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EZ Cable/DSL Router
SMC7004BR
User Guide
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Trademarks: SMC is a registered trademark; and SMC7004BR is a registered trademark of SMC Networks, Inc. Other products and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. FCC Interference Statement: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital protection against radio interference in a commercial environment. This equipment can with the instructions in this manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communicatio
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Table of Contents 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 10 10 11 14 14 15 16 17 19 20 22 23 24 25 25 27 28 - 2 - .. ................................ ................................ 5.3 Configuring on Unix based Platforms ............................... ................................ 5.2 Configuring on Windows NT Platforms ........................... ................................ 5.1 Configuring on Windows 95/98 Platforms ........... ................................ ................................ ...............
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. 29 30 30 31 35 35 36 - 3 - ............... ................................ ................................ ................................ C.2 MediaOne .................. ................................ ................................ ................................ C.1 @Home ............................... ................................ Appendix C: Installation Guide For Specific ISP .... ................................ B.2 Setting TCP/IP protocol to work with the SMC7004BR ........
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Chapter 1 Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the SMC7004BR. This product is specifically Internet surfing and for sharing office resources. Step-by-step instructions make 1.1 Functions and Features l Broadband modem and IP sharing - connects multiple computers to a broadband (cable or DSL) modem or an l Auto-sensing Ethernet Switch - l VPN supported - l Printer sharing - embeds a print server to allow all of the networked computers to share one l Firewall - l DHCP server suppo
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- ’ l Access Control supported - l Virtual Server supported - enables you to expose WWW, FTP and other services on your LAN to be l User-Definable Application Sensing Tunnel - users can define the attributes to support the special applications requiring multiple connections such as Internet gaming, video conferencing, Internet telephony, et al. Then this product can sense the application type and open a l DMZ Host supported - 1.2 Packing List l l l l - 5 - Two CAT-5 UTP Ethernet cables Po
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Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1. Panel Layout 2.1.1. Front Panel 1 - 4 2.1.2. Rear Panel PRINT Parallel port connector (25-pins D-type female). This is where you WAN COM - 6 - your 56K modem. (This port is also a console port.) Serial port connector (9-pins D-type male). This is where you connect DSL modem or an Ethernet router. WAN port socket (RJ-45). This is where you connect to your Cable or connect the shared printer. Figure 2-2 Rear Panel local area network. (adapter, hub, or switch,
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2.1.3. Top Panel LAN Port 1-4 LAN port indicators, Green . The LED flashes when the LAN port is WAN Green. The LED flashes when the WAN port is M1 System status indicators, Orange . M1 flashes once per second to 2.1.4. Left Side Panel 1. Power Power inlet. This is where you connect the included power adapter. Note: The included power adapter is DC 5V/1A. Using the wrong type of power adapter may cause damage. 2. Switch 2.2. Installation Requirements The SMC7004BR can be positioned at any conveni
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l l l o o C 2.3. Procedure for Hardware Installation 1. Set up LAN connection: an Ethernet cable from your computer ’ s Ethernet 2. Set up WAN connection: Prepare an Ethernet cable for connecting this product to your Cable/DSL modem or Ethernet backbone. Figure 2-6 illustrates the WAN 3. Connecting the SMC7004BR with your printer: U - 8 - the printer port of this product. se the printer cable to connect to connection. Figure 2-5 Setup of LAN connections for this product. adapter to one of
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4. Power on: Connect the power cord to power inlet and turn the power switch on. The indicator M1 will light up for about 5 seconds, and then M1 will flash 3 times to - 9 - indicate that this product is operating normally. to once per second will continuously flash M1 indicate that the self-test operation is complete. Finally, the SMC7004BR will automatically enter the self-test phase. When it is in this phase, the Figure 2-6 Setup of WAN and Printer connections for this product.
