Page 3 - Contents
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au Contents Before You Use ..............................................................................................................................................6 NB6 ...
Page 6 - BEFORE YOU USE
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 6 www.netcomm.com.au BEFORE YOU USE Thank you for purchasing a NetComm ADSL2+ Router. NetComm brings you the Next Generation of ADSL technology with ADSL2+*, which boosts ADSL’s performance, improves interoperability, and supports new ...
Page 7 - NB6 Series Package Contents
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au NB6 Series Package Contents Your Package contains the following items: • One NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W and NB6Plus4Wn Router (all models shown above) • Telephone Cable...
Page 8 - Subscription for ADSL Service
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 8 www.netcomm.com.au Subscription for ADSL Service To use the ADSL Router, you have to subscribe to an ADSL service from your broadband service provider. According to the service type you select, you may get various IP addresses: Dynam...
Page 10 - NB6 LED Indicators
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 10 www.netcomm.com.au NB6 LED Indicators The LED Indicators are located on the front of the unit, their meanings are as follows: Function Color Definition Power Off Power is off. Solid Green Power is on and the device operates normally...
Page 11 - NB6 Rear Panel
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 11 NB6 Rear Panel The following figure illustrates the rear panel of your ADSL Router: Connector Description Line RJ-11 connector (Telephone line) USB USB connector Reset R...
Page 12 - NB6W LED Indicators
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 1 www.netcomm.com.au NB6W LED Indicators The LED Indicators are located on the front of the unit, their meanings are as follows: Function Color Definition Power Off Power is off. Solid Green Power is on and the device operates normally...
Page 13 - NB6W Rear Panel
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 1 NB6W Rear Panel The following figure illustrates the rear panel of your ADSL Router: Connector Description Wireless antenna Power 12VAC Power connector Power on/off switc...
Page 14 - NB6Plus4 LED Indicators
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 14 www.netcomm.com.au NB6Plus4 LED Indicators The LED Indicators are located on the front of the unit, their meanings are as follows: Function Color Definition Power Off Power is off. Solid Green Power is on and the device operates nor...
Page 15 - NB6Plus4 Rear Panel
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 15 NB6Plus4 Rear Panel The following figure illustrates the rear panel of your ADSL Router: Connector Description Reset Reset to factory defaults Power 12VAC Power connecto...
Page 16 - NB6Plus4W LED Indicators
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 16 www.netcomm.com.au NB6Plus4W LED Indicators The LED Indicators are located on the front of the unit, their meanings are as follows: Function Color Definition Power Off Power is off. Solid Green Power is on and the device operates no...
Page 17 - NB6Plus4W Rear Panel
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 1 NB6Plus4W Rear Panel The following figure illustrates the rear panel of your ADSL Router: Connector Description Wireless antenna Reset Reset to factory defaults Power 12V...
Page 18 - NB6Plus4Wn LED Indicators
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 18 www.netcomm.com.au NB6Plus4Wn LED Indicators The LED Indicators are located on the front of the unit, their meanings are as follows: Function Color Definition Power Off Power is off. Solid Green Power is on and the device operates n...
Page 19 - NB6Plus4Wn Rear Panel
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 1 NB6Plus4Wn Rear Panel The following figure illustrates the rear panel of your ADSL Router Connector Description Wireless antenna Reset Reset to factory defaults Power 12V...
Page 20 - CHAPTER 2: SYSTEm REqUIREmENT AND; System Requirements
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 0 www.netcomm.com.au CHAPTER 2: SYSTEm REqUIREmENT AND INSTALLATION System Requirements Before continuing with the installation of your Router please confirm that you comply with the minimum system requirements. • Pentium ® MMX 233MHz ...
Page 21 - Do I need a micro filter?
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 1 Do I need a micro filter? An ADSL Microfilter filters out ADSL signals to allow ADSL and regular Voice Calls to share a single telephone line. Any equipment sharing your ...
Page 22 - Choosing a place for the ADSL Router
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 www.netcomm.com.au Choosing a place for the ADSL Router • Place the ADSL Router close to ADSL wall outlet and power outlet for the cable to reach it easily. • Avoid placing the device in places where people may walk on the cables. Also...
Page 34 - Renewing IP Address on Client PC
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 4 www.netcomm.com.au Renewing IP Address on Client PC After the ADSL Router gets on line, there is a chance that your PC does not renew its IP address and thus causes the PC not able to access the Internet. To solve this problem, pleas...
Page 35 - CHAPTER 3: ACCESSING THE INTERNET
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 5 CHAPTER 3: ACCESSING THE INTERNET This chapter aims to help you access the Internet in a quick and convenient way. If you need more detailed information for web configura...
Page 39 - PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) IP Extension mode
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) IP Extension mode Description: In this deployment environment, the PPPoE session is between the ADSL WAN interface and BRAS. The ADSL Router acts ...
Page 44 - Bridge mode
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 44 www.netcomm.com.au Bridge mode Description: In this example, the ADSL Router acts as a bridge which bridging the PC IP addresses from LAN to WAN. The PC IP address can be a static public address that is pre-assigned by the ISP or a ...
