DeWalt WRVS4400N User Manual

Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN

User Guide

Model: WRVS4400N

BUSINESS SERIES

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Welcome 1 How to Use this Guide 2 Document Style Conventions 2 Finding Information in Your PDF Documents 2

Finding Text in a PDF 3 Finding Text in Multiple PDFs 3

What’s in this Guide? 4

Chapter 2: Networking and Security Basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

An Introduction to LANs 6 The Use of IP Addresses 7 The Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) 9

Chapter 3: Planning Your Virtual Private Network (VPN) . . . . . . . 10

Why do I need a VPN? 10 What is a VPN? 11

VPN Router to VPN Router 12 Computer (using the Linksys VPN client software) to VPN Router 12

Chapter 4: Getting to Know the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

The Front Panel 13 The Back Panel 15 Antennas and Positions 16

Chapter 5: Connecting the Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Overview 18 Connection Instructions 19 Placement Options 20

Stand Option 20 Wall-Mount Option 21

Chapter 6: Setting Up and Configuring the Router . . . . . . . . . . 23

Overview 23 Basic Setup 23 How to Access the Web-based Utility 23 How to Navigate the Utility 24

Setup 24 Wireless 25 Firewall 25 ProtectLink 26 VPN 26 QoS 26 Administration 26 IPS 27 L2 Switch 27 Status 27

Setup Tab 28

Summary 28 WAN 29

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DDNS 36 LAN 38 DMZ 40 MAC Address Clone 40 Advanced Routing 42 Time 44 IP Mode 45

Wireless Tab 46

Basic Wireless Settings 46 Wireless Security 47 Wireless Connection Control 54 Connection Control 54 Connection Control List 54 Advanced Wireless Settings 55

Firewall Tab 57

Basic Settings 58 IP Based ACL 59 Edit IP ACL Rule 61 Internet Access Policy 62 Single Port Forwarding 64 Port Range Forwarding 66

Port Range Triggering 67 ProtectLink Tab 68 VPN Tab 68

Summary 68

IPSec VPN 70

IPSec VPN Tunnel 70

Local Group Setup 70

Remote Group Setup 71

IPSec Setup 72

Status 73

Buttons 73

Advanced Button 73

VPN Client Accounts 74

VPN Passthrough 76 QoS Tab 77

Bandwidth Management 77

QoS Setup 79

DSCP Setup 80 Administration Tab 81

Management 81

Log 82

Diagnostics 86

Backup & Restore 88

Factory Defaults 89

Reboot 89

Firmware Upgrade 90 IPS Tab 91

Configuration 91

P2P/IM 92

Report 93

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Information 94 L2 Switch Tab 94

VLAN 94

VLAN & Port Assignment 96

RADIUS 98

Port Settings 99

Statistics Overview 100

Port Mirroring 100

RSTP 101 Status Tab 102

WAN / Gateway 102

Local Network 103

Wireless LAN 105

System Performance 106

Chapter 7: VPN Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Before You Begin 107 Running the VPN Router Software Wizard 108

Building Your VPN Connection Remotely 115

Appendix A: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Common Problems and Solutions 121 Frequently Asked Questions 131

Appendix B: Linksys QuickVPN Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Overview 135 Before You Begin 135 Installing the Linksys QuickVPN Software 136

Installing from the CD-ROM 136

Downloading and Installing from the Internet 136 Using the Linksys QuickVPN Software 137

Appendix C: Configuring a Gateway-to-Gateway IPSec Tunnel . . . 140

Overview 140 Before You Begin 140 Configuring the VPN Settings for the VPN Routers 140

Configuring VPN Router 1 140

Configuring VPN Router 2 142 Configuring the Key Management Settings 143

Configuring VPN Router 1 143

Configuring VPN Router 2 144 Configuring PC 1 and PC 2 144

Appendix D: MAC Address and IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Windows 98 or Me Instructions 145 Windows 2000 or XP Instructions 146 For the Router’s Web-based Utility 147

Appendix E: Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

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Appendix F: Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Appendix G: Warranty Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

LIMITED WARRANTY 156 Exclusions and Limitations 156 Obtaining Warranty Service 157 Technical Support 157

Appendix H: Regulatory Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

FCC Statement 158

FCC Caution 158

FCC Radiation Exposure Statement 158

Generic Discussion on RF Exposure 158

Explosive Environment, Medical and FAA Device Information 160 Safety Notices 160

Industry Canada (Canada) 160

User Information for Consumer Products Covered by EU Directive 2002/96/EC on

Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) 161

Appendix I: Contact Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

US/Canada Contacts 169 EU Contacts 169

Appendix J: Trend Micro ProtectLink Gateway Service . . . . . . . 170

ProtectLink 170 How to Use the Service 171 ProtectLink > Web Protection 171

Web Protection 171

URL Filtering 171

Business Hour Setting 172

Web Reputation 172

Approved URLs 172

Approved Clients 172

URL Overflow Control 172 ProtectLink > Email Protection 173

Email Protection 173 ProtectLink > License 173

License 173

License Information 174

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Getting Started

Welcome

Getting Started

Welcome

Thank you for choosing the Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN. The Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN is an advanced Internet-sharing network solution for your small business needs. The Router features a built-in 4-Port full-duplex 10/100/1000 Ethernet switch to connect four PCs directly, or you can connect more hubs and switches to create as big a network as you need. Like any wireless router, it lets multiple computers in your office share an Internet connection through both wired and wireless connections. It can also be used as an intranet router to aggregate traffic to a company backbone network.

The Router has a built-in access point that supports the latest 802.11n draft specification by IEEE. It also supports 802.11g and 802.11b clients in a mixed environment. The access point can support an 11n data rate of up to 300 Mbps. Besides having a higher data rate, 802.11n technology also promises longer coverage by using multiple antennas to transmit and receive data streams in different directions. Users are encouraged to upgrade their firmware through www.linksys.com when 802.11n specification is finalized by IEEE to ensure compatibility with all the wireless-N devices.

The Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN is equipped with advanced security technologies like Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) Firewall, IP based Access List (IP ACL), and Network Address Port Translation (NAPT, also called NAT as a more generic term). These technologies work together by providing self-defensive strategy. Malicious attack traffic is identified, classified, and stopped in real time while passing through the Router. Users are encouraged to update their IPS signature file to stay current on stopping malicious worms. The SPI Firewall provides deep packet inspection to analyze packets in network layer (IP) and transport layer (TCP, UDP) to block illegal packet transactions. Users can also use IP based ACL to limit traffic to a specific source, destination and protocol. NAPT allows users to open specific TCP/UDP port numbers to the Internet to provide limited service while minimizing harmful traffic at the same time.

The Virtual Private Network (VPN) capability is another security feature that creates encrypted “tunnels” through the Internet, allowing up to five remote offices and five traveling users to securely connect into your office network from off-site. Users connecting through a VPN tunnel are attached to your company's network with secure access to files, e-mail, and your intranet as if they were in the building. You can also use the VPN capability to allow users on your small office network to securely connect out to a corporate network. The QoS features provide consistent voice and video quality throughout your business.

This user guide will give you all the information you need to connect, set up, and configure your Router.

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How to Use this Guide

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Example: Type 800@<IP address of device>:5090

In this example, you would type the characters 800@, followed by the IP address of your device, followed by a colon and the number 5090.

Finding Information in Your PDF Documents

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Finding Information in Your PDF Documents

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• Search multiple PDFs at once (for example, all PDFs in a specific folder or disk drive)

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Finding Text in a PDF

By default, the Find toolbar is open. If it has been closed, choose Edit > Find.

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Finding Text in Multiple PDFs

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What’s in this Guide?

This user guide covers the steps for setting up and using the Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN.

• Chapter 1, "Getting Started"

This chapter describes the Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN applications and this User Guide. It also contains information on how to use this guide.

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Chapter 2, "Networking and Security Basics"

This chapter describes the basics of networking and network security.

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Chapter 3, "Planning Your Virtual Private Network (VPN)"

This chapter describes a VPN and its various applications.

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Chapter 4, "Getting to Know the Router"

This chapter describes the physical features of the Router.

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Chapter 5, "Connecting the Router"

This chapter instructs you on how to connect the Router to your network.

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Chapter 6, "Setting Up and Configuring the Router"

This chapter explains how to use the Web-Based Utility to perform basic setup and configure its advanced settings.

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Chapter 7, "VPN Setup Wizard"

This chapter instructs you on using the VPN Setup Wizard running on Microsoft products in order to setup VPN tunnels.

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Appendix A, "Troubleshooting"

This appendix describes some problems and solutions, as well as frequently asked questions, regarding installation and use of the Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN.

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Appendix B, "Linksys QuickVPN Software"

This appendix instructs you on how to use the Linksys QuickVPN software if you are using a Windows 2000 or XP PC.

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Appendix C, "Configuring a Gateway-to-Gateway IPSec Tunnel"

This appendix describes how to configure an IPSec VPN Tunnel between two VPN Routers.

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Appendix D, "MAC Address and IP Address"

This appendix describes how to find the MAC address for your computer’s Ethernet adapter so you can use the MAC filtering and/or MAC address cloning feature of the Router. It also explains how to find the IP address for your computer.

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Appendix E, "Glossary"

This appendix gives a brief glossary of terms frequently used in networking.

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Appendix F, "Specifications"

This appendix provides the technical specifications for the Router.

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• Appendix G, "Warranty Information"

This appendix supplies the warranty information for the Router.

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Appendix H, "Regulatory Information"

This appendix supplies the regulatory information regarding the Router.

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Appendix I, "Contact Information"

This appendix provides contact information for a variety of Linksys resources, including Technical Support.

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Appendix J, "Trend Micro ProtectLink Gateway Service"

This appendix provides detailed information on how to configure the ProtectLink Service.

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Networking and Security Basics

An Introduction to LANs

Networking and Security Basics

An Introduction to LANs

A Router is a network device that connects multiple networks together and forward traffic based on IP destination of each packet.

The Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router can connect your local area network (LAN) or a group of PCs interconnected in your home or office to the Internet. You can use one public IP address from the ISP through WAN port and use the router’s Network Address Translation (NAT) technology to share this single IP address among all the users.

The Router’s Network Address Port Translation (NAPT or NAT) technology protects your network of PCs so users on the Internet cannot “see” your PCs. This is how your LAN remains private. The Router protects your network by inspecting the first packet coming in through the Internet port before delivery to the final destination on one of the Ethernet ports. The Router inspects Internet port services like the web server, ftp server, or other Internet applications, and, if allowed, it will forward the packet to the appropriate PC on the LAN side.

Multiple Wireless-N Gigabit Security Routers can also be used to connect multiple LANs together. This usually applies to a medium-sized or larger company where you want to divide your network into multiple IP subnets to increase the intranet throughput and reduce the size of the IP broadcast domain and its interference. In this case, you need one WRVS4400Nv2 for each subnetwork and you can connect all the WAN ports to a second level Router or switch to the Internet. Note that the second level Router only forwards data packets through a wired network so you don’t have to use the Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router. You can use any wired router in the Linksys family, e.g. RVS4000, which has 4 LAN ports and 1 WAN port.

The following diagram shows an example that consists of two levels of routers and multiple LANs inter-connected together. The wireless network is only available at the first level of router to provide end user connections. The second level router can connect to dedicated Server PCs or routers that aggregates traffic from different LANs.

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Networking and Security Basics

The Use of IP Addresses

Example network

The Use of IP Addresses

IP stands for Internet Protocol. Every device in an IP-based network, including PCs, print servers, and routers, requires an IP address to identify its location, or address, on the network. This applies to both the Internet and LAN connections.

NOTE: Since the Router is a device that connects two networks, it needs two IP addresses—one for the LAN, and one for the Internet. In this User Guide, you’ll see references to the “Internet IP address” and the “LAN IP address.”

NOTE: Since the Router uses NAT technology, the only IP address that can be seen from the Internet for your network is the Router’s Internet IP address. However, even this Internet IP address can be hidden on the Internet by suppressing PING response.

There are two ways of assigning IP addresses to your network devices.

A static IP address is a fixed IP address that you assign manually to a PC or other device on the network. Since a static IP address remains valid until you disable it, static IP addressing ensures that the device assigned it will always have that same IP address until you change it. Static IP addresses are commonly used with dedicated network devices such as server PCs or print servers. Since a user’s PC is moving around in a network and is being powered on or off, it does not require a dedicated IP address that could be a precious resource in your network.

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Networking and Security Basics

The Use of IP Addresses

If you use the Router to share your cable or DSL Internet connection, contact your ISP to find out if they have assigned a static IP address to your account. If so, you will need that static IP address when configuring the Router. You can get the information from your ISP.

A dynamic IP address is automatically assigned to a device on the network. This IP address is called dynamic because it is only temporarily assigned to the PC or other device. After a certain time period, it expires and may change. If a PC logs onto the network (or the Internet) and its dynamic IP address has expired, the DHCP server will assign it a new dynamic IP address. Most ISPs use dynamic IP addresses for their customers. By default, the Router’s Internet Connection Type is Obtain an IP automatically (DHCP).

