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Compex NetPassage 15BA Cable/DSL Router with built-in 4-port 10/100 MBps switch and Parallel Broadband capability.
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Management Interface The router ispretty standard in NAT / Firewall / Port Forwarding and DHCP. It is interesting to note the Parallel Broadband feature. What this does is allow you to hook up other NetPassage routers to each other to perform a load balancing scheme to use on highly bandwidth intensive networks! This is a pretty neat bonus feature usually seen only in high-end routers! It's also interesting to note the unit has an internal clock which becomes very useful because you can set time limits or time of day when LAN clients can access the Internet. The router has built-in support for the usual applications, such as NetMeeting as well. PPPoE is on board for you lucky DSL users. Configuration can be done easily via the HTML browser based interface, or via telnet, if preferred. The unit does not have a console port, however the HTML based interface includes all the needed configuration features with the added bonus of being intuitive and completely user friendly. After you get the router all hooked up, which the router manual goes beyond it's duty to help you, you will then log into the router with your Internal IP address by default that is 192.168.168.1 I have changed mine so that it is 192.168.1.1 since this is what I was used to with my Linksys router. Once you type that address in if everything is connected and setup in TCP/IP correctly then you will come to the Login screen... Here are some screenshots of the management interface:
These are just some of the major menus in the router's GUI interface. There are even more in the router which I do not have room to show, there is a Remote Management menu, a Rebooting menu, an Easy Firmware Upgrade Menu and a Router Save Settings menu which I DO have to show you because I like it a lot and think it's an excellent feature.
Can we say Feature Rich? Yep, so far this router has it all. Lets see how it performs now...
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