3.4.1 Front panel layout ........................9 3.4.2 Side and back panels of the device ..................10 Light indication..........................11 Delivery package ......................... 11 Installing and connecting NTU-MD500P ..................12 Operating conditions and installation procedure..............12 4.1.1 Safety requirements ........................12 4.1.2 Installation procedure......................12 Connecting the device ........................ 14 Device architecture .........................15...
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.5.2 Bridging submenu. Configuring Bridging parameters ............35 6.5.3 Routing submenu. Configuring routing ..................36 6.5.4 Interface grouping submenu. Combining interfaces into groups.........37 6.5.5 IP QoS submenu. Configuring the quality of services provided (QoS) .........37 6.5.6 PoE Settings submenu. Configuring PoE ports ..............41 6.5.7...
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 1 List of changes Document version Software Release date Changes Version 1.1 2.4.7 09.2022 Second publication Version 1.0 1.0.1 04.2021 First publication...
The ONT device is designed to connect customers' equipment to broadband access services. It can be used in residential areas and business centers. The user manual describes the purpose, main technical specifications, configuration rules and monitoring of the optical network terminal NTU-MD500P. Notes and Warnings ...
802.3at PoE+ technology. NTU-MD500P provides up to 30 W of power on 10/100/1000BASE-T ports with a PoE power budget of 65 W. Support for PoE technology allows NTU-MD500P to supply power via UTP cable to IP phones, wireless access points, IP cameras and other PoE-enabled devices.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual The figure below shows the use case of NTU-MD500P. Figure 1 — NTU-MD500P use case 3.3 Technical specifications The main technical parameters of the terminal are given in Table Table 1 — Technical specifications Parameters of LAN Ethernet interfaces...
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual 20 km Maximum distance 1310 nm Transmitter: 1244 Mbps • Upstream data rate From +0.5 dBm to +5 dBm • Transmitter power 1 nm • Spectrum width (RMS) 1490 nm Receiver: 2488 Mbps • Downstream data rate From -8 to -28, BER≤1.0x10 •...
This section describes design and indicators layout of the device. Images of the front, back and side panels of the device are shown in the section, connectors, LED indicators and controls are described. NTU-MD500P is enclosed in a metal case suitable for 19” rack, the height of the case is 1U. 3.4.1 Front panel layout The device front panel layout is shown in Figure...
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 3.4.2 Side and back panels of the device Figure 3 — NTU-MD500P back panel Back panel element № Earth bonding point Figure 4 — NTU-MD500P left-side panel There are ventilation grilles on the side and back panels of the device, which serve to remove heat. Do not cover the ventilation grilles, it can lead to overheating of the device components and cause malfunctioning.
10/100 Mbps connection has been established Orange 1000 Mbps connection has been established Flashing The process of packet data transmission 3.6 Delivery package The basic delivery package of NTU-MD500P device includes: • Subscriber terminal NTU-MD500P; • Power cord with euro plug C-13, 1.8 m; •...
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 4 Installing and connecting NTU-MD500P 4.1 Operating conditions and installation procedure This chapter describes procedure of installation into 19'' rack and connection to a power supply. 4.1.1 Safety requirements General requirements When working with the device, it is necessary to comply with safety regulations for the operation with electrical installations.
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual Figure 5 — Mounting brackets Installing into a rack To install the device in a rack: • Step 1. Attach the device to the vertical rails of the rack. • Step 2. Align the holes of the brackets with the holes on the rack rails. Use the holes in the rails at the same level on both sides of the rack so that the device will be positioned strictly horizontally.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 4.2 Connecting the device 1. Connect LAN port of NTU-MD500P and Ethernet port of your PC using an Ethernet cable. Figure 7 — Connecting the device to the computer 2. Connect the optical cable provided by the Internet service provider to the PON connector of the device.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 5 Device architecture Figure 10 — Logical architecture of the device with the factory configuration The main elements of the device: • Optical transceiver (SFF module) is designed to convert an optical signal into an electrical one;...
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6 Configuring the device via web interface. Admin access. Getting started To configure the device, you need to connect the device via a web browser: Open a web browser (web page viewer), for example, Firefox, Google Chrome. Type the device IP address in the browser's address bar ...
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual Elements of the web interface General view of the device configuration window is shown below. The user interface can be divided into 3 parts : The navigation tree of the device settings menu. The main window of selected section settings.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.1 Status menu. Device information 6.1.1 Device submenu. General information on the device The section displays general information on the device, the main parameters of LAN and WAN interfaces. Status → Device System • Board Type — hardware model;...
NTU-MD500P. User Manual WAN Configuration • Interface — interface name; • VLAN ID — VLAN ID of the interface; • MAC — MAC address of the interface; • Connection Type; • Protocol — the protocol used; • IP Address — IP address of the interface;...
