Page 2 - Copyright; Disclaimer; Trademarks
AES-100 User’s Guide ii Copyright Copyright Copyright © 2001 by ZyXEL Communications Corporation. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, ele...
Page 3 - ZyXEL Limited Warranty; NOTE
AES-100 User’s Guide ZyXEL Limited Warranty iii ZyXEL Limited Warranty ZyXEL warrants to the original end user (purchaser) that this product is free from any defects in materials or workmanship for a period of up to two (2) years from the date of purchase. During the warranty period and upon proof o...
Page 4 - Interference Statements and Warnings; Note
AES-100 User’s Guide iv Interference Statements and Warnings Interference Statements and Warnings FCC Interference Statement: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference. (2) This device ...
Page 5 - Customer Support; Contacting Customer Support
AES-100 User’s Guide Customer Support v Customer Support If you have questions about your ZyXEL product or desire assistance, contact ZyXEL Communications Corporation offices worldwide, in one of the following ways: Contacting Customer Support When you contact your customer support representative, h...
Page 6 - Table of Contents
AES-100 User’s Guide vi Table of Contents Table of Contents Copyright ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. ii ZyXEL Limited Warrant...
Page 10 - List of Figures
AES-100 User’s Guide x Lists of Figures and Tables List of Figures Figure 1-1 MTU Application ..........................................................................................................................................................................1-3 Figure 1-2 ISP Application ........
Page 12 - Preface; General Syntax Conventions
AES-100 User’s Guide xii Lists of Figures and Tables Preface Congratulations on your purchase of the AES-100 ADSL-Ethernet Switch. This preface introduces you to the AES-100 and discusses the organization and conventions of this user’s guide. It also provides information on other related documentati...
Page 13 - Features; -Port ADSL to Ethernet Multiplexer Modules; Bridging
AES-100 User’s Guide Getting to Know the AES-100 1-1 Chapter 1 Getting to Know the AES-100 This chapter describes the key features, benefits and applications of your AES-100. The AES-100 is an ADSL (Asymme trical Digital Subscriber Line) to Ethernet switch. It aggregates traffic from up to 16 ADSL l...
Page 14 - Protocol; Security
AES-100 User’s Guide 1-2 Getting to Know the AES-100 • Up to 4096 MAC entries address table Protocol • Multiple Protocols over AAL5 (RFC 1483) Management • Remote configuration backup/restore and firmware upgrade • SNMP manageable • Text-based management locally via console port and remotely via tel...
Page 15 - Benefits; Figure 1-1 MTU Application
AES-100 User’s Guide Getting to Know the AES-100 1-3 1.2 Benefits 1.2.1 MTU Application The following diagram depicts a typical application of the AES-100 is in a large residential building, or multiple tenant unit (MTU), that leverages the existing phone line wiring to provide Internet access to al...
Page 16 - ISP Application; Figure 1-2 ISP Application; Compact Design for Limited Space; Physical Specifications; Physical Interfaces
AES-100 User’s Guide 1-4 Getting to Know the AES-100 1.2.2 ISP Application The AES-100 can also be used by an Internet Service Provider (ISP) as an IP DSLAM. The AES-100 terminates all of the ADSL ATM circuits and converts the traffic to IP packets. All IP traffic goes directly to the ISP’s internal...
Page 17 - Dimensions; Operating Environment
AES-100 User’s Guide Getting to Know the AES-100 1-5 • Each network module has eight RJ-11 ports to the CO side and eight RJ-11 ports to the USER side • Each network module has one 10 M Ethernet port • Each network module has one RS-232 console port for local configuration and management Dimensions ...
Page 19 - Chapter 2; Unpacking the AES-100; Front Panel
AES-100 User’s Guide Hardware Overview 2-1 Chapter 2 Hardware Overview This chapter gives a brief introduction to the AES-100 hardware. 2.1 Unpacking the AES-100 Before installing, check to see that all the components of the AES-100 are included in the package. 2.2 Additional Installation Requiremen...
Page 20 - Front Panel Ports; Table 2-1 Front Panel Ports of an ADSL Network Module; Front Panel LEDs; Table 2-2 AES-100 Network Module LED Descriptions; Console Port
AES-100 User’s Guide 2-2 Hardware Overview Figure 2-1 AES-100 Front Panel 2.3.1 Front Panel Ports The following table describes the ports on the front panel of an AES-100 network module. Table 2-1 Front Panel Ports of an ADSL Network Module PORTS DESCRIPTION LAN The LAN port is a 10 Mbps Ethernet po...
Page 21 - ADSL Port Connections; USER; Rear Panel; Figure 2-2 AES-100 Rear Panel AC Power Version
AES-100 User’s Guide Hardware Overview 2-3 of your computer. You can use an extension RS -232 cable if the enclosed one is too short. After the initial setup, you can modify the configuration remotely through telnet connections. 2.5 ADSL Port Connections The line from the user carries both the ADSL ...
Page 23 - Chapter 3; Command Line Interface; Console Connection
AES-100 User’s Guide Software Configuration 3-1 Chapter 3 Software Configuration This section describes the general software configuration of the AES-100 through the command line interface. 3.1 Command Line Interface The AES-100 uses text command lines as the user interface for software configuratio...
