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    Broadband R outer DC-207 Full M anual[...]

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    Copyright The contents of thi s publ icati on may n ot be reproduced in any pa rt or as a whole, stored, transcrib ed in an informat ion retrieval system, trans- lated i nto an y lang uage, or transmi tted in any form or by any means, mechani cal, mag netic, el ectronic, opti cal, ph otocopying, ma nual , or otherwise, wi thout th e prior written p[...]

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    1. Introdu ction Congratul ati ons on your purchase of thi s outstandi ng broadb and router. This produ ct is specifi cal ly desi gned for Smal l Office and Home Office needs. It provides a complete SOHO solu tion for Internet surfing , and i s easy to configure and operate even for non-technical users. Instructions for instal li ng an d configu ri[...]

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    tion i s used when speci al ap pli cati on sensin g tunn el feature is i nsuffi - cient to al low a n appl icati on to fun ction correctly. Statistics of WAN Supported Enabl es you to monitor i nbound and outbou nd packets Security functions Packet filter supported Packet Fil ter all ows you to control access to a network by anal yzi ng the incomi [...]

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    UPNP (Universal Plug and Play)Supported The router also supports thi s functi on. The app li cations: X- box, Msn Messenger.[...]

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    2. Hardware installation 2.1 Panel Layout 2.1.1 Front Panel M1&M2 System status i ndi cators, Green . M1 is flashed once per second to ind icate system i s ali ve. When system is busy, M2 i s li ghted. WAN/Link Link stat us in dicators, Green . The LED flickers when th e corresponding port i s sendin g or receiving d ata LAN/Speed WAN/Speed 10/[...]

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    2.1.2. Rear Panel Port Description 5VDC Power inl et: DC 5V, 1.5A (m ini mum ) WAN the port where you wil l conn ect your cable (or DSL) modem or Ethernet router. Port 1-4 the ports where you wil l conn ect networked computers and other devi ces. PRINTER Printer Port 2.2 Procedure for Hardw are Installation 1. Decide where to place your Broa dband [...]

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    Use the prin ter cable to connect your pri nter to the printer port of thi s product. (Opti onal ) 5. Power on Connecti ng the power cord to power inl et and tu rning t he power switch on, thi s product wil l automati call y enter the self-t est phase. When it is i n the self-test ph ase, the ind icators M1 wi ll be li ghted ON for about 10 seconds[...]

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    3. Network settin gs and software instal- lation To use this produ ct correctly, you have to properly configu re the network setting s of your computers and in stall the att ached setup program i nto your MS Win dows plat form (Wind ows 95/98/NT/2 000). 3.1 Make Correct Netw ork Settings of Your Computer The default IP address of this product i s 1[...]

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    Skip t his secti on if you do n ot want to use the pri nt server function of thi s product. Notice : If you are using W indows 200 0/XP, plea se ref er to Cha p- ter 5 Pri nter - 5.3 Conf iguring on W indows 2000 and XP Platf orms. It is not n ecessary to s etup a ny program a nd the prin t-server can work. • Insert the instal l ation CD -ROM in [...]

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    • After rebooting your compu ter, the software instal lati on proce- dure is fi nish ed. • Now, you can configu re the NAT Router (refer to Chapter 4) and setup the Pri nt Server (refer to Chapter 5).[...]

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    4. Configuring the rout er This produ ct provides Web based confi gurati on scheme, that i s, config- uring by your Web browser, such as Netscape Communica tor or I nternet Explorer. This app roach can be adopted i n any MS Wi ndows, Maci ntosh or UNIX based platforms. 4.1 Start-up and login Activat e your browser, and disable the proxy or add the [...]

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    To log in as an admi ni strator, enter the system password (the factory setting is ” admin ”) i n the System Password fiel d and cl ick on th e Log in button. If the password is correct, the web appearance wi ll be changed i nto adm ini strator configu re mode. As list ed in i ts mai n menu, there are several options for system admi nist ration[...]

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    LAN IP Address : the local IP address of this d evice. The computers on your network must use the LAN IP address of your product as their De- fault Gateway. You can chan ge it i f necessary. WAN Type : WAN connecti on type of your ISP. You can cli ck Change button t o choose a corr ect one from the followi ng four opti ons: • Stati c IP Address: [...]

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    • WAN Type is Dyna mic IP Address. If the WAN type is not correct, change i t! • Host Name: option al. Requ ired by some ISPs, e.g. @Home. • Renew IP Forever: this feature enabl e this produ ct renew IP ad- dress automati call y when th e lease time i s bein g expired even the system is i n i dle state. 4.4.1.4 PPP over Ethernet • PPPoE Acc[...]

