Page 3 - Troubleshooting 58; Table of Contents; Introduction
Instant Broadband ™ Series EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers Configuring Your Network with the Cable/DSL Router 33 Conf iguring PCs to Connect to the Cable/DSL Router 33 Conf iguring the Cable/DSL Router 35 The Cable/DSL Router’s Web-based Utility 38 Quick and Easy Router Administration 38 Setup 39Passw...
Page 4 - • One; I n t r o d u c t i o n; The Linksys EtherFast
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers Package Contents for the 4-Port Router (BEFSR41) • One • One EtherFast Cable/DSL Router with 10/100 4-Port Switch• One Power Adapter • One User Guide• One Tech Helper CD-ROM • One Quick Installation and Registration Card (not shown) System Requirements • One RJ-45 broad...
Page 5 - System Requirements
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 4 Instant Broadband ™ Series 3 Package Contents for the 1-Port Router (BEFSR11) Package Contents for the 1-Port Router (BEFSR11) • One EtherFast 10/100 1-Port Cable/DSL Router • One Power Adapter• One User Guide• One Tech Helper CD-ROM • One Quick Installation and Regis...
Page 6 - -Port Router’s Front Panel LEDs; G e t t i n g t o K n o w t h e 4 - P o rt; The 4-Port Router’s Rear Panel
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 6 Instant Broadband ™ Series 5 4-Port Router’s Front Panel LEDs The LAN Indicators Power Green. The Power LED lights up when the Router is poweredon. Link/Act Green. The Link/Act LED serves two purposes. If the LEDis continuously lit, the Router is successfully connecte...
Page 7 - G e t t i n g t o K n o w t h e 1 - P o rt; The One-Port Router’s Rear Panel
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 8 Instant Broadband ™ Series 7 G e t t i n g t o K n o w t h e 1 - P o rt E t h e r F a s t C a b l e / D S L R o u t e r The One-Port Router’s Rear Panel The rear panel of the Router is where all of the Router’s cabling connectionsare made, and where you can reset or c...
Page 8 - The WAN Indicators; The Reset Button; The 1-Port Router’s Front Panel LEDs
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers is continuously lit, the Router is successfully connected to adevice through the LAN port. If the LED is flickering, theRouter is actively sending or receiving data through the LANport. Full/Col Green. The Full/Col LED also serves two purposes. If thisLED remains lit, a...
Page 9 - Getting to Know the 3-Port; The 3-Port Router’s Rear Panel Ports; USB Compatibility with Your PC
This USB icon denotes the presence of a USB port or connector. Your 3-Port Router comes with a USB cable that has two different types of con-nectors. Type A, the master connector, is shaped like a rectangle and plugs intoyour PC’s USB port. Type B, the slave connector, resembles a square and con-nec...
Page 10 - Buttons
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers USB The USB LED lights up when the USB port is successfully connected to a PC, USB hub, or other USB device. The WAN Indicators Link Green. The Link LED lights up when a successful connec-tion is made between the Router and your broadband deviceor network. Act Green. Th...
Page 11 - IP Addressing: A Quick Lesson; C o n n e c t i n g t h e C a b l e / D S L; Overview; LANs and WANs
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 16 Instant Broadband ™ Series 15 Your Router’s f irewall (NAT) protects your network of PCs with security sousers on the public, Internet side cannot “see” your PCs. This is how yourinternal LAN, or network, remains private. Remember that your Router’s ports connect to ...
Page 12 - Connecting Your Hardware Together and Booting Up; Dynamic IP Addresses
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers Connecting Your Hardware Together and Booting Up 1. Before you begin, make sure that all of your hardware is powered off, including your Router, PCs, hubs, switches, and the cable or DSL modem. 2. A. If you have the 4-Port Cable/DSL Router, connect one end of a network ...
Page 13 - Connect the network cable from your cable or DSL modem to the WAN; • The Diag LED will light up red for a few seconds when the Router goes; The Router’s hardware installation is now complete.; Continue to the next section to configure; Technical Checkpoint:; Uplinking: Connecting More Devices to Your Router
3. Connect the network cable from your cable or DSL modem to the WAN port on your Router’s rear panel. This is the only port that will work for yourmodem connection. 4. Connect the power adapter to the Power port on the rear panel of the Router, and then plug the power adapter into a power outlet. •...
Page 14 - Installing the Windows 98 Driver; Click the Next button.
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 3. Select “Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended).” Click the Next button. 4. Select “Floppy disk drives” and click the Next button to start the search for your driver. 22 Instant Broadband ™ Series Installing the BEFSRU31’s U S B P o rt Drivers Use th...
Page 15 - Your USB installation is now complete.; Configuring Your Network with the; section to configure your; the best driver for this device. Click the Next button to continue.