For DSL users, many ISPs may require you to log on with a user name and password to gain access to the Internet. This is a dedicated, high-speed connection type called Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE). PPPoE is similar to a dial-up connection, which establishes a PPP session with an ISP server through the DSL connection. The server will also provide the Router with a dynamic IP address to establish a connection to the Internet.

A DHCP server can either be located on a designated PC on the network or another network device, such as the Router. The PC or network device obtaining an IP address is called the DHCP client. DHCP frees you from having to assign IP addresses manually every time a new user is added to your network. For this Wireless-N Router, a DHCP client is running on a WAN port for most configurations. A DHCP server is running on the LAN side to provide services.

By default, a DHCP server is enabled on the Router. If you already have a DHCP server running on your network, you MUST disable one of the two DHCP servers. If you run more than one DHCP server on your network, you will experience network errors, such as conflicting IP addresses. To disable DHCP on the Router, refer to the Basic Setup section in “Chapter 6: Setting Up and Configuring the Router.”

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Networking and Security Basics

The Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)

IPS is an advanced technology to protect your network from malicious attacks. IPS works together with your SPI Firewall, IP Based Access List (IP ACL), Network Address Port Translation (NAPT), and Virtual Private Network (VPN) to achieve the highest amount of securities.

IPS Scenarios

IPS works by providing real-time detection and prevention as an in-line module in a router. The Wireless-N Security Router has hardware-based acceleration for real-time pattern matching for malicious attacks. It actively filters and drops malicious TCP/UDP/ICMP/IGMP packets and can reset TCP connections. This protects your client PCs and servers running various operating systems including Windows, Linux, and Solaris from network worm attacks. However, this system does not prevent viruses attached emails.

The P2P (peer to peer) and IM (instant messaging) control allows the system administrator to prevent network users from using those protocols to communicate with people over the Internet. This helps the administrators to set up company policies on how to use their Internet bandwidth wisely.

The signature file is the heart of the IPS system. It is similar to the Virus definition files on your PC’s Anti-Virus programs. IPS uses this file to match against packets coming in to the Router and performs actions accordingly. As of today, the Wireless-N Router is shipped with signature file version 1.3.8 and with a total of 1101 rules. The rules cover the following categories: DDoS, Buffer Overflow, Access Control, Scan, Trojan Horse, Misc., P2P, IM, Virus, Worm, and Web Attacks.

Customers are encouraged to update their IPS signature file regularly to prevent any new type of attacks on the Internet.

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Planning Your Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Why do I need a VPN?

Planning Your Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Why do I need a VPN?

Computer networking provides a flexibility not available when using an archaic, paper-based system. With this flexibility, however, comes an increased risk in security. This is why firewalls were first introduced. Firewalls help to protect data inside of a local network. But what do you do once information is sent outside of your local network, when e-mails are sent to their destination, or when you have to connect to your company's network when you are out on the road? How is your data protected?

That is when a VPN can help. VPNs are called Virtual Private Networks because they secure data moving outside of your network as if it were still within that network.

When data is sent out across the Internet from your computer, it is always open to attacks. You may already have a firewall, which will help protect data moving around or held within your network from being corrupted or intercepted by entities outside of your network, but once data moves outside of your network—when you send data to someone via e-mail or communicate with an individual over the Internet—the firewall will no longer protect that data.

At this point, your data becomes open to hackers using a variety of methods to steal not only the data you are transmitting but also your network login and security data. Some of the most common methods are as follows:

1) MAC Address Spoofing

Packets transmitted over a network, either your local network or the Internet, are preceded by a packet header. These packet headers contain both the source and destination information for that packet to transmit efficiently. A hacker can use this information to spoof (or fake) a MAC address allowed on the network. With this spoofed MAC address, the hacker can also intercept information meant for another user.

2) Data Sniffing

Data “sniffing” is a method used by hackers to obtain network data as it travels through unsecured networks, such as the Internet. Tools for just this kind of activity, such as protocol analyzers and network diagnostic tools, are often built into operating systems and allow the data to be viewed in clear text.

3) Man in the middle attacks

Once the hacker has either sniffed or spoofed enough information, he can now perform a “man in the middle” attack. This attack is performed, when data is being transmitted from one network to another, by rerouting the data to a new destination. Even though the data is not received by its intended recipient, it appears that way to the person sending the data.

These are only a few of the methods hackers use and they are always developing more. Without the security of your VPN, your data is constantly open to such attacks as it travels over the

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Planning Your Virtual Private Network (VPN)

What is a VPN?

Internet. Data travelling over the Internet will often pass through many different servers around the world before reaching its final destination. That's a long way to go for unsecured data and this is when a VPN serves its purpose.

What is a VPN?

A VPN, or Virtual Private Network, is a connection between two endpoints—a VPN Router, for instance—in different networks that allows private data to be sent securely over a shared or public network, such as the Internet. This establishes a private network that can send data securely between these two locations or networks.

This is done by creating a “tunnel”. A VPN tunnel connects the two PCs or networks and allows data to be transmitted over the Internet as if it were still within those networks. Not a literal tunnel, it is a connection secured by encrypting the data sent between the two networks.

There are two popular ways to establish a secured tunnel over the Internet — IPsec (IP Security) and SSL (Secure Sockets Layer). IPsec runs on top of the IP layer and SSL runs over HTTP sessions. IPsec provides better data throughput and SSL offers ease of use without the need of VPN client applications. The Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router supports IPsec VPN for maximum throughput on data security.

VPN was created as a cost-effective alternative to using a private, dedicated, leased line for a private network. Using industry standard encryption and authentication techniques—IPsec, short for IP Security—the VPN creates a secure connection that, in effect, operates as if you were directly connected to your local network. Virtual Private Networking can be used to create secure networks linking a central office with branch offices, telecommuters, and/or professionals on the road (travelers can connect to a VPN Router using any computer with the Linksys VPN client software.)

NOTE: You must have at least one VPN Router on one end of the VPN tunnel. At the other end of the VPN tunnel, you must have a second VPN Router or a computer with the Linksys VPN client

There are two basic ways to create a VPN connection:

• VPN Router to VPN Router

• Computer (using the Linksys VPN client software) to VPN Router

The VPN Router creates a “tunnel” or channel between two endpoints, so that data transmissions between them are secure. A computer with the Linksys VPN client software can be one of the two endpoints (refer to “Appendix C: Using the Linksys QuickVPN Software for Windows 2000 or XP”). If you choose not to run the VPN client software, any computer with the built-in IPsec Security Manager (Microsoft 2000 and XP) allows the VPN Router to create a VPN tunnel using IPsec (refer to “Appendix C: Configuring IPsec between a Windows 2000 or XP PC and the Router”). Other versions of Microsoft operating systems require additional, third-party VPN client software applications that support IPsec to be installed.

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Planning Your Virtual Private Network (VPN)

What is a VPN?

VPN Router to VPN Router

An example of a VPN Router-to-VPN Router VPN would be as follows. At home, a telecommuter uses his VPN Router for his always-on Internet connection. His router is configured with his office's VPN settings. When he connects to his office's router, the two routers create a VPN tunnel, encrypting and decrypting data. As VPNs utilize the Internet, distance is not a factor. Using the VPN, the telecommuter now has a secure connection to the central office's network, as if he were physically connected. For more information, refer to “Appendix C: Configuring a Gateway-to-Gateway IPsec Tunnel.”

VPN Router to VPN Router

Computer (using the Linksys VPN client software) to VPN Router

The following is an example of a computer-to-VPN Router VPN. In her hotel room, a traveling businesswoman dials up her ISP. Her notebook computer has the Linksys VPN client software, which is configured with her office's IP address. She accesses the Linksys VPN client software and connects to the VPN Router at the central office. As VPNs utilize the Internet, distance is not a factor. Using the VPN, the businesswoman now has a secure connection to the central office's network, as if she were physically connected.

VPN Router to VPN Computer

For additional information and instructions about creating your own VPN, please visit Linksys’s website at www.linksys.com. You can also refer to “Appendix B: Using the Linksys QuickVPN Software for Windows 2000 or XP” and “Appendix C: Configuring a Gateway-to-Gateway IPsec Tunnel.”

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Getting to Know the Router

The Front Panel

The Router’s LEDs are located on the front panel of the Router.

The Front Panel

Front of Router

Status LED/Color Description

Power/

Green

Diag/

Red

IPS/

Green/Red

Wireless/

Green

The POWER LED lights up when the Router is powered on. The LED flashes when the Router runs a diagnostic test.

The DIAG LED lights up when the system is not ready. The LED light goes off when the system is ready. The Diag LED blinks during Firmware upgrades.

The IPS LED lights up when the IPS function is enabled. The LED light is off when the IPS functions are disabled. The IPS LED flashes green when an external attack is detected. The IPS LED flashes red when an internal attack is detected.

The WIRELESS LED lights up when the wireless module is enabled. The LED is off when the wireless module is disabled. The WIRELESS LED flashes green when the data is transmitting or receiving on the wireless module.

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Status LED/Color Description

Getting to Know the Router

The Front Panel

1-4 (ETHERNET)/

Green

INTERNET/

Green

For each port, there are three LEDs. If the corresponding LED is continuously lit, the Router is connected to a device at the speed indicated through the corresponding port (1, 2, 3, or

4). The LED flashes when the Router is actively sending or receiving data.

The INTERNET LED lights up the appropriate LED depending upon the speed of the device that is attached to the Internet port. If the Router is connected to a cable or DSL modem, typically the 10 LED will be the only LED lit up (i.e. 10Mbps). The LED Flashes during activity.

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Getting to Know the Router

The Back Panel

The Router’s ports and Reset button are located on the back panel of the Router.

The Back Panel

Back of Router

Port/Button Description

Reset Button The Reset button can be used in one of two ways:

If the Router is having problems connecting to the Internet, press the Reset button for just a second with a paper clip or a pencil tip. This is similar to pressing the Reset button on your PC to reboot it.

If you are experiencing extreme problems with the Router and have tried all other troubleshooting measures, press and hold in the Reset button for 10 seconds. This will restore the factory defaults and clear all of the Router’s settings, such as port forwarding or a new password.

Internet Port The INTERNET port connects to a cable or DSL modem.

Port 1-4 (ETHERNET) The four ETHERNET ports connect to network devices, such

as PCs, print servers, or additional switches.

POWER The POWER port is where you will connect the included AC

power cable.

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Getting to Know the Router

Antennas and Positions

The Access Point can be placed in three different positions. It can be either stackable, standalone, or wall-mount.

Standalone Mount

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Getting to Know the Router

Antennas and Positions

With Mounting Feet

The Access Point has three non-detachable 1.8dBi omni-directional antennas. The three antennas have a base that can rotate 90 degrees when in the standing position. The three antennas will all be used to support 2X3 MIMO diversity in wireless-N mode.

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Connecting the Router

Notebook with

Ethernet Adapter

PC with Ethernet

Adapter

Cable or DSL

Modem

Wireless-N Gigabit

Security Router

Internet

Connecting the Router

Overview

• To set up your network, you will do the following:

• Connect the Router to one of your PCs according to the instructions in this chapter.

• By default, Windows 98, 2000, Millennium, and XP computers are set to obtain an IP

address automatically, so unless you have changed the default setting, then you will not need to configure your PCs. (If you do need to configure your PCs, refer to Windows Help for more information.)

• Set up and configure the Router with the setting(s) provided by your Internet Service

Provider (ISP) according to

Chapter 6, "Setting Up and Configuring the Router".

Overview

The installation technician from your ISP should have left the setup information with you after installing your broadband connection. If not, you can call your ISP to request the information. Once you have the setup information for your specific type of Internet connection, then you can begin installation and setup of the Router.

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Connection Instructions

1. Before you begin, make sure that all of your hardware is powered off, including the Router, PCs, hubs, switches, and cable or DSL modem.

2. Connect one end of an Ethernet network cable to one of the numbered ports on the back of the Router. Connect the other end to an Ethernet port on a network device, e.g., a PC, print server, hub, or switch.

3. Repeat this step to connect more PCs or other network devices to the Router.

4. Connect your cable or DSL modem’s Ethernet cable to the Router’s Internet port.

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Placement Options

5. Power on the cable or DSL modem and the other network device if using one.

6. Connect the included AC power cable to the Router’s Power port on the side of the Router, and then plug the power adapter into an electrical outlet.

The Power LED on the front panel will light up as soon as the power adapter is connected properly.

Placement Options

There are three ways to place the Wireless-N Router. The first way is to place it horizontally on a surface, so it sits on its four rubber feet. The second way is to stand the Wireless Router vertically on a surface. The third way is to mount it on a wall. The stand and wall-mount options are explained in further detail below.

Stand Option

1. Locate the Router’s left side panel.

2. The Router includes two stands. With the two large prongs facing outward, insert the short prongs into the little slots in the Router, and push the stand upward until it snaps into place.

Repeat this step with the other stand.

