LevelOne FBR-1700TX - Manual

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide NAT Firewall Protection The firewall protection provided by the FBR-1700TX is an intrinsic side effect of NAT (Network Address Translation). All users on the LAN share a single external IP address. From the external viewpoint, there is no network, only a single d...

Introduction Physical Details Figure 2: LevelOne FBR-1700TX 7 Port Broadband Router For ADSL/Cable Modem LEDs Power ON - power on OFF - no power Status (Red) Blinks during start up. ON indicates an error condition. WAN: Link ON - WAN connection is established. OFF - no WAN connection. WAN: Act Flash...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide LAN: Half/Full Duplex ON indicates the LAN connection is using Full Duplex. OFF indicates the LAN connection (if any) is using Half Duplex. Print Error ON - Printer error detected. OFF - No printer error detected. Print Act • OFF - no connection to printer. • ON ...

Introduction Reset Button When pressed and released, the FBR-1700TX will reboot (restart). This button can also be used to clear ALL data and restore ALL settings to the factory default values. To restore the factory default values: • Power Off • Hold the Reset Button down while you Power On. • Cont...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide DIP Switches DIP Switch Setting Description 1=off 2=off Normal Operation 1=off 2=on DHCP Server function disabled. 1=on 2=off Used to restore Default IP Address and clear Password (See below) 1=on 2=on Normal Operation. Restore Default IP Address and Clear Passwo...

10 2 Chapter 2 Installation This Chapter covers the physical installation of the FBR-1700TX. Requirements • Ethernet LAN (10/100BaseT) and the TCP/IP protocol. • For Internet Access, a DSL or Cable modem, and an Internet Access account with an ISP.

Installation Procedure Figure 4 Installation Diagram 1. Choose an Installation Site Select a suitable place on the network to install the FBR-1700TX Ensure the FBR-1700TX and the Cable/DSL modem are powered OFF. 2. Connect LAN Cables Use standard LAN cables to connect PCs to the Hub ports on the Lev...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide 4. Connect Printer Cable Use a standard parallel printer cable to connect your printer to the Printer port on the FBR-1700TX. 5. Power Up Connect the supplied power adapter and power up. Use only the power adapter provided. Using a different one may cause hardwar...

13 Chapter 3 Configuration This Chapter provides details of the configuration process. Overview This chapter describes the procedure for: • LAN setup • WAN port configuration for Internet Access PCs on your local LAN may also require configuration. For details, see Chapter 4 - PC Configuration . Oth...

Configuration Configuration Program The FBR-1700TX contains a HTTP server. This enables you to connect to it, and configure it, using your Web Browser. Most Browsers should work, provided they support HTML tables and forms. Preparation Before attempting to configure the FBR-1700TX, please ensure tha...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide Figure 5: Password Dialog • Leave the "User Name" blank. • Enter the password for this device, if one has been set. 5. You should then see the Home screen. See the following section for the available options and configuration screens. If you can't connect...

Configuration Navigation & Data Input • Use the menu bar on the left of the screen, and the "Back" button on your Browser, for navigation. • Changing to another screen without clicking "Save" does NOT save any changes you may have made. You must "Save" before changing scr...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide LAN Port Screen The LAN Port screen, select Device-LAN Port . You will see the example below Figure 7: LAN Port Screen LAN Port Configuration. For most users, the default values for these fields should be satisfactory, and no changes will be required. If your LAN...

Configuration Data - LAN Port Screen Internal LAN Device IP Address IP address for the FBR-1700TX. Use the default value of 192.168.0.1 unless the address is already in use or your LAN is using a different IP address range. In the latter case, enter an unused IP Address from within the range used by...

Configuration WAN Configuration To configure the WAN port: • Select Device from the menu. • Select the appropriate connection type ( Direct Connection or PPPoE ) on the screen below, then click the Configure button. Figure 8: Device Screen Tip: If your connection documentation does not refer to PPPo...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide WAN - Direct Connection Figure 9: WAN - Direct Connection If you selected Direct Connection , a screen like the example above will be shown. WAN Port Screen (Direct Connection) Data Device Name This is also called the "Host Name". Normally, there is no ne...

Configuration Hardware (MAC) Address If your ISP asks for the Network Adapter Address , Physical Address , Hardware Address , or MAC Address for the PC the DSL/Cable modem is con- nected to, provide this value. DHCP Client (Dynamic IP Address) Leave this enabled if you want your ISP to allocate an I...

