Page 2 - Service Manual
EchoLife HG556a V100R001 Service Manual Issue 0 Date 20 - - 3 Part Number 202219 Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. provides customers with comprehensive technical support and service. For any assistance, please contact our local office or company headquarters. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Address: Huaw...
Page 3 - Trademarks and Permissions; Notice
Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 20 . All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means without prior written consent of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. The product described in this manual may include copyrighted software of Huawei Tec...
Page 4 - Contents
EchoLife HG556a Service Manual Contents Issue 0 2 (20 10 - 0 2- 0 3 ) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. i Contents About This Document ............................................................................................... 1 1 Safety Precautions .....
Page 6 - Figures
EchoLife HG556a Service Manual Figures Issue 0 2 ( 2010-02-03 ) H uawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. iii Figures Figure 3-1 Cable connections of the terminal................................................................... 3-1 Figure 4-1 Wide Area Network ...
Page 7 - Tables; ATM PVC Configuration
Tables EchoLife HG556a Service Manual iv Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Tables Table 2-1 Indicators of the terminal .................................................................................. 2-1 Table 2-2 Interfaces and buttons of the terminal ....
Page 8 - About This Document; Purpose; Product Name; Intended Audience; Chapter
EchoLife HG556a Service Manual About This Document I ssue 02 (2010-02-03 ) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 1 About This Document Purpose This document describes the functions, features, and configuration methods of the EchoLife HG556a Home Gateway (herei...
Page 9 - Conventions; Symbol Conventions; Symbol
About This Document EchoLife HG556a Service Manual 2 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. I ssue 02 (2010-02-03 ) Chapter Describes 3 Quick Start The methods for connecting the terminal, powering on the terminal, and logging in to the Web-based configuration ...
Page 10 - General Conventions; Command Conventions; GUI Conventions
EchoLife HG556a Service Manual About This Document I ssue 02 (2010-02-03 ) Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 3 General Conventions The general conventions that may be found in this document are defined as follows. Convention Description Times New Roman Nor...
Page 11 - Keyboard Operations
About This Document EchoLife HG556a Service Manual 4 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. I ssue 02 (2010-02-03 ) Convention Description > Multi-level menus are in boldface and separated by the ">" signs. For example, choose File > Create >...
Page 12 - Safety Precautions; Bas c Requirements
1 Safety Precautions Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 1-1 1 Safety Precautions To use the device properly and safely, read these warnings and precautions carefully and observe them during operation. strictly se specified, the device includes the device an...
Page 13 - Precautions for Using Wireless Devices; Areas with Inflammables and Explosives
1 Safety Precautions 1-2 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. z During thunderstorms, power off the device, and then remove all the cables connected to it to prevent it from getting damaged due to lightning strikes. Precautions for Using Wireless Devices z Th...
Page 14 - Maintenance; Disposal and Recycling Information
1 Safety Precautions Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 1-3 Maintenance z If the device is not used for a long time, power it off, and then remove all the cables connected to it. z If any exception occurs, for example, if the device emits any smoke or unusu...
Page 15 - Български
1 Safety Precautions 1-4 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Български : С настоящето Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. декларира , че този уред съответства на основните изисквания и другите разпоредби на Директива 1999/5/EC. Č esky : Huawei Technologies Co., Lt...
Page 17 - Product Overview; oduct Features; dicators; Indicator
2 Product Overview Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2-1 2 Product Overview 2.1 Pr printer through the USB 2.0 host interface. It also supports multiple USB devices, such as the USB stick, USB hard disk, and USB card reader. 2.2 Hardware 2.2.1 In Table 2-1...
Page 19 - Interface or; RESET
2 Product Overview Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 2-3 Interface or Meaning Button Wi-Fi Enable or disable the Wi-Fi function and the WPS function. USB e device, such as a USB disk, a printer etc. Connects a USB storag RESET settings, the customized data...
Page 20 - Quick Start; nnecting Cables
3 Quick Start Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 3-1 3 Quick Start 3.1 Co Figure 3-1 terminal. nnecting Cables shows the cable connections of the Figure 3-1 Cable connections of the terminal on the wall ro-filter 1. Telephone jack 2. Mic 3. Splitter 4. Tele...