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Placement Options

Wall-Mount Option

You will need two suitable screws to mount the Router. Make sure the screw size can fit into the criss-cross wall-mount slots.

1. On the Wireless Router’s back panel are two criss-cross wall-mount slots.

2. Determine where you want to mount the Wireless Router, and install two screws that are 29/16 in (64.5mm) apart.

3. Line up the Wireless Router so that the wall-mount slots line up with the two screws.

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Placement Options

4. Place the wall-mount slots over the screws and slide the Wireless Router down until the screws fit snugly into the wall-mount slots.

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Setting Up and Configuring the Router

Overview

Setting Up and Configuring the Router

Overview

The Wireless Router has been designed to be functional right out of the box with the default settings. However, if you'd like to change these settings, the Wireless Router can be configured through your web browser with the Web-based Utility. This chapter explains how to use the Utility to perform the most basic settings.

The Utility can be accessed via web browsers, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox through the use of a computer that is networked with the Wireless Router.

Basic Setup

For a basic network setup, most users only need to use the following screens of the Utility:

• Setup->WAN

Click the Setup tab and then select the WAN screen. Select the appropriate Internet Connection Type according to your ISP if connecting your WAN port to the WAN (DSL or cable modem). Otherwise, most cases can leave the default setting to get a WAN port IP address from a DHCP server.

• Setup->Advanced Routing

Click the Setup tab and then select the Advanced Routing screen. If you are connecting the Router to the Internet, leave the default setting. Otherwise, choose the Router Operation Mode to disable NAT (Network Address Translation).

• Management

Click the Administration tab and then select the Management screen. Change the access password for the Router’s Web-based Utility. The default username and password are admin.

Most users will also customize their wireless settings:

• Wireless

On the Wireless screen, change the default SSID on the Basic Settings Tab. Select the level of security under the Security Settings Tab and complete the options for the selected security mode. When the appropriate security mode is configured, disable

SSID Broadcast on the Basic Settings Tab.

How to Access the Web-based Utility

There are two ways to connect to your Wireless Router for the first time.

1. Connect your PC to one of the four LAN ports on the Router. (Refer to "Chapter 5: Connecting the Router.") Then, configure your PC to obtain IP address automatically through a DHCP server.

2. Although it is not recommended, you can also connect your PC wirelessly to the Wireless Router. Then, configure the wireless interface of your PC to obtain IP address automatically

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How to Navigate the Utility

through a DHCP server. It is not recommended, because you can easily lose your connection through wireless configuration changes.

To access the Web-based Utility of the Router:

1. Launch a web browser, such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox, and enter the Router’s default IP address, 192.168.1.1, in the Address field. Press the Enter key.

2. The Connect To screen appears asking you for your User name and Password. Enter admin in the User Name field, and enter your password (default password is admin) in the

Password field. Then click the OK button.

How to Navigate the Utility

The Web-based Utility consists of the following ten main tabs: Setup, Wireless, Firewall, ProtectLink, VPN, QoS, Administration, IPS, L2 Switch, and Status. Additional screens (sub tabs) will be available from most of the main tabs.

The following briefly describes the main & sub tabs of the Utility.

Setup

You will use the Setup tabs to define the Router’s basic functionality.

• Summary—Displays a read-only summary of the Router's basic information.

• WAN —Internet connection settings are entered and displayed on this screen.

• LAN—Local Area Network (LAN) settings are entered and displayed on this screen.

• DMZ—The DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) Host feature allows one local user to be exposed

to the Internet to use a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming or video conferencing.

• MAC Address Clone—Some ISPs require that you register a MAC address. This feature

clones your network adapter's MAC address onto the Router, which prevents you from having to call your ISP to change the registered MAC address to the Router's MAC address.

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• Advanced Routing—Select the Router’s operation mode either connecting to the

Internet or Intranet (NAT is only enabled while connecting to the Internet). Configure dynamic or static routing. The Router support RIP version 1 and 2 to automatically exchange routing information and establish its routing table.

• Time—Change the time settings on this screen.

• IP Mode—Provides options for IPv4 mode or Dual-Stack IPv4 and IPv6 mode.

Wireless

You will use the Wireless tabs to enter a variety of wireless settings for the built-in access point of the Router.

• Basic Settings—Choose the wireless network mode (e.g. B/G/N-Mixed), SSID, and radio

channel on this screen.

• Security Settings—Configures the built-in access point’s security settings.

• Connection Control—Controls the wireless connections from client devices to the

Router.

• Advanced Settings—Configures the built-in access point’s more advanced wireless

settings (e.g. Tx Rate Limiting, Channel Bandwidth, etc.).

• VLAN & QoS—Configures the 802.1Q VLAN and the QoS (Quality of Service) settings.

• WDS—Configures WDS (Wireless Distribution System) settings.

Firewall

You will use the Firewall tabs to configure basic firewall settings, IP access list, and Network Address Port Translation settings for your network’s security.

• Basic Settings—Basic Firewall settings are configured from here.

• IP Based ACL—Define IP based Access List to block specific hosts, networks, and

protocols (services).

• Internet Access Policy—Defines the time schedule to allow or block complete Internet

access or to specific URLs from the router.

• Single Port Forwarding—Sets up public services or other specialized Internet

applications with a single port on your network.

• Port Range Forwarding—Sets up public services or other specialized Internet

applications on your network using a port range.

• Port Range Triggering—Sets up triggered ranges and forwarded ranges to allow special

Internet applications to pass through this NAT Router.

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ProtectLink

The Trend Micro ProtectLink Gateway hosted service provides security for your network. It checks e-mail messages, filters website addresses (URLs), and blocks potentially malicious websites.

VPN

You will use VPN tabs to configure VPN tunnels and accounts to establish a secured channel through Internet.

• Summary—Displays the Summary of IPSec tunnel Status.

• IPSec VPN—The VPN Router can create one or multiple tunnels (or secure channel) that

each connect between two endpoints, so that the transmitted data or information between these endpoints is secure.

• VPN Client Accounts—Designates VPN clients and their passwords.

• VPN Pass Through—Allows you to disable IPSec Passthrough, PPTP Passthrough, and

L2TP Passthrough.

QoS

The Router support two types of Quality of Service (QoS) traffic.

• Bandwidth Management—Allows you to perform Bandwidth Management, by either

Rate Control or Priority.

• QoS Setup—Allows users to configure QoS Trust Mode for each LAN port.

• DSCP Settings—Allows you to set the DSCP (Differentiated Services Code Point)

Administration

You will use Administration tabs for systems administration purposes.

• Management—You can alter the Router’s password, its access privileges, SNMP settings,

and UPnP settings on this screen.

• Log—Allows the configuration of Log settings.

• Diagnostics—Check the connection between the Router and another network device

on the LAN or Internet.

• Backup & Restore—Back up and restore the Gateway's configuration file in this screen.

• Factory Defaults—If you need to restore the Router’s factory defaults, use this screen.

• Reboot—Reboots the Router.

• Firmware Upgrade—Upgrade the Router’s firmware.

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IPS

Use this tab for advanced configuration on built-in Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) inside the Router.

• Configure—Enable or disable IPS functions.

• P2P/IM—Allows or blocks specific Peer to Peer (P2P) networks and Instant Messaging

(IM) applications.

• Report—Provides reports of network traffic and malicious attacks.

• Information—Provides the signature file version and the Protection Scope of the IPS

system.

L2 Switch

Use this tab to configure layer 2 switching features on the 4 port Ethernet Switch (LAN ports only).

• Create VLAN—Create a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) assignment.

• VLAN & Port Assignment—Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) and Port settings.

• RADIUS—Configuration of Remote Authorization Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) settings.

• Port Setting—Configuration of port speeds and duplex.

• Statistics—Displays statistics for both received and transmitted packets.

• Port Mirroring—Allows configuration of port mirroring.

• RSTP—Used for RSTP (Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol) configuration.

Status

Use this tab to get the current status on the Router.

• Gateway—Provides basic information like firmware version and status information on

the WAN port.

• Local Network—Provides status information about the local network (four Ethernet

Ports).

• Wireless LAN—Provides status information on Wireless LAN.

• System Performance—Provides traffic statistics on LAN and Wireless LAN ports.

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Setup Tab

The Setup screen contains all of the Router’s basic setup functions. The Router can be used in most network settings without changing any of the default values. Some users may need to enter additional information in order to connect to the Internet through an ISP (Internet Service Provider) or broadband (DSL, cable modem) carrier.

Summary

System Information

Firmware version—Displays the Router's current software version.

CPU—Displays the Router's CPU type.

System up time—Displays the length of time that has elapsed since the Router was last reset.

DRAM—Displays the amount of DRAM installed in the Router.

Flash—Displays the amount of flash memory installed in.

Port Statistics

This section displays the following color-coded status information on the Router's Ethernet ports:

• Green Indicates that the port has a connection.

• Black Indicates that the port has no connection.

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Network Setting Status

LAN IP—Displays the IP address of the Router's LAN interface.

WAN IP—Displays the IP address of the Router's WAN interface. If this address was assigned

using DHCP, click DHCP Release to release the address, or click DHCP Renew to renew the address.

Mode—Displays the operating mode, Gateway or Router.

DNS 1-2—The IP addresses of the Domain Name System (DNS) server(s) that the Router is

using.

DDNS—Indicates whether the Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature is enabled.

DMZ—Indicates whether the DMZ Hosting feature is enabled.

Firewall Setting Status

DoS (Denial of Service)—Indicates whether the DoS Protection feature is enabled to block

DoS attacks.

Block WAN Request—Indicates whether the Block WAN Request feature is enabled.

Remote Management—Indicates whether the Remote Management feature is enabled.

IPSec VPN Setting Status

IPSec VPN Summary—Click the IPSec VPN Summary hyperlink to display the

VPN > Summary screen.

Tunnel(s) Used—Displays the number of VPN tunnels currently being used.

Tunnel(s) Available—Displays the number of VPN tunnels that are available.

Log Setting Status

E-mail—If this displays, email cannot be sent because you have not specified an outbound

SMTP server address. Click the E-mail hyperlink to display the Administration > Log screen where you can configure the SMTP mail server.

Click the Save Settings button to save the network settings or click the Cancel Changes button to undo your changes.

WAN

The WAN Setup screen provides Internet Connection Type and DDNS configurations on the WAN port of the Wireless Router. Before starting, you need to find out the Internet Connection Type and settings used by your ISP. If the Router is used as an Intranet Router, you can mostly use the default settings. If you want to use the dynamic DNS feature, you will need to sign up for a DDNS service.

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Internet Connection Type

The Router supports six connection types. Each WAN Setup screen and available options will differ depending on what kind of connection type you select.

Automatic Configuration - DHCP

By default, the Router’s Configuration Type is set to Automatic Configuration - DHCP. The Router will get its IP address from a DHCP server of the ISP. Most cable modem ISPs use this option.

Static IP

If your connection uses a permanent IP address to connect to the Internet, then select Static IP.

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Internet IP Address—The Router’s IP address on the WAN port that can be reached from the

Internet. Your ISP will provide you with the IP Address you need to specify here.

Subnet Mask—The Router’s Subnet Mask on the WAN port. Your ISP will provide you this information and your IP Address.

Default Gateway—Your ISP will provide you with the Default Gateway (Router) to reach the Internet.

Primary DNS (Required) and Secondary DNS (Optional)—Your ISP will provide you with at least one DNS (Domain Name System) Server IP Address to resolve host name to IP address mapping.

PPPoE

Most DSL-based ISPs use PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) to establish Internet connections. If you are connected to the Internet through a DSL line, check with your ISP to see if they use PPPoE. If they do, you will have to enable PPPoE.

User Name and Password—Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP for PPPoE authentication.

Connect on Demand—Max Idle Time—Configure the Router to cut the Internet connection after it has been inactive for a specified period of time (Max Idle Time). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the Router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. If you wish to activate Connect on Demand, click the Connect on Demand option and enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates in the Max Idle Time field. Use this option to minimize your DSL connection time if it is charged based on time. This option is disabled by default.

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Keep Alive Redial period—TAllows the Router will periodically check your Internet

connection. If you are disconnected, then the Router will automatically re-establish your connection. To use this option, click the option next to Keep Alive. In the Redial Period field, you specify how often you want the Router to check the Internet connection. This option is enabled by default and the default Redial Period is 30 seconds. Use this option to minimize your Internet connection response time since it will always be connected.

PPTP

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a service that applies to connections in Europe and Israel only.

IP Address—The Router’s IP address, when seen from the WAN, or the Internet. Your ISP will provide you with the IP Address you need to specify here.

Subnet Mask—The Router’s Subnet Mask. Your ISP will provide you the Subnet Mask and your IP address.

Default Gateway—Your ISP will provide you with the Default Gateway IP Address.

PPTP Server—Enter the IP address of the PPTP server.

User Name and Password—Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP.

