BIG-31/P - User`s Manual
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1. 1 configure JP as 192 168 123 1 subnet mask as 255 255 255 0 and gateway as 192 168 123 254 or more easier 2 configure your computers to load TCP IP setting automatically that is via DHCP server of this product After installing the TCP IP communication protocol you can use the ping command to check if your computer has successfully connected to this product The following example shows the ping procedure for Windows 95 platforms First execute the ping command Ping 192 168 123 254 If the following messages appear Pinging 192 168 123 254 with 32 bytes of data Reply from 192 168 123 254 bytes 32 time 2ms TTL 64 a communication link between your computer and this product has been successfully established Otherwise if you get the following messages Pinging 192 168 123 254 with 32 bytes of data Request timed out 8 there must be something wrong in your installation procedure You have to check the following items in sequence 1 Is the Ethernet cable correctly connected between this product and your computer Tip The LAN LED of this product and the link LED of network card on your computer must be lighted 2 Is the TCP IP environment of your computers properly configured Tip If the IP address of this product is 192 168 123 254 the IP address of your computer must be 192 168 123 X and default gateway must be 192 168 123 254 3 2 Install the Software into Your Computers Skip this section if you do not want to use the print serv2. DHCP server will automatically allocate an unused IP address from the ZP address pool to the requesting computer You must specify the starting and ending address of the IP address pool 3 Domain Name Optional this information will be passed to the client To View the DHCP clients you can click the Clients List button 19 4 7 Dynamic DNS To host your server on a changing IP address you have to use dynamic domain name service DDNS So that anyone wishing to reach your host only needs to know the name of it Dynamic DNS will map the name of your host to your current IP address which changes each time you connect your Internet service provider Before you enable Dynamic DNS you need to register an account on one of these Dynamic DNS servers that we list in provider field 20 4 8 Virtual Server This product s NAT firewall filters out unrecognized packets to protect your Intranet so all hosts behind this product are invisible to the outside world If you wish you can make some of them accessible by enabling the Virtual Server Mapping A virtual server is defined as a Service Port and all requests to this port will be redirected to the computer specified by the Server IP For example if you have an FTP server port 21 at 192 168 123 1 a Web server port 80 at 192 168 123 2 and a VPN server at 192 168 123 6 then you need to specify the following virtual server mapping table 21 Service
3. this product There are two appearances of web user interface for general users and for system administrator To log in as an administrator enter the system password the factory setting is admin in the System Password field and click on the Log in button If the password is correct the 12 web appearance will be changed into administrator configure mode As listed in its main menu there are several options for system administration 132 4 2 Status This option provides the function for observing this product s working status A WAN Port Status If the WAN port is assigned a dynamic IP there may appear a Renew or Release button on the Sidenote column You can click this button to renew or release IP manually B Modem Status C Printer Status The possible kinds of printer status include Ready Not ready Printing and Device error When a job is printing there may appear a Kill Job button on the Sidenote column You can click this button to kill current printing job manually 14 4 3 Toolbox This option enables you change the administrator password Besides you can get the information about Firmware version and WAN s MAC Address You can view the system logs by clicking the View Log button You can reboot this product by clicking the Reboot button You can backup your settings by clicking the Backup Setting button and save it as a bin file Once you want to resto
4. 3 2 1 or a range of IP addresses 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 254 An empty implies all IP addresses For source or destination port you can define a single port 80 or a range of ports 1000 1999 Add prefix T or U to specify TCP or UDP protocol For example T80 24 U53 U2000 2999 No prefix indicates both TCP and UDP are defined An empty implies all port addresses Each rule can be enabled or disabled individually Inbound Filter To enable Inbound Packet Filter click the check box next to Enable in the Inbound Packet Filter field Suppose you have SMTP Server 25 POP Server 110 Web Server 80 FTP Server 21 and News Server 119 defined in Virtual Server or DMZ Host 25 4 13 Misc Items 1 IP Address of DMZ Host DMZ DeMilitarized Zone Host is a host without the protection of firewall It allows a computer to be exposed to unrestricted 2 way communication Note that this feature should be used only when needed 2 Remote Administrator Host In general only Intranet user can browse the built in web pages to perform administration task This feature enables you to perform administration task from remote host If this feature is enabled only the specified IP address can perform remote administration If the specified IP address is 0 0 0 0 any host can connect to this product to perform administration task When this feature is enabled the web port will be shifted to 88 3 Administrator Time out The amount of time of ina
