Does the Cable/DSL Wireless-Ready Router support any operating system other
than Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows NT, or Windows XP?
Yes, but Linksys does not at this time provide technical support for setup,
configuration or troubleshooting of any non-Windows operating systems.
Does the Cable/DSL router support ICQ send file? Yes, with the following fix:
ICQ menu-> preference -> connections tab-> check “I am behind a firewall
or proxy,” and set the firewall time-out to 80 seconds in firewall setting. The
Internet user can then send a file to a user behind the router.
How do I get Napster to work with the Router? Napster is fully compatible with
the Router, but you must make sure that, during installation, you select “no
idea” when asked about your firewall selection. Set your proxy settings to
“No Proxy Server” in your File>Preferences.
I set up an Unreal Tournament Server, but others on the LAN cannot join. What do
I need to do? If you have a dedicated Unreal Tournament server running, you
need to create a static IP for each of the LAN computers and forward ports
7777, 7778, 7779, 7780, 7781, and 27900 to the IP address of the server. If
you want to use the UT Server Admin, forward another port (8080 usually
works well), and then in the [UWeb.WebServer] section of the server.ini file,
set the ListenPort to 8080 (to match the mapped port above) and ServerName
to the IP assigned to the router from your ISP.
Can multiple gamers on the LAN get on one game server and play simultaneously
with just one public IP address? It depends on which network game or what
kind of game server you are using. For example, Unreal Tournament supports
multi-login with one public IP.
How do I get
Half-Life:Team Fortress
to work with the Router? The default client
port for Half-Life is 27005. The computers on your LAN need to have
“+clientport 2700x” added to the HL shortcut command line; the x would be
6, 7, 8, and on up. This lets multiple computers connect to the same server.
One problem: Version 1.0.1.6 won’t let multiple computers with the same CD
key connect at the same time, even if on the same LAN (not a problem with
1.0.1.3). As far as hosting games, the HL server does not need to be in the
DMZ. Just forward port 27015 to the local IP of the server computer. There
remains, however, a problem with people being booted after a few minutes
with an “illegible server message.”
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What is the maximum number of IP addresses that the Cable/DSL Wireless-Ready
Router will support? The Router will support up to 253 IP addresses.
Is IPSec Pass-Thru supported by the Router? Yes, it is a built-in feature that the
router automatically enables.
Where is the Cable/DSL Wireless-Ready Router installed on the network? In a typ-
ical environment, the Router is installed between the Cable/DSL Modem and
the LAN. Plug the Cable/DSL Wireless-Ready Router into the Cable/DSL
Modem’s Ethernet port.
Does the Cable/DSL Wireless-Ready Router support IPX or AppleTalk? No. TCP/IP
is the only protocol standard for the Internet and has become the global stan-
dard for communications. IPX, a NetWare communications protocol used
only to route messages from one node to another, and AppleTalk, a commu-
nications protocol used on Apple and Macintosh networks, can be used from
LAN to LAN connections, but those protocols cannot connect from WAN to
LAN.
Does the WAN connection of the Cable/DSL Wireless-Ready Router support 100Mb
Ethernet? Because of the speed limitations of broadband Internet connections,
the Cable/DSL Router’s current hardware design supports 10Mb Ethernet on
its WAN port. It does, of course, support 100Mbps over the auto-sensing Fast
Ethernet 10/100 switch on the LAN side of the router.
What is Network Address Translation and what is it used for? Network Address
Translation (NAT) translates multiple IP addresses on the private LAN to one
public address that is sent out to the Internet. This adds a level of security
since the address of a PC connected to the private LAN is never transmitted
on the Internet. Furthermore, NAT allows the Cable/DSL Wireless-Ready
Router to be used with low cost Internet accounts, such as DSL or cable
modems, when only one TCP/IP address is provided by the ISP. The user may
have many private addresses behind this single address provided by the ISP.
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