SMC Networks SMC2804WBR V.2 manual Important Information, Why should you do that?

ABOUT THE WIRELESS BARRICADE™ G ROUTER

Congratulations on your purchase of the Wireless Barricade™ g Broadband Router. SMC is proud to provide you with a powerful yet simple communication device for connecting your local area network (LAN) to the Internet.

Important Information!

This information is addressed to the DSL-Users without a flat rate contract**.

With your DSL-router you have received a device of high quality, which allows you fast and easy access to the Internet.

The factory default settings of this router have been done in

a way to provide you with uninterrupted access and use of the Internet. With this background for cost reasons we recommend that you enter into a "flat rate" - contract with your DSL-line provider.

Why should you do that?

Please consider that a router, an entirely independent working device, does not switch off automatically when shutting off your PC!

You may trigger such an automatic shut-off by setting a so called "idle-time" (for details consult your manual at PPPoE or PPTP WAN access configuration). Depending at the set time (1 to 5 min) the router cuts the DSL-link when idle, indeed. But this still does not provide for 100% security.

This disconnect only happens if there are no more open requests received from either the LAN or the WAN side (here this can be requests from the internet, i.e. initiated through the use of so called file sharing programs like eMule, eDonkey, etc.) that keep the router active.

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