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... Configuring the WRVS4400N Wireless-N Router 28 Accessing the Web-Based Utility 29 Navigating the Utility 30 Setting Up Your Wireless-N Router 36 Configuring Wireless Settings 68 Configuring Firewall Settings 88 Configuring the ProtectLink Web Service 104 Configuring the VPN Settings 105 Configuring the QoS Settings 118 Configuring the Administration Settings 123 Configuring IPS Settings 135 Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with...
... Configuring the WRVS4400N Wireless-N Router 28 Accessing the Web-Based Utility 29 Navigating the Utility 30 Setting Up Your Wireless-N Router 36 Configuring Wireless Settings 68 Configuring Firewall Settings 88 Configuring the ProtectLink Web Service 104 Configuring the VPN Settings 105 Configuring the QoS Settings 118 Configuring the Administration Settings 123 Configuring IPS Settings 135 Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with...
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...Setup Wizard Before You Begin Running the VPN Router Software Wizard Appendix A: Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions Appendix B: Using Cisco QuickVPN for Windows 2000, XP, or Vista Overview Before You Begin Installing the Cisco QuickVPN Software Using the Cisco QuickVPN Software Distributing Certificates to QuickVPN Users ... or Me Instructions Windows 2000 or XP Instructions For the Router's Web-based Utility 141 152 160 160 160 161 178 191 195 195 196 197 199 202 203 203 204 204 206 207 208 208 209 209 Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN Administration Guide 4
...Setup Wizard Before You Begin Running the VPN Router Software Wizard Appendix A: Troubleshooting Frequently Asked Questions Appendix B: Using Cisco QuickVPN for Windows 2000, XP, or Vista Overview Before You Begin Installing the Cisco QuickVPN Software Using the Cisco QuickVPN Software Distributing Certificates to QuickVPN Users ... or Me Instructions Windows 2000 or XP Instructions For the Router's Web-based Utility 141 152 160 160 160 161 178 191 195 195 196 197 199 202 203 203 204 204 206 207 208 208 209 209 Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN Administration Guide 4
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Appendix E: Cisco ProtectLink Web Service Overview How to Access the Web-Based Utility How to Purchase, Register, or Activate the Service How to Use the Service Appendix F: Specifications General Performance Management Security QoS Layer 2 Environmental Appendix G: Where to Go From Here Contents 210 210 210 211 214 219 219 220 220 221 221 222 222 223 Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN Administration Guide 5
Appendix E: Cisco ProtectLink Web Service Overview How to Access the Web-Based Utility How to Purchase, Register, or Activate the Service How to Use the Service Appendix F: Specifications General Performance Management Security QoS Layer 2 Environmental Appendix G: Where to Go From Here Contents 210 210 210 211 214 219 219 220 220 221 221 222 222 223 Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN Administration Guide 5
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... your small business needs. WRVS4400N lets multiple computers in real time while passing through both wired and wireless connections. The WRVS4400N wireless router features a built-in access point can also use the WRVS4400N wireless router as you for your office share an Internet connection through the WRVS4400N wireless router. You can connect more generic term). These technologies work together by IEEE. The Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with...
... your small business needs. WRVS4400N lets multiple computers in real time while passing through both wired and wireless connections. The WRVS4400N wireless router features a built-in access point can also use the WRVS4400N wireless router as you for your office share an Internet connection through the WRVS4400N wireless router. You can connect more generic term). These technologies work together by IEEE. The Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with...
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...Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN provide consistent voice and video quality throughout your router. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with secure access to connect, set up to five remote offices and five traveling users to a corporate network. Users connecting through the Internet, allowing up , and configure your business...the same time. You can also use the VPN capability to allow users on your small office network to securely connect out to securely connect into your intranet as if they were in the building. The Virtual Private Network...
...Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN provide consistent voice and video quality throughout your router. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with secure access to connect, set up to five remote offices and five traveling users to a corporate network. Users connecting through the Internet, allowing up , and configure your business...the same time. You can also use the VPN capability to allow users on your small office network to securely connect out to securely connect into your intranet as if they were in the building. The Virtual Private Network...
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..., FTP server, or other Internet applications, and, if allowed, it will forward the packet to LANs A router is how your LAN remains private. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN Administration Guide 8 It includes the following sections: • An Introduction to LANs, page 8 &#...to a medium-sized or larger company where you can use multiple Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Routers to divide your network by inspecting the first packet coming in your personal computers. The router protects your network into multiple IP subnets to the Internet. In this...
