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YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 5 Overview Thank you for purchasing the NetComm NB5Plus4/W ADSL/ADSL2 Modem Router. NetComm brings you the Next Generation of ADSL technology with ADSL-2*, which boosts ADSL’s performance, improves interoperability, and supports new applica- tions...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au NB5Plus4/W Package Contents Your NB5Plus4/W Package contains the following items: • The NB5Plus4 or NB5Plus4/W Mo- dem Router (both models shown above) • Telephone Cable (RJ-11) • RJ-11 to 605 Adaptor • USB Cable • Power Adaptor (AC 15V) • CAT-5 UT...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 7 Minimum System Requirements Before continuing with the installation of your NB5Plus4/W, please confirm that you comply with the minimum system requirements. • Pentium® MMX 233MHz • A CD-ROM Drive • Ethernet card installed with TCP/IP Protocol (r...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au Do I need a Micro filter? Micro filters are used to prevent common telephone equipment, such as phones, answering machines and fax machines, from interfering with your ADSL service. If your ADSL enabled phone line is being used with any other equip...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au LED Indicators The LED Indicators are located on the front of the unit, they are green in colour, except the Power LED which is red. The meanings are as follows: Label Status Indicates Power On Power is on. Off Power is off. PPP Flashing Trying to...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 10 www.netcomm.com.au Back Panel Ports Power Connect the Power Adapt0r that comes with your package. 1, 2, 3, 4 4 x 10/100 Base-T Ethernet jack (RJ-45) to connect to your Ethernet Network card or Ethernet Hub / Switch. Reset To reset your ADSL Router to factory defau...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 11 Restoring Factory Defaults This feature will reset the Modem to its factory default configuration. Occasions may present themselves where you need to restore the factory defaults on your modem. Typical situations are: • You have lost your usern...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 1 www.netcomm.com.au Default Settings LAN (Management) Field Setting Details Static IP Address: 192.168.1.1 * Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 * Default Gateway: blank WAN (Internet) Field Setting Details User Name: username@isp Password: **** Protocol: PPPoE VPI: 8 * VCI:...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 1 Connecting your NB5Plus4/W The NB5Plus4/W can be connected via a USB cable or an Ethernet cable or both. The USB connection is simply an ethernet simulation. As far as your computer is concerned the USB connection is an Ethernet connection, henc...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 14 www.netcomm.com.au Connecting your NB5Plus4/W ADSL Modem via USB 1. Connect the power pack to the NB5Plus4/W ADSL Modem and switch on the power switch. 2. Connect your NB5Plus4/W to a computer directly via USB cable. 3. When the computer is booted, the Add New Har...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 15 NB5Plus4W Antenna Instructions Before continuing with the Hardware installation, you may need to connect the Antenna 1. The antenna has a retaining nut which must be screwed into the SMA connector on the back of the modem. Place the screw retai...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 1 www.netcomm.com.au Configuring your NB5Plus4/W You will need to log directly into the configuration page of the modem and configure the basic settings for your Internet connection. Your ISP should provide you with the necessary information to complete this step. Th...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 1 www.netcomm.com.au Computer Hardware Configuration This section provides instructions for configuring the TCP/IP (Network) settings on your computer to work with your Modem. These steps are only required if you are having trouble accessing your Modem. Windows® XP P...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 0 www.netcomm.com.au Advanced Settings To access the Advanced Settings of your modem you click on the Advanced Settings link on the EasyConfig web page. To access this page, enter http://192.168.1.1 and login with username ‘admin’ and password ‘admin’.

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 1 Setup Click the Setup tab. The Setup screen allows you to change current settings for your LAN (Local Area Network), Ethernet Switch and WAN (Wide Area Network). You can also create new connection profiles.

