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MN-700 Base Station

Configuration Guide

Contents

Open the Base Station Management Tool.....................................................................................................................3

Log Off the Base Station Management Tool..................................................................................................................3

Navigate the Base Station Management Tool ...............................................................................................................4

Current Base Station Settings ........................................................................................................................................5

Wide Area Network ......................................................................................................................................................6

Local Area Network......................................................................................................................................................7

DHCP Client List...........................................................................................................................................................7

Base Station Information ............................................................................................................................................7

Management Settings..................................................................................................................................................... 8

Reset the Base Station................................................................................................................................................8

Restore Factory Default Settings ................................................................................................................................8

Back Up Base Station Settings ...................................................................................................................................9

Restore Base Station Settings from a Backup ...........................................................................................................9

Set Base Station Time Zone......................................................................................................................................10

Synchronize Time to Internet Time Server................................................................................................................10

Change the Base Station Password..........................................................................................................................10

Local Area Network Settings.........................................................................................................................................11

Base Station Name....................................................................................................................................................11

Base Station IP Address ............................................................................................................................................12

DHCP Server and IP Address Range .........................................................................................................................12

Wide Area Network Settings .........................................................................................................................................13

Dynamic Internet Connection....................................................................................................................................14

Static Internet Connection.........................................................................................................................................14

PPPoE Internet Connection .......................................................................................................................................15

Disabled Connection..................................................................................................................................................15

Wireless Settings...........................................................................................................................................................16

Wireless Network Name (SSID).................................................................................................................................16

Wireless Mode ...........................................................................................................................................................17

Wireless Channel .......................................................................................................................................................17

Security Settings ...........................................................................................................................................................17

Wireless Security........................................................................................................................................................18

Base Station Mode ....................................................................................................................................................20

Firewall .......................................................................................................................................................................21

Port Forwarding..........................................................................................................................................................21

Virtual DMZ (demilitarized zone)...............................................................................................................................24

MAC Filtering..............................................................................................................................................................25

Client Filtering ............................................................................................................................................................26

Parental Controls .......................................................................................................................................................27

Base Station Log........................................................................................................................................................29

Index ..............................................................................................................................................................................30

Summary of content (31 pages)

