Page 2 - Notice; Document Feedback
A January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Copyright © 2005 Paradyne Corporation.All rights reserved.Printed in U.S.A. Notice This publication is protected by federal copyright law. No part of this publication may be copied or distributed, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated in...
Page 3 - Important Safety Instructions; CE Marking; FCC Part 15 Declaration
6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 B Important Safety Instructions 1. Read and follow all warning notices and instructions marked on the product or included in the manual. 2. Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation. To ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from ...
Page 4 - Notice to Users of the United States Telephone Network
C January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment ...
Page 5 - Supplier's Declaration of Conformity; Notice to Users of the Canadian Telephone Network
6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 D Supplier's Declaration of Conformity Place of Issue: Paradyne Corporation8545 126th Avenue NorthLargo, FL 33773-1502USA Date of Issue: 4/2/2004 Paradyne Corporation, located at the above address, hereby certifies that Model Number 6381-A2-210, bearing labeling identifi...
Page 6 - Japan Notices
E January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Japan Notices This is a Class B product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for Interference from Information Technology Equipment (VCCI). If this is used near a radio or television receiver in a domestic environment, it may cause radio interference....
Page 7 - Contents; About This Guide
6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 i Contents About This Guide Document Purpose and Intended Audience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Document Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Product-Related Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 8 - ii
Contents ii January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 Wide Area Network Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5 Local Area Network Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 9 - iii; Troubleshooting
Contents 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 iii Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36 System Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36 Remote Log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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Page 11 - Document Purpose and Intended Audience; Section
6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 v About This Guide Document Purpose and Intended Audience This guide contains detailed information about the 6381-A3 router. It is intended for all users of the router. Document Summary A master glossary of terms and acronyms used in Paradyne documents is available onlin...
Page 12 - Product-Related Documents
About This Guide vi January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Product-Related Documents Complete documentation for Paradyne products is available online at www.paradyne.com . Select Support → Technical Manuals . To order a paper copy of a Paradyne document, or to speak with a sales representative, please call 1-...
Page 13 - Introduction; Definitions; bridge; Features of the 6381 Router
6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 1-1 1 Introduction Definitions Before you install or use your new router, you may find it helpful to understand the following terms: A bridge is a device that forwards any message from one part of a network to another. A router is a device that forwards messages acco...
Page 14 - System Requirements
1. Introduction 1-2 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Preconfigured por t settings for many popular games Ability to act as a DHCP Server on your network Compatibility with virtually all standard Internet applications Address filtering and DMZ hosting Downloadable flash software upgrades Supp...
Page 16 - Packing List
1. Introduction 1-4 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Packing List Your router is shipped with the following: Power adapter Ethernet cable (RJ45, straight-through wiring) Phone cable (RJ11) USB cable CD-ROM containing this manual and USB drivers 04-17511 USB LAN ACT IVITY STA TUS POW ER
Page 17 - Overview; Connecting the Hardware; Procedure
6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 2-1 2 Hardware Installation and PC Setup Overview This chapter provides basic instructions for connecting the router to a computer or a LAN and to the Internet using DSL. The first part provides instructions to set up the hardware, and the second part describes how to pr...
Page 18 - Hardware Installation
2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 2-2 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 cable to the LAN port and connect the other end to the 10/100BaseT port on the network interface card in your PC. — If your LAN has more than one computer, you can attach one end of an Ethernet cable to a hub or a switch and the ...
Page 19 - Configuring Your PC; Windows USB Driver Installation; Found New Hardware Wizard
2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 2-3 Configuring Your PC Before you start to access the router via Ethernet, you must configure your PC's TCP/IP address to be 192.168.1.x, where x is any number between 2 and 254. The subnet mask must be 255.255.255.0. Your router's ...
Page 20 - New Hardware Installation Options; Hardware Installation Confirmation
2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 2-4 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 2. Insert the supplied CD and use Browse to include the location D:\drivers in the search, where D: is the letter you use for your CD drive ( Figure 2-3 ). Figure 2-3. New Hardware Installation Options 3. The Wizard will ask you ...
Page 21 - Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard
2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 2-5 Figure 2-5. Hardware Installation 4. Click on Finish to close the Wizard at the completion page ( Figure 2-6 ). Figure 2-6. Completing the Found New Hardware Wizard
Page 22 - Configuring Your PC’s IP Address; Assigning an IP Address to your PC Automatically by DHCP
2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 2-6 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Configuring Your PC’s IP Address Before you start to access the router using the Ethernet or USB connection, you must configure your PC's TCP/IP address to be 192.168.1.x, where x is any number between 2 and 254. The subnet mask ...
Page 23 - Network Connections in Windows XP
2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 2-7 4. Ensure that the check box to the left of the item labeled Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) is checked, and click on Properties. Figure 2-7. Network Connections in Windows XP Figure 2-8. Local Area Connection Properties in Windows XP
Page 24 - TCP/IP Properties in Windows XP
2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 2-8 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 5. In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box, click in the radio button labeled “Use the following IP address” and type 192.168.1.x (where x is any number between 2 and 254) in the IP Address field. Type 255.255.255...
