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    Instant Broadband™ Series ADSL Gateway Modem / Router / 4-Por t Switch / Wireless-Ready Use this guide to install the following product: BEFDSR41W User Guide[...]

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    COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2002 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Instant Broadband is a trademark of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo ar e registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names ar e the property of their respective pr oprietors. LIMITED W ARRANTY Linksys guarantees that every[...]

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    • Reorient or relocate the r eceiving antenna. • Increase the separation between the equipment and the r eceiver . • Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit dif ferent fr om that to which the receiv- er is connected. • Consult a dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for assistance. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y Filtering 47 F orw arding 49 Dynamic Routing 51 Static Routing 53 DMZ Host 55 Fire w all 56 Link T est 57 Appendix A: T roubleshooting 58 Common Problems and Solutions 58 Frequentl y Ask ed Questions 60 Appendix B: Configuring Wireless Security 64 Conf iguring W ireless Security in [...]

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    Instant Broadband ™ Series ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Ready Chapter 1: Introduction Thank you for choosing the Instant Broadband™ ADSL Gatew ay with Modem / Router / 4- P ort Switch / W ireless-Ready . This Gate wa y allo ws y ou to set up a netw ork with your PCs and share your Internet connection. The Gatew a [...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 3 Think of the Gatew a y as a netw ork de vice with tw o sides: the f irst side is made up of your pri v ate Local Area Netw or k (LAN) of PCs. The other , pub lic side is the Internet, or the Wide Area Netw or k (W AN) , outside of your home or of f ice. The Gatew a y’ s f ire wa[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y This user guide co vers the basic steps for setting up a netw ork with a Gate w a y . After going through the “Getting to Kno w the Gate wa y” chapter , most users will only need to use the follo wing chapters: • Chapter 3: Connecting the Gate wa y This chapter instructs you o[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 7 Instant Broadband ™ Series 6 Pow e r Green . The Powe r LED lights up when the Gate wa y is po w- ered on. Diag Gr een . The Diag LED flashes when the Gatew a y is booting up. If this flashes or sta ys solid after the bootup phase, the Gate wa y ma y be malfunctioning. See “ A[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 9 Instant Broadband ™ Series 8 Chapter 3: Connecting the Gateway Y ou will connect the Gatew a y to your ADSL line and to the computers in your home or business. First, mak e sure that all the devices that y ou’ ll be w orking with are po w ered do wn, including your PCs and the[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 11 Instant Broadband ™ Series 10 4. Connect the po w er adapter to the Gatew a y . Plug the po w er adapter into the electrical outlet. 5. T urn on the Gatew a y . Then, turn on the f irst PC that you w ant to use to con- f igure the Gatew a y . G o to “Chapter 4: Conf iguring t[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 1. Go to the Netw ork screen b y clicking the Start button. Click Settings and then Contr ol P anel . From there, doub le-click the Networ k icon. 2. On the Conf iguration tab, select the TCP/IP line for the applicable Ethernet adapter . Do not choose a TCP/IP entry whose name menti[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 1. Go to the Netw ork screen b y clicking the Start button. Click Settings and then Control P anel . F rom there, double-click the Netw ork and Dial-up Connections icon. 2. Select the Local Ar ea Connection icon for the applicable Ethernet adapter (usually it is the f irst Local Are[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y The follo wing instructions assume you are running W indo ws XP with the default interface. If you are using the Classic interface (where the icons and menus look like pre vious W indo ws v ersions), please follo w the instructions for W indo ws 2000. 