Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto NWR04B del fabbricante Linksys
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Wireless Cable/DSL Router Chapter 6: The Router’ s W eb-based Utility 26 Overview 26 Logging In 26 Setup 27 Pass word 32 Status 33 DHCP 34 Log 35 Help 36 Advanced 37 IP Filtering 38 F orwarding 41 D.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router Chapter 1: Introduction Think of the Netw ork Everywhere W ireless Cable/DSL Router as a kind of "splitter" for your Internet connection. Just connect your DSL or Cab le Modem to the Router , and all the computers in your household can share the Internet -- all at the same time.
Dynamic IP Addresses A dynamic IP address is automaticall y assigned to a device on the netw ork, such as PCs and print servers. These IP addresses are called “dynamic” because they are onl y temporaril y assigned to the PC or device. After a certain time period , they e xpire and ma y change.
The LAN Indicators, sho wn in F igure 1-2, sho w the status of information being transmitted within your local netw ork WLAN Act Gr een . This LED indicates wireless activity . WLAN Link Gr een . This LED indicates that the Router’ s wireless func- tions ha ve been enabled through the W eb-based utility .
Chapter 2: Planning Y o u r Wireless Network A wireless LAN is exactl y like a re gular LAN , except that each computer in the LAN uses a wireless adapter to connect to the netw ork through a wireless con- nection. Computers in a wireless LAN must be conf igured to share the same radio channel.
Chapter 4: Configuring the PCs These instructions will help you conf igure each of your computers to commu- nicate with the Router . T o do this, you will need to conf igure your PC’ s network settings to obtain an IP (or TCP/IP) address automatically .
5. Click the OK button again. W indo ws may ask y ou for the original W indows installation disk or additional f iles. Supply them b y pointing to the cor rect f ile location, e.g., D:win98, D:win9x, c:windo wsoptionscabs, etc. (This assumes that “D” is the letter of your CD-R OM drive).
The follo wing instr uctions assume you are running W indo ws XP’ s def ault interface. If you are using the Classic interface (where the icons and menus look like pre vious W indo ws versions), please follo w the instr uctions for W indows 2000. 1.
16 Chapter 5: Using the Setup Wizard The Netw ork Everywhere W ireless Cab le/DSL Router comes with an automat- ed softw are installation procedure for W indo ws 98 SE, Me, 2000, and XP . This will conf igure the Router when connecting it for the f irst time.
At this point, you should v erify that your Internet connection (Cable or DSL) is connected to your PC. V erify that your connection is w orking properl y before clicking the Next button to continue. If y ou wish to stop the setup process, click the Exit button.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router When the screen sho wn in F igure 5-6 appears, connect the po w er for the Router and modem, using a surge protector . Some of the Router’ s lights should come on as sho wn on the screen. V erify that y our connection is w orking properly before clicking the Next button to continue.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router Conf iguration is complete and the Router is set up when y ou see the f inal screen, sho wn in Figure 5- 9. Click the Finish button to close the Setup W izard. T o set up any further com- puters to connect to the Router , r un the Setup W izard again and choose Set Up Additional Computer(s) .
Wireless Cable/DSL Router On the next screen that appears, sho wn in Figure 5-14, y ou will conf igure the Router’ s wireless settings. As this is a wireless router , it can be used with your wireless de vices. Ho we ver , all settings must be the same for the wireless devices to be ab le to communicate with each other .
Wireless Cable/DSL Router Chapter 6: The Router’s Web-based Utilit y Use the Router’ s w eb-based utility to administer it. This chapter will describe each w eb page in the Utility and each page’ s ke y functions. The utility can be accessed via your w eb bro wser through use of a computer connected to the Router .
Wireless Cable/DSL Router Firmw are V ersion This entry shows the v ersion and date of the f ir mware the Router is using. Future versions of the Router’ s f irmware will be posted and a vailable for do wnload on the Netw ork Everywhere w ebsite at www .
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 30 Network Everywhere ® Series Wir eless (Enable/Disa ble). In order to utilize the Router’ s wireless functions, select Enable . If y ou do not wish to utilize any wireless functions, make sure Disab le is selected. ( Note: No other wir eless functions will be availa ble unless you enab le this setting.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 32 Network Everywhere ® Series 31 The Pass w ord screen, sho wn in Figure 6-6, allo ws you to set up a passw ord and UPnP Services. Y ou can also restore default settings on the Router . Router P assw ord Set a passw ord for the Router .