Page 25 - Windows ME
2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 2-9 4. If Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) does not appear as an installed component, click on Install. 5. In the Select Network Component Type dialog box, select Protocol, and then click on Add. 6. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in the...
Page 29 - Logging Into Your Router; Login Screen
6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-1 3 Using the Web Interface Logging Into Your Router To configure your router, open your web browser. Ignore any error about lacking a connection. Type the default IP address (192.168.1.1) into the Location field of your browser and press the Enter key. The following s...
Page 30 - Home Page; Quick Start
3. Using the Web Interface 3-2 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Home Page The first screen ( Figure 3-2 ) that appears after the log in screen is the Home page. From this screen you can configure the LAN and WAN connections, configure the router's security, routing, and filtering, access debugging tools...
Page 32 - Quick Start - Static; Quick Start Options
3. Using the Web Interface 3-4 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Figure 3-5. Quick Start - Static Enter or select Quick Start options as shown in the following table. Click on Save to make the changes permanent. Table 3-1. Quick Start Options Field Description NAT Click in the check box to activate Netwo...
Page 33 - Setup; Setup Options; Wide Area Network Connection
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-5 Setup To set up options not available on the Quick Start screen, select Setup from the Home page. Figure 3-6 shows the Setup page. The menu has two sections: the WAN configuration and the LAN configuration. Figure 3-6. Setup Options Wide Ar...
Page 34 - Configuring the WAN
3. Using the Web Interface 3-6 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Configuring the WAN Before the router will pass any data between the LAN interface and the WAN interface, the WAN side of the router must be configured. Depending upon your ISP, you will need some or all of the information listed below befo...
Page 35 - New Connection; PPPoE Connection Setup
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-7 New Connection A new connection is basically a virtual connection. Your router can support up to 8 different virtual connections. If you have multiple different virtual connections, you may need to utilize the static and dynamic routing cap...
Page 37 - PPPoA Connection Setup
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-9 To complete the connection you must now click the Apply button. The Apply button will temporarily save this connection. To make the change permanent, click on Tools (at the top of the page) and select System Commands. At the System Commands...
Page 39 - Static Connection Setup
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-11 To complete the connection you must now click the Apply button. The Apply button will temporarily save this connection. To make the change permanent, click on Tools (at the top of the page) and select System Commands. At the System Command...
Page 40 - Static IP Connection Setup; DHCP Connection Setup
3. Using the Web Interface 3-12 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Figure 3-9. Static IP Connection Setup To complete the connection you must now click the Apply button. The Apply button will temporarily save this connection. To make the change permanent, click on Tools (at the top of the page) and select...
Page 41 - Bridged Connection
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-13 7. Select the encapsulation type (LLC or VC). If you are not sure which to use, just use the default mode. 8. Select the quality of service (QOS). Leave the default value if your ISP did not provide this information. Depending on the QoS y...
Page 43 - CLIP Connection
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-15 Tools (at the top of the page) and select System Commands. At the System Commands page, click on Save All. CLIP Connection Classical IP and ARP over ATM (CLIP) allows IP datagrams and ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) requests and replies ...
Page 44 - Modify an Existing Connection
3. Using the Web Interface 3-16 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Figure 3-12. CLIP Connection Setup To complete the connection you must now click the Apply button. The Apply button will temporarily save this connection. To make the change permanent, click on Tools (at the top of the page) and select Sys...
Page 45 - Modem Setup; TSML
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-17 Modem Setup To configure the DSL modulation type: Procedure 1. From the Home screen, click on Setup. 2. Under WAN Setup, select Modem Setup. This will bring up the Modem Setup screen. Leave the default value if your ISP did not provide thi...
Page 46 - Configuring the LAN
3. Using the Web Interface 3-18 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Figure 3-14. TSML Connection Configuring the LAN To configure LAN parameters, click on Setup on the Home screen. Under LAN Setup, click on LAN Configuration. The LAN Configuration screen appears. Figure 3-15. LAN Configuration Screen By de...
Page 48 - Changing the Router's IP address
3. Using the Web Interface 3-20 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 192.168.1.254. If the DHCP server runs out of DHCP addresses, users will not get access to network resources. — Specify a Lease Time. The Lease Time is the amount of time a network user will be allowed connection to the Router with their c...
Page 50 - Advanced; UPnP
3. Using the Web Interface 3-22 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Advanced The router suppor ts a host of advanced features. For basic router functionality, you do not need to utilize these advanced features. The features help with routing, security, por t configuration, and plug and play capability. UPn...
Page 51 - SNTP
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-23 SNTP The SNTP screen lets you specify parameters related to SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) servers. To use SNTP: Procedure 1. From the Home screen, click on Advanced and under Advanced, select SNTP. The SNTP screen appears. 2. Enable ...
