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Chapter 1 Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of this outstanding LevelOne FBR-1409TX Broadband Router. This
product is specifically designed for Small Office and Home Office needs. It provides a complete SOHO
solution for Internet surfing and office resources sharing, and it is easy to configure and operate for
even non-technical users. Instructions for installing and configuring this product can be found in this
manual. Before you install and use this product, please read this manual carefully for fully exploiting
the functions of this product.

Functions and Features

z Broadband modem and NAT Router
Connects multiple computers to a broadband (cable or DSL) modem or an Ethernet router to
surf the Internet.
z Auto-sensing Ethernet Switch
Equipped with a 4-port auto-sensing Ethernet switch.
z VPN supported
Supports multiple PPTP sessions and allows you to setup VPN server and VPN clients.
z Printer sharing
Embeds a print server to allow all of the networked computers to share one printer.
Built-in USB host to connect to USB printer for printer sharing.
z Firewall
All unwanted packets from outside intruders are blocked to protect your Intranet.
z DHCP server supported
All of the networked computers can retrieve TCP/IP settings automatically from this product.
z Web-based configuring
Configurable through any networked computer’s web browser using Netscape or Internet
Explorer.
z Packet filter supported
Packet Filter allows you to control access to a network by analyzing the incoming and
outgoing packets and letting them pass or halting them based on the IP address of the source
and destination.
z Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) supported
Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) enable devices such as PCs, routers or other devices to be
plugged into a network and automatically know about each other.
z Virtual Server supported
Enables you to expose WWW, FTP and other services on your LAN to be accessible to
Internet users.
z User-Definable Application Sensing Tunnel
User can define the attributes to support the special applications requiring multiple
connections, like Internet gaming, video conferencing, Internet telephony and so on, then this