User manual NETGEAR MR814V3 REFERENCE MANUAL

[. . . ] Reference Manual for the MR814 v3 Cable/DSL Wireless Router NETGEAR, Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA 202-10039-01 Version 1. 0 June 2004 202-10039-01 © 2004 by NETGEAR, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or reliability, NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice. [. . . ] This represents the number of routers between your network and the destination. Usually, a setting of 2 or 3 works, but if this is a direct connection, set it to 1. Click Apply to have the static route entered into the table. 9. As an example of when a static route is needed, consider the following case: · · · Your primary Internet access is through a cable modem to an ISP. You have an ISDN router on your home network for connecting to the company where you are employed. Your company's network is 134. 177. 0. 0. Advanced Configuration of the Router 202-10039-01 7-11 Reference Manual for the MR814 v3 Cable/DSL Wireless Router When you first configured your router, two implicit static routes were created. A default route was created with your ISP as the gateway, and a second static route was created to your local network for all 192. 168. 0. x addresses. With this configuration, if you attempt to access a device on the 134. 177. 0. 0 network, your router will forward your request to the ISP. The ISP forwards your request to the company where you are employed, and the request will likely be denied by the company's firewall. In this case you must define a static route, telling your router that 134. 177. 0. 0 should be accessed through the ISDN router at 192. 168. 0. 100. In this example: · · · · The Destination IP Address and IP Subnet Mask fields specify that this static route applies to all 134. 177. x. x addresses. The Gateway IP Address fields specifies that all traffic for these addresses should be forwarded to the ISDN router at 192. 168. 0. 100. Private is selected only as a precautionary security measure in case RIP is activated. Enabling Remote Management Access Using the Remote Management page, you can allow a user or users on the Internet to configure, upgrade and check the status of your MR814 v3 router. Note: Be sure to change the router's default configuration password to a very secure password. The ideal password should contain no dictionary words from any language, and should be a mixture of letters (both upper and lower case), numbers, and symbols. Specify what external addresses will be allowed to access the router's remote management. Note: For enhanced security, restrict access to as few external IP addresses as practical. a. To allow access from any IP address on the Internet, select Everyone. 7-12 202-10039-01 Advanced Configuration of the Router Reference Manual for the MR814 v3 Cable/DSL Wireless Router b. 3. To allow access from a range of IP addresses on the Internet, select IP address range. To allow access from a single IP address on the Internet, select Only this PC. Enter the IP address that will be allowed access. Specify the Port Number that will be used for accessing the management interface. For greater security, change the remote management web interface to a custom port by entering that number in the box provided. Choose a number between 1024 and 65535, but do not use the number of any common service port. The default is 8080, which is a common alternate for HTTP. 4. Click Apply to have your changes take effect. Note: When accessing your router from the Internet, you will type your router's WAN IP address into your browser's Address (in IE) or Location (in Netscape) box, followed by a colon (:) and the custom port number. For example, if your external address is 134. 177. 0. 123 and you use port number 8080, you must enter http://134. 177. 0. 123:8080 in your browser. Using Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) helps devices, such as Internet appliances and computers, access the network and connect to other devices as needed. [. . . ] Although many technologies exist to implement a LAN, Ethernet is the most common for connecting personal computers. Megabits per second. See Maximum Transmission Unit. MAC address Mbps MTU Maximum Transmission Unit NAT netmask The size in bytes of the largest packet that can be sent or received. See Network Address Translation. A number that explains which part of an IP address comprises the network address and which part is the host address on that network. It can be expressed in dotted-decimal notation or as a number appended to the IP address. For example, a 28-bit mask starting from the MSB can be shown as 255. 255. 255. 192 or as /28 appended to the IP address. [. . . ]