Connect on Demand: Max Idle Time—Configure the Router to cut the Internet connection

after it has been inactive for a specified period of time (Max Idle Time). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the Router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. If you wish to activate Connect on Demand, click the Connect on Demand option and enter

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the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates in the Max Idle Time field. Use this option to minimize your DSL connection time if it is charged based on time. This option is disabled by default.

Keep Alive Redial period—If you select this option, the Router will periodically check your Internet connection. If you are disconnected, then the Router will automatically re-establish your connection. To use this option, click the option next to Keep Alive. In the Redial Period field, you specify how often you want the Router to check the Internet connection. This option is enabled by default and the default Redial Period is 30 seconds. Use this option to minimize your Internet connection response time since it will always be connected.

Heart Beat Signal

Heart Beat Signal is a service used in Australia. Check with your ISP for the necessary setup information.

User Name and Password—Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP.

Heart Beat Server—Enter the IP address of the Heart Beat server.

Connect on Demand: Max Idle Time—Configure the Router to cut the Internet connection

after it has been inactive for a specified period of time (Max Idle Time). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the Router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. If you wish to activate Connect on Demand, click the Connect on Demand option and enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates in the Max Idle Time field. Use this option to minimize your DSL connection time if it is charged based on time. This option is disabled by default.

Keep Alive Redial period—If you select this option, the Router will periodically check your Internet connection. If you are disconnected, then the Router will automatically re-establish

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your connection. To use this option, click the option next to Keep Alive. In the Redial Period field, you specify how often you want the Router to check the Internet connection. This option is enabled by default and the default Redial Period is 30 seconds. Use this option to minimize your Internet connection response time since it will always be connected.

L2TP

Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a service that tunnels Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) across the Internet. It is used mostly in European countries. Check with your ISP for the necessary setup information.

IP Address—The Router’s IP address, when seen from the WAN, or the Internet. Your ISP will provide you with the IP Address you need to specify here.

Subnet Mask—The Router’s Subnet Mask. Your ISP will provide you with the Subnet Mask and your IP address.

Gateway—Your ISP will provide you with the Default Gateway IP Address.

L2TP Server—Enter the IP address of the L2TP server.

User Name and Password—Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP.

Connect on Demand: Max Idle Time—Configure the Router to cut the Internet connection

after it has been inactive for a specified period of time (Max Idle Time). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the Router to automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. If you wish to activate Connect on Demand, click the Connect on Demand option and enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection terminates

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in the Max Idle Time field. Use this option to minimize your DSL connection time if it is charged based on time. This option is disabled by default.

Keep Alive Redial period—If you select this option, the Router will periodically check your Internet connection. If you are disconnected, then the Router will automatically re-establish your connection. To use this option, click the option next to Keep Alive. In the Redial Period field, you specify how often you want the Router to check the Internet connection. This option is enabled by default and the default Redial Period is 30 seconds. Use this option to minimize your Internet connection response time since it will always be connected.

Optional Settings (Required by some ISPs)

This section is common for all the Internet Connection Types. Some of these settings may be required by your ISP. Verify with your ISP before making any changes.

Host Name—Some ISPs, usually cable ISPs, require a host name as identification. You may need to check with your ISP to see if your broadband Internet service is configured with a host name. In most cases you can leave this field blank.

Domain Name—Some ISPs, usually cable ISPs, require a domain name as identification. You may need to check with your ISP to see if your broadband Internet service is configured with a domain name. In most cases you can leave this field blank.

MTU—MTU is the Maximum Transmission Unit. It specifies the largest packet size permitted for Internet transmission. Select Manual if you want to manually enter the largest packet size that is transmitted. To have the Router select the best MTU for your Internet connection, keep the default setting, Auto.

Size—When Manual is selected in the MTU field, this option is enabled. The recommended setting for this field is 1500 (standard MTU size on Ethernet media).

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DDNS

The Router offers a Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature. DDNS lets you assign a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. It is useful when you are hosting your own website, FTP server, or other server behind the Router.

Before you can use this feature, you need to sign up for DDNS service at DynDNS.org or TZO.com.

DDNS Service. If your DDNS service is provided by DynDNS.org, then select DynDNS.org from the drop-down menu. If your DDNS service is provided by TZO.com, then select TZO.com from the drop-down menu.To disable DDNS Service, select Disabled.

DynDNS.org

• User Name, Password, and Host Name—Enter the User Name, Password, and Host

Name of the account you set up with DynDNS.org.

• Status—The status of the DDNS service connection.

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Setting Up and Configuring the Router

Setup Tab

• E-mail Address, TZO Password, and Domain Name—Enter the E-mail Address,

Password, and Domain Name of the account you set up with TZO.

• Status—The status of the TZO service connection.

After entering the necessary information, the Router will advise the DDNS Service of your current WAN (Internet) IP address whenever this address changes. If using TZO, you should NOT use the TZO software to perform this “IP address update”.

Connect button—When DDNS is enabled, the Connect button is displayed. Use this button to manually update your IP address information on the DDNS server. The Status area on this screen also updates.

Click the Save Settings button to save the network settings or click the Cancel Changes button to undo your changes.

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LAN

The LAN Setup section allows you to change the Router’s local network settings for the four Ethernet ports.

IPv4

The Router’s Local IPv4 Address and Subnet Mask are shown here. In most cases, you can keep the defaults.

Local IP Address—Enter the IPv4 address on the LAN side. The default value is 192.168.1.1.

Subnet Mask—Select the subnet mask from the drop-down menu. The default value is

255.255.255.0.

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Setup Tab

IP Reserved for Internal Usage—Enter the reserved IP between 1 and 254.

Server Settings (DHCP)

The Router can be used as your network’s DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which automatically assigns an IP address to each PC on your network. Unless you already have one, it is highly recommended that you leave the Router enabled as a DHCP server.

DHCP Server—DHCP is enabled by default. If you already have a DHCP server on your network, or you don't want a DHCP server, then select Disabled (no other DHCP features will be available). If you already have a DHCP server on your network, and you want the Router to act as a Relay for that DHCP Server, select DHCP Relay, then enter the DHCP Server IP Address.

Starting IP Address—Enter a value for the DHCP server to start with when issuing IP addresses. This value will automatically follow your local IP address settings. Normally, you assign the first IP address for the Router (e.g. 192.168.1.1) so that you can assign an IP address to other devices starting from the 2nd IP address (e.g. 192.168.1.2). The last address in the subnet is for subnet broadcast (e.g. 192.168.1.255) so that the address cannot be assigned to any host.

Maximum Number of DHCP Users—Enter the maximum number of PCs that you want the DHCP server to assign IP addresses to. This number cannot be greater than the available host addresses in the subnet (e.g. 253 for /24 subnet). In order to determine the DHCP IP Address range, add the starting IP address (e.g., 100) to the number of DHCP users.

Client Lease Time—The amount of time a DHCP client can keep the assigned IP address before it sends a renewal request to the DHCP server. The default value is 0, which actually means one day.

Static DNS 1-3—If applicable, enter the IP address(es) of your DNS server(s).

WINS—The Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) performs name resolution function

(similar to DNS) in the Windows network environment. It can help you to determine the IP address of a remote Windows PC from its computer name. If you have a WINS server, enter that server's IP Address here. Otherwise, leave this blank.

IPv6

IPv6 Address—If you selected dual-stack option under IP Versions Setup screen, enter the

IPv6 address on the LAN side of the Router.

Prefix Length—Enter the IPv6 prefix length. The default is 64, which should not need to be changed.

Router Advertisement—Enabling this option allows the Router to send out IPv6 Router Advertisement packets periodically. This helps IPv6 hosts to learn their IPv6 prefix and setup their IPv6 Address automatically.

DHCPv6

To enable the DHCP v6 feature, select Enable. To disable DHCP v6, select Disable.

Lease time—Enter the lease time in minutes.

DHCP address range start—Enter the starting DHCP v6 IP address.

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DHCP address range end—Enter the ending DHCP v6 IP address.

Primary DNS—Enter the Primary IPv6 DNS server address.

Secondary DNS—Enter the Secondary IPv6 DNS server address.

Click the Save Settings button to save the network settings or click the Cancel Changes button to undo your changes.

DMZ

The DMZ screen allows one local PC to be exposed to the Internet for use of a special-purpose service, such as Internet gaming and video-conferencing. DMZ hosting forwards traffic to all the ports for the specified PC simultaneously, unlike Port Range Forwarding that can only forward a maximum of 10 ranges of ports.

DMZ Hosting—Allows one local PC to be exposed to the Internet for use of a special-purpose service such as Internet gaming and video-conferencing. To use this feature, select Enabled. To disable the DMZ feature, select Disabled.

DMZ Host IP Address—To expose one PC, enter the computer’s IP address.

Click the Save Settings button to save the network settings or click the Cancel Changes button to undo your changes.

MAC Address Clone

Some ISPs require that you register a MAC address. This feature clones your PC network adapter's MAC address onto the Router, and prevents you from having to call your ISP to

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change the registered MAC address to the Router's MAC address. The Router's MAC address is a 6-byte hexadecimal number assigned to a unique piece of hardware for identification.

Mac Address Clone—Select Enabled or Disabled. The default is Enabled.

Mac Address—Enter the MAC Address registered with your ISP in this field.

Clone My PC’s MAC button—When Mac Address Clone is enabled, click this button to copy the

MAC address of the network adapter in the computer that you are using to connect to the Webbased utility.

Click Save Settings to save the MAC Cloning settings or click the Cancel Changes button to undo your changes.

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Advanced Routing

Operating Mode

Select the Operating mode in which the Router will function.

Setup Tab

Gateway—This is the normal mode of operation. This allows all devices on your LAN to share

the same WAN (Internet) IP address. In the Internet Gateway mode, the NAT (Network Address Translation) mechanism is enabled.

Router—You either need another Router to act as the Internet Gateway, or all PCs on your LAN must be assigned (fixed) Internet IP addresses. In Intranet Router mode, the NAT mechanism is disabled.

Dynamic Routing

The Router's dynamic routing feature can be used to automatically establish a routing table through a database exchange with peer routers (running the same routing protocol). The Router supports RIP (Routing Information Protocol) versions 1 & 2.

RIP (Routing Information Protocol—The Router, using the RIP protocol, calculates the most efficient route for the network’s data packets to travel between the source and the destination based upon the shortest paths.

RIP Send Packet Version—Choose the version of RIP packets you want to send to peers: RIPv1 or RIPv2. This should match the version supported by other Routers on your LAN.

RIP Recv Packet Version—Choose the version of RIP packets you want to receive from peers: RIPv1 or RIPv2. This should match the version supported by other Routers on your LAN.

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Setup Tab

Static Routing

Some ISPs require static routes to build your routing table instead of using dynamic routing protocols. Static routes do not require CPU resources to exchange routing information with a peer router. You can also use static routes to reach peer routers that do not support dynamic routing protocols. Static routes can be used together with dynamic routes. Be careful not to introduce routing loops in your network.

To set up static routing, you should add route entries in the routing table that tell the Router where to forward packets to specific IP destinations.

Enter the following data to create a static route entry:

1. Select Set Number—Select the set number (routing table entry number) that you wish to view or configure. If necessary, click Delete This Entry to clear the entry.

2. Destination IP Address—Enter the network address of the remote LAN segment. For a standard Class C IP domain, the network address is the first three fields of the Destination LAN IP; the last field should be zero.

3. Subnet Mask—Enter the Subnet Mask used on the destination LAN IP domain. For Class C IP domains, the Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0.

4. Gateway—If this Router is used to connect your network to the Internet, then your gateway IP is the Router's IP Address. If you have another router handling your network's Internet connection, enter the IP Address of that router instead.

5. Hop Count (max. 15)—Gives the number of routers that a data packet passes through before reaching its destination. It is used to define the priority on which route to use if there is a conflict between a static route and dynamic route.

Show Routing Table button—Click this button to show the routing table established either through dynamic or static routing methods.

Inter-VLAN Routing

Inter-VLAN Routing—Select Enable to allow packets to be routed between VLANs that are in

different subnets. The default is Enable.

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Click the Save Settings button to save the Routing settings, click the Cancel Changes button to undo your changes or click the Show Routing Table button to view the current routing table.

Time

You can either define your Router’s time manually or automatically through Time Server. The default is Automatically.

Manually

Set the local time Manually—If you wish to enter the time and date manually, select the Date

from the drop-down fields and enter the hour, minutes, and seconds in the Time field using 24 hour format (example 10:00pm would be entered 22:0:0).

Automatically

Set the local time using Network Time Protocol (NTP) Automatically. If you wish to use a Network Time Protocol server to set the time and date, select this option, then complete the following fields.

Time Zone—Select the time zone for your location and your setting synchronizes over the Internet with public NTP (Network Time Protocol) Servers.

Auto Daylight Saving—If your location observes daylight savings time, select the Enable option.

User Defined NTP Server—To use your own NTP server, select the Enabled option. The default is Disabled.

NTP Server IP Address—Enter the IP address of your own NTP server.

