Cisco Systems RV215W manual

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    Cisco RV21 5W Wireless-N VPN Fire w all ADMINISTR A TION GUIDE[...]

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    Revised Sep 2014 Cisco and the Cisco logo are trademarks or regis tered trademarks of Cisco and/or its affiliates in th e U. S. and other countries . To view a list of Cisco trademarks, go to this URL: www . ci sco. com / go / tr a d em a rk s . Third-party trademarks mentioned are t he property of their respective owners. The use of the wo rd part[...]

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    RV215W Wir eles s-N VPN F irewall Admin istration Guide 3 Con te n ts Chapter 4: Introduction 9 Verifying the Hardwa re Installation 9 Using Setup Wizard 10 Configuration Next Steps 11 Using the Getting Started Page 11 Saving Changes 13 Connecting to Your Wireless Network 13 Chapter 5: Viewing the Device Status 14 Viewing the Dashboard 14 Viewing t[...]

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    RV215W Wir eles s-N VPN F irewall Admin istration Guide 4 Con te n ts Bandwidth Cap Setting 35 E-mail Setting 36 Setting Failover and Recov ery 36 WAN/USB Device Update 37 Configuring the LAN Settings 38 Changing the Device Management IP Address 38 Configuring the DHCP Server 39 Configuring VLANs 40 Configuring Static DHCP 42 Viewing DHCP Leased Cl[...]

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    RV215W Wir eles s-N VPN F irewall Admin istration Guide 5 Con te n ts Wireless Security 66 Wireless Security Tips 66 General Network Security Guidelines 68 Cisco RV215W Wireless Networks 68 Configuring Basic Wi reless Settings 69 Editing the Wireless Network Settin gs 71 Configuring the Security Mode 72 Configuring MAC Filtering 75 Configuring Time[...]

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    RV215W Wir eles s-N VPN F irewall Admin istration Guide 6 Con te n ts Chapter 9: Configuring VPN 100 VPN Tunnel Types 100 VPN Clients 101 Configuring PPTP 101 Configuring QuickVPN 102 Configuring NetBIOS over VPN 102 Creating and Managing PPTP Users 102 Creating and Managing QuickVPN Users 103 Importing VPN Client Settings 104 Configuring Basic Sit[...]

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    RV215W Wir eles s-N VPN F irewall Admin istration Guide 7 Con te n ts Configuring Simple Netw ork Management (SNMP) 125 Configuring SNMP System Information 125 Editing SNMPv3 Users 126 Configuring the SNMP Traps 127 Using Diagnostic Tools 128 Network Tools 128 Configuring Port Mirroring 130 Configuring Lo gging 130 Configuring Logging Settings 130 [...]

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    RV215W Wir eles s-N VPN F irewall Admin istration Guide 8 Con te n ts Using the Cisco QuickVPN Software 146 Appendix B: Where to Go From Here 149[...]

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    4 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fi rewa ll Adm in ist ra tio n G uid e 9 In tro duction This chapter pr ovides inf ormation to guide you thr ough the installation proces s, and get star t ed using the browser -bas ed Devic e Manager . • V erif ying the Hardware Installation • Using S etup Wizar d • Using the Get ting Starte d Page • Co nne[...]

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    Intr o duction Using Setup W iz ard Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 10 4 Using S etup Wizar d Setup W izard and Device Manager are suppor ted on Microsoft Internet Explor er 6.0 or later , Mozilla Fir ef o x 3.0 or la t er , and Apple Safari 3.0 or lat er . To u s e S e t u p W i z a r d : STEP 1 Star t the computer t[...]

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    Intr o duction Using the Ge t t ing Star ted Page Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 11 4 Configuration Next Step s Although Setup Wizard aut omatically configures the device, we suggest cust omizing some s ettings to pr ovide better securit y and performance: • If you alr eady ha ve a DHCP ser ver on y our network and[...]

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    Intr o duction Using the Ge t t ing Star ted Page Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 12 4 Quick Access Device Status Configure W AN S ettings Opens the Internet S etup page t o change parameters such as the r out er host name. Se e Configuring the W AN Set tings . Con f ig ur e LAN Se tti ng s Opens the L AN C onfigura t[...]

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    Intr o duction Conne c ting to Y our W ireless Network Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 13 4 Other Resources Sa vi ng C h an g es When you finish making changes on a configuration page, click Sa v e t o save the changes in flash memor y , or click Cancel to undo your changes. C onnec ting to Y our Wirele ss Net work T [...]

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    Intr o duction Conne c ting to Y our W ireless Network Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 14 4[...]

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    5 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 14 Viewing the D evic e Status This chapter describe s how t o view real-time statistics and other inf ormation about the device. • Viewing the Dashbo ard • Viewing the System Summar y • Viewing Wireless Statistics • Viewing the VPN Status • Viewing Logs • Viewing Conne ct[...]

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    Viewing the Devic e Status V iewing the Dashboard Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 15 5 The Dashbo ard page displays the f ollowing: Device Information • System N ame— Name of the device. • Firm ware V ersion— F irmware version the device is currently running. • Ser ia l N u mbe r — Serial number of the dev[...]

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    Viewing the Devic e Status V iewing the Sys t em Summar y Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 16 5 • DHCP v6 S erv er — Status of the rout er IP v6 DHCP ser ver (enabled or disable d). To v i e w t h e L A N s e t t i n g s , c l i c k details . For mor e inf ormation, see C o nfiguring the LA N Se tt i n g s . WAN (M[...]

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    Viewing the Devic e Status V iewing the Sys t em Summar y Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 17 5 Click Re fr e sh t o obtain the latest inf o r mation. The Sys te m Su mma r y page displa ys this inf ormation: System Information • Firm ware V ersion— Curr ent sof twar e version the device is running. • Fir mw a re[...]

