IBM 22P6415 manual

IB M ® Hig h R a t e Wi r e l e s s LAN G a t e w a y Us e r ’ s G u i d e  OP T IONS by I B M[...]

Note: Before using this information and the pr oduct it supports, be sure to r ead the IBM High Rate Wir eless LAN Gateway Safety and Warranty Information that comes with your option. The Safety and Warranty Information contains the following information, which is necessary to review befor e operating the device: v Safety information v Information [...]

Contents Preface ........................ v About this book ..................... v Registering your option .................. v Part 1: Product description ................ 1 - 1 Part 2: Configuration .................. 2 - 1 W eb-based interface ................... 2 - 1 Saving configurations .................. 2 - 3 Part 3: Setting up the wirele[...]

Connecting to other routers ................. 7 - 1 T r o u b l e s h o o t i n g .................... 7 - 2 Part 8: Notices .................... 8 - 1 iv IBM ® High Rate W ir eless LAN Gateway: User ’ s Guide[...]

Preface About this book This User ’ s Guide contains instructions for installing and using the IBM ® High Rate W ireless LAN Gateway . The User ’ s Guide contains the product description and usage instructions. For information about the product warranty and help and service information, see the Safety and Warranty Information that comes with y[...]

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Part 1: Product description The IBM High Rate W ireless LAN Gateway provides small of fices and home offices (SOHO) an economical way to connect a small local ar ea network (LAN) to the Internet using an external DSL/Cable modem. W ith its built-in wireless access point, you can connect your IEEE 802.1 1b-compliant mobile computers or other clients[...]

v DMZ : The IBM High Rate W ireless LAN Gateway can support some special applications and Internet games. W ith DMZ, one designated computer is removed fr om behind the built-in firewall and exposed to the Internet. This speeds up Internet gaming and might be requir ed from special applications. v Access control (Packet filtering) : The IBM High Ra[...]

v One IBM High Rate W ireless LAN Gateway unit v One AC power supply v One power cord Note: In the event that your Gateway comes with two power cords, be sur e to use the one labeled for your country . One is labeled for use in the United States and Canada, and one is labeled for use in Japan. v One RJ-45 Ethernet cable v The IBM High Rate Wir eles[...]

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Part 2: Configuration The IBM High Rate W ireless LAN Gateway has a W eb-based setup utility . Note: It is not recommended that multiple users be logged into the W eb-based setup utility at the same time. Web-based interface The W eb-based setup utility has an easy-to-use graphical user interface (GUI). Note: Updated W eb browser softwar e can be d[...]

Note: All IBM High Rate W ireless LAN Gateways are factory-configur ed with ″ default ″ as the default Administrator name with no password needed. After login, the Language selection window opens. 5. Select your language by clicking the appropriate icon. The language home page opens. The following is a list of buttons and links displayed in the[...]

v Help : Displays related help information v Delete : Deletes an entry in the configuration table Saving configurations The configuration changes made through the W eb-based setup utility are automatically saved into the flash memory within 30 seconds after clicking Apply . For more information, see “ Part 5: Using tools for advanced configuratio[...]

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Part 3: Setting up the wireless access point in the IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Gateway The IBM High Rate W ireless LAN Gateway is a multifunctional device with an integrated IEEE 802.1 1b-compliant W iFi certified access point. Y ou can use it as a base station for your wireless network. Thr ough the following procedur e, you can turn on the wirele[...]

Channels are the spectrum range wher e your wir eless signals are transmitted. The clearer the channel, the better your network performance. Y ou can select the desired channel fr om the pull-down menu. W ired equivalency privacy (WEP) encrypts the packets sent by the wireless Gateway . The security settings can affect performance, and must be bala[...]

Wireless Settings - Advanced Request to send (R TS) Threshold: In some situations, not all clients in a WLAN are awar e of each other (hidden node problem). That can lead to dif fer ent WLAN clients transmitting to the Gateway at the same time, therefor e jamming both transmissions. R TS Threshold is a packet size above which the Gateway will expec[...]

Wireless Settings - MAC Control Setup After you enable the MAC access limit function, then you can determine the access mode. In IEEE 802.1 1b-compliant devices, the MAC address is a means of controlling network access. MAC addresses can be found in the package of the network interface card (NIC). The following is an example of a MAC addr ess: v 00[...]

Block or Allow: Y ou can list specific MAC addresses to block or allow in this window . Blocking a specific MAC address will allow everyone else with the correct settings to access the LAN and the Gateway . Allowing a specific MAC address will allow only that MAC addr ess access to the LAN and Gateway as long as WEP and ESSID ar e correct. Wireless[...]

v Multicast Packets: 0 v Multicast Packets: 0 v Multicast Bytes: 0 v Multicast Bytes: 0 v W ireless T ransmit Error v W ireless Receive Error v Deferred T ransmissions: 0 v Packet FCS Errors: 0 v Retry Limit Exceed: 0 v Discards: No Buf fer: 0 v Single Retries: 0 v Discards: WEP Errors: 0 v Multiple Retries: 0 v Discards: W rong Sour ce Address: 0 [...]

