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v1.0, July 2008
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Product and Publication Det
ails
Model Number:
DGN2000
Publication Date:
July 2008
Product Family:
Wireless Modem Router
Product Name:
DGN2000 Wireless-N ADSL2+ Modem Router
Home or Business Prod
uct:
Home
Language:
English
Publication Part Numb
er:
202-10390-01
Publication V
ersion Nu
mber:
1.0
5
7
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
7
Default Chapter
1
Reference Manual
1
About this Manual
11
How to Use this Book
11
Who Should Use this Book
11
Conventions, Formats and Scope
12
How to Print this Manual
13
How to Use this Manual
13
Revision History
14
Chapter 1 Connecting Your Router to the Internet
15
Using the Setup Manual
15
What You Need before You Begin
16
Logging in to the Wireless Modem Router
17
Auto-Detecting Your Internet Connection
19
Viewing or Manually Configuring Your ISP Settings
20
Understanding the Basic Settings Screen
22
ADSL Settings
25
How the Internet Connection Works
26
Chapter 2 Configuring Your Wireless Network and Security Settings
27
Planning Your Wireless Network
27
Wireless Placement and Range Guidelines
28
Wireless Security Options
29
Manually Configuring Your Wireless Network
30
Manually Configuring Your Wireless Security
36
Hiding Your Wireless Network Name (SSID)
37
Restricting Access by MAC Address
37
Restricting Wireless Access to Your Network
37
Turning off Wireless Connectivity Completely
37
Configuring Mixed WPA-PSK+WPA2-PSK Security
39
Choosing Alternative Authentication and Encryption Methods
40
Configuring WEP
41
Configuring WPA-802.1X
42
Using Push 'N' Connect (WPS) to Configure Your Wireless Network and Security
43
Connecting Additional Wireless Client Devices after WPS Setup
46
Chapter 3 Protecting Your Network
49
Protecting Access to Your Wireless Modem Router
49
How to Change the Built-In Password
50
Changing the Administrator Login Time-Out
51
Configuring Basic Firewall Services
51
Blocking Keywords, Sites, and Services
51
How to Block Keywords and Sites
51
Firewall Rules
53
Inbound Rules (Port Forwarding)
54
Inbound Rule Example: a Local Public Web Server
55
Inbound Rule Example: Allowing Video Conferencing
56
Considerations for Inbound Rules
57
Outbound Rule Example: Blocking Instant Messenger
57
Outbound Rules (Service Blocking)
57
Order of Precedence for Rules
59
Services
60
How to Define Services
60
Setting Times and Scheduling Firewall Services
61
How to Set Your Time Zone
62
How to Schedule Firewall Services
63
Chapter 4 Managing Your Network
65
Backing Up, Restoring, and Erasing Your Settings
65
How to Back up the Configuration to a File
65
How to Erase the Configuration
66
How to Restore the Configuration from a File
66
Upgrading the Wireless Modem Router's Firmware
67
How to Upgrade the Wireless Modem Router Firmware
67
Network Management Information
68
Viewing the Wireless Modem Router Status and Usage Statistics
68
Viewing Attached Devices
74
Viewing, Selecting, and Saving Logged Information
75
Selecting What Information to Log
76
Activation and Administration
77
Dropped Packets
77
Examples of Log Messages
77
Saving Log Files on a Server
77
Enabling Security Event E-Mail Notification
78
Running Diagnostic Utilities and Rebooting the Wireless Modem Router
79
Configuring Remote Management
80
Automatic Firmware Recovery
82
Advanced Configuration
85
Chapter 5 Advanced Configuration
85
Configuring Advanced Security
85
How to Configure a Default DMZ Server
86
Setting up a Default DMZ Server
86
Connecting Automatically, as Required
87
Disabling Port Scan and DOS Protection
87
Other WAN Options
87
Configuring LAN IP Settings
88
Disabling the SIP ALG
88
Configuring DHCP
90
Use Router as DHCP Server
90
How to Configure Reserved IP Addresses
91
Configuring LAN TCP/IP Settings
92
Configuring Dynamic DNS
93
How to Configure Dynamic DNS
93
Responding to a Ping on an Internet WAN Port
88
Setting the MTU Size
88
Using Static Routes
94
Static Route Example
94
How to Configure Static Routes
95
How to Configure Universal Plug and Play
97
Building Wireless Bridging and Repeating Networks
98
How to Configure a Point-To-Point Bridge Configuration
100
How to Configure a Multi-Point Bridge
101
How to Configure a Repeater with Wireless Client Association
103
Displaying and Configuring Advanced WPS Settings
104
Basic Functioning
107
Chapter 6 Troubleshooting
107
Welcome" Page Displays Instead of Router Management Interface
108
Power LED Is Not on
108
Power LED Is Red
108
LAN or ADSL Port LED Is Not on
109
Window Appears Asking You to Reload Firmware
109
Troubleshooting the Web Configuration Interface
109
Troubleshooting the ISP Connection
110
ADSL Link
110
ADSL Link LED Is Blinking Amber
111
ADSL Link LED Is Green or Blinking Green
111
ADSL Link LED Is off
111
Internet LED Is Red
111
Obtaining an Internet IP Address
112
Troubleshooting Pppoe or Pppoa
112
Resolving a 'Reload Firmware' Message
113
Troubleshooting Internet Browsing
113
Troubleshooting a TCP/IP Network Using the Ping Utility
114
Testing the LAN Path to Your Router
114
Testing the Path from Your Computer to a Remote Device
115
Problems with Date and Time
116
Restoring the Default Configuration and Password
116
Using the Wireless On/Off and WPS Buttons to Reset the Router
116
Appendix A Technical Specifications
117
General Specifications
117
Default Configuration
118
Appendix B Related Documents
121
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Category
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Language
English
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