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    Viewing the Devic e Status V iewing the Sys t em Summar y Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 18 5 IPv6 Configuration • LA N IP — L AN IP address of the devic e. • WA N I P— W AN IP addr es s of the device. • Gateway —IP addres s of the gatewa y t o which the device is connected (f or ex ample, the cable modem[...]

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    Viewing the Devic e Status V iewing W ir eless Sta tistics Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 19 5 • PPTP VPN Conne ctions A vailable— Number of available PPTP VPN connections . • Conne cte d QuickVPN Users— Number of c o nnected QuickVPN users . • Conne cte d PPTP VPN Users— Number of connected PPTP VPN user[...]

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    Viewing the Devic e Status V iewing the VPN Sta tus Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 20 5 Viewing the VPN Status The VPN page displays the status of VPN conne ctions. T o view VPN user conne ction status, choo se Sta tus > VPN Status . The VPN page displays this inf ormation: Y ou can change the status of a conne ct[...]

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    Viewing the Devic e Status V iewing the IPSe c Connection Status Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 21 5 Viewing the IPS ec C onne ction St a tus The IPsec c onnection status shows the status of active VPN policies on the device. ( These policie s ar e configur ed on the VPN > Advance d VPN Setup page.) T o view the I[...]

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    Viewing the Devic e Status Vi e wi n g Lo g s Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 22 5 Viewing Lo gs The View Logs page displa ys the device logs . T o view the logs , choos e Sta tus > View Lo gs . T o display the latest log entries , click Refre sh Logs . T o filter logs or spe cify the severity of logs to display , [...]

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    Viewing the Devic e Status Vi e wi n g C o n n e ct e d D e v i c e s Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 23 5 Viewing C onnec ted Devic e s The Conne cte d Devic e s page displays inf ormation about the active devices connected to the device. The IP v 4 ARP T able displays inf ormation fr om devices that hav e responded [...]

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    Viewing the Devic e Status V iewing the Guest Network Sta tus Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 24 5 The Port St a tistics page displays this inf ormation: Viewing the Gue st Net work St a tus The guest net work statistics displays inf or mation ab out the wire les s guest network configured on the device. T o view the [...]

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    Viewing the Devic e Status V iewing the Mobile Network Sta tus Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 25 5 Viewing the Mobile Net work St a tus The mobile network statistics ab out the mobile 3G/ 4G net work and communication device (dongle) configured on the device. T o view the mobile network status , choose Status > Mo[...]

