Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Product Introduction
The AWL700 Wireless LAN Router can be used with wireless networking client devices such as the BenQ AWL100 Wireless LAN PC Card and BenQ AWL300 Wireless LAN USB Adapter for wireless access to an office LAN, or sharing of an xDSL/cable modem. The AWL700 also integrates a 4-port auto-sensing crossover Ethernet switch, expanding access to already established wired networks, and allowing IP sharing without the need for additional devices.
The AWL700 also acts as a Network Address Translation (NAT) device and let home users to use private IP addresses to access the Internet from single or multiple global IP addresses. AWL700 provides home users an environment protected by its NAT-type firewall. Its WAN side as an Ethernet interface, which is the same as its LAN interface. It could be plugged easily into any access devices, such as ADSL/Cable modems or routers, and provides instant Ethernet interfaces in their LAN sides to run for NAT functionality, accommodating up to 32 network users while offering with top performance, and is also extremely simple to install.
1.2 Key Features
1.2.1 Being a gateway between two Ethernet interfaces
The AWL700 connects to one Ethernet interface from ADSL/Cable modem’s LAN side and used it as its WAN interface. It provides users to share a single valid IP address among them under 10/100 base-TX LAN. Under this configuration, users do not need to apply for valid IP addresses for every single user to access Internet. This function could be enabled or disabled by the device owner. And, if users have applied for many public IP addresses for other purposes, they are also able to use those additional IP addresses to connect to the Internet.
