Linksys BEPSR41 - Manual

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 9 Instant Broadband ™ Series 8 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 connected to adevice through the corresponding port (1, 2, 3...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 11 Instant Broadband ™ Series 10 Chapter 3: Getting to Know the 1- Port EtherFast Cable/DSL Router The rear panel of the Router is where all of the Router’s cabling connectionsare made, and where you can reset or conf igure the Router’s LAN port, asshown in Figure 3-1. ...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 15 Instant Broadband ™ Series 14 This USB icon, shown in Figure 4-2, denotes the presence of a USB port or connector. The 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...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 19 Instant Broadband ™ Series 18 1. Before you begin, make sure that all of your hardware is powered off, includ- ing the Router, PCs, hubs, switches, and cable or DSL modem. 2. If you have the 4-Port Router, go to step 2.A. If you have the 1-Port Router, go to step 2.B...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 23 Instant Broadband ™ Series 22 3. Select Search for the best driver for your device (Recommended), shown in Figure 6-2. Click the Next button. 4. Insert the driver disk into the floppy drive, and select Floppy disk drives only, as shown in Figure 6-3. Click the Next b...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers Chapter 7: Configure the PCs The instructions in this chapter will help you conf igure each of your comput-ers to be able to communicate with the Router. To do this, you need to conf igure your PC’s network settings to obtain an IP (orTCP/IP) address automatically (call...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 43 Instant Broadband ™ Series 42 3. The Router conf iguration screen will appear with the Setup tab selected. Based on the setup instructions from your ISP, you may need to provide thefollowing information. Host Name and Domain Name: These f ields allow you to provide a...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers • Device IP Address and Subnet Mask The values for the Router’s IP Address and Subnet Mask are shown here. The default values are192.168.1.1 for the Device IP Address and 255.255.255.0 for the SubnetMask. • WAN Connection Type The Router supports f ive connection types:...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 51 Instant Broadband ™ Series PPPoE Some DSL-basedISPs use PPPoE( P o i n t - t o - P o i n tProtocol overEthernet) to estab-lish Internet con-nections for end-users. If you areconnected to theInternet through aDSL line, checkwith your ISP tosee if they usePPPoE. If the...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 53 Instant Broadband ™ Series 52 RAS R e m o t eA c c e s sService (RAS)(shown inFigure 9-8) isa service thatapplies to con-nections inS i n g a p o r eonly. For usersin Singapore,check withSingtel forinformation onRAS. User Name and Password Enter the User Name and Pas...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 67 Instant Broadband ™ Series 66 • Telnet A terminal emulation protocolcommonly used onInternet andTCP/IP-based net-works. It allows auser at a terminal orcomputer to log ontoa remote device andrun a program. • S M T P ( S i m p l e Mail TransferProtocol) The stan-dard ...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 69 Instant Broadband ™ Series 68 5. Enter the IP address of the server that you want the Internet users to be able to access. To f ind the IP address, go to “Appendix F: Finding the MACAddress and IP Address for Your Ethernet Adapter.” 6. Check the Enable box to enable ...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 75 Instant Broadband ™ Series 74 Appendix A: Troubleshooting This appendix consists of two parts: “Common Problems and Solutions” and“Frequently Asked Questions.” Provided are possible solutions to problemsregarding the installation and operation of the Router. If your ...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 105 Instant Broadband ™ Series URL (Uniform Resource Locator) - The address that def ines the route to a f ileon the Web or any other Internet facility. URLs are typed into the browser toaccess Web pages, and URLs are embedded within the pages themselves to pro-vide the...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 6. Find and double-click TCP/IP in the list to the right (see Figure D-2). 7. After a few seconds, the main Network window will appear. The TCP/IP Protocol should now be listed, as shown in Figure D-3. 8. Click the OK button. Windows may ask for original Windows install...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 3. Write down the Adapter Address as shown on your computer screen (see Figure F-3). This is the MAC address for your Ethernet adapter and will beshown as a series of numbers and letters. The MAC address/Adapter Address is what you will use for MAC AddressCloning or MAC...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 3. From the Setup screenthat appears,shown inFigure G-3,s e l e c tObtain anIP automat-ically fromthe WANC o n n e c t i o nType drop-down menu.Then, clickthe Securitytab. 4. Select Enable for A O L P a r e n t a lControls from theSecurity tab, shownin Figure G-4, andcl...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers 119 Appendix H: 4-Port Router Specifications Model Number BEFSR41 ver. 2 Standards IEEE 802.3 (10BaseT), IEEE 802.3u (100BaseTX) Protocol CSMA/CD Ports LAN: Four 10/100 RJ-45 switched ports (and shareduplink) WAN: One 10Base-T Ethernet RJ-45 port for the cableor DSL mod...

EtherFast ® Cable/DSL Routers Appendix L: Contact Information For help with the installation or operation of your Instant Broadband EtherFastCable/DSL Router, contact Linksys Technical Support at one of the phonenumbers or Internet addresses below. Sales Information 800-546-5797 (1-800-LINKSYS) Tech...