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    6 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 26 C onfiguring Net working This chapter describe s how to configur e the device network s ettings . • Configuri n g the W AN S et tings • Configuri n g the L AN Set tings • Cloning the MAC Addre ss • Configuring Routing • Por t Ma nagement • Configuring D ynamic DNS • C[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the W AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 27 6 C onfiguring the W AN S et tings An Internet connection can be e stablished thr ough the W AN por t or a wir eles s modem installe d in the USB por t . This secti o n des cribes conf iguration of the W AN, mobile net[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the W AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 28 6 STEP 4 Click Sav e . Configuring PPPoE T o configure the P oint-t o-Point Pr ot oc ol over Ethernet (PPPoE) settings : STEP 1 Ch oose Net working > WA N . STEP 2 From the Internet Conne ction Type drop-down menu, [...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the W AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 29 6 STEP 4 Click Sav e . Configuring PPTP T o configure the PPTP set tings: STEP 1 Ch oose Net working > WA N . STEP 2 From the Internet Conne ction Type drop-down menu, choo se PPTP . STEP 3 Enter this inf ormation: [...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the W AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 30 6 STEP 4 (Optional) T o c onfigur e the optional set tings, see C onfiguring Optional S et tings . STEP 5 Click Sav e . Configuring L2TP T o configure the L2TP set tings: STEP 1 Ch oose Net working > WA N . STEP 2 F[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the W AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 31 6 STEP 3 Enter this inf ormation: Internet IP Address Ente r the IP addr es s of the W AN p ort . Subnet mask Enter the subnet mask of the W AN por t . De f ault Ga tewa y Ente r the IP addr es s of the de fault gat ew[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the W AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 32 6 STEP 4 Click Sav e . Configuring Option al Set tings T o configure optional set tings: STEP 1 In the Optional Set tings section, configure the f ollowing set tings: STEP 2 Click Sav e . C onfiguring a Mobile Net work[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the W AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 33 6 Globa l Set tings T o install a USB mo dem: STEP 1 Connect the US B modem. If the mo dem is supported, it is automatically det ected and appears on the Mobile Network page. STEP 2 Select Auto or Manual connection mo [...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the W AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 34 6 • Car d is not activated • Car d initialized error • error Mobile Net work Setup If it is nece ssar y to change an y of the mobile network parameters in the Mobile Net work Setup area, click the Manual radio bu[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the W AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 35 6 STEP 4 Click Sav e to save you r s et ti ng s B andwidth Cap Set ting The device monitors the data activit y acr os s the mobile net work link and when it r eaches a sp ecific thr eshold, sends a notification. T o en[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the W AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 36 6 E-mail S ett ing When the bandwidth data limit is reached, an email me s sage ca n b e sent to the administrat or . T o set up the targe t email addr es s, check the Email to che ck box and click Email A ddre ss . F [...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the W AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 37 6 STEP 6 In the R e c o v e ry Ch ec k I n t e rv a l field, enter the time (in seconds) a fter which the device must at t empt t o det ect the presence of traf fic on the primar y connection. If the link is idle, the [...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the L AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 38 6 STEP 4 Conne ct the USB dongle to the device. C onfiguring the L AN S et tings The default DHCP and T CP / IP s ettings wo rk for most applications . If you want another PC on your net w ork to be the DHCP ser ver , [...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the L AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 39 6 After changing the device IP address , your PC is no longer able to displa y Devic e Manager . T o display Device Manager , do one of the f oll owing : • If DHCP is configured on the devic e, r elease and renew you[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the L AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 40 6 If you enabled the device DHCP ser ver , enter this inf ormation: STEP 4 If you sele ct ed DHCP Relay , enter the addr es s of the r ela y gatewa y in the Remote DHCP Ser ver field. The rela y gat eway transmits DHCP[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the L AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 41 6 To c r e a t e a V L A N : STEP 1 Ch oose Net working > LA N > VL AN Membership . STEP 2 Click Add Row . STEP 3 Enter this inf ormation: STEP 4 Click Sav e . T o e di t t he s e t ti ng s of a V L AN , se l e c[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the L AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 42 6 C o nfiguring Sta tic DHCP Y ou can configure the device to assign a spe c if ic IP addr es s t o a device with a spec if ic MA C a ddr ess. T o configure static DHCP: STEP 1 Ch oose Net working > LA N > Static[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the L AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 43 6 Viewing DHCP Le ase d Clients Y ou can view a list of endpoints on th e network (identifie d by hostname, IP address , or MAC addr ess) and se e the IP addr ess es assigne d t o them by the DHCP ser ver . The VLAN of[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the L AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 44 6 STEP 3 From the VL AN drop-down menu, cho ose the ID of the VL AN wher e DMZ is enabled. STEP 4 In the Ho st IP Address field, enter the IP addr ess of the DMZ host . The DMZ host is the endpoint that receives the re[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the L AN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 45 6 STEP 3 In the Sett i n g T ab l e , configure the f ollowing s ettings: STEP 4 Click Sav e . Por t Management Y ou can configure the speed and flow c ontr ol set tings of the device LAN por ts . T o configure por t s[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Cloning the MAC Addr e ss Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 46 6 STEP 3 Click Sav e . Cloning the MA C Addre ss Sometime s, you may need to set the MAC addres s of the device W AN p ort to be the same MAC addr es s as y our PC or some other MAC addr es s. This is called MAC addr es s cl[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring R outing Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 47 6 In this case, to configur e your device t o be reco gniz ed by the IS P , clone the MAC addr es s of the W AN p ort to be the same as your comput erMAC addr es s. T o configure a MAC addr es s clone : STEP 1 Ch oose Net working[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring R outing Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 48 6 STEP 3 Click Sav e . C o nfiguring Dynamic Routing Routing Inf ormation Prot ocol (RIP) is an Interior Gat ewa y Prot ocol (IGP) that is commonly used in internal ne t works. It allows the r outer t o e x change its routing inf[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring R outing Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 49 6 STEP 3 Click Sav e . C o nfiguring Sta tic Routing Y ou can configure static r outes t o direct pack ets to the destination net work . A static r oute is a pr edetermined pathwa y that a packet must travel t o r each a specific[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g V iewing the Routing T able Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 50 6 STEP 4 Click Sav e . Viewing the Routing T able The routing table contains inf ormation about the topology of the net work immediat ely ar ound it . T o view the routing inf o rmation on your net work , choose Net workin[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring Dynamic DNS Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 51 6 T o configure DDNS: STEP 1 Ch oose Net working > Dyna mi c DN S . STEP 2 From the DDNS Ser vice drop-down menu, cho ose Disable to disable this ser vice or choose the DDNS ser vice to use. STEP 3 If you do not ha ve a DDN[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring the IP Mode Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 52 6 STEP 5 T o test the DDNS configuration, click Te s t C o n f i g u r a t i o n . STEP 6 Click Sav e . C onfiguring the IP Mo de Wide ar ea networ k c onfiguration proper ti es ar e configu rable f or bo th IPv 4 and IP v6 ne[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring IPv6 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 53 6 STEP 3 (Optional) If you are using 6t o4 tunneling, which allows IP v6 pack ets t o be transmitted over an IP v 4 net work , do the f ollowing : a. Click Show Static 6to4 DNS Entr y . b. In the Do ma i n and IP fields, enter up t o[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring IPv6 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 54 6 T o configure the device to be a DHCPv6 client : STEP 1 Ch oose Net working > IP v6 > IP v 6 W AN Configuration . STEP 2 In the WA N C o n n e c t i o n T yp e field, select Autom a tic Configuration-DHCP v6 . STEP 3 Click Sa[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring IPv6 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 55 6 Configuring PPPoE IPv6 Settings Y ou can run IP v 4 PPPoE, IP v6 PPPoE, or both. If you run both, your IP v6 W AN PPPo E settings must match your IPv 4 W AN PPP oE settings . If they do not mat ch, a mes sage is displa yed asking i[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring IPv6 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 56 6 Authentication Type Authentication t ypes : Auto-negoti a tion —A ser v er sends a configuration request spe c if ying the securit y algorithm set on the ser ver . The device replies with its authentication cr edentials , includi[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring IPv6 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 57 6 STEP 4 Click Sav e . C o nfiguring IP v6 L AN C onne ctions In the IPv6 mo de, the LAN DHCP ser ver is enabled by default (similar t o the IP v 4 mode) . The DHCPv6 ser ver as signs IPv6 addres ses from configur ed addres s pools t[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring IPv6 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 58 6 STEP 3 Click Sav e or continue to configure IPv6 DHCP L AN settings . STEP 4 Enter the f ollowing inf ormation to configure the DHCPv6 s ettings : STEP 5 Choose Net working > IP v6 > IP v6 L AN C onfigura tion . STEP 6 In the[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring IPv6 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 59 6 STEP 7 Enter this inf ormation: STEP 8 Click Sav e . T o edit the set tings of a pool, select the po ol and click Edit . T o delete a selected pool, c lick Del et e . Click Sa v e t o apply changes . C o nfiguring IP v6 Static Rout[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring IPv6 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 60 6 STEP 4 Click Sav e . T o edit the set tings of a r oute, select the r oute and click Edit . T o delet e a se le ct ed ro ute , c li ck De l et e . Click Sa v e t o apply changes. C onfiguring Routing (RIPng) RIP Next Generation (RI[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring IPv6 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 61 6 T o configure RIPng: STEP 1 Ch oose Net working > IP v6 > Routing (RIPng) . STEP 2 Che ck Enable . STEP 3 Click Sav e . C o nfiguring T unneling IP v6-to-IPv4 tunneling (6-to-4 tunneling) allows IPv6 packets t o be transmit t[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring IPv6 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 62 6 STEP 1 Select Net working > IP v 6 > Tun n el i ng . STEP 2 In the 4 to 6 T unneling field, che ck Enable . STEP 3 Enter the local W AN IP v6 address on the device . STEP 4 Enter the Remot e IPv6 addres s, or the IP address o[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring IPv6 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 63 6 Adve rtise Mode Sele ct one o f the f ollowing modes : Uns olicite d Multi c ast —Send Rout er Adver tisements (R As) t o all int er f aces belonging to the multicast group. Unicast only —R estrict adver tisements to well-known[...]