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    Virtu al Compu ter enables you to use th e origin al NAT feature, and all ows you to setup the one-to-on e mappi ng of mul tip le gl obal IP address and local IP address. • Global IP : Enter the global IP address assigned by your ISP. • Local IP : Enter the local IP address of your LAN PC cor respond- ing to the globa l IP address. • Enable :[...]

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    mati call y load th e proper TCP/IP settings from thi s product. The settin gs of DHCP server in clude th e followi ng i tems: • DHCP Server : Choose “Di sable” or “Enabl e.” • Lease Time : thi s feature all ows you to configu re IP’s lease tim e (DHCP cli ent). • IP pool starting Address/ IP pool starting Address : When- ever there[...]

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    Domain Filter lets you prevent users under thi s device from accessing specifi c URLs. • Domain Filter Enable: Check if you want to enabl e Domain Fil - ter. • Log DNS Query : Check i f you want to l og the acti on when someone accesses the specific URLs. • Privilege IP Addresses Range : Setti ng a group of hosts an d privi lege these hosts t[...]

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    • URL in clud e “www.msn.com” wil l be blocked, and t he action wi ll be record in log- fil e. • URL in clud e “www.sina.com” wi ll not be bl ocked, but the acti on wil l be record in log-fi le. • URL in clud e “www.google.com” wi ll be blocked, but the action wil l not be record in l og-fil e. • IP address X.X.X.1~ X.X.X.20 can[...]

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    For source or des tin ati on port, you can defin e a singl e port (80) or a range of ports (1000-1 999). Add prefix "T" or "U" to specify TCP or UDP protocol. For example, T80, U 53, U2000- 2999. No prefix in dicat es both TCP and UDP are defi ned. An empty i mpl ies al l port addresses. Packet Filter can work with Scheduling Ru[...]

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    4.5.2.2 Outbound Filter: To enable Outb ound Packet Fi lt er click th e check box next to Enable in the Outboun d Packet Fi lter fiel d. Example 1 (192.168 .123.100- 192.168.12 3.149) They are al lowed to send mai l (port 25), receive mai l (p ort 110), and b rowse Inter net (port 80); port 53 (DNS) i s necessary to resolve the domain name. (192.16[...]

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    Example 2 (192.168 .123.100- 192.168.12 3.119) They can do every thi ng except read net news (port 119) and transfer fil es via FTP (port 21) Others are allowed After Outbound Packet Filter settin g is confi gured, cli ck the save button. 4.5.3 MAC CTRL (MAC address access cont rol) MAC Address Control allows you to assi gn di fferent access right [...]

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    • Connection control : Check "Connecti on control" to ena ble the controll ing of which wi red can connect to th is device. If a cli ent i s denied t o connect to this d evice, it mean s the cli ent can't access to the Internet eith er. Choose "allow" or "deny" to all ow or deny the cli ents, whose MAC add resse[...]

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    Remote Administrator Host/Port In general, onl y Intranet user can browse the bui lt-i n web pag es to perform admin istrati on task. Thi s feature enabl es you to perfor m ad- min istrati on task from remote host. If this feature is enab led, onl y the specifi ed IP address can perform re mote admi ni stration. If the specifi ed IP address is 0.0.[...]

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    4.6 Advanced settings 4.6.1 Virtual Servers This produ ct’s NAT firewall fil ters out unrecogni zed packets to protect your Intranet, so all hosts behin d thi s product are invi sib le to the outsi de world. If you wish, you can make some of them accessible by enab li ng the Vi rtual S erver Mapping. A virtua l server is defin ed as a Service Por[...]

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    Some appl icati ons requi re multi pl e connections, l ike Internet games, Video conferencin g, Internet telephon y, etc. Because of the firewall functi on, these appl icati ons cann ot work with a pu re NAT router. The Special Applications fe ature all ows some of these appli cati ons to work with thi s product. If the mechani sm of Special Appl i[...]

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    IP Address of DMZ Host DMZ (DeMi li tariz ed Zone) Host is a host wi thout t he protection of fire- wall . It all ows a computer to be exposed to unrestricted 2-wa y communi cati on for Internet games, Video conferencing, Internet tel eph- ony and other specia l app li cation s. NOTE: This feature shoul d be used onl y when needed. Non-standard FTP[...]

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    This pa ge support two methods to export system l ogs to specific desti - nati on by means of syslog( UDP) and S MTP(TCP). The items you h ave to setup in clud ing : IP Address for Syslog Host IP of destination where syslogs wil l b e sent to. Check Enable to enable th is funct ion. IP addres of Outgoing mailserver Input the SMTP server IP and port[...]