NTU-MD500P. User Manual • Protocol — the protocol used; • IP Address — IP address of the interface; • Status — interface status. To update the data on the page, click Refresh. 6.1.3 PON submenu. Optical module status The section shows the current state of the PON interface.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.1.4 LAN submenu. Information on the status of LAN interface In this section, you can view the main parameters of LAN interfaces. Status → LAN To update information in the table, click Refresh. 6.2 LAN menu. Configuring LAN interface In this section, you can configure the main characteristics of wired and wireless LAN interfaces.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.3 WAN menu. Configuring WAN interface 6.3.1 PON WAN submenu In this section, you can configure the PON WAN parameters. WAN → PON WAN • Enable VLAN; • VLAN ID — VLAN identification number; • 802.1p_Mark — 802.1p priority;...
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.3.2 VPN submenu 6.3.2.1 L2TP submenu. Setting up an L2TP VPN In this section, you can configure the virtual connection parameters L2TP VPN. The L2TP protocol is used to create a secure connection channel over the Internet between a remote user's computer and a local computer.
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.3.2.2 IPsec submenu. Configuring IP Security This page is used to configure settings for VPN in IPsec mode. WAN → VPN → IPsec • Negotiation Type — select the type of negotiation: automatic or manual one; • Negotiation Type — Automatic: •...
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual • Negotiation Type — Manual: • Mode — IPsec operation mode (only transport mode is supported); • Remote Tunnel Addr. — server IP address; • Local Tunnel Addr. — local IP address; • Security Option: • Encapsulation Type;...
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.4 Services menu. Configuring services 6.4.1 DHCP Settings submenu. Configuring DHCP In this section, a DHCP server or a DHCP repeater is configured. • DHCP Mode — select operation mode: • NONE — DHCP is disabled; • DHCP Server — operation in the DHCP server mode;...
NTU-MD500P. User Manual Port-Based Filter configures filtering according to ports, MAC-Based Assignment — according to MAC addresses. Services → DHCP (DHCP Relay is selected) • DHCP Server IP Address — IP address of remote DHCP server, which will be used for DHCP Relay. To save changes, click Apply Changes. ...
NTU-MD500P. User Manual • Hostname/Intereface — if you use another provider, you should specify the name (Hostname) and address (Interface) of the provider manually. DynDns/No-IP Settings: • UserName — user name; • Password — password for authorization on the service selected for D-DNS operation.
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.4.3.2 IP/Port Filtering submenu. Configuring address filtering Address filtering settings are available in this menu. The IP filtering function allows you to filter traffic passing through the router according to IP addresses and ports. The use of such filters can be useful to protect or put restrictions on the local network.
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.4.3.3 MAC Filtering submenu. MAC address filtering settings The section helps to configure filtration based on MAC addresses, which allows you to forward or block traffic according to MAC address of the source and recipient. Services → Firewall → MAC Filtering •...
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.4.3.4 Port Forwarding submenu. Configuring port forwarding This section contains Current Port Forwarding Table displaying information on port forwarding. Entries in this table allow you to automatically redirect shared network services to a specific computer behind the NAT firewall. These settings are only necessary if you want to deploy a host, such as a web server or mail server, on a private LAN behind the NAT firewall of the router you are using.
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.4.3.5 URL Blocking submenu. Configuring the Internet access restriction The URL filter performs full analysis and control for access to certain Internet resources. In this section you may set and view a list of prohibited/allowed URLs to visit. Here you can add a prohibited/permitted FQDN (Fully Qualified Domain Name) with the Add button, keyword filtering is also possible.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual To save changes, use the Apply Changes button. All blocked domains are listed in the Domain Blocking Configuration table, to remove the block for a certain domain, select it and click Delete Selected, to remove all restrictions, click Delete All. ...
NTU-MD500P. User Manual • UPnP (Enable/Disable) — enable/disable UPnP function; • WAN Interface — WAN interface on which the UPnP function will be enabled. To save settings, click Apply Changes. 6.4.5 RIP submenu. Configuring dynamic routing In this section you may select interfaces on devices that will use RIP and its version. Enable RIP if you are using this device as a RIP-enabled device to communicate with other users using the RIP Dynamic Routing protocol.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.5 Advance menu. Advanced settings 6.5.1 ARP Table submenu. Viewing the ARP protocol cache The section displays a table of learned MAC addresses. The efficiency of ARP operation largely depends on the ARP cache, which is present on each host. The cache contains Internet addresses and their corresponding hardware addresses.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual To save changes, click Apply Changes. To view information on the bridge and its connected ports, click Show MACs. Advance → Bridging → Show MACs • Port — port number; • MAC Address — MAC address; • Is Local — local address;...
NTU-MD500P. User Manual Advance → Routing → Show Routes To update information in the table, click Refresh, to close it, click Close. 6.5.4 Interface grouping submenu. Combining interfaces into groups In this section, you can combine interfaces into different groups. By default, all interfaces are in the same group.
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual Advance → IP QoS → QoS Policy • IP QoS (Enable/Disable) — enable/disable configuration of QoS queues; • Policy — select policy: • PRIO — strict queue processing is used when selecting the PRIO policy. The smaller queue corresponds to the highest priority;...