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 7. Windows will notify you that it has completed copying the driver f iles to your PC. Click the Finish button. 8. Windows will ask you if you want to restart your PC. Click the Yes button so your new installation will take effect. If it does not ask you, click the Star...
Page 16 - disk drives” and click the Next button.; click the Next button.
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 26 Instant Broadband ™ Series 25 3. When Windows asks you where to search for driver f iles, select “Floppy disk drives” and click the Next button. 4. Windows will show a message saying that it has found the driver f iles. Click the Next button. Installing the Windows 2...
Page 18 - Installing the Windows Millennium Driver; driver f iles on your PC. Click the Finish button.
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 30 Instant Broadband ™ Series 29 Installing the Windows Millennium Driver 1. With the router connected to your PC’s USB port, start up your PC in Windows Millennium, and insert your driver disk. 2. Windows will notify you that new hardware has been detected (shown above...
Page 19 - Installing the Windows XP Driver; Continue on to the next page to configure
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 32 Instant Broadband ™ Series 31 Installing the Windows XP Driver 1. With the router connected to your PC’s USB port, start up your PC in Windows XP, and insert your driver disk. 2. Windows will notify you that new hardware has been detected (shown above). Select “Insta...
Page 20 - Obtain an IP address automatically. Click the OK button.; When all of your PCs are configured,; Continue to the next section; C o n f i g u r i n g Yo u r N e t w o r k w i t h; Configuring PCs to Connect to the Cable/DSL Router
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 34 Instant Broadband ™ Series 33 4. Click the Properties button, and then choose the IP Address tab. Select Obtain an IP address automatically. Click the OK button. You have now completed the PC’s client settings, so it can connect to the Router. 5. Click the OK button....
Page 21 - Configuring the Cable/DSL Router
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 36 Instant Broadband ™ Series 35 3. The Cable/DSL Router’s Setup page will appear. 4. Configure the following values: Host Name & Domain Name These f ields allow you to give the Router aHost and Domain name. Some ISPs require these names as identif ication.You may h...
Page 22 - Click the Apply button and then click the Continue button.; Your Cable/DSL Router is now configured on your network.; b a s e d U t i l i ty; Quick & Easy Router Administration
Instant Broadband ™ Series WAN IP Address These values refer to the external network (the Internet)you connect to every time you access your Internet connection. Most broadband ISPs assign their clients to a different IP address each timethey log on. If this is the case with your ISP, select Obtain ...
Page 23 - • WAN IP Address This is the IP address that your Router has, when seen; Setup
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 40 Instant Broadband ™ Series 39 • WAN IP Address This is the IP address that your Router has, when seen from the external WAN, or the Internet. • Subnet Mask This is the Router’s Subnet Mask, as seen by external users on the Internet (including your ISP). If you select...
Page 24 - Status
Password It is strongly recommended that you set a password for the Router. When youf irst power up the Router, there is no default Password setting assigned. If you leave the password f ield blank, all users on your network will be able toaccess the Router simply by entering the unit’s IP address i...
Page 25 - • DHCP Clients Table Click the DHCP Clients Table button to show the; • WAN These f ields display the WAN IP Address, WAN Subnet Mask and
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 44 not be greater than 253. In order to determine the DHCP IP Address range,add the starting IP address (e.g. 100) to the number of DHCP users. Bydefault as shown, add 100 to 50, and the range is 192.168.1.100 to192.168.1.150. • DHCP Clients Table Click the DHCP Clients...
Page 26 - Security
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 46 Instant Broadband ™ Series 45 The Security tab enables conf iguration of your router to provide enhanced net-work security using ZoneAlarm Pro and PC-cillin (sold separately). The Routerprovides a built-in Internet NAT f irewall. ZoneAlarm Pro enhances theRouter’s se...
Page 27 - Browse button to f ind the f irmware upgrade f ile that you down-; Dynamic Routing
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers To upgrade the Router’s f irmware: 1. Select the Help tab (shown on the previous page). 2. Click on Upgrade Firmware to display a new window (shown below): 3. Enter your Router’s administration password into the Password Confirm f ield. 4. Click the Browse button to f i...
Page 28 - Enable button next to “IPSec Pass Through,” and then the Apply button.
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers Instant Broadband ™ Series 50 in the command prompt. To set the MAC f ilter, click the Edit MAC FilterSetting button. When a second window appears, select the range in the drop-down box, and at the MAC number prompt, enter the 12-digit MAC addressyou want to f ilter. Cl...
Page 29 - of ports. Click the Apply button when you’re done.; Using Remote Upgrade
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers To add a server using Forwarding: 1. Enter the port number or range of ports used by the server. On the same line, select the protocol UDP, TCP, or Both, and enter the LAN IP addressof the server that you want the Internet user(s) to access. 2. Conf igure as many entrie...
