xDSL/Cable SOHO Router
XRT-401
The EtherFast Cable/DSL Router has an internal integrated-circuit chip but o keyboard, monitor or mouse capabilities. Because of these limitations, administrative utility has been programmed into that chip. All router-based administrative tasks are performed through this utility. The utility can be accessed by any PC on the network by typing http://192.168.1.1 into he PC's web browser address window.
Upon entering the address into the web browser, a password request page will pop-up.
Leave the User Name field empty, but type "admin" into the Password field.
On the following pages you will find brief descriptions of each utility web-page and each page's more important functions. More detailed explanations and instructions can be found by clicking each page's Help button. To apply any settings you've altered on any page, click the Apply button, then click Continue. To clear any values you've entered on any page, click Cancel.
The Setup Wizard will lead you step by step to configure your router. Please change the settings based on your ISP's information.
There could be three different cases from you ISP, the Internet Service Provider. And they are:
Case 1 PPPoE Connection Case 2 Fixed Connection for WAN Case 3 Dynamic Connection for WAN
After your Router is configured, you will have to configure your other PCs to accept the IP addresses that your Router will provide.
In the advanced features, there are some settings as followings:
LAN IP | To setup the LAN port IP of the XRT-401, this will relate to your local network domain. |
DHCP Setting | Setup the DHCP server parameters |
Firewall Setting | Enable or Disable some firewall features, for example, enable the DMZ, etc. |
Privilege | Control the access right by IP address and ports. |
Virtual Servers | Enable the resources in you LAN that plan to share to the Internet. |
Routing | Define packets routing path. |
LAN IP Address and Subnet Mask The IP Address and Subnet Mask of the router as it is seen on the internal LAN. The default value is 192.168.1.1 for IP and 255.255.255.0 for Subnet Mask.
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To simplify your network configuration, you may direct use this default IP address for your LAN, (i.e. from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.255). And if your are familiar with IP address setting, you can change the IP address and your LAN IP domain to fit with your network's requirements. |
A DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Server automatically assigns IP addresses to each computer on your network. Unless you already have one, it is highly recommended that your router be set up as a DHCP server.
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If there exist a DHCP server in your LAN already, you will need to determine which DHCP server is your main one then disable the other. With two different DHCP server exist on the LAN will cause management issue. |
There are functions support in this features:
NAT | This allows all of the the computers on your network
to use one IP address. Disable the function, you are required to have a
set of legal IP address from your ISP or the IP address assigned from your
WAN port network administrator
Default: Enable. |
Hacker Attack Protect | It will keeps your network away from hacker attacking.
Default: Enable |
Block Hacker Scan | This is used to hide the router to be found by the
hackers.
Default: Disable |
Remote Management | It enables you be able to manage the router from Internet.
Default: Disable |
DMZ Host IP Address | DMZ can allow one local user to be exposed to the Internet. As
local user wish to use some special-purpose service such as internet game
or Video-conferencing. Fill 0 to disable it.
Default: 192.168.1.0 |
Port forwarding sets up public services on your network. When users from the Internet make certain requests of your network, the router will forward those requests to the appropriate computer.
Forwarding is generally used to set up a webserver, ftp server, or e-mail server on your network. To add a server using Forwarding:
If your Router is connected to more than one network, it may be necessary to set up a static route between them. A static route is a pre-determined pathway that network information must travel to reach a specific host or network.
Destination LAN IP: The Destination LAN IP is the Address of the remote network or host to which you want to assign a static route. Enter the IP address of the host for which you wish to create a static route here. If you are building a route to an entire network, be sure that the network portion of the IP address is set to zero (0). For example, the Router's standard IP address is 192.168.1.1. Based on this address, the address of the network to which the Router is connected is 192.168.1, with the last digit (1, in this case) determining the Router's place on the network. Therefore you would enter the IP address 192.168.1.0 if you wanted to route to the Router's entire network, rather than just to the Router.
Network Mask The Network Mask: (also known as the Subnet Mask) determines which portion of an IP address is the network portion, and which portion is the host portion. In the example above the Network Mask is 255.255.255.0. This determines (by using the values 255) that the first three numbers of an network IP address identify this particular net-work, while the last digit (from 1 to 254) would identify the specific host.
Gateway IP: This IP address should be the IP address of the gateway device that allows for contact between the Router and the remote network or host.
With Dynamic Routing you can automatically adjust to physical changes in the network's layout. The router, using the RIP protocol, determines the net-work packets?route based on the fewest number of hops between the source and the destination. The RIP protocol regularly broadcasts routing information to other routers on the network.
Router Name This field shows the name of this device. This entry is necessary for some ISPs.
Firmware Version This field shows the installed version of the firmware.
WAN IP Configure: PPPoE Connection or Static IP or Dynamic IP
Firewall Setting:
NAT allows all of the the computers on your network to use one IP addess.
Hacker Attack Protect keeps your network away from hacker attacking.
Block Hacker Scan is to hide the router to be found by the hackers.
Remote Management makes you be able to manage the router from Internet.
LAN These fields display the current IP Address and Subnet Mask of therouter, as seen by users on your internal network.
WAN These fields display the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Gateway IP of the router as seen by external users on the Internet.
DNS field shows the IP Address of the DNS currently being used. Multiple DNS IP settings are common. The first available DNS entry is used in most cases.
You will see the related information (MAC Address, computer name, IP Address) of all network clients using the DHCP server.
You will see all of the valid static route entries in use.
This screen shows any attempt that has been made to gain access to your network without permission.
Restart will reboot the router and retain all of your configuration settings. Restore Factory Settings will remove all settings and place the router in its original factory state.
Briefly pressing the Reset Button will refresh the Router's connections, potentially clearing any jammed links. Pressing the Reset Button and holding it in for a few seconds will clear all of the Router's data. This should be done only if you are experiencing heavy routing problems, and only after you have exhausted all of the other troubleshooting options. By resetting the Router, you run the risk of creating conflicts between your PC's actual IP Addresses and what the Router thinks their IP Addresses should be. You may be forced to reboot the entire system(s).
If your router locks up, simply power it down for 3 to 5 seconds by removing the power cable from the Router's Power Port. Leaving the power off for too long could result in the loss of network connections.
Here you will find links to all of the Utility' internal support documentation, as well as the application that upgrades the Router's firmware. To upgrade the Router's firmware:
After the upgrade, the XRT-401 will re-start and go back to the main screen.
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