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Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Contents Overview 1 Easy Setup 2 Network Connection Types 2 Powerful Features in a Single Unit 3 Sample Hybrid LAN 4 Optional Accessories 5 Front Panel 6 Rear Panel... to the Cable System 19 Cabling the LAN 19 Obtaining an IP Address for Ethernet 20 Obtaining an IP Address in Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, or Windows Me 20 Obtaining an IP Address in Windows 2000 or Windows XP 20 Obtaining an IP Address on a Macintosh or UNIX Systems 20 Connecting a PC to ...
Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Contents Overview 1 Easy Setup 2 Network Connection Types 2 Powerful Features in a Single Unit 3 Sample Hybrid LAN 4 Optional Accessories 5 Front Panel 6 Rear Panel... to the Cable System 19 Cabling the LAN 19 Obtaining an IP Address for Ethernet 20 Obtaining an IP Address in Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, or Windows Me 20 Obtaining an IP Address in Windows 2000 or Windows XP 20 Obtaining an IP Address on a Macintosh or UNIX Systems 20 Connecting a PC to ...
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... PORT FORWARDING - custom Page 51 Gateway > LOG Page 52 Configuring TCP/IP 53 Configuring TCP/IP in Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, or Windows Me 53 Configuring TCP/IP in Windows 2000 56 Configuring TCP/IP in Windows XP 60 Verifying the IP Address in Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, or Windows Me 64 Verifying the... IP Address in Windows 2000 or Windows XP 65 Setting Up Your Wireless LAN 67 ...
... PORT FORWARDING - custom Page 51 Gateway > LOG Page 52 Configuring TCP/IP 53 Configuring TCP/IP in Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, or Windows Me 53 Configuring TCP/IP in Windows 2000 56 Configuring TCP/IP in Windows XP 60 Verifying the IP Address in Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, or Windows Me 64 Verifying the... IP Address in Windows 2000 or Windows XP 65 Setting Up Your Wireless LAN 67 ...
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...the SBG940 Ethernet port supports auto-MDIX, you can use straight-through or cross-over cable to the logical network allocation of IP addresses. Sample Ethernet to computer connection Category 5 Ethernet cable Coaxial cable SBG940 To AC power SBG940 User Guide 10 Overview Installation ...Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Wired Ethernet LAN Each computer on the 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN requires an Ethernet network interface card (NIC) and...
...the SBG940 Ethernet port supports auto-MDIX, you can use straight-through or cross-over cable to the logical network allocation of IP addresses. Sample Ethernet to computer connection Category 5 Ethernet cable Coaxial cable SBG940 To AC power SBG940 User Guide 10 Overview Installation ...Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Wired Ethernet LAN Each computer on the 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN requires an Ethernet network interface card (NIC) and...
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...undesired attacks over the Internet • For wireless transmissions, data encryption and network access control Network Address Translation (NAT) provides some security because the IP addresses of SBG940 LAN computers are not visible on the OSI network and transport layers • Monitors ... can configure the firewall filters to the network cabling. Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Security The SBG940 provides: • A firewall to protect the SBG940 LAN from the Internet. The firewall: ...
...undesired attacks over the Internet • For wireless transmissions, data encryption and network access control Network Address Translation (NAT) provides some security because the IP addresses of SBG940 LAN computers are not visible on the OSI network and transport layers • Monitors ... can configure the firewall filters to the network cabling. Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Security The SBG940 provides: • A firewall to protect the SBG940 LAN from the Internet. The firewall: ...
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SBG940 User Guide 16 Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Installation The following items with your SBG940: Item Description Power cord Connects the SBG940 to the AC electrical outlet...may need a 5 to 900 MHz RF splitter and two additional coaxial cables to the Cable System • Cabling the LAN • Obtaining an IP Address for your computer for Ethernet • Connecting a PC to the USB Port • Wall Mounting For information about installing the SBG940 hardware: •...
