NetComm NB600W - Manuals

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 6 www.netcomm.com.au 1.2 Features and benefits The NetComm NB600W Super-G Wireless Gateway • Four 10/100M Base TX ports for PC or LAN connection and one 10/100M Base TX WAN port for broadband connection • 802.11g Wireless Access Point ...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 8 www.netcomm.com.au 1.4 Connecting the NetComm Super-G Wireless Gateway A typical Internet access application of the NB600W Gateway is shown below: Connecting your Gateway Site Selection Before installation, select the Wireless Gatewa...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 9 1.5 Device The NB600W has 5 ports and 7 LEDs for connection and administrative purposes. 1.5.1 NB600W Front Panel 1.5.2 NB600W Back Panel 1.6 Factory Default Reset Button. Press and hold the reset button for more t...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 10 www.netcomm.com.au 1.6.1 Log-in User Name The default username of the NB600W is “admin”. Password The default password of the NB600W is “admin”. It is highly recommended that you setup your own password to prevent unauthorized acces...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 11 1.6.2. Management / Gateway Address The NB600W gateway address, also the address for management utility, is 192.168.1.1. Please login the Management Utility or setup your gateway on this address. [Please refer to ...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 12 www.netcomm.com.au Chapter 2 Configuring your Computers 2.1 Overview The instructions in this chapter will help you configure each of your computers to be able to communicate with the NB600W Gateway.To do this, you need to configure y...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 13 2.2 Configuring Windows 98 and Millennium PCs 1. Click the Start button. Select Settings and click the Control Panel icon. Double-click the Network icon. 2. On the Configuration tab, select the TCP/IP line for the ...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 14 www.netcomm.com.au 3. Click the IP Address tab. Select “Obtain an IP address automatically”. 4. Now click the Gateway tab, and verify that the Installed Gateway field is blank. Click the OK button. 5. Click the OK button again. Windo...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 16 www.netcomm.com.au 4. Select Obtain an IP address automatically. Once the new window appears, click the OK button. Click the OK button again to complete the PC configuration. 5. Restart your computer.

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 17 2.4 Configuring Windows XP PCs The following instructions assume you are running Windows XP with the default interface. If you are using the Classic interface (where the icons and menus look like previous Windows ...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 19 Chapter 3 Configuring the Wireless Gateway The NB600W Wireless Gateway includes a pre-installed web-based configuration tool, which provides an interface to manage and configure the device to meet the requirements o...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 20 www.netcomm.com.au 3.1 Basic Configuration The basic configuration contains Internet Port, Local Port and the Wireless LAN configu- rations. After you have finished setting up the basic items, the gateway will work for most scenarios. ...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 21 DHCP Configuration The DHCP is the default service for the Internet Port section. This means that you will get the IP address from the ISP automatically. Choose this type of Protocol for Optus Cable also. Field De...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 22 www.netcomm.com.au PPPoE Configuration Most DSL-based ISPs use PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) to establish an Inter- net connection. If you are connected to the Internet through a DSL line, check with your ISP to see ...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 23 Field Description Enable Unnumbered PPP Connection Check this box and enter the IP address of the un- numbered connection. Contact your ISP if you are unsure if this feature is required for your PPPoE con- nection...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 24 www.netcomm.com.au Static IP Configuration If you connect to the Internet using a permanent IP address, please select Static IP Configu- ration from the pull down menu and fill the ISP specified values in the fields. Note: If your ISP r...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 25 PPTP Configuration Some older modems use a PPTP connection instead of PPPoE. This connection uses a PPP session to connect to your ISP. After the connection between the ISP and your modem is established, you are a...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 26 www.netcomm.com.au Field Description Packet Size (MTU) he Maximum Transmission Unit of an IP packet. The default value is 1492 Bytes. If your ISP requires a special value, select this from the pull down menu. The default value will ...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 27 3.1.2 Local Port Configure your gateway’s Local Port IP address here. The Local Port must be a private IP ad- dress. (10.x.x.x, 192.x.x.x are reserved for LAN use). Field Description Subnet Mask The subnet mask det...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 28 www.netcomm.com.au Field Description Lease Time A DHCP user’s PC gets the IP address with a lease time. When the lease time is expired, the user’s PC must connect to the DHCP server to request the dynamic IP address again. When ther...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 29 3.1.3 Wireless LAN Click Enable Wireless Access to enable the wireless function of the gateway. Field Description SSID (Service Set Identifier.) The SSID is the network name shared among all points in the wireless ...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 30 www.netcomm.com.au Field Description If one or more of the clients use 802.11g or 802.11b connecting to the gateway, the gateway will be in 802.11b/g mixed mode. At Super-G, the channel will be fixed at 6, the regular 802.11g and 802...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 31 Field Description WPA Pre-Shared Key There are two encryption options for WPA Pre- Shared Key, TKIP and AES. TKIP stands for Tempo- ral Key Integrity Protocol. TKIP utilizes a stronger encryption method and incorp...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 33 3.2 Advanced Items The gateway’s advanced configuration allows you to manage your gateway. 3.2.1 Advanced Setup > Access Control List The Access Control List allows you to define Internet access rules for LAN use...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 34 www.netcomm.com.au Define Group - Options Field Description Group Name Define a group name for each group such as ‘sales’, ‘R&D’ or ‘accounting’. Click the radio button to choose which IP addresses you want to include in this gro...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 35 Define Application - Options Field Description Application name Define the name of the application you want to define. Protocol Select TCP or UDP for the protocol of the applica- tion. Port Range/Port Number Define t...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 36 www.netcomm.com.au 3.2.2 Advanced Setup >Content filtering The content filtering feature allows you to block users from browsing certain web-sites or downloading specific file types. Field Description Block URLs By Keyword Type the ...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 37 Field Description Block Cookies This setting will block all cookies sent from the web site you are visiting or external web sites. Block Download File Available for Executable, Compressed and Audio/ Video files. Ch...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 38 www.netcomm.com.au 3.2.3 Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS The gateway offers a Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature. The DDNS lets you assign a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP address. It is useful when you ar...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 39 Field Description Update Status Returns the status of your DDNS service- please check the status of the DDNS service here. If you received an error message from a problem other than your configuration, please conta...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 40 www.netcomm.com.au 3.2.4 Advanced Setup > Firewall Field Description DoS Attack Threshold When the gateway suffers a continuous attack from the Internet (Which is considered an abnormal con- nection that makes many connection req...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 41 Field Description Use the DMZ host. The DMZ feature allows one local network user to be exposed to the Internet to use special-purpose services, such as Internet gaming or videoconferenc- ing. DMZ forwards all the...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 42 www.netcomm.com.au Field Description Return Address If your gateway cannot send to the recipient success- fully and is bounced back, or users want to be able to reply to the message through e-mail, then this address will be where th...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 44 www.netcomm.com.au Field Description Allow Management from PC Check this box to restrict management access from the LAN. Only the PC with the MAC address you specify here can manage the gateway. If you key in the wrong MAC address a...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 45 3.2.6 Advanced Setup > Static Routes When you have more than one network on your LAN, and you want to route certain IP ad- dresses of the network to another network, add them into the static routing table. Fiel...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 46 www.netcomm.com.au 3.2.7 Advanced Setup > UPnP Field Description Enable UPnP To enable UPnP click the checkbox. UPnP is a func- tion that allows the gateway to self-discover, self- configure and communicate easily with other devic...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 47 3.2.8 Advanced Setup > Virtual Server The virtual server allows you to set up public services on your network, such as web servers, ftp servers, e-mail servers, or other specialized Internet applications. (Spec...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 52 www.netcomm.com.au 3.3.4 Management > Network Status The network status shows the Service Type, IP address, Subnet mask, Gateway, DNS and MAC address of your WAN. Field Description Refresh Click this button to display the latest ...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 53 User List The user list shows users who are using the DHCP service, including their IP address, MAC address, Host Name and the Expiration Time of the leased IP address. Click Refresh to update the latest users lis...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 56 www.netcomm.com.au Appendix A: Technical Specifications Standard: IEEE 802.3, 802.3u, 802.11g and 802.11b Channels: 11 Channels: US, Canada 13 Channels: Europe, Australia 14 Channels: Japan Access Interface WAN: One 10/100 Base TX p...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 57 Hardware Access Interface • WAN: One 10/100 Base TX port, Auto sensing, Auto MDIX, RJ-45 con- nector • LAN: Four 10/100 Base TX ports, Auto sensing, Auto MDIX, RJ-45 connector • Wireless: External Antenna, Frequen...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 58 www.netcomm.com.au Software Networking /Transport layer protocol • 802.1D Bridge for LAN and Wireless bridging • DHCP server • PPPoE, Telstra BigPond, DHCP client and Fixed IP for broadband DSL/ Cable ISP connection (eg Optus Cable)...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 59 Management • Web-based configuration wizard • Web-based firmware upgrade, configuration profile backup/restore • Remote Management • Supports Windows-based syslog viewer • Supports UPnP

