Document Outline

• Table of Contents
• Using this Document
  • Notational conventions
  • Typographical conventions
  • Special messages
• 1 Getting to Know the TDM-400 / TDM-C400 Ethernet Modem Router
  • Features
  • System Requirements
  • Parts Check
  • Getting Support
• 2 Quick Start
  • Quick Start Part 1 — Connecting the Hardware
    • Step 1. Connect the ADSL cable and optional telephone.
    • Step 2. Connect the Ethernet cable.
    • Step 3. Install USB software and connect the USB cable. (For Ethernet/USB Combo model only)
    • Step 4. Attach the power connector.
  • Quick Start Part 2 — Configuring Your Computers
    • Before you begin
    • Windows® XP PCs
    • Windows 2000 PCs
    • Windows Me PCs
    • Windows 95, 98 PCs
    • Windows NT 4.0 workstations
    • Assigning static Internet information to your PCs
    • Connecting a computer to the USB port (For Ethernet/USB model only)
  • Quick Start Part 3 — Configuring the Ethernet Modem Router
    • Logging in to the Ethernet Quick Configuration Page
    • Default Router Settings
  • Testing Your Setup
• 3 Getting Started with the Web Configuration
  • Accessing the Web Configuration
  • Functional Layout
    • Commonly used buttons
  • The Home Page and System View Table
  • Modifying Basic System Information
    • Modifying the Date and Time or Configuring SNTP
    • Specifying the TDM-E400 / TDM-C400 Name and Network Domain Name
  • Committing Changes and Rebooting
    • Committing Changes
    • Rebooting the device using Web Configuration
• 4 Configuring the LAN and USB Interfaces
  • Connecting Your PCs via Ethernet and/or USB
  • Configuring the LAN (Ethernet) Interface
  • Configuring the USB Interface IP Address
• 5 Configuring WAN Interfaces
  • Configuring the ATM VC
    • Modifying ATM VCs
    • Adding ATM VCs
  • Configuring PPP Interfaces
    • Viewing Your Current PPP Configuration
    • Viewing PPP Interface Details
    • Adding a PPP Interface
  • Configuring EoA Interfaces
    • Adding EoA Interfaces
  • Configuring IPoA Interfaces
    • Adding IPoA Interfaces
• 6 Configuring the System Operating Modes
  • Overview of Bridges and Routers
    • How Bridges Work
    • How Routers Work
  • Overview of System Operating Modes
  • Configuring Routable and Bridgeable Interfaces
    • Making Interfaces Routable (IP-Enabled)
    • Making Interfaces Bridgeable (Bridge-Enabled)
    • Enabling Bridging Mode
  • Common Scenarios
    • Scenario 1: Routed Connection to ISP
    • Scenario 2: Bridged Connection to ISP
    • Scenario 3: Routed and Bridged Connections to ISP
  • Configuring Special Bridging Features
    • Configuring WAN-to-WAN Bridging
    • Configuring Bridge/Router AutoSense (BRAS) Mode
    • Configuring ZIPB Mode
• 7 Viewing System IP Addresses and IP Performance Statistics
  • Viewing the Ethernet Modem Router ’s IP Addresses
  • Viewing IP Performance Statistics
• 8 Configuring Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
  • Overview of DHCP
    • What is DHCP?
    • Why use DHCP?
    • Ethernet Modem Router DHCP modes
  • Configuring DHCP Server
    • Guidelines for creating DHCP server address pools
    • Adding DHCP Server Address Pools
    • Viewing, modifying, and deleting address pools
    • Excluding IP addresses from a pool
    • Viewing current DHCP address assignments
  • Configuring DHCP Relay
  • Setting the DHCP Mode
• 9 Configuring DNS Server Addresses
  • About DNS
  • Assigning DNS Addresses to PCs
  • Configuring DNS Relay
• 10 Configuring IP Routes
  • Overview of IP Routes
    • IP routing versus telephone switching
    • Hops and gateways
    • Using IP routes to define default gateways
    • Do I need to define IP routes?
  • Viewing the IP Routing Table
  • Adding IP Routes
• 11 Configuring the Routing Information Protocol
  • RIP Overview
    • When should you configure RIP?
  • Configuring the Ethernet Modem Router ’s Interfaces with RIP
  • Viewing RIP Statistics
• 12 Configuring Network Address Translation
  • Overview of NAT
  • Viewing NAT Global Settings and Statistics
  • Viewing NAT Rules and Rule Statistics
  • Viewing Current NAT Translations
  • Adding NAT Rules
    • The NAPT rule: Translating between private and public IP addresses
    • The RDR rule: Allowing external access to a LAN computer
    • The Basic rule: Performing 1:1 translations
    • The Filter rule: Configuring a Basic rule with additional criteria
    • The Bimap rule: Performing two-way translations
    • The Pass rule: Allowing specific addresses to pass through untranslated
• 13 Configuring Firewall Settings
  • Configuring Global Firewall Settings
  • Managing the Blacklist
• 14 Configuring Filters and Blocking Protocols
  • Configuring IP Filters
    • Viewing Your IP Filter Configuration
    • Configuring IP Filter Global Settings
    • Creating IP Filter Rules
    • IP filter rule examples
    • Viewing IP Filter Statistics
    • Managing Current IP Filter Sessions
  • Configuring Bridge Filters
    • Configuring Global Bridge Filter Settings
    • Adding Bridge Filter Rules
    • Bridge Filter Rule Example
    • Editing and Deleting Rules and Subrules
    • Viewing Rule Statistics
  • Blocking Protocols
• 15 Managing Access to the Configuration Program
  • Managing User Logins
  • Changing Login Passwords
  • Enabling Management through the WAN Port
  • Configuring SNMP
    • Creating Communities
    • Adding Hosts to Communities
    • Viewing Hosts
    • Viewing Global SNMP Statistics
• 16 Monitoring System Status and Performing Diagnostics
  • Viewing System Alarms
    • Viewing the Alarm Table
  • Viewing the System Log
  • Viewing DSL Information
  • Using Diagnostics
    • Running the Diagnostics Program
    • Using the Ping Utility
    • Using the Traceroute Utility
• 17 Upgrading the Software and Storing and Restoring the Configuration Data
  • Upgrading the Image
    • Upgrading Using an Image Stored Locally
    • Uploading an Image Stored Remotely
  • Storing and Restoring Configuration Settings
• 18 Modifying Port Settings
  • Overview of IP port numbers
  • Modifying the Ethernet Modem Router’s Port Numbers
• 19 Configuring Autodetect
  • How Autodetect Works
  • Autodetect Modes
  • Configuring Autodetect
  • IP Addresses
    • Structure of an IP address
    • Network classes
  • Subnet masks