Page 24 - Command Structure; Help Facility; System Commands; Uptime Command
AES-100 User’s Guide 3-2 Software Configuration 3.3 Command Structure The system uses a two-level command structure. The commands related to one subsystem are grouped under a primary command of that subsystem, e.g., to configure the ADSL parameters, you must first ente r the ADSL subsystem by enteri...
Page 27 - ADSL Standards; Table 4-1 ADSL Standards; Configured Vs. Actual Speed; Default Settings
AES-100 User’s Guide ADSL Configuration 4-1 Chapter 4 ADSL Configuration The ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line) subsystem allows you to configure and monitor the ADSL ports. 4.1 ADSL Standards The AES-100 supports both the G.lite and the G.dmt standards. G.lite is intended to minimize the c...
Page 28 - ADSL Commands; Config Save Command; Disable Port Command; Disable Ports Command
AES-100 User’s Guide 4-2 ADSL Configuration - Enable/Disable State: disabled - Maximum upstream speed: 512 Kbps - Maximum downstream speed: 2048 Kbps - Operational mode: auto 4.4 ADSL Commands 4.4.1 Config Save Command Syntax: config save The config save command saves the ADSL configuration into non...
Page 30 - Lineinfo Command
AES-100 User’s Guide 4-4 ADSL Configuration tone 128 -159: 44 44 44 34 44 34 43 44 33 43 34 33 33 33 33 34 tone 160 -191: 43 33 33 34 34 33 23 33 33 33 22 33 33 33 33 33 tone 192 -223: 33 33 33 23 22 33 33 33 23 33 33 33 22 23 22 32 tone 224 -255: 22 22 22 22 20 22 22 22 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 US carrier ...
Page 32 - Linerate Command
AES-100 User’s Guide 4-6 ADSL Configuration fe_loss_seconds/ne_loss_seconds : 0/0 fe_fec_seconds/ne_fec_seconds : 0/0 fast_trains : 0 fast_trains_fail : 0 These counts contain line performance data that has been accumulated since the system started. In the list above the definitions of near end/far ...
Page 35 - Chapter 5; 0 Mbps Ethernet
AES-100 User’s Guide 10 Mbps Ethernet Port Configuration 5-1 Chapter 5 10 Mbps Ethernet Port Configuration The Ethernet subsystem allows you to configure and monitor the 10 Mbps Ethernet port. 5.1 10 Mbps Ethernet The AES-100 supports 10 Mbps Ethernet. In a 10 Mbps Ethernet, the duplex mode can be h...
Page 37 - Bridge Port Numbers
AES-100 User’s Guide Bridge Configuration 6-1 Chapter 6 Bridge Configuration The bridge subsystem allows you to configure and monitor the bridging and port-based VLAN functions of the AES-100. The AES-100 supports IEEE 802.1d transparent bridging; but not the static filtering feature or spanning tre...
Page 38 - Figure 6-1 Default VLAN Settings; Bridge Commands; Device Command; Filter Command; Filterage Command
AES-100 User’s Guide 6-2 Bridge Configuration - Bridge port 9 (ADSL port 8) allowed to bridge port 1 (Ethernet port) only It is recommended that you do not alter these settings, or the AES-100 may not work correctly. The default VLAN settings allow each ADSL port to communicate back and forth with o...
Page 39 - Port-Based VLAN Commands
AES-100 User’s Guide Bridge Configuration 6-3 The filterage command sets or shows the aging out timer period of the filtering database. It is recommended that you use the default setting. If the time interval is reduced to a setting that is too short, it could increase broadcast traffic and reduce t...
Page 41 - Figure 6-2 Example of Modified VLAN Port 1
AES-100 User’s Guide Bridge Configuration 6-5 The following figures illustrate the above example. Notice that ports 2 (ADSL port 1) and 3 (ADSL port 2) are able to communicate with each other, as well as with the Ethernet. All of the other ports will only be able to communicate with the Ethernet por...
Page 42 - Figure 6-4 Example of Modified VLAN Port 3
AES-100 User’s Guide 6-6 Bridge Configuration Figure 6-4 Example of Modified VLAN Port 3 This figure illustrates the fact that port 1 (the Ethernet port) is linked to ports 2 (ADSL port 1) and 3 (ADSL port 2). Ports 2 (ADSL port1) and 3 (ADSL port 2) are also linked to each other. Figure 6-5 Example...
Page 43 - Chapter 7; Setting the IP Address
AES-100 User’s Guide IP Configuration 7-1 Chapter 7 IP Configuration This chapter shows you how to configure the IP (Internet Protocol) parameters. The IP host implementation in the AES-100 allows you to manage it over the network. More often than not, you have more than one AES-100 for a particular...
Page 44 - Figure 7-1 Setting IP Address and Default Gateway; General IP Commands; Config Command
AES-100 User’s Guide 7-2 IP Configuration Line 7 tells the system to restart, in order to make the IP address configuration take effect. The AES-100 does not need to be restarted after configuration of other items. For example , if you want the AES-100 to have 172.21.100.1 as the IP address, 255.255...
