NetComm NB1 - Manual

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 8 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 equipment...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 9 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. ADSL On A valid ADSL connec...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 10 www.netcomm.com.au Back Panel Ports Power Connect the Power Adapt0r that comes with your package. Ethernet 1 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 default setti...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 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 username and...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 12 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: 35 *...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 13 Connecting your NB1 The NB1 is connected via an Ethernet cable. To connect to your NB1, you will need to have an available Ethernet Port present on your Computer/Notebook or on your network hub or switch. 1. Connect your NB1 to either a computer direc...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 14 www.netcomm.com.au Configuring your NB1 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. The settings t...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 16 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 PCs 1....

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 18 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’.

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 19 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.

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 20 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 sett...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 21 Configuring LAN Groups You will be presented with the following screen: IP Settings The IP address is usually 192.168.1.1 but you can change it (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 in-stall...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 23 If you disable the DHCP server in the Modem you will need to either manually (stati-cally) assign IP address information to each computer or use another device/com-puter as DHCP server. Note: It is not recommended that you have more than one DHCP serv...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 24 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 rem...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 26 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 preset amou...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 29 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 your ...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 30 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 addres...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 31 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 externa...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 33 Logout Click Log Out to logout of the modem’s configuration interface.

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 34 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.

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 40 www.netcomm.com.au 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 over In...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 41 Transmit queues associated with LAN connection The high priority queue has strict priority over the medium and low priority queue, and therefore can exhaust all available bandwidth. The web UI will allow the user to select the weights of the medium an...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 42 www.netcomm.com.au Traffic Queuing Configuration Based on the TOS (DSCP) marking, the NB1 shall prioritize the traffic servicing on the outgoing interface (facing the Access Network) using a 3-band priority mecha-nism as described below. Queue Priorities: One Expedited ...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 43 WRR Queue Scheduler for Medium and Low priority queues The L and M weights will be configured from the Web UI as stated above in 1.) Queue Priorities. A service scheduling array will be pre-computed for the Medium and Low priority queues based on the ...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 45 Advanced>Port Forwarding Port Forwarding is necessary because NAT [=Network Address Translation] only forwards traffic from the Internet to the LAN if a specific port mapping exists in the NAT translation table. Because of this, the NAT provides a ...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 46 www.netcomm.com.au The reason for this is that when using NAT, your publicly accessible IP address will be used by and point to your router, which then needs to deliver all traffic to the private IP addresses used by your PCs. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IA...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 47 Easy Port Forwarding: Applying Pre-Defined Rules Available pre-defined rules are categorised according to the application type. Click the Radio Button adjacent to the appropriate Category, and then select the required application name. Click on the Ad...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 48 www.netcomm.com.au DMZ Settings A DMZ (demilitarized zone) is a computer host or small network inserted as ‘neutral territory’ between a private LAN and the Internet. It prevents outside users from getting direct access to LAN computers while still being able to access ...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 49 Advanced Port Forwarding: Creating Custom Rules Click the Custom Port Forwarding link to setup a custom rule. If there is no pre-defined Port Forwarding Rule for a particular application, a User Rule can be created which defines the required Port(s), ...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 50 www.netcomm.com.au Option Description Source IP Address: The client on the Internet sending the data (e.g. 202.44.55.66). Note, if you do not know the IP address of the client use 0.0.0.0 for any client on the Inter-net. Source Netmask: The subnet mask of the client con...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 53 Advanced>Bridge Filters Bridge filtering enables rules to be defined which allow or deny data to pass through the Router based on the source and destination Bridge address and data type of each data frame. To access Bridge Filters Control, click on...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 54 www.netcomm.com.au Edit or Delete Bridge Filter Rules 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 c...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 56 www.netcomm.com.au Advanced>Static Routing If the Router is required to serve more than one network, you will need to set up a Static Route between the networks. Static routing can be used to allow users from one IP domain to access the Internet through the Router in...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 57 Advanced>Dynamic Routing Dynamic Routing makes use of the RIP Protocol to allow the ADSL Router to automatically adjust to physical changes in the network. The NB1, using the RIP protocol, will determine the network packet route based on the least ...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 58 www.netcomm.com.au Advanced>Access Control Use Access Control to configure advanced security functions by customising the Modem Firewall. The default ‘Firewall On’ setting blocks all anonymous Internet traffic. Access control enables the user to selectively direct su...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 59 Tools The Tools section allows you to save the configuration, restart the gateway, update the gateway firmware, setup user and remote log information and run Ping and Modem tests.

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 60 www.netcomm.com.au Tools>System Commands System commands allow you to carry out basic system actions. Press the button to execute a command. Here you will find the following functions: • Save All • Restart • Restore Defaults (same as pressing and holding the button o...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 61 Tools>User Management User Management is used to change your NB1’s User Name or Password. Option Description User Name: Default is ‘admin’. Password: Default is ‘admin’. Idle Timeout: If there is no activity by the admin user logged into the modem ...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 62 www.netcomm.com.au Tools>Update Firmware To update your NB1’s firmware, browse an update image file or configuration file and then click the Update Gateway button. Additionally, you may download your configuration file from the system by clicking “Get Configuration” ...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 66 www.netcomm.com.au Status The Status section allows you to view the Status/Statistics of different connections and interfaces.

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 67 Status>Network Statistics You can view data statistics for your Ethernet ports combined or for your ADSL port in these pages. Note: The statistics will be reset on loss of power or Reboot/Reset.

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 68 www.netcomm.com.au 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 as well as other information about the connection.

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 71 Status>Product Information The Product Information page shows the product information and software versions.

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 73 EasyConfig The EasyConfig menu takes you to the EasyConfig page. This is the page you origi-nally configured your modem with.

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 74 www.netcomm.com.au Help This menu provides information on various features of your modem. Click the hy-perlinks to access the information.

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 75 Appendix A: Specification ADSL/ATM SUPPORT • ANSI T1.413 issue 2 • ITU-T G.992.1 (G.dmt) and G.992.2 (G.lite) compliant • ADSL2/2+, G.992.3/G.992.5 • Rate Adaptive modem at 32 Kbps steps • Dynamic Adaptive Equalisation to improve Carrier’s service are...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 76 www.netcomm.com.au SECURITY • NAT for Basic Firewall and sharing • Packet Filtering Firewall Support • Stateful Packet Inspection Support • Protection against Denial of Service attacks • Password Authentication to Modem MANAGEMENT SUPPORT • Web-based HTTP management GUI...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 77 Appendix B: 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 are unsure about which cable to use ...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 78 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 pinouts...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 79 RJ-11 Connector Pin Assignment Normal Assignment 1 Not Connected 2 Not connected 3 Line 4 Line 5 Not Connected 6 Not Connected RJ11 connector and cable An RJ-11 connector is the small, modular plug used for most analog telephones. It has six pin slots...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 80 www.netcomm.com.au Appendix C: Glossary 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 Eth...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 88 www.netcomm.com.au Appendix D: 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 accordance with the specifications out...

YML780 Rev1 NB1 User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 89 Appendix E: 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 in a retriev...

NB1 User Guide YML780 Rev1 90 www.netcomm.com.au The warranty is automatically voided if: 1. You, or someone else, use the product, or attempts to use it, other than as specified by Net Comm; 2. The fault or defect in your product is the result of a voltage surge subjected to the product either by t...