Netgear RT311 User Manual

SM-RT311NA-4February 2001NETGEAR, Inc.4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USAPhone 1-888-NETGEARReference Guide for the Model RT311 and

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Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers9-10 Using the Manager Interface for System Maintenance To update the sof

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersUsing the Manager Interface for System Maintenance 9-11 Command Interpret

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers9-12 Using the Manager Interface for System Maintenance

Configuring Filters 10-1 Chapter 10Configuring FiltersThis chapter provides information about configuring and using filters for your Model RT311 or RT

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers10-2 Configuring Filters When implementing these filter sets, you can lin

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersConfiguring Filters 10-3 3.When you have finished filling in the Edit Com

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers10-4 Configuring Filters For more information about filter rules, refer t

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersConfiguring Filters 10-5 Figure 10-3. Menu 21.1.1 - TCP/IP Filter Rule Me

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers10-6 Configuring Filters Configuring a Filter RuleYou can configure two t

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersConfiguring Filters 10-7 Table 10-4. TCP/IP Filter Rule FieldsField Descr

xiFigure 2-1. RT311 Front Panel ...2-3Figure 2-2. RT314 Front Panel .

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers10-8 Configuring Filters TCP Estab This field is dependent upon the IP Pr

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersConfiguring Filters 10-9 Generic Filter RuleThis section provides informa

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers10-10 Configuring Filters Applying a Filter SetAfter configuring a filter

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersConfiguring Filters 10-11 Default FiltersThe Model RT311 router is precon

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers10-12 Configuring Filters 3.Press ENTER to display Menu 11.5.Note: When y

Troubleshooting 11-1 Chapter 11TroubleshootingThis chapter gives information about troubleshooting your Model RT311 or RT314 Internet Access Gateway R

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers11-2 Troubleshooting Test LED Never Blinks or LED Stays OnWhen the router

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersTroubleshooting 11-3 • Check the Ethernet connection between your PC and

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers11-4 Troubleshooting 3.Under the Advanced heading, click on Maintenance4.

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersTroubleshooting 11-5 ORConfigure your router to spoof your PC’s MAC addre

xiiFigure B-1. Three Main Address Classes ... B-3Figure B-2. Example of Subnetting a C

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers11-6 Troubleshooting You should see a message like this one:Pinging <I

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersTroubleshooting 11-7 Testing the Path from Your PC to a Remote DeviceAfte

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers11-8 Troubleshooting – VT100 terminal emulation– 9600 baud rate (unless t

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersTroubleshooting 11-9 Starting XMODEM upload...5.From your terminal pro

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers11-10 Troubleshooting

Technical Specifications A-1 Appendix ATechnical SpecificationsThis appendix provides technical specifications for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersA-2 Technical Specifications Physical SpecificationsDimensions: 253 by 18

Network and Routing Basics B-1 Appendix BNetwork and Routing BasicsThis chapter provides an overview of IP networks and routing.Basic Router ConceptsL

Reference Guide for the Model FR314 Cable/DSL Firewall RouterB-2 Network and Routing Basics Routers vary in performance and scale, number of routing p

Reference Guide for the Model FR314 Cable/DSL Firewall RouterNetwork and Routing Basics B-3 There are five standard classes of IP addresses. These add

xiiiTable 2-1. LED Descriptions ...2-4Table 5-1. Dynamic DNS confi

Reference Guide for the Model FR314 Cable/DSL Firewall RouterB-4 Network and Routing Basics • Class DClass D addresses are used for multicasts (messag

Reference Guide for the Model FR314 Cable/DSL Firewall RouterNetwork and Routing Basics B-5 Subnet AddressingBy looking at the addressing structures,

Reference Guide for the Model FR314 Cable/DSL Firewall RouterB-6 Network and Routing Basics The following table lists the additional subnet mask bits

Reference Guide for the Model FR314 Cable/DSL Firewall RouterNetwork and Routing Basics B-7 NETGEAR strongly recommends that you configure all hosts o

Reference Guide for the Model FR314 Cable/DSL Firewall RouterB-8 Network and Routing Basics Single IP Address Operation Using NATIn the past, if multi

Reference Guide for the Model FR314 Cable/DSL Firewall RouterNetwork and Routing Basics B-9 This scheme offers the additional benefit of firewall-like

Reference Guide for the Model FR314 Cable/DSL Firewall RouterB-10 Network and Routing Basics IP Configuration by DHCPWhen an IP-based local area netwo

