Maxgate Ugate router and TZO

	Using TZO with your Maxgate Ugate-3200 Cable/DSl router
	Many users with Cable and xDSL broadband connections are using Hardware Routers such as the Maxgate (Umax) Ugate Cable/DSL Routers to connection their Local Area Network to the Internet. This tutorial explains how to configure your Ugate 3200 (3000 model is VERY similar) router with TZO, and setting the router to run a Mail and Web Server on your Local Area Network.

	A hardware router 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 Ugate 3200 hardware router has a single point of failure.

	TZO Dynamic DNS works great behind the Ugate 3200 Router, or any other hardware router. The router WAN (Wide Area Network - or Internet) IP address is typically the only USEABLE address on the router, and this is the IP address that gets published in the TZO Dynamic DNS system. 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 a sort of Firewall or 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.

	This tutorial assumes you are running TZO software on one of the PC's either BEHIND the Ugate 3200 router, basically any PC on the Local Area Network that is connected to the router will work. The PC can log into TZO using the TZO Software for Windows, Linux or the TZO Control Panel(https://www.www.tzo.com) You can also use the TZO Dynamic DNS client INTEGRATED into the Umax Ugate 3000 or 3200. This allows you to use the Ugate.net domain name that you get for 1 year free. The integrated client is available under the GET YOUR OWN DOMAIN button of the router. This allows you to keep track of the WAN IP changes, and the Dynamic DNS powered by TZO.COM allows your domain name to be updated as soon as the WAN IP changes - automatically. See the Ugate 3200 manual for more information on using the integrated Dynamic DNS client. TZO can also use this integrated client to keep track of your Private domain, allowing you to use the ugate.net name and this will keep updating your private domain when you purchase the TZO Premiere Service. Contact TZO.COM for more information on upgrading your Ugate.net domain name to the premiere TZO service.

	Once the TZO software is running, it should show the IP address of the WAN port of the router. (See screenshot below of the main status screen of the router)

	In the following tutorial, we give a basic overview of the Ugate 3200 Cable/DSL router setup, and then we assume that you have TZO Dynamic DNS and that it is running (Or you have set up the ugate.net domain name - see screenshot at the Bottom of the page), and you have a Web Server and or Email Server set up for your domain. 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 Main Setup Screen of the Ugate 3200 Cable/DSL Router

	When you set the Ugate 3200 router up, you need to configure the WAN and LAN settings under the SETUP Screen as shown above. This SETUP Screen shows the ROUTER NAME, DOMAIN NAME, and shows the FIRMWARE VERSION. Please note that you should see the Ugate Website to get the LATEST FIRMWARE.

	Some ISP's require the Router Name and Domain Name, so you should leave this information blank or check with your ISP to determine what should be used in these areas. Next you need to enter the LAN IP Address. This is the IP address of the Router on the LAN port, and although the router ships with 192.168.X.X by default, we like to use the 10.1.1.X format since numbering is a little easier to remember. Set the LAN IP Address to 10.1.1.1 or like shown above, we set it for 10.1.1.15 - and we set the mask to 255.255.255.0 which gives us 253 hosts on this 10.X.X.X local network.

	** Please Note: This LAN IP is the IP address that you will use to reach the Ugate 3200 router admin page after you set this LAN IP. You may also need to set your Network card to this 10.X.X.X IP range if you are not using DHCP.

	After the LAN IP range has been set, you need to configure the WAN IP Address. Since our tutorial uses a Cable modem with a Dynamic IP, our WAN IP address is set to obtain a Dynamic IP address from the Cable or DSL Modem.

	After you configure the router LAN and WAN IP addresses, you should decide if your local LAN is going to use DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). We recommend you get started with DHCP, and then move to static once you decide to run a server. In the settings shown in the screenshot below, we have DHCP enabled for up to 20 Hosts or PC's on our Local Area Network, And hands out 10.1.1.30 as the first IP, then 10.1.1.31 for the next PC, and so on up to 10.1.1.55. You can see the DHCP Clients table by clicking on the DHCP CLIENTS TABLE button in the main STATUS page.

	If you want a total of 253 PC's on your LAN, set the LAN IP address on the router to 10.1.1.1, and DHCP should be set to 253 users and 10.1.1.2 for the DHCP starting address.

	Once we click apply, the new settings will take place, and we should be able to connect to the Internet through the router. If you have problems, please see the manual of the Ugate 3200 router for additional help in setup and operation.


	The DHCP Screen of the Ugate 3200 Cable/DSL Router

	Once we get the router up and running and we can surf the web using one of the client PC's, we can start preparing the router to run a web and email server. 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 examples below for Mail (Port 25) and Web (port 80)

	Once you decide what PC is going to run the Web or Email Server, you need to forward the proper port to the proper Internal IP address of the Server. For Example:

	- We have 2 PC's on the internal network, one at 10.1.1.50, and the other set at 10.1.1.52 - We have a Web Server which requires port 80 and the Web Server PC has the IP Address of 10.1.1.50, so in the example below, we set SERVICE PORT 80 to IP ADDRESS 10.1.1.50 - We have a Email Server which requires port 25 for incoming SMTP Email, and the Email Server PC has the IP Address of 10.1.1.52, so in the example below, we set SERVICE PORT 25 to IP ADDRESS 10.1.1.52 If you wish, you can run Web, FTP, Email all on one PC, then you would set all ports to the same IP address. If you have trouble with the VIRTUAL SERVER tab shown below, you can set ONE PC to be a DMZ or EXPOSED Host (See the EXPOSED Host Tab), which means that the router will totally expose ALL PORTS to this PC, offering NO Filtering at all. This would be a last resort for testing purposes, and is not recommended to leave a host exposed via EXPOSED HOST.



	The Virtual Server Screen of the Ugate 3200 Cable/DSL Router, under the ADVANCED section.

	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 servers. 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 10.1.1.50, you would forward the ports 1503 and 1720 to 10.1.1.50 Once you set the ports up, run TZO on ANY PC attached to the router, and TZO should send the proper IP address of the WAN Port to the TZO Dynamic DNS Servers. Then, run your server and try out your domain name in your browser! It's that easy.



	The GET YOUR OWN DOMAIN Screen of the Ugate 3200 Cable/DSL Router shows the TZO.COM Client interface in the Ugate 3200 and Ugate 3000.

	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 Ugate 3200 cable and DSL router, please see the Ugate 3200 Website at http://www.Maxgate.net