Efficient Networks 5100 Series Introduction, About the SpeedStream Router, Features and Benefits

SpeedStream Router User Guide

1: Introduction

Congratulations on your purchase of the SpeedStream® Router with SecureRouteTM. Efficient Networks is proud to provide you with a powerful yet simple communication device for connecting your computer or local area network (LAN) to the Internet.

Note This manual covers the SpeedStream model series 5100, 5200, 5400 and 5500.

About the SpeedStream Router

Your SpeedStream router provides high-speed Internet and corporate network access to homes, networked home offices, and small offices. In addition, if you are working from a branch office, the router provides a fast and effective means of communicating over a remote LAN with the main office. The SpeedStream router can also be used to connect the corporate LAN to the Internet over the wide area network (WAN).

Features and Benefits

•Effortless installation via configurable Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) integration with an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) on UPnP-supported operating systems (Windows ME and XP).

•Intuitive Web-based management interface to simplify operation and support.

•Wizards to facilitate user profile and WAN configuration processes.

•Content filtering allows you to control access specific Web site addresses, or addresses containing certain words or phrases.

•Multi-language support enables easy switching between language versions.

•Ethernet connectivity (all models) to the Internet or network through a network interface card (NIC), providing full 10/100 megabits per second (Mbps) bandwidth to the port.

•USB connectivity (5200, 5500 series) providing added flexibility of connecting your computer via the Ethernet or USB port.

•Support for G.lite and full-rate DSL ensures compatibility with most DSL networks.

•Multiple computers can share a single DSL connection through the integrated switch ports, each providing full- or half-duplex data transmission (5400, 5500 series).

•Firewall Security with four conveniently pre-set standard levels of firewall security (Off, Low, Medium, and High), an ICSA-compliant mode, and a custom setting for advanced users.

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