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 34 Network Everywhere ® Series 33 WA N These f ields display the Router’ s cur rent MAC Address, IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gatew a y IP Address, as seen b y external users on the Internet.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 36 Network Everywhere ® Series 35 If you should need an y fur ther infor mation about an ything on this screen, click the Help button.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router • Dynamic Routing - Sets up the Router so it will automatically adjust to ph ys- ical changes in the netw ork’ s la yout. • Static Routing - Sets up static routes needed when netw ork information must tra vel to a specif ic host or netw ork.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 40 Network Everywhere ® Series 39 Block W AN Requests By enabling the Block W AN Request feature, you can prev ent your netw ork from being “pinged , ” or detected , by other Internet users. The Block W AN Request feature also reinforces your netw ork security b y hiding your netw ork ports.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 42 Network Everywhere ® Series 41 The Preset Applications at the top of the list are among the most widely used Internet applications. They include the follo wing: • FTP (File T ransfer Protocol) A protocol used to transfer f iles o ver a TCP/IP netw ork (Inter net, UNIX, etc.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 44 Network Everywhere ® Series 43 T o apply an y of the settings you’ ve changed on this page, click the A pply but- ton, and then click the Continue button. T o cancel any v alues you’ ve entered on this page, click the Cancel button.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 46 Network Everywhere ® Series 45 P ort T riggering From the P ort Range F orwar ding or UPnP F orwar ding screens, click the Po r t T rigg ering button to access the P or t T riggering screen, sho wn in Figure 6-14. This allo ws the Router to watch outgoing data for specif ic port num- bers.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 48 Network Everywhere ® Series 47 T o apply an y of the settings you’ ve changed on this page, click the A pply but- ton, and then click the Continue button. T o cancel any v alues you’ ve entered on this page, click the Cancel button.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 50 Network Everywhere ® Series 49 From the DMZ Host screen, sho wn in Figure 6-17, y ou can expose one local user to the Internet for a special-pur pose service such as Inter net gaming and videoconferencing.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 52 Network Everywhere ® Series 51 Before making any changes to the W ireless tab, shown in F igure 6-19, please check the wireless settings for all your wireless PCs, as these changes will alter the Router’ s effecti veness.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router • Station MA C Filter . This option will allo w you to pre vent wireless users on your netw ork from accessing the Router’ s functions. Clicking the Activ e MA C T ab le button will displa y the MA C Addresses of all users on your wireless netw ork.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 56 Network Everywhere ® Series 55 F or W indo ws 2000: A. Click Start , Settings , and Control P anel . Double-click Netw ork and Dial-Up Connections . B . Right-click the Local Ar ea Connection that is associated with the Ether net adapter you are using, and select the Pr operties option.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 58 Network Everywhere ® Series 57 • Click the OK button in the Internet Pr otocol (TCP/IP) Pr operties win- do w , and click the OK button in the Local Ar ea Connection Pr operties windo w . • Restart the computer if asked.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 60 Network Everywhere ® Series 59 Change the IP address for the Router to another subnet to a void a conflict betw een the VPN IP address and y our local IP address. F or example, if your VPN server assigns an IP address 192.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 62 Network Everywhere ® Series 61 F . Check the Enable option for the port ser vices you w ant to use. Consider the example belo w: Customized Ext. P ort TCP UDP IP Address Enable Application UT 7777 to 27900 X X 192.168.1.100 X Halflife 27015 to 27015 X X 192.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 64 Network Everywhere ® Series 63 12. I need to upgrade the firmware . In order to upgrade the f ir mware with the latest features, y ou need to go to the Netw ork Everywhere w ebsite and do wnload the latest f ir mware at www .
