Page 2 - Preface
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 2 www.netcomm.com.au Preface this manual provides information related to the installation, operation, and application of this device. the individual reading this manual is presumed to have a basic understanding of telecommunications terminology and...
Page 3 - table of Contents
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 3 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router table of Contents Introduction ..................................................................................................................................
Page 5 - INTRODUCTION
Page 6 - Introduction; Package contents
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 6 www.netcomm.com.au Introduction your 3G15wn – aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router Congratulations on your purchase of a NetComm 3G15wn – aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router. this product is a high-performance ADSL2+ Modem Router c...
Page 7 - PLACEMENT
Page 8 - Placement; Placement of your 3G15wn; Router placement; avoid obstacles and interference; Cordless phones
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 8 www.netcomm.com.au Placement Placement of your 3G15wn When Connecting With 3G Just like your mobile phone, a 3G USB Modem’s location will affect its signal strength to the 3G Mobile Base Station (Cell Tower). The data speed achievable from a 3G U...
Page 9 - Choose the “quietest” channel for your wireless network
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 9 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router Choose the “quietest” channel for your wireless network In locations where homes or offices are close together, such as apartment buildings or office complexe...
Page 10 - Product Layout
Page 11 - Getting to know your 3G15Wn
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 11 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router Product Layout Getting to know your 3G15Wn It is recommended that you take a moment to acquaint yourself with the indicator lights, ports and default setting...
Page 12 - Minimum system requirements; Do I need a micro filter?
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 12 www.netcomm.com.au Minimum system requirements Different aspects of the 3G15Wn have different requirements, so let’s look at them in turn. We’ll start with your computer, which ought to match the following requirements if you are to enjoy the be...
Page 13 - Default settings; Restore Factory Default Settings; Connecting the 3G15wn
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 13 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router Default settings LAN (Management) Static IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1 WAN (Internet) WAN mode: DHCP Wirele...
Page 14 - Quick Setup
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 14 www.netcomm.com.au Quick Setup 1. Connect the supplied RJ-11 cable to the DSL port on the back of your router to the phone port that supplies your ADSL. 2. and/or, attach a compatible 3G USB modem into the USB port on the back of the router 3. C...
Page 18 - Web User Interface
Page 19 - web User Interface; What can you do from here?
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 19 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router web User Interface What can you do from here? By logging into the web user interface, you are able to configure your 3G15Wn with a wide array of basic and ad...
Page 20 - Basic
Page 23 - G Settings
Page 24 - G Interface; PIN Configuration
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 24 www.netcomm.com.au 3G Settings 3G Interface On this screen you are able to select the 3G USB modem that you wish to use as your Internet connection. The field will auto fill with any compatible 3G USB modem 3G waN Service From the 3G waN Service...
Page 25 - G Backup Config
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 25 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router 3G Backup Config On this page you are able to configure your 3G15Wn to use 3G as a backup to ADSL. Therefore if you have both connection options available, s...
Page 27 - wireless
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 27 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router wireless Setup/Basic The Wireless submenu provides access to Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) configuration settings including: • Wireless network name (SS...
Page 28 - Configuration
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 28 www.netcomm.com.au Security Security settings are used to prevent unauthorised connection to your network. This can be as basic as a neighbouring user who detects and is able to connect through your wireless network, right through to actual mali...
Page 30 - MAC filter
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 30 www.netcomm.com.au MAC filter This screen appears when Media Access Control (MAC) Filter is selected. This option allows access to be restricted based upon the unique 48-bit maC address. To add a MAC Address filter, click the Add button shown be...
Page 31 - wireless bridge; Station info
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 31 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router wireless bridge The following screen appears when selecting Wireless Bridge, and goes into a detailed explanation of how to configure wireless bridge feature...
Page 32 - Management
Page 33 - management; Device Settings
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 33 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router management Device Settings The Device Settings screens allow you to backup, retrieve and restore the default settings of your Router. It also provides a func...
Page 34 - SNmP
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 34 www.netcomm.com.au Update Firmware The following screen appears when selecting Update Firmware. By following this screens steps, you can update your Routers firmware. Manual device upgrades from a locally stored file can also be performed using ...
Page 36 - SNtP; access Control
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 36 www.netcomm.com.au SNtP This screen allows you to configure the time settings of your Router. Option Description First NTP timeserver: Select the required server. Second NTP timeserver: Select second timeserver, if required. Time zone offset: Se...