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Click the Save Settings button to save the Routing settings, click the Cancel Changes button to undo your changes or click the Show Routing Table button to view the current routing table.

IP Mode

IPv4 Only—Select this option to use IPv4 on the Internet and local network.

Dual-Stack IP—Select this option to use IPv4 on the Internet and IPv4 and IPv6 on the local

network.

6to4 Tunnel—Allows your IPv6 network to connect to other IPv6 networks via tunnels through IPv4 (per RFC3056). The remote router also needs to support 6to4 as well. Since the tunnel can be automatically formed based on traffic, there is no limit on how many tunnels you can have.

6to4 Gateway Access Control—By default, this route allows 6to4 connections to or from any other 6to4 gateway. By enabling this Access Control, you can have a better control which IPv6 clouds this router is connecting to. A list of IP addresses can be entered in the Access List. Those should be the IPv4 addresses of the remote 6to4 gateways.

• Permit following sites—Allow only a limited set of 6to4 gateways to establish tunnel

with the router. Up to 20 sites can be configured and they can send traffic simultaneously.

• Block following sites—Prevent a limited set of 6to4 gateways from establishing

tunnels with the router. Up to 20 sites can be configured.

Static 6to4 DNS entry—Allow users to configure static DNS entry to map hostname to IPv6 address. This will provide a convenient way for users to access remote IPv6 hosts.

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Wireless Tab

Click the Save Settings button to save the network settings or click the Cancel Changes button to undo your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

Wireless Tab

Basic Wireless Settings

Change the basic wireless network settings on this screen.

Basic Settings

Configure the basic Wireless Network attributes for this Wireless Router.

Wireless Network Mode—Select one of the following modes. The default is B/G/N-Mixed.

B-Only—All the wireless client devices can be connected to the Wireless Router at Wireless-B

data rates with a maximum speed of 11Mbps.

G-Only—Both Wireless-N and Wireless-G client devices can be connected at Wireless-G data rates with a maximum speed of 54Mbps. Wireless-B clients cannot be connected in this mode.

N-Only—Only Wireless-N client devices can be connected at Wireless-N data rates with a maximum speed of 300Mbps.

B/G-Mixed—Both Wireless-B and Wireless-G client devices can be connected at their respective data rates. Wireless-N devices can be connected at Wireless-G data rates.

G/N-Mixed—Both Wireless-G and Wireless-N client devices can be connected at their respective data rates. Wireless-B clients cannot be connected in this mode.

B/G/N-Mixed—All the wireless client devices can be connected at their respective data rates in this mixed mode.

Disabled—To disable wireless connectivity completely. This might be useful during system maintenance.

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Wireless Channel—Select the appropriate channel to be used between your Wireless Router

and your client devices. The default is channel 6. You can also select Auto so that your Wireless Router will select the channel with the lowest amount of wireless interference while the system is booting up. Auto channel selection will start when you click the Save Settings button, and it will take several seconds to scan through all the channels to find the best channel. For the Wireless-N 40MHz channel option (see Wireless - Advanced Wireless Settings Tab), the Wireless Router will automatically select the adjacent 20MHz channel to combine them into a wider channel.

Multiple BSSID—Select Enabled or Disabled as required.

SSID Name—The SSID is the unique name shared between all devices in a wireless network. It

is case-sensitive, must not exceed 32 alphanumeric characters, and may be any keyboard character. Make sure this setting is the same for all devices in your wireless network. The default SSID name is linksys-n.

SSID Broadcast—Allows the SSID to be broadcast on your network. You may want to enable this function while configuring your network, but make sure that you disable it when you are finished. With this enabled, someone could easily obtain the SSID information with site survey software or Windows XP and gain unauthorized access to your network. Click Enabled to broadcast the SSID to all wireless devices in range. Click Disabled to increase network security and prevent the SSID from being seen on networked PCs. The default is Enabled in order to help users configure their network before use.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

Wireless Security

Change the Wireless Router’s wireless security settings on this screen.

Wireless Security

Security Mode—Select the wireless security mode you want to use, WEP, WPA-Personal, WPA2-Personal, WPA2-Personal Mixed, WPA-Enterprise, WPA2-Enterprise, or WPA2Enterprise Mixed. (WPA stands for Wi-Fi Protected Access, which is a security standard

stronger than WEP encryption and forward compatible with IEEE 802.11e. WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy, Enterprise refers to using RADIUS server for authentication, while RADIUS stands for Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service.) Refer to the appropriate instructions below after you select the Authentication Type and SSID Interoperability settings. To disable wireless security completely, select Disabled. The default is Disabled.

Wireless Isolation (between SSID w/o VLAN)—When disabled, wireless PCs that are associated to the same network name (SSID), can see and transfer files between each other. By enabling this feature, Wireless PCs will not be able to see each other. This feature is very useful when setting up a wireless hotspot location. The default is Disabled.

The following section describes the detailed options for each Security Mode.

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Disabled

To disable wireless security completely, select Disabled.

Wireless Tab

WEP

This security mode is defined in the original IEEE 802.11. This mode is not recommended now due to its weak security protection. Users are urged to migrate to WPA or WPA2.

Authentication Type. Choose the 802.11 authentication type as either Open System or Shared Key. The default is Open System.

Encryption—Select a level of WEP encryption, 64 bits (10 hex digits) or 128 bits (26 hex digits).

Passphrase—If you want to generate WEP keys using a Passphrase, then enter the Passphrase in the field provided and click the Generate key.

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Key 1-4—If you want to manually enter WEP keys, then complete the fields provided. Each WEP

key can consist of the letters “A” through “F” and the numbers “0” through “9”. It should be 10 characters in length for 64-bit encryption or 26 characters in length for 128-bit encryption.

Tx Key—Select one of the keys to be used for data encryption (when you manually enter multiple WEP keys).

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

WPA-Personal (also known as WPA-PSK)

Encryption—WPA offers you two encryption methods, TKIP and AES for data encryption. Select the type of algorithm you want to use, TKIP or AES. The default is TKIP.

Shared Key—Enter a WPA Shared Key of 8-63 characters.

Key Renewal—Enter a Key Renewal Timeout period, which instructs the Wireless Router how often it should change the encryption keys. The default is 3600 seconds.

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Encryption—WPA2 always uses AES for data encryption.

Shared Key—Enter a WPA Shared Key of 8-63 characters.

Key Renewal—Enter a Key Renewal Timeout period, which instructs the Wireless Router how often it should change the encryption keys. The default is 3600 seconds.

WPA2-Personal Mixed

This security mode supports the transition from WPA-Personal to WPA2-Personal. You can have client devices that use either WPA-Personal or WPA2-Personal. The Wireless Router will automatically choose the encryption algorithm used by each client device.

Encryption—Mixed Mode automatically chooses TKIP or AES for data encryption.

Shared Key—Enter a WPA Shared Key of 8-63 characters.

Key Renewal—Enter a Key Renewal Timeout period, which instructs the Wireless Router how often it should change the encryption keys. The default is 3600 seconds.

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WPA-Enterprise

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This option features WPA used in coordination with a RADIUS server for client authentication. (This should only be used when a RADIUS server is connected to the Wireless Router.)

Encryption—WPA offers you two encryption methods, TKIP and AES for data encryption. Select the type of algorithm you want to use, TKIP or AES. The default is TKIP.

RADIUS Server—Enter the RADIUS server’s IP address.

RADIUS Port—Enter the port number used by the RADIUS server. The default is 1812.

Shared Key—Enter the Shared Secret key used by the Wireless Router and RADIUS server.

Key Renewal—Enter a Key Renewal Timeout period, which instructs the Wireless Router how often it should change the encryption keys. The default is 3600 seconds.

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Wireless Tab

This option features WPA2 used in coordination with a RADIUS server for client authentication. (This should only be used when a RADIUS server is connected to the Wireless Router.)

Encryption—WPA2 always uses AES for data encryption.

RADIUS Server—Enter the RADIUS server’s IP address.

RADIUS Port—Enter the port number used by the RADIUS server. The default is 1812.

Shared Key—Enter the Shared Secret key used by the Wireless Router and RADIUS server.

Key Renewal—Enter a Key Renewal Timeout period, which instructs the Wireless Router how often it should change the encryption keys. The default is 3600 seconds.

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This security mode supports the transition from WPA-Enterprise to WPA2-Enterprise. You can have client devices that use either WPA-Enterprise or WPA2-Enterprise. The Wireless Router will automatically choose the encryption algorithm used by each client device.

Encryption—Mixed Mode automatically chooses TKIP or AES for data encryption.

RADIUS Server—Enter the RADIUS server’s IP address.

RADIUS Port—Enter the port number used by the RADIUS server. The default is 1812.

Shared Key—Enter the Shared Secret key used by the Wireless Router and RADIUS server.

Key Renewal—Enter a Key Renewal Timeout period, which instructs the Wireless Router how often it should change the encryption keys. The default is 3600 seconds.

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Wireless Connection Control

Configure the Connection Control List to either permit or block specific wireless client devices connecting to (associating with) the Wireless Router.

Select SSID—Select the desired SSID.

Enabled/Disabled—Enable or disable wireless connection control. The default is Disabled.

Connection Control

There are two ways to control the connection (association) of wireless client devices. You can either prevent specific devices from connecting to the Wireless Router, or you can allow only specific client devices to connect to the Wireless Router. The client devices are specified by their MAC addresses. The default is to allow only specific client devices.

Connection Control List

MAC 01-20—Enter the MAC addresses of the wireless client devices you want to control.

Wireless Client List—Instead of manually entering the MAC addresses of each client, the

Wireless Router provides a convenient way to select a specific client device from the client association table. Click this button and a window appears to let you select a MAC address from the table. The selected MAC address will be entered into the Connection Control List.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen.

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Advanced Wireless Settings

Configure the advanced settings for the Wireless Router. The Wireless-N Router adopts several new parameters to adjust the channel bandwidth and guard intervals to improve the data rate dynamically. Linksys recommends to let your Wireless Router automatically adjust the parameters for maximum data throughput.

Advanced Wireless

You can change the following advanced parameters (some only for Wireless-N) for this Wireless Router. Wireless-N data rates are classified into 16 MCS numbers (0-15). MCS stands for Modulation and Coding Scheme. For the same MCS number, the data rate changes according to the Channel Bandwidth and Guard Interval settings. You can see the change through the drop-down menu of Tx Rate Limiting (11n clients).

Channel Bandwidth—Select the channel bandwidth manually for Wireless-N connections. When it is set to 20MHz, only the 20MHz channel is used. When it is set to 40MHz, Wireless-N connections will use 40MHz channel but Wireless-B and Wireless-G will still use 20MHz channel. The default is Auto.

Guard Interval—Select the guard interval manually for Wireless-N connections. The two options are Short (400ns) and Long (800ns). The default is Auto.

CTS Protection Mode—CTS (Clear-To-Send) Protection Mode function boosts the Wireless Router’s ability to catch all wireless transmissions, but will severely decrease performance. Keep the default setting, Auto, so the Wireless Router can use this feature as needed, when the Wireless-N/G products are not able to transmit to the Wireless Router in an environment with heavy 802.11b traffic. Select Disabled if you want to permanently disable this feature.

Beacon Interval— Indicates the frequency interval of the beacon. A beacon is a packet broadcast by the Wireless Router to keep the network synchronized. A beacon includes the wireless networks service area, the Wireless Router address, the Broadcast destination addresses, a time stamp, Delivery Traffic Indicator Maps, and the Traffic Indicator Message (TIM). The default is 100 ms.

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DTIM Interval—Indicates how often the Wireless Router sends out a Delivery Traffic Indication

Message (DTIM). Lower settings result in more efficient networking, while preventing your PC from dropping into power-saving sleep mode. Higher settings allow your PC to enter sleep mode, thus saving power, but interferes with wireless transmissions. The default is 1 ms.

RTS Threshold— Determines how large a packet can be before the Wireless Router coordinates transmission and reception to ensure efficient communication. This value should remain at its default setting of 2346. If you encounter inconsistent data flow, only minor modifications are recommended.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

VLAN & QoS

Configure the Qos and VLAN settings for the Access Point. The QoS (Quality of Service) feature allows you specify priorities for different traffic. Lower priority traffic will be slowed down to allow greater throughput or less delay for high priority traffic. The 802.1Q VLAN feature is allowing traffic from different sources to be segmented. Combined with the multiple SSID feature, this provides a powerful tool to control access to your LAN.

VLAN

Enabled/Disabled VLAN—Enable this feature only if the hubs/switches on your LAN support

the VLAN standard.

AP Management VLAN—Define the VLAN ID used for management.

VLAN ID—Enter the VLAN ID.

QoS

U-APSD(WMM Power Save)—Select Enabled or Disabled as required.

WMM—Wi-Fi Multimedia is a QoS feature defined by WiFi Alliance before IEEE 802.11e was

finalized. Now it is part of IEEE 802.11e. When it is enabled, it provides four priority queues for

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different types of traffic. It automatically maps the incoming packets to the appropriate queues based on QoS settings (in IP or layer 2 header). WMM provides the capability to prioritize traffic in your environment. The default is Enabled.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen.

