User manual SMC BR24Q

[. . . ] SMCBR24Q User Manual Page 1 SMCBR24Q User Manual Table of Contents 1. How To Install SMCBR24Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Hardware Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Feature List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Send E-mail: The menu determines the frequency of log e-mail messages (None, Hour, Daily, When Full), and at the time you set up When system alert, send log immediately. E-mail Log Now: Clicking E-mail Log Now immediately sends the log to the address in the Send E-mail to Filed. Log Status When log overflows: In some cases, your log buffer may fill up. This will only happen if there is a problem sending out the E-mail (for instance, if you have not properly filled in the "Mail Server" and "Send Log To" fields, or if there is a problem with your mail server). The default behavior is to Overwrite Log and discard its contents. However, you can select Stop Log to shut down and prevent traffic from traveling through the SMCBR24Q if the log is full. There are four buttons follow the setup section. View System Log: Once you press this button, the new window will pop up System Log. Page 41 SMCBR24Q User Manual Outgoing Log Table: Once you press this button, the new window will pop up and show you the outgoing packet information including LAN IP, Destination URL/IP and Service/Port number. Incoming Log Table: Once you press this button, the new window will pop up and show you the incoming packet information including Source IP and Destination Port number. Clear Log Now: This button will clear out your log without E-mailing it. Only use this button if you don't mind losing your log information. SMCBR24Q is able to perform a report includes the Device Name, Status, IP Address, Received Packets, Sent Packets, Total Packets, Received Bytes, Sent Bytes, Total Bytes, Error Packets Received and Dropped Packets Received for LAN, WAN1 and WAN2. Page 42 SMCBR24Q User Manual Q-button in the Home Mode The Q-button is a user friendly design. It provides a basic bandwidth management method with just one push. The end user can enjoy smooth Internet applications without any hassles. Q-button, Q-button LED and Q-button icon The Q-button is on the front panel with an LED above the button and an icon in the upper right corner of the UI indicating its current status. 2), the green LED is off and the icon is grayed out. 2), the green LED is on and the icon turns yellow. Fig. 2: Q-button on If no bandwidth management configuration by the UI or Utility: When the button is pushed on without any bandwidth management configurations, the router distributes the available bandwidth provided by the ISP evenly to the min. rate of bandwidth of each PC on the LAN. rate of each PC is 100% of the available bandwidth provided by the ISP. Page 43 SMCBR24Q User Manual If any bandwidth management configuration by the UI or Utility: Any bandwidth management configurations will make the Q-button a hot key. That means any configurations of User bandwidth or ISP bandwidth in the System Summary page or those in the Performance Optimization page. The end user can set the bandwidth management with the Q-button pushed off in advance. Once the Q-button is on, the pre-settings will be enabled. The end user can also set the bandwidth management with the Q-button pushed on. Note: bandwidth management settings will only work with the Q-button pushed on. Page 44 SMCBR24Q User Manual 3. How to Manage SMCBR24Q ­ SOHO Mode Login Enter User Name and Password then click OK. [. . . ] Restart the SMCBR24Q for the change to take effect. E-mail Enable E-Mail Alert: If check the box, E-Mail Alert will be enabled. Mail Server: If you wish to have any log or alert information E-mailed to you, then you must enter the name or numerical IP address of your SMTP server. Your Internet Service Provider can provide you with this information. Send E-mail To: This is the E-mail address to which your log files will be sent. [. . . ]