Document Outline

• Contents
• Introduction
  • Overview
  • Features and capabilities
  • How to use this guide
• Setting Up Internet Services
  • Finding an Internet service provider
    • Unique requirements
    • Pricing and support
    • Endorsements
  • Deciding on an ISP account
    • Setting up an account using a Netopia R9100
    • Obtaining an IP address
    • SmartIP
  • Obtaining information from the ISP
    • Local LAN IP address information to obtain
      • With Network Address Translation
      • Without Network Address Translation
• Making the Physical Connections
  • Find a location
  • What you need
  • Identify the connectors and attach the cables
  • Netopia R9100 Ethernet Router back panel ports
  • Netopia R9100 Ethernet Router status lights
• Connecting to Your Local Area Network
  • Overview
    • Network Model
      • Before
      • After
  • Readying computers on your local network
  • Connecting to an Ethernet network
    • 10Base-T
  • Adding an external modem
  • Connecting to a LocalTalk network
    • Wiring guidelines for PhoneNET cabling
• Setting up your Router with the SmartStart Wizard
  • Before running SmartStart
  • Setting up your Router with the SmartStart Wizard
    • SmartStart Wizard configuration screens
    • Easy option
    • Advanced option
  • Sharing the Connection
    • Configuring TCP/IP on Windows 95, 98, or NT computers
      • Dynamic configuration (recommended)
      • Static configuration (optional)
    • Configuring TCP/IP on Macintosh computers
      • Dynamic configuration (recommended)
      • Static configuration (optional)
      • Dynamic configuration using MacIP (optional)
• Console-Based Management
  • Connecting through a Telnet session
    • Configuring Telnet software
  • Connecting a console cable to your router
  • Navigating through the console screens
• Easy Setup
  • Easy Setup console screens
    • Accessing the Easy Setup console screens
  • Quick Easy Setup connection path
    • If your ISP supports DHCP
    • If your ISP doesn’t support DHCP
  • More Easy Setup options
    • WAN Ethernet Configuration
    • IP Easy Setup
    • Easy Setup Security Configuration
• WAN and System Configuration
  • WAN configuration
  • Creating a new Connection Profile
  • Default Answer Profile for Dial-in Connections
    • How the Default Answer Profile works
      • Customizing the default profile
      • Call acceptance scenarios
  • System configuration screens
  • Navigating through the system configuration screens
    • System configuration features
    • Network protocols setup
    • Filter sets (firewalls)
    • IP address serving
    • Date and time
    • Console configuration
    • SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)
    • Security
    • Upgrade feature set
    • Logging
    • Installing the Syslog client
• IP Setup and Network Address Translation
  • Network Address Translation features
  • Using Network Address Translation
    • Associating port numbers with nodes
    • Network Address Translation guideline
  • IP setup
    • IP subnets
    • Static routes
      • Viewing static routes
      • Adding a static route
      • Modifying a static route
      • Deleting a static route
      • Rules of static route installation
  • IP address serving
    • IP Address Pools
    • DHCP NetBIOS Options
    • MacIP (KIP forwarding) setup
• IPX Setup
  • IPX features
  • IPX definitions
    • Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX)
    • IPX address
    • Socket
    • Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
    • Service Advertising Protocol (SAP)
    • NetBIOS
    • IPX spoofing
  • IPX setup screen
  • IPX routing tables
• AppleTalk Setup
  • AppleTalk networks
    • AppleTalk protocol
    • MacIP
    • AURP
    • Routers and seeding
  • Installing AppleTalk
  • Configuring AppleTalk
    • EtherTalk setup
    • LocalTalk setup
    • AURP setup
      • Viewing AURP partners
      • AURP Free Trade Zone
      • Adding an AURP partner
      • Modifying an AURP partner
      • Deleting an AURP partner
      • Receiving AURP connections
      • Configuring AURP Options
• Monitoring Tools
  • Quick View status overview
    • General status
    • Status lights
  • Statistics & Logs
    • General Statistics
      • Physical Interface
      • Network Interface
  • Event histories
    • WAN Event History
    • Device Event History
  • Routing tables
    • IP routing table
    • IPX routing table
    • IPX Sap Bindery table
    • AppleTalk routing table
  • Served IP Addresses
  • System Information
  • SNMP
    • The SNMP Setup screen
      • Community strings
    • SNMP traps
      • Setting the IP trap receivers
      • Viewing IP trap receivers
      • Modifying IP trap receivers
      • Deleting IP trap receivers
  • SmartView
    • SmartView overview
    • Navigating SmartView
    • General Machine information page
    • Event history pages
    • Standard HTML web-based monitoring pages
• Security
  • Suggested security measures
  • User accounts
    • Protecting the Security Options screen
    • Protecting the configuration screens
  • Dial-in console access
  • Enable SmartStart/SmartView/Web server
  • Telnet access
  • About filters and filter sets
    • What’s a filter and what’s a filter set?
