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Introduction

BroadbandRouterUserGuide(Windows95,98,2000,NT,Me,XP,and
Macintosh)

Contents:

HardwareInstallation
Configuringthe4Port
BroadbandRouter>

Configuringthe4PortBroadbandRouter

PrintServer

TheWebbasedconfigurationutilitycanbeusedtochangethesettingsofthe4PortBroadbandRouter.Abriefdescriptionofthesesettingsis
providedbelow.

Troubleshooting

StartupandLogin

RegulatoryInformation
FrequentlyAsked
Questions
USRobotics
CorporationLimited
Warranty

OpenanInternetbrowserandenterthe4PortBroadbandRouter'sIPaddress.Thefollowingisthe
defaultIPaddressofthe4PortBroadbandRouter:
http://192.168.123.254
Aftertheconnectionisestablished,youwillseetheWebUserInterfacefortheConfiguration
Utility.Thereisnodefaultpasswordforthe4PortBroadbandRouter,sojustclickLogin.

NewFeatures

Thereareninemainmenusforthe4PortBroadbandRouter:Status,Toolbox,PrimarySetup,DHCPServer,VirtualServer,SpecialApplications,
AccessControl,SNMP,andMiscellaneousItem.
Note:Aftermakinganychangestotheconfigurationoptionsorsecuritysettingsofthe4PortBroadbandRouter,youmustclickSaveinorderfor
yourchangestobesavedandimplemented.

Status
Thismenuisusedtoviewthecurrentstatusinformationofthe4PortBroadbandRouter.WithintheItemcolumn,youcanviewthepertinent
informationforyourWideAreaNetwork(WAN)connection.

Item
ThefollowingistheinformationyoucanviewifyouhaveDynamicIPAddressorDynamicIPAddresswithRoadRunnerSessionManagement
selectedasyourWANtype:
RemainingLeaseTime
IPAddress

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SubnetMask
Gateway
DomainNameServer
DialupModem
Printer
ThisinformationcouldbeslightlydifferentdependingontheWANtypeyouchoose.

ThefollowingistheinformationyoucanviewifyouhavePPPoverEthernet,PPTP,orDialupNetworkselectedasyourWANtype:
IPAddressSubnetMask
Gateway
DomainNameServer
ConnectionTime
DialupModem
Printer
ThisinformationcouldbeslightlydifferentdependingontheWANtypeyouchoose.
WANStatus
Anycurrentinformationfortheitemsabovewillappearinthiscolumn.
Note
IftheWANtypeissettoDialupNetwork,PPTP,orPPPoverEthernet,youwillseeaConnectbuttonintheNotecolumn.Youcanclickthisbutton
toinitiateadialupsessionwithyourISP.IftheWANtypeissettoDynamicIPAddressorDynamicIPAddresswithRoadRunnerSession
Management,youwillseeaRenewbuttonandaReleasebuttonintheNotecolumn.YoucanclickthesebuttonstoeitherreneworreleasetheIP
manually.IftheWANtypeissettoStaticIPAddress,therewillbenobuttonsintheNotecolumn.Whenajobisprinting,aKillJobbuttonmay
appearintheNotecolumn.Clickthisbuttontomanuallyendthecurrentprintingjob.
PeripheralStatus
Thiswillappearwhenadialupconnectionisselectedoraprinterisattachedtothenetwork.ThemodemstatusisdisplayedandtheManualDialup
buttonwillappear.Afterthemodemachievesaconnection,theHangupbuttonwillappear.Ifaprinterisattached,astatusmessagewillappear.
Someexamplesofprinterstatusmessagesinclude"Ready,""Notready,""Printing",and"Deviceerror."

Toolbox

Inthisoptionyoucanchangetheadministratorpassword.Thereisnodefaultpasswordforthe4PortBroadbandRouter.Itisrecommendedthatyou
createapasswordafteryousuccessfullylogin.Ifyouchoosenottosetapasswordatthistime,youcansetoneorchangeyourcurrentoneatany
timebyclickingToolboxonthesidemenu.Thepasswordrestrictswhocanaccesstheconfigurationoptionsofthisutility.
Note:Ifatanytimeyouforgetyourpassword,unplugthepowersupply.PressinandholdtheRESETbutton.WhileholdingtheRESETbutton,plug
inthepowersupply.Whenthe4PortBroadbandRouterhaspoweragain,continuetoholdtheRESETbuttonuntiltheSYSTEMLEDbeginsflashing.
Thiswillresetthe4PortBroadbandRoutertothefactorydefaultsettings.
TheCloneMACbuttonisusefulwhenyourISPbinds(orlocks)yourconnectiontoaspecificMACaddress.CloningtheMACaddressallowsyouto
reassigntheMACaddresswithoutregisteringitwithyourISP.SomeISPsrequirethatyouregistertheMACaddress.
TheViewLogbuttonwillallowyoutoseetheactionhistorylogforthe4PortBroadbandRouter.
ClickReboottorebootthe4PortBroadbandRouter.