Configuration Idle Time-out If an connection is inactive for longer than this time period, it will be terminated. If zero (0), then the connection will never be terminated. Connect on Demand Normally, this should be Enabled. If disabled, you must use the Connect button on the Status screen to establ...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide WAN Status Clicking Status on the menu bar will take you to the WAN Status screen. The screen shown will depend on whether you are using a Direct Connection or PPPoE . WAN Status - Direct Connection Figure 11: WAN Status - Direct Connection Data WAN Status Physic...

Configuration Default Gateway IP address of the Router/Gateway on the WAN port. DHCP Client Displays "Enabled" or "Disabled", indicating whether this device is acting as a DHCP client on the external LAN or WAN. Buttons Release DHCP Use this button if the connection seems to have bee...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide Data Status Physical Address The "Hardware" address of this device, as seen by other devices on the WAN. IP Address The IP Address of this device, as seen by devices on the WAN. (This device has 2 IP Addresses; one for the local LAN, and another for the W...

Configuration Connection Log Messages Message Description Connect on Demand Connection attempt has been triggered by the "Con-nect on Demand" setting. Manual connec-tion Connection attempt started by the "Connect" button. Reset physical connection Preparing line for connection attemp...

Configuration Device/LAN Status On the WAN Status screen, there is a link to the Device/LAN Status screen. Clicking this link will result in a screen like the example below. Figure 13: Status Screen Data - LAN/Device Status Device Firmware Version Version of the firmware (embedded software, includin...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide LAN Port Physical Address The "Hardware" address of this device, as seen by other devices on the Internal LAN. IP Address The IP Address of this device, as seen by other devices on the Internal LAN. Network Mask The Network Mask (Subnet Mask) for the IP A...

33 4 Chapter 4 PC Configuration This Chapter details the PC Configuration required on the local ("Internal") LAN. Overview For each PC, the following may to be configured: • TCP/IP network settings • Internet Access configuration • Network printer TCP/IP Settings If using the default FBR-170...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide Figure 14: Network Configuration 2. Select the TCP/IP protocol for your network card. 3. Click on the Properties button. You should then see a screen like the following. Figure 15: IP Address (Win 95) 34

PC Configuration Ensure your TCP/IP settings are correct, as follows: Using DHCP To use DHCP, select the radio button Obtain an IP Address automatically . This is the default Windows settings. Restart your PC to ensure it obtains an IP Address from the FBR-1700TX. Using "Specify an IP Address...

PC Configuration Internet Access Configuration If you are using the FBR-1700TX for Internet access: • Ensure that the DSL modem, Cable modem, or other permanent connec-tion is functional. • Use the following procedure to configure your Browser to access the Internet via the LAN, rather than by a Dia...

PC Configuration Printing Setup The FBR-1700TX provides printing support for 2 methods of printing from Windows: • Print Port Driver. After installing the Print Port Driver, Windows users can print directly to the FBR-1700TX. Print jobs are spooled (queued) on each PC. The supplied Print Port Driver...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide Figure 18: Print Port Setup 6. Select the desired device and port, and then click the "Add" button. 7. A pop-up message will inform you if the port has been created success- fully, and then the Windows Add Printer wizard will start. • Select the correct P...

PC Configuration Management • Print jobs can be managed like any Windows printer. Open the Printers folder ( Start - Settings - Printers ) and double-click any printer to see the current print jobs. • If the printer attached to the FBR-1700TX is changed, just run this program again, and select the c...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide Figure 19: Print Port Configuration Items shown on this screen are as follows: Port If desired, click Browse to select a different device. (The Select Device Port button is provided to allow this soft- ware to work with multi-port models.) The Port Name is shown ...

PC Configuration LPD/LPR Printing LPD/LPR printing can be used with Windows NT 4.0 Server or Windows 2000. No software needs to be installed. Windows NT 4.0 Server Configuration To use LPD printing, Microsoft TCP/IP Printing must be installed and enabled. This can be checked using Start-Settings-Con...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide Windows 2000 Server Configuration The LPD/LPR Port is not enabled by default. To enable it, use this procedure: 1. In Control Panel, select Add/Remove Programs, then Windows Compo- nents. 2. Select Other Network File and Print Services , then click the Details bu...

PC Configuration Figure 21: Windows 2000: Select Port 4. In the Dialog requesting Name or Address of server providing lpd , enter the IP address of the FBR-1700TX. 5. For Name of printer or print queue on that server , enter L1. 6. Click OK, and then Next , and continue the Wizard. 7. At the Select ...