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    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring IPv6 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 64 6 STEP 3 Click Sav e . C o nfiguring Adver tisement Prefixes T o configure the R AD VD available pr efix es : STEP 1 Ch oose Net working > IP v6 > Adver t isemen t Pr efix es . STEP 2 Click Add Row . STEP 3 Enter this inf ormat[...]

  • Page 66

    Co nf ig u ri n g N etwo r ki n g Configuring IPv6 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 65 6 STEP 4 Click Sav e . SL A ID If you choos e 6to4 as the IP v6 pr efix t ype, ent er the Sit e-L evel Aggr egation Identifier (SL A ID). The SL A ID in the 6t o4 address prefix is set t o the int er face ID of the int er face on whi[...]

  • Page 67

    7 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 66 C onfiguring the Wir ele s s Net work This chapter describe s how to configur e the device wireless net work . • Wireles s Se curit y • Cisc o R V215W Wir ele ss Net works • Configuring B asic Wireles s Set tings • Configuri ng Adv an c ed Wirele ss S ettin gs • Con f i g[...]

  • Page 68

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work W ir eless S ecurit y Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 67 7 When choosing names , do not use pers onal inf ormation ( such as your Social S ecurity numb er) because this inf ormation may be available f or any one t o se e when br owsing f or wireles s networks . • Change the defaul[...]

  • Page 69

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Cisc o RV 215W W ir eless Networks Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 68 7 • T urn wireles s r out ers , acces s points , or gateways o f f w hen they ar e not being use d (at night , during vacations ). • Use strong passphras es that ar e at least eight characters in length. Combi[...]

  • Page 70

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Configuring Basic W ir eless S e tt ings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 69 7 C onfiguring B asic Wire le s s Set tings Y ou can use the Ba s ic Se tt i n g s page ( Wireless > Bas i c Se tt i n gs ) to configur e basic wireless s e t tings. T o configure basic wire les s setting[...]

  • Page 71

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Configuring Basic W ir eless S e tt ings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 70 7 STEP 4 If you chose B/G/N-Mixed , N-Only , or G/N Mixed , in the Wireles s Band Sele ction field, select the wir eles s bandwidth on your network ( 20MHz or 20/ 40MHz ). I f you chose N-Only , you must use[...]

  • Page 72

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Configuring Basic W ir eless S e tt ings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 71 7 Editing the Wireles s Net work S et tings The Wireles s T a ble in the Bas i c S e tt i n g s page ( Wireles s > Ba si c Sett in gs ) lists the sett ings of the four wir eles s networks suppor ted on th[...]

  • Page 73

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Configuring Basic W ir eless S e tt ings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 72 7 C onfiguring the S e curit y Mode Y ou can configure one of the f ollowing s ecurity mode s f or wireless net works. Configuring WEP The WEP se curity mo de off ers weak securi t y with a basic encr yp tio[...]

  • Page 74

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Configuring Basic W ir eless S e tt ings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 73 7 If you want t o pr ovide your own ke y , enter it dir ectly in the Ke y 1 field (r ec ommended). The length of the ke y should be 5 A SCII charact ers (or 10 hexadecimal charact ers) f or 64-bit WEP and 13[...]

  • Page 75

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Configuring Basic W ir eless S e tt ings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 74 7 STEP 5 ( WP A-Perso na l only) In the Encr yption field, choose one of the f ollowing options : • TKIP / AES —Cho ose TKIP / AES to ensur e compatibilit y with older wir eles s devices that may not sup[...]

  • Page 76

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Configuring Basic W ir eless S e tt ings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 75 7 • TKIP / AES —Cho ose TKIP / AES to ensur e compatibilit y with older wir eles s devices that may not suppor t AES. • AES — This option is more secure. STEP 6 In the RAD IU S S e rv e r field, ente[...]

  • Page 77

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Configuring Basic W ir eless S e tt ings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 76 7 STEP 5 T o show computers and other devices on the wireless net work, click Show Client List . STEP 6 In the S a ve to MAC Addres s Filter List field, che ck the b o x to add the device t o the list of dev[...]

  • Page 78

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Configuring Basic W ir eless S e tt ings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 77 7 • The guest network is c onfigur ed as one of the f our available SS IDs on the device. • The guest net work cannot be configur ed on the AP Management VL AN (V L A N I D 1 ). T o configure the guest n[...]

  • Page 79

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Configuring Advanced Wir eless S ettings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 78 7 Configure the Password and Other Options STEP 1 In the Management Interface, choose Wirele ss > Bas i c Se tt i n g s . STEP 2 Under the W ir eless T able, click Edit Gue st Net . STEP 3 Enter a passwor[...]

