Planet Technology VRT-401G Manuel d'utilisateur

54M Wireless VPN Firewall Router VRT-401G User’s Manual 1

5: Click OK to confirm the setting. Your PC will now obtain an IP address automatically from your Broadband Router’s DHCP server. Note: P

6: Click OK to confirm the setting. Your PC will now obtain an IP address automatically from your Broadband Router’s DHCP server. Note: Please make

6: Check each of the tabs and verify the following settings: • IP Address: Select Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server. • DNS: Let all fields are

4) Once your PC has obtained an IP address from your router, enter the default IP address 192.168.0.1 (VRT-401G’s IP address) into your PC’s web br

Menu Description Quick Setup Wizard (Chapter 1) Select your Internet connection type and then input the configurations needed to connect to

7) Click on Quick Setup Wizard (see chapter 1) to start configuring settings required by your ISP so that you can start accessing the Internet. The

Chapter 1 Quick Setup The Quick Setup section is designed to get you using the VRT-401G as quickly as possible. In the Quick Setup you are required

Step 2) Broadband Type In this section you have to select one of four types of connections that you will be using to connect your VRT-401G’s WAN port

1.1 Cable Modem Choose Cable Modem if your ISP will automatically give you an IP address. Some ISP’s may also require that you fill in additional info

Parameters Description IP This is the IP address that your ISP has given you. Subnet Mask Enter the Subnet Mask provided by your ISP (

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Parameter Description User Name Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the PPPoE connection Password Enter the Password provided by yo

Note: This “idle timeout” function may not work due to abnormal activities of some network application software, computer virus or hacker attacks from

Parameter Description Obtain an IP address The ISP requires you to obtain an IP address by DHCP automatically before connecting to the PPTP

WAN connection will not disconnect due to the idle timeout. If the WAN line breaks down and latter links again, the router will not auto-connect to th

Parameter Description Obtain an IP address The ISP requires you to obtain an IP address by DHCP automatically before connecting to the L2TP se

Idle Time Out The WAN "idle timeout" auto-disconnect function may not work due to abnormal activities of some network application software

Click <OK> when you have finished the configuration above. Congratulations! You have completed the configuration for the Telstra Big Pond conne

Chapter 2 General Settings Once you click on the General Setup button at the Home Page, you should see the screen below. If you have already confi

Select one of the above five General Setup selections and proceed to the manual’s relevant sub-section 2.1 System The system screen allows you to

Parameter Description Set Time Zone Select the time zone of the country you are currently in. The router will set its time based on your select

Table of Content Introduction...5 Features...

Parameters Description Current Password Enter your current password for the remote management administrator to login to your VRT-401G. Note

Host Address This is the IP address of the host in the Internet that will have management/configuration access to the VRT-401G from a remote site. T

Parameters Description 2.2.1 Dynamic IP address Your ISP will automatically give you an IP address 2.2.2 Static IP address Your ISP has given

2.2.5 L2TP Select L2TP if your ISP requires the L2TP protocol to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in

2.2.8 DDNS DDNS allows you to map the static domain name to a dynamic IP address. You must get an account, password and your static domain name from t

Parameters Default Description LAN IP IP address 192.168.0.1 This is the router’s LAN port IP address (Your LAN clients defau

Note: By default the IP range is from: Start IP 192.168.0.100 to End IP 192.168.0.200. If you want your PC to have a static/fixed IP address then you

AP Mode setting Page: Station-Ad Hoc mode setting page: 37

Station-Infrastructure mode setting page: AP Bridge-Point to Point mode setting page: 38

AP Bridge-Point to Multi-Point mode setting page: AP Bridge-WDS mode setting page: 39

2.5 QoS ...48 2.6 NAT ...

Parameters Default Description Mode It allows you to set the AP to AP, Station, Bridge or WDS mode. Band

2.4.2 Advanced Settings You can set advanced wireless LAN parameters of this router. The parameters include Authentication Type, Fragment Threshold,

Data Rate The “Data Rate” is the rate this access point uses to transmit data packets. The access point will use the highest possible selected transm

Parameters Default Description Key Length 64-bit You can select the WEP key length for encryption, 64-bit or 128-bit

2.4.3.2 802.1x only IEEE 802.1x is an authentication protocol. Every user must use a valid account to login to this Access Point before accessing the

For the WEP settings, please refer to section 2.4.3.1 “WEP only”. For the 802.1x settings, please refer to section 2.4.3.2 “802.1x only”. 2.4.3.4

WPA2(AES) This use CCMP protocol to change encryption key frequently. AES can provide high level encryption to enhance the wireless LAN security. W

WPA2(AES) This use CCMP protocol to change encryption key frequently. AES can provide high level encryption to enhance the wireless LAN security. WP

Remove MAC address from the list If you want to remove some MAC address from the "Current Access Control List ", select

Add a QoS rule into the table Click “Add” then you will enter a form of the QoS rule. Click “Apply” after filling out the form and the rule will be a