Page 47 - Chapter 8; Management by Telnet
AES-100 User’s Guide Remote Management 8-1 Chapter 8 Remote Management This chapter shows you how to manage the AES-100 remotely. More often than not, you will have the AES-100 located remotely making its remote management very useful. 8.1 Management by Telnet After you have set up the IP parameters...
Page 48 - Figure 8-1 SNMP Management Model; Supported MIBs; SNMP Access Configuration; SNMP Access Read/Write Command
AES-100 User’s Guide 8-2 Remote Management Figure 8-1 SNMP Management Model An SNMP managed network consists of two main component types: agents and a manager. An agent is a management software module that resides in a managed device (the AES-100). An agent translates the local management informatio...
Page 49 - SNMP Trap Configuration
AES-100 User’s Guide Remote Management 8-3 access <read | write> <community> [<IP addr>] where <read | write> = Specifies read-only/read-write permission. <community> = Password needed to access the SNMP agent on the AES-100. [<IP addr>] = Optional IP address of t...
Page 53 - Configuration Files of the AES-100
AES-100 User’s Guide Configuration Backup/Restore 9-1 Chapter 9 Configuration Backup/Restore This chapter describes the process for backing up your user settings (configuration) from the AES-100 onto your computer and how to restore them to the AES-100. The AES-100 uses TFTP for configuration backup...
Page 54 - Configuration Backup
AES-100 User’s Guide 9-2 Configuration Backup/Restore 9.3 Configuration Backup You can backup all or some configuration files from the AES-100 to your computer. For example, to backup the configuration of ADSL ports and IP settings, the procedure on your computer is as follows: Step 1. Connect to th...
Page 57 - Firmware Upload
AES-100 User’s Guide Firmware Upload 10-1 Chapter 10 Firmware Upload ZyXEL periodically releases new firmware for the AES-100 for bug fixes and enhancements. Please check the web site at www.zyxel.com every now and then for the latest firmware release. The AES-100 has two ways to update firmware; on...
Page 59 - New
AES-100 User’s Guide Firmware Upload 10-3 Step 5. Click the New button to create a MAC address entry. The Input Box window will pop up as shown next. Step 6. Input the MAC address of the AES-100 and then click OK . You can find the MAC address of the AES- 100 on its boot console. Figure 10-2 Input M...
Page 60 - Figure 10-3 Database Edit Dialog; Normal Bootp
AES-100 User’s Guide 10-4 Firmware Upload Figure 10-3 Database Edit Dialog Step 8. Choose Normal Bootp to enable normal BOOTP/TFTP functions. Figure 10-4 Enable BOOTP/TFTP Step 9. Restart the AES-100 and press any key within three seconds to get the following console window: Figure 10-5 Enter Debug ...
Page 61 - TFTP Firmware Update on the AES-100
AES-100 User’s Guide Firmware Upload 10-5 10.2 TFTP Firmware Update on the AES-100 The AES-100 uses TFTP for firmware updates through its built-in TFTP server when the AES-100 is operational. To update the firmware, first download it from the ZyXEL web site and store it on your computer. You can use...
Page 63 - Chapter 11; Data Transmission; Table 11-2 Troubleshooting Data Transmission
AES-100 User’s Guide Troubleshooting 11-1 Chapter 11 Troubleshooting This chapter covers potential problems and possible remedies. After each problem description, some steps are provided to help you diagnose and solve the problem. 11.1 ADSL LED(s) An ADSL LED is not on. Table 11-1 Troubleshooting th...
Page 64 - Table 11-3 Troubleshooting a Non-Constant ADSL LED; Table 11-4 Troubleshooting the SYNC -rate; Configured Settings; Table 11-5 T roubleshooting the AES-100’s Configured Settings
AES-100 User’s Guide 11-2 Troubleshooting 11.3 ADSL LED(s) turn On and Off An ADSL LED turns on and off intermittently. Table 11-3 Troubleshooting a Non-Constant ADSL LED STEPS CORRECTIVE ACTION 1 Unplug the phone wire coming from the USER port of the AES-100 and connect the user’s ADSL modem or rou...
Page 65 - Table 11-6 Troubleshooting the Password; Table 11-7 Troubleshooting a Remote Server; Table 11-8 Troubleshooting the SNMP Server
AES-100 User’s Guide Troubleshooting 11-3 11.6 Password I forgot the password to my AES-100. Table 11-6 Troubleshooting the Password OPTIONS CORRECTIVE ACTION 1 Send a screen shot of your AES -100’s MAC address to your local distributor. 2 Refer to the BOOTP/TFTP Firmware Update section to update yo...
Page 66 - Table 11-9 Troubleshooting Telnet
AES-100 User’s Guide 11-4 Troubleshooting 11.9 Telnet I can not telnet into the AES-100. Table 11-9 Troubleshooting Telnet STEPS CORRECTIVE ACTION 1 Make sure that a telnet session is not already operating. The AES -100 will only accept one telnet session at a time. 2 Ping the AES-100 from your comp...
