Linksys WAG200G manual Administration Reporting, Snmp, UPnP, Igmp, Wlan, Remote Upgrade, Chapter

Chapter 4

Advanced Configuration

IP Address fields. Select IP Range if you want to specify a range of IP addresses that can access the Gateway. Then enter the starting and ending IP addresses of the range.

NOTE: To manage the Gateway remotely, enter

ht t p : / / < I nt e r n e t _ I P _ a d d re s s > : p o r t substituting the Gateway’s Internet IP address for <Internet_IP_address>, and the Management Port number for port.

Remote Upgrade

Remote Upgrade  To allow remote upgrades of the Gateway, select Enable. Otherwise, keep the default, Disable.

SNMP

SNMP is a popular network monitoring and management protocol.

SNMP  To use SNMP, select Enable. Otherwise, select Disable.

Allowed IP  Select All if you want to allow access from any IP address. Select IP Addr. if you want to specify the IP address that can access the Gateway. Then complete the IP Address fields. Select IP Range if you want to specify a range of IP addresses that can access the Gateway. Then enter the starting and ending IP addresses of the range.

Device Name  Enter the name of the Gateway. SNMP V1/V2  The version used is displayed.

GetCommunity  Enter the password that allows read‑only access to the Gateway’s SNMP information.

Set Community  Enter the password that allows read/write access to the Gateway’s SNMP information.

Trap Management: Trap to  Enter the IP address of the remote host computer that will receive the trap messages.

Remote Upgrade  To allow remote upgrade, select Enable. Otherwise, keep the default setting, Disable.

UPnP

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) allows Windows to automatically configure the Gateway for various Internet applications, such as gaming and videoconferencing.

UPnP  If you want to use UPnP, keep the default, Enable. Otherwise, select Disable.

IGMP

IGMP Proxy  Internet Group Membership Protocol (IGMP) is a system to improve multicasting for wireless clients. This should be set to Enable if your clients support it; otherwise, select Disable.

WLAN

If you are using the Gateway in a public domain where you are giving wireless access to your guests, you can disable wireless access to the Gateway’s web-based utility.

Management via WLAN  This feature allows the Gateway to be managed by a wireless computer on the local network when it logs into the Gateway’s web-based utility. You will only be able to access the utility via a wired connection if you disable this feature. To allow wireless access to the utility, keep the default, Enable. Otherwise, select Disable.

Click Save Settings to apply your changes, or click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes.

Administration > Reporting

The Gateway can keep logs of traffic and events for your Internet connection.

Administration > Reporting

Reporting

Log  To disable the Log function, keep the default, Disable. To monitor traffic between the network and the Internet, select Enable. With logging enabled, you can choose to view temporary logs.

Syslog IP Address  Enter the IP address of the computer that should receive logs.

E-Mail Alerts  To enable E-Mail Alerts, select Enable.

Denial of ServiceThresholds  Enter the number of Denial of Service attacks that will trigger an e-mail alert.

SMTP Mail Server  Enter the IP address of the SMTP server.

E-Mail Address for Alert Logs  Enter the e-mail address that will receive alert logs.

Return E-Mail address  Enter the return address for the e-mail alerts. (This can be a dummy address.)

View Log  To view the logs, click View Log.

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