8. Menu Options 3

Objects Setting

Parameters for IP Object, IP Group, Service Type Object, Service Type Group and CSM Profile appear here. IP objects classify traffic by interface, address type, start-and-end address ranges and subnet mask. IP groups comprise combinations of IP objects under the IP Group Table. Service type objects provide network services and group combinations of objects into service type groupings. Finally, a CSM profile is a list of indexed profile names, which specify instant messaging (IM), Voice over IP (VoIP) and peer-to-peer (P2P) protocol and application values. All of this makes it easy to define groups of objects against which to define rules or restrictions.

Bandwidth Management

This contains options for Sessions Limit, Bandwidth Limit and Quality of Service (QoS). Sessions Limit controls the maximum number of sessions a given IP or IP range may run. Bandwidth limit restricts the scope of individual or group utilization, while QoS parameters impose priorities on bandwidth by protocol, service, user or group.

Applications

This option covers applications that run on or through the router, including Dynamic DNS, Schedule, RADIUS, Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) and Wake on LAN (WOL) settings. Dynamic DNS permits the router to use a static name across a dynamic range of IPs. The scheduler is a table of entries for periodic (daily or weekly) events. RADIUS setup provides remote dial-in capability, UPnP services let capable devices interact with the router (important for Vista clients), and WOL enables bound MAC-IP devices to wake up upon delivery of stimulus packets.

VPN and Remote Access

VPN and Remote Access provide options for Remote Access Control, PPP General Setup, IPSec General Setup, IPSec Peer Identity, Remote Dial-In User, LAN to LAN and Connection Management. Remote Access Control setup includes choices for tunneled VPN services. IPSec General Setup integrates dial-in and LAN-to-LAN options for VPN and key exchange, and IPSec Peer Identity offers access to individual contact profiles. Remote Dial-In User opens an indexed list of RADIUS account properties. LAN-to-LAN options enable common, dial-out, dial-in and TCP/IP network settings. Finally, Connection Management provides a simple dial-out tool for the router to establish a VPN connection.

Certificate Management

Local Certificate, Trusted CA Certificate and Certificate Backup options appear here. Local Certificate houses options for locally-retained certificates which can be generated by type (IP address, domain name, e-mail or none), imported and refreshed into a list. Trusted CA Certificates lists table values for named entries that can be viewed, deleted, imported and refreshed. Certificate Backup provides password-protected certificate download and restore capability.