NETGEAR RP614NA manual

SM-RP614NA-2 Ver sio n 4.12 February 2 003 NET GEAR , Inc. 4500 G reat America Parkway Santa Cla ra, CA 950 54 USA Reference Manual for the Model R P614 v2 W eb Safe Router[...]

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Contents v Content s Preface About This Manual Chapter 1 Introduction Key Features of the Rou ter .................. ............. ............. ................... ............. ............. ... 1-1 A Powerful, Tr ue Fire wall with C ontent Filte ring ................... ............. ............. ......... 1-2 Security ................ ........[...]

vi Contents Chapter 3 Cont ent Fil teri ng Content Filter ing Overvi ew ...... ............. ....... ...... ....... ...... ............. ...... ....... ...... ....... ......... 3- 1 Blocking Access to Internet Sites ... ............. ............. ................... ............. ............. ......... 3-2 Blocking Access to Internet Services ...[...]

Contents vii Using the Router as a D HCP se rver ........... .................... ............ .................... ......... 5- 8 Using Ad dress Res ervation ............ ............. .................... ............ ............. ................ 5- 9 Using a Dy namic DN S Service ............. ............. .................... ............ ..[...]

viii Contents Domain Nam e Server ............... ............. ............. ................... ............. ............. ...... B-10 IP Configu ration by DHCP .................... ................... ............. ............. ................... . B-1 1 Internet Sec urity and Fi rewalls .......................... ............. ..............[...]

About This Manua l xi Preface About Th is Manual Congratul ations o n your purc hase of th e NETGEAR ® Model RP614 v2 W eb Safe Rout er. The RP614 v2 r outer pr ovides conn ection fo r multiple pe rsonal co mputers (PCs ) to the I nternet through an externa l broadband ac cess devi ce (such a s a cable mod em or DSL modem) that is normal ly inten [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer xii About Th is Man ual Special Mess age Fo rmat s This gui de uses the followin g formats t o highli ght special messages : Note : This forma t is used to h ighlight informati on of impor tance or s pecial i nterest .[...]

Introduc tion 1-1 Chap ter 1 Introduction This chap ter desc ribes the feature s of the NETGEAR Mode l RP614 v2 W eb Sa fe Router. Key Feat ures of the Rou te r The Model RP614 v2 W eb Safe Ro uter with 4-port switc h connects your local a rea networ k (LAN) to t he Internet through an external ac cess devic e such as a cable modem or DSL modem. Th[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 1-2 Introduc tion A Powerful, T rue Firewal l with Content Fi lterin g Unlike s imple Interne t sharing NA T r outers, t he Model RP614 v2 is a tru e firewall, u sing statef ul pack et in sp ec tion to def e nd a gains t ha ck er a ttac k s. I ts fire wall f eat ures inclu de : • Denia l[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Introdu ction 1-3 Autosensing Ethernet Connections with Auto Uplink™ W it h its inter nal 4-port 10 /100 switc h, the Model RP6 14 v2 can con nect to ei ther a 10 Mbps standar d Ethernet ne twork or a 100 Mbps Fast Etherne t network. Bo th the LAN and W AN interf aces are autosensi ng and[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 1-4 Introduc tion Easy Inst all ation and Management Y ou can i nst al l, confi gur e, and op er ate t he Mode l RP614 v2 W eb Safe Ro ute r wit hin minut es a ft er connecti ng it to the networ k. The foll owing feat ures simplif y instal lation a nd management tas ks: • Brows er -based[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Introdu ction 1-5 The Router ’ s Front Panel The front panel of th e Model RP614 v2 W eb Safe Route r ( Figure 1- 1 ) contains st atus LEDs. Figure 1- 1: RP61 4 Front Panel Y ou can use so me of the LEDs t o verify connecti ons. V iewed from left to right , Ta b l e 2 d escrib es the LE D[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 1-6 Introduc tion The Router ’ s Rear Panel The rear panel of t he Model RP614 router ( Figu re Figure 1-2: ) con tains por t connect ions. Figure 1-2: RP6 14 Rear Panel V i ewed fro m left to ri g ht, th e rea r pan el co ntain s th e foll owin g fe at ure s: • Four Lo cal (LAN) Et he[...]