Page 45 - mER
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 45 mER Description: In this deployment environment, we make up a private IP network of 192.168.1.1. NAT function is enabled to support multiple clients to access to Interne...
Page 46 - CHAPTER 4: WEB CONFIGURATION; Using Web-Based manager
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 46 www.netcomm.com.au CHAPTER 4: WEB CONFIGURATION Some users might want to set specific configuration for the router such as firewall, data transmission rate…, and so on. This chapter will provide you advanced information of the web p...
Page 48 - quick Start
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 48 www.netcomm.com.au quick Start The pages under the Quick Start menu provide user a quick way to set up the router. If you do not know much about the router, you can use the Quick Start pages to adjust basic settings to activate your...
Page 60 - Status
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 60 www.netcomm.com.au Status Overview This page displays the current status for the ADSL connection, including the period of activating the router, ADSL speed, and the information about LAN IP address, default gateway, DNS server, firm...
Page 64 - Advanced Setup
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 64 www.netcomm.com.au Advanced Setup Local Network – IP Address This page is the same as you can see on the Configure LAN side Settings page while running the Quick Setup. It allows you to set IP Address and Subnet Mask values for LAN ...
Page 82 - Router
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 8 www.netcomm.com.au virtual Server – Port Forwarding The Router implements NAT to make your entire local network appear as a single machine to the Internet. The typical situation is that you have local servers for different services a...
Page 95 - quality of Service
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 5 quality of Service QoS (Quality of Service) is an industry-wide initiative to provide preferential treatment to certain subsets of data, enabling that data to traverse th...
Page 103 - Wireless
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 10 Wireless This page allows you to configure the router as an Access Point. You may setup the settings for security, access control, and repeater features for this device....
Page 121 - management
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 11 management Diagnostics To check the linking status for the network and your computer, a diagnostic test can guide you to detect the network problem. The testing items ar...
Page 136 - CHAPTER 5: TROUBLESHOOTING; Problems with LAN; Problems with WAN
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 16 www.netcomm.com.au CHAPTER 5: TROUBLESHOOTING If the suggested solutions in this section do not resolve your issue, contact your system administrator or Internet service provider. Problems with LAN PCs on the LAN cannot get IP addre...
Page 137 - Problems with Upgrading
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 1 Problems with Upgrading The following lists the error messages that you may see during upgrading and the action to take. • Error message : All the ADSL LEDs light up and ...
Page 140 - Retreiving Client Certificate
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 140 www.netcomm.com.au APPENDIX A: CLIENT SETUP FOR 802.1X, WPA, AND WPA-PSK Retreiving Client Certificate • This step is only required if you intend to authenticate with EAP/TLS.While there are many ways you may receive a certificate ...
Page 143 - Enabling 802.1x Authentication and Security
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 14 Enabling 802.1x Authentication and Security 1. Click Run from the Start menu. Type services.msc and click OK . 2. Scroll to the bottom of the list. Double click on the W...
Page 148 - Enabling WPA Authentication and Security
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 148 www.netcomm.com.au Enabling WPA Authentication and Security The first four steps are the same as the setting for 802.1x authentication, please refer to the previous part. 5. Select the Association Tab, and enter the SSID of the AP....
Page 151 - Enabling WPA-PSK Authentication and Security
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 151 Enabling WPA-PSK Authentication and Security 1. Click the Start button, select Control Panel , then Network Connections . 2. Right click on your wireless network card a...
Page 153 - CONNECTION; Windows XP service pack 2
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 15 APPENDIX B: ESTABLISHING YOUR WIRELESS CONNECTION (FOR NB6W/PLUS4W/ PLUS4Wn ONLY) The following examples use the default wireless configuration. Windows XP service pack ...
Page 156 - Windows vista
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 156 www.netcomm.com.au Windows vista Follow these steps: 1. Open Network and Sharing Center (Start > Control Panel > Network and Sharing center). 2. Click on “ Connect to a network ”.
Page 161 - Troubleshooting
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 161 Troubleshooting Windows can not configure this wireless connection. Enable Wireless Zero Configuration by following these steps: 1. Click on the Start Menu . Click on R...
Page 162 - WEP encryption
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 16 www.netcomm.com.au APPENDIX C: HOW TO CHANGE WIRELESS SECURITY ON YOUR NB6W/NB6PLUS4W/ NB6PLUS4WN WEP encryption The NB6W/NB6Plus4W/ NB6Plus4Wn has the WEP encryption enabled by default. To change the encryption key, please follow t...
Page 164 - WPA encryption
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 164 www.netcomm.com.au WPA encryption When a more secure connection is needed, you can change the wireless security settings on the NB6W/NB6Plus4W and NB6Plus4Wn to WPA-PSK. Please follow the following steps: 1. Connect the computer di...
Page 166 - APPENDIX D: LEGAL & REGULATORY INFORmATION; Customer Information
NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 166 www.netcomm.com.au APPENDIX D: 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...
Page 167 - Product Warranty
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W, NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W, NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www.netcomm.com.au 16 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 ...