PC Configuration Macintosh Configuration The FBR-1700TX currently does not support printing from the Macintosh, but you can access the Internet via the FBR-1700TX. The procedure is as follows. 1. Open the TCP/IP Control Panel. 2. Select Ethernet from the Connect via pop-up menu. 3. Select Using DHCP...

48 5 Chapter 5 DHCP This Chapter covers the use of DHCP, using either an exist-ing DHCP Server or the FBR-1700TX's DHCP Server function. Overview If your LAN does not use DHCP, and you do not wish to use DHCP, you can ignore this chapter. What DHCP Does A DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) s...

DHCP Using the FBR-1700TX's DHCP Server This is the default setting. The DHCP Server settings are on the LAN screen. On this screen, you can: • Enable or Disable the FBR-1700TX's DHCP Server function. • Set the range of IP Addresses allocated to PCs by the DHCP Server function. You can assign Fixed ...

50 6 Chapter 6 Routing This Chapter explains the Routing features of the FBR-1700TX. Overview While the FBR-1700TX includes a standard (static) routing table, this feature can be completely ignored if you do not have a router in your LAN. If you DO have a router, it is necessary to configure BOTH th...

Routing Figure 22: Routing Screen Using this Screen Any existing entries are listed. To view and edit the details of an existing entry, select it, and click "Get Data". After making any changes, click the "Update" button to save your changes. To add a new entry, click "Clear Form...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide Destination IP Address The network address of the remote LAN segment. For standard class "C" LANs, the network address is the first 3 fields of this Destination IP Address . The 4 th (last) field can be left at 0. Network Mask The Network Mask used on the...

Routing Router Configuration It is essential that all IP packets for devices not on the local LAN be passed to the FBR-1700TX, so that they can be forwarded to the external LAN, WAN, or Internet. To achieve this, the local LAN must be configured to use the FBR-1700TX as the Default Route or Default ...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide Routing Example Router B (192.168.1.90) (192.168.2.70) Router A Segment 0 Segment 2 Segment 1 BroadbandRouter (192.168.0.xx) (192.168.1.xx) (192.168.0.100) (192.168.0.1) (192.168.2.xx) (192.168.1.80) Figure 23: Routing Example For the LAN shown above, with 2 rout...

Routing For Router A's Default Route Destination IP Address 0.0.0.0 Network Mask 0.0.0.0 Gateway IP Address 192.168.0.1 (FBR-1700TX's IP Address) For Router B's Default Route Destination IP Address 0.0.0.0 Network Mask 0.0.0.0 Gateway IP Address 192.168.1.80 FBR-1700TX's local router) 55

56 7 Chapter 7 Device Options This Chapter details the options available on the FBR-1700TX's "Device Options" screen. Overview An example Device Options screen is shown below. Figure 24: Options Screen

Options Password Once a password is entered, it is required in order to change the device configuration. Passwords are case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters (no spaces or punctuation). To create or change the password, enter the required password in both the New Password and Veri...

58 8 Chapter 8 Advanced Internet This Chapter explains how to use the FBR-1700TX's "Ad-vanced Internet" features. Overview For situations where the FBR-1700TX is being used to provide shared Inter-net access, the following advanced features are provided. • Special Internet Applications • Vir...

Advanced Internet Figure 25: Advanced Internet Screen Special Internet Applications This feature is only required if you wish to use Internet applications which require 2-way communication, multiple connections, or combined TCP/UDP connections. Examples of such applications are Internet Videoconfere...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide Special Applications Screen This screen can be reached by selecting Special Internet Applications . Figure 26: Special Applications Screen Using a Special Application • Ensure that Special Applications has been enabled on the Advanced Internet screen. • Configure...

Advanced Internet • To Enable a defined Application - Select it from the drop-down list - Click "Get Data" - Check the Enable checkbox - Click "Update" • To Disable a defined Application - As above, but uncheck the Enable checkbox. • To Delete a defined Application - Select it from t...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide Port Range: Start The beginning of the range of port numbers used by the application server, for data you send to it. If the application uses a single port number, enter it in both the "Start" and "Finish" fields. Port Range: Finish The end of the...

Advanced Internet Virtual Servers This feature allows you to make Servers on your LAN accessible to Internet users. Normally, Internet users would not be able to access a server on your LAN because: • Your Server does not have a valid external IP Address. • Attempts to connect to devices on your LAN...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide IP Address seen by Internet Users Note that, in this illustration, both Internet users are connecting to the same IP Address, but using different protocols. To Internet users, all virtual Servers on your LAN have the same IP Address. This IP Address is allocated ...