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MN-700 Base Station Configuration Guide Contents Open the Base Station Management Tool .....................................................................................................................3 Log Off the Base Station Management Tool ..................................................................................................................3 Navigate the Base Station Management Tool ...........................................................................................................
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Thank you for purchasing the Microsoft® Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station (MN-700). This guide describes the various functions of your base station and how you can customize the base station by using the Base Station Management Tool. The base station plays an important role in your network. It enables you to share your Internet connection with all the computers and devices on your network.
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Open the Base Station Management Tool You can open the Base Station Management Tool from the Microsoft Broadband Network Utility or open it directly from a Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later, or Netscape Navigator 6.0 or later. To open the Base Station Management Tool 1. In the Broadband Network Utility, on the Tools menu, click Base Station Management Tool. -orOpen your Web browser, and then type the Internet protocol (IP) address of the base station in the address field.
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Navigate the Base Station Management Tool When you log on to the Base Station Management Tool, the Home page opens. You can use the menu in the left pane to navigate to the other pages of the Base Station Management Tool. The following table lists the menu items in the Base Station Management Tool and describes the tasks that you can perform from the pages that those menu items open. Menu Item Tasks Home View current network settings and activity.
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Current Base Station Settings You can view current base station and Internet connection settings from the Home page of the Base Station Management Tool, shown in the following illustration. The following sections describe these settings.
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Wide Area Network The wide area network (WAN) settings provide a summary of the Internet settings provided by your ISP. The settings that appear will vary depending on whether your ISP account provides a connection that uses a static (fixed) IP address, a dynamic Internet connection, or a Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) connection. If your Internet connection is disabled, the WAN settings will be unavailable.
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Local Area Network The Local Area Network (LAN) settings relate to your local network—that is, how the base station is configured in relation to the devices on your network. In contrast, the Wide Area Network (WAN) settings determine how your base station is configured in relation to the Internet. In some cases, your base station will have two different values for the same type of setting, such as IP address. This is because one value is the WAN IP address and one value is the LAN IP address.
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Management Settings When you want to change the settings related to the management of your base station (for example, resetting the base station, backing up or restoring settings, establishing time settings, or changing the password), use the Management menu in the Base Station Management Tool. The following sections describe how to perform management-related tasks.
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Back Up Base Station Settings You can create a backup file of all your base station settings from the Base Station Management Tool. The backup file includes any settings that you established when you completed the Setup Wizard and any settings that you modified from the Base Station Management Tool. It is a good idea to create a backup file after you have the base station set up and operating normally.
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Set Base Station Time Zone The base station uses the date and time for client filtering and to timestamp entries to the base station log. The base station system clock is set to the Pacific time zone by default. You can change the base station time zone from the Base Station Management Tool. To set base station time zone 1. Open the Base Station Management Tool, and then click Management. 2. On the Management menu, click Set Time. 3.
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Local Area Network Settings You can view and change your local area network settings on the Local Area Network page of the Base Station Management Tool, shown in the following illustration. From this page, you can perform the following actions: O Set or change the base station name and IP address. O Enable or disable the base station DHCP server. O Set or change the IP address range and lease time for the DHCP server. O Enter the local domain name if your ISP provided one.
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Base Station IP Address The default IP address of your base station is 192.168.2.1. This address is reserved for private local networks; it is not visible to the Internet. You can use the base station IP address to open the Base Station Management Tool from a Web browser, unless you have set the base station to access point mode. You do not need to change the base station IP address unless you have a specific reason to do so—for example, if your modem IP address replicates the base station IP address.
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Wide Area Network Settings Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) provides the settings that enable you to establish an Internet connection on your network. These are your wide area network (WAN) settings. These settings vary, depending on whether your ISP account provides a static IP address, a dynamic Internet connection, or a Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) connection.
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Dynamic Internet Connection A dynamic Internet connection enables your base station to obtain an IP address from your Internet service provider (ISP) automatically by Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). Note The base station WAN IP address is the IP address visible to the Internet. Do not confuse this address with the base station LAN IP address (192.168.2.1). The LAN IP address is visible only to your local network devices. To establish a dynamic Internet connection 1.
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To establish a static Internet connection 1. Open the Base Station Management Tool, and then click Wide Area Network. 2. Under Internet Connection Type, click Static. 3. Under Static Connection, type the static IP address provided by your ISP in the IP address fields. 4. Type the subnet mask, default gateway IP address, and DNS addresses (if provided) in the appropriate fields. 5. To save the WAN settings, click Apply.
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Wireless Settings Wireless settings enable the devices on your network to connect to and communicate with the base station wirelessly. You can establish or change the following wireless settings from the Wireless page of the Base Station Management Tool, shown in the following illustration: O Wireless network name (SSID) O Wireless mode O Wireless channel number For more information about each of these settings, see the following sections.
