ParkerVision WR3000 - Manual (Page 6)

WR3000
4-Port Wireless DSL/Cable Router
®
8
Chapter 1:
Getting to Know Your ParkerVision
WR3000 Wireless Router
This chapter introduces the main features of the ParkerVision WR3000 Wireless Router.
1.1 Introduction
The ParkerVision WR3000 Wireless Router provides wireless connectivity. As an Internet
gateway, your WR3000 Wireless Router can share an Internet connection (through a
cable or xDSL modem) with multiple computers using SUA/NAT and DHCP. The WR3000
Wireless Router offers highly secured wireless connectivity to your wired network with IEEE
802. lx, WEP data encryption and MAC address fi ltering.
The WR3000 Wireless Router is easy to install and confi gure. The embedded web-
based confi gurator and SNMP network management enables remote confi guration and
management of your WR3000 Wireless Router.
1.2 Features of the ParkerVision PC WR3000 Wireless Router
The following are the essential features of the ParkerVision WR3000 Wireless Router .
4-Port Switch
A combination of switch and router makes your WR3000 Wireless Router a cost-effective and
viable network solution. You can connect up to four computers to the LAN ports on your WR3000
Wireless Router without the cost of a hub.
10/100M Auto-negotiating Ethernet/Fast Ethernet Interface
This auto-negotiating feature allows the WR3000 Wireless Router to detect the speed of
incoming transmissions and adjust appropriately without manual intervention. It allows data
transfer of either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps in either half-duplex or full-duplex mode depending on
your Ethernet network.10/100M Auto-crossover Ethernet/Fast Ethernet Interface.
The LAN interface automatically adjusts to either a crossover or straight-through
Ethernet cable. 10/100 Mbps Ethernet WAN.
The 10/100 Mbps Ethernet WAN port attaches to the Internet via broadband modem or
router.
Reset Button
The WR3000 Wireless Router reset button is built into the rear panel. Use this button to restore
the factory default password to 1234; IP address to 192.168.150.1, subnet mask to 255.255.255.0
and DHCP sever enabled with a pool of 32 IP addresses starting at 192.168.150.32.
Brute-Force Password Guessing Protection
The WR3000 Wireless Router has a special protection mechanism to discourage brute-force
password guessing attacks on the WR3000 Wireless Router’s management interfaces. You
can specify a wait-time that must expire before entering a fourth password after three incorrect
passwords have been entered. Please see the appendix for details about this feature.