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Allied Telesis AT-AR256E Web Interface User Manual

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Allied Telesyn
AT-AR256E
4-Port ADSL Router
Rev. 1.0

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  • Page 1 Web Interface User Guide Allied Telesyn AT-AR256E 4-Port ADSL Router Rev. 1.0...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Introduction... 4 Main Features... 4 Your Gateway at a Glance... 6 Ports and Buttons ... 6 LED Description... 6 Installing Your ADSL Router... 7 Setting Up Your ADSL Router... 8 Log into Your ADSL Router ... 8 Quick Start ... 8 Setup (For Advance User)...
  • Page 3 I Can’t Connect To The ADSL Router..32 The DSL Link LED Continues To Blink But Does Not Stop... 32 The DSL Link LED Is Always Off... 33 ADSL Router Terms... 34 - 3 -...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    Introduction The AT-AR256E 4-Port ADSL Router is the perfect high speed WAN bridge/router. This full- featured product is specifically designed to connect to the Internet, and directly connect to your local area network via high speed 10/100Mbps Ethernet. The ADSL router also has full NAT firewall and DMZ services to block unwanted users from accessing your network.

  • Page 5: External Connectors

    Management Support Web Based HTTP management GUI TFTP/FTP Support for Firmware Upgrade Web Based Firmware Upgrade (Local) Soft Factory Reset Button via Web GUI Telnet/CLI (Read Only) Syslog Support Firmware upgradeable for future feature enhancement Security Support NAT for basic Firewall support Packet Filtering Firewall Support Stateful Packet Inspection Support Protection against Denial of Service attacks...

  • Page 6: Your Gateway At A Glance

    Your Gateway at a Glance The AT-AR256E 4-Port ADSL Router has several ports and LEDs. Let’s take a look at them. Ports and Buttons Reset to Factory Defaults: The reset to factory defaults feature will set the ADSL router back to its factory default configuration.

  • Page 7: Installing Your Adsl Router

    Installing Your ADSL Router Locate an optimum location for the ADSL router. 2. For connections to the Ethernet and DSL interfaces, please refer to the Quick Installation Guide. 3. Connect the power adapter. Depending on the type of network, you may want to connect the power adapter to an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS).

  • Page 8: Setting Up Your Adsl Router

    Setting Up Your ADSL Router This section will guide you through the ADSL router’s configuration. The ADSL router is shipped with a standard PPP configuration. Log into Your ADSL Router To configure the ADSL router, launch your web browser. You may get an error message at this point;...

  • Page 9: Setup (For Advance User)

    The Quick Start page is meant for basic users who only require easy and seamless connectivity to the Internet, without worrying about any other advance configuration setting. For more advanced setup, please proceed to the next section. Important: After clicking on Connect, please be sure to “Save Settings” to register the username / password or any other changes.

  • Page 10: Wide Area Network Connection

    4.3.1 Wide Area Network Connection On the other side of the ADSL router is where your Wide Area Network (WAN) connection; also referred to as a broadband connection. provider. Most of the configuration you will perform will be in this area. 4.3.2 Local Area Network Connection On one side of the ADSL router, you have your own Local Area Network (LAN) connections.

  • Page 11: New Connection

    Since multiple users can use the ADSL router, the ADSL router can simultaneously support multiple connection types; hence, the user must set up different profiles for each connection. The ADSL router supports the following protocols: DHCP RFC2364 / PPPoA RFC2516 / PPPoE Static Bridged RFC1577 / CLIP...
  • Page 12 To complete the connection, you must now click the Apply button. temporarily save this connection. To make the change permanent, you need to click on Save Settings. At the system commands page, click on Save All. 4.4.1.2 PPPoA Connection Setup PPPoA is also known as RFC 2364.
  • Page 13 Figure 5 (PPPoA Connection Setup) To complete the connection, you must now click the Apply button. temporarily save this connection. To make the change permanent, you need to click on Save Settings (at the side of the page). At the system commands page, click on Save All. 4.4.1.3 PPPoE Connection Setup PPPoE is also known as RFC 2516.
  • Page 14 e. Keep Alive: When on-demand option is not enabled, this value specifies the time to wait without being connected to your provider before terminating the connection. To ensure that the link is always active, enter a 0 in this field. Set Route: Specify this connection as the default route.
  • Page 15 using 0,100. Also select the Quality of Service (QoS); leave the default value if you are unsure or the ISP did not provide this information. If your ADS L is connected and your A DSL Provider/ISP is supporting DHCP, you can click the renew button and the gateway will retrieve an IP address, Subnet mask, and Gateway address.
  • Page 16 Based upon the information your A DSL Provider/ISP provided, enter your assigned IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway (if provided), and Domain Name Service (DNS) values (if provided). For the static configuration, you can also select a bridge connection or a routed connection.

  • Page 17: Modify An Existing Connection

    Figure 9 (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, you need to click on Save Settings (at the side of the page). At the system commands page, click on Save All. 4.4.2 Modify an Existing Connection To modify an existing connection, click setup and then click the connection you want to modify.