Advanced Internet Virtual Server Configuration The Virtual Servers screen is reached by the Advanced Internet - Virtual Servers link. An example screen is shown below. Figure 28: Virtual Server Screen. Simply select the Server type or types you wish to use, enter the IP Address of the server on your...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide User Defined Virtual Servers If the type of Server you wish to use is not listed on the Virtual Servers screen, you can define it. Select Advanced Internet - User Defined Virtual Servers to see the following screen. Figure 29: User Defined Virtual Servers This da...

Advanced Internet • To Delete a defined Server - Select it from the drop-down list, - Click "Delete" • To List all Servers - Click "List All" Configuration Data Name Enter a descriptive name to identify this Server entry. Enable Use this to Enable or Disable support for this Server, ...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide Connecting to the Virtual Servers Once configured, anyone on the Internet can connect to your Virtual Servers. They must use the IP Address allocated to this device by your ISP, as shown on the WAN Status screen. e.g. http://203.70.212.52 ftp://203.70.212.52 It i...

Advanced Internet Exposed Computer This feature, if enabled, allows one (1) computer on your LAN to be exposed to all users on the Internet, allowing unrestricted 2-way communication between the "Exposed Computer" PC and other Internet users or Servers. This allows connection to special-purp...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide Configuring the Exposed Computer Select Advanced Internet from the navigation bar, then Exposed Computer . You will see a screen like the following: Figure 30: Exposed Computer Screen 70

Advanced Internet Data LAN IP Address LAN IP Address Enter the IP Address of the PC on your LAN which will become the "Exposed Computer" PC. If using DHCP, the LAN IP Address of a PC may change. To solve this problem, you can use either of these methods: • Assign a fixed IP Address to the Ex...

72 9 Chapter 9 Access Control This Chapter explains how to configure and use the FBR-1700TX's "Access Control" feature. Overview The Access Control feature allows administrators to restrict Internet Access by individual PCs. The process uses "Packet Filtering" to block or discard dat...

Access Control Security Groups The Security Groups screen is reached from the Access Control link on the navigation bar. An example screen is shown below. Figure 31: Security Groups Screen Note that the Security groups are pre-named "Everyone", "Group 1", "Group 2", "Grou...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide information, then change any fields you wish. Click Save when finished. • To Assign PCs to a Security Group All PCs are initially in the "Everyone" group. Use the PCs screen to move individual PCs to other groups as required. Data The following data is re...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide Workstations The Workstations screen is reached from the Access Control link on the navigation bar. An example screen is shown below. Figure 32: PCs Screen Note that the drop-down box lists all Workstations previously entered. If none have been entered, this box ...

Access Control • To Change an Existing Workstation's Details : Select the PC from the drop-down box, click Get Data to view their in- formation, then change any fields you wish. Click Update when finished. • To Generate a List of all Workstations: Just click on the List All button. Data Workstation ...

LevelOne Broadband Router User Guide Administrator Defined Filters The Administrator Defined Filters screen is reached from the Access Control link on the navigation bar. An example screen is shown below. Figure 33: Administrator Defined Filters Screen This screen allows you to define packet filters...

Access Control Data TCP Packets Define the packets you wish to be filtered out, by entering the following data. TCP Packets Name Enter a descriptive name for this entry. Port No. Enter an integer representing the Port Number for this type of packet. This information can normally be provided by the s...

80 A Appendix A Troubleshooting This Appendix covers the most likely problems and their so-lutions. Overview This chapter covers some common problems that may be encountered while using the FBR-1700TX and some possible solutions to them. If you follow the suggested steps and the FBR-1700TX still doe...

Appendix A - Troubleshooting Internet Access Problem 1: When I enter a URL or IP address I get a time out error. Solution 1: A number of things could be causing this. Try the follow-ing troubleshooting steps. • Check if other PCs work. If they do, ensure that your PCs IP settings are correct (IP add...

82 B Appendix B Specifications FBR-1700TX 7 Port Broadband Router For ADSL/Cable Modem Model No.: FBR-1700TX Dimensions 250mm(W) * 180mm(D) * 40mm(H) Operating Temperature 0 ° C to 40 ° C Storage Temperature -10 ° C to 70 ° C Network Protocol: TCP/IP Network Interface: 9 Ethernet: 7 * 10/100BaseT (R...

Appendix B - Specifications FCC Statement: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference. (2) This device must accept any interference received, including inter- ference that may cause unde...