Reference Guide for the Model FR314 Cable/DSL Firewall RouterNetwork and Routing Basics B-11 Uplink Switches and Crossover CablesIn the wiring table,

Reference Guide for the Model FR314 Cable/DSL Firewall RouterB-12 Network and Routing Basics

Glossary1Glossary10BASE-T IEEE 802.3 specification for 10 Mbps Ethernet over twisted pair wiring.100BASE-Tx IEEE 802.3 specification for 100 Mbps Eth

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Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers2Glossary LANSee local area network.local area networkA communications ne

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersGlossary3 RFCRequest For Comment. Refers to documents published by the In

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers4Glossary

Index 1AAction Matched/Not Matched fieldGeneric Filter Rule menu 10-10TCP/IP Filter Rule menu 10-8Active fieldEdit IP Static Route menu 5-9, 8-7Gen

2 Indexfilter type, Generic IP 10-4filters, configuring 10-1front panel 2-3FTP 9-9, 11-9FTP, updating the router software 9-10Ggateway address 3

Index 3System Security 7-13System Status 9-1TCP/IP Filter Rule 10-6WAN Setup 7-9WAN Setup Menu 7-9MANAGER port 2-7Mask field, Generic Filter Rul

4 IndexSetup Wizard 4-1single user account, configuring for 8-3software, updating 9-9Source field, TCP/IP Filter Rule menu 10-7static route setup

About This Guide xv About This GuideCongratulations on your purchase of the NETGEAR™ Model RT311 or RT314 Internet Access Gateway Router.The Model RT3

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routersxvi About This Guide For more information about address assignment, refer

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersAbout This Guide xvii Typographical ConventionsThis guide uses the follow

Introduction 1-1 Chapter 1IntroductionThis chapter describes the features of the NETGEAR Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers and dis

ii © 2001 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved.TrademarksNETGEAR and FirstGear are trademarks Netgear, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are reg

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers1-2 Introduction The Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Router

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersIntroduction 1-3 • Front panel LEDs for easy monitoring of status and act

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers1-4 Introduction • PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)PPP over Ethernet is a protoc

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersIntroduction 1-5 • Visual monitoringThe Model RT311 and RT314 routers’s f

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers1-6 Introduction

Setting Up the Hardware 2-1 Chapter 2Setting Up the HardwareThis chapter describes the Model RT311 or RT314 Internet Access Gateway Router hardware an

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers2-2 Setting Up the Hardware Local Network Hardware RequirementsThe Model

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersSetting Up the Hardware 2-3 The Router’s Front PanelThe front panels of t

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers2-4 Setting Up the Hardware You can use some of the LEDs to verify connec

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersSetting Up the Hardware 2-5 The Router’s Rear PanelThe rear panels of the

iiiBestätigung des Herstellers/ImporteursEs wird hiermit bestätigt, daß das Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers gemäß der im BMPT-A

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers2-6 Setting Up the Hardware Connecting the RouterBefore using your router

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersSetting Up the Hardware 2-7 • Connect up to four PCs directly to any of t

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers2-8 Setting Up the Hardware 2.Plug the other end into a serial port (such

Preparing Your Network 3-1 Chapter 3Preparing Your NetworkThis chapter describes how to prepare your PC network to connect to the Internet through the

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers3-2 Preparing Your Network Follow the instructions provided with your ope

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersPreparing Your Network 3-3 You must have an Ethernet adapter, the TCP/IP

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers3-4 Preparing Your Network d.Select TCP/IP, and then click OK.If you need

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersPreparing Your Network 3-5 To check your PC’s TCP/IP configuration:1.On t

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers3-6 Preparing Your Network 2.From the “Connect via” box, select your Maci

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersPreparing Your Network 3-7 Your Internet AccountFor access to the Interne

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Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers3-8 Preparing Your Network • An IP address and subnet mask• A gateway IP

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersPreparing Your Network 3-9 6.Select the DNS Configuration tab.If any DNS

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers3-10 Preparing Your Network Ready for ConfigurationAfter configuring all

Initial Configuration of the Router 4-1 Chapter 4Initial Configuration of the RouterThis chapter describes how to perform the initial configuration of

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers4-2 Initial Configuration of the Router A login window opens as shown in

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersInitial Configuration of the Router 4-3 7.In the first Wizard screen, ent

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers4-4 Initial Configuration of the Router 8.Click on Next to go to the ISP

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersInitial Configuration of the Router 4-5 • If provided by your ISP, enter

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers4-6 Initial Configuration of the Router a.WAN IP Address Assignment: Unle

Advanced Configuration of the Router 5-1 Chapter 5Advanced Configuration of the RouterThis chapter describes how to configure the advanced features of

Contents v Contents About This GuideTechnical Support ...