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IfyouclickBackupSetting,thesettingsofthe4PortBroadbandRouterwillbesavedtoafile.
YoucanclickResettoDefaultandthenrestartyour4PortBroadbandRoutertorestorethedefaultsettingsofthe4PortBroadbandRouter.
YoucanalsoobtaininformationaboutthefirmwareversionandtheWAN'sMACAddressinthisarea.Gotowww.usr.com/supporttolookforany
firmwareupgradesforyour4PortBroadbandRouter.Ifanewfirmwareupgradeexistsforthe4PortBroadbandRouterandyouhavedownloadedit,
clickFirmwareUpgradetoapplythenewfirmwareversiontoyourdevice.

PrimarySetup

ThisoptiondisplaystheconnectionmethodoftheWANport.Whenyouareusingadialupconnection,theusernameandpassworddialogboxeswill
beshownhere.
1. LANIPAddress:ThedefaultIPaddressis192.168.123.254.Itisnotrecommended,butyoucanchangeittofityourneeds.Ifyouchangethe
LANIPaddress,youshouldwritedownthenewaddress.Ifyouforgetthenewaddress,youwillhavetoresetthe4PortBroadbandRouter
andyouwillloseallyourconfigurationsettings.
2. WANType:ThisoptionallowsyoutoselecttheWANconnectiontypeofyourISP.The4PortBroadbandRouterissettoDynamicIP
Addressbydefault.ClickChangetochooseoneofthefollowingfiveoptions:
StaticIPAddress:ThisoptionisusedifyourISPhasassignedyouastaticIPaddress.
DynamicIPAddress:ThisisusedtoobtainanIPaddressfromyourISPautomatically.
DynamicIPAddresswithRoadRunnerSessionManagement:ThisisaspecialisedWANtypesetting.
PPPoverEthernet:SomeISPsrequiretheuseofPPPoEtoconnecttotheirservices.ThisisgenerallyusedforDSLconnections.Contact
yourISPformoreinformation.
PPTP:IfyouuseDialUpNetworkingandaVPNadapter,youaremostlikelyusingaPPTPconnection.
DialupNetwork:ThisoptionisusedifyouwanttoconnecttotheInternetthroughananaloguemodemorthroughanISDNTA.
Note:Ifyouarerequiredtoenteranyconnectioninformation,refertotheBeforeYouBeginsectionsintheIntroductionchapterofthisguidefor
detailedinstructionsonobtainingthisinformation.IfyouhaveanyquestionsaboutyourInternetconnectionoranyofthisinformation,contactyour
ISP.

AmoredetaileddescriptionofeachWANtypeoptionfollows.

StaticIPAddress
WANIPAddress,SubnetMask,Gateway,PrimaryandSecondaryDNS:EnterthepropersettingvalueprovidedbyyourISP.

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DynamicIPAddress
HostName:Thisentryisoptional,butitisrequiredbysomeISPs.
RenewIPForever:Thisfeatureenablesthe4PortBroadbandRoutertorenewtheIPaddressautomaticallywhentheleasetimeis
half,evenifthesystemisinanidlestate.Thisallowsforalwaysonconnectivity.

DynamicIPAddresswithRoadRunnerSessionManagement
AccountandPassword:ThisisassignedbyyourISP.Leavethepasswordfieldemptyifyoudonotwanttochangeit.
LoginServer:ThisentryisoptionalandmayberequiredbyyourISP.
RenewIPForever:Thisfeatureenablesthe4PortBroadbandRoutertorenewtheIPaddressautomaticallywhentheleasetimeis
half,evenifthesystemisinanidlestate.Thisallowsforalwaysonconnectivity.

PPPoverEthernet
PPPoEAccountandPassword:ThisistheaccountandpasswordthatyourISPassignedtoyou.Ifyoudonotwanttochangethe
password,youmayleavethisfieldempty.
PPPoEServiceName:Thisentryisoptional,butyourISPmayrequirethisfieldtobefilledin.
MaximumIdleTime:ThisistheelapsedtimeofnoactivitybeforeyourPPPoEsessionisdisconnected.Setthisfeatureto0todisable
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PPTP
MyIPAddress:ThisisyourpersonalIPaddressandisassignedbyyourISP.
MySubnetMaskThisisyourpersonalSubnetMaskvalueandisassignedbyyourISP.
ServerIPAddress:ThisistheIPaddressofyourISP.
PPTPAccount:Thisisthenameofyourpersonalaccount.
PPTPPassword:Thisisthepasswordforyourpersonalaccount.
ConnectionID:ThisentryisoptionalandmayberequiredbyyourISP.
MaximumIdleTime:ThisistheelapsedtimeofnoactivitybeforeyourPPTPsessionisdisconnected.Setthisfeatureto0todisableit.

