Page 2 - Table of Contents
AAM6030BI User Manual Table of Contents 1. Introduction 4 1.1 Features & System Requirements 4 2. Your CPE at a glance 5 2.1 Ports and buttons (Back panel) 5 2.2 LED description (Front panel) 5 2.3 LED table & parts list 5 3. Getting Start 7 3.1 Connecting the Hardware 7 3.1.1 Connect the AD...
Page 4 - Introduction; Features & System Requirements; Features
AAM6030BI User Manual 1. Introduction Congratulations on becoming the owner of a AAM6030BI CPE (Customer Premises Equipment). Your LAN (Local Area Network) will now be able to access the Internet via the CPE’s ADSL connection. This User Manual will show you how to set up the AAM6030BI CPE, and how t...
Page 5 - Your CPE at a glance
AAM6030BI User Manual 2. Your CPE at a glance Your CPE has many ports, switches and LEDs. Let’s take a look at the different options. Depending upon your model of CPE, your CPE may have some or all of the features listed below 2.1 Ports and buttons (Back panel) z Power is where you connect the power...
Page 7 - Getting Start; Part 1 provides instructions to set up the hardware.; Connecting the Hardware
AAM6030BI User Manual 3. Getting Start This chapter provides basic instructions for connecting the CPE to a computer or a LAN and to the Internet via ADSL. f Part 1 provides instructions to set up the hardware. f Part 2 describes how to configure Internet properties on your computer(s). f Part 3 sho...
Page 12 - Setting up your CPE; sensitive) and the password is
AAM6030BI User Manual 4. Setting up your CPE This section will guide you through your CPE’s configuration. The CPE is shipped with a standard default bridge configuration; for most users, you may want to change the CPE from a bridge to a router. 4.1 Log into your CPE To configure your CPE, open your...
Page 13 - Setup
AAM6030BI User Manual Figure 2 (Home page) 4.3 Setup To setup your CPE with a basic configuration, from the Home page, select Setup. Figure 3 illustrates the setup page. The page is broken into two subsections the WAN configuration and the LAN configuration. Before configuring the router, there are ...
Page 14 - Bridged CPE profile and Connection
AAM6030BI User Manual 4.3.1 Wide Area Network connection On the other side of the router is where your Wide Area Network (WAN) connection; also referred to as a broadband connection. This WAN connection is different for every WAN supplier. Most of the configuration you will perform will be in this a...
Page 15 - Tools; select; System Commands; . At the system commands page, click on; Save All; PPPoA Connection Setup
AAM6030BI User Manual and VCI settings; your DSL service provider or your ISP will supply these; in this case the DSL service provider is using 0,35. Also select the quality of service (QOS); leave the default value if you are unsure or the ISP did not provide this information. Figure 4 (Bridge Conn...
Page 16 - PPPoE Connection Setup
AAM6030BI User Manual c. On-Demand: Enables on-demand mode. The connection will disconnect if no activity is detected after the specified idle timeout value. d. Idle Timeout: Specifies that PPPoA connection should disconnect if the link has no activity detected for n seconds. This field is used in c...
Page 18 - DHCP Connection Setup; Static Connection Setup
AAM6030BI User Manual 4.4.1.4 DHCP Connection Setup Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) allows the CPE to automatically obtain the IP address from the server. This option is commonly used in situations where IP is dynamically assigned and is not known prior to assignment. To configure the CPE...
Page 20 - Configuring the LAN; must; Enable/Disable DHCP
AAM6030BI User Manual 4.5 Configuring the LAN By default, your CPE has DHCP server (LAN side) enabled. If you already have a DHCP server running on your network, you must disable one of the two DHCP servers; if you plug a second DHCP server into the network, you will experience network errors and th...
Page 21 - Figure 10 (Example of a DHCP Relay configuration); Static IP address assignment; IP addresses. Further remember; mygateway
AAM6030BI User Manual Figure 10 (Example of a DHCP Relay configuration) By turning off the DHCP server and relay the network administrator must carefully configure the IP address, Subnet Mask and DNS settings of every computer on your network. Do not assign the same IP address to more than one compu...
Page 28 - Multicast/IGMP Snooping; Anyone can join or leave a host group at will.
AAM6030BI User Manual 4.6.7 Multicast/IGMP Snooping Multicasting is a form of limited broadcast. UDP is used to send datagrams to all hosts that belong to what is called a "host group." A host group is a set of zero or more hosts identified by the same destination IP address. The following s...
Page 29 - Static Routing
AAM6030BI User Manual Figure 16-2 (IGMP SNOOPING) 4.6.8 Static Routing If the CPE is connected to more than one network, you may need to set up a static route between them. A static route is a pre-defined pathway that network information must travel to reach a specific host or network. You can use s...
Page 34 - Select to view the list of DHCP clients.
AAM6030BI User Manual Figure 20 (Ping test) 4.7.6 Modem Test The Modem Test is used to check whether your Modem is properly connected to the WAN Network. This test may take a few seconds to complete. To perform the test, select your connection from the list and press the Test button. Before running ...
Page 35 - System Log
AAM6030BI User Manual 4.8.6 System Log You can display the CPE’s log by going to the Home screen, under the Status title, click System log. From here you can view all logged information. Depending upon the severity level, this logged info will generate log reports to a remote host (if remote logging...
Page 36 - Appendix A: Troubleshooting; The CPE is not functional; Check to see that the LAN and WAN LEDs are green.; I can’t connect to the CPE.
AAM6030BI User Manual 5. Appendix A: Troubleshooting Below is a list of commonly asked questions. Before calling technical support, please look through these issues to see if they help solve your problem. 5.1 The CPE is not functional 1. Check to see that the power LED is green and than the network ...
Page 37 - The DSL Link LED continues to blink but does not go solid; Common Problems and Solutions; The DSL Link LED is always off
AAM6030BI User Manual 5.4 The DSL Link LED continues to blink but does not go solid 1. This means that the DSL line is trying to train but for some reason it cannot establish a valid connection. The main cause of this is that you are too far away from the central office. Contact your DSL service pro...
Page 38 - Router terms
AAM6030BI User Manual 6. Router terms What is a firewall? A firewall is protection between the Internet and your local network. It acts similarly to the firewall in your car, protecting the interior of the car from the engine. Your car's firewall has very small opening that allow desired connections...