Connectin g the Router to the Inte rnet 2-1 Chap ter 2 Connecting the Rout er to the Internet This chap ter desc ribes how t o set up th e router on your loc al area ne twork (LAN) and conne ct to the Int ernet. Y ou fi nd out how to configure your Model RP61 4 v2 W eb Safe Router for Interne t access using the S etup W i zard, or ho w to manuall y[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 2-2 Connect ing the Rou ter to the Interne t For the i nitia l c onnect ion to t he Int ernet and confi gurat ion of your rou ter , you wil l need t o connec t a computer t o the r out er whi ch is set to aut omat ic all y get its TCP/I P conf ig uration fr om the rout er via DHCP . Note: [...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Connecti ng the Router to th e Interne t 2-3 Wo r ksheet to Record Y our Internet Connection Information Print t his page. F ill in the c onfigura tion para meters fr om your Inte rnet Serv ice Provider (ISP). ISP Login Name: Th e login name an d pas swor d ar e ca se sensit ive and must be[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 2-4 C onnect ing the Rou ter to the I nternet Connect i ng the Mode l RP614 v 2 Web Safe Router This sec tion provi des instru ctions fo r connect ing the RP614 v2 router . Also, the Model R P614 v2 Resour c e CD included with your rout er conta ins an anima ted Instal lation Ass istant to[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Connecti ng the Router to th e Interne t 2-5 c. Connect t he Etherne t cable fr om your cable or DSL mode m to the In te rne t p ort ( A ) on th e Model RP614 v2 . Figure 2-2: Connect the cable or DSL Modem to the router d. Connect t he Ethern et ca ble whi ch ca me with the r outer from a [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 2-6 C onnect ing the Rou ter to the I nternet f. V erify the following : When your t urn the ro uter on, t he power li ght goes on. The test light t urns on wit hin a few se conds, and t hen goes of f afte r approxi mately 10 seconds. The ro uter’ s local li ghts are lit for any c ompute[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Connecti ng the Router to th e Interne t 2-7 A login wi ndow shown below open s: Figure 2-5: Lo gin window 3. Connect to the Intern et Figure 2-6: Setup Wizard a. Y ou are now connected to t he router . If you do not see the men u above, cli ck the Set up W iza rd link on the upper left of [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 2-8 C onnect ing the Rou ter to the I nternet c. When the router s uccessfu lly detects an activ e Interne t service, t he router ’ s Interne t LED goes on. The Setup W izard reports which connec tion type it discover ed, and dis plays the appropri ate configu ration men u. If the Setu p[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Connecti ng the Router to th e Interne t 2-9 • T o change the login ti meout, ente r a new val ue in minute s. This det ermines ho w long th e router keeps the Internet connection a ctive af ter ther e is no In ternet acti vity fr om the LAN. Enterin g a timeout value of z ero means never[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 2-10 Conn ecting the Router to the Interne t • When the Setup W iz ard detects an AOL DSL or Cable service, the RP614 v2 rout er autom atic ally p re- confi gures itse lf to w ork w ith th e A O L serv ice . Note : Services suc h as AOL which us e L2TP tunnel ing will bypass the firewall[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Connecti ng the Router to th e Interne t 2-11 • Next, the router s ynchronize d with the AOL network and displays the message bel ow . Figure 2-10: AOL network synchroniza tion • After t he ro ute r finis hes test ing t he conn ectio n, the window up dat es wit h the AOL Connect ion Est[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 2-12 Conn ecting the Router to the Interne t • From a comput er connect ed to the router, sign on to AOL as ill ustrate d below . Figure 2-12: AOL sign on screen Note: Be sur e tha t the A OL H ome Netw ork i ng u pdat es ar e in stal le d, an d be sur e t o se lect th e correc t AOL loc[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Connecti ng the Router to th e Interne t 2-13 T elstra Bi gpond Cable Wizard-Detected Option If the Setup W iza rd discove rs T elstra Bi gpond Cable i s your ISP , you will se e this menu: Figure 2-13: Setup Wizard me nu for T elstra Bigpond Cable account s • Enter you r Login, Pas sword[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 2-14 Conn ecting the Router to the Interne t • Click Appl y to save y our setting s. • Click T est to test your Inte rnet connect ion. If th e NETGEAR website d oes not app ear withi n one min ute, refe r to Chapt er 6, “T roubleshooting . Dynamic IP Wiza rd-Detected Option If the Se[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Connecti ng the Router to th e Interne t 2-15 Fixed IP Account Wizard-Detected Option If the Setup W iza rd discove rs that your ISP use s Fixed IP a ssignment, you wi ll see t his menu: Figure 2-15: S etup Wiza rd menu f or Fixed IP addr ess acc ounts • Fixed IP i s also ca lled S tatic [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 2-16 Conn ecting the Router to the Interne t Manually C onfigu ring Y our Inte rnet Connect ion Y ou can manually co nfi gure you r route r using the menu belo w , or you can al low the Set up W i zard to dete rmine your c onfigura tion as de scribed in t he previou s sectio n. Figure 2-16[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Connecti ng the Router to th e Interne t 2-17 Procedure: Configuring the Internet Conn ection M anuall y Y ou can manuall y configu re the rou ter using th e Basic Set tings menu s hown in Figu re 2-16 using these s teps: 1. Click th e Basic Set tings link on the Setu p menu. 2. If your Int[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 2-18 Conn ecting the Router to the Interne t 3. If your Inte rnet connectio n does re quire a login, fill in the set tings accordi ng to the instructions below . Sele ct Y es if yo u nor ma ll y must la unch a login prog ram su ch a s Enternet or W inPOET in ord er to a ccess the In tern e[...]