5. BIG 31 P User s Manual Copyright The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole stored transcribed in an information retrieval system translated into any language or transmitted in any form or by any means mechanical magnetic electronic optical photocopying manual or otherwise without the prior written permission Trademarks All product company brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies They are used for identification purpose only Specifications are subject to be changed without prior notice af FCC Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio interference in a commercial environment This equipment can generate use and radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures are necessary to correct the interference CE Declaration of Conformity This equipment complies with the requirements relating to electromagnetic compatibility EN 55022 A1 Class B and EN 50082 1 This meets the es
6. Port Server IP Enable 21 192 168 123 1 V 80 192 168 123 2 V 1723 192 168 123 6 V 22 4 9 Special AP Some applications require multiple connections like Internet games Video conferencing Internet telephony and so on Due to the firewall function these applications can not work with pure NAT router Special Applications makes some of these applications to work with NAT router If Special Applications is still insufficient to allow an application to function correctly try DMZ host in the Misc Items options 1 Trigger the outbound port number the application issued first 2 Incoming Ports when the trigger packet is detected the inbound packets to the specified port numbers are allowed to pass the firewall This product provides some predefined settings in the gray pad on the bottom of the web page Choose the Popular application and click Copy to copy the predefined setting Note At any time only one PC can use each Special Application tunnel 23 4 10 Packet Filter Packet Filter enables you to control what packets are allowed to pass the router Outbound filter applies on all outbound packets However Inbound filter applies on packets that destined to Virtual Servers or DMZ host only You can select one of the two filtering policies 1 Allow all to pass except those match the specified rules 2 Deny all to pass except those match the specified rules For source or destination IP address you can define a single IP address 4
7. connect this product with another hub connect one of the ports 1 7 to that hub by crossover Ethernet cable If the hub you connected has an UPLINK port 6 you can also connect this product with straight through Ethernet cable to that UPLINK port 4 Connecting this product with your printer use the printer cable to connect your printer to the printer port of this product Optional 5 Power on Connecting the power cord to power inlet and turning the power switch on this product will automatically enter the self test phase When it is in the self test phase the indicators M1 and M2 will be lighted ON for about 5 seconds and then M1 and M2 will be flashed 3 times to indicate that the self test operation has finished Finally the M1 will be continuously flashed once per second to indicate that this product is in normal operation Js Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software Installation To use this product correctly you have to properly configure the network settings of your computers and install the attached setup program into your MS Windows platform Windows 95 98 NT 2000 3 1 Make Correct Network Settings of Your Computer The default ZP address of this product is 192 168 123 254 and the default subnet mask is 255 255 255 0 These addresses can be changed on your need but the default values are used in this manual If the TCP IP environment of your computer has not yet been configured you can refer to Appendix A to configure it For example
8. ctivity before the Barricade will automatically close the Administrator session Set this to zero to disable it 4 Discard PING from WAN side When this feature is enabled hosts on the WAN cannot ping the device 5 Non standard FTP port You have to configure this item if you want to access an 26 FTP server whose port number is not 21 when Client uses active mode This setting will be lost after rebooting 6 27 4 14 MAC Address Control MAC Address Control allows you to assign different access right for different users and to assign a specific IP address to a certain MAC address MAC Address Control Check Enable to enable the MAC Address Control All of the settings in this page will take effect only when Enable is checked Connection control Check Connection control to enable the controlling of which wired and wireless clients can connect to this device If a client is denied to connect to this device it means the client can t access to the Internet either Choose allow or deny to allow or deny the clients whose MAC addresses are not in the Control table please see below to connect to this device 28 MAC Address MAC address indicates a specific client Expected IP address of the corresponding client Keep it empty if you don t care its IP address When Connection control is checked check C will allow the corresponding client to connect to this device I