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 60 www.netcomm.com.au Appendix B: Frequent Asked Questions Q: What is a “dynamic IP address”? A: An IP address from your ISP which is assigned via DHCP and is therefore not guaranteed to remain the same. Some cable modem Internet provi...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 61 Q: What’s MX (Mail Exchanger)? And why MX? A: The Internet email system for both machines and network connections are prone to error. With this, a chain of email hubs into the email architecture is built. If the “...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 62 www.netcomm.com.au Appendix C: Troubleshooting This chapter is intended to help you troubleshoot problems you may encounter while setting up and using the NetComm NB600W. It also describes some common hardware and software problems ...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 63 Appendix D: DDNS Update Status Messages (1) When starting the DDNS service. Updating dynamic DNS server, please wait. (2) When DHCP Client or PPPOE cannot get IP on the Internet Port. Could not resolve IP address ...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 64 www.netcomm.com.au Appendix E: Cable Connections This cable information is provided for your reference only. Please ensure you only connect the appropriate cable into the correct socket on either this product or your computer.If you...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 65 Straight and crossover cable configuration There are two types of the wiring: Straight-Through Cables and Crossover Cables. Category 5 UTP/STP cable has eight wires inside the sheath. The wires form four pairs. St...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 66 www.netcomm.com.au RJ11 connector and cable An RJ-11 connector is the small, modular plug used for most analog telephones. It has six pin slots in the head, but usually only two or four of them are used. Figure 5 605 to RJ-11 adapte...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 67 Appendix F: Registering your NetComm Product All NetComm Limited (“NetComm”) products have a standard 12 month warranty from date of purchase against defects in manufacturing and that the products will operate in ...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 68 www.netcomm.com.au Customer Information ACA (Australian Communications Authority) requires you to be aware of the following infor- mation and warnings:(1) This unit shall be connected to the Telecommunication Network through a line ...

YML775 Rev1 NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 69 Product Warranty The warranty is granted on the following conditions:1. This warranty extends to the original purchaser (you) and is not transferable;2. This warranty shall not apply to software programs, batterie...

NB600W Super-G Wireless Broadband Gateway User Guide YML775 Rev1 70 www.netcomm.com.au Limitations of Warranty The Trade Practices Act 1974 and corresponding State and Territory Fair Trading Acts or le- galisation of another Government (“the relevant acts”) in certain circumstances imply manda- tory...