– Retry Limit Exceed : The number of packets not transmitted doe to excessive retries – Single Retries : The number of packets successfully transmitted after exactly one retry – Multiple Retries : The number of packets successfully transmitted after more than one r etry – Discards: Wrong Source Address : The number of packets discarded due [...]

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Part 4: Setting up client computers for Internet access This section provides information on setting up client computers for Internet access. Client computer requirements Client computers can use Microsoft ® W indows ® products, Novell Netware, Linux, or Unix. System requirements Y our computer must have the following: v An Ethernet (10/100BASE-T[...]

5. Select Obtain an IP address automatically . 6. Click the DNS tab. 7. Select Disable DNS . 8. Save the changes, and then restart your computer . Y our computer will be able to access the Internet through the Gateway . Note: If you do not want to use DHCP service, you must manually configur e the IP addr ess of your computer . T o manually configu[...]

9. Add the IP addr ess of the server to the DNS Server Search Or der list. 10. Save the changes, and then restart your computer . Y our computer can access the Internet through the server . Setting up Windows 2000 Professional clients Before setting up a W indows 2000 Professional client, be sure that the TCP/IP protocol is installed with your Ethe[...]

6. Click Properties . 7. Click to check the Obtain an IP address automatically radio button. 8. Click to check the Obtain DNS server address automatically radio button. 9. Click OK . 10. Click OK again. 11 . Restart your computer . Y our computer is able to access the Internet through the server . Note: If you do not want to use DHCP service, you m[...]

7. Save the changes, and then restart your computer . Y our computer is able to access the Internet through the server . Setting up Windows NT 4.0 W orkstation clients Before setting up a W indows NT 4.0 W orkstation client, be sure that the TCP/IP pr otocol is installed with your Ethernet network card. See your W indows NT 4.0 W orkstation manual [...]

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Part 5: Using tools for advanced configuration This section provides instructions for using the advanced configuration tool in the W eb-based setup utility . Advanced configuration Click Advanced Configuration to display the Advanced Configuration table. DHCP configuration W ith dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP), you can automatically conf[...]

v DHCP : The DHCP featur e can be enabled or disabled. v DHCP Start Address : This is the starting IP addr ess of the IP addr ess pool in the DHCP server . The default is 192.168.1.1 1. v DHCP End Address : This is the end address of the addr ess pool in the DHCP server . The default is 192.168.1.254. 2. Click Apply to complete the configuration of[...]

2. Click Add to add a new entry in the Fixed IP table. v IP Address : The specified IP addr ess for the client device. This IP address must be within the addr ess pool in the DHCP server . v MAC Address : The MAC address of the client device v Remark : The descriptions of the client device that needs the fixed IP address 3. Click Apply . A new entr[...]

2. Click Add to add a new entry in the Excluded IP table. v IP Address : Enter the specified IP addr ess. The IP addr ess must be within the address pool of the DHCP server . v Remark : The descriptions of the excluded IP addr ess 3. Click Apply . A new entry is added to the Excluded IP table. Note: The configuration changes made through the W eb-b[...]

2. Click Add to add a new entry in the BOOTP IP table. v IP Address : The specified address used by the BOOTP protocol. This IP address must be within the addr ess pool in the DHCP server . v MAC Address : The MAC address of the client device used for that IP address v Remark : The descriptions of the IP addr ess 3. Click Apply . A new entry is add[...]

v DMZ Host : In the blank field, type the IP addr ess of the computer you want to use for DMZ. Note: T urning on DMZ can cause potential security holes on your local network. The computer specified for DMZ is not protected by the built-in firewall. Firmware Upgrade The firmware upgrade function allows the user to easily upgrade the Gateway to the l[...]

2. Click Advanced Configuration , and then click Firmware Upgrade to display the Firmware Upgrade page. 3. Browse for the file you just downloaded. 4. Click the update button. 5. Follow the on-screen instructions. Note: If the firmware upgrade pr ocess is interrupted, you will need to use the FirstAid Utility to reflash the firmwar e. LAN configura[...]

In this table, you can change the TCP/IP settings of the Ethernet LAN interface of the Gateway . v MAC Address : Displays the media access control (MAC) addr ess of the LAN interface. It is displayed in six pairs of hexadecimal numbers. v LAN IP Address : This is the IP addr ess of the Gateway on the LAN/WLAN interface. Address 192.168.1.1 is the d[...]

Language select Click Advanced Configuration , and then click Language select to display the Language select page. Select English or Japanese in the Language pull-down menu. Selecting Default will display the language select page the next time you log into the IBM High Rate W ireless Gateway . MAC address clone This feature is used when an ISP is e[...]

Click Advanced Configuration → MAC address clone to display the MAC address clone page. Select one of the following: v Auto acquire from first connected PC. Make sur e the PC with the desired MAC address is the only PC connected to the Gateway . Then select auto acquire and click on Apply . v Manual configuration . Manually enter the desired MAC [...]