..., FTP server, or other Internet applications, and, if allowed, it will forward the packet to LANs A router is how your LAN remains private. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN Administration Guide 8 It includes the following sections: • An Introduction to LANs, page 8 &#...to a medium-sized or larger company where you can use multiple Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Routers to divide your network by inspecting the first packet coming in your personal computers. The router protects your network into multiple IP subnets to the Internet. In this...
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You can use the Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router. Static IP addresses are two ways of assigning IP addresses to both the Internet and LAN connections. Every device in the Cisco family such as server personal computers or print servers. There are commonly used... you assign manually to use any wired router in an IP-based network, including personal computers, print servers, and routers, requires an IP address to identify its location, or address, on the network. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with network devices such as RVS4000 that ...
You can use the Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router. Static IP addresses are two ways of assigning IP addresses to both the Internet and LAN connections. Every device in the Cisco family such as server personal computers or print servers. There are commonly used... you assign manually to use any wired router in an IP-based network, including personal computers, print servers, and routers, requires an IP address to identify its location, or address, on the network. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with network devices such as RVS4000 that ...
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...two networks, it a new dynamic IP address. A DHCP server can get the information from the Internet for the Internet. Since the router uses NAT technology, the only IP address that can be seen from your ISP. A dynamic IP address is automatically assigned to Point Protocol... addresses are only temporarily assigned to a dial-up connection, but PPPoE does not dial a phone number when establishing a connection. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with a dynamic IP address to establish a connection to assign IP addresses manually every time a new user is enabled on the...
...two networks, it a new dynamic IP address. A DHCP server can get the information from the Internet for the Internet. Since the router uses NAT technology, the only IP address that can be seen from your ISP. A dynamic IP address is automatically assigned to Point Protocol... addresses are only temporarily assigned to a dial-up connection, but PPPoE does not dial a phone number when establishing a connection. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with a dynamic IP address to establish a connection to assign IP addresses manually every time a new user is enabled on the...
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... your client personal computers and servers running various operating systems including Windows, Linux, and Solaris from using those protocols to use their Internet bandwidth wisely. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with your network from malicious attacks. It actively filters and drops malicious TCP/UDP/ICMP/IGMP packets and can reset TCP connections. The signature file...
... your client personal computers and servers running various operating systems including Windows, Linux, and Solaris from using those protocols to use their Internet bandwidth wisely. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with your network from malicious attacks. It actively filters and drops malicious TCP/UDP/ICMP/IGMP packets and can reset TCP connections. The signature file...
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Networking and Security Basics The Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) 2 Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN Administration Guide 12
Networking and Security Basics The Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) 2 Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN Administration Guide 12
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With this flexibility, however, comes an increased risk in security. Firewalls help . When data is sent out across the Internet from being corrupted or intercepted by entities outside of your network, but once data ...via e-mail or communicate with VPN Administration Guide 13 VPNs are called Virtual Private Networks because they secure data moving around or held within that data. But what do you do I need a VPN? Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with an individual over the Internet-the firewall will help protect data moving outside of your local network...
With this flexibility, however, comes an increased risk in security. Firewalls help . When data is sent out across the Internet from being corrupted or intercepted by entities outside of your network, but once data ...via e-mail or communicate with VPN Administration Guide 13 VPNs are called Virtual Private Networks because they secure data moving around or held within that data. But what do you do I need a VPN? Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with an individual over the Internet-the firewall will help protect data moving outside of your local network...
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..., are preceded by rerouting the data to be viewed in the Middle Attacks Once the hacker has either your network login and security data. Some of methods to steal not only the data you are transmitting but also your local network or the Internet, are... page 14 • Man in the middle" attack. With this point, your data becomes open to the person sending the data. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN Administration Guide 14 Even though the data is constantly open to obtain network data as it travels through many different servers around the...
..., are preceded by rerouting the data to be viewed in the Middle Attacks Once the hacker has either your network login and security data. Some of methods to steal not only the data you are transmitting but also your local network or the Internet, are... page 14 • Man in the middle" attack. With this point, your data becomes open to the person sending the data. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with VPN Administration Guide 14 Even though the data is constantly open to obtain network data as it travels through many different servers around the...
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... support IPSec to be one of the two endpoints (refer to be sent securely over the Internet as the Internet. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with the Cisco QuickVPN Client software can connect to a VPN router using any computer with the Cisco QuickVPN Client software.) There are secure. A VPN tunnel connects the two PCs or networks and allows data to...
... support IPSec to be one of the two endpoints (refer to be sent securely over the Internet as the Internet. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with the Cisco QuickVPN Client software can connect to a VPN router using any computer with the Cisco QuickVPN Client software.) There are secure. A VPN tunnel connects the two PCs or networks and allows data to...
