Hawking Technology Wireless-G Router manual Wireless Router Features, Internet Access Features

	Introduction
Introduction	1

This Chapter provides an overview of the Hawking Technologies’ Hi-Speed

Wireless-G Router's features and capabilities.

Congratulations on the purchase of your new Hi-Speed, 54Mbps, Hawking Technologies Wireless-G Router. The Wireless-G Router is a multi-function device providing the following services:

∙Shared Broadband Internet Access for all LAN users.

∙4-Port Switching Hub for 10BaseT or 100BaseT connections.

∙Wireless Access Point for 802.11b and 802.11g Wireless Stations.

Wireless Router Features

The Wireless-G Router incorporates many advanced features, carefully designed to provide sophisticated functions while being easy to use.

Internet Access Features

∙Shared Internet Access. All users on the LAN or WLAN can access the Internet through the Wireless Router, using only a single external IP Address. The local (invalid) IP Addresses are hidden from external sources. This process is called NAT (Network Address Translation).

∙DSL & Cable Modem Support. The Wireless Router has a 10/100BaseT Ethernet port for connecting a DSL or Cable Modem. All popular DSL and Cable Modems are supported. SingTel RAS and Big Pond (Australia) login support is also included.

∙PPPoE, and PPTP. The Internet (WAN port) connection supports PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet), PPTP (Peer-to-Peer Tunneling Protocol), as well as "Direct Connec- tion" type services. Unnumbered IP with PPPoE is also supported.

∙Fixed or Dynamic IP Address, the Wireless-G Router supports both Dynamic IP Address (IP Address is allocated on connection) and Fixed IP Address.