Content Filt er ing 3-1 Chap ter 3 Content Filterin g This chap ter de scribes how t o use the c ontent fi lterin g feature s of the Model RP6 14 v2 W eb Safe Router t o protect you r network. Th ese feat ures can be found by cl icking on the Content Fi ltering heading i n the Main Men u of the br owser int erface. Cont ent Filt ering Ov ervie w Th[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 3-2 Content Filterin g Blocking Acc es s to Inte r net Sites The RP614 v2 r outer al lows you to restrict a ccess based o n web address es and web a ddress keywords. Up to 255 ent ries are supporte d in the Key word list . The Block Si tes menu is sh own in Figure 3 -1 bel ow: Figure 3-1: [...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Content F iltering 3-3 • If the keyword “.com” is specif ied, only websites with other domai n suf fixes (suc h as .edu or .gov) can be viewed. • If you wis h t o block a ll In terne t brows ing acc ess dur ing a sc hedu led pe riod, e nter t he keywor d “.” an d set the schedul[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 3-4 Content Filterin g T o specif y a service for bl ock ing, clic k Add . The Add S erv ic es menu will ap pear , as sh own belo w: Figure 3-3: Ad d Servi ces menu From the Se rvice T ype l ist, select the applica tion or ser vice to be allowed or bl ocked. The li st alread y displays sev[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Content F iltering 3-5 Configuring Services Blocking by IP Address Range Under “Fi lter Ser vices For” , you can blo ck the spe cified s ervice for a single PC, a range of PCs (having consecuti ve IP addr esses), or all PCs on your network. Sched u lin g Whe n Bloc ki ng W il l Be Enfor[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 3-6 Content Filterin g S t at eful Pa cket In specti on (SPI ), Java , ActiveX , and C ookie s Blocking O ptions The W AN Setup op tions le t you enabl e SPI and blocki ng of Java , ActiveX, and Cooki es. These options are disc ussed belo w . Using SPI St a teful inspection technology trac[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Content F iltering 3-7 Using Java, Activ eX, and cookies Filter ing. What are t hese item s and what ca n I do about th em? • ActiveX an d Java prog rams can be e mbedded in web sites, and wil l be exec uted by your computer . These pr ograms may so metimes incl ude malicious content. •[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 3-8 Content Filterin g Log e n trie s are d escrib ed in Ta b l e 3 - 1 Log acti on buttons are descr ibed in T able 3-2 T able 3 -1. Log ent ry descrip tions Field Des cription Number The index number of th e content filter log entr ies. 128 entri es are avai lable numb ered from 0 to 1 2[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Content F iltering 3-9 Configur in g E-Mail Alert a nd Web Access Log Notif ications In order to re ceive logs and aler ts by email, you must provide your ema il information in the E-Mail menu, shown be low: Figure 3-7: Email menu • T urn e-mail not ificat ion on Check thi s box if you wi[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 3-10 Content Filterin g • Send to t his e-mail address Enter t he e-mail address to whic h logs and alerts are sent . This e-mail address wi ll also be used as the Fr om address. If you lea ve this b ox blank, lo g and aler t messages will not b e sent via e-ma il. Y ou can speci fy that[...]