9. er function of this product Step 1 Insert the installation CD ROM into the CD ROM drive The following window will be shown automatically If it isn t please run install exe on the CD ROM 9 Step 2 Click on the INSTALL button Wait until the following Welcome dialog to appear and click on the Next button Step 3 Select the destination folder and click on the Next button Then the setup program will begin to install the programs into the destination folder 10 Step 4 When the following window is displayed click on the Finish button Step 5 Select the item to restart the computer and then click the OK button to reboot your computer Step 6 After rebooting your computer the software installation procedure is finished Now you can configure the NAT Router refer to Chapter 4 and setup the Print Server refer to Chapter 5 11 Chapter 4 Configuring NAT Router This product provides Web based configuration scheme that is configuring by Netscape Communicator or Internet Explorer This approach can be adopted in any MS Windows Macintosh or UNIX based platforms 4 1 Start up and Log in Activate your browser and disable the proxy or add the IP address of this product into the exceptions Then type this product s IP address in the Location for Netscape or Address for IE field and press ENTER For example Attp 192 168 123 254 After the connection is established you will see the web user interface of
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11. exposed to the Internet this function is used when special application sensing tunnel feature is insufficient to allow an application to function correctly 1 2 Packing List Broadband router unit Installation CD ROM Power adapter ace Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2 1 Panel Layout 2 1 1 Front Panel Figure 2 1 Front Panel N1 amp M2 System status indicators Green M1 is flashed once per second to indicate system is alive When system is busy M2 is lighted VAN Link Link status indicators Green The LED flickers when the corresponding port is sending or receiving data AN Speed 10 100 status indicators Green The LED VAN Speed flickers when the corresponding port is transmitting or receiving data in 10 or 100Mbps AN Link Link status indicators Green The LED flickers when the corresponding port is sending or receiving data ESET To reset system settings to factory defaults please follow the steps 1 Power off the device 2 Press the reset button and hold 3 Power on the device 4 Keep the button pressed about 5 seconds 5 Release the button 6 Watch the M1 and M2 LEDs they will flash 8 times and then M1 flash once per second 4 2 2 Rear Panel Figure 2 2 Rear Panel VAN WAN port socket RJ 45 This is where you will connect to your cable or DSL modem or Ethernet router ort 1 4 LAN port socket RJ 45 These are where RINTER you will connect to device on your
12. from the list attached at the Print To item Be sure that the Printer Driver item is configured to the correct driver of your server printer 4 Click on the button of Port Settings Type in the IP address of this product and then click the OK button 5 Make sure that all settings mentioned above are correct then click the OK button 5 2 Configuring on Windows NT Platforms The configuration procedure for a Windows NT platform is similar to that of Windows 95 98 except the screen of printer Properties 32 Compared to the procedure in last section the selection of Details is equivalent to the selection of Ports and Port Settings is equivalent to Configure Port 5 3 Configuring on Windows 2000 and XP Platforms Windows 2000 and XP have built in LPR client users could utilize this feature to Print 1 Open Printers and Faxs 2 Click Create a new port and then click LPR Port 33 34 3 Click Next and then provide the following information Type address of server providing LPD that is our NAT device 192 168 123 254 4 Type print queue on that server Ours is Ip lowercase letter And enable LPR Byte counting Enableed 35 5 Apply your settings 36 37 5 4 Configuring on Unix based Platforms Please follow the traditional configuration procedure on Unix platforms to setup the print server of this product The printer name is Ip 38 Appendix A TCP IP Configuration for Windows 95 98 This section introduces you how t