    • How filter sets work
      • Filter priority
    • How individual filters work
      • A filter’s actions
      • A filtering rule
      • Parts of a filter
      • Port numbers
      • Port number comparisons
      • Other filter attributes
      • Putting the parts together
      • Filtering example #1
      • Filtering example #2
    • Design guidelines
      • Disadvantages of filters
      • An approach to using filters
  • Working with IP filters and filter sets
    • Adding a filter set
      • Naming a new filter set
      • Input and output filters—source and destination
      • Adding filters to a filter set
      • Viewing filters
      • Modifying filters
      • Deleting filters
    • Viewing filter sets
    • Modifying filter sets
    • Deleting a filter set
    • A sample IP filter set
      • Possible modifications
  • IPX filters
    • IPX packet filters
      • Viewing and modifying packet filters
      • Adding a packet filter
      • Deleting a packet filter
    • IPX packet filter sets
      • Viewing and modifying packet filter sets
      • Adding a packet filter set
      • Deleting a packet filter set
    • IPX SAP filters
      • Viewing and modifying SAP filters
      • Adding a SAP filter
      • Deleting a SAP filter
    • IPX SAP filter sets
      • Viewing and modifying SAP filter sets
      • Adding a SAP filter set
      • Deleting a SAP filter set
  • Firewall tutorial
    • General firewall terms
    • Basic IP packet components
    • Basic protocol types
      • Example TCP/UDP Ports
    • Firewall design rules
      • Firewall Logic
      • Binary representation
      • Logical AND function
      • Implied rules
      • Established connections
      • Example IP filter set screen
    • Filter basics
      • Example network
    • Example filters
      • Example 1
      • Example 2
      • Example 3
      • Example 4
      • Example 5
• Utilities and Diagnostics
  • Ping
  • Trace Route
  • Telnet client
  • Disconnect Telnet console session
  • Factory defaults
  • Transferring configuration and firmware files with TFTP
    • Updating firmware
    • Downloading configuration files
    • Uploading configuration files
  • Transferring configuration and firmware files with XMODEM
    • Updating firmware
    • Downloading configuration files
    • Uploading configuration files
  • Restarting the system
• Troubleshooting
  • Configuration problems
    • Console connection problems
      • Can’t see the configuration screens (nothing appears)
      • Junk characters appear on the screen
      • Characters are missing from some of the configuration screens
    • Network problems
      • Problems communicating with remote IP hosts
      • Local routing problems
  • How to reset the router to factory defaults
  • Power outages
  • Technical support
    • Before contacting Netopia
    • Environment profile
    • How to reach us
      • Online product information
      • FAX-Back
• Understanding IP Addressing
  • What is IP?
  • About IP addressing
    • Subnets and subnet masks
      • Subnet masks
    • Example: Using subnets on a Class C IP internet
      • Network configuration
      • Background
    • Example: Working with a Class C subnet
  • Distributing IP addresses
    • Technical note on subnet masking
    • Configuration
      • DHCP address serving
      • Netopia R9100 DHCP server characteristics
      • MacIP serving
    • Manually distributing IP addresses
    • Using address serving
      • Serve dynamic WAN clients
    • Tips and rules for distributing IP addresses
      • A DHCP example
  • Nested IP subnets
  • Broadcasts
    • Packet header types
• Understanding Netopia NAT Behavior
  • Network configuration
  • Background
    • Exported services
    • Important notes
  • Configuration
  • Summary
• Binary Conversion Table
• Further Reading
• Technical Specifications and Safety Information
  • Pinouts for Auxiliary port modem cable
  • Description
    • Power requirements
    • Environment
    • Software and protocols
  • Agency approvals
    • Regulatory notices
      • Declaration for Canadian users
    • Important safety instructions
      • Telecommunication installation cautions
      • Battery
• Glossary
• Index
• Limited Warranty and Limitation of Remedies