User's Manual

Introduction

Congratulations on your purchases of the GemTek Wireless Broadband

Router. Your Wireless Broadband Router enables you to share your DSL or

Cable Internet connection with computers on your network. This guide will

explain the features and functions of the Wireless Broadband Router to help

you get the most out of your Internet experience.

GemTek’s Wireless Broadband Router allows LAN users to share a

single Internet Connection while providing the safety and security of port

blocking, packet filtering, and a natural firewall. Static address support,

integrated DHCP, PPPoE, and device name support will allow it to connect

to nearly any broadband provider whether Cable or DSL based, and at the

same time simplify local area network settings.

The Wireless Broadband Router provides two levels of security support.

First, it masks local users’ IP addresses from others on the Internet making it

much more difficult for a hacker to target a machine on your network.

Secondly, it can block and redirect certain ports to limit the services that

outside users can access. Specific ports can be opened to ensure that games

and other Internet applications will run properly.

The Broadband Router provides special pass through support for

common VPN implementations. The Virtual Server feature allows you to

expose HTTP, FTP, Game Servers and other local services to be accessible

to Internet users located outside of the LAN. The User-Definable

Application Sensing Tunnel feature allows you to define the attributes to

support special applications requiring multiple connections, such as Internet

gaming, video conferencing, and Internet telephony. A DMZ setting can be

applied to a single client behind the Broadband Router to expose it to the