Document Outline

• Contents
• Configuration options for your Netopia R2121 Dual Analog Router
  • 1. Small Office connection to the Internet
  • 2. Small Office connection to the Internet
  • 3. Direct Connection to a Corporate Office (Telecommuter)
  • 4. Configured to accept incoming dial-up connections
  • 5. Configured for two onboard and one external modem on the Auxiliary port
• Introduction
  • Overview
  • Features and capabilities
  • How to use this guide
• Making the Physical Connections
  • Find a location
  • What you need
  • Identify the connectors and attach the cables
  • Netopia R2121 Dual Analog Router Back Panel Ports
  • Netopia R2121 Dual Analog Router Status Lights
• 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)
• Monitoring with SmartView
  • SmartView overview
  • Navigating SmartView
    • General Machine Information page
    • Connection Profiles page
    • Event History pages
      • Device Event History page
      • WAN Event History page
    • Standard HTML Web-based monitoring pages
• Connecting Your Local Area Network
  • Overview
  • Readying computers on your local network
  • Connecting to an Ethernet network
    • 10Base-T
  • Adding a third modem
  • Connecting to a LocalTalk network
    • Wiring guidelines for PhoneNET cabling
• Console-based Management
  • Connecting through a Telnet session
    • Configuring Telnet software
  • Connecting a local terminal console cable to your router
  • Navigating through the console screens
• Easy Setup
  • Easy Setup console screens
  • How to access the Easy Setup console screens
  • Beginning Easy Setup
    • Easy Setup profile
    • IP Easy Setup
    • Easy Setup Security
• WAN and System Configuration
  • Creating a new Connection Profile
    • Viewing or editing connection profiles
    • Deleting connection profiles
  • 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
• Managing Voice and Data Calls
  • Specifying telephone connections
  • Default Answer Profile for Dial-in Connections
    • How the Default Answer Profile works
      • Customizing the default profile
      • Call acceptance scenarios
  • Scheduled connections
    • Viewing scheduled connections
    • Adding a scheduled connection
    • Set Weekly Schedule
    • Set Once-Only Schedule
    • Modifying a scheduled connection
    • Deleting a scheduled connection
  • Cost control feature -- call accounting
    • Viewing call accounting statistics
• IP Setup, SmartIP and Network Address Translation
  • Network Address Translation features
  • Using Network Address Translation
    • Associating port numbers to nodes
    • Using multiple Connection Profiles
    • Network Address Translation guidelines
  • 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
    • DHCP NetBIOS Options
    • MacIP (Kip Forwarding) Options
• 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
    • IPX in the answer profile
  • 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
    • Current Status
    • Status lights
  • Statistics & Logs
    • General Statistics
      • General Statistics
      • WAN Connection Statistics
  • 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
• 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 ANDing
      • 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
  • Token Security Authentication
    • Securing network environments
    • Using the SecurID token card
      • Personal identification number (PIN)
      • Key Security Authentication Features of the Netopia R2121
    • Security authentication components
    • Configuring for security authentication
    • Connecting using security authentication
      • Establishing a dial-on-demand (DOD) connection call
      • Establishing a manual connection call
• Utilities and Diagnostics
  • Ping
  • Trace Route
  • Telnet client
  • Secure Authentication Monitor
  • 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
    • SmartStart Troubleshooting
    • 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
  • Power outages
  • Technical support
    • Before contacting Netopia
    • Environment profile
    • How to reach us
      • Online product information
      • FAX-Back
• Setting Up Internet Services
  • Finding an Internet service provider
    • Unique requirements
    • Pricing and support
    • ISP’s Point of presence
    • Endorsements
  • Deciding on an ISP account
    • Setting up a Netopia R2121 account
    • Obtaining an IP host address
    • SmartIP™
  • Obtaining information from the ISP
    • Local LAN IP address information to obtain (NAT enabled)
      • Remote WAN IP address information to obtain
    • Local LAN IP address information to obtain (NAT-disabled)
      • Remote WAN IP address information to obtain
• 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 R2121 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
• About 56K Line Access
• Glossary
• Index
• Limited Warranty and Limitation of Remedies