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au Setup>LAN Configuration Click on the LAN Configuration link under the Setup menu to configure your Local Area Network settings. Interfaces This section displays the available interfaces on your modem that have yet to be configured. The default s...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 4 www.netcomm.com.au Configuring LAN Groups To configure an interface of a LAN group click the interface and click the Configure hyperlink. E.g. to configure the Ethernet interface for LAN group 1 click the Ethernet interface and click the Configure hyperlink: You wi...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 5 IP Settings The IP address is usually 192.168.1.1 but you can change it to another suitable number (e.g. 192.168.0.1 or 10.0.0.1 or 172.16.1.1) to suit any existing network devices you already have installed. The NetMask describes how big your n...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au Option Description Ren­ew button­ It is possible to renew the IP address by clicking the Release button. PPP IP Address The IP address to be used during a PPP session. This defaults to the IP address of the interface. Use the followin­g­ static IP ...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 7 Services It is possible to set the services for an interface by clicking on the hyperlink which will take you to the page to configure them. Please refer to the relevant section in this manual for information on the settings for these services. ...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au WAN Setup>New Connection If you click ‘New Connection’ you will see the screen shown below. The Connection setup page requires you to choose the correct settings to work with your ADSL connection as specified by your ISP. The screen will add or ...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au Option Description Option­s: NAT / Firewall NAT (Network Address Translation al- lows you to share the public IP ad- dress assigned to the WAN (Wide Area Network) interface of your modem with multiple clients on your LAN (Local Area Network). NAT ...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 0 www.netcomm.com.au PPPoE Connection Setup PPP Settings Option Description Usern­ame: Enter the username provided by your ISP. Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP. Idle Timeout: Idle timeout means the router will disconnect after being idle for a prese...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au PVC (Private Virtual Circuit) Settings Option Description VPI: (Virtual Path Identifier) If instructed to change this, type in the VPI value for the initial connection (using PVC 0). Default = 0. VCI: (Virtual Channel Identifier) If instructed to c...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au PPPoA Connection Setup When specifying your connection Type to be PPPoA you are able to change the En- capsulation to either LLC (Logical Link Control) or VC (Virtual Circuit) encapsulation. The default is LLC so do not change this setting unless ...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 4 www.netcomm.com.au Static Connection Setup Option Description En­capsulation­: Select the method of encapsulation used by your ISP. The default is LLC, so only change this to VC if your ISP asks you to. IP Address: If your ISP has issued you with a static public IP...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 5 DHCP Connection Setup Option Description En­capsulation­: Select the method of encapsulation used by your ISP from the drop-down list box. Choices vary depending on the mode you select in the Mode field. IP Address: The IP address assigned by an...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au CLIP Connection Setup Option Description IP Address: The public IP address assigned by your ISP for the Classical IP over ATM con- nection. Mask: The subnet mask issued by your ISP for the CLIP connection. ARP Server: The ARP (Address Resolution Pr...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au Logout Click Log Out to logout of the modem’s configuration interface.

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au Advanced The Advanced menu allows you to configure a number of features of your modem. This section deals with these features.

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 4 www.netcomm.com.au Option Description Primary, Secon­dary, Tertiary SNTP Servers This allows you to enter three different SNTP server addresses. If one of these servers is unavailable your modem will use an alternative. An example of an NTP server on the Internet i...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 4 Advanced>IPQoS IP QoS (Quality of Service) allows you to set priorities for traffic travelling through your modem. For example, you may want to prioritize your UDP traffic over your TCP traffic. Typical UDP traffic would be your VoIP (Voice o...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 44 www.netcomm.com.au Rule definitions will be defined by the user by allowing the user to select matching based on Source IP, Destination IP, IP Protocol, Source Port, Destination Port, and Incoming Mac Port (switched LAN Port). These selections will define a rule a...