  • Page 80

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Configuring Advanced Wir eless S ettings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 79 7 Ba si c R a te The Ba s ic Rat e setting is not the rate of transmission but a serie s of rat es at which the S er vices Ready Platform can transmit . The device ad v er tises its b asic rat e to the other[...]

  • Page 81

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Configuring Advanced Wir eless S ettings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 80 7 CTS Protection Mode The device will auto matica lly use CT S (Clear - T o-Send) Pr otection Mode when your Wir eless-N and Wireless- G devices are e xperiencing severe pr oblems and ar e not able t o trans[...]

  • Page 82

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Configuring WDS Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 81 7 STEP 3 Click Sav e . C onfiguring WDS A Wir eless Distribution System (WD S) is a syst em that enables the wireless inter connection of ac ces s points in a network . It allows a wireles s network to be ex panded using multiple ac[...]

  • Page 83

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Configuring WPS Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 82 7 T o select repeaters fr om the A vailable Networks table, click Show Site Survey to display the A vailable Net works T able . a. Click the check box es to select up to thr ee acce ss points to use as r epeaters. b. Click Co nn ect[...]

  • Page 84

    Config uring the Wirele ss Net work Configuring WPS Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 83 7 After you configur e WPS, the f ollowing inf ormation appears at the b ottom of the WPS page: Wi-Fi Pr otect ed Setup Status , Network Name (S SID) , and Securit y .[...]

  • Page 85

    8 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 84 C onfiguring the F irewall This chapter describe s how to configur e the firewall pr oper ties of the device. • Cisc o R V215W F irewall Fea tures • Configuri ng Basic Firewall Set tings • Managing Firewall Sc hedules • Configuri ng Ser vic es Management • Configuri ng Ac[...]

  • Page 86

    Configuring the Fi rewall Configuring Basic Fi rewall Settings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 85 8 • Rules f or allowing or block ing inbound and outbound Internet traffic for speci fie d ser vice s on spe cified sche dules. • MAC addr es ses of device s whos e inbound acces s t o your network the r outer should [...]

  • Page 87

    Configuring the Fi rewall Configuring Basic Fi rewall Settings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 86 8 Fir ewa ll Che ck Enable t o configure fir ewall set tings. DoS Prote ction Che ck Enable to e nable Denial of S ervic e prot ection. B l oc k W AN Req u es t Blocks ping requests to the device fr om the W AN. Web A c c[...]

  • Page 88

    Configuring the Fi rewall Configuring Basic Fi rewall Settings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 87 8 Blo ck Co okies Check to block co o kie s . Cookie s ar e used to st ore ses sion inf ormation by websites that usually requir e login. However , s ev eral websites use cookie s t o st or e tracking inf ormation and bro[...]

  • Page 89

    Configuring the Fi rewall Configuring Basic Fi rewall Settings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 88 8 STEP 3 Click Sav e . C o nfiguring Remote Managemen t Y ou can enable remot e management so you can acc ess the device fr om a remot e WA N n e t w o r k . T o configure r emote management, c onfigur e these s ettings o[...]

  • Page 90

    Configuring the Fi rewall Managing Firewall S ched ules Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 89 8 ! CAU TI ON When remo te management is enabled, the r outer is acces sible t o an yone who knows its IP addr es s. Becaus e a mali ciou s W AN us er can r econfigure the device and misuse it , we recommend that you change the [...]

  • Page 91

    Configuring the Fi rewall Configuring Ser vice s Managemen t Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 90 8 STEP 4 Under Sc hed ul ed Da ys , select whether you want the schedule to apply t o all days or specific days. If you choo se Spe cif ic Da ys , check the b o x ne x t t o the da ys you want to include in the schedule. ST[...]

  • Page 92

    Configuring the Fi rewall Configuring Acce ss Rules Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 91 8 STEP 6 In the End Por t field, enter the last T CP or UDP por t of the range that the ser vice uses . STEP 7 Click Sav e . T o edit an entr y , select the entr y and click Edit . Mak e your changes, then click Sa v e . C onfigurin[...]

  • Page 93

    Configuring the Fi rewall Configuring Acce ss Rules Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 92 8 STEP 3 Chec k the b o x in the r ow of the rule that you want t o move up or down and click the up or down arr ow t o move the rule up or down one line, or select the desired position of the rule in the drop-down list and click Mo[...]

  • Page 94

    Configuring the Fi rewall Configuring Acce ss Rules Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 93 8 • Secure Hypertext T ransf er Prot ocol (HT TPS) • T rivial File T ransf er Prot ocol ( TF TP) • Internet Mes sage Acc ess Protocol (IMAP) • Network News T r ansport Protocol (NNTP) • Post Offic e Prot ocol (P OP3) • S[...]

  • Page 95

    Configuring the Fi rewall Crea ting an Interne t Acc ess Policy Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 94 8 STEP 8 In the Lo g field, specify whether the packets f o r this rule should b e logge d. T o log details for all pack ets that mat ch this rule, choo se Alwa ys from the dr op- down menu. F or example , if an outbound[...]

  • Page 96

    Configuring the Fi rewall Crea ting an Interne t Acc ess Policy Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 95 8 STEP 4 Enter a policy name f or identification and management purpo ses . STEP 5 From the Action dr op-down menu, choos e the type of ac cess restriction you need: • Always block —Always block Internet traffic. Thi[...]

  • Page 97

    Configuring the Fi rewall Configuring P ort Forwarding Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 96 8 F or example, t o block the example.com URL, choo se URL Addres s fr om the drop-down menu and enter example.c om in the Va l u e fiel d. T o b loc k a URL that has the keyword “e xample ” in the URL, cho ose Ke y wo rd fro[...]

  • Page 98

    Configuring the Fi rewall Configuring P ort Forwarding Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 97 8 STEP 3 In the Ex ternal Por t field, ent er the por t number that triggers this rule when a connection reques t from outgoing traff ic is made. STEP 4 In the Internal Por t field, enter the port numb er used by the r emote syst[...]