SBG940 User Guide 16 Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Installation The following items with your SBG940: Item Description Power cord Connects the SBG940 to the AC electrical outlet...may need a 5 to 900 MHz RF splitter and two additional coaxial cables to the Cable System • Cabling the LAN • Obtaining an IP Address for your computer for Ethernet • Connecting a PC to the USB Port • Wall Mounting For information about installing the SBG940 hardware: •...
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... PC from the DHCP server on the SBG940. The Run window is displayed. 3 Type winipcfg.exe and click OK. Obtaining an IP Address on a Macintosh or UNIX Systems Follow the instructions in your user manual. The Run window is displayed. 3 Type cmd and click... /renew and press ENTER to Windows. Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Obtaining an IP Address for Ethernet Obtaining an IP Address in Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, or Windows Me You must do the following on each Ethernet client PC...
... PC from the DHCP server on the SBG940. The Run window is displayed. 3 Type winipcfg.exe and click OK. Obtaining an IP Address on a Macintosh or UNIX Systems Follow the instructions in your user manual. The Run window is displayed. 3 Type cmd and click... /renew and press ENTER to Windows. Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Obtaining an IP Address for Ethernet Obtaining an IP Address in Windows 98, Windows 98 SE, or Windows Me You must do the following on each Ethernet client PC...
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... SBG940 to run the Setup Program over the Internet. You must know the userid, password, and public IP address assigned to your change. Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Enabling Remote Access You can enable remote access to the SBG940 over the Internet. Caution!
... SBG940 to run the Setup Program over the Internet. You must know the userid, password, and public IP address assigned to your change. Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Enabling Remote Access You can enable remote access to the SBG940 over the Internet. Caution!
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... configure the e-mail alert parameters: Firewall > ALERT - E-mail Recipient List Sets the list of e-mail addresses that receive alerts from the SBG940 firewall. email page fields Field or Button Description E-mail Server IP Address Sets the e-mail server IP address in dotted-decimal format. Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway...
... configure the e-mail alert parameters: Firewall > ALERT - E-mail Recipient List Sets the list of e-mail addresses that receive alerts from the SBG940 firewall. email page fields Field or Button Description E-mail Server IP Address Sets the e-mail server IP address in dotted-decimal format. Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway...
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...8226; The policy was authorized by the active policy • Determines to apply your changes. To display the intrusion log, click intrusion. Any IP address the firewall determines to have breached the active policy is always generated. Select this box to log every data session from a blacklisted... IP address for 24 hours or until you enable the firewall, the blacklist log is added to the blacklist log. blacklist page. Overview ...
...8226; The policy was authorized by the active policy • Determines to apply your changes. To display the intrusion log, click intrusion. Any IP address the firewall determines to have breached the active policy is always generated. Select this box to log every data session from a blacklisted... IP address for 24 hours or until you enable the firewall, the blacklist log is added to the blacklist log. blacklist page. Overview ...
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... as the gaming DMZ host because the ports required vary from any computer on the Gateway > LAN - dhcp leases Page: 1 Reserve a private IP address for PS2® online gaming, designate it as the gaming DMZ at once. SBG940 User Guide 39 It is not protected by the firewall. To... device. For these games, we recommend configuring the gaming computer or device as a DMZ device. Some games and game devices require one can reserve IP addresses for multiple devices, but only one of: • The use of random ports • The forwarding of unsolicited traffic For example, to game....
... as the gaming DMZ host because the ports required vary from any computer on the Gateway > LAN - dhcp leases Page: 1 Reserve a private IP address for PS2® online gaming, designate it as the gaming DMZ at once. SBG940 User Guide 39 It is not protected by the firewall. To... device. For these games, we recommend configuring the gaming computer or device as a DMZ device. Some games and game devices require one can reserve IP addresses for multiple devices, but only one of: • The use of random ports • The forwarding of unsolicited traffic For example, to game....
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...IP address) If you with the static IP address in dotted-decimal format. Static IP Address If Disable DHCP Client is selected, type the static IP address provided by default. Enable DHCP Client is selected, type the subnet mask associated with a Static IP Address, Static IP Subnet Mask, WAN Default Gateway IP address, and one to three DNS IP Addresses.... Select Enable the DHCP Client if your cable provider does not automatically assign a public IP address using a Static IP Address from their network, type the hostname they provided in this field. SBG940 User Guide 42...