Maintenan ce 4-1 Chap ter 4 Maintenance This chap ter desc ribes how t o use the mai ntenance fe atures of your Model RP61 4 v2 W eb Safe Router. The se fea tu res can be f oun d by clicki ng o n th e Maintenanc e he ading in t he Mai n Menu o f the br owse r in terfac e. V iewing Router St a tus Information The Router Sta tus menu provide s a limi[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 4-2 Main tenance This scre en sh ows th e fo ll ow ing pa rame ter s: T able 4-1. Menu 3.2 - Router S t atus Fields Field Descrip tion Account Name This fi eld disp lays the Host Nam e assigned to the route r . Firmware V ersion This fi eld disp lays the rout er firmwa re version. Internet[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Main tenance 4-3 Click on t he “Connect ion S tatus” bu tton to di splay th e connection s tatus, as shown below . Figure 4-2. Connection S t atus scre en This scre e n sh ow s th e foll owin g stat isti cs: . T able 4-1. Connection St atus Fields Field De scription IP Address The W AN [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 4-4 Main tenance Log acti on buttons are descr ibed in T able 4-2 Click on t he “Show S tatis tics” but ton to displ ay router usage stat istics, as shown bel ow . Figure 4-3. Router St atistics screen This scre e n sh ow s th e foll owin g stat isti cs: . T able 4-2. Connection S tatu[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Main tenance 4-5 V iewing a List of Att ached De vices The Attac hed Device s menu co nta ins a ta ble of al l IP device s that t he router ha s discove re d on the local n etwork. From t he Main Menu of the browser i nterface , under the Maintenanc e heading, selec t At tache d D ev ice s [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 4-6 Main tenance From the Mai n Menu of the browser in terface , under the Maintenance heading, s elect the Rout er Upgrade he ading to di splay th e menu shown bel ow . Figure 4-5. Router Upgrade menu T o upload new firmware: 1. Dow n load a nd u n zip th e ne w sof tw are fi le fr om N E[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Main tenance 4-7 From the Main Menu of t he br owser int er fa ce, und er the Mainte nanc e heading, sel ec t the Setti ngs Backup hea ding to bri ng up the men u shown below . Figure 4-6. Settings Ba ckup menu Three opt ions are availabl e, and are described in the fo llowing se ctions. Re[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 4-8 Main tenance Erasing the Configuration It is s ometimes desir able to res tore the rou ter to a k nown blank co ndition. This can be d one by using th e Erase fu nction, whi ch will r estore all factory s ettings. Aft er an era se, the ro uter's passwo rd will be password , th e L[...]

Advanc ed Configur ation of the Route r 5-1 Chap ter 5 Advan ced Confi gu ratio n o f the Route r This cha pter desc ri bes ho w to con fi gur e t he a dva nced feat ur es of your Model RP614 v2 W eb Safe Router. Th ese featu res can be found under the Advance d heading i n the Main Menu of the br owser inter face. Configur ing for P ort Forw ardin[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 5-2 Advan ced Con figurati on of the Router . Use the Port F orwardi ng me nu to config ure t he rou ter t o for ward i ncoming p rotoc ols t o comp uters on your l ocal networ k. In addi tion to serv ers fo r specific applicat ions, you c an also spe cify a Default DMZ Server to wh ich al[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Advanced Configu ration o f the Rou ter 5-3 Editin g or D eleti ng a P ort For ward ing En try T o edit or delete a Port Forwar ding entr y , follow thes e steps. 1. In the t able, sel ect the b utton next to the se rvice name. 2. Click Edi t or Delete. Local Web and FTP Server Exam ple If [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 5-4 Advan ced Con figurati on of the Router 4. T ype the sa me port nu mber in the End Port box th at you type d in the S tart Port box. 5. T ype the IP address of the addit ional co mputer in t he Serv er IP Addre ss box. 6. Click Appl y . Some onlin e games and vi deoconfer encing app li[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Advanced Configu ration o f the Rou ter 5-5 The W AN Setup menu , shown below l ets you co nfigure a Def ault DMZ Server . Figure 5-2: W AN Setup menu. T o assign a computer or server to be a Default DMZ server , follow these st eps: 1. Click W AN Setup link on t he Advanced s ection of the[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 5-6 Advan ced Con figurati on of the Router Setting the MTU S ize The defa ult MTU size i s usua ll y fine. The normal MTU (Maxi m um T r ans mit Uni t) va lue for most Ethernet networ ks is 15 00 Bytes. Fo r some ISPs , part icula rly some u sing PPPoE, you may need t o reduce t he MTU. T[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Advanced Configu ration o f the Rou ter 5-7 Configuring LAN TCP/IP Setup Parameters The route r is shi pped precon figured to us e private I P addresse s on the LAN si de, and to a ct.as a DHCP server . The router ’ s default LAN IP c onfigura tion is: • LAN IP addre sses—192.168.0.1 [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 5-8 Advan ced Con figurati on of the Router Using the Router as a DHCP se rver By defaul t, the route r will funct ion as a DHCP ( Dynamic Host Confi guration Prot ocol) se rver , allowin g it to as sign IP , DNS serv er , and d efault ga teway addr esses to all computers connected to the [...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Advanced Configu ration o f the Rou ter 5-9 Using Address Reservation When you spec ify a res erved IP a ddress fo r a PC on the LAN, that PC wil l always rece ive the same IP add ress each time it acce ss the ro uter’ s DHCP server . Reserved I P addresse s should be assigne d to serve r[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 5-10 Advan ced Config uration o f the Rou ter The route r contai ns a clie nt that can c onnect to many popular dynamic DNS ser vices. Y ou can select one of the se services and obtai n an account with them. Then, wh enever your ISP-assi gned IP addre ss changes , your rout er will a utoma[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Advanced Configu ration o f the Rou ter 5-11 From the Main Menu of the browse r inter face , under Advanc ed, click on S ta tic Routes t o view the St atic Route menu, shown bel ow . Figure 5-4. St atic Route Summa r y T a ble T o add or edi t a S tatic Route: 1. Click th e Add button to op[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 5-12 Advan ced Config uration o f the Rou ter 6. T ype the IP Subnet Mask for this de stinati on. If the destinatio n is a sin gle host, t ype 255.255.2 55.255. 7. T ype the Gateway IP Address, which must be a rou ter on the sa me LAN segment as the ro uter. 8. T ype a numbe r between 1 an[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Advanced Configu ration o f the Rou ter 5-13 Enabling R emote Management A ccess Using the Remote Managemen t page, you can a llow a user or users on t he Internet to confi gure, upgrade a nd check th e status of your RP614 v2 router. T o configur e your rou ter for Re mote Manage ment: 1. [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 5-14 Advan ced Config uration o f the Rou ter Using Univ ersal Plug an d Play (UPnP ) Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) helps devices, such as Internet appliances and computers, access the network and connect to other device s as needed. UPnP devices can automatica lly discover the s ervices [...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Advanced Configu ration o f the Rou ter 5-15 Advertis ement Ti me T o Live : The time to live f or the adv ertisemen t is mea sured in h ops (step s) for each UPnP pack et s ent . The t ime to li ve hop count is the number of st eps a bro adc ast packet is allowed t o propagate f or each UP[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 5-16 Advan ced Config uration o f the Rou ter[...]