  • Page 99

    Configuring the Fi rewall Configuring P ort Forwarding Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 98 8 STEP 10 Click Sa ve . C o nfiguring Por t Range T riggering Port triggering allows devic es on the LA N or DMZ t o r equest one or mor e ports to be f or war ded t o them. Port triggerin g waits f or an outb ound r equest from [...]

  • Page 100

    Configuring the Fi rewall Configuring P ort Forwarding Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 99 8 STEP 4 In the For warded Range fields, enter the por t number or range of port numb ers used by the remote syst em t o respond to the r eques t it receives . If the incoming connection us es only one por t , then spe cify the s[...]

  • Page 101

    9 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 100 C onfiguring VPN This chapter describe s how to configur e VPN and se curit y f or the device. • VP N T u nn el Ty pes, pag e 10 0 • VPN Clients, p age 101 • Configuring B asic Site-to-Site IPs ec VPN S ett ings, page 104 • Configuring A dvance d VPN Parameters, page 106 ?[...]

  • Page 102

    Co nf ig u ri n g V PN VPN Cl ients Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 101 9 Remote Access with Cisco QuickVPN F or quick setup with ba sic VPN se curity set tings, distribute Cisco QuickVPN soft war e to y our users , who can then securely acces s your network resources . Use this option if you want to simplify the VPN [...]

  • Page 103

    Co nf ig u ri n g V PN VPN Cl ients Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 102 9 STEP 3 Click Sav e . C o nfiguring QuickVPN STEP 1 Add the QuickVPN users on the VPN > VPN Clients page . See Impor ting VPN Client Set tings and Creating and Managing QuickVPN Us ers . STEP 2 Instruct users t o obtain the fr ee Cisc o QuickV[...]

  • Page 104

    Co nf ig u ri n g V PN VPN Cl ients Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 103 9 STEP 2 Enter this inf ormation: STEP 3 Click Sav e . T o edit the set tings of a PPTP user , che ck its bo x and click Edit . When y ou are done, click Sa v e . T o delete a P PTP user , check its box and click De le t e . Creating and Managing [...]

  • Page 105

    Co nf ig u ri n g V PN Configuring Basic Site-t o -S ite IPse c VPN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 104 9 Imp orting VPN Client S et tings Y ou can impor t VPN client set ting file s that contain the username and pas s words of clients in a Comma Separat ed V alue (CSV ) t e x t file. Y ou can use a program[...]

  • Page 106

    Co nf ig u ri n g V PN Configuring Basic Site-t o -S ite IPse c VPN S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 105 9 T o configure basic VPN set tings f or a sit e-to-sit e connection: STEP 1 Ch oose VPN > B asic VPN Setup . STEP 2 In the Conn ect io n Na me field, ent er a name f or the VPN tunnel. STEP 3 In the P[...]

  • Page 107

    Co nf ig u ri n g V PN Configuring Advance d VPN P ar ame ters Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 106 9 STEP 6 Click Sav e . Viewing D efault V alue s The default values used in the basic VPN s ettings are those pr opose d by the VPN consor tium and they assume you ar e using a pr e-shared k ey , or password, that is kno[...]

  • Page 108

    Co nf ig u ri n g V PN Configuring Advance d VPN P ar ame ters Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 107 9 • Enable —Enable th e policy . • Disa ble —Disable the policy . • Del et e —Delete the policy . NOTE Y ou cannot delete an IKE policy if it is bein g used in a VPN policy . Y ou must first disable and delet[...]

  • Page 109

    Co nf ig u ri n g V PN Configuring Advance d VPN P ar ame ters Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 108 9 - AES- 192 - AES-256 • Authentication Algorithm— Specify the authentica tion algorithm f or the VPN header : - MD5 - SHA- 1 - SHA2-256 Ensure that the authentication algorith m is configured identically on both sid[...]

  • Page 110

    Co nf ig u ri n g V PN Configuring Advance d VPN P ar ame ters Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 109 9 Managing VPN Policie s To m a n a g e V P N p o l i c i e s : STEP 1 C hoose VPN > IPse c > Ad vanced VPN Setup . STEP 2 In the VPN Policy T able , checking the box in the VPN connection row allows you t o per f [...]

  • Page 111

    Co nf ig u ri n g V PN Configuring Advance d VPN P ar ame ters Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 110 9 • Redundancy Endpoint — T o enable the device to swit ch t o an alt ernat e gatewa y when the primar y VPN connection fails , check the Enable check box. Enter the W AN IP addres s or the FQDN f or the r edundancy [...]

  • Page 112

    Co nf ig u ri n g V PN Configuring Advance d VPN P ar ame ters Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 111 9 • Ke y- In —Ent er the encr yption k ey of the inbound policy . The length of the k ey depends on the encr yption algorithm chosen: - DES—8 characters - 3DES—24 charact ers - AES- 128— 16 characters - AES- 19[...]

  • Page 113

    Co nf ig u ri n g V PN Configuring Cer tifica te Management Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 112 9 • PFS K ey Group— Check the En able b o x t o e n a b l e P e rf ec t F o rw a r d Secrecy (PFS) t o improv e securit y . While slower , this prot ocol helps to pr event ea vesdroppers by ensuring that a Diffie-Hellma[...]

  • Page 114

    Co nf ig u ri n g V PN Configuring Cer tifica te Management Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 113 9 Exporting Certificates for Admin Y ou can expor t the certificate f or administrat or t o a f older on your computer or t o an external location on a USB drive.The cer tificate f or administrator contains the private k ey[...]

  • Page 115

    Co nf ig u ri n g V PN Configuring VP N P ass through Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 114 9 C onfiguring VPN Passthrough VPN passthrough allows VPN traffic that originates from VPN clients t o pas s through the devic e . T o configure VPN passthr ough: STEP 1 Ch oose VPN > VPN Pas s thr ough . STEP 2 Cho o se the t[...]

