Hawking router and TZO

	Using TZO with your Hawking Wireless G Router HWR54G
	You can now use TZO with your Hawking Wireless G Router. This tutorial explains how to configure your Hawking HWR54G router with TZO, and setting the router properly to run a web server on your local area network.

	A hardware router like the Hawking offers a simple, easy to use and reliable way to share your broadband Internet connection with the rest of your network. These hardware routers are easier to set up than a PC acting as a NAT/Gateway, and they are often more reliable, since a PC has many points of failure, such as a hard disk, network card, power supply, RAM, etc, where the Hawking Wireless G hardware router has a single point of failure.

	TZO Dynamic DNS technology is integrated into the Hawking Wireless G Router model HWR54G (firmware v806t14). The router WAN (Wide Area Network - or Internet) IP address is typically the only USEABLE address (to the rest of the Internet) on the router, and this is the IP address that gets published in the TZO Dynamic DNS servers. Since this WAN IP is the incoming IP Address of the router, the router's PORTS need to be configured if you want to run a server. The router acts a NAT (Network Address Translator) and offers basic port filtering for security purposes. This port filtering also prevents you from running a web server, email server, or any other server like Internet Games, Netmeeting, etc.

	In the following tutorial, we give a basic overview of the Hawking wireless G router setup, and then we will show you how to sign up for a free 30 day trial of TZO and log into the TZO DDNS servers by using the router. We also show you how to open ports in the router. You can see other tutorials on the TZO Support page on running your own web server and email server, as well as other types of servers.



	The Advanced Menu Screen of the Hawking Wireless G router (Click to Enlarge)

	When you first get the Hawking router up and running, you then want to configure the DDNS from TZO. This above screen is the ADVANCED MENU SETUP Screen. This screen allows you to reach the Dynamic DNS in the list above. Click on the DYNAMIC DNS and continue on below.

	STEP 1) Signup with TZO DDNS Free 30 day trial: You now need to set up DDNS (Dynamic DNS) using TZO. If you already have a trial or a TZO account, skip this step and go to step 2. To get a TZO free 30 day trial, go to http://HAWKING.TZO.COM using your web browser. Click on the SIGN UP FOR A FREE TRIAL and then you will see the screenshot below. You should now enter your domain name selection and your email address and select the SIGN ME UP button as shown below. TZO will send your free trial key to the email address entered.

	The TZO.COM Hawking signup screen at http://Hawking.tzo.com - go here to sign up for a free 30 day trial for your Hawking routers

	STEP 2) DDNS Section: Enter your TZO DDNS information in the router: You now need to enter your TZO account information into the DDNS section of the router. Once you signup at the TZO.COM Hawking signup page as shown above, you will receive an email with your TZO trial information. You now need to copy and paste the information from the TZO Trial email the DDNS section of the router. To get to the DDNS screen, see the beginning of this tutorial. Once you are on the DDNS screen as show below, continue to Step 3 below.



	The TZO.COM Hawking DDNS screen in the Hawking Wireless G router - this is where you enter your TZO Domain, Key and Email

	STEP 3) Putting your TZO account information into the router: Once you signup at the TZO.COM Hawking signup page as described above, you will receive an email with your TZO trial information. You now need to copy and paste the information from the TZO Trial email to the DDNS section in the router as shown in the screenshow above. Follow along with the 5 steps below to DDNS working in the router.

	1) Select TZO.COM from the dropdown list under DDNS Service 2) Paste in the Email address into the proper field 3) Paste in the TZO Key into the PASSWORD field in the router 4) Type or paste in the Domain name into the proper field. (Full domain as in MYNAME.MYHAWKING.COM, MYNAME.TZO.COM or MYNAME.COM if you have a premiere acct) 5) Check your settings and then click the APPLY button to save After you have all of your TZO DDNS settings in the router and click the apply button, this should log your account in and set the IP. The STATUS should say OPERATION COMPLETE if the login worked. If the status says something different, double check your settings and try again. If the status line says something different than OPERATION COMPETE, then double check your account information and then try to save your settings again. Continue on to the next step for more information on how to configure your ports to run your own web server, photo server and more!


	The Port Range Forwarding screen of the Hawking Wireless G Router showing port 80 about to be forwarded (Click to enlarge)

	Once we get the router up and running and we now have TZO set up, we can start preparing the router to run a web server or photo server. To open ports in the Hawking router, you need to go into the ADVANCED MENU from the main screen, then select VIRTUAL SERVERS from the list. You will then see the screenshot shown above. In order to run a web server, we select WEB from the list of servers in the screenshot shown above. You then select the ENABLE checkbox, select your PC, select TCP, and then enter in 80 for both internal and external port numbers. (See example below) For information on running other types of servers, you need the Incoming PORT(s) of the desired service, and once you have the port(s), you can set the port as shown in the example above for Web (Port 80). Once you decide what PC is going to run the web server, you need to forward the proper port to the proper Internal IP address of the server. For example: - We have 1 PC on the internal network (Lets call it BART), using the IP address of 192.168.1.101 - This PC at 192.168.1.101 has a Web server running on port 80, so in the example above, we set TCP port 80 to (BART) IP ADDRESS 192.168.1.101. The above listbox says "SELECT A PC" - this is where you would select your PC thats connected to the router. This box is connected to the DHCP server on the router and will show you a list of connected IP's. If you dont see it, please click the "MY PC is Not listed" link to the right of the listbox. Once you have added your port 80, you click ADD AS NEW SERVER or UPDATE SELECTED SERVER.

	After you configure the ports to the proper IP Address, then click the apply button. The sets the router to forward the proper ports to your server. To add other applications, you need to know the Service Port(s) and then you need to set the server up on your LAN and set the proper IP address. If you want to use Microsoft NetMeeting on the IP Address of 192.168.1.101, you would forward the ports 1503 and 1720 to 192.168.1.101 Once you set the ports up, run your server(s) and have your friend try out your domain name in your browser! It's that easy. If you have trouble with ports, and want more information, you can see http://www.PortDetective.com and you should also check out Shield's Up, a personal security Website at http://www.grc.com These websites can help determine what ports you have open on the router, and Port Detective can even help you find out if your ISP blocks these ports as well. For more information on the Hawking wireless G router, please see the Hawking website at http://www.Hawking.com