EE400-R Broadband Router User Manual EE400-R P0 GigaFast Ethernet.
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FCC Interference Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against radio interference in a commercial environment. This equipment can generate, use and radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 5 1.1 FEATURES..................................................................................................... 5 1.2 PACKAGE CONTENTS .................................................................................... 6 1.3 SYSTEM REQUIREMENT ................................................................................... 6 1.4 PANEL DESCRIPTION...............................
Appendix C Cabling and Pin Assignment............................................ 48 Appendix D Configure IP manually................................................... 51 Appendix E Technical Information ................................................... 53 EE400-R P4 GigaFast Ethernet.
Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding Broadband Router EE400-R. This product is the perfect option to connect a group of PCs to a high-speed Broadband Internet connection or to an Ethernet based Backbone (ETTH/ETTB: Ethernet To The Home/Building). Configurable as a DHCP server, this product is the only externally recognized server device on your local area network (LAN). Thus even a non-technical person will easily configure it to meet the different applications.
Simultaneously acts as both DHCP Server on the LAN and a DHCP Client on the WAN for easy application. Connects multiple LAN PCs to the Internet with only one dynamic-assigned IP address (NAT mode) or a range of legal IP address (NAT/Routing mode) Web-based Configuring Configurable through any networked computer’s web browsers using Internet Explorer or Netscape browser. Allow/Deny remote administration through WAN connection by Web browser.
Microsoft Internet Explorer (or Netscape) web browser. All TCP/IP networked computers in LAN. 1.4 Panel Description 1.4.1 Front Panel Device Indicators PWR PWR (power): The Power LED illuminates whenever the EE400-R is powered on. RDY RDY (ready): The RDY LED blinks once per second when it is working normally, or it will blink faster or be off if there is something wrong. WAN Indicators Lnk/Act Lnk (link): ON means WAN (DSL/Cable modem) is connected to EE400-R.
LAN Indicators Lnk/Act Lnk (link): ON means LAN PC/device is connected correctly to EE400-R. Act (activity): Blinking means there is data communication. If the LED is continuously illuminated, it means the LAN device is successfully connected or the port is working now. 10/100 Indicates 10 or 100Mbps wire speed corresponding to each port. (On is 100Mps) FDX/COL FDX (Full Duplex Mode): On means the current connection is on full duplex mode.
Chapter 2 Installation Attach the power cord into the oulet first and follow the sections below to setup the WAN/LAN connection. 2.1 Hardware Connection to WAN Connect the network cable from the Cable/ DSL modem to the WAN port of the EE400-R (Figure 2-1). If the Link/Act light is off, check that the power and the network cable between the Cable/DSL modem and WAN port are plugged in correctly. (Please refer to Appendix C for detailed cabling and pin assignment).
2.3 Network Settings in Administrator’s computer In order to configure the EE400-R with a networked PC in the LAN, it is necessary for the administrator to have correct network settings in the PC, so that the communication between the EE400-R and the administrator ‘s PC is possible. The following description assumes that the EE400-R is in factory default condition. (If not, hold the reset button down for at least 5 seconds). The EE400-R LAN interface IP will become 192.168.8.
Step2: Click the IP Address tab. Select Obtain an IP address automatically. Step3: Click [ok] to continue. The system may ask you to restart. If so, restart now. After restart, the connection should be established. Please check it as follows. Windows 9x/Me : Click Start and select Run… Type “winipcfg”, and click [ok]. EE400-R P 11 GigaFast Ethernet.
All Ethernet adapter information is shown in this window. Check if you get an IP address like 192.168.8.x where x is any number between 17 and 128. that the default gateway is 192.168.8.1. Then check Windows XP/2000/NT4 : Click Start and select Run… Type in “command”, which will bring up the MS-DOS command window. Type “ipconfig /all” to check the Ethernet adapter information. All Ethernet adapter information is shown in this window. Check if you get an IP address like 192.168.8.
Chapter 3 Device Administration The EE400-R can be configured via Web browser, telnet, and a console terminal. The administrator can choose any one of the three methods to perform device administration. No matter which method is used, this administration only allows one login session at a time. in consideration of database consistency. This is If anyone else tries to log in, it will fail and the EE400-R will pop-up an alert message.
Type in the default Administrator password, ”admin”. Then click enter to login. 3.1.1 Device Information After login, the first page is the Device Information of the EE400-R. This page shows the detailed status of the EE400-R and displays the current WAN’s information about dial-up duration and traffic (bytes count) EE400-R P 14 GigaFast Ethernet.
Clicking the [Clear] button will clear the WAN traffic counter. To update to the latest information click the [Refresh] button. 3.1.2 Administration Click the Administration link on the left frame of this page to assign or change settings. Change password: Type in your old password, new password, and confirm it. Then click [OK] to send the request. Upgrade Firmware: Click [browse] to choose the correct firmware upgrade file (*.upg). When a file has been selected, click [Go] to send the request.