  • Page 116

    Co nf ig u ri n g V PN Configuring VP N P ass through Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 115 9[...]

  • Page 117

    10 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 116 C onfiguring Qualit y of S er vic e (Q oS) The Cisco RV215W lets you configur e the f ollowing qualit y of ser vice (QoS) fe a t u re s : • Configuring B andwidth Management , p age 116 • Configuring Q oS Por t-Bas ed S et tings, page 119 • Configuring C oS Set tings, page [...]

  • Page 118

    Configuring Qualit y of Ser vice (Q oS) Configuring Bandwidth Management Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 117 10 C o nfiguring Bandwidth Y ou can limit the bandwidth t o reduce the rat e at which the dev ice transmits data. Y ou can also use a b andwidth pr ofile t o li mit the outbound traf fic, which pr events the LA[...]

  • Page 119

    Configuring Qualit y of Ser vice (Q oS) Configuring Bandwidth Management Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 118 10 STEP 4 Enter this inf ormation: STEP 5 Click Sav e . T o edit the set tings of an entr y in the table, check the r elevant box and click Edit . When you ar e done making change s , click Sa v e . T o delete [...]

  • Page 120

    Configuring Qualit y of Ser vice (Q oS) Configuring QoS Por t-Base d Settings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 119 10 C onfiguring QoS Por t-B as ed Set tings Y ou can configure QoS sett ings f or ever y LAN por t on the Cisco RV215W. The device suppor ts 4 priority queues that a llow f or traffic prioritizati on per p[...]

  • Page 121

    Configuring Qualit y of Ser vice (Q oS) Configuring CoS S e ttings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 120 10 STEP 3 For each port in the 3G Q oS Port-B as ed S et tings table, enter this inf orm ation: STEP 4 Click Sav e . T o rest ore the def ault por t -base d QoS settings , click Restore De f ault , and click Sa v e .[...]

  • Page 122

    Configuring Qualit y of Ser vice (Q oS) Configuring DSCP Settings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 121 10 These v alues ma rk tra ffic types with high er or lower traffic priority dep ending on the typ e of tra ffic. STEP 4 Click Sav e . T o rest ore the def ault por t -base d QoS settings , click Restore De f ault , a[...]

  • Page 123

    11 Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 122 Administering Y our Router This chapter describe s the administration f eatures of the device, including user cr eatio n , ne twork management , syst em di agnostic s and lo gs, date and time, and other set tings. • Set ting Pas s wor d Complexit y , p age 122 • Configuring U[...]

  • Page 124

    Administering Y our Router Setting Password Complexity Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 123 11 S et ting Password C omplexit y Y our device can enfo rce minimum password comple xit y r equirement f or pass word changes . T o configure password complexity set tings: STEP 1 Ch oose Admin istr a tio n > Pa ss word S tr[...]

  • Page 125

    Administering Y our Router Configuring User Ac counts Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 124 11 C onfiguring User A c counts The device suppor ts two user accounts f or admi nist ering and viewing settings: an administrative user (default user name and pas sword: cisco) and a guest user (default user name: gue st). The g[...]

  • Page 126

    Administering Y our Router Setting the S ession T ime out V alue Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 125 11 S et ting the Se s sion Time out V alue The timeout value is the numb er of minut e s of inactivity that are allowed bef ore the Device Manager s ession is ended. Y ou can configure timeout f or the Admin and Guest [...]

  • Page 127

    Administering Y our Router Configuring Simple Ne twork Management (SNMP) Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 126 11 To e n a b l e S N M P : STEP 1 Ch oose Admin istr a tio n > SNMP . STEP 2 Che ck Enable to e na bl e S N MP . STEP 3 Enter this inf ormation: STEP 4 Click Sav e . Editing SNMP v3 Users Y ou can configure[...]

  • Page 128

    Administering Y our Router Configuring Simple Ne twork Management (SNMP) Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 127 11 STEP 3 Click Sav e . C onfiguring the SNMP T rap s The fields in th e SN M P Tra p C on f ig u ra ti o n s ection allow you t o configur e an SNMP agent to which the firewall sends trap mes sages (notif ica [...]

  • Page 129

    Administering Y our Router Configuring TR069 Settings Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 128 11 STEP 3 Click Sav e . C onfiguring TR 069 Set tings TR -069 is a D SL F orum specification f or CPE W AN Management Prot ocol (C WMP). It defines an application layer pr otocol f or r emot e management of end-user devices . As [...]

  • Page 130

    Administering Y our Router Using D iagnostic T o ols Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 129 11 STEP 5 In the Perio dic Inform Enable area, click Enable t o enable sending the inf orm packets, and click Dis able to d is a b le i t . STEP 6 In the Perio dic Inform Interval area, ent er the int er val value of sending the i[...]

  • Page 131

    Administering Y our Router Using D iagnostic T o ols Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 130 11 Net work T o ols Use net work t ools to tr oubleshoot the net work . Using PI N G Y ou can use the PING utilit y t o t est c onne ctivity b etween thi s r outer and another device in the network . Y ou can also us e the Ping to[...]

  • Page 132

    Administering Y our Router Using D iagnostic T o ols Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 131 11 Performing a DNS Lookup Y ou can use the Lookup tool t o find out the IP addr ess of host (f or e xample, a W eb, FTP , or Mail ser ver) on the Int ernet . T o retriev e the IP addr es s of a W eb, FTP , Mail or any other ser v[...]

  • Page 133

    Administering Y our Router Configuring L ogging Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 132 11 C onfiguring Lo gging The Cisco RV215W allows you t o configure logging options. C o nfiguring Logging S ettings T o configure logging : STEP 1 Ch oose Admin istr a tio n > Logging > Lo g Set tings . STEP 2 In the Lo g Mode fi[...]