Page 21 - rting the USB Stick
3 Quick Start 3-2 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. If y of the Figure 3-1: 1. socket. 2. 3. Connect the phone to the micro-filter with the DSL cable. 3.2 Inse 1. B stick. 2. ou have another phone, do as follows refer to the left Unplug your telephone cabl...
Page 22 - gging In to the Web-Based Configuration Utility; Item
3 Quick Start Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 3-3 3.3 Lo The terminal which you can viT 1 lists the PC settings requi Web-based configuration utility of t T ttings required to l gging In to the Web-Based Configuration Utility provides simple and easy Web...
Page 23 - Configuring the WAN Interface; lecting ADSL uplink mode; Work Mode
4 Configuring the WAN Interface Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 4-1 4 Configuring the WAN Interface The terminal supports ADSL uplink and HSPA uplink, and you can choose any of the two modes to access the Internet. Just keep the default settings, you can...
Page 24 - Parameter
4 Configuring the WAN Interface 4-2 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Table 4-2 the ADSL uplink mode. T amet PVC Configuration page lists the information to be collected before configuring able 4-2 Par er for the ATM Parameter Description VPI/VCI It specif...
Page 25 - Configuring the PPPoA Mode
4 Configuring the WAN Interface Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 4-3 4.1.1 Figure 4-1 Configuring the PPPoA Mode To configure the PPPoA mode for the WAN interface, do as follows Step 1 Logging in to the Web-based configuration utility. For details, see se...
Page 29 - Configuring the MER Mode
4 Configuring the WAN Interface Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 4-7 4.1.3 Table 4-5 Configuring the MER Mode To configure the MER mode for the WAN interface, do as follows: Step 1 Repeat from the step1 to the step 7 of 4.1.1 "Configuring the PPPoA Mo...
Page 30 - Configuring the IPoA Mode; Connection Type
4 Configuring the WAN Interface 4-8 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 4.1.4 Figure 4-6 Configuring the IPoA Mode To configure the IPoA mode for the WAN interface, do as follows: Step 1 Repeat from the step1 to the step 7 of 4.1.1 "Configuring the PPPoA...
Page 32 - Selecting HSPA uplink mode
4 Configuring the WAN Interface 4-10 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 4.2 Selecting HSPA uplink mode To configure the WAN parameters by HSPA uplink mode, do as follows: Step 1 Logging in to the Web-based configuration utility. For details, see section 3.3...
Page 33 - Configuration of WLAN; Setting Up a Wireless Connection by the Wi-Fi; tting Up a Wireless Connection Manually
5 Configuration of WLAN Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 5-1 5 Configuration of WLAN 5.1 Setting Up a Wireless Connection by the Wi-Fi Butto Step 1 button on the side panel and hold it for more than four seconds to enter the WPS negotiation state. The Wi-...
Page 35 - Configuring Frequently Used Functions; Configuring Multiple PCs to Access the Internet; Functio
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 6-1 6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions 6.1 Configuring Multiple PCs to Access the Internet Functio can Then the PCs can access the Internet simultaneously through the routing fu...
Page 36 - Enabling or Disabling the WLAN Function; Function Overview; Wireless
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions 6-2 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 6.2 Enabling or Disabling the WLAN Function Function Overview The terminal supports enabling or disabling the WLAN function. Thus, you can enable or disable the WLAN function as ...
Page 37 - Using the Home Storage Function
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 6-3 6.3 Using the Home Storage Function Function Overview The terminal supports the home storage function. Portable storage devices, such as USB flash drives and portable hard disks,...
Page 38 - Accessing the Storage Device by the FTP Client
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions 6-4 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 6.3.1 6.3.2 Figure 6-2 Accessing the Storage Device by the FTP Client To access the portable storage device by the FTP client, do as follows. Step 1 Launch the Internet Explorer ...
Page 39 - Accessing the Storage Device by Mapping Network Drive
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 6-5 Step 3 Double click the USBDisk_1 folder, and then you can see the folder structure of your portable storage device. ----End 6.3.3 Figure 6-4 Accessing the Storage Device by Mapp...
Page 40 - Using the USB Printer Function
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions 6-6 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 6.4 Using the USB Printer Function To enable the USB printer function, do as follows. Step 1 Connect the cables refer to Figure 6-5. Figure 6-5 USB printer connection Step 2 Conf...