Click [View System Log] to browse the log record. This page stores lots of useful information. diagnostic tool for troubleshooting. This function provides the administrator with a convenient Furthermore, it provides detailed intruder/hacker information. You can click [Refresh] to update these events and click [Back] to return to the Administration page. [Clone MAC]: Duplicates the MAC address of the administrator’s PC into the WAN MAC address of the EE400-R.
4 connection types A. Static Connection Static connection is used when a fixed IP address is used. Certain ISPs will assign a static, or unchanging, IP address. Please check with your ISP to find out. If you have a Static IP, select the “static” option and fill in the blanks according to the information provided by your ISP. EE400-R P 17 GigaFast Ethernet.
WAN IP Address: The IP Address of the EE400-R as seen by external users on the Internet (including your ISP). WAN Subnet Mask: The EE400-R WAN IP address ranges. (i.e. 255.255.255.248) WAN Gateway: The ISP will provide you with the Gateway IP Address. WAN 1st DNS: DNS (Domain Name Server). ISP will provide this address. WAN 2nd DNS: The second DNS. Click the [Save&Restart] button. B.
C. PPPoE Connection If the EE400-R is connected to the Internet through a DSL line, ask the ISP if they use PPPoE for dial-up service. If they do, select the PPPoE option then fill in: Your PPPoE account and PPPoE password. (The PPPoE Service Name may be optional depending on the ISP). Dial on Demand: Choose this option. The EE400-R will attempt to connect with the ISP, if (1) there is at least one LAN user trying to access the Internet or (2) the current WAN connection is disconnected.
ISP phone No., PPP account (username), and PPP password. Dial on Demand & Auto disconnect is the same as in PPPoE. Modem Initial String: Type the AT commands if it is needed. (Some ISDN/v.90 modem need this) ex. Type”W2” to request MODEM to report carrier speed instead of DTE speed. (This works only for most Rockwell/conexant v.90 modems) Click the [Save&Restart] button. After the save & restart, the assigned IP address can be checked on the “Device Info” page. (refer to 3.1.
LAN IP Address: The IP address of the EE400-R as it is seen by the internal LAN user. The DHCP Server is enabled by default. If the LAN IP is changed, the administrator may lose the connection with the EE400-R when they are not in the same LAN segment. Administration operation will not work until they are in the same segment again. (Do this by releasing and renewing the IP address on the administrator’s PC) 1.
DNS Proxy: LAN computers get their DNS server from the EE400-R first. The EE400-R will search the ISP’s DNS automatically. IP pool from 192.168.8.x to 192.168.8.x: Whenever there is a request, the DHCP server will offer unused IPs from the IP address pool to the requesting computer. The end address must be greater than the start address. Lease time: the assigned IP will be valid during the lease interval.
2. DHCP Server Disabled Disable DHCP Server function of EE400-R. You just have to fill in LAN IP Address and then press [Save&Restart] button. EE400-R P 23 GigaFast Ethernet.
3.2 Telnet/Console Configuration The telnet-based configuration is almost the same as console configuration. The difference is that console configuration requires being connected to the EE400-R with your computer by null modem cable (Please refer to Apendix C-2). Telnet configuration can only be used via Lan. Click Start and select Run… Type “telnet” and when the window opens, type “open 192.168.8.1”.
3.2.1 Device Information and Administration configuration in EE400-R When you select 1 to enter the device information, you can see the device information as follows: Press Esc to exit. Select 2 to enter administrator setup. EE400-R P 25 GigaFast Ethernet.
1. Change administrator password: Press 1 for this setting. The system will ask you to enter your old password, enter your new password, and retype your new password to confirm. 2. Upgrade new firmware: Press 2 for this setting. You must use a telnet program with file transfer capability to upgrade your firmware Window’s built-in terminal does not provide this feature. 3. Set Date/Time: Press 3 for this setting. A. B. Date/Time needs to be initialized every time the EE400-R is reset.
3.2.2 WAN Setup Select WAN setup to select the correct configuration. Press 1 to select the WAN Connection type option menu. Four connection types can be chosen by entering the available type number(A~D). 1. Static IP address: Static connection is used when a fixed IP address is used. Certain ISPs will assign a static, or unchanging, IP address. Please check with your ISP to find out.
WAN IP Address: The IP Address of EE400-R as seen by external users on the Internet (including your ISP). WAN Subnet Mask: The EE400-R WAN IP address ranges. (i.e. 255.255.255.248) WAN Gateway: ISP will provide you with the Gateway IP Address. WAN 1st DNS: DNS (Domain Name Server). ISP will provide this address. WAN 2nd DNS: The second DNS. When all settings are complete, don’t forget to type Y to restart the system. 2.
