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Chapter 1 Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of an Instant Powerline 200M Router with 3-port Fast Ethernet Switch and
Homeplug for cable and DSL application. The Powerline Router is the perfect option to connect a small group of
PCs to a high-speed Broadband Internet connection or to an Ethernet backbone. Configurable as a DHCP server,
the Broadband Router acts as the only externally recognized Internet device on your local area network (LAN).
The Router serves as an Internet firewall, protecting your network from being accessed by outside users.
1.1 Overview
Unlike a simple hub or switch, the setup of the Cable/DSL Router consists of more than simply plugging
everything together. Because the Router acts as a DHCP server, you will have to set some values within the
Router, and also configure your networked PCs to accept the IP Addresses the Router chooses to assign them.
And generally there are three different operating modes for your applications. And you can know which mode is
necessary for your system from ISP. These three modes are PPPoE, DHCP client and Static IP. Actually all these
are for IP address of WAN.
1.2 Features
Router Mode
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PPP over Ethernet (RFC-2516)
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DHCP Server and Client
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NAPT (Network Address and Port Translation)
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NAT (Network Address Translation
Internet Access
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TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP, ARP, RARP, PPPoE, NAT, DHCP (client/server), Static IP assignment
Security Features
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Password protected configuration access
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User authentication (PAP/CHAP) for PPP connection
Powerline Features
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Up to 200M data rates for Powerline network
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Support 128-Bit AES link encryption for Powerline security
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Support co-exist with Powerline 85/14M .
Security
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Support packet inspection and filtering
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Intrusion detection and protection
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Password protected system management