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Solwise SSR725
SDSL Router
Revision 1.33
October 28 2003

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  • Page 1 Solwise Set-up instructions for Solwise SSR725 SDSL Router Revision 1.33 October 28 2003...
  • Page 2: Fcc Compliance

    Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Notification is hereby given that Solwise Ltd. reserves the right to modify, change, update or revise this document from time to time as required without the prior obligation to notify any person, company or organization.
  • Page 3 Solwise SSR725 User’s Guide DOC compliance information NOTICE: The Canadian Department of Communications label identifies certified equipment. This certification means that the equipment meets certain telecommunications network protective, operational and safety requirements. The Department does not guarantee the equipment will operate to the user’s satisfaction.
  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 1. Introduction Table of Contents Introduction............7 Overview..............7 Features and Compatibility ........7 What’s in the package?..........8 Front Panel ..............8 Rear Panel..............9 Connecting to your network and line....10 Setting up TCP/IP on your computer ....11 Installing TCP protocol on your PC......11...
  • Page 6 Chapter 1. Introduction Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Using xmodem to upload the firmware files ....81 6.2.1 Loading a new bootcode bin firmware file 6.2.2 Loading a new main bin firmware file.....90 Appendix A Product Specifications ....100 Appendix B Government compliance notices ............103...
  • Page 7: Introduction

    1 Introduction Overview The SSR SDSL Router features multi-mode SDSL technology that provides a downstream rate of up to 8M bps over existing copper wire lines, which is more than 100 times faster than a traditional 56K analogue modem. The 725 model can be connected to your PC or LAN through the 10/100Base-T Ethernet interface and includes a 4- port 10/100 switching hub.
  • Page 8: What's In The Package

    Chapter 1. Introduction Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide • Support for text-based console management over Telnet and serial connection, Windows-GUI based, and via http. • Support for remote configuration by your network administrator via IP network. • Support IEEE 802.1d transparent bridging with spanning tree algorithm.
  • Page 9: Rear Panel

    Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 1. Introduction Function Behavior Definition POWER Dark Power off Light Power on DSL-LINK Flashing slowly SDSL training in progress Light SDSL link is establish and ready to transfer data LAN-LINK/ACT Dark Ethernet link absent or power off...
  • Page 10: Connecting To Your Network And Line

    2 Connecting to your network and line LAN ports L1 to L4 on the SSR725 router are the type designed to be connected to directly to the port on a PC LAN card using a standard cat5 LAN cable. If you wish to connect the router to another hub then you must use the connector marked ‘Uplink’ to connect to a ‘normal’...
  • Page 11: Setting Up Tcp/Ip On Your Computer

    Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 3. Setting up TCP/IP on your computer 3 Setting up TCP/IP on your computer You first of all need to check the TCP/IP settings of your computer. Please note that the author is assuming you are using MS Windows (Win9x or 2K/XP) or Mac OS10;...
  • Page 12 Chapter 3. Setting up TCP/IP on your computer Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Then on Properties.. Click on OK and Windows will then add the protocol to your network set- If you already see a line showing TCP/IP protocol such as the example shown above then you can skip this section.
  • Page 13 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 3. Setting up TCP/IP on your computer Scroll down the list of network settings until you find the Go to your local network settings (Start/Settings/Network entry showing TCP/IP. There may be several such entries and Dialup Connections/Local Area (see example);...
  • Page 14 Chapter 3. Setting up TCP/IP on your computer Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Finally you must set-up DNS Configuration on each PC: Each PC MUST have the address for DNS entered in it’s Now you need to enter the DNS address.
  • Page 15: Setting Up Tcp/Ip Protocol On Your Mac

    Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 3. Setting up TCP/IP on your computer Ideally you should get the DNS address to use from your ISP (a list of common addresses is given later). However, if you don’t know the ISPs’ DNS address then you can temporarily use the address 212.50.160.28.
  • Page 16 Chapter 3. Setting up TCP/IP on your computer Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Enter a suitable IP address (e.g. 192.168.7.2) and the netmask as shown above and click on Apply Now. Now enter the IP address of the router in ‘Router’ box.
  • Page 17 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 3. Setting up TCP/IP on your computer You also need to enter an address for your ‘Domain Name Server’. Ideally you should get the DNS address to use from your ISP. However, if you don’t know the ISPs’ DNS address then you can temporarily use the address 212.50.160.23.
  • Page 18: Pppoa Router Nat Configuration

    Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 4 PPPoA Router NAT configuration The easiest way to configure your router is via your web browser accessing the html pages direct in the router. Please note that if...
  • Page 19: Setting Up A Basic Nat Router Configuration

    Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Setting up a basic NAT router configuration Please note the following: The default IP address for the 8.2 firmware is 192.168.7.1 The default configuration username and password are admin.
  • Page 20 Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide First of all you are advised to clear the router configuration. To do this goto System/Restart/Reset. To enter configuration, enter admin for username and password…..
  • Page 21 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration...
  • Page 22 Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Select ‘Reset to factory default settings’ and then click on Restart….
  • Page 23 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Wait about 30 seconds for the router to reboot and the Status page should reload…...
  • Page 24 Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now goto Configuration/DSL Mode.
  • Page 25 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Select cpe-b (for UK Annex B DSL) and then click on Apply.
  • Page 26 Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now goto the Configuration/WAN Connections …...
  • Page 27 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Delete and existing services shown…...
  • Page 28 Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide...
  • Page 29 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Now you can add a new service so click on “Create a new service”.
  • Page 30 Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Select PPPoA Routed and then click on Configure…...
  • Page 31 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Enter the details required: Put a name for the Description (maybe the name of your ISP). Then put in the correct VPI/VCI values (for BT 0/38). Tick the box Enable NAT.
  • Page 32 Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now goto Configuration/Security.
  • Page 33 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Click on Add interface..
  • Page 34 Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Select the iplan as type internal and click on Apply.
  • Page 35 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Now goto Configuration/Save Config..
  • Page 36 Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Save the configuration.
  • Page 37 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Wait for the “Saved information…” message. Now goto System/Restart to reboot the router.
  • Page 38 Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Wait for the router to restart…...
  • Page 39 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration The status page should display.
  • Page 40 Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide If you have the router connected to the ADSL service then, after a while, the R1483 Port line should show a green tick (indicating ADSL connection).
  • Page 41 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Now goto Show Statistics on the WAN interface entry on the bottom of the status page (e.g. the one labeled kc in our example here).
  • Page 42 Chapter 4. PPPoA Router NAT configuration Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide If you have a valid login with your ISP then the IP address at the top of the ppp-0 status page should be valid (i.e. NOT 0.0.0.0). If you do NOT see a valid IP address (e.g.
  • Page 43: How To

    Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… 5 How to… How to enter Command Line Interface mode Although the majority of the most common set-up options can be done via the web interfaces, some of the more complicated/less common features can only be configured via the Command Line Interface (CLI) mode.
  • Page 44 Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide terminal that supports baud rate of 9600 can be connected to the Router’s console port. Please configure your serial port as: :9600 Data bits Parity :None Stop Bits Flow Control :None Then do the following steps to log on to the Router via Microsoft HyperTerminal.
  • Page 45 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… Enter the following parameters : Bits per second 9600 Data bits Parity None Stop bits Flow Control None Then click OK When the HyperTerminal window appears, you must press the enter key several time to get the command prompt for the Router’s...
  • Page 46: Basic Cli Syntax

    Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide You should then see the Login: prompt. By default this is ‘admin’. Then you need the password which by default is also admin. Then prompt should be shown with a successful login.
  • Page 47 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… This should explain the basic syntax used for command entry. So, if you press ‘?’ the current commands are listed: This shows the complete list of CLI commands.
  • Page 48: Altering The Lan Ip Address Of The Router

    Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide To enter a command you just type the command in as simple text. E.g. ‘system config save’ saves the configuration… For full details of all the CLI commands please refer to the CLI Reference Manual.
  • Page 49: Set-Up Port Forwarding

    Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… Figure 1 Next change the LAN address and subnet to the required values (note that the Secondary IP Address allows you to run a separate LAN subnet range on the same port – useful if you want to configure ports forwarding or firewall settings for a separate LAN).
  • Page 50 Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Under Security Interfaces click on Advanced NAT Configuration…...
  • Page 51 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… Then click on Add Reserved Mapping…...
  • Page 52 Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now add the port mapping rule you require e.g. to forward the telnet port to point to the LAN port of the router (so you can do remote configuration using telnet) you should add 23/tcp…...
  • Page 53 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… Enter the new rule and click on Add Reserved Mapping..
  • Page 54: Configuring The 'Security Interface' To Allow Netmeeting

    Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide You should now save the new settings (Configuration/Save config). Configuring the ‘Security Interface’ to allow Netmeeting Goto Configuration/Security..
  • Page 55 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… Now click on ‘Security Trigger Configuration’ at the bottom of the screen.
  • Page 56 Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now click on ‘New Trigger’..
  • Page 57 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… The following settings are required for Netmeeting Now click on apply..
  • Page 58: Configuring The 'Security Interface' To Allow Ftp

    Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide If you are using the firewall then you must ensure that you setup port filter rules to allow the netmeeting traffic to come through. In this case, the ports that you will need to open up are: More details on the security trigger commands are given in the CLI manual.
  • Page 59: Firewall Features

    Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… Firewall Features The 7x5 includes a full featured firewall, with capabilities such as intrusion detection, packet filtering and NAT. There are many different ways for configuring a firewall but this section gives an overview of the options.
  • Page 60: Packet Filtering

    Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide The only exception is the top two options Use Blacklist and Use Victim Protection these should both be enabled so Intrusion detection will be fully functional. Click Apply to keep the changes.
  • Page 61 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… icmp H.323 1720 T.120 1503 MEDIUM SECURITY LEVEL External < > Internal External < > DMZ DMZ < > Internal Service Port http telnet smtp pop3 nntp real audio/video...
  • Page 62 Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Make sure that Firewall is ticked as enabled. Click Change State to change the state. To modify what types of traffic you want to filter, click on the Security Policy...
  • Page 63 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… Next decide on whether you want validators to block or allow traffic. Selecting “allow” will allow traffic from all hosts which have validators but block traffic from other all other hosts.
  • Page 64 Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide So, first, to create a port filter… Click on Port Filters…. Now decide if you need a filter on TCP, UDP or a filter to act upon any IP packet (Raw IP).
  • Page 65 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… Now go back to the Policy List (click on link) and, from the Firewall Policy Configuration, click on Host Validators under Policy Configuration. Now click on ‘Add Host Validator’...
  • Page 66 Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now enter the IP address and subnet for the host and then click on Apply… You should now save the configuration and reset the router.
  • Page 67: Using Your 7X5 Router With Fixed Ip Address

    Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… Using your 7x5 Router with fixed IP address Most users will use their router with NAT enabled. This allows them to ‘share’ their internet connectivity across their whole network without needing a block of static IP addresses from the ISP i.e.
  • Page 68 Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now, note down the IP interface IP address; you’ll need this in the non-NAT setup detailed below. E.g. 213.249.178.39. Next you need to turn NAT off. Goto Advanced Configuration/Security…...
  • Page 69 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… Now click on ‘Disable NAT to internal interfaces’…. Now there is no NAT routing between the WAN (internet) and LAN (your PC’s) sides of the router. The next step is to assign the correct IP address to the LAN side of...
  • Page 70 Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now, enter in the Primary IP Address settings the WAN IP address and also the subnet mask. Use the subnet mask as advised by your ISP e.g. if you have a block of 8 fixed IP’s then the subnet mask is probably 255.255.255.248.
  • Page 71: Enabling Dhcp Server Mode

    Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… Now restart the router (System/Save Config/Restart). Please note, with NAT not running both the LAN side and WAN side of the router are visible from the ISP (internet) along with your whole network i.e.
  • Page 72 Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide To enable DHCP server you first of all need to goto Advanced Options and setup the Subnet parameters…...
  • Page 73 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… Things you should setup are: Specify a start and end address values for the IP allocation range. Specify the DNS value you want to send to the clients (or tick the box to use the router as DNS relay).
  • Page 74 Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Then click on OK… Now click on Enable from the DHCP setup screen…...
  • Page 75: Altering The Configuration User Name And Password

    Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… The Advanced Options can also be used to change lease times and control functions like allowing unknown clients, these should be left at defaults unless you have specific reasons for changing them.
  • Page 76 Chapter 5. How to… Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide First of all click on Create a new user… On the next screen enter the new user details… Remember to change the May login? to true to enable the new user to login! Then click on Create to set the new user…...
  • Page 77 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. How to… Now save the settings again (System/Save config). Now you should test the new user so Restart (System/Restart) and shut your browser down…. Then allow the router about 30 seconds to reboot before starting your browser up and going to the router set-up screen again.
  • Page 78: Firmware Upgrade

    Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 6 Firmware Upgrade Upgrading to a new firmware version using http Please note that the correct file format for web based firmware upgrade should be ‘.tar’. If the upgrade file you have is ‘.bin’ format then this is NOT the correct format to upgrade using the web interface.
  • Page 79 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Then Click on Upgrade and wait. Firmware upgrade should only take a few minutes. During this period do not touch the router or browser – leave them alone until the upgrade file is loaded.
  • Page 80: When Things Go Wrong

    Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide After the flash update is complete the following screen should display. You should now restart. 6.1.1 When things go wrong! If something goes wrong with the firmware upload which causes...
  • Page 81: Using Xmodem To Upload The Firmware Files

    Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade whilst the bootcode bin file is loaded (takes about 10 minutes). When it’s finished enter ‘quit’ and the router should then show the mac address prompt. Now enter the command ‘flashfs rewrite boot.bin’...
  • Page 82 Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide The router should now boot to the ‘]’ prompt. It’s now ready to accept the firmware file. Type “xmodem fast” The router has now changed it’s port speed to 38400 bps so you now need to change your terminal set-up.
  • Page 83 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Then File/Properties The click on Configure…...
  • Page 84 Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Change the port speed to 38400 and then click on OK. Then select Call/Call… Now you are ready to start sending the bootcode file. Select Transfer/Send file…...
  • Page 85 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Click on browse so you can select the bootcode bin file (called boot.bin in this example). Now you are ready to send the file..
  • Page 86 Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Click on Send… The file should now start to send…. Notice the Packet count goes up and the indicator bar starts to increase…...
  • Page 87 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade When the file send is finished then a screen similar to the following is shown… You should now type quit..
  • Page 88 Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now the port speed of the router has changed back to the normal setting of 9600 so you need to change the set-up of your terminal back to 9600…...
  • Page 89 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Now…. if you are now intending to load the main firmware bin file (as detailed below) you should do the command Flashfs update This will update the flash filing system ready for the main bin file.
  • Page 90: Loading A New Main Bin Firmware File

    Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Done…! 6.2.2 Loading a new main bin firmware file As when loading a bootcode bin file, you first of all you need to connect using a console (serial) programme to the router. Details are given in the set-up guide but in simple terms it’s 9600 bps, 8...
  • Page 91 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade The router should now boot to the ‘]’ prompt. It’s now ready to accept the firmware file. Type “xmodem fast” The router has now changed it’s port speed to 38400 bps so you now need to change your terminal set-up.
  • Page 92 Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Then File/Properties The click on Configure…...
  • Page 93 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Change the port speed to 38400 and then click on OK. Then select Call/Call… Now you are ready to start sending the bootcode file. Select Transfer/Send file…...
  • Page 94 Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Click on browse so you can select the bootcode bin file (called flash.bin in this example). Now you are ready to send the file..
  • Page 95 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Click on Send… The file should now start to send…. Notice the Packet count goes up and the indicator bar starts to increase… When the file send is finished then a screen similar to the following is shown…...
  • Page 96 Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now the port speed of the router has changed back to the normal setting of 9600 so you need to change the set-up of your terminal back to 9600…...
  • Page 97 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Login using the username and password (normally ‘admin’ and ‘admin’). Now you need to enter the command “console enable”…...
  • Page 98 Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide You should now see the IP address prompt. Enter the command “flashfs update” to write the new firmware to flash…...
  • Page 99 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. Firmware Upgrade When it’s done you are now ready to reboot (power off/on)…...
  • Page 100: Appendix A Product Specifications