Introduction Congratulations on purchasing Planet 54M Wireless VPN Firewall Router – VRT-401G. It is a cost-effective VPN Firewall Router that enable

Bandwidth You can assign the download or upload bandwidth by the unit of Kbps (1024 bit per second). You can limit the maximum bandwidth consumed by

Parameter Description 2.6.1 Port Forwarding You can have different services (e.g. email, FTP, Web etc.) going to different service servers/clie

2.6.1 Port Forwarding The Port Forwarding allows you to re-direct a particular range of service port numbers (from the Internet/WAN Ports) to a parti

Computers use numbers called port numbers to recognize a particular service/Internet application type. The Virtual Server allows you to re-direct a pa

Server Table" below. If you find any typo before adding it and want to change the setting, just click "Clear" and retype it again.. Re

2.6.3 Special Applications Some applications require multiple connections, such as Internet games, video conferencing, Internet telephony and others.

Ports required for this popular application in the location (1-10) you’d specified. Add Special Application Fill in the "Trigger Port", &q

Parameters Default Description UPnP Feature Disable You can Enable or Disable UPnP feature here. After you enable the UPnP featu

Parameters Default Description Enable You can select to enable “Application Layer Gateway”, then the router will let that application correctly

Parameter Description Enable Static Routing Static Routing function is default disabled. You have to enable the Static Routing function before

Get to know the Wireless VPN Firewall Router Back Panel The diagram (fig1.0) below shows the VRT-401G’s back panel. The router’s back panel is divid

Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the rout

users to define the traffic type permitted in your LAN. You can control which PC client can have access to these services. Parameters Descripti

and then click "Delete Selected". If you want remove all PCs from the table, just click "Delete All" button. You can now configur

Protocol This allows you to select UDP, TCP or both protocol types you want to block. Port Range It can be assigned up to five port ranges. The ro

You can block access to some Web sites from particular PCs by entering a full URL address or just keyword of the Web site. Parameters Descriptio

Parameters Description Denial of Service Feature Ping of Death Protections from Ping of Death attack Discard Ping From WAN The router’s W

2.7.4 DMZ If you have a local client PC that cannot run an Internet application (e.g. Games) properly from behind the NAT firewall, then you can open

2.8 VPN Virtual Private Network (VPN) provides a secure, private communication tunnel between two or more devices across the Internet. These VPN devi

Parameters Description Enable IPSEC VPN Enable the IPSec VPN Server. Enable NAT Traversal Enable the NAT Traversal function allows the client

Click <Apply Changes> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using

LAN 10/100M ON LAN port 100Mbps is connected (Port 1-4) OFF LAN port 10Mbps is connected LAN LNK/ACT

Connection Type When select the Initiator, the tunnel will automatically connect at the boot time. When select the Responder, the tunnel will connec

Diffie Hellman You can choose which Diffie Hellman protocol you want to use at the Phase 1. Key Life Time Enter the life time for the key. After th

L2TP Settings Parameters Description Enable L2TP Server By enable this server, we can enable the operation of a virtual private network (VPN) ov

PPTP Settings Parameters Description Enable PPTP Server By enable this server, we can enable the operation of a virtual private network (VPN) o

Chapter 3 Status The Status section allows you to monitor the current status of your router. You can use the Status page to monitor: the connection s

Parameters Description Information You can see the router’s system information such as the router’s: LAN MAC Address, WAN MAC Address, Hardware

3.3 Device Status View the VRT-401G’s current configuration settings. The Device Status displays the settings you’ve configured in the Quick Setup Wiz

Parameters Description System Log This page shows the current system log of the VRT-401G. It displays any event occurred after system start up.

Security Log This page shows the current security log of the VRT-401G. It displays any illegal attempts to access your network. At the bottom of th

Parameters Description Statistics Shows the counters of packets sent and received on WAN, LAN and Wireless LAN. 79

Configure your PC to obtain an IP address automatically By default the VRT-401G’s DHCP is on, this means that you can obtain an IP address automati

Chapter 4 Tool This page includes the basic configuration tools, such as Configuration Tools (save or restore configuration settings), Firmware Upg

Parameters Description Configuration Tools Use the "Backup" tool to save the VRT-401G current configuration to a file named "conf

Once you’ve selected the new firmware file, click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to start the upgrade process. (You may have to wait a

Appendix A How to Manually find your PC’s IP and MAC address 1) In Window’s open the Command Prompt program 2) Type Ipconfig /all and <ent

Glossary Default Gateway (Router): Every non-router IP device needs to configure a default gateway’s IP address. When the device sends out an IP pack

ISP: Internet Service Provider. An ISP is a business that provides connectivity to the Internet for individuals and other businesses or organizations.

create IP address numbers used only within a particular network (as opposed to valid IP address numbers recognized by the Internet, which must be assi

8: Reboot the PC. Your PC will now obtain an IP address automatically you’re your Broadband Router’s DHCP server. Note: Please make sure that the B