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 66 17. The Diag LED stays lit continuously . • The Diag LED lights up when the de vice is f irst pow ered on. Then, the system will boot up itself and check for proper operation. After f inishing the checking procedure, the LED turns off to sho w that the system is w orking f ine.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 68 Network Everywhere ® Series 67 I set up an Unreal T ournament Ser ver , but others on the LAN cannot join. What do I need to do? If you ha ve a dedicated Unreal T our nam.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router How many ports can be simultaneously forwarded? Theoretically , the Router can establish 520 sessions at the same time, but y ou can only forw ard 10 ranges of ports.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router bit to be transmitted. This bit patter n is called a chip (or chipping code). The longer the chip, the greater the probability that the original data can be reco v- ered.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 74 Network Everywhere ® Series 73 3. At the DOS command prompt , type “ping mail” (assuming that the loca- tion for which y ou’ re trying to f ind an IP address is conf igured as “mail”).
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 76 Network Everywhere ® Series 75 Appendix C: Configuring Wireless Securit y An acronym for W ired Equiv alent Priv acy , WEP is an encryption method used to protect your wireless data communications.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 78 Network Everywhere ® Series 77 • WEP (64Bit or 128B) Select the level of encryption from the drop-do wn box. 128-bit WEP encr yption is unique to Netw ork Everywhere and ma y conflict with other vendors’ WEP encr yption.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 80 Network Everywhere ® Series 79 2. In the “Control Panel” windo w , click the Netw ork and Inter net Connections icon, sho wn in Figure C-4. 3. Click the Networ k Connections icon, sho wn in Figure C-5. 4. The “Netw ork Connections” windo w will appear, as sho wn in Figure C-6.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 82 Network Everywhere ® Series 81 6. When the “W ireless Netw ork Connection Properties” window appears, as in Figure C- 8, click the Wir eless Netw orks Ta b .
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 84 Network Everywhere ® Series 83 Appendix D: Finding the MAC Address and IP Address for Y o u r Ethernet Adapter This section describes ho w to f ind the MAC address for y our Ether net adapter to do either MA C Filtering or MA C Address Cloning for the Router and ISP .
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 86 Network Everywhere ® Series 85 2. In the command prompt, enter ipconf ig /all . Then press the Enter key . 3. Write do wn the Ph ysical Address as sho wn on your computer screen; it is the MA C address for your Ethernet adapter .
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 88 Network Everywhere ® Series 87 Appendix E: Glossar y 10BaseT - An Ethernet standard that uses twisted wire pairs. 100BaseTX - IEEE ph ysical la yer specif ication for 100 Mbps ov er tw o pairs of Category 5 cable. Adapter - Printed circuit board that plugs into a PC to add to capabilities or connectivity to a PC.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router DHCP supports static addresses for computers containing W eb servers that need a permanent IP address. DMZ - ( D e M ilitarized Z one) allo ws one IP address (or computer) to be exposed to the Internet. Some applications require multiple TCP/IP por ts to be open.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 92 Network Everywhere ® Series 91 ing the de velopment and application of electrotechnolo gy and allied sciences for the benef it of humanity , the advancement of the profession, and the w ell- being of our members. ” The IEEE fosters the de velopment of standards that often become national and international standards.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router RIP ( R outing I nformation P rotocol) - A simple routing protocol that is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. It determines a route based on the smallest hop count betw een source and destination. RIP is a distance vector protocol that routine- l y broadcasts routing information to its neighboring routers.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router the actual deliv er y of the data (routing), UDP takes care of keeping track of the individual units of data (called pack ets) that a message is divided into for ef f i- cient deliv er y o ver the netw ork.
Wireless Cable/DSL Router 98 Network Everywhere ® Series 97 Appendix G: Warrant y Information BE SURE T O HA VE Y OUR PR OOF OF PURCHASE AND A BARCODE FR OM THE PR ODUCT'S P A CKAGING ON HAND WHEN CALLING. RETURN REQUESTS CANNO T BE PR OCESSED WITHOUT PR OOF OF PURCHASE.
Network Everywhere ® Series Appendix H: Contact Information F or help with the installation or operation of the W ireless Cable/DSL Router , contact Netw ork Everywhere T echnical Suppor t at one of the phone numbers or Internet addresses below .
Un punto importante, dopo l’acquisto del dispositivo (o anche prima di acquisto) è quello di leggere il manuale. Dobbiamo farlo per diversi motivi semplici:
Se non hai ancora comprato il Linksys NWR04B è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Linksys NWR04B - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Linksys NWR04B imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Linksys NWR04B ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Linksys NWR04B, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Linksys NWR04B.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Linksys NWR04B. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Linksys NWR04B insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
