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CheetahAccess TM Wireless Gateway AC-IG2004W User Guide ...
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User Guide Cheet ahAccess TM Wireless Gateway 10/100 Mbps Wireless Gateway with 3 10/100 Mbps (RJ-45) Ethernet LAN ports, and 1 10Mbps (RJ-45) WAN Port ...
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Accton is a trademark of Accton T echnology Corporation. Other trademarks or brand names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. International Headquarters No. 1 Creation Road III, Science-based Industrial Park Hsinchu 300, Taiwan, R.O.C. Phone: +886-3-5770-270 Fax: +886-3-5770-267 Internet: support@a ...
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Limited Warranty Accton T echnology Corporation Limited W arranty: Accton warrants all is products to be free of manufacturing defect s in workmanship and materials, under normal use and service, for the applicable warranty term. All Accton products carry a standard 90-day limited warranty from the date of purchase from ACCTON or it s Authorized Re ...
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Limited Warranty W ARRANTIES EXCLUSIVE: IF AN ACCTON PRODUCT DOES NOT OPERA TE AS W ARRANTED ABOVE, CUSTOMER'S SOLE REMEDY SHALL BE REP AIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE PRODUCT IN QUESTION, A T ACCTON’S OPTION. THE FOREGOING W ARRANTIES AND REMEDIES ARE EXCLUSIVE AND ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER.W ARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, EITHER IN ...
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Contents i Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 1-1 About the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gateway 1-1 Features and Benefits 1-1 Applications 1-2 Chapter 2: Installation 2-1 Package Contents 2-1 Description of Hardware 2-1 System Requirements 2-4 Connect the System 2-4 Basic Installation Procedure 2-4 Attach to Your Network Using Ethernet Cabling 2-5 Att ...
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Contents ii Virtual Server 4-13 Enabling Special Applications 4-14 Client Filtering 4-15 MAC Filtering 4-16 Miscellaneous Settings 4-18 Viewing Network and Device Status 4-19 Using System Tools 4-20 Chapter 5: Configuring Client TCP/IP 5-1 Installing TCP/IP Protocol in Your PC 5-1 Setting TCP/IP to Work with the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gateway 5 ...
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1-1 Chapter 1: Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the CheetahAccess™ Wireless Gateway . Accton is proud to provide you with a powerful yet simple communication device for connecting your local area network (wired or wireless LAN) to the Internet. For those who want to surf the Internet at the lowest possible cost, this wireless gate ...
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Introduction 1-2 • Supports PPP dial-in connection using standard dial-up program • Easy setup through a Web browser on any operating system that supports TCP/IP • Compatible with all popular Internet applications Applications Many advanced applications are provided by the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway , such as: • Flexible LAN Access The ...
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Applications 1-3 •S e c u r i t y The CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway supports security features that can deny Internet access to specified users, or filter all requests for specific services the administrator does not want to serve. The CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway’s firewall can also block common hacker attacks, including IP Spoofing, Land A ...
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2-1 Chapter 2: Installation Before installing the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gateway , verify that you have all the items listed under “Package Contents.” If any of the items are missing or damaged, contact your local Accton distributor . Also be sure that you have all the necessary cabling before installing the Wireless Gateway . After install ...
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Installation 2-2 Although access speed to the Internet is determined by the modem type connected to your CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway , data passing between devices connected to your local area network can run up to 100 Mbps over the Fast Ethernet ports. The CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway includes an LED display on the front pa nel for system pow ...
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Description of Hardware 2-3 • Three RJ-45 ports for connection to a 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet Local Area Network (LAN). These ports can auto- negotiate the operating speed to 10/ 100 Mbps, the mode to half/full duplex, and the pin signals to MDI/MDI-X (i.e., allowing these ports to be connected to any network device with straight-through cable ...
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Installation 2-4 System Requirements Y ou must have an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that meets the following minimum requirements: • Internet access from your local telephone company or ISP using an xDSL modem, Cable modem, ISDN TA, or PSTN analog modem. You may also have access over the telephone system to an analog modem at another site. • ...
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Connect the System 2-5 Prepare a serial cable for connecting the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway to an ISDN T A or PSTN modem. 3. Connect your printer : Use standard parallel printer cable to connect your printer to the printer port on the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway . 4. Power on : Connect the power adapter to the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway ...
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Installation 2-6 Warning: Do not plug a phone jack connector into any RJ-45 port. This may damage the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway. Instead, use only twisted-pair cables with RJ-45 connectors that conform with FCC standards. Notes: 1. Use 100-ohm shielded or unshielded twisted-pair cable with RJ-45 connectors for all connections. Use Category 3, ...