  • Page 134

    Administering Y our Router Configuring L ogging Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 133 11 STEP 5 Click Sav e . T o edit an entr y in the Lo gging Set ting T able , select the entr y and click Edit . Make your changes , then click Sa v e . Lo g Severit y for Loc al Log and Em ail Click t o choose the severit y of logs you[...]

  • Page 135

    Administering Y our Router Configuring L ogging Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 134 11 C o nfiguring E-mail Set tings Y ou can configure the Cisco RV215W t o send event logs , new firmwar e alerts and 3G aler ts by e-mail. W e recommend that you set up a s eparat e e-mail account f or sending and receiving e-mail aler[...]

  • Page 136

    Administering Y our Router Configuring L ogging Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 135 11 STEP 4 In the S end E-Mail Logs by S che dule section, configure the f ollowing settings : STEP 5 Click Sav e . Send to E-m ail Addr ess ( 1 ) Enter the e-mail addr es s t o which to send aler ts (f or example, logging@companyname.c[...]

  • Page 137

    Administering Y our Router Configuring Bonjour Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 136 11 C onfiguring B onjour Bonjour is a ser vice adver tisement and discover y pro tocol. On the Cis co RV215W, Bonjour only advertis es the defa ult ser vice s configur ed on the device when Bonjour is enabled. T o enable Bonjour : STEP [...]

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    Administering Y our Router Backing Up and Rest oring the Syst em Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 137 11 STEP 3 Click Sav e . B acking Up and Re storing the System Y ou can back u p cust om configuration set tin gs f o r lat er restoration or restor e fr om a previous backup fr om the Adm in is tr a tio n > B ackup [...]

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    Administering Y our Router Backing Up and Rest oring the Syst em Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 138 11 ! CAU TI ON During a rest ore operation, do not tr y t o go online, turn off the firewall, shut down the PC, or use the firewall until the operation is complete. This pr oc ess should take about a minute. When the t[...]

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    Administering Y our Router Backing Up and Rest oring the Syst em Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 139 11 By default, the file (startup.cfg, mirr or .cfg, or backup.cfg ) is downloade d in the default Download s f older ; f or e xample, C:Document s and Set tingsa dminMy DocumentsDow n loads . T o save a backup fil[...]

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    Administering Y our Router Backing Up and Rest oring the Syst em Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 140 11 C o pying the Configuration Set tings Copy the star tup configuration t o the backup configuration to ensur e that you ha ve a backup copy in case you f orget y our username and pas sword and ar e lock ed out of Dev[...]

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    Administering Y our Router Upgrading F irmwar e or Changing the Language Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 141 11 Up grading F irm ware or Changing the Language Y ou can upgrade to a newer version of the firmwar e or change the language of the r outer by using the Adm inis tra t ion > F irmwar e/Language Up grade pag[...]

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    Administering Y our Router Upgrading F irmwar e or Changing the Language Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 142 11 Upgrading Firmware/Configuration Automatically from a USB Device T o upgrade your firmwar e and configurat ion from a USB device automatically: STEP 1 Ch oose Enable in the Upgrade from USB drive when device[...]

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    Administering Y our Router Restartin g the Cis co RV215W Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 143 11 ! CAU TI ON Reset ting the device t o default fact or y se t tings erases all of your configuration settings. STEP 5 Click St art Up grade . After the new firmwar e image is validated, the new image is written t o the devic[...]

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    Administering Y our Router Rest oring the F ac tor y Def aults Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 144 11 Re storing the F actor y D e f aults ! CAU TI ON During a rest ore operation, do not tr y t o go online, turn off the r outer , shut down the PC, or use the rout er until the operation is c omplete. This should tak e [...]

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    A Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 143 Using Cis c o QuickVPN O ver view This appendix explains how t o install and use the Cis co QuickVPN soft war e that can be download ed fr om Cisco.com . QuickVPN works with c omputers running Windows 7 , Windows XP , Windows V ista, or Windows 2000 . (Computers using other operat[...]

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    Using Cis c o QuickVPN Ins talling the Cisc o QuickVPN Sof twar e Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 144 A Installing the Cis c o QuickVPN S oft ware Installing from the CD -ROM STEP 1 Inser t the Cisco RV215W CD-ROM into y our CD -ROM drive . After the Setup Wi za rd b e gi ns , cl ic k t he Install QuickVP N link. The [...]

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    Using Cis c o QuickVPN Ins talling the Cisc o QuickVPN Sof twar e Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 145 A STEP 4 Click Nex t . The Setup Wizar d copie s the files t o the chosen location. C o pying Files Finished Inst alling F iles STEP 5 Click Fi ni sh t o complet e the installation. Proceed to “Using the Cisc o Quic[...]

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    Using Cis c o QuickVPN Using the Cisc o QuickVPN S of tware Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 146 A D ownloading and Installing from the Internet STEP 1 In Appendix B, “Where to Go Fr om Here,” go to the Sof tware Downloads link . STEP 2 Enter Cisco RV215W in the search box and find the QuickVPN softwa r e. STEP 3 S[...]

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    Using Cis c o QuickVPN Using the Cisc o QuickVPN S of tware Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 147 A STEP 3 In the Us er Name and Password fields, enter the User Name and Password. STEP 4 In the Serve r Add r ess field, ente r the IP addr es s or domain name of the Cisco RV215W. STEP 5 In the Por t For QuickVPN field, en[...]

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    Using Cis c o QuickVPN Using the Cisc o QuickVPN S of tware Cisco RV215W W ir eles s-N VPN Fir e wall Administration Guide 148 A STEP 10 Enter y our pas swor d in the Old Password field. Ent er your new password in the New Pass word field. Then enter the new pas swor d again in the Con fi r m N ew Pas sword field. STEP 11 Click OK to sav e your new[...]

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