Moxa SD1000 - Manual

1-4 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual Front Panel View Power Network Status LAN Modem Status COM 4 Note: For detail description, check with Appendix C LED description.

Overview 1-5 Rear Panel View Power Switch Power Connector Serial Connector LAN Interface RJ45

Before Installing Internet Sharer 2-1 2 2 Before Installing Internet Sharer This chapter tells you what equipment you need to prepare before you startInstalling Internet Sharer and continue to access to Internet. Follow the list toprepare all the equipment and list the information carefully. q What ...

Before Installing Internet Sharer 2-3 Ordering a phone line You may use your existing phone line for regular modem connection toyour ISP to save your budget. Or, you may apply for another phoneline solely used for Internet Access. For faster access, you mayconsider applying ISDN line if that is avai...

2-4 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual 4 Note : Chapter 6 tells you more about how to add network to your PC. Don’t miss it if you are not familiar with networking. ISP Worksheet Write down the information that you obtain from your Internet ServiceProvider on the next page. This worksheet contains t...

ConnectingThe Internet Sharer and Equipment 3-1 3 3 Connecting the Internet Sharer and Equipment After preparing all the equipment and account listed at Chapter 2, yourteam are just few steps away to use the Internet Sharer freely and enjoythe fun. Now you need to put all things together. Follow the...

ConnectingThe Internet Sharer and Equipment 3-5 Connecting your PC Use the Ethernet RJ-45 to RJ-45 cable you have prepared from theprevious Chapter to connect the network interface on the back of yourcomputer to the back sockets of Internet Sharer. 4 Note : If you have an existing TCP/IP network now...

ConnectingThe Internet Sharer and Equipment 4-1 4 4 Installing Software and Configuring Internet Sharer This chapter shows you how to configure Moxa Internet Sharer.However, you need to go through the previous chapters and geteverything connected so the software will work. The disk included in the M...

4-2 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual To enable the Internet Sharer to run with your PCs and your account,you need to install the software to at least one of your PC forConfiguration. You may also install the software to the rest of your PCsfor easy management and install the monitor utilities into...

ConnectingThe Internet Sharer and Equipment 4-9 Starting Internet Sharer Manager Setup Wizard is designed mainly for first time Internet Sharer users. Ifyou change your ISP or account anyhow, you may change the settingsof Internet Sharer at any time by use of Internet Share Manager. It alsoprovides ...

ConnectingThe Internet Sharer and Equipment 4-11 Basic Configuration Click on the ‘ Configure’ under the main menu of Internet SharerManager. It enters the Windows for basic configuration. You can viewyour current ISP information here and make any change if you want.

4-12 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual Link Connection Type There are three connection types supported by the Internet Sharer.They are dial-up link, leased line and direct link. For regular InternetAccess, choose dial-up link. Dial-Up link You need a phone number to dial to. From the previous dialo...

ConnectingThe Internet Sharer and Equipment 4-13 Uninstalling Internet Sharer Software Go to Start | Program | Moxa Internet Sharer from your desktop. SelectUninstall Internet Sharer. Select ‘ Automatic’ uninstall from the popped up dialog box and theMoxa Internet Sharer software will be removed fro...

4-14 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual Upgrading Internet Sharer Firmware This function allows upgrade the internal software of Internet Sharerfor new features and functional improvements. You may check with‘ http://www.moxa.com” to see if any new firmware been released anddownload the file to your...

Advanced Configuration 5-1 5 5 Advanced Configuration From the previous chapter, you have learned the steps to start InternetSharer Manager for changing basic configuration. From the InternetSharer Manager configuration dialog box, you can see the button for‘ Advance..’ providing for advanced config...

5-2 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual LAN IP address Moxa Internet Sharer is pre-configured for installation on a networkthat is not set up for TCP/IP. It uses a range of private IP addresses in arange from 192.168.10.2 to 192.168.10.254. The Internet Shareraddress is pre-configured as 192.168.10.1...

