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CONTENTS ABOUT THIS USER’S GUIDE.................................................................................. VII Before You Start ........................................................................................................................................... vii R EQUIREMENTS .........

Figures Figure 1. Front Panel Display with LED Indicators................................................................................................ 2 Figure 2. Rear Panel Cable and Power Connections ..................................................................................................

DSL-500G ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide About This User’s Guide This user’s guide provides instructions on how to install the DSL-500G ADSL Router and use it to connect a computer or Ethernet LAN to the Internet. If you are using a computer with a functioning Ethernet port, you can use the Quick ...

DSL-500G ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Operating System The DSL-500G uses an HTML-based web interface for setup and management. The web configuration manager may be accessed using any operating system capable of running web browser software. Web Browser Any common web browser can be used to conf...

DSL-500G ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Packing List Open the shipping carton and carefully remove all items. In addition to this User's Guide, ascertain that you have: 1. One DSL-500G ADSL Ethernet Router 2. One CD-ROM with this User’s Guide and the Quick Installation Guide 3. One twisted-pair t...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide 1 Introduction This section provides a brief description of the Router, its associated technologies and a list of Router features. What is ADSL? Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is broadband access technology that provides high-speed digital data transmissi...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Front Panel Place the Router in a location where the LED indicators can be easily viewed. Figure 1. Front Panel Display with LED Indicators The LED Indicators read as follows: Power Steady green light indicates the unit is powered on. Status Blinking green indicates...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide 2 Hardware Installation In this chapter you will learn about the various connections you will need to make in order to use the Router. When selecting the location for the Router, allow ample room to access the connections on the rear panel. For convenience, try to p...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Hub or Switch to Router Connection Connect the Router to an uplink port (MDI-II) on an Ethernet hub or switch with a straight-through cable as shown in the diagram below: If you wish to reserve the uplink port on the switch or hub for another device, connect to any ...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide 3 Configuring the Router for the First Time The first time you setup the Router it is recommended that you configure the WAN connection using a single computer making sure that both the computer and the Router are not connected to the LAN. Once the WAN connection is...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Configure Windows XP for DHCP Use the following steps to configure a computer running Windows XP to be a DHCP client. 1. From the Start menu on your desktop, go to click on Control Panel . 2. In the Control Panel folder, click on Network and Internet Connections . 6

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide 3. In the Network and Internet Connections folder, click on Network Connections . 4. In the Network Connections folder, highlight the Local Area Connection icon by clicking on it once. A new option is revealed under Network Tabs in the left side panel. 7