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers5-2 Advanced Configuration of the Router Dynamic DNSYour router supports

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersAdvanced Configuration of the Router 5-3 LAN SetupThe second feature cate

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers5-4 Advanced Configuration of the Router Table 5-2 lists and describes th

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersAdvanced Configuration of the Router 5-5 RIP Direction This parameter det

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers5-6 Advanced Configuration of the Router Configuring for Port Forwarding

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersAdvanced Configuration of the Router 5-7 Use the PORTS menu to configure

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers5-8 Advanced Configuration of the Router Local Game Host or Videoconferen

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersAdvanced Configuration of the Router 5-9 To add or edit a Static Route, s

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers5-10 Advanced Configuration of the Router Static Route ExampleAs an examp

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersAdvanced Configuration of the Router 5-11 In this case you must define a

vi ContentsVerifying Power ...2-8Chapter 3 Prep

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers5-12 Advanced Configuration of the Router

Maintenance 6-1 Chapter 6MaintenanceThis chapter describes how to use the maintenance features of your Model RT311 or RT314 Internet Access Gateway Ro

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers6-2 Maintenance This screen shows the following parameters:Table 6-1. Men

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersMaintenance 6-3 Click on the “Show Statistics” button to display router u

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers6-4 Maintenance DHCP TableThe DHCP Table shows all IP address assignments

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersMaintenance 6-5 Note: When uploading software to the Model RT311 and RT31

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers6-6 Maintenance

Using the Manager Interface for Initial Router Configuration 7-1 Chapter 7Using the Manager Interface for Initial RouterConfigurationThis chapter cont

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers7-2 Using the Manager Interface for Initial Router Configuration Connecti

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersUsing the Manager Interface for Initial Router Configuration 7-3 4.Click

Contents vii Software Upgrade ...6-4Erase the

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers7-4 Using the Manager Interface for Initial Router Configuration Using th

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersUsing the Manager Interface for Initial Router Configuration 7-5 To log i

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers7-6 Using the Manager Interface for Initial Router Configuration Navigati

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersUsing the Manager Interface for Initial Router Configuration 7-7 4 Intern

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers7-8 Using the Manager Interface for Initial Router Configuration General

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersUsing the Manager Interface for Initial Router Configuration 7-9 WAN Setu

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers7-10 Using the Manager Interface for Initial Router Configuration LAN Set

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersUsing the Manager Interface for Initial Router Configuration 7-11 Table 7

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers7-12 Using the Manager Interface for Initial Router Configuration Table 7

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersUsing the Manager Interface for Initial Router Configuration 7-13 Manager

viii ContentsBacking Up and Restoring the Configuration with a Serial Connection ...9-8Backing Up and Restoring the Configuration Us

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Using the Manager Interface to Configure the Router for Internet Access 8-1 Chapter 8Using the Manager Interface to Configure theRouter for Internet A

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers8-2 Using the Manager Interface to Configure the Router for Internet Acce

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Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers8-4 Using the Manager Interface to Configure the Router for Internet Acce

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Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers8-6 Using the Manager Interface to Configure the Router for Internet Acce

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Contents ix Appendix A Technical SpecificationsGeneral Specifications ...

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers8-10 Using the Manager Interface to Configure the Router for Internet Acc

Using the Manager Interface for System Maintenance 9-1 Chapter 9Using the Manager Interface for SystemMaintenanceThe Model RT311 or RT314 Internet Acc

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers9-2 Using the Manager Interface for System Maintenance Figure 9-1. Menu 2

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersUsing the Manager Interface for System Maintenance 9-3 Table 9-1 lists th

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers9-4 Using the Manager Interface for System Maintenance Terminal Baud Rate

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersUsing the Manager Interface for System Maintenance 9-5 Syslog and Account

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers9-6 Using the Manager Interface for System Maintenance • Filter event log

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersUsing the Manager Interface for System Maintenance 9-7 Figure 9-3. Menu 2

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers9-8 Using the Manager Interface for System Maintenance Back Up and Restor

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway RoutersUsing the Manager Interface for System Maintenance 9-9 The procedure for