Troubles hooting 6- 1 Chap ter 6 T rou bleshooting This chap ter give s informat ion about troubles hooting your Model RP614 v2 W eb Safe Router. After e ach proble m descript ion, in structions are provi ded to hel p you diagnos e and solv e the problem. Basic Op erati on After yo u turn on po wer to t he router , the followin g sequence of even t[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 6-2 Troubl eshootin g • Make sur e that the p ower cord is pr operly co nnected t o your router and that t he power su pply adapter is proper ly connec ted to a f unctioning po wer outl et. • Check th at yo u a re usin g t he 7.5 V DC powe r ada pte r su ppl ied by NETGEAR for thi s pr[...]

Referen ce Manual for the M odel RP614 v2 Web S afe Router Troub lesh ooting 6-3 T roubles hoot in g the Web Conf igu ration In terf a ce If you ar e unable t o access the route r ’ s W eb Configurat ion inte rface from a PC o n your l ocal network, c heck the f ollowing: • Check the Ethernet connectio n between t he PC and the r outer as descr[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 6-4 Troubl eshootin g T roubles hootin g the ISP Connec tion If your rout er is unabl e to acces s the Inte rnet, you sho uld first det ermine whether the router is able to obta in a W AN IP address from the ISP . Unless you have be en assigned a static IP addres s, your router must reques[...]

Referen ce Manual for the M odel RP614 v2 Web S afe Router Troub lesh ooting 6-5 OR Configur e your rou ter to s poof your PC’ s MAC address. This can b e done in the Bas ic Settings menu . Re fe r to “Manua lly Configur ing Y our Inter net Connect ion” on page 2- 16 . If your router can ob tain an I P address, b ut your PC is unable to lo ad[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 6-6 Troubl eshootin g If the path is work ing, you s ee thi s mes sage: Reply from < IP address >: bytes=32 ti me=NN ms TTL=xxx If the path is not w orkin g, y ou see this m e ssa g e: Request timed out If the path is no t functioni ng correct ly , you could h ave one of t he follo w[...]

Referen ce Manual for the M odel RP614 v2 Web S afe Router Troub lesh ooting 6-7 — If your I SP assi gned a ho st name t o your PC, e nter t hat ho st name a s the Acc ount Name i n the Basi c Setting s menu. — Y our ISP could b e reject in g the Ethern et MAC addr esses of al l but one of yo ur PCs. Man y broadban d ISPs rest rict ac cess by o[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 6-8 Troubl eshootin g[...]

Techni cal Spec ific ations A-1 Append ix A T e chnical Specifications This appe ndix provi des techni cal spec ificat ions for the Model RP614 v 2 W eb Safe Rout er. S p ec ificatio ns for the Model RP 61 4 v2 The ta b le b el ow lis ts the tec hn ica l s pec if ica ti ons fo r the Mo del R P614 v2. Network Protocol and S t andards Compatibility D[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer A-2 Technic al Spec ificati ons Dimensions : 28 x 175 x 1 18 mm (1.1 x 6.89 x 4.65 in.) W eight: 0. 3 kg (0.66 lb) Environ mental Specifications Operati ng temperatur e: 32 ° -140 ° F (0 ° to 40 ° C) Operati ng humidity : 90% maximum rel ative humidit y , noncondensin g Electromagneti [...]