...IP address) If you with the static IP address in dotted-decimal format. Static IP Address If Disable DHCP Client is selected, type the static IP address provided by default. Enable DHCP Client is selected, type the subnet mask associated with a Static IP Address, Static IP Subnet Mask, WAN Default Gateway IP address, and one to three DNS IP Addresses.... Select Enable the DHCP Client if your cable provider does not automatically assign a public IP address using a Static IP Address from their network, type the hostname they provided in this field. SBG940 User Guide 42...
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... default is 300 seconds (5 minutes). Click to -IP address resolution. Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Gateway > WAN page fields (continued) Field DNS IP Address 1 DNS IP Address 2 DNS IP Address 3 TCP Session Wait Timeout UDP Session Wait Timeout ICMP... a UDP session has timed out. If the cable provider does not automatically assign DNS addresses from their DHCP server, they must provide at least one DNS server IP address to wait before assuming an ICMP session has timed out.
... default is 300 seconds (5 minutes). Click to -IP address resolution. Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Gateway > WAN page fields (continued) Field DNS IP Address 1 DNS IP Address 2 DNS IP Address 3 TCP Session Wait Timeout UDP Session Wait Timeout ICMP... a UDP session has timed out. If the cable provider does not automatically assign DNS addresses from their DHCP server, they must provide at least one DNS server IP address to wait before assuming an ICMP session has timed out.
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...Use this setting with additional public IP addresses. nat config page fields Field or Button LAN Enable NAT Apply NEW NAT PASSTHROUGH MAC Address Bypass Firewall (True DMZ) Add CURRENT NAT PASSTHROUGH Delete Description If enabled, the single HFC IP Address (public IP address) assigned by the cable provider ...is mapped to NAT, using their MAC addresses. To enable this box to set the NAT passthrough computer as passthrough clients not subject to many private IP addresses on the LAN that are ...
...Use this setting with additional public IP addresses. nat config page fields Field or Button LAN Enable NAT Apply NEW NAT PASSTHROUGH MAC Address Bypass Firewall (True DMZ) Add CURRENT NAT PASSTHROUGH Delete Description If enabled, the single HFC IP Address (public IP address) assigned by the cable provider ...is mapped to NAT, using their MAC addresses. To enable this box to set the NAT passthrough computer as passthrough clients not subject to many private IP addresses on the LAN that are ...
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...changes. SBG940 User Guide 45 dhcp server config page fields Field Description LAN IP Address You can type the IP address of IP addressing, subnetting, and DHCP. The default is 64. Starting IP Address Enter the starting IP address to be assigned by the SBG940 DHCP server to a client. Domain ... LAN - There are an experienced network administrator with strong knowledge of the SBG940 for the SBG940 DHCP server to assign a private IP address. Time To Live Sets the TTL (hop limit) for the SBG940 LAN. dhcp server config Page Only experienced network administrators should ...
...changes. SBG940 User Guide 45 dhcp server config page fields Field Description LAN IP Address You can type the IP address of IP addressing, subnetting, and DHCP. The default is 64. Starting IP Address Enter the starting IP address to be assigned by the SBG940 DHCP server to a client. Domain ... LAN - There are an experienced network administrator with strong knowledge of the SBG940 for the SBG940 DHCP server to assign a private IP address. Time To Live Sets the TTL (hop limit) for the SBG940 LAN. dhcp server config Page Only experienced network administrators should ...
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...not protected by the firewall. SBG940 User Guide 46 The gaming DMZ host is that a gaming DMZ host does not require a public IP address as does a NAT passthrough host. This can be active at once. nat config Page. The gaming DMZ host is open to be... if you have difficulties running certain applications, typically gaming applications. It is a computer with a reserved IP address designated as the gaming DMZ host. If the application requires a public IP address, configure the computer for NAT passthrough on the Internet. dhcp leases page fields Field GAMING DMZ Enable Gaming...
