Netopia R2020 manual Chapter Introduction, Overview, Features and capabilities

Introduction 1-1

Chapter 1

Introduction

Overview

The Netopia R2020 Dual Analog Router is a full-featured,stand-alone, multiprotocol router for connecting diverse local area networks (LANs) to the Internet and other remote networks. The Netopia R2020 Dual Analog Router uses two 56Kbps V.90 modems communicating over standard analog telephone lines to provide your whole network with a high-speed connection to the outside world.

This section covers the following topics:

■“Features and capabilities” on page 1-1

■“How to use this guide” on page 1-2

Features and capabilities

The Netopia R2020 Dual Analog Router provides the following features:

■WAN connection over two analog phone lines using two built-in 56Kbps V.90 modems

■Support for a third (external) modem via the Auxiliary port

■Support for Multilink PPP to aggregate the separate analog modems into a single virtual data pipe of 112Kbps using the built-in modems or 168Kbps by adding an external 56Kbps modem

■Connectivity to Ethernet LANs via built-in 8 port 10Base-T hub with uplink switch

■Status lights (LEDs) for easy monitoring and troubleshooting

■SmartStart™ Wizard software for easy configuration over an Ethernet network connection. The SmartStart Wizard may include an optional automatic registration with one of several major ISPs, making the process as simple as completing a registration form. Using the alternate manual setting to configure the router for an ISP that’s not listed, the software allows you to configure your internal connection by entering just five fields: username, password, dialup number, DNS, and IP gateway.

■Built-in Basic Firewall and NetBIOS filtering

■Support for secure Virtual Private Networks (VPN). This feature allows seamless integration with the Microsoft Windows NT Server’s mobile user-to-LAN built-in VPN solution via Dial-up Networking, as well as suitability for LAN-to-LAN VPN applications using Netopia routers at both ends.

■Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) with Microsoft Point-to-Point Encryption (MPPE) for authentica- tion and payload encryption for communicating with remote Windows NT servers.

■RFC 2107 Ascend Tunneling Management Protocol (ATMP) with 56-bit DES for authentication and extensions to include payload encryption.

■SmartIP™ makes it simple and economical to connect a workgroup of users to the Internet or a remote IP network by using Network Address Translation and a single IP address. Multiple Network Address