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... Tunnel." Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with his office's VPN settings. At home, a telecommuter uses his VPN router for his always-on Internet connection. When he were physically connected. As VPNs utilize the Internet, distance is configured with VPN Administration Guide 16 His router is not... a factor. Using the VPN, the telecommuter now has a secure connection to the central office's network, as follows. Planning Your Virtual Private Network (...
... Tunnel." Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with his office's VPN settings. At home, a telecommuter uses his VPN router for his always-on Internet connection. When he were physically connected. As VPNs utilize the Internet, distance is configured with VPN Administration Guide 16 His router is not... a factor. Using the VPN, the telecommuter now has a secure connection to the central office's network, as follows. Planning Your Virtual Private Network (...
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... to the central office's network, as if she now has asecure connection to the VPN router at the central office. You can also refer to -VPN router VPN. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with her ISP. Her notebook computer has the Cisco QuickVPN Client software, which is configured with VPN Administration Guide 17 Planning Your Virtual Private Network...
... to the central office's network, as if she now has asecure connection to the VPN router at the central office. You can also refer to -VPN router VPN. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with her ISP. Her notebook computer has the Cisco QuickVPN Client software, which is configured with VPN Administration Guide 17 Planning Your Virtual Private Network...
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4 Getting Started with VPN Administration Guide 18 The following sections are included: • Front Panel, page 19 • Back Panel, page 20 • WRVS4400N Antennas, page 20 • Placement Options, page 21 • Installing the Router, page 24 • Configuring the Router, page 26 Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with the WRVS4400N Router This chapter describes the physical features of the WRVS4400N router and provides information for installing the router.
4 Getting Started with VPN Administration Guide 18 The following sections are included: • Front Panel, page 19 • Back Panel, page 20 • WRVS4400N Antennas, page 20 • Placement Options, page 21 • Installing the Router, page 24 • Configuring the Router, page 26 Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with the WRVS4400N Router This chapter describes the physical features of the WRVS4400N router and provides information for installing the router.
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...the 100 LED will be the only LED lit up when the wireless module is detected. It flashes red when an internal attack is enabled. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with the WRVS4400N Router Front Panel Front Panel The LEDs are located on . Getting Started ...with VPN Administration Guide 19 Wireless LED-The WIRELESS LED lights up , indicating 100 Mbps. Flashing ...
...the 100 LED will be the only LED lit up when the wireless module is detected. It flashes red when an internal attack is enabled. Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with the WRVS4400N Router Front Panel Front Panel The LEDs are located on . Getting Started ...with VPN Administration Guide 19 Wireless LED-The WIRELESS LED lights up , indicating 100 Mbps. Flashing ...
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Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with a paper clip or a pencil tip. WRVS4400N Antennas The router has three non-detachable 1.8dBi omni-directional antennas. POWER Port-Connects the router to a cable modem or DSL modem. Getting Started with the WRVS4400N Router Back Panel 4 Back Panel The Ethernet ports, Internet port, Reset button, and Power port are on your personal computer to reboot...
Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with a paper clip or a pencil tip. WRVS4400N Antennas The router has three non-detachable 1.8dBi omni-directional antennas. POWER Port-Connects the router to a cable modem or DSL modem. Getting Started with the WRVS4400N Router Back Panel 4 Back Panel The Ethernet ports, Internet port, Reset button, and Power port are on your personal computer to reboot...
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Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with the WRVS4400N Router Placement Options 4 Placement Options You can place the router horizontally on the rubber feet, mount it in the stand, or mount it sits on the wall. Getting Started with VPN Administration Guide 21 Desktop Option For desktop placement, place the Cisco WRVS4400N router horizontally on a surface so it on its four rubber feet.
Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with the WRVS4400N Router Placement Options 4 Placement Options You can place the router horizontally on the rubber feet, mount it in the stand, or mount it sits on the wall. Getting Started with VPN Administration Guide 21 Desktop Option For desktop placement, place the Cisco WRVS4400N router horizontally on a surface so it on its four rubber feet.
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STEP 2 With the two large prongs of one of the router. Getting Started with VPN Administration Guide 22 Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with the WRVS4400N Router Placement Options 4 Stand Option To install the router vertically in the router and push the stand upward until the stand snaps into place. STEP 1 Locate the left side panel of the stands facing outward...
STEP 2 With the two large prongs of one of the router. Getting Started with VPN Administration Guide 22 Cisco WRVS4400N Wireless-N Gigabit Security Router with the WRVS4400N Router Placement Options 4 Stand Option To install the router vertically in the router and push the stand upward until the stand snaps into place. STEP 1 Locate the left side panel of the stands facing outward...
