Philips SNA6500 IntroductionEN, About the ADSL Wireless Base Station, Features and Benefits

IntroductionEN

SNA6500

Congratulations on your purchase of the Philips ADSL Wireless Base Station, hereafter referred to as the ‘ADSL Wireless Base Station’. We are proud to provide you with a powerful yet simple communication device for connecting your local area network (LAN) to the Internet.

For those who want to surf the Internet in the most secure way, this router provides a convenient and powerful solution.

About the ADSL Wireless Base Station

The ADSL Wireless Base Station provides Internet access to multiple users by sharing a single-user account. Support is provided for both wired and wireless devices. New technology provides wireless security via Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption, WiFi Protected Access (WPA) encryption and MAC address filtering. It is simple to configure and can be up and running in minutes.

Features and Benefits

•Internet connection to an ADSL line via an RJ-11 ADSL port

•Local network connection via four 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports

•On-board IEEE 802.11g wireless network adapter

•DHCP for dynamic IP configuration, and DNS for domain name mapping

•Firewall with Stateful Packet Inspection, client privileges, intrusion detection, and

NAT

•NAT also enables multi-user Internet access via a single user account, and virtual server functionality (providing protected access to Internet services such as web, FTP, email, and Telnet)

•VPN pass-through (IPSec-ESP Tunnel mode, L2TP, PPTP)

•User-definable application sensing tunnel supports applications requiring multiple connections

•Easy setup through a web browser on any operating system that supports TCP/IP

•Compatible with all popular Internet applications

Applications

Many advanced networking features are provided by the ADSL Wireless Base Station:

Wireless and Wired LAN

The ADSL Wireless Base Station provides connectivity to 10/100 Mbps devices, and wireless IEEE 802.11g compatible devices, making it easy to create a network in small offices or homes.

Internet Access

This device supports Internet access through an ADSL connection. Since many DSL providers use PPPoE or PPPoA to establish communications with end users, the ADSL Wireless Base Station includes built-in clients for these protocols, eliminating the need to install these services on your computer.

Shared IP Address

The ADSL Wireless Base Station provides Internet access for up to 253 users via a single shared IP address. Using only one ISP account, multiple users on your network can browse the web at the same time.

Virtual Server

If you have a fixed IP address, you can set the ADSL Wireless Base Station to act as a virtual host for network address translation. Remote users access various services at your site using a constant IP address. Then, depending on the requested service (or port number), the ADSL Wireless Base Station can route the request to the appropriate server (at another internal IP address). This secures your network from direct attack by hackers, and provides more flexible management by allowing you to change internal IP addresses without affecting outside access to your network.

DMZ Host Support

Allows a networked computer to be fully exposed to the Internet.

This function is used when NAT and firewall security prevent an Internet application from functioning correctly.

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