Page 41 - Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard; A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer; Next
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 6-7 Figure 6-6 3. Figure 6-7 Welcome to the Add Printer Wizard page Select A network printer, or a printer attached to another computer and then click Next . Add Printer Wizard page
Page 42 - OK
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions 6-8 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 4. 5. Select Connect to a printer on the Internet or on a home or office network. Enter http://192.168.1.1:631/printers/myprinter in the URL text box, click Next . The address 19...
Page 43 - Improving the Security of a WLAN
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 6-9 6.5 Improving the Security of a WLAN The signals of a WLAN are transmitted in the air. Therefore, unauthorized persons can receive the wireless signals easily. If the wireless si...
Page 44 - Changing the Name of a WLAN; Using Secure Encryption
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions 6-10 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Step 4 Enable the Enable Wireless option text box. Step 5 Clear the Hide Access Point option text box, and then click Save/Apply . Step 6 In the Wireless - Guest/Virtual Access ...
Page 45 - Password Setting Rule; Configuration Example; AES
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 6-11 the corresponding password when connecting to the WLAN and data is being transmitted after secure encryption. Thus, only authorized persons can use the WLAN and the data transmi...
Page 46 - Network Authentication; Allowing Only Specified PCs to Be Connected to a WLAN; MyNewSSID
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions 6-12 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. The WLAN configuration page is displayed. Step 3 Select Mixed WPA2/WPA-PSK in Network Authentication drop-down list box. Step 4 In WPA Pre-Shared Key text box, enter MyPassword ...
Page 48 - Controlling the Internet Access Rights of PCs
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions 6-14 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 6.6 Controlling the Internet Access Rights of PCs Function Overview You can prohibit certain PCs from accessing the Internet or allow only certain PCs to access the Internet. In...
Page 49 - Add
6 Configuring Frequently Used Functions Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 6-15 z Click to select: Select from Monday to Sunday z Start Blocking Time (hh:mm): 00:00 z End Blocking Time (hh:mm): 18:59 Step 5 Click Save/Apply . Step 6 Click Add . Step 7 Set t...
Page 50 - Maintenance Guide; Changing the Administrator Password; uration Example
7 Maintenance Guide Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 7-1 7 Maintenance Guide 7.1 Changing the Administrator Password Functio eters, to the Web-based configuration utility, you can change the administrator n Overview You can configure all the parameters of...
Page 51 - Configuring the LAN Interface; dvanced Setup; Save
7 Maintenance Guide 7-2 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. To configure the LAN parameters, do as follows: Step 1 Choose A Step 2 C rameters -1. Generally keep the default settings is OK. T ameters f 7.2 Configuring the LAN Interface dvanced Setup > LAN ...
Page 52 - cking Up or Updating a Configuration File; storing Default Settings; n Overview
7 Maintenance Guide Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 7-3 7.3 Ba Function Overview backup function, you can save a backup of the configuration file ke, Config ed multiple advanced parameters according to actual rs again for some reasons. To prevent you can...
Page 53 - ore Default; starting the Terminal; Management
7 Maintenance Guide 7-4 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Config you have forgotten the login password. You can press the RESET button to re all the restore the ault settings through the web-based configuration as follows: Step 1 Log in to the Web-based co...
Page 54 - Updating Software
7 Maintenance Guide Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 7-5 7.6 Updating Software t version. Function Overview By using the software upgrading function, you can upgrade the software of the terminal to the lates During the upgrade, do not power off the termin...
Page 55 - FAQs; Can I use the terminal as a DHCP server?
8 FAQs Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 8-1 8 FAQs Question 1: Can I use the terminal as a DHCP server? Yes, you can. The terminal incorporates the DHCP server software. How can I Question 2: quickly restore the default settings of the terminal? To restor...
Page 56 - What can I do if noises exist during telephone calls?
8 FAQs 8-2 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. Question 5: What can I do if noises exist during telephone calls? Step 1 Ensure that a splitter is installed. A splitter helps to protect the call quality of the asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) from be...
Page 58 - Preferred Networks
8 FAQs 8-4 Huawei Proprietary and Confidential Copyright © Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. 4. 5. 6. In the Preferred Networks group box, select the latest wireless network connection saved on your computer. Then click Remove . Delete all the other wireless network connections from the Preferred Networ...