13. hoose Disable DNS in the DNS Configuration tab 44 B Configure IP manually a Select Specify an IP address in the IP Address tab The default IP address of this product is 192 168 123 254 So please use 192 168 123 xxx xxx is between 1 and 253 for IP Address field and 255 255 255 0 for Subnet Mask field 45 b In the Gateway tab add the IP address of this product default IP is 192 168 123 254 in the New gateway field and click Add button 46 c In the DNS Configuration tab add the DNS values which are provided by the ISP into DNS Server Search Order field and click Add button 47
14. local area network for example HUB and switch Parallel port connector 25 pins D type female This is where you will connect the shared printer Optional ower Power inlet This is where you connect the included power adapter Note that the included power adapter is DC 5V 2A Using wrong type of power adapter may cause this product damage 2 3 Installation Requirements This product can be positioned at any convenient place in your office or house No special wiring or cooling requirements is needed However you should comply with the following guidelines to install Place this product on a flat horizontal plane Keep this product away from any heating devices Do not place this product in dusty or wet environment The recommended operational specifications of this product are Temperature 0 oC 55 oC Humidity 5 90 In addition remember to turn off the power remove the power cord from the outlet and keep your hands dry when you try to install the hardware of this product 5 2 4 Procedure for Hardware Installation 1 Setup LAN connection connect an Ethernet cable from your computer s Ethernet port to one of the LAN ports of this product 2 Setup WAN connection connect the network cable from your cable or DSL modem to the WAN port of this product 3 Connecting this product with other hubs Jn case you need not to connect with another hub skip this step If you want to
15. n this page we provides the following Combobox and button to help you to input the MAC address You can select a specific client in the DHCP clients Combobox and then click on the Copy to button to copy the MAC address of the client you select to the ID selected in the ID Combobox Previous page and Next Page To make this setup page simple and clear we have divided the Control table into several pages You can use these buttons to navigate to different pages 29 Chapter 5 Print Server This product provides the function of network print server for MS Windows 95 98 NT and Unix based platforms If the product you purchased doesn t have printer port please skip this chapter Our pruducts don t support bi directional function 5 1 Configuring on Windows 95 98 Platforms After you finished the software installation procedure described in Chapter 3 your computer has possessed the network printing facility provided by this product For convenience we call the printer connected to the printer port of this product as server printer On a Windows 95 98 platform open the Printers window in the My Computer menu Now yon can configure the print server of this product 30 1 Find out the corresponding icon of your server printer for example the HP LaserJet 6L Click the mouse s right button on that icon and then select the Properties item 2 Click the Details item 31 3 Choose the PRTmate All in 1
16. new IP address automatically when the lease time is being expired even the system is in idle state 4 4 3 Dynamic IP Address with Road Runner Session Management LAN IP Address is the IP address of this product It must be the default gateway of your computers WAN Type is Dynamic IP Address If the WAN type is not correct change it 1 Host Name optional Required by some ISPs e g Home 2 Renew IP Forever this feature enable this product renew IP address automatically when the lease time is being expired even the system is in idle state 4 4 4 PPP over Ethernet 1 PPPoE Account and Password the account and password your ISP assigned to you If you don t want to change the password keep it empty 2 PPPoE Service Name optional Input the service name if your ISP requires it 3 Maximum Idle Time the time of no activity to disconnect your PPPoE session Set it to 0 will disable this feature 4 4 5 PPTP 1 My IP Address and My Subnet Mask the private IP address and subnet mask your ISP assigned to you 17 2 Server IP Address the IP address of the PPTP server 3 PPTP Account and Password the account and password your ISP assigned to you If you don t want to change the password keep it empty 4 Connection ID optional Input the connection ID if your ISP requires it 5 Maximum Idle Time the time of no activity to disconnect your PPTP session Set it to zero or enable Auto reconnect to disable this feature If A