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Chapter 3 Network Settings and Software Installation computers and install the attached setup program into your MS platform ( ). 3.1 Setting your computer network settings properly IP address subnet mask are used in this manual. If the TCP/IP environment of your computer has not yet been Appendix B 1. configure IP as 192.168.123.1, subnet mask as 255.255.255.0 and gateway as 2. After installing the TCP/IP communication protocol, you can use the ping command to ping ping 192.168.123.254 Pingin
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Request timed out. there has been an error in your installation procedure. Please go through the following 1. Is the Ethernet cable correctly connected between the SMC7004BR and your computer? Tip : The LAN LED of this product and the link LED of the network card on your 2. Is the TCP/IP environment of your computer properly configured? Tip : If the IP address of this product is 192.168.123.254, the IP address of your 3.2 Install the Software into Your Computers Skip this section if you do not w
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Step 2 : Click on the INSTALL button. Wait for the following Welcome dialog to appear, Next Step 3: Select the destination folder and click on the Next - 12 - then begin to install the programs into the destination folder. button. The setup program will button. and click on the
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Finish 5 OK 6 - 13 - (refer to Chapter 5). You can now configure the Internet Sharer (refer to Chapter 4) and set up the Print Server After rebooting your computer, the software installation procedure is concluded. : Step computer. button to reboot your Select the item to restart the computer and then click the : Step button. Step 4: When the following window is displayed, click on the
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Chapter 4 Configuring the SMC7004BR This product provides a Web-based configuration scheme, which is configurable by Communicator or Internet Explorer. This approach can be adopted on any MS 4.1 Startup and Log in disable the proxy or add the IP address of the SMC7004BR into the exceptions ’ s IP address in the Location (for Netscape) or Address http://192.168.123.254. After the connection is established, you will see the web user interface. There are two for general users for system administr
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4.2 Status ’ If the WAN port is assigned a dynamic IP, there may appear a “ Renew” or “ Release” Sidenote “ Ready, ” “ Not ready, ” “ Printing… ” “ Device error. ” When a job is printing, there may appear a “Kill Job” button on the Sidenote column. You can click this button to kill the current printing job manually. - 15 - , and Printer Status. The possible kinds of printer status include C. Modem Status. B. release the IP manually. column. You can click this button to renew or button on
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4.3 Toolbox This option enables you to change the administrator password. Also, you can obtain Firmware version WAN's MAC Address. Reboot Clone MAC s s address - 16 - you forget the system password, please refer to Appendix A to reset a new one. Note: we strongly recommend that you change the system password for security reasons. If . Please refer to Appendix C.2 for details. MAC a specific connection to ) your (or lock bind button is useful when your ISP, such as Media One, The button. You
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4.4 Primary Setup 1. LAN IP Address: 2. WAN Type Change Static IP Address Dynamic IP Address PPP over Ethernet : Some ISPs require the use of PPPoE to connect to their services. Dial-up Network - 17 - : To surf the Internet via PSTN/ISDN. D. C. user of @Home service, please refer to Appendix C.1 for the setup procedure. : Obtain an IP address from ISP automatically. If you are a B. : ISP assigns you a static IP address. A. a correct one from the following four options: button to choose : W
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4.4.1 Static IP Address WAN IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary Secondary DNS enter the proper . 4.4.2 Dynamic IP Address 1. Host Name 2. Renew IP Forever : this feature enables the SMC7004BR to renew the IP address 4.4.3 PPP over Ethernet 1. PPPoE Account and Password : the account and password that your ISP assigned to 2. PPPoE Service Name 3. Maximum Idle Time 4.4.4 Dial-up Network 1. Dial-up Telephone Account Password 2. Primary and Secondary DNS: automatically assigned if they are co
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4.5 DHCP Server configurations. It is not easy to correctly configure all the computers in your LAN environment. Fortunately, DHCP provides a rather simple approach to handle all these settings. This product supports the function of DHCP server. If you enable this product ’ s “ ” computer is powered on it will automatically load the proper TCP/IP settings from this 1. DHCP Server “ Disable” “ Enable. ” 2. Range of IP Address Pool : Whenever there is a request, the DHCP server will IP address poo