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    So that an yone wishi ng to reach your host onl y needs to know the name of it. Dynam ic DNS wi ll map th e name of your host to your current IP address, which changes each ti me you connect your Internet service provider. Before you enable Dynamic DNS , you need to register an accoun t on one of these Dynamic DNS servers that we list i n provider [...]

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    Set Community Settin g the commun ity of SetReq uest your device wil l accept. IP 1,IP 2,I P 3,IP 4 Input your SNMP Man agement PC’s IP here. User has to co nfig ure to where this devi ce should send SNMP Trap message. SNMP Version Please select proper SNMP Version t hat your SNMP Manag ement soft- ware supports. 4.7 Toolbox 4.7.1 Log You can vie[...]

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    You can al so reboot this product by cl icki ng th e Reboot button. 4.7.6 Misc MAC Address for Wake-on-LAN Wake-on-LAN i s a technolog y that enabl es you to power up a networked device remotely. In order to enjoy this featu re, the target device must be Wake-on-LAN enabl ed and you have to know the MAC address of thi s device, say 00-11 -22-33- 44[...]

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    5. Print server This produ ct provides the fun ction of network pri nt server for MS Win- dows 95/98/ NT/2000 an d Uni x based pla tforms. 5.1 Configuring on Windows 95/98 After you fini shed the software i nstal lati on procedure described in Chap- ter 3, your computer has possessed the network printi ng faci li ty provided by th is product . For [...]

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    • Cli ck the Details item. • Choose the “PRTmate: (A ll -in -1)” from the l ist att ached at the Print To item. Be sure tha t the Printer Driver item is confi gured to the correct driver of your ser ver printer. • Cli ck on the butt on of Port Settings . • Type in th e IP address of this product and then cli ck the OK but- ton. • Make[...]

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    Compared to the procedure in last secti on, the selection of Details is equiva lent to th e selection of Ports , and Port Settings is equi valen t to Configure Port . 5.3 Configuring on Windows 2000/XP plat- forms Wind ows 2000 and XP have bui lt- in LPR cl ien t, users could uti li ze thi s feature to Print. You have to install your Printer Driver[...]

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    • Select “Stan dard TCP/IP Port”, and then cli ck “New Port…” • Cli ck Next and then provide the fol lowi ng i nformation: • Type address of server providi ng LPD th at is our NAT de- vice:192 .168.123.25 4 • Select Custom , then cli ck “Setti ngs…”[...]

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    • Select “LPR”, type ” lp “ lowercase lett er in “Queue Name:” An d enabl e “LPR Byte Counti ng Enabl ed”. • Appl y your setting s.[...]

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    Appendix A – TCP/IP setup Set up TCP/IP If you are using a Fixed (specified) IP address, the following changes are required: • The Gateway must be set to the IP address of the DC-202 • The DNS shoul d be set to the address provid ed by your ISP. Using DHCP To use DHCP, select the radio bu tton Obtain an IP Address automa ti- cally . Thi s is [...]

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    If the list that app ears on scree n does not i nclu de a lin e, such as the one that ha s been selected above ("TCP/IP -> network card"), then fol low the steps in dicat ed below for addi ng thi s li ne: • Cli ck on the butt on "Add" • Doubl e-cli ck on "Protocol" • Select "Mi crosoft" and thereafte[...]

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    Windows NT Select Control Pan el - Network , and, on the Protocols tab, select the TCP/IP protocol, as shown below. Cli ck the Properties button to see a screen li ke the one below. Select the netw ork card for your LAN. Select the ap propriate radi o button - Obtain an IP ad dress from a DHCP Server Restart your PC, even if you have not ma de any [...]

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    Macintosh Clients From your Macint osh, you can access the Internet via the DC-2 02. The procedure is as foll ows. 1. Open the TCP/IP Control Pan el. 2. Select Ethernet from the Connect via pop-up men u. 3. Select Using DHCP Server from the Configure pop-up men u. The DHCP Cli ent ID fiel d can be left bl ank. 4. Close the TCP/IP panel , saving you[...]

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    • Select "I want to confi gure my Internet connecti on manual ly" or "I want to make a conn ection vi a a LAN network" and cl ick on "Next >". • Select "I want to connect vi a a LAN network" and click on "Next >". • Check carefull y that al l of th e checkboxes in the screen Internet con[...]

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    Appendix B – Troubleshooting Reset to factor y Default There are 2 methods to reset to default. • Restore with RESET button First, tu rn off the router and press the RESET button i n. And then, power on the router and h old th e RESET button down un til the M1 and or M2 LED (or Stat us LED) start flash ing, then move away the han d. If LED flas[...]