Y ou can enable or disable packet filtering by selecting Enable or Disable from the pull-down menu at the top of the table. Note: It is recommended that you select Enable and click on Apply before configuring any of the available packet filtering rules. There ar e three r ules to define packet filtering: IP r ule Port rule, and URL rule. IP rule T [...]

2. Click Add . 3. Enter the IP addr ess of the Internet site that the LAN users are pr ohibited from accessing. 4. Click Apply . The IP rule table has a new entry added to it. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to block more W eb sites using the IP rule. Note: The configuration changes made through the W eb-based setup utility are automatically saved into the fl[...]

2. Click Add to add an entry into the Port rule table. v Service T ype : TCP or UDP service v Protocol : Select the protocol (or application) such as FTP or HTTP . If a well-known protocol is selected fr om the list, then the corresponding port number is set according to various Internet standar ds. The Port Edit box is disabled. Click User-Defined[...]

1. Click URL Rule to display the URL rule table. 2. Click Allow or Block . This will permit you to either block the specified URL, or allow ONL Y the specified URL. 3. Enter the URLs of the Internet sites that you wish to control access for the LAN users. 5-14 IBM ® High Rate W ir eless LAN Gateway: User ’ s Guide[...]

4. Click Apply at the bottom of the screen. Note: The configuration changes made through the W eb-based setup utility are automatically saved into the flash memory within 30 seconds after clicking Apply . Profile upload/download T o save a configuration profile for the IBM High Rate W ireless LAN Gateway , select Advanced Configuration → Profile [...]

destination and file name. T o restore a pr ofile, use the Browse button to find the name of the configuration file to be restor ed. Click the Upload button. T o download a file from the Gateway , click Download Config T extfile . The following dialog box is displayed: Click the Open button the work with the file in a text editor . Click Save to sa[...]

routers on your network and at least one of the r outers is connected to more than one network (or subnet). T o route TCP/IP , do the following: 1. Click Advanced Configuration → Static Routing T able to display the static routing table. 2. Click Add to add a new entry into the static routing table. v Network Address : The IP addr ess of the dest[...]

T o add a V irtual Server , do the following: 1. From the left-hand navigation bar , click Advanced Configuration → V irtual Server Configuration to display the V irtual Server table. Y ou can enable or disable the V irtual Server function by selecting Enable or Disable from the pull-down menu at the top of the table. Note: It is recommended that[...]

Click Apply to complete the configuration of your V irtual Server . Note: The configuration changes made through the W eb-based setup utility are automatically saved into the flash memory within 30 seconds after clicking Apply . Change password From the left-hand navigation bar , click Change password to display the Change password table. The Admin[...]

Reset factory defaults From the left-hand navigation bar , click Reset factory defaults to display the Reset to factory default page. Click the Reset factory defaults button. The following page is displayed. Click here to continue. 5-20 IBM ® High Rate W ir eless LAN Gateway: User ’ s Guide[...]

Restart Wireless Gateway T o restart your Gateway , click Restart wireless gateway . The following dialog box is displayed. Click OK to restart the IBM High Rate W ireless Gateway . For information on the System information and the Help functions of the IBM High Rate W ireless LAN Gateway , see “ Part 6: System information and help ” on page 6-[...]

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Part 6: System information and help This section provides system information and information on the Help featur e of the IBM High Rate W ireless LAN Gateway . System Information T o display the system information table, click System Information . Click Refresh to read or r efresh the system status. The information displayed in this window includes [...]

– DHCP : Displays the status (enabled or disabled) of the DHCP and the range of IP addr esses controlled by the DHCP server v Internet-Broadband Status : – MAC Address : The Ethernet MAC address of the Internet-Br oadband interface of the Gateway , displayed in six hexadecimal numbers – IP Address : The IP addr ess of the Gateway as seen by e[...]

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Part 7: Tips and T roubleshooting Connecting to other routers The IBM High Rate W ireless LAN Gateway can be connected to another router in the following manner: 1. If the Gateway will connect to an upstream r outer , one which operates at a higher level in the network than your Gateway , connect a cable from one of the output ports of the router t[...]

v Connect the router with the DHCP service to a LAN port on the Gateway . Note: The Gateway configuration page is still available at the new LAN IP addr ess. Be certain the other router can accommodate the fixed IP addr ess of the Gateway . Note: The configuration changes made through the W eb-based setup utility are automatically saved into the fl[...]

After verifying that the LAN path works correctly , test the path from your computer to a remote device: 1. Connect your Gateway to the Internet with a DSL/Cable modem. 2. If you are using a W indows-based computer , click Start → Programs → Accessories → Command Prompt . 3. T ype PING 192.168.1.1 , followed by the IP address of a r emote dev[...]

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Part 8: Notices 1. Y ou are str ongly encouraged to download the latest drivers for your W ireless LAN clients (e.g. PC Card or USB devices) 2. Y ou must use Microsoft Internet Explor er 5.0 or later , or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or later , when accessing the W eb-based setup utility for the IBM High Rate W ireless LAN Gateway . Internet Explorer can[...]

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 Part Number: 22P6415 Printed in the United States of America on recycled paper containing 10% recovered post-consumer fiber . (1P) P/N: 22P6415[...]