Page 30 - Static Routing; Apply button to save your changes.
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 54 Instant Broadband ™ Series 53 If your Cable/DSL Router is connected to more than one network, you mayhave to set up a static route between the two networks. A static route is a pre-determined pathway that network data packets must travel to reach a specif ichost or n...
Page 31 - DMZ Hosting
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 56 Instant Broadband ™ Series 55 DMZ Hosting The DMZ Hosting feature allows one local user to be exposed to the Internetfor use of a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming and video-confer-encing. Whereas IP Forwarding can only forward a maximum of 10 ranges of...
Page 32 - T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g; Common Problems and Solutions; MAC Address Clone
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 58 Instant Broadband ™ Series 57 T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g Common Problems and Solutions This section provides possible solutions to problems regarding the installationand operation of the Cable/DSL Router. If your situation is described here,the problem should be s...
Page 33 - Frequently Asked Questions
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 60 Instant Broadband ™ Series 59 Frequently Asked Questions How do I remove my DUN prompt for PPPoE? For Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x or above, perform the following steps: 1. Right-click on the Internet Explorer icon on the desktop, and click Properties. 2. Click th...
Page 35 - G l o s s a ry; 0BaseT - An Ethernet standard that uses twisted wire pairs.; on the last page of this manual.
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers G l o s s a ry 10BaseT - An Ethernet standard that uses twisted wire pairs. 100BaseTX - IEEE physical layer specif ication for 100 Mbps over two pairs ofCategory 5 UTP or STP wire. 1000BASE-T - Provides half-duplex (CSMA/CD) and full-duplex 1000 MbpsEthernet service ove...
Page 39 - Network Mask - also known as the “Subnet Mask.”
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers Partitioning - To divide a resource or application into smaller pieces. PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) - A peripheral bus commonly usedin PCs, Macintoshes and workstations. It was designed primarily by Intel andf irst appeared on PCs in late 1993. PCI provides ...
Page 41 - Workgroup - Two or more individuals that share f iles and databases.; TX Rate – Transmission Rate.
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers VLAN (Virtual LAN) - A logical association that allows users to communi-cate as if they were physically connected to a single LAN, independent of theactual physical conf iguration of the network. Virtual Server - Multiple servers that appear as one server, or one system...
Page 42 - Power on the computer and the cable or DSL modem, and restore the; At the DOS command prompt, type “ping mail” (assuming that the; Write down the IP address returned by the ping command. (In the; A p p e n d i x; How to Ping Your ISP’s E-mail & Web Addresses
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 78 Instant Broadband ™ Series 77 Step One: Pinging an IP Address The f irst step to determining your ISP’s web and e-mail server address is toping its IP address. 1. Power on the computer and the cable or DSL modem, and restore the network conf iguration set by your ISP...
Page 43 - Installing the TCP/IP Protocol; Write down the web address returned by the ping command (In the
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers Instant Broadband ™ Series 79 Installing the TCP/IP Protocol Follow these instructions to install the TCP/IP protocol on one of your PCsonly after a network card has been successfully installed inside the PC. Theseinstructions are for Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows...
Page 44 - Windows will ask you to restart the PC. Click the Yes button.
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers Instant Broadband ™ Series 81 Twisted-Pair Cabling There are different grades, or “categories,” of twisted-pair cabling. Category 5is the most reliable and most highly recommended. Category 3 is a good sec-ond choice. Straight-through cables are used for connecting comp...
Page 45 - -Port Router Specifications
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers Instant Broadband ™ Series 83 4-Port Router Specifications Model Number BEFSR41 v2 Standards IEEE 802.3 (10BaseT), IEEE 802.3u (100BaseTX) Protocol CSMA/CD Ports LAN: Four 10/100 RJ-45 switched ports WAN: One 10Base-T Ethernet RJ-45 port for the cable orDSL modem Speed ...
Page 46 - -Port Router Specifications
EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 86 Instant Broadband ™ Series 85 3-Port Router Specifications Model Number BEFSRU31 Standards IEEE 802.3 (10BaseT), IEEE 802.3u(100BaseTX) Protocol CSMA/CD Ports LAN: Three 10/100 RJ-45 Switched ports WAN: One 10Base-T Ethernet RJ-45 port for the cable orDSL modem Speed...
Page 47 - Customer Support
Instant Broadband ™ Series 87 © Copyright 2002 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. www.linksys.com Customer Support For help with the installation or operation of your Instant BroadbandEtherFast Cable/DSL Router, contact Linksys Customer Support at one of thephone numbers or Internet addresses below. Sale...
