SMC Networks Router SMCWBR14-N User Manual

							68 
Re-type the password or key provided by your service provider. If the Dynamic DNS provider 
supplies only a key, enter that key in all three fields.   
Timeout  
The time between periodic updates to the Dynamic DNS, if your dynamic IP address has not 
changed. The timeout period is entered in hours.   
 
If a dynamic DNS update fails for any reason (for example, when incorrect parameters are 
entered), the router automatically disables the Dynamic DNS feature and records the 
failure in the log.   
 
After configuring the router for dynamic DNS, you can open a browser and navigate to the 
URL for your domain (for example http://www.mydomain.info) and the router will attempt 
to forward the request to port 80 on your LAN. If, however, you do this from a LAN-side 
computer and there is no virtual server defined for port 80, the router will return the 
routers configuration home page. Refer to the Advanced -> Virtual Server configuration 
page to set up a virtual server.   
 
 
 
 
  
						

							69 
Tools_System Check  
 
Ping Test   
Ping is an Internet utility function that sends a series of short messages to a target computer 
and reports the results. You can use it to test whether a computer is running, and to get an 
idea of the quality of the connection to that computer, based on the speed of the responses.   
Host Name or IP Address   
Enter either the IP address of the target computer or enter its fully qualified domain name.   
Ping  
Start pinging the specified host.   
Stop  
The host is pinged repeatedly until you press this button.   
Example:  
Host Name or IP Address   
www.whitehouse.gov  
Ping Result   
Please wait, resolving www.whitehouse.gov.... 
Resolved to 205.161.7.102. 
Response from 205.161.7.102 received in 7 milliseconds. 
Response from 205.161.7.102 received in 6 milliseconds. 
Response from 205.161.7.102 received in 7 milliseconds. 
User stopped ping.  
						

							70 
Tools_Schedules 
Schedules can be created for use with enforcing rules. For example, if you want to restrict web access 
to Mon-Fri from 3pm to 8pm, you could create a schedule selecting Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, and Fri and 
enter a Start Time of 3pm and End Time of 8pm. 
 
 
Add/Edit Schedule Rule   
In this section you can add entries to the Schedule Rules List below or edit existing entries.   
Name  
Give the schedule a name that is meaningful to you, such as Weekday rule.   
Day(s)  
Place a checkmark in the boxes for the desired days or select the All Week radio button to 
select all seven days of the week.   
All Day - 24 hrs   
Select this option if you want this schedule in effect all day for the selected day(s).   
Start Time   
If you dont use the All Day option, then you enter the time here. The start time is entered 
in two fields. The first box is for the hour and the second box is for the minute. Email 
events are normally triggered only by the start time.   
End Time    
						

							71 
The end time is entered in the same format as the start time. The hour in the first box and 
the minutes in the second box. The end time is used for most other rules, but is not 
normally used for email events.   
Save  
Saves the new or edited Schedule Rule in the following list. When finished updating the 
Schedule Rules, you must still click the Save Settings button at the top of the page to 
make the changes effective and permanent.   
Schedule Rules List   
This section shows the currently defined Schedule Rules. A Schedule Rule can be changed by 
clicking the Edit icon, or deleted by clicking the Delete icon. When you click the Edit icon, the 
item is highlighted, and the Edit Schedule Rule section is activated for editing.    
						

							72 
Status 
 
The Status tab provides the following configuration options: Device Info, Wireless, Routing, Logs, 
Statistics and Active Sessions. 
Status_Device info 
All of your Internet and network connection details are displayed on the Device Info page. The 
firmware version is also displayed here.   
Some browsers have limitations that make it impossible to update the WAN status display 
when the status changes. Some browsers require that you refresh the display to obtain 
updated status. Some browsers report an error condition when trying to obtain WAN status.   
 
  
						

							73 
 
 
Depending on the type of WAN connection, you can take one of the following sets of actions:   
DHCP Connection   
Clicking the DHCP Release button unassigns the routers IP address. The router will not 
respond to IP messages from the WAN side until you click the DHCP Renew button or 
power-up the router again. Clicking the DHCP Renew button causes the router to request a 
new IP address from the ISPs server.   
PPPoE, PPTP, L2TP Connection   
Depending on whether the WAN connection is currently established, you can click either the 
Connect to attempt to establish the WAN connection or the Disconnect to break the WAN 
connection.  
BigPond Connection   
Depending on whether you are currently logged in to BigPond, you can click either the 
BigPond Login to attempt to establish the WAN connection or the BigPond Logout to break 
the WAN connection.   
LAN Computers   
This area of the screen continually updates to show all DHCP enabled computers and devices 
connected to the LAN side of your router. The detection range is limited to the address range 
as configured in DHCP Server. Computers that have an address outside of this range will not 
show. If the DHCP Client (i.e. a computer configured to Automatically obtain an address) 
supplies a Host Name then that will also be shown. Any computer or device that has a static IP 
address that lies within the detection range may show, however its host name will not.   
IGMP Multicast memberships   
If IGMP is enabled, this area of the screen show all multicast groups of which any LAN devices 
are members.    
						

							74 
Status_Wireless 
The wireless section allows you to view the wireless clients that are connected to your wireless router. 
 
 
MAC Address   
The Ethernet ID (MAC address) of the wireless client.   
IP Address   
The LAN-side IP address of the client.   
Mode  
The transmission standard being used by the client. Values are 11a, 11b, or 11g for 802.11a, 
802.11b, or 802.11g respectively.   
Rate  
The actual transmission rate of the client in megabits per second.   
Signal  
This is a relative measure of signal quality. The value is expressed as a percentage of 
theoretical best quality. Signal quality can be reduced by distance, by interference from other 
radio-frequency sources (such as cordless telephones or neighboring wireless networks), and 
by obstacles between the router and the wireless device.    
						

							75 
Status_Routing 
The routing section displays all of the routing details configured for your router. 
 
 
A value of 0.0.0.0 for gateway means there is no next hop, and the IP address is directly connected to 
the router on the interface specified: LAN or WAN. A value of 0.0.0.0 in both the destination IP and 
netmask means that this is the default route.  
						

							76 
Status_Logs 
The router automatically logs (records) events of possible interest in its internal memory. If there is not 
enough internal memory for all events, logs of older events are deleted, but logs of the latest events 
are retained. The Logs option allows you to view the router logs. You can define what types of events 
you want to view and the level of events to view. This router also has external Syslog Server support 
so you can send the log files to a computer on your network that is running a Syslog utility.   
 
 
What to View   
Select the kinds of events that you want to view.   
• Firewall and Security   
• System  
• Router Status   
View Levels   
Select the level of events that you want to view.   
• Critical  
• Warning  
• Informational  
Apply Log Settings Now    
						

							77 
Click this button after changing Log Options to make them effective and permanent.   
Refresh  
Clicking this button refreshes the display of log entries. There may be new events since the last 
time you accessed the log.   
Clear  
Clicking this button erases all log entries.   
Email Now   
If you provided email information with the Tools -> Email screen, clicking the Email Now button 
sends the router log to the configured email address.   
Save Log   
Select this option to save the router log to a file on you computer.