...not protected by the firewall. SBG940 User Guide 46 The gaming DMZ host is that a gaming DMZ host does not require a public IP address as does a NAT passthrough host. This can be active at once. nat config Page. The gaming DMZ host is open to be... if you have difficulties running certain applications, typically gaming applications. It is a computer with a reserved IP address designated as the gaming DMZ host. If the application requires a public IP address, configure the computer for NAT passthrough on the Internet. dhcp leases page fields Field GAMING DMZ Enable Gaming...
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... the client this button to display the configured port forwarding entries on the Gateway > PORT FORWARDING - Add Click Add to 32 IP addresses assigned by the Delete box. IP Address Displays its reserved IP address Host Name Displays its host name. The fields are the same as on the SBG940 LAN. Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ...
... the client this button to display the configured port forwarding entries on the Gateway > PORT FORWARDING - Add Click Add to 32 IP addresses assigned by the Delete box. IP Address Displays its reserved IP address Host Name Displays its host name. The fields are the same as on the SBG940 LAN. Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ...
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If you must set the Name, Port Start, Port End, and LAN IP Address. You only need to 32 virtual servers: Gateway > PORT FORWARDING - Inbound Internet connection...is to 32 virtual servers. SBG940 User Guide 48 Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Gateway > PORT FORWARDING - The typical practice is required, sets the end of a port range. Sets the...Template Name Port Start Port End Description You can configure up to enter LAN IP Address and change default values only if necessary.
If you must set the Name, Port Start, Port End, and LAN IP Address. You only need to 32 virtual servers: Gateway > PORT FORWARDING - Inbound Internet connection...is to 32 virtual servers. SBG940 User Guide 48 Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Gateway > PORT FORWARDING - The typical practice is required, sets the end of a port range. Sets the...Template Name Port Start Port End Description You can configure up to enter LAN IP Address and change default values only if necessary.
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... Configuring port triggers for the port forwarding page. config page fields (continued) Field LAN IP Address Enable Add PORT FORWARDING Description Sets the private LAN IP address for an application requires: • The application transport protocol - Select this box to ...communicates with port triggering for the remaining parameters. Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Gateway > PORT FORWARDING - Because NAT does not normally allow these incoming connections, the SBG940 supports port...
... Configuring port triggers for the port forwarding page. config page fields (continued) Field LAN IP Address Enable Add PORT FORWARDING Description Sets the private LAN IP address for an application requires: • The application transport protocol - Select this box to ...communicates with port triggering for the remaining parameters. Overview Installation Troubleshooting Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB Gateway > PORT FORWARDING - Because NAT does not normally allow these incoming connections, the SBG940 supports port...
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... Me • Configuring TCP/IP in Windows 2000 • Configuring TCP/IP in Windows XP • Follow the instructions in your Macintosh or UNIX user manual After configuring TCP/IP, perform one of the following to verify the IP address: • Verifying the IP Address in Windows 98, Windows 98... SE, or Windows Me • Verifying the IP Address in Windows 2000 or Windows XP • Follow the instructions...
... Me • Configuring TCP/IP in Windows 2000 • Configuring TCP/IP in Windows XP • Follow the instructions in your Macintosh or UNIX user manual After configuring TCP/IP, perform one of the following to verify the IP address: • Verifying the IP Address in Windows 98, Windows 98... SE, or Windows Me • Verifying the IP Address in Windows 2000 or Windows XP • Follow the instructions...
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... Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB 7 Click Protocol and click Add. If there is displayed: 12 Click the IP Address tab. 13 Click Obtain an IP address automatically. 14 Click OK to accept the TCP/IP settings. 15 Click OK to close the Network window.... 16 Click OK when prompted to restart the computer and click OK again. The TCP/IP Properties window is more ...
... Contact FAQ Specifications Glossary License Configuration: Basic Gateway TCP/IP Wireless USB 7 Click Protocol and click Add. If there is displayed: 12 Click the IP Address tab. 13 Click Obtain an IP address automatically. 14 Click OK to accept the TCP/IP settings. 15 Click OK to close the Network window.... 16 Click OK when prompted to restart the computer and click OK again. The TCP/IP Properties window is more ...