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Cayman 2E-H-W

A Cable/DSL Router with built-in 8-port 10 Base T hub, as well as a Wireless LAN port.
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Date: 2001-10-29 11:35
Author: John
Category: Wireless
Manufacturer: Cayman
Product/Model: 2E-H-W11 Broadband/Wireless Gateway
List Price: $499

Setup and Control Panel:

Who said "A picture is worth a thousand words" ?

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Here is the login screen; it is very handy that you can access the router via the address http://cayman-2e
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This is the home screen in "Novice" Mode
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Here is the home screen in expert mode
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This is the QuickStart screen, self explanatory.
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This is a cool feature, having different level users. Admin and user are the two levels you can choose to give your LAN users access to the router parameters.
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Another self explanatory page, software installation.
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SNMP
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Pinholes let you pass specific types of network traffic through the Cayman router's NAT interfaces. Pinholes allow you to route selected types of network traffic, such as FTP requests or HTTP (Web) connections, to a specific host behind the Cayman device transparently. For example, You have a server located on your LAN with NAT (Network Address Translation) turned on and would like " internet" to have access to it. With NAT on, the only visible IP on your network, is the WAN IP of the Cayman router. This means that all traffic that you would like to reach the server, needs to be directed to the WAN IP of the Cayman router. Then with the Pinhole setup, the Cayman router will forward that traffic to a specified internal address on your LAN. - FAQ
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Here is more of the advanced features made available to you; The following screenshot is the router diagnosing all the connections to see where your internet connection may be failing.


The Cayman comes with a CD which contains above average FAQ's which guide you through setting up Pinholes, web and mail servers, and more. The reason for these good FAQs is the fact that they don't supply you with a real user's manual. They give you the "Getting Started with the Caymen 2E-H" manual, but neglect to give you proper hard documentation that you would expect with a $500 router. The web control panel is nice, but more of the advanced features are found only via telnet sessions. One cool feature that could only be accessed through a HyperTerminal connection was traffic shaping; below is the directions the FAQ gave. If you want to read more on traffic shaping, I suggest you read this page. Personally, I despise using HyperTerminal every time I want to change a setting. Especially when the router is located in a different room than my computer.

Where do I configure Traffic Shaping?

Traffic-Shaping can only be configured through a telnet session or by connecting serially through the console on the back of the router at 9600 Baud.
  1. Once you have connected, at the prompt, type " configure" and then hit enter.
     
  2. Now at the " top" prompt, type " traffic" and hit enter.
     
  3. Type " set" and enter.
     
  4. You will then be prompted with a series of questions pertaining to how you would like the configuration.
     
  5. When finished type quit, save changes and restart the Cayman router.
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