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Allied Telesis AT-AR256E User Manual

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  • Page 1 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual PN 613-000984 Rev. A...
  • Page 2 Allied Telesis, Inc. reserves the right to make changes in specifications and other information contained in this document without prior written notice. The information provided herein is subject to change without notice. In no event shall Allied Telesis, Inc.
  • Page 3 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual AFETY OTICE Do not open service or change any component. Only qualified technicians are allowed to service the equipment. Observe safety precautions to avoid electric shock Check voltage before connecting to the power supply.
  • Page 4 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual LECTRICAL AFETY AND MISSIONS TANDARDS This product meets the following standards. U.S. Federal Communications Commission This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual ONTENTS Preface ....................................9 Purpose of This Guide ............................... 9 How This Guide is Organized..........................9 Document Conventions ............................9 Contacting Allied Telesis ..............................10 Online Support................................10 Email and Telephone Support ..........................10...
  • Page 6 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Web Access Control ............................35 Quality of Service..............................36 Egress ................................... 36 Ingress.................................. 38 QoS Shaper Configuration ..........................42 Policy Routing Configuration ......................... 45 Routing..................................
  • Page 7 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual IGURES Figure 1: Back Panel................................11 Figure 2: LEDs on front panel ............................12 Figure 3: Menu Bar................................14 Figure 4: Basic Home menu............................. 15 Figure 5: LAN Configuration............................
  • Page 8 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Figure 38: Policy Routing Configuration ........................45 Figure 39: Static Routing ..............................47 Figure 40: Routing Table ..............................48 Figure 41: Security menu..............................50 Figure 42: IP Filters................................

  • Page 9: Preface

    AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual Preface Purpose of This Guide This guide describes the AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router Management interface for allowing users or network managers to correctly configure the router getting the most of it. How This Guide is Organized...

  • Page 10: Contacting Allied Telesis

    You can use the Knowledge Base to submit questions to our technical support staff and review answers to previously asked questions. Email and Telephone Support For Technical Support via email or telephone, refer to the Support & Services section of the Allied Telesis web site: http://www.alliedtelesis.com/support/. Warranty...

  • Page 11: Chapter 1: Introduction

    Congratulations for the purchase of your router. This router provides advanced features that allow you to access the phone service and the Internet through a single wired connection. Please refer to the AT-AR256E Quick Setup Guide for information on how to install connect and initially setup the router.

  • Page 12: Front Panel

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual 9V DC Connecting the power adaptor ON/OFF Switching the router on/off Front Panel The LEDs on the front panel give you an idea about the power and connection status.

  • Page 13: Chapter 2: About The Web User Interface

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual Chapter 2: About the Web User Interface The Web User Interface is used to configure the router settings. Accessing the Web User Interface To access the Web User Interface: Open a browser.

  • Page 14: Menus

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Menus The Web User Interface includes the following menus: Figure 3: Menu Bar Save Settings It isn’t actually a menu but a command. Selecting it will make the router save the current settings, such that the router will be retained same configuration next time it is started.

  • Page 15: Chapter 3: Basic Menu

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual Chapter 3: Basic Menu The Basic menu includes Home, Quick Start, LAN Configuration and Diagnostics. Figure 4: Basic Home menu Home The Home page provides a one-page summary about the Connection Information, Router Information and Local Network settings.

  • Page 16: Lan Configuration

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual LAN Configuration LAN Configuration displays the current IP address assigned to the router. When you want to access the router, use the stated IP Address.

  • Page 17: Diagnostics

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual Diagnostics Ping test is used for investigating the connection to another network device which is connected to your current device. Full Modem Test is used for investigating whether the router is properly connected to the WAN. This test may take a few seconds to complete.

  • Page 18: Chapter 4: Advanced Menu

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Chapter 4: Advanced Menu This menu allows advanced configuration options for your router. Figure 7: Advanced menu Wide Area Network refers to the configurations you perform to establish an Internet connection. There are several types of WAN connections that require different settings.

  • Page 19: Figure 8: New Pppoe Connection Setup

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual Figure 8: New PPPoE Connection Setup PPPoA Connection PPPoA is also known as RFC 2364. It is a method of encapsulating PPP packets in ATM cells that are carried over the DSL connection.