DialupNetwork
DialupTelephone,AccountandPassword:ThisisassignedbyyourISP.Leavethepasswordfieldemptyifyoudonotwantto
changeit.
PrimaryandSecondaryDNS:Thesefieldsareautomaticallyassignediftheyareconfiguredas0.0.0.0.
MaximumIdleTime:Thisistheelapsedtimeofnoactivitybeforeyourdialupsessionisdisconnected.Setthisfeatureto0todisable
it.
BaudRate:Thisisthecommunicationspeedbetweenthe4PortBroadbandRouterandyourmodemoranISDNTA.
ExtraSetting:ThisisneededtocustomisethecommunicationqualitybetweentheISPandyourmodem.Thismayberequiredforan
ISDNTA.

DHCPServer

TheDHCPserverofthe4PortBroadbandRouterissettoEnablebydefault.ThesettingsoftheTCP/IPenvironmentincludeIPaddress,Subnet
Mask,Gateway,andDNSconfigurations.IftheDHCPserverofthe4PortBroadbandRouterisenabledandyouconfigureyourcomputerstoobtain
anIPaddressautomatically,yourcomputerwillautomaticallyloadtheproperTCP/IPinformationprovidedbythe4PortBroadbandRouter.The
settingsofDHCPserverincludethefollowingitems:
DHCPServer:Youaregiventwooptions:DisableandEnable.
RangeofIPAddressPool:Wheneverthereisarequest,theDHCPserverwillautomaticallyallocateanunusedIPaddressfromtheIPaddress
pooltotherequestingcomputer.YoucanspecifythestartingandendingaddressoftheIPaddresspool.

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DomainName:ThisinformationispassedontotheLANclient.

TheClientsList...buttonwilldisplayalistofthecomputersthathaverequestedanIPaddressfromthe4PortBroadbandRouter.Thislistwillalso
recordtheMACaddressoftheclientsthathaverequestedanIPaddress.

TheFixedMapping...buttonwilllaunchtheMACAddressControlscreen.ThisallowsyoutocontrolthemappingoftheMACaddressesandIP
addresses.YoucanalsocontrolwhichMACaddressisallowedtoconnecttothisdevice.Withinthisscreen,youcanenableordisableMACAddress
Control,selectordeselectConnectionControl,anduseaclient'sMACaddresstoassignanIPaddress.EachconfigurationhasanIDnumber
associatedwithit.Thisfunctioncanbeusedforamaximumof32clients,sotheIDrangeisfrom1to32.

VirtualServer

The4PortBroadbandRouter'sNAT(NetworkAddressTranslation)firewallfiltersoutunrecognisedpacketstoprotectyourhomenetwork.Allhosts
behindthisfirewallareinvisibleexternally.EnablingtheVirtualServerMappingwillmakesomeofthehost'sportsaccessible.TheVirtualServer
functionisalsoknownasportforwarding.
TheVirtualServerfunctionismadeupoftwocomponents:anIPaddressandaserviceport.Allrequeststothisportwillberedirectedtothe
computerthatisspecifiedbytheServerIP.
Portforwardingsetsuppublicservicesonyournetwork.WhenInternetusersmakerequeststoaspecificportinyournetwork,the4PortBroadband
Routerwillforwardthoserequeststotheappropriatecomputer.ThecomputermustbeconfiguredtoastaticIPaddresstouseportforwarding.Port
forwardingisgenerallyusedtosetupaWebserver,ftpserver,oremailserveronyournetwork.Somewellknownservicesareincludedinapre
definedlist.
ToaddaserverusingForwarding,performthefollowingsteps:

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1. EntertheportnumberandtheIPAddressoftheserverthatyouwanttoallowInternetuserstoaccess.
2. Configureasmanyentriesasyouwantuntilalltheentriesarefilledin.
3. ClickApplyinordertosavethesettings.
Forexample,ifyouhaveanFTPserver(port21)at192.168.123.1,aWebserver(port80)at192.168.123.2,andaPPTPVPNserverat
192.168.123.6,youneedtospecifythefollowingvirtualservermappingtable:

SpecialApplications

Someapplicationsrequireopenserviceports,suchasInternetgames,videoconferencing,Internettelephony,andothers.Theseapplicationscannot
workwithapureNAT4PortBroadbandRoutersincealltheportsareblockedbydefault.Thisisaresultofthe4PortBroadbandRouter'sNAT
firewallfunction.SpecialApplicationswillallowsomeoftheseapplicationstoworkwithaNAT4PortBroadbandRouter.IftheSpecialApplications
stilldonotallowanapplicationtofunctioncorrectly,refertotheDMZhostoptioninthe"MiscellaneousItems"sectionofthisGuide.
Trigger:Thisistheoutboundportnumberthattheapplicationassignedfirst.
IncomingPorts:Whenthetriggerpacketisdetected,theinboundpacketstothespecifiedportnumberareallowedtopassthroughthefirewall.
Enable:Thismustbeselectedinorderforaspecialapplicationporttobeactivated.
ThisproductprovidessomepredefinedsettingsinthedropdownmenuonthebottomoftheWebPageInterface.SelectfromthePopular
applicationsdropdownmenu,selectanID,andclickCopytocopyapredefinedsetting.
Note:Onlyonecomputercanuseaspecificportnumberatatime.

AccessControl

AccessControlallowsyoutoassigntheaccessrightsforeachuser.First,youmustdivideusersintodifferentgroups,asidentifiedbytheirIP
addresses.YoucanassignthemembersofGroup1,2,and3.TheothersareallmembersoftheDefaultGroup.Second,youmustassigntheaccess
rightsofeachgroup.TheaccessrightscaneitheralloworblockuserstoaccessspecifiedTCPandUDPports.Forexample:
GroupMembersAccessRightComments:
DefaultAllow()Noaccessright(allownothing)
Group1100149Allow(25,53,80,110)Canbrowse(80),receive(110)andsend(25)emailonly
Group2150199Block(21,119)Cannotreadnetnews(119)andFTP(21)only

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Group310,20Block()Fullyaccess(blocknothing)

TheMACLevel...buttonwilllaunchtheMACAddressControlscreen.ThisallowsyoutocontrolthemappingoftheMACaddressesandIP
addresses.YoucanalsocontrolwhichMACaddressisallowedtoconnecttothisdevice.Withinthisscreen,youcanenableordisableMACAddress
Control,selectConnectionControlorAssociationControl,andassigntheMACaddressofaspecificDHCPclienttoaparticularIDnumber.TheID
rangeisfrom1to32.

SNMP

SNMPstandsforSimpleNetworkManagementProtocol.Thiswillallowyoutoviewandmanageyournetworkstatistics.Withinthissectionyoucan
enableSNMPbyselectingLocal,Remote,orboth.Ifneitherisselected,SNMPwillbedisabled.ThereisafieldforGetCommunityandforSet
Community.GetCommunityissettopublicbydefaultandSetCommunityissettoprivatebydefault.Ifyouwishtochangeeitherofthese
settings,youmustenterthevalues.

MiscellaneousItems

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IPAddressofDMZHost:TheDMZ(DemilitarisedZone)HostisacomputerthathasallexternalInternettrafficforwardedtoit.Thisallowsa
computertobeexposedtounrestrictedtwowaycommunication.Thisfeatureshouldbeusedonlywhennecessary,sinceitremovesthesecurityof
theNATfirewall.
RemoteAdministratorHost:Ingeneral,onlyintranetuserscanbrowsethebuiltinWebpagestoperformadministrationtasks.Thisfeatureenables
youtoperformadministrativetasksfromaremotehost.Whenthisfeatureisenabled,onlythespecifiedIPaddresscanperformremote
administration.IfthespecifiedIPaddressis0.0.0.0,anyhostcanconnecttothe4PortBroadbandRoutertoperformadministrationtasks.Whenthis
featureisenabled,theWebportwillbeshiftedto8080.
AdministratorTimeout:Thisallowsyoutosetatimeperiodofinactivitybeforeanadministratorwillbeautomaticallyloggedout.
DiscardPINGfromtheWANside:Whenenabled,thiswillcausethe4PortBroadbandRoutertoautomaticallydropanypingrequestsfromoutside
theLANwithoutreplying.
NonstandardFTPport:ThismustbeconfiguredifyouwanttoacessanFTPserverwhoseportnumberisnot21.Ifyourebootyour4Port
BroadbandRouter,youwilllosethissetting.
MACAddressforWakeonLAN:WakeonLANisatechnologythatenablesyoutopowerupanetworkeddeviceremotely.Inordertousethis
feature,thetargetdevicemustbeWakeonLANenabledandyouhavetoknowtheMACaddressofthisdevice.ClickWakeupandthe4Port
BroadbandRouterwillsendawakeupframetothetargetdevice.

Logout
TheLogoutoptionisasecuremeansofloggingoutoftheConfigurationUtility.

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