1. Click to the Netw ork screen[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y Chapter 5: Configuring the Gateway In this chapter , you will conf igure the Linksys ADSL Gate wa y to be ab le to gain access to the Internet through your Internet Ser vice Pro vider (ISP). Yo u will need the setup information pr o vided b y y our ADSL ISP : • Y our ADSL line VPI[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 21 Instant Broadband ™ Series 20 4. The Gatew a y supports f iv e modes of Encapsulation: RFC 1483 Bridged , RFC 1483 Routed , RFC2364 PPP oA, RFC2516 PPP oE, and Bridged Mode Only . These modes are listed in the drop-do wn menu for the Encapsulation setting. Each Setup screen and[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 23 Instant Broadband ™ Series Static IP Address If your ISP sa ys that y ou are connecting through a static or f ix ed IP address from your ISP , follo w these steps: 1. Select Static IP Address as the W AN IP Address. 2. Enter the IP Addr ess . 3. Enter the Default Gate wa y Addr[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y Chapter 6: Using the Gateway’s Web-based Utilit y F or y our con venience, an administrati ve utility has been pro g rammed into the Gatew a y w here all Gatew a y-based administrativ e tasks are performed. This chapter will explain all of the functions in this utility . The w eb [...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y • Encapsulation The Gatew a y supports f iv e encapsulation modes: RFC 1483 Bridged , RFC 1483 Routed , RFC 2364 PPP oA , RFC2516 PPP oE , and Bridged Mode Onl y . These modes can be selected from the drop-do wn menu next to the Encapsulation setting. Each Setup screen and a v ail[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y Static IP Address Choose this option if your ISP pro vided y ou with the fol- lo wing information: IP Address, Def ault Gate wa y Address, and DNS Ser ver Address(es). 1. Enter the IP addr ess pro vided b y the ISP in the Specify an IP Address f ield. 2. Enter the Default Gatew a y [...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 31 Instant Broadband ™ Series 30 RFC 2364 PPP oA Choose this option if your ISP told y ou to use this mode of encapsulation. Use the User Name and Pass w ord pro vided b y your ISP . 1. Enter the User Name in the Specify an IP Address f ield. 2. Enter the P assw ord in the P assw [...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 33 Instant Broadband ™ Series 32 Bridged Mode Onl y Choose this option if your ISP told y ou to use this mode of encapsulation. This mode is used to conf igure the Gate w a y as an RFC1483 bridge, w hen the Gatew a y’ s routing and N A T capabilities need to be disabled. T o app[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 35 Instant Broadband ™ Series 34 • SNMP T r ap Community Enter the passw ord sent with each trap to the SNMP manager . • SNMP T r ap Destination Enter the IP address of the station that receives the SNMP traps sent by the Gate w a y . • Restor e F actory Defaults If you sele[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y • Do wnstr eam Speed This indicates the maximum speed at w hich the ADSL Gatew a y will recei ve data. • Login This indicates the status of the PPP oA or PPP oE lo gin (if applica- ble). • LAN These f ields display the current MAC Address, LAN IP Address, and Subnet Mask of th[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y • Number of DHCP Users Enter the maximum number of PCs that you w ant the DHCP server to assign IP addresses to. This number cannot be greater than 253. • DHCP Clients T ab le Click the DHCP Clients T able button to show the cur rent DHCP Client data. Y ou will see the MA C addr[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 41 Instant Broadband ™ Series The Lo g tab pro vides you with a lo g of all incoming and outgoing URLs or IP addresses for your Internet connection. • Access Log T o log incoming and outgoing traf f ic, select the Enable option next to Access Log. This function can be disab led [...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y T o upg rade the Gatew a y’ s f irmware: 1. Select the Help tab (see Figure 6-16). 2. Click Upgrade Firmw ar e to displa y a new windo w (see F igure 6-17). 3. Click the Bro wse button to f ind the f ir mware upgrade f ile that you do wn- loaded from the Linksys w ebsite and then [...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y On the WEP K ey Setting screen, y ou can make the follo wing choices: • Select 64- or 128-bit WEP encr yption. • Select Passphrase generation for easy setup of encryption f ields. • Conf igure the manual entry of WEP encryption keys. • Conf igure the default transmit WEP k e[...]