4. Dial-up Network: PPP (point-to-point protocol) is the most popular protocol to access the Internet via telephone line and modem (v.90/ISDN). If your Internet connection type is a modem connection, select PPP and enter the following information: ISP phone No., PPP account and PPP password. Dial on Demand & Auto disconnect is the same as PPPoE. Modem Initial String: Type the AT commands if it is needed. (Some ISDN/v.90 modems need this) ex.
DHCP Server enabled A. Enable/Disable DNS Proxy: first. B. LAN computers get their DNS server from the EE400-R The EE400-R will search the ISP’s DNS automatically. Set DHCP IP Pool Range: Whenever there is a request, the DHCP server will allocate an unused IP from the IP address pool to the requesting computer. The end address must be greater than the start address. C. Set DHCP Lease Duration: the assigned IP will be valid during the lease duration. D.
Allow/Deny Respond to Ping from WAN: Allow or Deny responding if there are any Ping packet sent to WAN of the EE400-R. Allow/Deny Web Management from WAN: This function allows the administrator to configure the EE400-R from the outside Internet with a browser directly. In order to reserve HTTP service (port 80), which is used for virtual servers, the remote web administration function utilizes another port 64511 instead. (e.g. http://211.79.244.45:64511 ). 2.
Chapter 4 Advanced Firewall Function Besides the native protection features from NAT, the EE400-R provides advanced functions which are popular in most firewall devices such as deny PING, block service port, URL keyword blocking, virtual server, DMZ and intrusion event log. (recorded in the EE400-R internal buffer, please refer to 3.1.2) 4.1 Access Control “Access control” allow you to control the WAN-to-LAN or LAN-to-WAN access capability. Click the Access Control link in the left frame. 1.
3. Block Client in LAN: This function is used to inhibit some LAN clients (by IP address) from accessing Internet resources. Since all LAN clients are recognized by their IP addresses, regardless of if the LAN client’s IP address is assigned by DHCP server or manual setting, this function always works well. 4. Filter Packets from LAN: This function allows the administrator to inhibit LAN users from using some Internet services for management purposes.
“Service Time Allocation” allows the administrator to control the EE400-R’s LAN-to-WAN if the service is available or disabled at any time. This feature is implemented through two mechanisms. One method is to specify the maximum continuous service period. This is primarily used for parental control in home/family applications. It can protect children from surfing the Internet continuously for more than a pre-defined period X. Meanwhile, the EE400-R will still stop service until period Y is expired.
The other mechanism is simply dependent on a daily time zone. This means the EE400-R’s LAN-to-WAN service is on or off according to a predefined daily schedule table. 4.3 URL Keyword Blocking In order to prevent LAN users from accessing specific websites, the EE400-R provides a function to perform such a filtering mechanism. The administrator can enter the URL keywords of which websites are to be rejected. Then the EE400-R will reject any websites which have URL names that match or partially match.
Click the [Save&Restart] button after listing the keywords. 4.4 Virtual Server Generally, NAT based routers/firewalls filter out all unrecognized packets from the WAN to protect your Internal LAN computers; therefore, all LAN computers behind the EE400-R are invisible to the outside Internet. However, some Internet servers (like WWW, FTP, E-mail) should be visible and accessible by the outside Internet. As a result, the EE400-R provides Virtual Server functions to meet this demand.
For example, if you have an FTP server (port 21) at 192.168.8.5, a mail server (port 110) at 192.168.8.6, and a VPN server at 192.168.8.7, then you need to specify the virtual server as: 21 I 192.168.8.5 110 I 192.168.8.6 1723 I 192.168.8.7 Please refer to Appendix A for some well-know service ports. 4.5 DMZ DMZ (DeMilitarized Zone) is a zone, which is not protected by firewall. It means that all computers in the DMZ are dangerous and subject to be attacked/accessed by Internet intruders/hackers.
The EE400-R always allows a computer in the LAN to be logically exposed to the Internet with unrestricted 2-way communication. This is very useful whenever you encounter some incompatible applications (such as 2-way online games). The DMZ feature can often avoid these problems. The following shows a single DMZ host is allowed due to the single WAN IP address shown. (for example, WAN connection type is DHCP client, PPPoE and PPP) 4.
In general, the mechanism for multiple DMZ hosts is based on the mapping relation between the WAN IP and the LAN IP (shown below). These DMZ host IPs will skip NAT port translation handling to gain unrestricted 2-way communication capability.
EE400-R Figure 4-1 Bridging mode Unfortunately, the multiple DMZ host will not work with the Figure 4-1 configuration because the EE400-R can only handle one IP address, not 5 IP addresses. In such conditions, the bridging mode option is available for Multiple DMZ. The following Figure 4-2 is a typical Router-to-Router inter-connection configuration. EE400-R Figure 4-2 Routing mode EE400-R P 40 GigaFast Ethernet.
