User manual UNIDEN ENR1504

[. . . ] Just follow the hardware installation process and you are ready to surf the web, protected from hackers. For those wanting to activate other features provided in the ENR1504, setup is easy. Follow the instructions and your system will be up and running quickly. This Owner's Manual will guide you through the hardware installation and network configuration process. TABLE OF TABLES Table 1 LED Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Table 2 Commonly Used Well-Known Ports (TCP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 5 6 LAN FEATURES ENR1504 Features The Uniden ENR1504 10/100 Ethernet Cable/DSL Router provides many easy-to-use advanced features, described below. [. . . ] The router will assign any IP address that falls into this range. NOTE: The Start and End Addresses should be in the same subnet as the LAN IP address. If the LAN IP Address were 192. 168. 1. 1 and the subnet mask were 255. 255. 255. 0 then the first three parts of the Start and End IP addresses would need to be 192. 168. 1. If the router displays a dialogue box that says "Values are saved. Do you really want to reboot the system now?" click OK. This will reboot the router and apply all configuration changes. NOTE: If the router does not prompt you to reboot it at the end of the last configuration step, you must use the reboot command. See Rebooting the Router on page 77. Figure 24 DHCP Server Screen 3. Verify that the DHCP field is set to Enable. Under the IP Lease Mode field, select Forever if you want IP addresses to always be valid. If you want addresses to be valid for only a short period of time, select Expire. If the router displays a dialogue box that says "Values are saved. Do you really want to reboot the system now?" click Cancel. We will reboot the router after all the changes are made. 61 62 both the PC and the router are using the same subnet mask. ENABLING DYNAMIC DNS A Domain Name System (DNS) server maintains a list of Internet addresses and URLs (web addresses) and the IP address of the computer that maintains the website. Usually, the IP address for the host computer must be static. A dynamic DNS service provides an alias for host computer that have dynamic IP addresses. You should enable the dynamic DNS feature if you have a dynamic IP address from you ISP and you want to maintain an Internet host on your network. Follow the steps below to enable dynamic DNS: NOTE: Before enabling the dynamic DNS feature, you must have an account with a dynamic DNS service provider. Open a browser window and login to the router. In the menu at the left side of the screen, click Basic Configuration, then WAN, then Dynamic DNS. This displays the Dynamic DNS screen (see Figure 27) Figure 27 Dynamic DNS Screen 3. In the Dynamic DNS Field, select Enable. [. . . ] TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) ­ A method (protocol) used along with the Internet Protocol (IP) to send data in the form of message units between computers over the Internet. While IP takes care of handling the actual delivery of the data, TCP keeps track of the individual units of data (called packets) that a message is divided into for efficient routing through the Internet. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) - The basic communication language or protocol of the Internet. It 105 106 can also be used as a communication protocol in a private network (either an intranet or an extranet). [. . . ]