remark : The descriptions of the client device that needs t...

2. Click Add to add a new entry in the Excluded IP table. v IP Address : Enter the specified IP address. The IP address must be within the address pool of the DHCP server. v Remark : The descriptions of the excluded IP address 3. Click Apply . A new entry is added to the Excluded IP table. Note: The...

2. Click Add to add a new entry in the BOOTP IP table. v IP Address : The specified address used by the BOOTP protocol. This IP address must be within the address pool in the DHCP server. v MAC Address : The MAC address of the client device used for that IP address v Remark : The descriptions of the...

v DMZ Host : In the blank field, type the IP address of the computer you want to use for DMZ. Note: Turning on DMZ can cause potential security holes on your localnetwork. The computer specified for DMZ is not protected by thebuilt-in firewall. Firmware Upgrade The firmware upgrade function allows t...

2. Click Advanced Configuration , and then click Firmware Upgrade to display the Firmware Upgrade page. 3. Browse for the file you just downloaded. 4. Click the update button. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions. Note: If the firmware upgrade process is interrupted, you will need to usethe FirstAid...

Language select Click Advanced Configuration , and then click Language select to display the Language select page. Select English or Japanese in the Language pull-down menu. Selecting Default will display the language select page the next time you log into the IBM HighRate Wireless Gateway. MAC addr...

Click Advanced Configuration → MAC address clone to display the MAC address clone page. Select one of the following: v Auto acquire from first connected PC. Make sure the PC with the desired MAC address is the only PC connected to the Gateway. Then select auto acquire and click on Apply . v Manual c...

You can enable or disable packet filtering by selecting Enable or Disable from the pull-down menu at the top of the table. Note: It is recommended that you select Enable and click on Apply beforeconfiguring any of the available packet filtering rules. There are three rules to define packet filtering...

2. Click Add . 3. Enter the IP address of the Internet site that the LAN users are prohibitedfrom accessing. 4. Click Apply . The IP rule table has a new entry added to it. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to block more Web sites using the IP rule. Note: The configuration changes made through the Web-based setu...

2. Click Add to add an entry into the Port rule table. v Service Type : TCP or UDP service v Protocol : Select the protocol (or application) such as FTP or HTTP. If a well-known protocol is selected from the list, then the corresponding portnumber is set according to various Internet standards. The ...

1. Click URL Rule to display the URL rule table. 2. Click Allow or Block . This will permit you to either block the specified URL, or allow ONLY the specified URL. 3. Enter the URLs of the Internet sites that you wish to control access for theLAN users. 5-14 IBM ® High Rate Wireless LAN Gateway: Use...

4. Click Apply at the bottom of the screen. Note: The configuration changes made through the Web-based setup utilityare automatically saved into the flash memory within 30 secondsafter clicking Apply . Profile upload/download To save a configuration profile for the IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Gateway...

destination and file name. To restore a profile, use the Browse button to find the name of the configuration file to be restored. Click the Upload button. To download a file from the Gateway, click Download Config Textfile . The following dialog box is displayed: Click the Open button the work with ...

routers on your network and at least one of the routers is connected to morethan one network (or subnet). To route TCP/IP, do the following: 1. Click Advanced Configuration → Static Routing Table to display the static routing table. 2. Click Add to add a new entry into the static routing table. v Ne...

Click Apply to complete the configuration of your Virtual Server. Note: The configuration changes made through the Web-based setup utility areautomatically saved into the flash memory within 30 seconds afterclicking Apply . Change password From the left-hand navigation bar, click Change password to ...

Reset factory defaults From the left-hand navigation bar, click Reset factory defaults to display the Reset to factory default page. Click the Reset factory defaults button. The following page is displayed. Click here to continue. 5-20 IBM ® High Rate Wireless LAN Gateway: User ’s Guide

Restart Wireless Gateway To restart your Gateway, click Restart wireless gateway . The following dialog box is displayed. Click OK to restart the IBM High Rate Wireless Gateway. For information on the System information and the Help functions of the IBMHigh Rate Wireless LAN Gateway, see “Part 6: Sy...

Part 6: System information and help This section provides system information and information on the Help featureof the IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Gateway. System Information To display the system information table, click System Information . Click Refresh to read or refresh the system status. The in...

– DHCP : Displays the status (enabled or disabled) of the DHCP and the range of IP addresses controlled by the DHCP server v Internet-Broadband Status : – MAC Address : The Ethernet MAC address of the Internet-Broadband interface of the Gateway, displayed in six hexadecimal numbers – IP Address : Th...

Part 7: Tips and Troubleshooting Connecting to other routers The IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Gateway can be connected to another routerin the following manner: 1. If the Gateway will connect to an upstream router, one which operates at ahigher level in the network than your Gateway, connect a cable f...

v Connect the router with the DHCP service to a LAN port on theGateway. Note: The Gateway configuration page is still available at the new LANIP address. Be certain the other router can accommodate the fixedIP address of the Gateway. Note: The configuration changes made through the Web-based setuput...