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Connect the System 2-7 CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway . A wireless infrastructure can be used for access to a central database, or for connection between mobile workers, as shown in the following figure: Figure 2-4. Making WLAN Connections Attach the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gateway to the Internet If Internet services are provided through an xDS ...
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Installation 2-8 Note: When connecting to the WAN port, use 100-ohm Category 3, 4 or 5 shielded or unshielded twisted-pair cable with RJ-45 connectors at both ends for all connections. Connect the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gateway to a Printer If you connect a printer to the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway , all the computer users connected to your ...
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3-1 Chapter 3: Configuring Client PCs TCP/IP Configuration T o access the Internet through the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gateway , you must configure the network settings of the computers on your LAN to use the same IP subnet as the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway . The default network settings for the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway are: IP Address ...
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4-1 Chapter 4: Configuring the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gateway After you have configured TCP/IP on a client computer , you can use a Web browser to configure the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gateway . The CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway can be configured by any Java-supported browser including Internet Explorer 4.0 or above, or Netscape Navigator 4 ...
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Configuring the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gatew ay 4-2 Setting a Password If this is your first time to access the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway , you should define a new Administrator password, record it and put it in a safe place. From the Main Menu, select “Setup,” then “Change Password” and follow the instructions on the screen (see p ...
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Main Menu 4-3 Status Menu Displays connection status, key interface settings, as well as the firmware and hardware version numbers. INTERNET Displays WAN connection type and status. GATEWAY Displays system IP settings, the status for DHCP, and Firewall services, as well as the wireless interface settings. INFORMATION Displays the number of attached ...
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Configuring the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gatew ay 4-4 Networking and Client Services Use the Setup menu to configure the LAN interface (including TCP/IP parameters for the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway’ s gateway address and DHCP address pool for dynamic client address allocation), the W AN connection options, DNS domain name mapping, the wire ...
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Networking and Client Ser vices 4-5 Use this menu to restrict management access based on a specific password. Y ou must enter a password to access the configuration options provided by the menus. By default, there is no password. So, please assign a p assword to the Administrator as soon as possible, and store it in a safe place. Passwords can cont ...
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Configuring the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gatew ay 4-6 V alid IP addresses consist of four numbers separated by periods. The first three fields are the network portion, and can be from 0–255, while the last field is the host portion and can be from 1–254. However , remember not to include the gateway address of the CheetahAccess Wireless Gatew ...
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Networking and Client Ser vices 4-7 Dynamic IP Address – DHCP The Host Name is optional, but may be required by some ISPs. The default MAC address is set to the W AN’s physical interface on the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway . Use this address when registering for Internet service, and do not change it unless required by your ISP . Y ou can use ...
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Configuring the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gatew ay 4-8 PPP over Ethernet – PPPoE Enter the PPPoE user name and password assigned by your ISP . The Service Name is normally optional, but may be required by some providers. Dial-up on Demand – Modem If you are accessing the Internet via an ISDN T A or PSTN modem attached to the serial port on the ...
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Networking and Client Ser vices 4-9 Check if you only use a dial-up modem to connect to the Internet. – If the serial port is used for primary Internet access, then mark this item. - Auto Backup – Click on “Enabled” for automatically dialing up when the primary WAN link fails. Note: If not marked, then this connection will only be used for ...
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Configuring the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gatew ay 4-10 Wireless Configuration T o configure the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway as a wireless access point for wireless clients (either st ationary or roaming), all you need to do is define the radio channel, the domain identifier , and encryption options. Y ou can use the Setup Wizard by clicking th ...
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Networking and Client Ser vices 4-11 However , please be aware that the extra processing time required for encryption may affect the throughput for wireless communications. Y ou can automatically generate encryption keys or you can manually enter the keys. For automatic 64-bit security , you enter a passphrase that is used to create four keys (as s ...
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Configuring the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gatew ay 4-12 Configuring Client Services The CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway includes a broad range of client services, including firewall protection, network address translation, virtual server , connection support for special applications, and restricted Internet access for specified clients. Y ou can co ...
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Networking and Client Ser vices 4-13 Virtual Server If you configure the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway as a virtual server , remote users accessing services such as Web or FTP at your local site via public IP addresses can be automatically redirected to local servers configured with private IP addresses. In other words, depending on the requested ...
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Configuring the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gatew ay 4-14 Enabling Special Applications Some applications (such as Internet gaming, videoconferencing, Internet telephony and others) require multiple connections. These applications cannot work with Network Address T ranslation (NA T) enabled. If you need to run applications that require multiple conn ...
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Networking and Client Ser vices 4-15 Client Filtering Y ou can filter Internet access for local clients based on IP address, application type (i.e., HTTP port), and time of day . For example, this screen shows that clients in the address range 192.168.2.50-99 are permanently restricted from using FTP (Port 21), while clients in the address range 19 ...