Networks , Routing, a nd Firewal l Basi cs B-1 Append ix B Networks, Routing , and Fire wall Bas ics This appe ndix provi des an over view of IP n etworks, rout ing, and fi rewalls. Relate d Publication s As you rea d this doc ument, you may be directed t o various RFC documents fo r further informat ion. An RFC is a Request For Com ment (RFC) pub [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer B-2 Netw orks , Routi ng, and Firewal l Bas ics What is a Router? A router is a de vice that f orwards t raff ic between networks based on n etwork la yer inform ation in the da ta and o n rout i ng ta ble s main tai ne d b y the r out er . In these r out ing tabl es , a rout er b uilds up[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Network s, Routing , and Firew all B asics B-3 The latt er versi on is eas ier to remember and easi er to enter i nto your c omputer . In addit ion, the 3 2 bits of the addres s are sub divided i nto two part s. The fir st part of the addres s identi fies the network, an d the secon d part [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer B-4 Netw orks , Routi ng, and Firewal l Bas ics •C l a s s C Class C ad dresses c an have 254 h osts on a ne twork. Clas s C address es use 24 bits for the network a ddress and eight bi ts for th e node. They a re in this r ange: 192.0.1.x t o 223.255.254.x. •C l a s s D Class D addre [...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Network s, Routing , and Firew all B asics B-5 As a short er a lternat iv e to dotted -de ci mal n otation, t he ne tmask may als o be e xpr ess ed i n te rms of the number of ones fro m the lef t. This number is appende d to the IP a ddress, followin g a backward slash ( / ), as “/ n.”[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer B-6 Netw orks , Routi ng, and Firewal l Bas ics Although t he preced ing examp le uses th e entire t hird octe t for a su bnet addre ss, note t hat you ar e not res tricted to octet boun daries in su bnetting. T o create more ne twork numbers , you need onl y shift som e bits fro m the ho [...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Network s, Routing , and Firew all B asics B-7 The foll owing tabl e display s several common netm ask values in both t he dotted-d ecimal and t he masklengt h formats. NETGEAR strongl y recommends t hat you co nfigure all hosts on a LAN segment to u se the same netmas k for the following r[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer B-8 Netw orks , Routi ng, and Firewal l Bas ics NETGEAR recommen ds that you ch oose your pr ivate ne twork number fro m this rang e. The DHCP server of the RP614 v 2 router is preconf igured t o automatical ly assig n private addresse s. Regardle ss of your particular situat ion, do not c[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Network s, Routing , and Firew all B asics B-9 Figure 6-3: Single IP Address Operation Using NA T This sch eme off ers the additiona l benefi t of fir ewall-like protecti on because the inte rnal LAN addre sse s ar e not a v aila bl e to the I n tern e t thr ough the tra nsl ated c on ne ct[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer B-10 Networks , Routi ng, and Fir ewall Bas i cs If a device se nds data to anothe r station on the network and the destinat ion MAC address is not yet recorde d, ARP is used. An ARP request is br oadcas t onto the network. Al l stat ions on the network receiv e and re ad the req uest. The[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Network s, Routing , and Firew all Bas ics B-11 IP Configuration by DHCP When an IP-base d local area net work i s ins ta ll ed, ea ch PC must be conf igu red with an IP addre ss. If the PCs need to a ccess the Internet, t hey should also be con figured with a gateway a ddress and one or mo[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer B-12 Networks , Routi ng, and Fir ewall Bas i cs St ateful Packet Inspection Unlike si mple Inter net shari ng routers , a fire wall uses a p rocess cal led stat eful packe t inspection to ensure s ecure fi rewall f iltering t o protect you r network f rom attacks a nd intrus ions. Since u[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Network s, Routing , and Firew all Bas ics B-13 Ethern et Cabling Although Et hernet networks originally used thick or thin coaxi al cable, most inst allations cur rently use un sh ie lde d t wis te d pa i r (UTP) cabling . The UTP ca ble contains eight cond uctors, arr anged in four twi st[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer B-14 Networks , Routi ng, and Fir ewall Bas i cs The RP614 v2 r outer in corporates Aut o Uplink TM te chnology (a lso call ed MDI/MDIX) . Each LOCAL Ethernet port wil l automati cally sense whether t he Etherne t cable plugg ed into th e port should ha ve a normal connectio n (e.g. conne [...]