  • Page 20: Figure 10: New Static Connection Setup

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Static Connection Static connection type is used whenever a known static IP address is assigned to the router. Additional addressing information such as the subnet mask and the default gateway must also be specified. Up to three Domain Name Server (DNS) addresses can be identified.

  • Page 21: Figure 12: New Bridge Connection Setup

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual Bridge Connection A pure bridged connection does not assign any IP address to the WAN interface. NAT and firewall rules are not enabled. This connection method makes the router act as a bridge for passing packets between the WAN interface and the LAN interface.

  • Page 22: Adsl Modulation

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual ADSL Modulation ADSL Modulation allows you to select any combination of DSL training modes. Leave the default values if you are unsure or the service provider did not provide this information. In most cases, this page should not be modified.

  • Page 23: Connection Scan

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual Connection Scan This feature helps users to detect the PVC settings provided by the service provider. Before the router can begin scanning the connection, the telephone line has to be plugged into the router.

  • Page 24: Lan

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual The router is preconfigured to automatically provide IP addresses to all the computers in the Local Area Network (LAN). Your router allows you to create and configure LAN groups.

  • Page 25: Lan Group Configuration

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual LAN Group Configuration LAN Group Configuration allows you to configure settings for each LAN group. Notice that you can also view the status of advanced services that can be applied to a LAN group. Green indicates that the service is enabled, while red indicates that the service is disabled.

  • Page 26: Assign Isp Dns, Sntp

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Category Field Description Domain The domain name is used in conjunction with the host name to uniquely identify the router. To access the web pages of the router you can type 192.168.1.1 (the IP address) or AlliedTelesis.ATI (Host Name.Domain).

  • Page 27: Lan Clients

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual LAN Clients LAN Clients allows you to view and add computers in a LAN group. Each computer either has a dynamic or static (manually-configured) IP address.

  • Page 28: Universal Plug And Play (Upnp)

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a set of computer network protocols allow devices to connect seamlessly and to simplify the implementation of networks in the home (data sharing, communications, and entertainment) and corporate environments.

  • Page 29: Igmp Proxy

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual Secondary SNTP Server The IP address or host name of the secondary SNTP server. This can be provided by the ISP or defined by a user.

  • Page 30: Tr-068 Wan Access

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual that using multicasting as opposed to sending the same data to individual devices uses less network bandwidth. The multicast feature also enables you to receive multicast video streams from multicast servers.

  • Page 31: Dns Proxy

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual Select WAN Access. Enter a username and password in the User Name and Password fields. Enter a port number In the Port field (for example, 51003).

  • Page 32: Port Forwarding

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual To enable Dynamic DNS: 1. Select Advanced. 2. Select Application > Dynamic DNS Client. 3. Configure the following fields: Connection • DDNS Server •...
  • Page 33 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual A database of predefined port forwarding rules allows you to apply one or more rules to one or more members of a defined LAN group. You can view the rules associated with a predefined category and add the available rules for a given category.

  • Page 34: Bridge Filters

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Bridge Filters The Bridge Filters allows you to enable, add, edit or delete the filter rules. When bridge filtering is enabled, each frame is examined against every defined filter rule in sequence. When a match is found, the appropriate filtering action (allow or deny) is performed.

  • Page 35: Web Access Control

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual Web Access Control The Web Access Control page allows you to access the router via the web from a remote location like your home or office.

  • Page 36: Quality Of Service

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Quality of Service Quality of Service allows network administrators to configure the routers to meet the real time requirements for voice and video.

  • Page 37: Figure 27: Egress

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual No Egress The default Egress page setting for all interfaces is No Egress. In this mode, the domain mappings of the packets are untouched. Figure 27: Egress...

  • Page 38: Ingress

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Field Description Interface Select the WAN interface to configure the QoS for outgoing packets; LAN interface cannot be selected as VLAN is currently supported on the WAN side only.

  • Page 39: Figure 30: Untrusted Mode Ingress

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual There are four Ingress modes: • Untrusted mode • Layer 2 • Layer 3 • Static Untrusted Mode Untrusted is the default Ingress page setting for all interfaces. In this mode, no domain mapping is honored in the router.

  • Page 40: Figure 31: Layer 2 Ingress

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Layer 2 Ingress Layer 2 allows you to map an incoming packet with VLAN priority to CoS. This feature is only configurable on the WAN interface as VLAN is only supported on the WAN side in the current software release.

