Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 202-5731 Alphashield
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1 HARDW ARE FIREW ALL User Guide.
2 2 GO 1 3 2 Quick Instal lation Guide 4 Connec t power to t he Alp haShie ld. Mid dle L ED wi ll turn Red . C onn ect th e “Ca bl e/DS L ” p ort o f th e AlphaS hie ld t o your Mo dem u si ng t h e cable provi ded wi th th e Modem.
3 Table of Contents: Quick Installation Guide 2 Letter from the CEO 4 I n t r o d u c t i o n 5 AlphaShield Features and Benefits Modes of Operation 5 Operation i n Manual Mode Operation in Auto Mode .
4 Dear Customer, Thank you for purcha sing AlphaShield Hardware Firewall an d congratulations on choo sing our “state of the art” technolog y to secure your High-Speed Internet connection.
5 Introduction: AlphaShield: According to the National Cyber Security Alliance, the safest way to fully p rotect any computer is to physically disconnect it from the Internet. AlphaShield allows the custom er to protect a com puter effectively, by seamlessly discon necting and reconnecting it without Internet se rvice interference.
6 The duration of the connection is infinite, regard less of user activity. It is highly recommended that once the user has completed hi s or her Internet session, the Disconnect b utton (Grey) is ma nually pressed to cause a Logical Disconnect.
7 The Outbound Data LED will flash amber or red upon receiving illegitimate packets th at are not destined to the Internet. These packets will not be permitted through b y the AlphaShield. A high occurrence of illegitimate packets will be displayed by flashin g red.
8 The first slide position selects the Manu al Mode with an inactivity and logical disconnect timer value of 15 minutes. In this mode, your computer will retain the current IP Address assignment from the Internet Service Provider (ISP). The second slide position selects the Auto Mode with an inac tivity disconnect timer value that is infinite.
9 My AlphaShi el d doe s not time-out. Why ? If AlphaShield is in Auto Mode, then it will not disconnect. Howe ver, if the selected mode is either Manual or Lock Mode, then the connection session timer has not expired because there is client user ac tivity being detected.
10 Please note that we cannot accept any re turns witho ut a proper RMA (Ret urn Mercha ndise Authorization) number. An RMA number can be obtained by c ontacting Alpha Shield Inc.
11 Frequentl y Asked Questions: I used the scan test and some of my ports are still OPEN or CLOSED, not all STEALTH or BLOC KED, what is wrong? You are not testing your co mputer’s IP Address. In some cases , the scanning is not actually done to your computer 's IP Address, but to the IP Address of you r IS P.
12 Comput er User w ith one co mpute r . Int ern et Alp haSh iel d Modem Hu b/Rou te r/ Proxy Server Inte rn et Alp haSh iel d Printe r Server Comput er Comput e r C omp uter Alp haShi el d Pr ote ct ing Small Net wor k.
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