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide 5. Click on Change settings of the connection under Network Tabs. 6. In the General Tab of the Local Area Connection Properties menu, highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) under “This connection uses the following items:” by clicking on it once. Click on the Properti...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide 7. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically” by clicking once in the circle. Click the OK button. Your computer is now ready to use the Router’s DHCP server. Windows 2000 First, check for the IP protocol and, if necessary, install it: 1. In the Windows task bar, c...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Windows ME First, check for the IP protocol and, if necessary, install it: 1. In the Windows task bar, click the Start button, point to Settings , and then click Control Panel . 2. Double-click the Network and Dial-up Connections icon. 3. In the Network and Dial-up ...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Configure Windows 95, 98 for DHCP 1. Open the Control Panel window, and then click the Network icon. 2. Select the network component labeled TCP/IP, and then click Properties . 3. If you have multiple TCP/IP listings, select the listing associated with your network ...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Access the Web Configuration Manager Once the computer has IP settings that allow it to access the web-based configuration software, you can change the settings to enable the Router to connect to the Internet. If the browser software on the computer you are using is...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide The first web page you will see when you successfully login is the System View page. This page can be used later, once you have a connection established. For now however, the information contained here is not useful. The menu you need to establish the ADSL connectio...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Configure WAN Connection (ADSL Service Connection) Click on the Quick Configuration hyperlink to access the configuration settings you need to establish the ADSL connection. Quick Configuration Window When setting up the Router for the first time, use the Quick Conf...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide 9. DNS Some users will be required to enter an IP address used for DNS services. If you are given a DNS server IP address enter that here along with a secondary or back-up DNS server IP address if you were given one. 10. For PPP connections (PPPoE or PPPoA), you mus...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide 4 Web Configuration Management Guide This chapter describes how to use the embedded web-based management software to configure the Router for additional PVC connection profiles, to change the LAN IP settings, to change the global WAN IP address and to perform other ...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Quick Configuration The Quick Configuration displays the settings you are most likely to need to change when you first set up the Router. These settings are explained briefly below: ATM Interface Select the ATM interface you want to use (use atm-0 for a single ATM i...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Home Page - System View The System View read-only table on the Home Page displays a summary of various system settings and functions as described in the table below. Red colored text headings in this display are hyperlinked to a relavent menu. Figure 6. Home Page – ...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Change LAN IP Settings The LAN IP address identifies the LAN port (eth-0) as a node on your network; that is, its LAN IP address must be in the same subnet as the computers on your LAN. You can change the default LAN IP address and Net Mask to suit the IP address ar...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide DHCP Service Modes DHCP services can be employed in one of three different ways; it can provide DHCP services, it can receive DHCP services or it can relay DHCP service. By default the device is configured to act as a DHCP server on the Ethernet LAN. In this case it...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide WAN Configuration Options If you are using the Router with two or more virtual connections (VC) one way to configure the additional connections is by using the WAN folder menus. You can use the ATM VC configuration menu to first create the additional VC. You may the...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Figure 10. ATM VCC – Add (or Modify) Parameters To Add or Modify AAL5 Parameters define the following: VCC Interface The name of the lower-level interface on which this VC operates. The low-level interface names are pre-configured in the software and identify the ty...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide PPP Configuration PPP is configured as a group of software settings associated with the ADSL port. Although the device has only one physical ADSL port, the Router can be defined with more than one group of PPP settings. Each group of settings is called a PPP interfa...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide IpoA Configuration The IPoA table contains a row for each EOA interface currently defined on the device. The table may initially contain no entries. Figure 13. IPoA Configuration The IPoA Configuration table displays the following fields: IPoA Interface The IPoA int...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Figure 14. Add IPoA Interface Follow these instructions to add an IPoA interface: 1. Select the next available interface name from the IPoA Interface drop-down list. 2. In the Configured IP Address and Net Mask boxes, type the address and mask that you want to assig...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide EOA Configuration Ethernet-over-ATM (EOA) is a commonly used protocol for data transfer between Ethernet LANs and wide area networks that use the ATM protocol. Telecommunications industry networks often use the ATM in the within the their primary infrastructure or b...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Figure 16. EOA Interface – Modify To Add or Modify AAL5 Parameters define the following: EOA Interface This is used (by the Router) to identify the EOA interface. If you are adding a new EOA interface, choose the EOA set you want to define from the pull-down menu (A...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Bridge Configuration The Router can be configured to act as a bridging device between your LAN and your ISP. Bridges are devices that enable two or more networks to communicate as if they are two segments of the same physical LAN. This section describes how to confi...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide To add or change bridge configuration settings, log into the Configuration Manager and click on the Bridging button in the Bridging folder. Figure 17. Bridge Configuration Menu To define Bridge settings for a new virtual connection, click the Add button. When you ch...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Routing Configuration Links to the IP Route and IP Address tables are found within the Routing folder. The remaining links are duplicate links to menus that have been previously described. IP Route IP Routes are used to define gateways and hops used to route data tr...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Adding IP Routes To add an IP route to the device's routing table, follow these steps: 1. Click the Add button to display the IP Route – Add menu. 2. Type in the destination, network mask, and gateway or next hop for this route. To create a route that defines the de...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide NAT Network Address Translation is a method for disguising the private IP addresses you use on your LAN as the public IP address you use on the Internet. You define NAT rules that specify exactly how and when to translate between public and private IP addresses. NAT...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide RIP RIP is an Internet protocol you can set up to share routing table information with other routing devices on your LAN, at your ISP's location, or on remote networks connected to your network via the ADSL line. Figure 22. RIP Configuration Most small home or offic...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide 5. Select a Send Mode and a Receive Mode. The Send Mode setting indicates the RIP version this interface will use when it sends its route information to other devices. The Receive Mode setting indicates the RIP version(s) in which information must be passed to the R...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Follow these instructions to configure global firewall settings: Configure any of the following settings that display in the Firewall Global Information table: Bl ack List Status: If you want the device to maintain and use a black list, click Enable . Click Disable ...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Host IP Address : The IP address of the computer that sent the packet(s) that caused the violation Reason : A short description of the type of violation. If the packet violated an IP Filter rule, the custom text from the Log Tag field will display. IPF Rule ID : If ...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide • A private interface connects to your LAN, such as the Ethernet interface. Packets received on a private interface are subject to a less restrictive set of protections, because they originate within the network. Typically, the global setting for private interfaces ...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide TCP Flag : Specifies whether the rule should apply only to TCP packets that contain the synchronous ( SYN ) flag, only to those that contain the non-synchronous ( NOT-SYN ) flag, or to all TCP packets. This field will be dimmed (unavailable for entry) unless you sel...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide DNS Multiple DNS addresses are useful to provide alternatives when one of the servers is down or is encountering heavy traffic. ISPs typically provide primary and secondary DNS addresses, and may provide additional addresses. Figure 26. DNS Configuration Your LAN PC...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Blocked Protocols The Router is capable of sending and receiving information in a variety of protocol formats. The Blocked Protocols feature enables you to prevent the Router from passing any data that uses a particular protocol. Unlike the IP Filter feature, you ca...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide • IPV6 Multicast: IP Multicasting under IP Protocol version 6. See IP Multicast above. • 802.1.Q: This IEEE specification defines a protocol for virtual LANs on Ethernet networks. A virtual LAN is a group of PCs that function as a local area network, even though the...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Commit & Reboot Whenever you use the Web Configuration Manager to change system settings, the changes are initially placed in temporary storage (called random access memory or RAM). Your changes are made effective when you submit them, but will be lost if the de...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Reboot Options Select the reboot option from the pull-down menu. The options are a described here: Reboot A simple reboot. This will put into effect any configuration changes that have been successfully committed to flash memory. Reboot From Last Configuration This ...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Diagnostics The diagnostics feature executes a series of test of your system software and hardware connections. Use this feature when working with your ISP to troubleshoot problems. Figure 31. Diagnostics Window Select the Virtual Circuit and click the Submit button...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Alarms The Configuration Manager can be used to view alarms that occur in the system. Alarms, also called traps, are caused by a variety of system events, including connection attempts, resets, and configuration changes. Although you will not typically need to view ...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide A Technical Specifications GENERAL STANDARDS: ITU G.992.1 (G.dmt) ITU G.992.2 (G.lite) ITU G.994.1 (G.hs) ANSI T1.413 Issue # 2 DATA TRANSFER RATE: G.dmt full rate: Downstream up to 8 Mbps Upstream up to 640 Kbps G.lite: Downstream up to 1.5 Mbps Upstream up to 512 ...

DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide Split Line Filter If you are instructed to use a split line style filter you must install the device between the Router and the phone jack. Use standard telephone cable with standard RJ-11 connectors. The splitter has three RJ-11 ports used to connect to the wall ja...

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