Asante FR1000 User's Guide

FriendlyNET® Internet Router FR1000 Series User’s Guide

10 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall 2.3 DSL (Always On) Select this type of connection if your DSL conn

User’s Manual 11 2.4 Cable (@Home-like) This setting is for cable modem services similar to @Home. Characteristic: Cable modem Popular ISPs: Not v

12 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall 2.5 Cable (BigPond) Characteristic: Cable modem service in Australia. Popular ISPs: Telstra Big

User’s Manual 13 2.6 Cable (Static IP) Select this type of connection if your cable ISP has given you a static IP ad-d

14 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall 2.7 Static IP Address Select this type of connection if your ISP has given you a static IP addre

User’s Manual 15 2.8 PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) PPTP is a special Internet connection that uses a virtual private network (VPN) protoc

16 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall Connecting at Higher Speeds All of the wired network ports—including the Internet (WAN) port—on

User’s Manual 17 Chapter 3. Status The FriendlyNET router is a very sophisticated networking device with many powerful features. Click on the Statu

18 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall 3.1 Router Status IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and Domain Name Server This information descr

User’s Manual 19 3.2 Peripheral Status The FR1004AL wireless router includes an integrated print server. This means you can share a printer, attach

2 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall Asanté Technologies, Inc. 821 Fox Lane San Jose, CA 95131 FriendlyNET FR1000 Series In

20 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall • ...Login failed Someone tried to login to the router, but the password was not valid • ...Lo

User’s Manual 21 PPPOE ENTRIES These entries begin with the prefix PPoE, PADO, PADR, PADS, or PADT PPTP ENTRIES These entries begin with the prefix

22 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall Tip: To change the Host Name in Windows XP, right click on the My Computer icon. Choose Properti

User’s Manual 23 Chapter 4. Security Asanté routers are frequently installed in schools, libraries, cafes, and other public areas. To guard against

24 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall 4.2 Security Options Administrator Timeout After this time, the router’s administration screen w

User’s Manual 25 INBOUND PACKET FILTER The following will describe the Inbound filter; the Outbound filter works in the same way, except: • The i

26 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall Tip: To find the IP address of a specific website, try using the ping command. For example, ope

User’s Manual 27 4.4 Popular Applications The Asanté router effectively hides all your computers behind its firewall using network address translati

28 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall Trigger The outbound port used by your application. Incoming Port After the trigger port is det

User’s Manual 29 4.5 Hardware (MAC) Address Control Every network device has a unique hardware address known as a media access control (MAC) address

User’s Manual 3 Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction 5 Chapter 2. WAN Types 7 2.1 Dynamic IP 8 2.2 DSL/PPP Over Ethernet 9 2.3 DSL (Alwa

30 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall To set specific access controls for each computer on your LAN: 1. Locate the computer listed i

User’s Manual 31 FR1004AL WIRELESS ROUTER Address Control Check this box to turn on hardware (MAC) address control. Default Settings By default, al

32 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall To set specific access controls for each computer on your LAN: 1. Locate the computer listed i

User’s Manual 33 4.6 Advanced Security DeMilitarized Zone (DMZ) You may configure a single computer to be logically “outside” of the router’s protec

34 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall Remote Administration The router’s administrative functions are normally available only to compu

User’s Manual 35 Chapter 5. Advanced If you have a strong technical background in TCP/IP and networking, you’ll ap-preciate the advanced features o

36 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall this address. The router’s 2nd address, the WAN IP address, is set in Chapter 3 (WAN Types). Ch

User’s Manual 37 Upgrade Firmware From time to time, Asanté will provide firmware updates to improve performance and to ensure compatibility. To upg

38 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall Backup Setting Save your router settings into a file on your computer. Tip: Asanté strongly re

User’s Manual 39 verify that there is only one DHCP server (or router) on the LAN. If you have multiple DHCP servers, then disable the DHCP service