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 4 www.netcomm.com.au The Medium and Low priority queue lengths will be proportionally calculated via the queue weights selected in 1.) Queue Priorities above. Total queue length for all three queues will sum to the transmit queue length set in the system. Packets ove...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 4 www.netcomm.com.au 0x4 2 Maximize Reliability 0 Best Effort 2 0x6 3 mmc+mr 0 Best Effort 2 0x8 4 Maximize Throughput 2 Bulk 1 0xa 5 mmc+mt 2 Bulk 1 0xc 6 mr+mt 2 Bulk 1 0xe 7 mmc+mr+mt 2 Bulk 1 0x10 8 Minimize Delay 6 Interactive 0 0x12 9 mmc+md 6 Interactive 0 0x1...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 4 You are able to restrict communication between clients in different LAN groups. If you have the NB5Plus4 you can restrict traffic between two LAN groups. If you have the NB5Plus4W you can restrict traffic between three LAN groups (Ethernet, USB,...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 50 www.netcomm.com.au Option Description WAN Con­n­ection­: Refers to the active Connection Profile. Allow In­comin­g­ Pin­g­: Enabling this feature allows users on the WAN side of your modem to receive replies to an ICMP ping command. Use- ful for testing remote con...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 51 getting direct access to LAN computers while still being able to access services hosted on the designated DMZ Computer. When using NAPT to share your internet connection, LAN computers will still be able to access the Internet when the DMZ host...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 5 www.netcomm.com.au bers. Some applications specify a range of ports in which case you will need to know both the starting and ending port numbers in the range, which are mapped by the start port and end port fields. The Destination Port Map field specifies the inte...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 5 Destination Port Start & Destin­ation­ Port En­d. The ports on the remote client from which data is being sent to your mo- dem’s corresponding ports. These will be the same if you are forwarding only a single port. If there is a range, then ...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 54 www.netcomm.com.au table, click on the Port Forwarding menu item to return to the main Port Forwarding screen. User-created rules will be shown in the Available Rules list when the User Category radio button is selected. You can now apply the rule(s) by selecting ...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 55 Modem Firewall. The default ‘Firewall On’ setting blocks all anonymous Internet traffic. Access control enables the user to selectively direct such traffic, for example to a Web Host in the DMZ or to specific ports opened for such applications ...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 5 www.netcomm.com.au Idle Timeout: If there is no activity by the admin user logged into the modem for the number of minutes specified in this field, the user will be required to login again. Apply: Click Apply to save the changes. WARNING: It is strongly recommended...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 57 To edit an existing Bridge Filter Rule, click the radio button adjacent to the Filter Rule name. The Rule will then appear in the top half of the Bridge Filter control screen where it can be edited. When editing is complete, click ‘Add’ to retu...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 5 To enable Multicast, open the multicast screen and select the Enable IGMP Multicast. If you have multiple connections setup on your modem you will be able to choose which connection to enable IGMP Multicast for. Click the Apply button to save th...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 0 www.netcomm.com.au To save changes, click on Apply. Advanced>Dynamic Routing Dynamic Routing makes use of the RIP Protocol to allow the ADSL Router to au- tomatically adjust to physical changes in the network. The NB5Plus4/W, using the RIP protocol, will determi...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 1 Select ‘In­’: The NB5Plus4/W will only incorporate received RIP information. Select ‘Out’: The NB5Plus4/W will only send out RIP information. Select ‘Both’: The NB5Plus4/W will both incorporate received RIP information and send out updated RIP i...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au Thus Port Forwarding is necessary to run certain games, chat clients, video-confer- encing and other kinds of applications. You might also need to configure port-for - warding if you intend to host a web server or mail server that is to be visible ...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au from 0 to 65535, but only ports numbers 0 to 1023 are reserved for privileged serv- ices and are designated as “well-known ports”. The registered ports are numbered from 1024 through 49151. The remaining ports, referred to as dynamic ports or priv...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 4 www.netcomm.com.au tivity directly from the NB5Plus4/W to the Internet or to a computer on your Net- work. You must make certain that the IP address that you ping will actually respond to a ping before interpreting the results of the ping. Note: Computers and Netwo...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 5 Status > Connection Status Here you can view the connection status of your Internet connection (usually ‘PP- PoE’). You can also see the Public IP address that has been assigned to your modem