Advanced Configuration 5-3 Admin Password To protect the information set to the Internet Sharer, an administratorpassword is provided. After setup the password, you will be asked toinput your password each time you request to make any changes to theInternet Sharer. 4 Note : As an administrator of yo...

5-4 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual DHCP Internet Sharer automatically enables Dynamic Host Control Protocol(DHCP) to provide automatic IP address assignment to your local computers.It makes it easier to setup and manage the computers on your network. ThisDHCP setup is used to change your DHCP se...

5-6 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual Internet IP address This is used to setup the dial-up Internet Access IP address assigned bythe ISP. Most of the ISP provides dynamic IP address assignment toyour dial-up connection. However, if a static IP is supported, click thecircle of Static and enter the ...

Advanced Configuration 5-7 Email Account Internet Sharer supports multiple virtual email boxes by sharing one emailaccount for up to 64 virtual email accounts. To set this email sharingfunction, you have to input your local email shared name. If your users have their own individual email addresses, ...

5-8 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual Login Script Some ISP requires special login script to start PPP connection and loginto the Internet Service. Internet Sharer provides a simple script editorfor you to add your script to response to the remote host. It allowsMaximum 9 sets of scripts. 4 Note : ...

5-10 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual DNS This DNS IP address is to be stored at Internet Sharer for requestDomain Name service while connect to your ISP. You should havealready setup a DNS while using Setup Wizard. If your ISP informsyou the change of their DNS, you may enter the correct IP addre...

Advanced Configuration 5-11 Modem Setting Most of the up-to-date modems on the market supports standardmodem initialization commands. However, some modems might haveproblem while you use the standard commands to control it for dialingout. To solve this problem, Internet Sharer allows you to set the ...

Configuring Your Windows 95 or Windows NT 6-1 6 6 Configuring Your Windows 95 or Windows NT If you are a new user for networking, recently purchase the networkcards and install the cards following their instruction. You have tocheck if you install the TCP/IP before you continue the softwareinstallat...

6-2 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual Setting up a Windows 95 Network Installing Network Card on Windows 95 If you don’ t have an existing LAN, follow the following steps to installand configure your PC before installing Internet Sharer. 1. Click start from the Taskbar. Move your mouse cursor to Se...

6-4 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual You may be asked to reboot your system to complete your Hardwareinstallation. Installing TCP/IP on Windows 95 Now that you have finished installing your LAN card and the driver,you still need TCP/IP to communicate Internet and Internet Sharer.Most LAN card driv...

Configuring Your Windows 95 or Windows NT 6-7 5. Now you have TCP/IP protocol. Click OK then you will be asked torestart the system. Congratulations! Now you have the LAN card and TCP/IP installedon your system. You may leave the rest of the configuration jobs toInternet Sharer because the default s...

6-10 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual Setting Up a Windows NT Network Installing Network Card on Windows NT Log on as a member of the Administrators group for the local computerto install and configure TCP/ IP. Follow these steps to install networkcard on a Windows NT computer: 1. Right click the ...

Configuring Your Windows 95 or Windows NT 6-11 Configuring Windows NT TCP/IP as DHCP client Using DHCP It is recommended that you use the Internet Sharer DHCP service forassigning your PC to work unless you have an existing LAN and somespecific IP addresses are needed. The DHCP server eases you thet...

6-12 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual Manually Configuring your TCP/IP If you already have an existing LAN and you would like to add anotherPC to work with both your TCP/IP server on your LAN and InternetSharer, you need to set your TCP/IP manually without using DHCP. 1. Right click Network Neighb...

Virtual Email Server 7-1 7 7 Virtual EMail Server Continuing with the simple description on Chapter 4 - Advancedsetting of Internet Sharer Email Account, this Chapter provides detaildescription on the Virtual Email function of Moxa Internet Sharer. Youwill learn how to set up the accounts at Interne...