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Disabling the broadcast of the wireless network name is not recommended, however, because it is more difficult to join a network with the broadcast disabled. If, for example, you use a laptop running Microsoft Windows® XP operating system, Windows XP automatically detects and connects to your wireless network when you are within range of it. When the broadcast is disabled, you might have to manually reconnect to your wireless network after joining a different network.
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The following sections describe the base station security features and how to customize them. Be aware that changing security settings might affect whether the computers on your network are able to connect to the base station and the Internet. You should not change the default security settings unless you are absolutely clear about your objective in doing so. Wireless Security Wireless security helps to protect your network from unauthorized access.
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Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) When you enable WEP, you must choose between 64-bit or 128-bit WEP encryption. The number defines the strength of the data encryption. The higher the number, the more difficult the data is to decrypt. After you select the wireless encryption strength, you must enter a WEP key. For 64-bit encryption, your WEP key must consist of ten hexadecimal digits. For 128-bit encryption, your WEP key must consist of 26 hexadecimal digits.
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Base Station Mode The Microsoft base station is a router with an integrated access point. As a router, the base station provides a network address translation (NAT) service, which enables you to use the single IP address supplied by your ISP to connect multiple computers to the Internet. The NAT also manages network traffic by directing data to the appropriate destination and by restricting access to your network.
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The following procedure describes how to change the base station to access point mode after you have already set up your network. If you are adding the base station to an existing network, and you want to set it to access point mode, see Chapter 3, “Custom Setup” of the printed User’s Guide for detailed instructions. To change the base station to access point mode 1. Open the Base Station Management Tool, and click Security. 2. From the Security menu, click Base Station Mode. 3.
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About Ports Data ports play an important role in data transmission. Many different types of data are transmitted across a network, and certain types of data must pass out of certain ports. The data type is identified by the protocol, or rules, that it follows. Typically, the data protocol determines the ports to which the data is passed. For example, when you download files by using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), the request goes to outbound port 21, and the response returns to inbound port 20.
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The Broadband Networking Wireless Base Station has been configured to accommodate some common application protocols that require multiple ports, including FTP, Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), and Post Office Protocol 3 (POP3). To configure application-triggered port forwarding for other applications that require multiple ports, you must specify the following information: O The outbound port from which data following a particular protocol will be sent.
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To establish persistent port forwarding, you need the following information: O The IP address of the computer that you want to use as a server on your local network. If you have not assigned a static IP address to this computer, you can determine its IP address by checking the DHCP client list on the Home page of the Base Station Management Tool. O The inbound and private port numbers and protocol that correspond to the type of data that your server handles. To configure persistent port forwarding 1.
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MAC Filtering You can increase the security on your network by using MAC filtering. MAC filtering enables you to control wireless access to network resources, including your Internet connection and shared files and printers. You can configure the base station to permit or deny a wireless client access to network resources based on the MAC address of the adapter that the client uses.
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To allow unspecified MAC addresses 1. On the MAC Filtering page of the Base Station Management Tool, select the Enable MAC filtering check box. 2. From the drop-down list, select Allow, and then click Apply. In this case, any client whose MAC address is not listed in the MAC address table will be able to access your network. 3. Under Specify MAC address, type the adapter MAC address of the computer or device to which you want to deny access, and then click Apply.
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The following illustration shows the Client Filtering page of the Base Station Management Tool. To enable client filtering 1. Open the Base Station Management Tool, and then click Security. 2. On the Security menu, click Client Filtering. 3. In the appropriate box, type the IP address of the client device whose access to the Internet you want to control. 4. In the Outbound port(s) boxes, type the outbound port(s) and select the protocol for the data that you want to control.
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The following illustration shows the Parental Controls page of the Base Station Management Tool. To enable parental controls 1. Open the Base Station Management Tool, and click Security. 2. From the Security menu of the Base Station Management Tool, click Parental Controls. 3. Under Computer IP address, in the IP Address box, type the IP address of the computer for which you would like to control access to Web content, and then click Add.
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5. If you want to permit access to any Web site whose domain name you have not identified in the Web filters table, under Configure parental controls, select the Permit radio button, and then click Apply. -orIf you want to block access to any Web site whose domain name you have not identified in the Web filters table, under Configure parental controls, select the Block radio button, and then click Apply. 6.
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Index access point mode, 20 application-triggered port forwarding, 22 back up settings restoring, 9 storing, 9 base station backing up settings, 9 log, 29 modes, 20 name, 11 password, 3, 10 resetting, 8 restoring back up settings, 9 restoring factory default settings, 8 serial number, 7 SNTP server synchronization, 10 time zone settings, 10 Base Station Management Tool about, 2 access point mode, 20 backing up settings, 9 DMZ hosts, 24 firewall settings, 21 help, 4 Home page, 5 LAN settings, 7, 11 log, 29 l
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restoring settings back ups, 9 factory defaults, 8 router, 20 security base station log, 29 blocking ping commands, 21 DMZ hosts, 24 firewalls, 21 logging off Base Station Management Tool, 3 MAC address filtering, 25 settings, changing, 17 SSID (wireless network name), 16 virus prevention, 24 WEP, 18, 19 WPA, 18, 19 serial number, base station, 7 servers, hosting, 23, 24 Service Set Identifier (SSID), 16 settings backing up, 9 Base Station Management Tool, 2 firewalls, 21 IP address, 12 LAN, 7, 11 MAC addre