WEBSHARE 241

Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1 An Overview of the WebShare 241

Broadband Sharing and IP sharing

The WebShare 241 supports 4 x 10/100 Mbps auto-negotiating Fast Ethernet ports for connection to your PC or LAN and downstream (with built-in ADSL2+ modem) rate up to 24Mbps. Power by NAT technology, dozens of network users can surf on the Internet and share the ADSL connection simultaneously by using one ISP account and one single IP address.

Security: Firewall & VLAN

This product also serves as an Internet firewall, protecting your network from being accessed by outside users. Not only provide the natural firewall function (Network Address Translation, NAT), it also provides rich firewall features to secure user's network.

The VLANs allow to segment the traffic of net and, in this way, they improve management and performance of entire network.

Quality of Service and IP Throttling

QoS gives you full control over which types of outgoing data traffic should be given priority by the router, ensuring important data like gaming packets move through the router at lightning speed, even under heavy load.

Using IP Throttling, bandwidth limits can be enforced on any system within your LAN, or even on a particular application.

Easy Configuration and Management

Support web based GUI and Telnet for configuration and management. Also supports remote management (Web and telnet) capability for remote user to configure and manage this product. It incorporates besides a client Dynamic DNS.

1.2 Package Contents

•WebShare 241 Router ADSL2+

•Vera (Multilanguage Interactive Tutorial)

•One CD-Rom containing the online manual

•One Quick Start Guide

•One RJ-11 ADSL/telephone cable

•One CAT-5 LAN cable

•One AC-DC power adapter (12VDC, 1A)

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