User manual LINKSYS USBVPN1

[. . . ] Instant EtherFast® Series USB VPN & Firewall Adapter Use this guide to install: USBVPN1 User Guide COPYRIGHT & TRADEMARKS Copyright © 2003 Linksys, All Rights Reserved. Linksys, EtherFast, and Instant Broadband are registered trademarks of Linksys. Microsoft, Windows, and the Windows logo are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names are the property of their respective proprietors. [. . . ] Starting IP Address Enter a value for the DHCP server to start with when issuing IP addresses. This value must be 192. 168. 1. 2 or greater, because the default IP address for the Adapter is 192. 168. 1. 1. 56 57 Instant Broadband® Series Number of DHCP Users (Optional) Enter the maximum number of PCs that you want the DHCP server to assign IP addresses to. In order to determine the DHCP IP Address range, add the starting IP address (e. g. , 100) to the number of DHCP users. By default, as shown in Figure 7-28, add 100 to 50, and the range is 192. 168. 1. 100 to 192. 168. 1. 149. Client Lease Time The Client Lease Time is the amount of time a network user will be allowed connection to the Adapter with their current dynamic IP address. Enter the amount of time, in minutes, that the user will be "leased" this dynamic IP address. DNS The Domain Name System (DNS) is how the Internet translates domain or website names into Internet addresses or URLs. Your ISP will provide you with at least one DNS Server IP Address. If you wish to use another, type that IP Address in one of these fields. You can type up to three DNS Server IP Addresses here. The Adapter will use these for quicker access to functioning DNS servers. Otherwise, leave this blank. USB VPN & Firewall Adapter Log Figure 7-27 WINS The Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) manages each PC's interaction with the Internet. If you use a WINS server, enter that server's IP Address here. DHCP Clients Table Click the DHCP Clients Table button to show the current DHCP Client data. (This data is stored in temporary memory and changes periodically. ) To apply any of the settings you change on a page, click the Apply button, and then click the Continue button. To cancel any values you've entered on any page, click the Cancel button. The Log tab, shown in Figure 7-27, provides you with a log of all incoming and outgoing URLs or IP addresses for your Internet connection. To access activity logs, select the Enable option next to Log. This function can be disabled by clicking the Disable radio button. With logging enabled, you can choose to view temporary logs by clicking View Logs on the VPN tab. For a permanent record of these logs, Logviewer software must be used. This software is downloadable from the Linksys website, www. linksys. com. [. . . ] UDP is known as a "connection-less" protocol due to NOT requiring the receiver of a packet to return an acknowledgment of receipt to the sender of the packet (as opposed to TCP). Upgrade - To replace existing software or firmware with a newer version. Upload - To transmit a file over a network. In a communications session, upload means transmit, download means receive. [. . . ]