WDS

Configure the WDS (Wireless Distribution System) settings for the device.

WDS MAC Address—Displays the read-only MAC address for the WDS.

Allow wireless signal to be repeated by a repeater—Select Auto or Manual as required.

Remote Access Point's MAC Address—Either enter the MAC address directly, or, if the other

AP is on-line, you can click the Site Survey button and select from a list of available APs.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen.

Firewall Tab

Configure software security features like SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) Firewall, IP based Access List, restriction LAN users on Internet (WAN port) access, and NAPT (Network Address Port Translation) to limited services to specific ports. Settings only work when NAT is enabled.

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Note that for WAN traffic, NAPT settings are applied first, then the SPI Firewall settings, followed by IP based Access List (which requires more CPU power).

Basic Settings

Firewall: SP—(Stateful Packet Inspection) Firewall, when you enable this feature, the Router

will perform deep packet inspection on all the traffic going through the Router and drop the packets that do not follow the pre-defined protocol behavior. The default is Enable.

DoS Protection—When enabled, the Router will prevent DoS (Denial of Service) attacks coming in from the Internet. DOS attacks are making your Router’s CPU busy such that it cannot provide services to regular traffic. The default Is Enable.

Block WAN Request—When enabled, the Router will ignore PING Request from the Internet so it seems to be hidden. The default is Enable.

Remote Management—When enabled, the Router will allow the Web-based Utility to be accessed from the Internet. The default is Disable.

Multicast Pass-through—When enabled, the Router will allow IP Multicast traffic to come in from the Internet. The default is Disable.

SIP Application Layer Gateway—When enabled, the SIP Application Layer Gateway (ALG) allows Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) packets (used for Voice over IP) to traverse the NAT firewall. This feature can be disabled if the VoIP service provider is using other NAT traversal solutions such as STUN, TURN, and ICE.

Block—Select the Web features that you wish to restrict. All those features could place security concern to your PCs on the LAN side. You have to balance your needs on those applications and security. The default is unselected.

•Java—Java is a programming language for websites. If you deny Java, you run the risk of

not having access to Internet sites created using this programming language.

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• Cookies—A cookie is data stored on your PC and used by Internet sites when you

interact with them, so you may not want to deny cookies.

• ActiveX—ActiveX is a Microsoft (Internet Explorer) programming language for

websites. If you deny ActiveX, you run the risk of not having access to Internet sites using this programming language. Also, Windows Update uses ActiveX, so if this is blocked, Windows update will not work.

• Access to Proxy HTTP Server—If local users have access to WAN proxy servers, they

may be able to circumvent the Router's content filters and access Internet sites blocked by the Router. Denying Proxy will block access to any WAN proxy servers.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

IP Based ACL

This screen shows a summary of configured IP based Access List. The Access List is used to restrict traffic going through the Router either from WAN or LAN port. There are two ways to restrict data traffic. You can block specific types of traffic according to your ACL definitions. Or you can allow only specific types of traffic according to your ACL definition. The ACL rules will be read according to its priority. If there is a match for a packet, the action will be taken and following lower priority rules will not be checked against this packet.

Note that the higher the number of rules that need to be checked against packets, the lower the throughput. Use ACL rules with caution.

There are two default rules in the table that cannot be deleted. The first rule will allow all traffic coming in from LAN port to pass the Router. The second rule will allow all traffic coming in from WAN port. These two rules have the lowest priority, so without adding any user defined rules, all the packets can be passed through from both WAN and LAN sides.

The rule will be enabled when the Enable button is checked, and when Date and Time are matched. If any of conditions are not met, the rule will not be used to check against packets.

The following are descriptions on each of the fields in the ACL Table:

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Priority—Defines the order on which rule is checked against first. The smaller number has

higher priority. The default rules will always be checked last.

Enable—Tells the Router if the rule is active or not. You can have rules defined in the ACL Table but in an inactive state. The administrator can decide on when to enable specific ACL rules manually.

Action—Defines how the rule is to affect the traffic. It can be either Allow or Deny. If the rule is matched and the action is Allow, the packet will be forwarded. If the rule is matched and the action is Deny, the packet will be dropped.

Service—Select one of the pre-defined services in the drop-down menu or you can define new services by clicking the Service Management button. When you defined your own service, it will be listed on the top of the drop-down menu. You can also select ALL to allow or block all types of IP traffic.

The User-defined Service GUI page can be either accessed from the New Rule screen by clicking Service Management button, or you can access it directly from the 2nd layer tab under Firewall.

Source Interface—Select LAN, WAN, or ANY interface.

Source—The source IP address to be matched against. You can define a Single IP address, a Range of IP addresses (start IP and end IP), a Network (IP Prefix and Network Mask), or ANY IP

addresses.

Destination—The destination IP address to be matched against. You can define a Single IP address, a Range of IP addresses (start IP and end IP), a Network (IP Prefix and Network Mask), or ANY IP addresses.

Time—Displays the time period this rule will be enabled (used together with Date). It can be set to Any Time.

Date—Displays the days in a week this rule will be enabled (used together with Time). It can be set to Any Day.

Edit button—Use this button to go to Edit IP ACL Rule screen and modify this rule.

Delete button—Use this button to delete the ACL rule from the list.

The following is a description of the buttons in the IP Based ACL screen:

Page Selections—Select specific page of ACL list from the drop-down menu to be displayed. Or navigate them page by page through Previous Page and Next Page button.

Add New Rule—Click this button to enter the page to define a new ACL rule.

Disable All Rule—Click this page to disable all the user defined rules.

Delete All Rule—Click this page to delete all the user defined rules.

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Edit IP ACL Rule

This Web page can be entered only through IP Based ACL Tab. Enter this page by clicking Add New Rule button on that page.

Action—Select either Allow or Deny. Default is Allow.

Service—Select ALL or pre-defined (or user-defined) services from the drop-down menu.

Log—If checked, this ACL rule will be logged when a packet match happens.

Log Prefix—This string will be attached in front of the log for the matched event.

Source Interface—Select LAN, WAN, or ANY interface.

Source—The source IP address to be matched against. You can define a Single IP address, a Range of IP addresses (start IP and end IP), a Network (IP Prefix and Network Mask), or ANY IP

addresses.

Destination—The destination IP address to be matched against. You can define a Single IP address, a Range of IP addresses (start IP and end IP), a Network (IP Prefix and Network Mask), or ANY IP addresses.

Service Management Button—Click this button and the Service Tab to add new service type to the Service drop-down menu.

Scheduling

Time—Enter the time period this rule will be applied (used together with Date). It can be set to

Any Time.

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Date—Enter the days in a week this rule will be applied (used together with Time). It can be set

to Any Day.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

Internet Access Policy

Access to the Internet can be managed by policies. A policy consists of four components. You need to define the PCs (MAC or IP address) to apply this policy, either Deny or Allow Internet service, what time and date to enable this policy, and what URLs or Keywords to apply this policy.

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Use the settings on this screen to establish an access policy. Selecting a policy from the dropdown menu will display that policy's settings. You can then perform the following operations:

• Create a Policy—see instructions below.

• Delete the current policy—click the Delete button.

• View all policies—click the Summary button. On the Summary screen, the policies are

listed with the following information: No., Policy Name, Days, Time, and a checkbox to delete (clear) the policy. To delete a policy, check the checkbox in the Delete column, and click the Delete button.

• View or change the PCs covered by the current policy—click the Edit List of PCs

button.

On the List of PCs screen, you can define PCs by MAC Address or IP Address. You can also enter a range of IP Addresses if you want this policy to affect a group of PCs.

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To create an Internet Access policy:

1. Select the desired policy number from the Internet Access Policy drop-down menu.

2. Enter a Policy Name in the field provided.

3. Enable this policy by clicking the Enable option.

4. Click the Edit List of PCs button to select which PCs will be affected by the policy. The List of PCs screen appears in a sub-window. You can select a PC by MAC Address or IP Address. You can also enter a range of IP Addresses if you want this policy to affect a group of PCs. After making your changes, click the Save Settings button to apply your changes.

5. Click the appropriate option, Deny or Allow, depending on whether you want to block or allow Internet access for the PCs you listed on the List of PCs screen.

6. Decide what Days and what Times you want this policy to be enforced. Select the individual days during which the policy will be in effect, or select Everyday. Enter a range of hours and minutes during which the policy will be in effect, or select 24 Hours.

7. If you wish to block access to Web sites, use the Website Blocking by URL Address or Website Blocking by Keyword feature.

• Website Blocking by URL Address. Enter the URL or Domain Name of the web sites

you wish to block.

• Website Blocking by Keyword. Enter the keywords you wish to block in the fields

provided. If any of these Keywords appears in the URL of a web site, access to the site will be blocked. Note that only the URL is checked, not the content of each Web page.

8. Click the Save Settings button to save the policy settings.

Single Port Forwarding

This is one of the NAPT (Network Address Port Translation) features. Use the Single Port Forwarding screen when you want to open specific services (that use single port). This allows users on the Internet to access this server by using the WAN port address and the matched external port number. When users send these types of request to your WAN port IP address via

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the Internet, the NAT Router will forward those requests to the appropriate servers on your LAN.

Application—Enter the name of the application you wish to configure.

External Port—Port number used by the service or Internet application. Internet users must

connect using this port number. Check with the software documentation of the Internet application for more information.

Internal Port—Port number used by the Router when forwarding Internet traffic to the PC or server on your LAN and is usually the same as the External Port number. If it is different, the Router performs a Port Translation, so that the port number used by Internet users is different from the port number used by the server or Internet application.

For example, you could configure your Web Server to accept connections on both port 80 (standard) and port 8080. Then, enable Port Forwarding, set the External Port to 80 and the Internal Port to 8080. Now, any traffic from the Internet to your Web server will be using port 8080, even though the Internet users used the standard port, 80. (Users on the local LAN can and should connect to your Web Server using the standard port 80.)

Protocol—Select the protocol used for this application, TCP and/or UDP.

IP Address—For each application, enter the IP address of the PC running the specific server

application.

Enabled—Select Enabled to enable port forwarding for the relevant server application.

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Firewall Tab

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

Port Range Forwarding

This is one of the NAPT (Network Address Port Translation) features. The Port Range Forwarding screen allows you to set up public services on your network, such as web servers, ftp servers, email servers, or other specialized Internet applications that use one or multiple port numbers (e.g. video conference). The port numbers being used will not change while forwarding to the local network. This allows users on the Internet to access this server by using the WAN port IP address and the pre-defined port numbers. When users send these types of requests to your WAN port IP address via the Internet, the NAT Router will forward those requests to the appropriate servers on your LAN.

Application—Enter the name of the application you wish to configure.

Start—The beginning of the port range. Enter the beginning of the range of port numbers

(external ports) used by the server or Internet application. Check with the software documentation of the Internet application for more information if necessary.

End—The end of the port range. Enter the end of the range of port numbers (external ports) used by the server or Internet application. Check with the software documentation of the Internet application for more information if necessary.

Protocol—Select the protocol(s) used for this application, TCP and/or UDP.

IP Address—For each application, enter the IP address of the PC running the specific

application.

Enabled—Select Enabled to enable port range forwarding for the relevant application.

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Firewall Tab

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

Port Range Triggering

This is one of the NAPT (Network Address Port Translation) features. Port Range Triggering is used for special applications that can request a port to be opened on demand. For this feature, the Wireless Router will watch outgoing packets for specific port numbers. This will trigger the Wireless Router to allow the incoming packets within the specified forwarding range and forward those packets to the triggering PC. One of the example applications is QuickTime. It would use port 1000 for outgoing packets and 2000 for incoming packets.

Application—Enter the name of the application you wish to configure.

Triggered Range —For each application, list the triggered port number range. These are the

ports used by outgoing traffic. Check with the Internet application documentation for the port number(s) needed. In the first field, enter the starting port number of the Triggered Range. In the second field, enter the ending port number of the Triggered Range.

Forwarded Range—For each application, list the forwarded port number range. These are the ports used by incoming traffic. Check with the Internet application documentation for the port number(s) needed. In the first field, enter the starting port number of the Forwarded Range. In the second field, enter the ending port number of the Forwarded Range.

Enabled—Select Enabled to enable port range triggering for the relevant application.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

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ProtectLink Tab

The Trend Micro ProtectLink Gateway service provides security for your network. It checks email messages, filters website addresses (URLs), and blocks potentially malicious websites.

For detailed information on how to configure the ProtectLink Service, go to Appendix J, "Trend

Micro ProtectLink Gateway Service".

VPN Tab

Summary

The IPSec VPN Summary displays a status of the IPSec tunnel status.

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VPN Tab

Tunnels Used—Displays the number of tunnels used.

Tunnel(s) Available—Displays the number of available tunnels.

Detail button—Click Detail to display more tunnel information.

Tunnel Status

No—Displays the number of the tunnel.