Page 52 - SNMP
3. Using the Web Interface 3-24 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 SNMP Use the SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) screen to enable and configure the SNMP agent and SNMP trap managers. The SNMP feature generates a trap whenever the IP address of the router changes (except through the Troubleshootin...
Page 53 - IP QoS; Port Forwarding
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-25 IP QoS The IP QoS screen lets you establish a particular level of service for each connection you have defined. To set QoS for a connection: Procedure 1. From the Home screen, click on Advanced and under Advanced, select IP QoS. The IP QoS...
Page 55 - IP Filters
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-27 IP Filters Use the IP Filters screen to block all or selected traffic. To set up IP Filters: Procedure 1. From the Home screen, click on Advanced and under Advanced, select IP Filters. The IP Filters screen appears. 2. Select the LAN Group...
Page 56 - LAN Clients; LAN Isolation
3. Using the Web Interface 3-28 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 LAN Clients To add a LAN client: Procedure 1. From the Home screen, click on Advanced. 2. Under Advanced, select LAN Clients. If DHCP is used, all DHCP clients are automatically assigned. If a fixed IP address server is on the LAN and you ...
Page 57 - Bridge Filters
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-29 Figure 3-25. LAN Isolation Bridge Filters The bridge filtering mechanism provides a way for the users to define rules to allow or deny frames through the bridge based on source MAC address, destination MAC address and/or frame type. When b...
Page 59 - Multicast
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-31 Multicast This option enables the IGMP proxy, which allows NAT clients to participate in IGMP multicast groups. It should only be enabled if NAT is also enabled. To enable Multicasting: Procedure 1. From the Home screen, click on Advanced....
Page 60 - IGMP Snooping; Static Routing
3. Using the Web Interface 3-32 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 IGMP Snooping Use the IGMP Snooping screen to specify whether IGMP Snooping is enabled. When IGMP Snooping is enabled, the router analyzes Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) packets to learn multicast group address and port associat...
Page 61 - Dynamic Routing
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-33 3. Specify the New Destination IP. This is the address of the remote LAN network or host to which you want to assign a static route. Enter the IP address of the host for which you wish to create a static route here. For a standard Class C ...
Page 63 - Access Control; Log Out
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-35 Access Control Access control allows certain PCs to access the router after the firewall is enabled. To enable any of the Access Control features: Procedure 1. From the Home screen, click on Advanced. 2. Under Advanced, select Access Contr...
Page 64 - Tools; System Commands; Severity Level
3. Using the Web Interface 3-36 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Tools The Tools tab provides access to system commands and functions. System Commands To make changes permanent, click on Tools (at the top of the page) and select System Commands. The following commands are used to configure the router: ...
Page 65 - User Management
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-37 To forward logging information, click on Tools and select Remote Log. User Management To change your router's username and password: Procedure 1. From the Home screen, under the tools menu, click on User Management. 2. Change the login nam...
Page 66 - Update Gateway
3. Using the Web Interface 3-38 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Update Gateway You can remotely upgrade the router's firmware from the web interface. To upgrade the firmware: Procedure 1. From the Home screen, under the Tools title, click on Update Gateway. 2. Click on Browse, and find the firmware fil...
Page 67 - Analyzer; Ping Test
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-39 Analyzer The Analyzer screen shows link statuses and test results. Figure 3-34. Analyzer Ping Test Once you have your router configured, it is a good idea to make sure you can ping the network. If you have your PC connected to the router v...
Page 68 - Modem Test
3. Using the Web Interface 3-40 January 2005 6381-A2-GB23-10 Figure 3-35. Ping Test Modem Test The Modem Test is used to check whether your router is properly connected to the WAN Network by running OAM F4 and F5 end-to-end and segment tests. The test may take a few seconds to complete. To perform t...
Page 69 - Status
3. Using the Web Interface 6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 3-41 Status The Status section allows you to view the Status/Statistics of different connections and interfaces: Network Statistics – Select to view the Statistics of different interfaces: Ethernet, USB, and DSL. Connection Status – Select ...
Page 71 - The Router Is Not Functional; You Cannot Connect to the Router
6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 4-1 4 Troubleshooting The Router Is Not Functional 1. Check to see that the power LED is green and the network cables are installed correctly. Refer to the quick start guide for more details. 2. Check to see that the LAN and Status LEDs are green. 3. Make sure you are no...
Page 75 - Index
6381-A2-GB23-10 January 2005 IN-1 Index A Access Control, 3-35Activity LED, 1-3ADSL, 1-1ADSL/R, 1-1ADSL2+, 1-1Advanced Features, 3-22Analyzer screen, 3-39Assigning IP address by DHCP, 2-6 B Back Panel, 1-2Bridge, 1-1 Connection, 3-13Filters, 3-29 C Cables Included, 1-3Installing, 2-1 CE Marking, BCh...