    Chapter 7. Appendix A Product Specifications Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 7 Appendix A Product Specifications Data Connection Supports data rates from 192Kbps to 2.3Mbps (G.SHDSL) on downstream and upstream with 8Kbps granularity • Connect distance: over 16kfeet at 1.5Mbps on 26AWG wire...
  • Page 101 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 7. Appendix A Product Specifications Interface • LAN: Four 10/100Base-T auto sensing Ethernet ports through RJ-45 connector • DSL: SHDSL line through RJ-11 connector • Console Port: DB9 RS-232 connector Power consumption 6W max.
  • Page 103: Appendix B Government Compliance Notices

    Chapter 8. Appendix B Government compliance notices Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 8 Appendix B Government compliance notices European CTR 21 compliance The equipment has been approved in accordance with Council Decision 98/482/EC for pan-European single terminal connection to the public switched telephone network (PSTN).
  • Page 105: Appendix C Ip Addresses, Network Masks, And Subnets

    Chapter 9. Appendix C IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 9 Appendix C IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets IP Addresses This section pertains only to IP addresses for IPv4 (version 4 of the Internet Protocol).
  • Page 106: Network Classes

    Chapter 9. Appendix C IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Class A: 10.30.6.125 (network = 10, host = 30.6.125) Class B: 129.88.16.49 (network = 129.88, host = 16.49) Class C: 192.60.201.11 (network = 192.60.201, host = 11) 9.1.2...
  • Page 107 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 9. Appendix C IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets As with any class C address, all of the bits in field1 through field 3 are part of the network ID, but note how the mask specifies that the first bit in field 4 is also included.
  • Page 109: Appendix D Binary Numbers

    Chapter 10. Appendix D Binary Numbers Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 10 Appendix D Binary Numbers 10.1 Binary Numbers In everyday life, we use the decimal system of numbers. In decimal, numbers are written using the ten digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
  • Page 110 Chapter 10. Appendix D Binary Numbers Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide The decimal value of this byte is 173 (128 + 32 + 8 + 4 + 1 = 173).
  • Page 111: Appendix E Glossary

    Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol relay A DHCP relay is a computer that forwards DHCP data between computers that request IP addresses and the DHCP server that assigns the addresses. Each of the SSR725's interfaces can be configured as a DHCP relay. See DHCP.
  • Page 112 Chapter 11. Appendix E Glossary Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide DHCP server Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server A DHCP server is a computer that is responsible for assigning IP addresses to the computers on a LAN. See DHCP.
  • Page 113 Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 11. Appendix E Glossary Gbps Abbreviation for Gigabits (“GIG-uh-bits”) per second, or one billion bits per second. Internet data rates are often expressed in Gbps. When you send data through the Internet, it is sent first from your computer to a router, and then from one router to another until it finally reaches a router that is directly connected to the recipient.
  • Page 114 Chapter 11. Appendix E Glossary Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Light Emitting Diode An electronic light-emitting device. The indicator lights on the front of the SSR725 are LEDs. MAC address Media Access Control address The permanent hardware address of a device, assigned by its manufacturer.
  • Page 115 A protocol for serial data transmission that is used to carry IP (and other protocol) data between your ISP and your computer. The WAN interface on the SSR725 uses two forms of PPP called PPPoA and PPPoE. See also PPPoA, PPPoE.
  • Page 116 Chapter 11. Appendix E Glossary Solwise SSR725 SDSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide signals, sending voice to the PSTN and data on high-speed lines to the Internet. See also CO, PSTN, splitterless, microfilter. splitterless A type of DSL installation where no splitter is installed, saving the cost of a service call by the telephone company.
  • Page 117 See also VC. Wide Area Network Any network spread over a large geographical area, such as a country or continent. With respect to the SSR725, WAN refers to the Internet. Web browser A software program that uses Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol...

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