17. o install TCP IP protocol into your personal computer And suppose you have been successfully installed one network card on your personal computer If not please refer to your network card manual Moreover the Section B 2 tells you how to set TCP IP values for working with this NAT Router correctly A 1 Install TCP IP Protocol into Your PC 1 Click Start button and choose Settings then click Control Panel 2 Double click Network icon and select Configuration tab in the Network window 3 Click Add button to add network component into your PC 4 Double click Protocol to add TCP IP protocol 39 5 Select Microsoft item in the manufactures list And choose TCP IP in the Network Protocols Click OK button to return to Network window 6 The TCP IP protocol shall be listed in the Network window Click OK to complete the install procedure and restart your PC to enable the TCP IP protocol A 2 Set TCP IP Protocol for Working with NAT Router 1 Click Start button and choose Settings then click Control Panel 40 2 Double click Network icon Select the TCP IP line that has been associated to your network card in the Configuration tab of the Network window 3 Click Properties button to set the TCP IP protocol for this NAT Router 4 Now you have two setting methods A Get IP via DHCP server 4 a Select Obtain an IP address automatically in the IP Address tab 42 b Don t input any value in the Gateway tab 43 c C
18. re these settings please click Firmware Upgrade button and use the bin file you saved You can click the Clone MAC button to copy the MAC address of your PC to be the MAC address of this device You can click the Reset to Default button to reset the settings of this device to the default values You can upgrade firmware by clicking Firmware Upgrade button Note we strongly recommend you to change the system password for security reason 15 4 4 Primary Setup This option is primary to enable this product to work properly The setting items and the web appearance depend on the WAN type Choose correct WAN type before you start 1 LAN IP Address this product s IP address The default address is 192 168 123 254 You can change it on your need 2 WAN Type WAN connection type of your ISP You can click Change button to choose a correct one from the following four options A Static IP Address ISP assigns you a static IP address B Dynamic IP Address Obtain an IP address from ISP automatically C PPP over Ethernet Some ISPs require the use of PPPoE to connect to their services D Dial up Network To surf the Internet via PSTN ISDN 16 4 4 1 Static IP Address WAN IP Address Subnet Mask Gateway Primary and Secondary DNS enter the proper setting value provided by your ISP 4 4 2 Dynamic IP Address 1 Host Name optional Required by some ISPs for example Home 2 Renew IP Forever this feature enable this product re
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20. unctions and Features Broadband modem and IP sharing Connects multiple computers to a broadband cable or DSL modem or an Ethernet router to surf the Internet Auto sensing Ethernet Switch Equipped with auto sensing Ethernet switch VPN supported Supports multiple PPTP sessions and allows you to setup VPN server and VPN clients Printer sharing Optional Embeds a print server to allow all of the networked computers to share one printer Firewall All unwanted packets from outside intruders are blocked to protect your Intranet DHCP server supported All of the networked computers can retrieve TCP IP settings automatically from this product A Web based configuring Configurable through any networked computer s web browser using Netscape or Internet Explorer Packet filter supported Packet Filter allows you to control access to a network by analyzing the incoming and outgoing packets and letting them pass or halting them based on the IP address of the source and destination Virtual Server supported Enables you to expose WWW FTP and other services on your LAN to be accessible to Internet users User Definable Application Sensing Tunnel User can define the attributes to support the special applications requiring multiple connections like Internet gaming video conferencing Internet telephony and so on then this product can sense the application type and open multi port tunnel for it DMZ Host supported Lets a networked computer to be fully
21. uto reconnect is enabled this product will automatically connect to ISP after system is restarted or connection is dropped 4 4 6 Dial up Network 1 Dial up Telephone Account and Password assigned by your ISP If you don t want to change the password keep it empty 2 Primary and Secondary DNS automatically assigned if they are configured as 0 0 0 0 3 Maximum Idle Time the time of no activity to disconnect your dial up session 4 Baud Rate the communication speed between this product and your MODEM or ISDN TA 5 Extra Setting needed to optimize the communication quality between the ISP and your MODEM or ISDN TA NOTE Only specific models of routers with COM port will have Dial up function 18 4 6 DHCP Server The settings of TCP IP environment include Host IP Subnet Mask Gateway and DNS configurations It is not a simple task to correctly configure all the computers in your LAN environment Fortunately DHCP provides a rather simple approach to handle all these settings This product supports the function of DHCP server If you enable this product s DHCP server and configure your computers as automatic IP allocation mode then when your computer is powered on it will automatically load the proper TCP IP settings from this product The settings of DHCP server include the following items 1 DHCP Server Choose Disable or Enable 2 Range of IP Address Pool Whenever there is a request the
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