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Configuring the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gatew ay 4-16 MAC Filtering Y ou can filter Internet access for local wired and wireless clients based on MAC address. MAC Address Control: Every client that connects to the network has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address on his or her Ethernet adapter . An administrator can have more control—and ...
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Networking and Client Ser vices 4-17 Association Control: The Association process is the exchange of information between wireless clients and a wireless access point to establish a link between them. A wireless client is capable of transmitting and receiving dat a to an access point only after the association process is sucessfully completed. Assoc ...
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Configuring the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gatew ay 4-18 Miscellaneous Settings The CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway also allows you set a timeout for administrator access, prevent external PINGs from causing security problems, set up remote management, and configure a Virtual DMZ Host. Administrator Time-out – Enter a time-out setting in minutes f ...
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Viewing Netw or k and De vice Status 4-19 Viewing Network and Device Status Y ou can use the following screen to display the connection status for the WA N / WLAN/LAN interfaces, firmware and hardware version numbers, any illegal attempts to access your network, as well as information on all DHCP clients connected to your network. The following ite ...
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Configuring the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gatew ay 4-20 Using System Tools Y ou can use the “T ools” menu to reboot the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway , restore factory settings, or update firmware. Note: If you use the “Reset” button on the front panel, the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway performs a power reset and restores the factory set ...
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5-1 Chapter 5: Configuring Client TCP/IP If you have not previously installed the TCP/IP protocol on your client PCs, refer to the following section. If you need information on how to configure a TCP/IP address on a PC, refer to “Setting TCP/IP to Work with the Cheet ahAccess™ Wireless Gateway” on page 5-2. Installing TCP/IP Protocol in Your ...
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Configuring Client TCP/IP 5-2 5. Select the “Microsoft” item in the manufacturers list. And choose “TCP/IP” in the Network Protocols. Click the “OK” button to return to the Network window . 6. The TCP/IP protocol will be listed in the Network window . Click “OK” to complete the install procedure and rest art your PC to enable the TC ...
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Setting TCP/IP to W or k with the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gatew ay 5-3 4. Y ou can dynamically assign TCP/IP address settings to a client, or you can manually configure a client with address settings to meet your specific network requirements. (Note that the default IP address of the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway is 192.168.2.1.) Dynamic IP All ...
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Configuring Client TCP/IP 5-4 Manual IP Configuration 1. Select “Specify an IP address” in the “IP Address” tab. Select an IP address based on the default network 192.168.2.X (where X is between 1 and 254), and use 255.255.255.0 for the subnet mask. 2. In the “Gateway” tab, add the IP address of the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway (defau ...
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Setting TCP/IP to W or k with the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gatew ay 5-5 Verifying Your TCP/IP Connection After installing the TCP/IP communication protocol and configuring an IP address in the same network with the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway , you can use the “Ping” command to check if your computer is successfully connected to the Cheeta ...
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6-1 Chapter 6: Configuring Printer Services If you want to use the print server built into the CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gateway , then you must first install the Port Monitor program as described in the following section for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000. T o configure the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway Print Server for Windows 95/98/ ME/NT/2000 or Un ...
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Configuring Pr inter Ser vices 6-2 2. Select the destination folder and click on the “Next” button. The setup program will then begin to install the programs into the destination folder . 3. Select the Program Folder that will contain the program icon for uninst alling the port monitor , and then click “Next.” ...
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Install the Printer P or t Monitor 6-3 4. Enter the printer port name that will be used to identify the port monitor in your system, and press “Next.” 5. When the setup program finishes installing the port monitor , select the item to restart your computer and then click “OK.” 6. After rebooting your computer , add the CheetahAccess Wireles ...
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Configuring Pr inter Ser vices 6-4 Configure the Print Server The CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway’ s print server supports Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000 and Unix. If you are using Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000, first install the port monitor as described in the previous section before adding the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway’ s print server to ...
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Configure the Print Ser ver 6-5 3. Specify the printer type attached to the Cheet ahAccess Wireless Gateway , and press “Next.” 4. From the list of manufacturers and printers in the next window , select the printer you have attached to the Cheet ahAccess Wireless Gateway . ...
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Configuring Pr inter Ser vices 6-6 5. Continue following the prompts to finish installing the Cheet ahAccess Wireless Gateway print server . The printer type you specified will now be added to your “Printers” menu. 6. From the “S tart” menu, click “Settings,” and then select “Printers.” 7. Choose the installed printer , click on the ...
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Configure the Print Ser ver 6-7 8. Select the “Ports” tab in the Properties window . 9. Select the monitored port (the default port name is “AC-IG2004W”) and then click the “Configure Port” button. 10. Enter the IP address of the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway and click “OK,” and then click “Next” in the Add Printer Wizard dialo ...