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 5.1 Common Problems & Solutions This section provides possible solutions to problems regarding the installation and operation of the EE400-R. Try to find answers here if there is any problem when you setup the device. Check your device and settings step by step. 1. Connecting to the EE400-R LAN port fails Check to see that the EE400-R’s LAN connections are properly connected and the unit is powered on. Set the EE400-R to factory default condition.
goes through its self-test, check to see if you now have an IP address. Your ISP may require a Mac address. Check if it is correct. 5.2 Frequently Asked Questions 1. Where is the EE400-R installed on the network? Typically, the EE400-R is installed between the Cable/DSL modem and the LAN. Plug the EE400-R WAN port into the Cable/DSL modem’s Ethernet port. 2. Does the WAN connection of the EE400-R support 100Mb Ethernet? Yes, the EE400-R supports 100Mb Ethernet on its WAN port.
8. Does the EE400-R pass PPTP or actively route PPTP sessions? Yes, this router allows PPTP packets to pass through. 9. Is the EE400-R cross-platform compatible? Yes, any platform that supports Ethernet and TCP/IP is compatible with the EE400-R. 10. Can I use my own public IPs and Domain or do I have to use the IPs provided by the router? You can customize your own IPs through configuration of this router. 11.
Appendix A TCP/IP Well-Known Port Any application or process that uses TCP for its transport is assigned a unique identification number called a TCP port. TCP ports specify the path of communications between client and server applications. These ports are numbered beginning with zero. Port numbers for client applications are dynamically assigned by the operating system when there is a request for service.
Appendix B Illustrated Typical Application B-1 Home User Application EE400-R Figure B-1 Home user application - DSL/Cable modem EE400-R Figure B-2 Home user application - ISDN/V.90 Modem EE400-R P 45 GigaFast Ethernet.
B-2 SOHO environment Application EE400-R Figure B-1 SOHO environment application – Simple IP sharing EE400-R Figure B-2 SOHO environment application - DHCP Server in the EE400-R EE400-R P 47 46 GigaFast Ethernet.
EE400-R Figure B-5 SOHO environment application - DHCP Server in LAN EE400-R P 47 GigaFast Ethernet.
Appendix C Cabling and Pin Assignment C-1 RJ-45 There are different grades, or categories, of twisted-pair cabling. highly recommended. Category 3 is a good second choice. Straight-through cables are used for connecting computers’ NIC card to a hub. hub. Category 5 is the most reliable and is Crossover cables are used for connecting a hub to another (The EE400-R provides a built-in uplink/normal switch.
Table C-2 Wire Becomes 1 1 2 2 3 3 6 6 C-1-3 Connection between Hub and Hub In a crossover cable, the orders of the wires change from one end to the other. Wire 1 becomes 3, and 2 becomes 6. The crossover cable is used in connecting hubs directly. Table C-3 Wire Becomes 1 3 2 6 3 1 6 2 C-2 RS232 The RS-232 was originally set to standardize the interconnections of terminals and host computers through public telephone networks.
1 Shield 2 Received Data 3 Transmitted Data 4 DTE Ready (DTR) 5 Signal Ground 6 DCE Ready (DSR) 7 Request to send 8 Clear to send 9 Ring indicator (Male) C-2-2 Connection between the EE400-R and PC console (DTE-DTE) Gate 2000 C-2-3 Connection between the EE400-R and Modem (DTE-DCE) Gate 2000 EE400-R P 50 GigaFast Ethernet.
Appendix D Configure IP manually Select the IP Address tab, and choose Specify an IP Address. Type in your customized IP address. (The default IP address of this product is 192.168.8.1. so you can type in an IP Address like 192.168.8.xxx. xxx can be numbers from 1to 253). Set the Subnet Mask to 255.255.255.0. In the Gateway tab, add the IP address of this product. (The default IP Address of this product is 192.168.8.1). EE400-R P 51 GigaFast Ethernet.
Change to the DNSConfiguration tab. Enable DNS and add DNS values provided by your ISP into DNS Server Search Order. Click [ok] to finish. EE400-R P 52 GigaFast Ethernet.
Appendix E Technical Information Operational WAN I/F : One RJ-45 port, IEEE 802.3 100BaseT, CSMA/CD WAN cabling : UTP category 5 (10/100 Mbps). LAN I/F : Four RJ-45 ports, IEEE 802.3u 100BaseT, CSMA/CD LAN cabling : UTP category 5 (switched 10/100 Mbps). Console/Modem port LED indication : One D-sub9 male (DTE type), EIA RS232C : Power, Ready, WAN Link/Act, 10/100, Full Duplex/Collision, Button Modem Ready/CD LAN Link/Act, 10/100, Full Duplex/Collision. : Factory default setting.