4 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall Quick Tips 1. How do I configure the router from a web browser? Go to the address http://192.16

40 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall Host Name, Username/E-mail, Password/Key After you open an account with your DDNS, they will pro

User’s Manual 41 Chapter 6. Wireless The FriendlyNET FR1004AL is a powerful wireless router. Compared to the FR1004, the FR1004AL adds: • An Aero

42 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall Network ID (SSID) Enter up to 32 characters as a Service Set IDentifier for your wireless LAN (

User’s Manual 43 With 128-bit WEP, just specify one key up to 26 digits long. Examples: • 0123456789A1234567890B123456 • ABCDEF01234567890ABCDEF

44 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall 6.5 Tips for Better Wireless Reception The signal quality and range of any wireless card is depe

User’s Manual 45 Chapter 7. Network Print Server Setup Your FriendlyNET FR1004AL wireless router can also function as a network print server for M

46 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall Creating the Desktop Icon To create the desktop printer icon: 1. Look in the Apple Extras folder

User’s Manual 47 After the icon is on the Desktop, or wherever it was saved, the printer options will need to be manually configured. This step is e

48 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall 7.4 Printer Drivers for Windows The printer connected to the router’s Printer port is called a s

User’s Manual 49 Windows XP To configure the shared printer: 1. From the Start button, click on Settings > Printers and Faxes. 2. In the Print

User’s Manual 5 Chapter 1. Introduction The Asanté FriendlyNET Internet router works with your cable or DSL modem to share high-speed Internet ser

50 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall Windows 2000 To configure the shared printer: 1. From the Start button, click on Settings >

User’s Manual 51 Appendix A. Troubleshooting Client IP Addresses After you have configured your router, you should restart all of the computers con

52 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall A.2 Windows NT/2000/XP You can view and update the IP address settings for each computer by run

User’s Manual 53 Appendix B. Advanced Troubleshooting If you are having difficulties accessing the router, Asanté Technical Support will ask you to

54 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall 4. You’ll see an MS-DOS dialog box, that shows the ping activity. If you see the error message,

User’s Manual 55 2. Cables should be wired “straight-through”. According to IEEE T568A or T568B specifica-tions, cables should be wired so that pin

56 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall Asanté FR1000 Series Trivia The FriendlyNET FR1004 Series has two models: • FR1004 • FR1004A

User’s Manual 57 Appendix C. Glossary Authentication: The procedure to verify user identity as a security measure. Passwords and digital signatures

58 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall ISDN: Integrated Services Digital Network. It is a fast digital phone line provided by most pho

User’s Manual 59 defined rules. Asanté’s Secure Packet Inspection technology evaluates both incoming and outgoing packets based on multiple conditio

6 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall • The router’s dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server function will assign IP address

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User’s Manual 61 Appendix D. Warranty and Regulatory Notices D.1 2-Year Limited Warranty Subject to the limitations and exclusions below, Asanté w

62 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall IMPLIED WARRANTY, INCLUDING ECONOMIC LOSS, DAMAGE TO PROP-ERTY AND, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY L

User’s Manual 63 D.3 Safety Advisory 1. The FriendlyNET router should be operated from the type of power source indicated on the marking label. If

64 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall Typical network configuration using the FR1004AL router to share the Internet (via cable or DSL

User’s Manual 65 Appendix E. Online Warranty Registration and Card Before you contact Asanté’s technical support, please register your switch onlin

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68 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall Status Indicators Ports 06-00675-00, Rev. A Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router, FR1000 Series

User’s Manual 7 Chapter 2. WAN Types This chapter details the 8 different Internet or WAN (wide area network) connec-tion types supported by the A

8 Asanté FriendlyNET Internet Router with Firewall 2.1 Dynamic IP This is a very popular type of connection for residential and small business cus-t

User’s Manual 9 2.2 DSL/PPP Over Ethernet This is also a very popular choice for residential and small business customers. PPPoE simulates a dial-up