Name—Displays the name of the tunnel, as defined by the Tunnel Name field on the VPN >

IPSec VPN screen.

Status—Displays the tunnel's status: Connected, Hostname Resolution Failed, Resolving Hostname, or Waiting for Connection.

Phase Enc/Auth—Displays the Phase 2 Encryption type (3DES), Authentication type (MD5 or SHA1), and Group (768-bit, 1024-bit, or 1536-bit) that you chose in the VPN > IPSec VPN screen.

Local Group—Displays the IP address and subnet of the local group.

Remote Group—Displays the IP address and subnet of the remote group.

Remote Gateway—Displays the IP address of the remote gateway.

Tunnel Test—Click Connect to verify the tunnel status; the test result is updated in the Status

column. If the tunnel is connected, you can disconnect the IPSec VPN connection by clicking Disconnect.

Config—Click Edit to change the tunnel's settings. Click Trash to delete all of the tunnel's settings.

VPN Clients Status

No—The range of user number is from 1 to 5.

Username—Displays the username of the VPN Client.

Status—Displays the connection status of the VPN Client.

Start Time—Displays the start time of the most recent VPN session for the specified VPN Client.

End Time—Displays the end time of a VPN session if the VPN Client has disconnected.

Duration—Displays the total connection time of the latest VPN session.

Disconnect—Check the Disconnect box at the end of each row in the VPN Clients Table and

click the Disconnect button to disconnect a VPN Client session.

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VPN Tab

IPSec VPN

Virtual Private Network (VPN) is a security measure that creates a secure connection between two remote locations. Configure these settings so the Gateway will create VPN tunnels.

IPSec VPN Tunnel

Select Tunnel Entry—Select a tunnel to configure.

Delete—Deletes all settings for the selected tunnel.

Summary—Shows the settings and status of all enabled tunnels.

IPSec VPN Tunnel—Check the Enable option to enable this tunnel.

Tunnel Name—Enter a name for this tunnel, such as "LA Office".

Local Group Setup

Local Security Gateway Type—There are two types. They are IP Only, IP + Domain Name

(FQDN) Authentication.

• IP Only—If you select IP Only, only the specific IP Address will be able to access the

tunnel. The WAN IP of RVS4000 will appear in this field automatically.

• IP + Domain Name (FQDN) Authentication—If you select this type, enter the FQDN

(Fully Qualified Domain Name), and IP address will come out automatically. The FQDN is the host name and domain name for a specific computer on the Internet, for example, vpn.myvpnserver.com. The IP and FQDN must be same with the Remote Security Gateway type of the remote VPN device, and the same IP and FQDN can be only for one tunnel connection.

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VPN Tab

Local Security Group Type—Select the local LAN user(s) behind the router that can use this

VPN tunnel. This may be a single IP address or Sub-network. Notice that the Local Secure Group must match the other router's Remote Secure Group.

IP Address—Enter the IP address on the local network.

Subnet Mask—If the "Subnet" option is selected, enter the mask to determine the IP addresses

on the local network.

Remote Group Setup

Remote Security Gateway Type—There are two types. They are IP Only, IP + Domain Name

(FQDN) Authentication. The type of Remote Security Gateway should match with the Local Security Gateway Type of VPN devices in the other end of tunnel.

• IP Only—If you select IP Only, only the specific IP Address that you enter will be able to

access the tunnel. It's the IP Address of the remote VPN Router or device which you wish to communicate. The remote VPN device can be another VPN Router or a VPN Server. If you know the static IP address of remote VPN device, select IP address from drop-down menu. If you don't know the static IP address of remote VPN device, but the domain name of remote VPN device is known, you can select IP by DNS Resolved, and enter the real domain name on the Internet. WRVS4400N will get the IP address of remote VPN device by DNS Resolved, and IP address of remote VPN device will be displayed on VPN Status of Summary page

• IP + Domain Name (FQDN) Authentication—If you select this type, enter the FQDN

(Fully Qualified Domain Name) and IP address of the VPN device at the other end of the tunnel. If you know the static IP address of remote VPN device, select IP address from drop-down menu. If you don't know the static IP address of remote VPN device, but the domain name of remote VPN device is known, you can select IP by DNS Resolved, and enter the real domain name on the Internet. WRVS4400N will get the IP address of remote VPN device by DNS Resolved, and IP address of remote VPN device will be displayed on VPN Status of Summary page. Then, enter the Domain Name as an ID, it can be not a real domain name on Internet. The IP and Domain Name ID must be same with the Local Gateway of the remote VPN device, and the same IP and Domain Name ID can be only for one tunnel connection.

Remote Security Group—Select the remote LAN user(s) behind the remote gateway who can use this VPN tunnel. This may be a single IP address, a Sub-network, or any addresses. If "Any" is set, the router acts as responder and accepts request from any remote user. Notice that the Remote Secure Group must match the other router's Local Secure Group.

IP Address—Enter the IP address on the local network.

Subnet Mask—If the "Subnet" option is selected, enter the mask to determine the IP addresses

on the local network.

Remote Security Gateway—Select the desired option - IP address.

IP—The IP address in this field must match the public IP address (i.e. WAN IP Address) of the

remote gateway at the other end of this tunnel.

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IPSec Setup

Setting Up and Configuring the Router

VPN Tab

Keying Mode—The router supports both IKE with Preshared Key (automatic) and Manual

key management. When choosing automatic key management, IKE (Internet Key Exchange) protocols are used to negotiate key material for SA. If manual key management is selected, no key negotiation is needed. Basically, manual key management is used in small static environments or for troubleshooting purpose. Notice that both sides must use the same Key Management method.

Encryption—The Encryption method determines the length of the key used to encrypt/ decrypt ESP packets. 3DES is supported. Notice that both sides of the VPN tunnel must use the same Encryption method.

Authentication—Authentication determines a method to authenticate the ESP packets. Either MD5 or SHA1 may be selected. Both sides of the VPN tunnel must use the same Authentication

method.

• MD5—A one way hashing algorithm that produces a 128-bit digest.

• SHA1—A one way hashing algorithm that produces a 160-bit digest.

Preshared Key— IKE uses the Pre-shared Key field to authenticate the remote IKE peer. Both character and hexadecimal value are acceptable in this field. for example; "My_@123" or "0x4d795f40313233". Both sides must use the same Pre-shared Key.

Key Lifetime—Specifies the lifetime of the IKE generated key. If the time expires, a new key will be renegotiated automatically. The Key Lifetime may range from 1081 to 86400 seconds. The default value for Phase 1 is 28800 seconds, and default value for Phase 2 is 3600 seconds

Group— For Diffie-Hellman key negotiation. There are 3 groups available for ISAKMP SA establishment, 768-bit, 1024-bit, 1536-bit represent different bits used in Diffie-Hellman mode operation. The default value is Group 768-bit.

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VPN Tab

Encryption— The Encryption method determines the length of the key used to encrypt/

decrypt ESP packets. 3DES is supported. Notice that both sides of the VPN tunnel must use the same Encryption method.

Authentication— Authentication determines a method to authenticate the ESP packets. Either MD5 or SHA1 may be selected. Notice that both sides (VPN endpoints) must use the same Authentication method.

• MD5— A one way hashing algorithm that produces a 128-bit digest.

• SHA1— A one way hashing algorithm that produces a 160-bit digest.

Perfect Forward Secrecy— If PFS is enabled, IKE Phase 2 negotiation will generate a new key material for IP traffic encryption and authentication. Note: that both sides must have this selected.

Preshared Key— This field specifies a key used to authenticate IP traffic. Both character and hexadecimal value are acceptable in this field. Note: that both sides must use the same Authentication Key.

Inbound SPI/Outbound SPI—The SPI (Security Parameter Index) is carried in the ESP header. This enables the receiver to select the SA, under which a packet should be processed. The SPI is a 32-bit value. Both decimal and hexadecimal values are acceptable. e.g. "987654321" or "0x3ade68b1". Each tunnel must have unique an Inbound SPI and Outbound SPI. No two tunnels share the same SPI. Notice that Inbound SPI must match the other router's Outbound SPI, and vice versa

Status

This field shows the connection status for the selected tunnel. The state is either connected or disconnected.

Buttons

Connect—Establish a connection for the current VPN tunnel. If you have made any changes,

click Save Settings to first apply your changes.

Disconnect—Break a connection for the current VPN tunnel.

View Log—View the VPN log, which shows details of each tunnel established.

Advanced Button

Aggressive Mode—There are two types of Phase 1 exchanges: Main mode and Aggressive

mode. Aggressive Mode requires half of the main mode messages to be exchanged in Phase 1 of the SA exchange. If network security is preferred, select Main mode.

NetBIOS broadcast—Check the box to enable NetBIOS traffic to pass through the VPN tunnel. By default, WRVS4400Nv2 blocks these broadcasts.

Click the Save Settings button to apply your changes or Cancel Changes button to cancel.

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VPN Tab

VPN Client Accounts

Use this page to administer your VPN Client users. Enter the information at the top of the screen and the users you've entered appear in the list at the bottom, showing their status. This will work with the Linksys QuickVPN client only. (The Router supports up to five Linksys QuickVPN Clients by default. Additional QuickVPN Client licenses can be purchased separately. See www.linksys.com for more informatio

n.

Username—Enter the username using any combination of keyboard characters.

Password—Enter the password you would like to assign to this user.

Re-enter to Confirm—Retype the password to ensure that it has been entered correctly.

Allow User to Change Password—Determines whether the user is allowed to change their

password.

VPN Client List Table

No—Displays the user number.

Active—When checked, the designated user can connect, otherwise the VPN client account is

disabled.

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VPN Tab

Username—Displays the username.

Edit button—Modify the username, password, or toggle between whether the user is allowed

to change their password.

Remove button—Delete a user account.

Certificate Management

Use this section to manage the certificate used for securing the communication between the router and QuickVPN clients.

Generate—Click this button to generate a new certificate to replace the existing certificate on the router.

Export for Admin—Click this button to export the certificate for administrator. A dialog will ask you to specify where you want to store your certificate. The default file name is "WRVS4000Nv2_Admin.pem" but you can use another name. The certificate for administrator contains the private key and needs to be stored in a safe place as a backup. If the router's configuration is reset to the factory default, this certificate can be imported and restored on the router.

Export for Client—Click this button to export the certificate for client. A dialog will ask you where you want to store your certificate. The default file name is "WRVS4000Nv2_Client.pem" but you can use another name. For QuickVPN users to securely connect to the router, this certificate needs to be placed in the install directory of the QuickVPN client.

Import—Click this button to import a certificate previously saved to a file using Export for Admin or Export for Client. Enter the file name in the field or click Browse to locate the file on your computer, then click Import.

Certificate Last Generated or Imported—Displays the date and time when a certificate was last generated or imported.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

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VPN Tab

VPN Passthrough

This screen allows users to use their own VPN algorithms to connect to their remote Routers. The Wireless Router will just pass the traffic through.

IPsec Passthrough—Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a suite of protocols used to implement secure exchange of packets at the IP layer. IPsec Passthrough is enabled by default to allow IPsec tunnels to pass through the Router. To disable IPsec Passthrough, select

Disabled.

PPTP Passthrough—Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) allows the Point-to-Point

Protocol (PPP) to be tunneled through an IP network. PPTP Passthrough is enabled by default. To disable PPTP Passthrough, select Disabled.

L2TP Passthrough—Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol is the similar to PPP but allows Layer 2 and the PPP session to terminate at different servers or locations. L2TP Passthrough is enabled by default. To disable L2TP Passthrough, select Disabled.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

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QoS Tab

QoS (Quality of Service) allows you to perform Bandwidth Management, by either Rate Control or Priority. You can also configure QoS Trust Mode and the DSCP settings.

Bandwidth Management

Bandwidth

Specify the maximum bandwidth provided by the ISP on the WAN interface, for both the upstream and downstream directions.

Bandwidth Management Type

Typ e—The desired type of bandwidth management, either Rate Control (default) or Priority.

Depending on your selection, the lower portion of the screen displays either the Rate Control section or the Priority section.

Rate Control

Service—Select the service from the drop-down menu. If it does not contain the service you

need, click Service Management to add the service.

IP—Enter the IP address or IP range you need to control. The default is zero which includes all internal IP addresses.

Direction—Select Upstream for outbound traffic or Downstream for inbound traffic.

Mini.Rate—Enter the minimum rate for the guaranteed bandwidth.

Max. Rate—Enter the maximum rate for the guaranteed bandwidth.

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QoS Tab

Enable—Check this box to enable this Rate Control Rule.

Add to list—After a rule is set up, click this button to add it to the list. The list can contain a

maximum of 15 entries.

Delete selected application—Click this button to delete a rule from the list.

Priority Screen

Service—Select the service from the drop-down menu. If it does not contain the service you

need, click Service Management to add the service.

Direction—Select Upstream for outbound traffic or Downstream for inbound traffic from the drop-down menu.

Priority—Select High, Medium, Normal, or Low priority for the service. The default is Medium.

