User manual LINKSYS WRT55AG

[. . . ] Instant Wireless® Series Dual-Band Wireless A+G Broadband Router Use this guide to install: WRT55AG User Guide COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Specifications are subject to change without notice. Instant Wireless, Linksys, and the Linksys logo are registered trademarks of Linksys Group, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names are the property of their respective proprietors. [. . . ] Enter the following data: · Enter Route Name - Enter a name for the Route here, using a maximum of 25 alphanumeric characters. Destination LAN IP - The Destination LAN IP is the address of the remote network or host to which you want to assign a static route. Subnet Mask - The Subnet Mask determines which portion of a Destination LAN IP address is the network portion, and which portion is the host portion. Gateway - This is the IP address of the gateway device that allows for contact between the Router and the remote network or host. Interface - This interface tells you whether the Destination IP Address is on the LAN & Wireless (internal wired and wireless networks), the WAN (Internet), or Loopback (a dummy network in which one PC acts like a network-necessary for certain software programs). · · · · Figure 7-27 Note: The Routing screen and available features will vary depending on which mode you select. Select Gateway if the Router is hosting your network's connection to the Internet (recommended for most users). Note: If you have more than one router on your network, you should select Router for the working mode. The Dynamic Routing feature enables the Router to automatically adjust to physical changes in the network's layout and exchange routing tables with the other router(s). The Router determines the network packets' route based on the fewest number of hops between the source and the destination. Select Enable to enable the Dynamic Routing feature for data transmissions. 66 6. From the Static Routing drop-down list, select the entry number of the static route. To get more information about the features, click the Help button. 67 Instant Wireless® Series Show Routing Table Click the Show Routing Table button to view all of the valid dynamic and static route entries in use (see Figure 7-28). The Destination LAN IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and Interface information are displayed for each entry. Click the Refresh button to display the most up-to-date data. Dual-Band Wireless A+G Broadband Router DDNS Service To enable DDNS Service, select Enable and follow these instructions: 1. Sign up for a DDNS service and write down your User Name, Password, and Host Name information. To cancel your changes, click the Cancel button. Figure 7-28 DDNS The Router offers a Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature. DDNS lets you assign a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. It is useful when you are hosting your own website, FTP server, or other server behind the Router. Before you can use this feature, you need to sign up for DDNS service at www. dyndns. org, or www. TZO. com, DDNS service providers. Internet IP Address The Router's current Internet IP Address is displayed here. To get more information about the features, click the Help button. Figure 6-27 68 69 Instant Wireless® Series Dual-Band Wireless A+G Broadband Router For Windows 2000: A. Right-click the Local Area Connection that is associated with the Ethernet adapter you are using, and select the Properties option. In the Components checked are used by this connection box, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and click the Properties button. [. . . ] Throughput - The amount of data moved successfully from one place to another in a given time period. UDP (User Datagram Protocol) - A method (protocol) used along with the IP (Internet Protocol) to send data in the form of message units (datagram) between network devices over a LAN or WAN. While IP takes care of handling the actual delivery of the data (routing), UDP takes care of keeping track of the individual units of data (called packets) that a message is divided into for efficient delivery over the network. UDP is known as a "connection-less" protocol due to NOT requiring the receiver of a packet to return an acknowledgment of receipt to the sender of the packet (as opposed to TCP). [. . . ]