ATEN GWA504 User Manual

Quick Installation

9.You will now see the Firewall settings. IOGEAR® offers you an easy set-up package to configure a Firewall. Please note high Firewall protection will make your network securer, but may cause wireless gateway’s performance to be lower. Click Next when you are done.

10.This is the summar y page showing all configurations you’ve set. Click Next when you are done.

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Quick Installation

11.Click Finish when you are done. When you have finished the configuration, you will be brought to the main window.

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Quick Installation

12.At this point your GWA504 router should be working successfully and the router should be giving access to the Internet to all the client computers. To check the status of the router you can click the Test button to see whether your Internet connection is functioning.

Please make sure your WAN port has been connected (to a xDSL, Cable modem, or Ethernet). Click Finish when you are done. When you have finished the configuration, you will be brought to the main window.

Note: The next steps show you Advanced Features to enhance the configuration of your IOGEAR GWA504 router

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Advanced Setup

Advanced Setup

Step 1.

After you logged in as shown in Quick Installation step 3, click on the Custom button.

Step 2.

The Customized Configuration menu is separated into eight categories.

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Advanced Setup

System

It includes all the basic configuration tools, such as options to control management access, upgrading system firmware and restart system.

LAN

The router must have an IP address for the local network.You can also enable DHCP service for dynamic IP address allocation to your clients, or configure filtering functions based on specific clients or protocols.

Wireless

In this section, you can configure all wireless related settings for your wireless access point.

Internet

In Internet settings, you can configure the way your router connects to you ISP.

Security

Your Wireless-G Broadband Router features

powerful and flexible Firewall protection to keep your network secure.You can configure the strength of Firewall protection to a high or low level. If you are an advanced user, you can configure Firewall policies to meet on your needs.

NAT

Network Address Translation allows multiple users at your local site to access the internet over a single user account. It can also prevent hacker attacks by mapping local addresses to public addresses for key services such as Web or FTP.

Advance

Here you can set your log setting, SNMP, Routing, Schedule Rule and Miscellaneous tasks.

Summary

In this section, you can check all system status, network statistics and Event Log.

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Configuration Utility

System Page

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