Preparin g Your Ne twork C-1 Append ix C Prep aring Y our N etwork This app endi x desc ribes how to pr epare your n etwork to connec t to the Inte rnet throug h t he Model RP614 v2 W eb Safe Router and how to ver if y th e re adiness of broa dban d Internet ser vi ce f rom an Inter net servic e pr ovid er (I SP). Prep aring Y our Comput er s for T[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer C-2 Preparing You r Network • All versi ons of UNIX or Linux incl ude TCP/IP compon ent s. Fol low the inst ru cti ons provi ded with your operati ng system or net working sof tware to ins tall TCP/IP on your comp uter . In your I P network, e ach PC and the fi rewall mus t be assigned a[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-3 Y ou must have an Ethernet adapter , the TCP/IP pro tocol, and Cli ent for Mic rosoft Networ ks. If you ne ed to inst all a ne w adapter , follow thes e steps: a. Click th e Add button . b. Select Adapter , and the n click Add. c. Select the manufac turer and mo[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer C-4 Preparing You r Network If you ne ed Client for Microsoft Networks: a. Click th e Add button . b. Select Client, an d then click Ad d. c. Select Mi cr osof t. d. Select Client fo r Microsof t Networks, a nd then clic k OK. 3. Rest art yo ur PC for the chan ges to tak e e ffect. Enablin[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-5 • V erify the foll owing sett ings as sh own: – Cli ent fo r Mic ros of t Ne tw or k exists – Eth erne t adap ter i s p res en t –T C P / I P i s p r e s e n t – Prim ar y Netw or k Logo n is set to W indo ws logon • Cli ck on the Properti es button [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer C-6 Preparing You r Network Selecting Wi ndows’ Internet Access Method 1. On the W indows taskbar , click th e S t art bu tton, poi nt to Setti ngs , an d then cl ick Cont ro l Panel. 2. Doub l e-cl ick th e In te rne t Opti ons ic on. 3. Select “I want to set up my Int ernet co nnecti[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-7 2. T ype winipcfg , a nd then click OK. The IP Configuratio n window ope ns, which li sts (among other things ), your IP a ddress, su bnet mask, and de fault ga teway . 3. From the dr op-down box, s elect your Et hernet a dapter . The window is up dated t o show[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer C-8 Preparing You r Network DHCP Configuration of TCP/IP in Windows XP , 2000, or NT4 Y ou will fi nd there a re many similar ities in t he procedu res for di ff erent W i ndows systems when using DHCP to configur e TCP/IP . The fo llowing step s will walk you throug h the co nfiguratio n [...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-9 • Now you s hould be at th e Local Area Network Conn ection S tatus window . This box displ ays the c onnection status, du ration, speed , and acti v ity st atis tics . Administr ator logon ac cess rights are needed to use t his window . •C l i c k t h e Pro[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer C-10 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk DHCP Configuratio n of TCP/IP in Windows 2000 Once agai n, after y ou have insta lled the net work card, TCP/ IP for W indows 2000 is con figured. TCP/IP shou ld be added by default and set t o DHCP without y our having to config ure it. However , if there are[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-11 • Cli ck o n the My Network Places ico n on the W indows des k to p. This will br in g up a wind ow called Network and Di al-up Conne ctions. • Right cl ick on Local Area Co nnection and se lect Pr operties . •T h e Local Area Conne ction Pr operti es dia[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer C-12 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk • • W it h Interne t Protocol ( TCP/IP) select ed, clic k on Properti es butto n to open the Inter net Proto col (T CP/I P) P r ope rtie s dialogu e box. • V er ify that – Obtain an IP addr es s automa t ic all y is select ed. – Obtain DNS server add[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-13 DHCP Configuratio n of TCP/IP in Windows NT4 Once you ha ve instal led the networ k card, you need to con figure the TCP/ IP environment for W indo ws NT 4.0. Follow thi s procedure t o configure TCP/IP with DHCP in W indows NT 4.0. • Choose Sett ings from t [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer C-14 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk V erifying TCP/IP Properties for W indows XP , 2000, and NT4 T o check your PC’ s TCP/IP conf iguration: • Highligh t the TCP/IP Pr oto col in the Network Proto cols box, and cl ick on th e Pro pertie s button. •T h e TCP/IP Propert ies dialog bo x now d[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-15 1. On the W indows taskbar , click the S tart button, a nd then clic k Run. The Run windo w opens. 2. T ype cmd and then click OK. A command window o pens 3. T ype ipconfig /all Y our IP Config uration i nformati on will be lis ted, and sh ould match t he value[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer C-16 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk The TCP/IP Con trol Pane l opens: 2. From the “ Connect via ” box, sele ct your Maci ntosh’ s Ethernet i nterfac e. 3. From the “ Configure” box, select Us ing DHCP Server . Y ou can leave the DHCP Clien t ID box empty . 4. Close th e TCP/IP Contr ol[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-17 V erifying TCP/I P Properties for Macintosh Compu ters After yo ur Macintos h is configur ed and has rebooted, y ou can check the TCP/IP c onfigura tion by retur nin g to th e TCP /IP C ont ro l Pa nel. From the A ppl e men u , sele ct C o ntr ol Pan els , then[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer C-18 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk V erif ying th e Readi n ess of Y our I nterne t Acco unt For broad band ac cess to the I ntern et, you need to contra ct with an Interne t servic e provider (ISP) for a si ngle-use r Internet access ac count using a cable mo dem or DSL modem. This modem must [...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-19 • An IP a ddress and subn et mask • A gate way IP addre ss, which i s the address of the ISP ’ s router • One or mo re domain na me server (DNS) I P addresse s • Host n ame and domain suff ix For exampl e, your acc ount’ s full serve r names may lo [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer C-20 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk If an I P address appea rs under I nstalled Gat eways, write d own the addr ess. This is t he ISP’ s gateway a ddress. Sel ect the a ddress an d then click Remove to remove the gate way address . 6. Select the DNS Configu ration tab. If any DNS s erver add r[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Prepari ng Your Netwo rk C-21 Rest ar ting th e Netwo rk Once you’v e set up you r computers to work wit h the fir ewall, you must reset the network f or the devices to be abl e to communicat e cor rectl y . Rest art a ny comput er t hat is conne cted t o the fi rewall . After c onfiguri [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer C-22 Prepari ng Your Netwo rk[...]