Page 38 - Advanced
Page 39 - advanced; atm interface; waN service
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 39 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router advanced atm interface This page allows you to set your DSL connection with advanced configuration options. Select Add to include a new configuration and sel...
Page 40 - LaN
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 40 www.netcomm.com.au LaN This screen allows you to configure the Local Area Network (LAN) interface on your Router. See the field descriptions below for more details. Option Description IP Address Enter the IP address for the LaN interface Subnet ...
Page 41 - Nat
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 41 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router Nat Port Forwarding Port Forwarding allows you to direct incoming traffic from the Internet side (identified by Protocol and External port) to the internal s...
Page 45 - Parental Control
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 45 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router Parental Control The Parental Control feature allows you to take advanced measures to ensure the computers connected to the LAN are used only when and how pr...
Page 46 - Quality of Service
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 46 www.netcomm.com.au Quality of Service Quality of Service offers a defined level of performance in a data communications system - for example the ability to guarantee that video traffic is given priority over other network traffic to ensure that ...
Page 48 - Routing
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 48 www.netcomm.com.au Routing Default Gateway, Static Route, Policy Routing and Dynamic Route settings can be found in the Routing link as illustrated below. Default gateway Select your preferred WAN interface from the drop down box. Static route T...
Page 50 - DNS
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 50 www.netcomm.com.au DNS DNS server this page allows user to enable automatic DNS from the ISP or specify their own DNS server address manually Dynamic DNS the Dynamic DNS service allows a dynamic IP address to be aliased to a static hostname in a...
Page 51 - UPnP; DNS proxy
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 51 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router UPnP Simply check or uncheck the box and press Apply/Save to enable or disable the UPnP protocol DNS proxy To enable DNS Proxy, tick the corresponding checkb...
Page 53 - Interface grouping; LaN ports
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 53 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router Interface grouping Interface grouping supports multiple ports to PVC and bridge groups. Each group performs as an independent network. To use this feature, y...
Page 54 - Status
Page 55 - Diagnostics
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 55 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router Status the Status menu has the following submenus: • Diagnostics • System Log • 3G network • Statistics • Route • aRP • DHCP Diagnostics The Diagnostics menu...
Page 56 - System Log
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 56 www.netcomm.com.au System Log This function allows you to view system events and configure related options. Follow the steps below to enable and view the System Log. 1: Click Configure System Log to continue. 2: Select the system log options (se...
Page 57 - Statistics
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 57 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router Statistics these screens provide detailed information for: • Local Area Network (LAN), Wide Area Network (WAN), ATM and ADSL• 3G Interfaces NotE: these stati...
Page 60 - Route; aRP
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 60 www.netcomm.com.au Route Select Route to display the paths the Router has found. Field Description Destination Destination network or destination host Gateway Next hop IP address Subnet Mask Subnet Mask of Destination Flag U: route is up!: rejec...
Page 61 - Appendix
Page 62 - Appendix A: Print Server
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 62 www.netcomm.com.au Appendix A: Print Server These steps explain the procedure for enabling the Print Server. 1. Enable Print Server from the advanced menu in the web User Interface. Select Enable on-board print server checkbox and enter Printer ...
Page 68 - Appendix B: USB Storage
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 68 www.netcomm.com.au Appendix B: USB Storage These steps explain the procedure for enabling the USB Storage. 1. Enable USB storage from web User Interface. Select Enable USB storage checkbox and enter Netbios name and Directory Name Field Descript...
Page 69 - For Windows Vista
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 69 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router 4. Click the + button to add this server to the list of Favourites and then click Connect 5. Select the Guest radio button and then click Connect For Windows...
Page 70 - Legal & Regulatory Information; Customer Information; Product warranty
aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router ymL15wN 70 www.netcomm.com.au Legal & Regulatory Information this manual is copyright. apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of private study, research, criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright act, no part may be reproduced, stored...
Page 71 - Limitations of warranty
ymL15wN aDSL2+/3G wireless N300 4-Port modem Router www.netcomm.com.au 71 NetComm Gateway Series - ADSL2+/3G Wireless N300 4-Port Modem Router The warranty is automatically voided if: 1. You, or someone else, use the product, or attempts to use it, other than as specified by NetComm; 2. the fault or...