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual Advance → IP QoS → QoS Classification → Add • RuleName — rule name; • RuleOrder — sequence number. Assing IP Precedence/DSCP/802.1p — setting up the assignment of IP fields. • Precedence — queue selection; • DSCP — priority in the IP packet header;...
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.5.5.3 Traffic Shaping submenu. Configuring traffic In this section, you can specify traffic restrictions according to certain rules. Advance → IP QoS → Traffic Shaping • Total Bandwidth Limit (kb) — total bandwidth limit, kbit. To add, click Add and complete the appropriate fields.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.5.6 PoE Settings submenu. Configuring PoE ports This page is used to configure PoE settings. Here, you can enable/disable PoE on LAN ports; to do this, you need to select Enable or Disable. Advance → PoE Settings • Port — LAN port number (1-4);...
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.5.7 Link mode submenu. Configuring LAN ports In this section, you can set the mode of LAN ports operation. LAN1/2/3/4 fields are used to set up the operation mode. Available modes are 10M Half Mode, 10M Full Mode, 100M Half Mode, 100M Full Mode and Auto Mode (auto detection mode).
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.5.9 IPv6 submenu. Configuring IPv6 protocol In this section, you can enable/disable IPv6; to do this, select Enable or Disable. Advance → IPv6 To save changes, click Apply Changes. ...
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.5.9.1 RADVD submenu. Configuring RADVD The section is used to configure RADVD (Router Advertisement Daemon). Advance → IPv6 → RADVD • MaxRtrAdvInterval — maximum interval for sending RA (Router Advertisement); • MinRtrAdvInterval — minimum interval for sending RA;...
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.5.9.2 DHCPv6 submenu. Configuring DHCPv6 Server The section is used to configure DHCPv6 server. By default, it works in auto-configuration mode (DHCPServer(Auto)) via prefix delegation. Advance → IPv6 → DHCPv6 • DHCPv6 Mode — enable/disable the operation of DHCPv6 server;...
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.5.9.3 MLD proxy submenu. Configuring MLD proxy function In this section, you can enable/disable the operation of the MLD-proxy; to do this, you need to select Enable or Disable. Advance → IPv6 → MLD proxy To save changes, click Apply Changes. ...
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.5.9.4 MLD snooping submenu. Setting up the MLD snooping function In this section, you can enable/disable MLD-snooping; to do this, you need to select Enable or Disable. Advance → IPv6 → MLD snooping To save changes, click Apply Changes. ...
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.5.9.5 IPv6 routing submenu. Configuring IPv6 routes Static IPv6 routes are configured in this section. Advance → IPv6 → IPv6 routing • Enable — add a route; • Destination — destination address; • Next Hop — next node;...
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NTU-MD500P. User Manual • Use — route usage; • Interface — the interface through which the specified route is accessible. To update the table, click Refresh, to close the window — Close. 6.5.9.6 IPv6 IP/Port filtering submenu. Configuring packet filtering The page is used to configure filtering of data packets transmitted through the gateway.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.6 Diagnostics menu The section is for diagnostics of access to various network nodes. 6.6.1 Ping submenu. Checking the availability of network devices The section is designed to check the availability of network devices using the Ping utility.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual • Log Level — logging level; • Display Level — log display level; • Clear log — clear the log. To save the log to the local storage, click the Save button. 6.7 Admin menu Device management section. In this menu, passwords, time, configurations and other settings are configured.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual Admin → Settings → Restore Default In this section, you can reset the current settings to the factory default settings (Restore Default), to do this, click Reset Settings to Default. 6.7.2 GPON Setting submenu. Configuring access to GPON In this section, you can specify a password to activate the device on OLT.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.7.3 Commit/Reboot submenu. Saving changes and restarting the device Click Commit and Reboot to reboot the device or to save changes to the system memory. It may take several minutes to restart the device. Admin → Commit/Reboot 6.7.4 Logout submenu. Log out the account In the section it is possible to log out the account by clicking Logout.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.7.5 Password submenu. Setting up access control (setting passwords) In this section, you may change the password for access to the device. Admin → Password To change the password, enter the current password to the Old Password field, then the new password to New Password and to Confirmed Password.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual 6.7.7 Remote Access submenu. Configuring remote access rules In the section it is possible to configure remote access rules using HTTP/Telnet/ICMP protocols. Admin → Remote Access • Enable — add a rule; • Service — select protocol; •...
NTU-MD500P. User Manual • Enable Daylight Saving Time — daylight saving time; • Enable SNTP Client Update — enable SNTP time synchronization; • WAN Interface — the interface through which the time is updated; • SNTP Server is the preferred time server.
NTU-MD500P. User Manual To save changes, click Apply, to reset — Undo. To upload a file, click Choose File to select a file, then click Upload. 6.8 Statistics menu. Information about the traffic on the device ports 6.8.1 Interface submenu. Information about counters and errors The section displays counters/errors in packets for each interface: Statistics →...
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