NetComm NB5540 User Manual

Nb5540, Check these great features

NETCOMM LIMITED

ABN 85 002 490 486

• 2-6 Orion Road, LANE COVE, NSW, 2066 • phone 02 9424 2070 • fax 02 9424 2010 • email [email protected]

www.netcomm.com.au

• Fast 54Mbps wireless – 802.11g standard for

performance you can rely on

• Backwards Compatible with 11Mbps – 802.11b

standard

• Easy Web-based setup – specially designed for

Australian ADSL & Cable service providers

• Active firewall to protect your PC or network from

Internet hackers

• 5 VPN endpoints to securely join networks or

computers over the Internet

WIRED AND WIRELESS – QUICKLY

NetComm’s NB5540’s integrated 802.11g wireless APand 4-port

10/100

Mbps switch make it quick and easy to deploy wireless and

wired LAN without the extra costs of a wireless access point, hub or

switch. The NB5540’s efficient antenna has a range of up to 150

meters and provides up to 128 bit WEPdata encryption for high-

level security.

KEEP YOUR OLD WIRELESS EQUIPMENT

If you already use 11Mbps wireless equipment it can still be used

with the NB5540 because the 802.11g standard is backwards

compatible with 802.11b

EASY TO USE

NetComm’s web-based One-Page-Setup means you do not need to

install any drivers on your computer. All you need is a web browser,

such as Internet Explorer, on any computer using any Operating

System and you will be able to configure your connection.

SAFELY SHARE YOUR INTERNET CONNECTION

With just one ISPaccount and a Cable or ADSL modem, you can

allow up to 253 Windows

, Macintosh or any other Ethernet-

enabled computers safe access to the internet to send and receive

emails, surf the web and so on. The Active Firewall will guard against

several forms of Denial of Service attacks as well as other types of

Hacking by using Stateful Packet Inspection technology (see side

panels for details)

MAKE USING THE INTERNET EASIER

Universal Plug and Play allows Internet applications such as MSN

Messenger

to operate automatically over your firewall without the

need for extra configuration.

JOIN NETWORKS AND COMPUTERS SECURELY

NetComm’s NB5540 supports automatic VPN pass-through to allow

any existing VPN client applications to continue to work through your

router. Alternatively you can use the five built-in IPsec end points to

join to other office networks.

FIND FAULTS EASILY

To assist in configuring your network and fault finding, NetComm has

added email logging, Ping and Trace Route diagnostics to the

NB5540.

54M

bps WIRELESS FIREWALL VPN ROUTER WITH 10/100 4-PORT SWITCH

NB5540

CHECK THESE GREAT FEATURES

The NB5

is designed to get Australians sharing the Internet easily, safely and wirelessly – without the need for technical

expertise. Fully featured to cover a wide range of uses, it includes an Active Firewall to help protect your computers from
attack and 5

VPN endpoints so you can connect to the office from home or anywhere in the world via the Internet.