Document Outline

• Contents
• Introduction
  • Overview
  • Features and capabilities
  • How to use this guide
• Setting Up Internet Services
  • Deciding on an ISP account
    • DSL and cable modems
  • Obtaining information from the ISP
    • Local LAN IP address information to obtain
• Making the Physical Connections
  • Find a location
  • What you need
  • Identify the connectors and attach the cables
  • Netopia R910 Ethernet Router back panel ports
  • Netopia R910 Ethernet Router status lights
• Connecting to Your Local Area Network
  • Overview
    • Network Model
  • Readying computers on your local network
  • Connecting to an Ethernet network
    • 10Base-T
• Configuring TCP/IP
  • Hardware and operating system requirements
  • Configuring TCP/IP on Windows 95 or 98
  • Configuring TCP/IP on a Macintosh Computer
• 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
  • System configuration screens
  • Navigating through the system configuration screens
    • System configuration features
    • IP 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
  • IP address serving
    • IP Address Pools
    • DHCP NetBIOS Options
• Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
  • Overview
  • About PPTP Tunnels
    • PPTP configuration
  • Encryption Support
  • About IPsec Tunnels
    • Configuration
    • IP Profile Parameters
    • Advanced IP Profile Options
  • VPN Default Answer Profile
  • VPN QuickView
  • Dial-Up Networking for VPN
    • Installing Dial-Up Networking
    • Creating a new Dial-Up Networking profile
    • Configuring a Dial-Up Networking profile
  • Installing the VPN Client
    • Windows 95 VPN installation
    • Windows 98 VPN installation
    • Connecting using Dial-Up Networking
  • About ATMP Tunnels
    • ATMP configuration
  • Allowing VPNs through a Firewall
    • PPTP example
    • ATMP example
• PPP over Ethernet
  • PPP Ethernet LAN Reconfiguration
    • Configuration
    • Quick View
• Monitoring Tools
  • Quick View status overview
    • General status
    • Status lights
  • Statistics & Logs
    • General Statistics
  • Event histories
  • Routing tables
  • Served IP Addresses
  • System Information
  • SNMP
    • The SNMP Setup screen
    • SNMP traps
• Security
  • Suggested security measures
  • User accounts
  • Telnet access
  • About filters and filter sets
    • What’s a filter and what’s a filter set?
    • How filter sets work
    • How individual filters work
    • Design guidelines
  • Working with IP filters and filter sets
    • Adding a filter set
    • Viewing filter sets
    • Modifying filter sets
    • Deleting a filter set
    • A sample IP filter set
  • Firewall tutorial
    • General firewall terms
    • Basic IP packet components
    • Basic protocol types
    • Firewall design rules
    • Filter basics
    • Example filters
  • RADIUS Client Support
    • RADIUS client configuration
• 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
    • Network problems
  • How to reset the router to factory defaults
  • Power outages
  • Technical support
    • How to reach us
• Understanding IP Addressing
  • What is IP?
  • About IP addressing
    • Subnets and subnet masks
    • Example: Using subnets on a Class C IP internet
    • Example: Working with a Class C subnet
  • Distributing IP addresses
    • Technical note on subnet masking
    • Configuration
    • Manually distributing IP addresses
    • Using address serving
    • Tips and rules for distributing IP addresses
  • 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
  • Description
    • Power requirements
    • Environment
    • Software and protocols
  • Agency approvals
    • Regulatory notices
    • Important safety instructions
• Index