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au as well as other information about the connection. Status > DHCP Clients The DHCP Clients page shows the MAC address, IP Address, Host Name and Lease Time assigned to other computers in your network by the modem. Status > Modem Status The Mod...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 7 Status > System Log The System Log page shows the events triggered by the system. EasyConfig The EasyConfig menu takes you to the EasyConfig page. This is the page you origi - nally configured your modem with. Help This menu provides informat...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au • Access to the WLAN web interface.• Identify the function of each WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network) web interface page. • Use the WLAN web interface to configure the NB5Plus4W as an Access Point (AP). Wireless Main Screen

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 70 www.netcomm.com.au Wireless>Setup The screenshot below shows the default Wireless setup screen, which can be ac- cessed by clicking on the Setup link. This screen provides basic local and Wireless networks parameter settings. Following is a description of the W...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 71 Option Description En­able AP Enables/disables the access point. SSID Service Set Identifier of the AP. The default is ‘wireless’ and you can assign a unique SSID to your AP. The SSID

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 7 www.netcomm.com.au is the name of your wireless network. When scanning for wireless networks in your area this is what you will see displayed. Hidden SSID Enables/disables the Hidden SSID feature. The AP (Access Point) will not transmit beacon and thus will not be

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 0 www.netcomm.com.au proprietary and is only available when both NetComm wireless cards (e.g. NP543 / NP542) and the NB5Plus4W are used. User Isolation When checked, wireless users will not be able to directly access other wireless users. More details on User Isolati...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 1 CAUTION: Any changes you make to the WLAN screen do NOT get saved auto- matically. Clicking on the ‘Apply’ button on the individual page is not sufficient for the changes you made to take effect. For change(s) you made to any WLAN screen to take...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au Period: The number of beacon frame transmissions before frames, targeted for stations operating in low-power mode will be transmitted RTS threshold Request To Send The number of bytes in an MPDU below which an RTS/CTS handshake will not be performe...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au Video Blast Support When checked, priority is given to video in the traffic to and from the specified IP. This feature is only available if you are using a NetComm wireless card and the NB5Plus4W. IP Address The LAN-side IP with the preferred band...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 4 www.netcomm.com.au NB5Plus4W. 802.1x Enable stations with 802.1x capability to connect to the NB5Plus4W. WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) Enable stations with WPA capability to connect to the NB5Plus4W. Note: Currently VLAN (Virtual LAN) + Multiple SSID with different ...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 5 3. Enter Encyption key and select Cipher following instructions on screen. You will need to enter the same key for the first time configuration of each station 4. To save your settings, refer to the section above. Following is a description of t...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au security configuration is set to Legacy or 802.1x. This field is not used when the security configuration is set to WPA. Wireless > Security > 802.1x 802.1x is a security protocol for Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN). It is a port- based n...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 7 RADIUS server. You can enter up to 63 characters in this field. Group Key In­terval The group key interval that is used to distribute the group key to 802.1x and WPA stations. Wireless>Security>WPA WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) is a securit...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au Secret The secret that the AP shares with the RADIUS server PSK String Pre-Shared Key String. When selected, the WPA stations do not authenticate with the RADIUS server using EAP-TLS. In- stead they share a pre-shared secret with the AP (ASCII form...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au You can access the Multiple SSID screen by clicking on the Multiple SSID button un- der the Management option. The Enable SSID field will enable you to create multiple SSIDs for the AP. Note: Currently VLAN (Virtual LAN) + Multiple SSID with diffe...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 0 www.netcomm.com.au 1. Click on Status from the top of the screen.2. Select Network Statistics from the left-hand column.3. Click Wireless. Log out By clicking on Log Out, you will log out of the NB5Plus4W (not just the Wireless interface). Click the Log Out button ...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 1 • Dynamic Adaptive Equalisation to improve Carrier’s service area • Bridge Tap Mitigation support• Turbo DSL support improving packet throughout performance by 3 times • ATM Layer with Traffic shaping QoS Support (UBR, CBR, VBR-rt, VBR-nrt) • AA...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au • DHCP Server/Relay/Client• DNS Relay Agent• DMZ Support • Single session IP Sec and PPTP/L2TP VPN pass-through support• PPP Always on with configurable timeout VoIP • SIP version 1 & 2, H.323, MGCP • QoS support for voice packets SECURITY • N...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 5 HARDWARE • Texas Instrument TNETD7300 Single Chip Network Processor/AFE/Line Driver Chipset • Dying Gasp Support • A-Tick approval N367 PLATFORM SUPPORT • For Ethernet – OS Independent: includes Windows®, Mac, Linux and UNIX• For USB – Windows® ...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au • 1 x Power LED• 1 x ADSL Link Status LED• 4 x Ethernet Link/Activity Status LED• 1 x USB Status LED• 1 x WLAN Status LED ( NB5Plus4W Only) Appendix C: Cable Connections This cable information is provided for your reference only. Please ensure you ...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 7 10BASE-T A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks with a data rate of 10 Mbps. Also known as Category 3 (CAT 3) wiring. See also data rate, Ethernet. 100BASE-T A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks ...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au both routing and bridging. Typically, when both functions are enabled, the device routes IP data and bridges all other types of data. See also routing. broadban­d A telecommunications technology that can send different types of data over the same m...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 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. Straight-Through Cables has same pin...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 100 www.netcomm.com.au RJ-11 Connector Pin Assignment Normal Assignment 1 Not Connected 2 Not connected 3 Line 4 Line 5 Not Connected 6 Not Connected ponent in DSL is a digital signal. See also analog. DNS Domain Name System. The DNS maps domain names into IP address...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 101 domain­ n­ame A domain name is a user-friendly name used in place of its associated IP address. For example, www.globespan. net is the domain name associated with IP address 209.191.4.240. Domain names must be unique; their assignment is contr...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 10 Mbps Abbreviation for Megabits per second, or one million bits per second. Network data rates are often expressed in Mbps. Microfilter In splitterless deployments, a microfilter is a device that removes the data frequencies in the DSL signal, s...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 104 www.netcomm.com.au PPP Point-to-Point Protocol A protocol for serial data transmis- sion that is used to carry IP (and other protocol) data between your ISP and your computer. The WAN interface on the My ADSL Modem uses two forms of PPP called PP- PoA and PPPoE. ...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 10 www.netcomm.com.au Internet. USB Universal Serial Bus A serial interface that lets you con- nect devices such as printers, scanners, etc. to your com- puter by simply plugging them in. The My ADSL Modem is equipped with a USB interface for connecting to a stand- a...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 107 the NetComm web site at: www.n­etcomm.com.au Contact Information If you have any technical difficulties with your product, please do not hesitate to contact NetComm’s Customer Support Department.Email: [email protected] Fax: (+612) 9424-2...

NB5Plus4/W User Guide YML754Rev1 10 www.netcomm.com.au 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, batteries, power supplies, cables or o...

YML754 Rev1 NB5Plus4/W User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 10 5. Your product has been repaired or modified or attempted to be repaired or modified, other than by a qualified person at a service centre authorised by NetComm; and, 6. The serial number has been defaced or altered in any way or if the serial...