Glossary 1 Glossary 10BASE-T IEEE 802.3 sp ecification for 1 0 Mbps Ethern et over twist ed pair wiri ng. 100BASE-Tx IEEE 80 2.3 specificat ion for 100 Mbps Ethernet ov er twisted pair w iring. 802.1 1b IEEE specification for wireless networking at 1 1 Mbps usin g direct-sequ ence spread-spectrum (DSSS) technology an d operating in the un licensed [...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 2 Glossar y IP Address A four-byte n umber uniquely defining each host on the I nternet. Ranges of addresses are assigned by Internic, an or ganization formed for this purpose. Usually written in dotted-decimal notation with periods separating the bytes (for example, 134.17 7.2 44.5 7). IP[...]

Referen ce Manual fo r the Model RP614 v2 We b Safe Router Glossa ry 3 Network Address T r anslation A tech nique by which several hosts share a single IP addr ess for access to the Internet. p acket A block o f information sent over a n etwork. A packet typically contains a sourc e and d estin atio n net wor k a ddre ss, so me pr otoc ol and len g[...]

Referenc e Manual f or the Model RP6 14 v2 Web Safe R outer 4 Glossar y WA N See wide area network. wide area netwo rk W AN. A long distance link us ed to extend or conn ect remotely located local area networks. The I nternet is a lar ge W AN. Window s Internet Naming Service WINS. W indows Internet Naming Service is a server process for resolving [...]

Index 1 Numerics 100BASE -TX 2-2 10BA SE -T 2- 2 A Account Name 2-14, 2- 17, 4-2 ActiveX 3-7 Addre ss Resolu tion Pro tocol B- 9 Authentic ation Server 2 -13 Auto Uplink 1-3 B back up con figurat ion 4 -7 C Cabling B-13 Cat5 cable 2-1 , B-14 config urati on automatic by DHCP 1-3 backup 4- 7 erasing 4-8 restore 4-6 router , initial 2-1 conte nt filt[...]

2 Index G gateway ad dress C-20 H Half Life 5-3 host n ame 2-14, 2-1 7 I IANA contacting B-2 IETF B-1 W eb site addr ess B-8 installatio n 1-4 Internet a ccount addre ss inform ation C-18 establi shing C- 18 Internet Service Provid er 2-1 IP addresses C-19, C-20 and NA T B-8 and the Internet B-2 assi gning B -2, B-1 0 auto-generat ed 6-3 priva t e [...]

Index 3 PPPoE 1-3, C-18 Prima ry DNS Serv er 2-9, 2-14, 2- 15, 2-1 7 prot ocol s Address Resolution B-9 DHCP 1-3, B-1 1 Routing Information 1-3 , B-2 supp ort 1- 1 publicatio ns, related B-1 Q Quake 5-3 R range, port for w a rding 5-2 rear panel 1-6 remot e m ana geme nt 5-13 requiremen ts hardware 2-1 reserved IP adresses 5-9 restore confi gurat i[...]