Linksys AG041 manual Configuring the Adsl Gateway, Setup, Security, Access Restrictions

ADSL Gateway with 4-Port Switch

Chapter 5: Configuring the ADSL Gateway

Overview

Follow the steps in this chapter and use the Gateway’s web-based utility to configure the Gateway. This chapter will describe each web page in the Utility and each page’s key functions. The utility can be accessed via your web browser through use of a computer connected to the Gateway. For a basic network setup, most users only have to use the following screens of the Utility:

• Basic Setup. On the Basic Setup screen, enter the settings provided by your ISP.

browser: an application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web

Have You: Enabled TCP/IP on your computers? computers communicate over the network with this protocol. Refer to Appendix E: Windows Help for more information on TCP/IP.

•Management. Click the Administration tab and then the Management tab. The Gateway’s default username and password is admin. To secure the Gateway, change the Password from its default.

There are six main tabs: Setup, Security, Access Restrictions, Applications & Gaming, Administration, and Status. Additional tabs will be available after you click one of the main tabs.

Setup

•Basic Setup. Enter the Internet connection and network settings on this screen.

•DDNS. To enable the Gateway’s Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature, complete the fields on this screen.

•Advanced Routing. On this screen, you can alter Dynamic Routing, and Static Routing configurations.

Security

•Firewall. This screen contains Filters and Block WAN Requests. Filters block specific internal users from accessing the Internet and block anonymous Internet requests.

•VPN. To enable or disable IPSec and/or PPTP Pass-through, and set up VPN tunnels, use this screen.

Access Restrictions

•Internet Access. This screen allows you to prevent or permit only certain users from attaching to your network.

Note: For added security, you should change the password through the Administration tab.

DDNS: allows the hosting of a website, FTP server, or e-mail server with a fixed domain name (e.g., www.xyz.com) and a dynamic IP address

static routing: forwarding data in a network via a fixed path

WAN: the Internet

PPTP: a VPN protocol that allows the Point to Point Protocol

(PPP)to be tunneled through an IP network. This protocol is also used as a type of broadband connection in Europe

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Overview