BenQ AWL-700 - Manual (Page 5)

BENQ Corporation
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Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Product Introduction
The AWL700 Wireless LAN Router can be used with wireless networking client
devices such as the BenQ AWL100 Wireless LAN PC Card and BenQ AWL300
Wireless LAN USB Adapter for wireless access to an office LAN, or sharing of an
xDSL/cable modem. The AWL700 also integrates a 4-port auto-sensing crossover
Ethernet switch, expanding access to already established wired networks, and allowing
IP sharing without the need for additional devices.
The AWL700 also acts as a Network Address Translation (NAT) device and let
home users to use private IP addresses to access the Internet from single or multiple
global IP addresses. AWL700 provides home users an environment protected by its
NAT-type firewall. Its WAN side as an Ethernet interface, which is the same as its
LAN interface. It could be plugged easily into any access devices, such as ADSL/Cable
modems or routers, and provides instant Ethernet interfaces in their LAN sides to run
for NAT functionality, accommodating up to 32 network users while offering with top
performance, and is also extremely simple to install.
1.2 Key Features
1.2.1 Being a gateway between two Ethernet interfaces
The AWL700 connects to one Ethernet interface from ADSL/Cable modem’s LAN
side and used it as its WAN interface. It provides users to share a single valid IP address
among them under 10/100 base-TX LAN. Under this configuration, users do not need
to apply for valid IP addresses for every single user to access Internet. This function
could be enabled or disabled by the device owner. And, if users have applied for many
public IP addresses for other purposes, they are also able to use those additional IP
addresses to connect to the Internet.