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Configuring Pr inter Ser vices 6-8 Configure the Network Printer in Windows NT 1. On a Windows NT platform, open the Printers window in the My Computer menu, and double-click the Add Printer icon. 2. Follow the prompts to add a local printer to your system. 3. Select the monitored port. The default port name is “AC-IG2004W .” Then click the “ ...
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Configure the Print Ser ver 6-9 4. Enter the IP address of the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway and click “OK,” and then click “Next” in the Add Printer Wizard dialog box. 5. Specify the printer type attached to the CheetahAccess Wi reless Gateway . 6. Continue following the prompts to finish installing the Cheet ahAccess Wireless Gateway pri ...
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A-1 Appendix A: Troubleshooting This appendix describes common problems you may encounter and possible solutions. The CheetahAccess ™ Wireless Gateway can be easily monitored through panel indicators to identify problems. If you cannot resolve any connection problems after checking the indicators, then refer to the other sections in the following ...
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T roubleshooting A-2 Network Connection Problems Cannot ping the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway from the attached LAN, or the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway cannot ping any device on the attached LAN • Verif y that IP addresses are properly configured. For most applications, you should use the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway’s DHCP function to d ...
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B-1 Appendix B: Cables Ethernet Cable Specifications Twisted-pair Cable Caution: DO-NOT plug a phone jack connector into any RJ-45 port. Use only twisted-pair cables with RJ-45 connectors that conform with FCC standards. For 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX connections, a twisted-pair cable must have two pairs of wires. Each wire pair is identified by two dif f ...
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Cables B-2 Straight-through Cable Crossover Cable RJ-45 Port Pin Assignments All LAN ports on the Cheet ahAccess Wireless Gateway support automatic MDI/ MDI-X configuration. This means that the pin signals in use will depend on whether the LAN port is operating in MDI or MDI-X mode. However , the W AN port is configured only for MDI-X mode. Caution ...
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Serial P or t Pin Assignments B-3 Serial Port Pin Assignments The DB-9 serial port on the rear panel is used to connect the Cheeta hAccess Wireless Gateway to an ISDN T A or PSTN modem. The pin assignments used to connect to this port are provided in the following tables. Figure B-2. DB-9 Serial Port Pin Numbers DB-9 Port Pin Assignments EIA Circui ...
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Cables B-4 Serial Port to 9-Pin COM Port on PC Serial Port to 25-Pin DCE Port on Modem Serial Port to 25-Pin DTE Port on PC Gateway’s 9-Pin Serial Port CCITT Signal PC’s 9-Pin COM Port 1 DCD ----------- DCD ------------ 1 2 RXD <--------- TXD ------------ 3 3 TXD ----------- RXD ----------> 2 4 DTR ----------- DSR ----------> 6 5 SGND ...
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Printer P or t Pin Assignments B-5 Printer Port Pin Assignments The DB-25 parallel port on the Cheeta hAccess Wireless Gateway’s rear panel is used to connect the CheetahAccess Wireless Gateway to a printer . When a printer is attached to this port, any PCs attached to the Cheet ahAccess Wireless Gateway’s LAN ports can pass files to the printe ...
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C-1 Appendix C: Specifications WA N I n t e r f a c e 10BASE-T , 1 RJ-45 port Serial, 1 RS-232 DB-9 connector LAN Interface 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX 3 RJ-45 ports WLAN Interface S tandard: IEEE 802.1 1b, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) T ransmission Rate: 1 1 Mbps, automatic fallback to 5.5, 2 or 1 Mbps Maximum Channels: US/Canada: 1 1, Europe (E ...
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Specifications C-2 Management Web management Advanced Features Dynamic IP Address Configuration – DHCP , DNS Firewall – Client privileges, hacker prevention and logging, NA T Virtual Private Network – PP TP , L2TP , IPSec pass-through Backup Internet Connection – Dial-on-demand via secondary W AN port Print server Internet St andards ARP (R ...
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C-3 C-T ick - AS/NZS 3548 (1995) Class B ETS 300 328 MPT RCR STD-33 EN 61000-3-2/3 Immunity EN 61000-4-2/3/4/5/6/8/1 1 Safety UL 1950 EN60950 (TÜV) CSA 22.2 No. 950 Wa r r a n t y Limited Lifetime ...
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D-1 Appendix D: Ordering Information CheetahAccess™ Internet Gateway Products AC-IG1004 4-port Internet Gateway - WAN/LAN/Print Server AC-IG1008 8-port Internet Gateway - WAN/LAN/Print Server AC-IG2004W 4-port Wireless Gateway - WAN/LAN/WLAN/Print Server ...
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