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    Instant Broadband ™ Series 46 The follo wing instructions are for advanced users or users w hose setup needs require special conf iguration. When you click the Advanced tab, you will be able to set up these features. There are seven additional tabs a v ailable. • Filters - Block specif ic inter nal users from Inter net access and enable V irtua[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 49 Instant Broadband ™ Series 48 P ort Range F orwarding sets up pub lic services on your netw ork, such as w eb servers, ftp servers, e-mail ser vers, or other specialized Internet applications. (Specialized Internet applications are any applications that use Internet access to p[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 51 Instant Broadband ™ Series 50 W ith Dynamic Routing you can enab le the Gate wa y to automaticall y adjust to ph ysical changes in the netw ork’ s lay out. The Gate wa y , using the RIP protocol, determines the network pack ets’ route based on the few est number of hops bet[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 53 Instant Broadband ™ Series RIP V ersion Select the version of IP y ou want to use. • RIP-1 Routing data will be sent in RIPv1 format. • RIP-2B Routing data will be sent in RIPv2 for mat using subnet broadcast- ing. • RIP-2M Routing data will be sent in RIPv2 format using [...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 55 Instant Broadband ™ Series 54 The DMZ Hosting function allo ws for a server attached to P ort 4 of the Gatew a y to be full y accessible from the Internet. The Gate wa y supports an Adv anced for m of DMZ, allo wing the system attached to P ort 4 to be on a secure subnet, separ[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y The Link T est page allo ws an advanced user or technician to perform advanced diagnostics of the ADSL Gate w ay and perform connecti vity tests. The information pro vided by these tests is not discussed in this document. 57 Instant Broadband ™ Series 56 Link T est Figure 6-25 Imp[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y Make sure that y ou do NO T ha ve a microf ilter plugged in betw een the Gate wa y and the w all jack. V erify that your ADSL account is active with your ISP . 5. I can’t browse through the Gatew ay . • Check if both ends of the netw ork cable and po w er adapter are properl y c[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 61 Instant Broadband ™ Series 60 I set up an Unreal T ournament Ser ver , but others on the LAN cannot join. What do I need to do? If you ha v e a dedicated Unreal T our nament ser ver running, you need to create a static IP for each of the LAN computers and forward ports 7777, 77[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y What are the Gateway’ s adv anced features? The Gatew a y’ s advanced features include Filters, F orwarding, Dynamic Routing, Static Routing, and DMZ host. Does Linksys provide syslog support? No, Linksys does not currently pro vide syslo g suppor t. How can I check whether I ha[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 65 Instant Broadband ™ Series 64 1. At the W ireless Screen, if you choose to enab le WEP Encryption, select Mandatory under the WEP section. 2. Press the WEP K ey Setting button to set the WEP Encryption type and lev el. 3. The follo wing screen ma y appear , verifying that y ou [...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y WEP Encryption key can be generated in one of tw o w a ys: 1. Y ou may create an encryption key b y using a P assphrase. a. Enter a Passphrase, a user-def ined passw ord , into the P assphrase f ield. The Passphrase can be a maximum of 31 letters, symbols, and numbers. No spaces can[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 2. In the “Control Panel” windo w , click the Networ k and Internet Connections icon. 3. Click on the Netw ork Connections icon. 4. The “Netw ork Connections” windo w will appear . Under LAN or High- Speed Internet you will see all Netw ork cards that are installed and opera[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 71 Instant Broadband ™ Series 70 6. When the “W ireless Netw ork Connection Properties” window appears, click the Wir eless Netw orks Ta b . 7. If the appropriate wireless netw ork, specif ied b y the Gatew a y’ s SSID , is displa yed in the “Preferred netw orks” section[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y Appendix C: Installing the T C P / I P Protocol F ollo w these instructions to install the TCP/IP protocol on one of your PCs onl y after a netw ork card has been successfull y installed inside the PC. These instructions are for W indo ws 95, W indo ws 98, and W indo ws Me. F or TCP[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y Appendix D: Finding the MAC Address and IP Address for Y o u r Ethernet Adapter This section describes ho w to f ind the MA C address for your Ethernet adapter to do either MA C Filtering for the Gate w a y and ISP . Y ou can also f ind the IP address of your computer’ s Ether net[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 2. In the command prompt, enter ipconf ig /all . Then press the Enter key . 3. Write do wn the Ph ysical Address as sho wn on your computer screen; it is the MA C address for your Ethernet adapter . This will appear as a series of letters and numbers. The MA C address/Ph ysical Addr[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y 79 Instant Broadband ™ Series When entering the information using the Router’ s w eb-based utility , you will type the 12-digit MA C ad dress in this for mat, XXXXXXXXXXXX without the hyphens for MA C Filtering. 78 Appendix E: Specifications Standards: ANSI T1.413i2, ITU-T G.dmt[...]

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    ADSL Gateway with Modem / Router / 4-Port Switch / Wireless-Read y Appendix F: Warrant y Information BE SURE T O HA VE Y OUR PR OOF OF PURCHASE AND A BARCODE FR OM THE PR ODUCT’S P A CKA GING ON HAND WHEN CALLING. RETURN REQUESTS CANNO T BE PR OCESSED WITHOUT PR OOF OF PURCHASE. IN NO EVENT SHALL LINKSYS’S LIABILITY EXCEED THE PRICE P AID FOR T[...]

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    © Copyright 2002 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. www .linksys.com Appendix G: Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of y our ADSL Gatew a y with Modem / Router / 4-P ort Switch / W ireless-Ready , contact Linksys T echnical Support at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below . Sales Information 800-546-5797 (1-[...]