Planet Technology Router XRT-401D User Manual

 26 3.2.1 Dynamic IP 
 
Choose the Dynamic IP selection if your ISP will automatically give you an IP address. Some 
ISP’s may also require that you fill in additional information such as Host Name, Domain Name 
and MAC address (see chapter 2 “Cable Modem” for more detail) 
 
 
3.2.2 Static IP Address 
 
Select Static IP address if your ISP has given you a specific IP address for you to use. Your ISP 
should provide all the information required in this section. (See chapter 2 “Fixed IP” for more 
detail)...

 28  If you select “Connect On Demand”, the router will auto-connect 
to the ISP when someone want to use the Internet and keep 
connected until the WAN idle timeout. The router will close the 
WAN connection if the time period that no one is using the 
Internet exceeds the “Idle Time”. 
 If you select “Manual”, the router will connect to ISP only when 
you click “Connect” manually from the Web user interface. The 
WAN connection will not be disconnected due to the idle timeout. 
If the WAN line breaks...

 29 Parameter   Description  
User Name Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the Telstra Big 
Pond connection  
 
Password Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the Telstra Big 
Pond connection 
 
User decide login server Select if you want to assign the IP of Telstra Big Pond’s login  
manually server manually. 
 
Login Server The IP of the Login Server. 
 Click  when you have finished the configuration above. Congratulations! You have 
completed the configuration for the Telstra Big Pond...

 30 Secondary DNS Address (optional) This is optional. You can enter another DNS 
server’s IP address as a backup. The secondary 
DNS will be used should the above DNS fail. 
 Click  at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now 
configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place) 
 
3.2.8 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...

 31 The LAN Port screen below allows you to specify a private IP address for your router’s LAN ports 
as well as a subnet mask for your LAN segment. 
  
 
Parameters  Default   Description  
LAN IP 
IP address                   192.168.0.1 This is the router’s LAN port IP address (Your 
LAN clients default gateway IP address) 
 
IP Subnet Mask         255.255.255.0 Specify a Subnet Mask for your LAN segment 
 
802.1d Spanning Tree   Disabled If 802.1d Spanning Tree function is enabled, this 
router will...

 32 the DHCP lends an IP address to your LAN 
clients. The DHCP will change your LAN client’s 
IP address when this time threshold period is 
reached   
 
IP Address Pool You can select a particular IP address range for 
your DHCP server to issue IP addresses to your 
LAN Clients.  
 
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’ll have to choose an IP address outside 
this IP address Pool...

 33 LAN. The Virtual Server allows you to re-direct a 
particular service port number (from the Internet/WAN 
Port) to a particular LAN IP address and its service port 
number. 
 
3.4.3 Special Applications Some applications require multiple connections, such as 
Internet games, video conferencing, Internet telephony 
and others. In this section you can configure the router 
to support these types of applications. 
 
3.4.4 ALG Setting You can select special applications that need 
“Application Layer...

 34 Type This is the protocol type to be forwarded. You 
can choose to forward “TCP” or “UDP” packets 
only or select “both” to forward both “TCP” and 
“UDP” packets. 
 
Port Range The range of ports to be forward to the private IP. 
 
Comment The description of this setting. 
 
Add Port Forwarding into the table Fill in the Private IP, “Type”, “Port Range” and 
Comment of the setting to be added and then 
click Add. Then this Port Forwarding setting 
will be added into the Current Port Forwarding 
Table...

 35  
 
 
Parameters   Description  
Enable Virtual Server Enable Virtual Server. 
 
Private IP This is the LAN client/host IP address that the Public Port 
number packet will be sent to.  
 Note: You need to give your LAN PC clients a fixed/static IP 
address for Virtual Server to work properly. 
 
Private Port This is the port number (of the above Private IP host) that the 
below Public Port number will be changed to when the packet 
enters your LAN (to the LAN Server/Client IP) 
 
Type Select the port...