7-2 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual Assigning Virtual Email Accounts for Your Team Internet Sharer Mail Server provides multiple individual E-mailaddresses by sharing only one E-mail account. It provides 64 emailaccounts without additional software needed. The configuration isembedded in the Inte...

Virtual Email Server 7-3 Basic information needed for account Andy: § Assigned Email account: [email protected] § account name: Andy § Full Email account: “andy”< [email protected] > § POP3 incoming mail server: the Internet Sharer IP address -192.168.10.1 . This is for input as POP3 server for...

7-4 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual Add Your Team’s E-mail Accounts 1. Enter one user’ s account name and password from the worksheet. 2. Click Add to add account. 3. Continue with other user’ s accounts. 4. If you have entered any wrong account, move your cursor to theone and click remove.

Virtual Email Server 7-5 Set up Virtual Email Account on Outlook Express For your convenience, a simple description of Outlook Express underIE4.0 email setup is described below. If you are not familiar withOutlook Express, be sure to read their on-line help so you can use theemail reader. Setting up...

Virtual Email Server 7-11 Email Account Modification You may modify your account any time by going to Outlook Expressand select account. Click Outlook Express | Tool | Account. Select theaccount you have and click properties. 1. Check with the Email name and Address to see if correct. If not,please ...

7-16 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual Tips: To add email to the address book, use name. And, the ISP assigned email account as the email address. Then,the email will automatically add the name while you use theaddressbook to send mails. Sending and Receiving Mails Internet Sharer makes no influenc...

Internet Sharer Monitor 8-1 8 8 Internet Sharer Monitor Internet Sharer is designed for users access to Internet without needs toknow when to dial-up to connect or when to disconnect. However,users - especially administrator, might want to know how is the remoteconnection of the Internet Sharer whil...

8-2 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual What to See in the Internet Sharer Monitor? Internet Sharer Monitor is equipped with the following items: q Connected Speed: The speed that modem communicates withremote site for this connection. q Connected Time: The time since the start of this connection q B...

Internet Sharer Monitor 8-3 To run the monitor, go to Start, find Moxa Internet Sharer and click theInternet Sharer Monitor bar. The Internet Sharer Monitor will embedded in your system till youcompleted close it. To close the Monitor, right click on the ‘ tray’ iconof Internet Sharer down at the Ta...

Troubleshooting A-1 A A Appendix A Troubleshooting This appendix gives solutions to problems that might occur duringinstallation and operation of Internet Sharer. Problem during installation & No power to the Internet Sharer § Check to see the power cable is firmly connected § Make sure the outl...

Troubleshooting A-3 using a easy removable PCMCIA card for your notebook. § You may have a defect Ethernet card. Try another card. § If you still can’ t connect to Internet Sharer or getting errormessages, try another Ethernet card. § Press the Power button of Internet Sharer off and on again. Probl...

A-4 Moxa Internet Sharer User’s Manual § Remote busy. If your ISP supports multi-line, you may go toInternet Sharer Manager to input another phone number. You canconnect directly through the Internet Sharer Monitor. Other Problems while using Internet Sharer & I have connected to my ISP while I ...

LED Description B-1 B B Appendix B Expanding Your Network Internet Sharer is able to connect to another Hub to expand yournetwork. Thought Internet Sharer is not equipped with an Uplink port,you can connect any one of the 10BaseT LAN port of Internet Sharerto a HUB uplink port. The 10BaseT RJ-45 to ...

LED Description C-1 C C Appendix C LED Descriptions LED Color Description Power Red Indicate the Internet Sharer is turned on Network Yellow Flashing indicates packet collisions on the localEthernet LAN LAN 1-4 Yellow Indicates that data link has been made betweenInternet Sharer and your computer ne...

Cable Pinouts D-1 D D Appendix D Cable Pinouts Internet Sharer follows the standard cable pinouts thus you can findmost of the cables in computer stores. However, if you need havespecial requirements, you may check with this section for reference. q RS-232 DB9 WAN Port Pinouts. q Direct link RS-232 ...