Linksys RV042 User manual

LinkSys RV042 Router Installation Instructions
Part 1 | Basic Configuration of Your Broadband VPN
Router
Before you attempt to log into the web-based Administration, please verify the following.
1. Your browser is configured properly (see below).
2. Disable any firewall or security software that may be running.
3. Confirm that you have a good link LED where your computer is plugged into the Router.
If you don’t have a link light, then try another cable until you get a good link.
1.1 | Browser Configuration
Confirm your browser is configured for a direct connection to the Internet using the Ethernet
cable that is installed in the computer. This is configured through the options/preference section
of your browser.
You will also need to verify that the HTTP Proxy feature of your web browser is disabled. This is
so that your web browser will be able to view the Router configuration pages. The following
steps are for Internet Explorer and for Netscape. Determine which browser you use and follow
the appropriate steps.
Internet Explorer 5 or above (For Windows)
1. Open Internet Explorer. Click Tools, and then select Internet Options.
2. In the Internet Options window, click the Connections tab.
3. Click the LAN Settings button.
4. Clear the “Use a proxy server for your LAN” checkbox and click OK to save these LAN
settings changes.
5. Click OK again to close the Internet Options window.
Netscape 7.2 or Mozilla
1. Open the Netscape browser.
2. Click the Edit drop down menu and select Preferences.
3. Double click to expand the “advanced” option on the preference category list.
4. Click Proxies.
5. Click the radio button “Direct Connection to the Internet”.
6. Click OK to save.
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1.2 | Web Management
To access the Router’s management interface, enter the Router IP address in your web browser
http://192.168.1.1.
To log on as an administrator, enter the system password (the default User Name is admin and
the default Password is admin) and click the OK button. If you typed the password correctly, the
left panel of the Web user interface changes to the administrator configuration mode as shown in
the following figures.
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1.3 | Setup Wizard
Note: Select “Setup Wizard at the top center of the navigation panel in order to start you
through the basic configuration screens.
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1.4 | Basic Setup
The first thing you need to complete is the Basic setup for the WAN parameters. Please click on
the “Launch Now” button to start this process.
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1.5 This screen is for informational purposes only. Please select “Next>>” to proceed.
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1.6 Enter Host Name and Domain Name only if required by the ISP. Click on “Next>>” to
proceed.
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1.7 Select the WAN connection type for the primary connection to your ISP.
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1.8 Obtain IP Automatically (For WAN 1)
If you selected this option it will allow the router to receive a Dynamic IP address from the ISP. If
necessary you may place DNS addressing here that will be used by the workstations. Click
“Next>>” to proceed.
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1.9 Static IP (For WAN 1)
If you selected this option this will allow you to assign a fixed (static) IP address. This address
will be provided by your ISP. Enter the assigned IP address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway
IP address. Click “Next>>” in order to proceed.
Please note that these addresses are only an example. Your addresses will be
provided by your ISP.
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1.10 DNS Server settings (For WAN 1)
This will be only for Static IP entries. These addresses will be provided by your ISP.
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1.11 PPPoE (For WAN 1)
If you selected this option you must enter the information as provided by your ISP. Enter the
PPPoE User Name and Password assigned by your Service Provider. Click “Next>>” to proceed.
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1.12 WAN 2 Setup
Although the router has the capabilities to use 2 Internet connections we generally only use the
1st configuration. You must progress through these configuration screens in order to get to the
“Save Settings” screen Click “Next” to continue with the configuration.
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1.13 Obtain IP Automatically (For WAN 2)
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1.14 Next select “Save Settings” in order to complete this step.
1.15 Click on “OK” in order to finish the setup for both WAN 1 & WAN 2
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1.16 | Advanced Setup – LAN
Click on “Setup” on the menu at the top of the screen in order to validate the LAN settings.
Additionally you will be able to change the LAN IP address of the Router at this time.
(Device IP Address & Subnet Mask)
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1.17 Setting the LAN IP address of the Router.
(Device IP Address & Subnet Mask)
This is the local LAN IP address of the router. All networked computers will use this address to
get to the Internet. This is referred to as the “default Gateway”.
Special Note: The addresses you need to use are the addresses provided by Galileo
International. Typically addresses are in the range of 10.185.X.X for U.S. locations and
10.57.x.x for Canadian locations. You will need to input the address of the router and the subnet
mask as given to you by Galileo International.
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1.18 Click “SAVE SETTINGS” in order to save the configuration information.
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Special Note: At this point you will be required to log in again to the router
management system. You MUST insure that the IP address for your local machine
has changed from the old address range (192.168.1.x) to the new address range that
you input in the previous step 1.17!
Click “OK” to accept the change for the IP Addressing.
The address for Admin login has now changed to your address range provided by
Galileo. The User Name & Password remain the same.
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1.19 Select “DHCP” from the menu at the top of the screen. This will allow you to set the
DHCP Scope for the workstations.
Please insure that the Range Start & Range End are the beginning & ending of the
range provided by Galileo International excluding the address that will be used by
the router. Start Range will usually be 1 more than the address of the router itself.
1.20 Reserve the IP Address for the GPM/FPM workstation. In order for the inbound
Wakeup message to reach the GPM Workstation we need to reserve a static address for
the GPM workstation. The router allows for this by the Static Entry field. You will need
to obtain the Physical Address of the NIC card in the GPM box. You can accomplish this
by starting a DOS command box on the GPM workstation.
START RUN CMD (for Windows 2000 or Windows XP)
START RUN COMMAND (for Windows 9X)
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Then at the command prompt type >IPCONFIG /ALL and record the Physical Address
for the NIC card. (00-0D-60-26-8C-31)
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