Enable—Check this box to enable this Priority Rule.

Add to list—After a rule is set up, click this button to add it to the list. The list can contain a

maximum of 15 entries.

Delete selected application—Click this button to delete a rule from the list.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

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QoS Setup

The QoS Setup screen allows users to configure QoS Trust Mode for each LAN port.

QoS Tab

Port ID—The number of the LAN port.

Trust Mode—Select either Port, CoS, or DSCP. The default is Port.

Default CoS/Port Priority—If Trust Mode is set to Port, select the port priority from 1 to 4 from

the drop-down menu. If Trust Mode is set to CoS, select the default CoS priority from 0 to 7 from the drop-down menu.

CoS Setup

Priority—The CoS priority from 0 to 7.

Queue—Select the traffic forwarding queue, 1 to 4, to which the CoS priority is mapped.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

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DSCP Setup

Setting Up and Configuring the Router

QoS Tab

DSCP—The Differentiated Services Code Point value in the incoming packet.

Queue—Select the traffic forwarding queue, to 4, to which the DSCP priority is mapped.

Restore Defaults—Click this button to restore the default DSCP values.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

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Administration Tab

Management

Setting Up and Configuring the Router

Administration Tab

Router Access

This configures the administrator user accounts to manage the Wireless Router through Web based Utility. Only the first user is created by default. Other accounts are not created by default so you can leave them alone. Make sure to change the first user account username and password when you configure your Wireless Router for the first time.

Router Userlist—Select a user to configure from the drop-down menu.

Router Username—Enter the user name here.

Router Password—Enter the password.

Re-enter to Confirm—Retype the password in this field.

Access List

Access List specifies which Source IP addresses can manage the device. Default is Disable.

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Administration Tab

SNMP

Configures the Simple Network Management Protocol settings. Users can use management software to read or write information from or to the device.

SNMP—Select Enable if you wish to use SNMP. To use SNMP, you need SNMP software on your PC.

System Name—Enter a suitable name. This name will be used to identify this device, and will be displayed by your SNMP software.

System Contact—Enter contact information for the system.

System Location—Enter the location of the system.

Read Community—Enter the SNMP community name for SNMP “Get” commands.

Write Community—Enter the SNMP community name for SNMP “Set” commands.

Trap Community—Enter the SNMP community name for SNMP "Trap" commands.

Trap To—Enter the IP Address of the SNMP Manager where traps will be sent. If desired, this

may be left blank.

UPnP

UPnP—Universal Plug and Play allows Windows MP and XP to automatically configure the

Internet Gateway on its routing table. If you want to use UPnP, keep the default setting, Enable. Otherwise, select Disable.

WLAN

Management via WLAN—Control the access of Web based GUI from associated wireless

clients. The default is Disable.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

Log

This screen provides you options on how you want to manage your system logs. The Wireless Router provides four categories of event logging (Firewall, VPN, System, and ACL). You can

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Administration Tab

configure the Wireless Router to send the event log to you through e-mail, upload the log to syslog server, or view the log locally on the Wireless Router.

Log Setting

Log Level—Select the log level(s) that the Router should record. Log levels and their meanings

are described in the left table.

Level Severity Name Description

7 LOG_DEBUG Debug-level message

6 LOG_INFO Information messages only

5 LOG_NOTICE Normal but significant condition

4 LOG_WARNING Warning conditions

3 LOG_ERR Error conditions

2 LOG_CRIT Critical conditions

1 LOG_ALERT Immediate action needed

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Level Severity Name Description

0 LOG_EMERG System unusable

Outgoing Log—Select Enable to cause all outgoing packets to be logged. You can then click View Outgoing Table to display information on the outgoing packets including Source IP, Destination IP, and Service/Port number.

Incoming Log—Select Enable to cause all incoming packets to be logged. You can then click View Incoming Table to display information on incoming packets including Source IP, Destination IP, and Service/Port number.

Email Alerts

Email Alerts—If enabled, an e-mail will be sent when the number of DoS events exceeds the

defined threshold or the total events number exceed 100. If enabled, the e-mail address information (below) must be provided.

Denial of Service Thresholds—Enter the number of DoS (Denial of Service) attacks that need to be detected (and blocked) by the software firewall before an e-mail alert is sent. The minimum value is 20, the maximum value is 100. Note that if IPS has been enabled, IPS would block DoS attacks before they reach the firewall. In that case, please check the IPS Report to know event details.

Log Queue Length—The default is 50 entries (Router will e-mail the log if there are more than 50 entries).

Log Time Threshold—The default is 10 minutes (Router will e-mail the log every 10 minutes).

SMTP Mail Server—Enter the address (domain name) or IP address of the SMTP (Simple Mail

Transport Protocol) server you use for outgoing e-mails.

Email Address for Alert Logs—Enter the e-mail address the log is to be sent to.

Return Email Address—The e-mail will show this address as the sender's address.

Enable SMTP Authentication—If your SMTP server requires Authentication, you can enable it

here, and enter the Username and Password.

E-mail Log Now—Press this button to cause the log to be e-mailed immediately.

Syslog

Enable Syslog—Select Enable if you want to use this feature.

Syslog Server—Enter the IP Address in the Syslog Server field when Enable Syslog is checked.

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Local Log—Enable this if you want to see the log locally on the Wireless Router.

Administration Tab

View Log button—If Local Log is enabled, click View Log to view the event log on the

Wireless Router.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

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Diagnostics

Setting Up and Configuring the Router

Administration Tab

Ping Test Parameters

Ping Target IP—Enter the IP address or URL that you want to ping.

Ping Size—Enter the size of the packet you want to use.

Number of Pings—Enter the number of times you wish to ping the target device.

Ping Interval—Enter the time period (in milliseconds) between each ping.

Ping Timeout—Enter the desired time period (in milliseconds). If a response is not received

within the defined ping period, the ping is considered to have failed.

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Start Test button—Click this button to begin the test. A new screen appears and display the

test results. A summary of the PING results will be shown on the bottom of this screen.

Ping Result. Displays the Ping status results.

Traceroute Test Parameters

TraceRoute Target—Enter the IP address or Host name to perform the traceroute testing.

Start Test button—Click this button to begin the test. A new screen appears and display the

test results.

Cable Diagnostics

Port—Select the port number from the drop-down menu.

Pair—Identifies a specific pair (A, B, C, or D) in the cable. Each cable consists of 8 pins (4 pairs).

Cable Length—Displays the length of the cable in meters.

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Status—Displays the status of the pair.

Change these settings as described and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

Backup & Restore

Backup

Backup button. To download a copy of the current configuration and store the file on your PC, click Backup to start the download.

Restore Configuration

Select a previously saved configuration file to restore the configuration to the Wireless Router. This could be helpful if you want to use the same configuration on a new hardware or after resetting to the factory defaults. You can either enter the file path name yourself or use the

Browse button to select a file from the Windows file system.

Browse button—Click this button to select a previously saved configuration from the Windows

file system.

Restore button—Click this button to start the restoration process.

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Factory Defaults

Setting Up and Configuring the Router

Administration Tab

Restore Factory Defaults—Click this button to reset all configuration settings to their default

values—All settings that have been saved will be lost when the default settings are restored. After clicking the button, another screen appears. Click OK to continue. Another screen appears while the system reboots.

Reboot

Reboot—Click this button to reboot the Router. This operation will not cause the Router to lose

any of its stored settings.

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Firmware Upgrade

To upgrade firmware, download the latest firmware for the product from Linksys.com, extract it to your computer, and perform the steps below:

1. File—Type in the name of the extracted firmware upgrade file or click Browse to locate the file from the file system.

2. Start to Upgrade—When you have selected the appropriate file, click the Start to

Upgrade button and follow the on-screen instructions to upgrade your firmware.

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IPS Tab

The Wireless Router supports advanced Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS), which is an integral part of the self-defending strategy—It allows you to stay current on the latest threats so that malicious or damaging traffic is accurately identified, classified, and stopped in realtime. You can use IPS together with Firewall, IP based ACL, and IPsec VPN to achieve maximum securities. The IPS is hardware-accelerated on this Wireless Router.

Configure IPS functions on this screen after enabling IPS.

Configuration

IPS Function—Enable or Disable the IPS Function as desired.

Abnormally Detection

• HTTP—Web attacks use weaknesses on HTTP protocol to trigger the buffer overflow on

Web servers. The default is Disable.

• FTP—FTP attacks use weaknesses on FTP protocol to generate illegal FTP commands to

the FTP server. The default is Disable.

• TELNET—Telnet attacks use weakness on TELNET protocol to execute illegal commands

on the TELNET server. The default is Disable.

• RPC—Remote Procedure Call allows attackers to issue illegal commands to be executed

on RPC server. The default is Disable

Signature Update—To protect your local network from the latest Internet threats, you are encouraged to upgrade the IPS Signature file regularly. First, you need to download the Signature file from www.linksys.com to your PC. Then you can select this file by clicking the

Browse button. Use the Upgrade button to start an upgrade.

Browse button—Enter the path name of the new signature file In the field provided, or click the Browse button to find this file from your Windows file system.

Update button—After you have selected the file, click this button to start an upgrade.

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Setting Up and Configuring the Router

IPS Tab

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

P2P/IM

This tab allows the system administrator to set up policies on using P2P or IM software across the Internet.

Peer to Peer

When users download files from the Internet by Peer to Peer (P2P) software, the WAN port bandwidth will be occupied. You can enable the blocking to the following P2P software applications. The defaults are non-block for the following applications:

GNUTELLA(EZPEER), FASTTRACK, KURO, EDONKEY2000, BITTORRECT, DIRECTCONNECT, PIGO, and WINMX.

Instant Messenger

Users might use IM software to chat with friends or transferring files (bandwidth hogging). You can enable the blocking to the following IM software applications. The defaults are non-block for the following applications.

MSN, ICQ, YAHOO MESSEGER, SKYPE, IRC, ODIGO, REDIFF, GOOGLE TALK, and IM QQ.

Change these settings as described here and click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes. Help information is displayed on the right-hand side of the screen, and click More for additional details.

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Setting Up and Configuring the Router

IPS Tab

Report

This screen provides the network history status, including network traffic and attack counts, through diagram and tables.

Report Diagram—Twenty-four hour diagram displays network traffic and attacks.

Attacker

Displays the IP Address of attackers and the frequency (number of times) of the attacks in a table.

Attacked Category

Displays the category (type) of attack and the frequency (number of times) of the attacks in a table.

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Click the View Log button to view the log.

Information

Setting Up and Configuring the Router

L2 Switch Tab

Signature Version—The Signature Version displays the version of the signature patterns file

loaded in the Wireless Router that protects against malicious threats.

Last Time Upload—Displays when the signature patterns file in the Wireless Router were last updated.

Protect Scope—Displays a list of the categories of attacks that the IPS feature in the Router protects against. Those includes DoS/DDoS, Buffer Overflow, Web Attack, Scan, Trojan Horse, and IM / P2P.

L2 Switch Tab

The Layer 2 Switch Tab provides configurations to the layer 2 switching features on the four Ethernet LAN ports of the Wireless Router. They include VLAN, port configuration, cable diagnostics, and RADIUS authentication.

VLAN

VLAN Configuration

VLANs are logical subgroups of a Local Area Network (LAN) created via software rather than defining a hardware solution. VLANs combine user stations and network devices into a single domain regardless of the physical LAN segment to which they are attached. VLANs allow

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DeWalt WRVS4400N User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Getting Started

Welcome

How to Use this Guide

Document Style Conventions

Finding Information in Your PDF Documents

Finding Text in a PDF

Finding Text in Multiple PDFs

What’s in this Guide?

Networking and Security Basics

An Introduction to LANs

The Use of IP Addresses

The Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)

Planning Your Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Why do I need a VPN?

What is a VPN?

VPN Router to VPN Router

Computer (using the Linksys VPN client software) to VPN Router

Getting to Know the Router

The Front Panel

The Back Panel

Antennas and Positions

Connecting the Router

Overview

Connection Instructions

Placement Options

Stand Option

Wall-Mount Option

Setting Up and Configuring the Router

Overview

Basic Setup

How to Access the Web-based Utility

How to Navigate the Utility

Setup

Wireless

Firewall

ProtectLink

Administration

L2 Switch

Status

Setup Tab

Summary

System Information

Port Statistics

Network Setting Status

Firewall Setting Status

IPSec VPN Setting Status

Log Setting Status

Internet Connection Type

Automatic Configuration - DHCP

Static IP

PPPoE

PPTP

Heart Beat Signal

L2TP

Optional Settings (Required by some ISPs)

DDNS

DynDNS.org

TZO.com

IPv4

Server Settings (DHCP)

IPv6

DHCPv6

MAC Address Clone

Advanced Routing

Operating Mode

Dynamic Routing

Static Routing

Inter-VLAN Routing

Time

Manually

Automatically

IP Mode

Wireless Tab

Basic Wireless Settings

Basic Settings

Wireless Security