  • Page 41: Figure 32: Layer 3 Ingress

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual Layer 3 Ingress The Layer 3 page allows you to map ToS bits of incoming packets from the IP network to CoS for each WAN/LAN interface.

  • Page 42: Qos Shaper Configuration

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Static Ingress The Ingress - Static page enables you to configure a static CoS for all packets received on a WAN or LAN interface.

  • Page 43: Figure 34: Qos Shaper Configuration

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual Figure 34: QoS Shaper Configuration Egress TCA is required if shaper is configured for that interface. Field Description Interface The selections are WAN/LAN interfaces except WLAN, which does not support Shaper feature.

  • Page 44: Figure 35: Htb Queue Discipline Enabled

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Example 1: HTB Queue Discipline Enabled In the example below, HTB Queue Discipline is enabled. The PPPoE1 connection has a total of 300Kbits of bandwidth, of which 100Kbits is given to CoS1 and another 100Kbits is given to CoS2.

  • Page 45: Policy Routing Configuration

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual CoS1 is not rate controlled (hence the field is not displayed). When there is no CoS1 packet, CoS2, CoS3, CoS4 each has 10% and CoS6 has 70%. This is similarly to the Low Latency Queue discipline, except that one is packet-based and the other is rate-based.
  • Page 46 All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Field Description Ingress Inter The incoming traffic interface for a Policy Routing rule. Selections include LAN face interfaces, WAN interfaces, Locally generated (traffic) and not applicable. Examples of Locally generated traffic are: voice packets, packets generated by applications such as DNS, DHCP, etc.

  • Page 47: Routing

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual The following fields can be configured for Policy Routing: • Destination IP address/mask • Source IP address/mask • Source MAC address • Protocol (TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc) •...

  • Page 48: Routing Table

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Routing Table Routing Table displays the information used by routers when making packet-forwarding decisions. Packets are routed according to the packet's destination IP address.

  • Page 49: Changing The Timeout Settings

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual Changing the Timeout Settings To change the timeout settings: Click the Advanced menu Click System Password. Select Enable Authentication. Enter the number of minutes in the Idle Timeout text field.

  • Page 50: Chapter 5: Security Menu

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Chapter 5: Security Menu Security features include IP Filters and LAN isolation. Figure 41: Security menu IP Filters IP filtering allows you to block specific applications/services based on the IP address of the LAN device. In this page, you can block specific traffic (for example, block web access) or any traffic from a host on your local network.

  • Page 51: Lan Isolation

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual To configure IP Filters: Click the Security menu then click IP Filters. On the IP Filters page, select LAN Group and LAN IP. If the desired LAN IP is not available in the LAN IP drop-down menu, you can add it using the LAN Client page, which is accessed by clicking New IP.

  • Page 52: Chapter 6: Status Menu

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Chapter 6: Status Menu This chapter provides information about monitoring the router status and viewing product information. Your router allows you to view the following status and product information: •...

  • Page 53: Connection Status

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual Connection Status Connection Status displays the type of protocol, the WAN IP address, the connection state and the duration of your Internet connection. To view the Connection Status, go to the Status menu then click Connection Status.

  • Page 54: Remote Log

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Remote Log Remote Log allows you to forward all logged information to one (or more) remote computer. The type of information forwarded to the remote computer depends on the Log level. Each log message belongs to a certain log level, which indicates the severity of the event.

  • Page 55: Network Statistics

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual To disable a remote log: Select the IP address to be deleted from the Select a logging destination drop-down menu. To temporarily implement the changes, click Apply.

  • Page 56: Dhcp Clients

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual DHCP Clients DHCP Clients displays the MAC Address, IP Address, Host Name and Lease Time. To view the DHCP Clients, go to the Status menu then click DHCP Clients.

  • Page 57: Modem Status

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router User Manual Modem Status This page displays the model status. To view the Modem Status, go to the Status menu then click Modem Status. Figure 52: Modem Status Product Information This page displays the product information and software versions.

  • Page 58: Chapter 7: Help Menu

    All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com AT-AR256E v3 - 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router - User Manual Chapter 7: Help Menu The Help page provides documentation for various topics like Firewall, Bridge Filters, LAN Clients, LAN Group Configuration, PPP Configuration, IP QoS and Routing Information Protocol. To access Help, click the Help menu.

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