  • Page 18: Enable/Disable Dhcp

    4.5.1 Enable/Disable DHCP To enable or disable DHCP, click setup. Under LAN Setup, select DHCP Configuration. This will bring up the page shown in Figure 10. The Start IP Address is where the DHCP server starts issuing IP addresses. This value must be greater than the ADSL router IP address value.

  • Page 19: Changing The Adsl Router Ip Address

    Figure 11 (Example of a DHCP Relay configuration) By turning off the DHCP server and relay, the network administrator must carefully configure the IP address, Subnet Mask and DNS settings of every computer on your network. Do not assign the same IP address to more than one computer, and the ADSL router must be on the same subnet as all the other computers.

  • Page 20: Firewall/Nat Services

    The Apply button will temporarily save this connection. need to click on Save Settings (at the side of the page). At the system commands page, click on Save All. 4.5.3 Firewall/NAT Services You can enable or disable Firewall and NAT when you are creating a new Connection. default, both NAT and Firewall are enabled.

  • Page 21: Port Forwarding

    To enable UPnP, you must first have a WAN connection configured. Once the WAN connection is configured, click Advanced and under Advanced, select UPnP. This will bring up the page shown in Figure 13. You must enable UPnP and then select which connection will utilise UPnP. In this case, the PPPoA connection is enabled.

  • Page 22: Advanced Security

    For example, if you want to host a NetMeeting session, from the Home page, click Advanced and under Advanced, select Port Forwarding. First select the IP address for your NetMeeting server. Next, select the Audio/Video category and add NetMeeting to the applied rules box. To view the management rules, highlight NetMeeting and select view;...
  • Page 23 Figure 14 (Access Control) The Apply button will temporarily save this connection. To make the change permanent, you need to click on Save Settings (at the side of the page). At the system commands page, click on Save All. 4.6.3.1 DMZ Configuration Setting a computer (on your local network) as a DMZ forwards any network traffic that is not redirected to another computer via the port forwarding feature to the computer's IP address.

  • Page 24: Access Control

    4.6.3.4 Enable Incoming ICMP Ping Enabling the Incoming Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Ping will allow Echo requests to come into the gateway. The gateway will respond with a ICMP Echo response message. The option allows the A DSL Provider or ISP to determine the following: a.

  • Page 25: Multicast

    the “Apply” button. The “Select All” select box can also be used to delete the entire filter rule. It provides a quick method of selecting all filter rules for deletion. The “Enable MAC Filters” button allows the user to enable or disable MAC filtering. It can be set/unset during any add/edit/delete operation.

  • Page 26: Static Routing

    b. There are no restrictions on a host's location. c. There are no restrictions on the number of members that may belong to a host group. d. A host may belong to multiple host groups. e. Non-group members may send UDP datagrams to the host group. Multicasting is useful when data needs to be sent to more than one other device.

  • Page 27: Dynamic Routing

    Mask is 255.255.255.0. The Gateway IP address should be the IP address of the gateway device that allows for contact between the Gateway and the remote network or host. The Hop Count determines the maximum number of steps between network nodes that data packets will travel. A node is any device on the network (such as a router or switch).

  • Page 28: Tools

    in RIP v2 format using subnet broadcasting. If RIP v1 Compatible is selected, routing data will be sent in RIP v2 format using multicasting. To enable Dynamic Routing, click Advanced and under Advanced, select Dynamic Routing. Figure 18 illustrates a typical Dynamic Route. The Apply button will temporarily save this connection.

  • Page 29: User Management

    4.7.2 User Management You can change the ADSL router’s username and password by clicking on User Management. From here you can change the login name and password. You can also change the idle timeout; you will need to log back onto the ADSL router once the timeout expires. If you forget your password, you can press and hold the reset to factory defaults button for 1 0 seconds or more.

  • Page 30: Ping Test

    4.7.4 Ping Test Once you have the ADSL router configured, it is a good idea to make sure you can ping the network. You can get to the Ping page under the Tools title, by clicking on Ping Test. Type the target address that you want to ping.

  • Page 31: Connection Status

    4.8.2 Connection Status Select to view the Status of different connections. 4.8.3 DHCP Clients Select to view the list of DHCP clients. 4.8.4 Modem Status Select to view the Status and Statistics of your broadband (A DSL) connection. 4.8.5 Product Information You can display the ADSL router’s driver and runtime information by going under Status title and click on Product Information.

  • Page 32: Appendix A: Troubleshooting

    Appendix A: Troubleshooting Below is a list of commonly asked questions. through these issues to see if they help to solve your problem. The ADSL Router Is Not Functional 1. Check to see that the power LED is green and the network cables are connected correctly.

  • Page 33: The Dsl Link Led Is Always Off

    The DSL Link LED Is Always Off 1. Make sure you have a ADSL service. You should get some kind of information from your ISP that states that the ADSL service is enabled. You can usually tell if the service is enabled by listening to the phone line; you will hear some high-pitched noise.

  • Page 34: Adsl Router Terms

    ADSL Router Terms What Is A Firewall? A firewall is a protection between the Internet and your local network. It acts similarly to the firewall in your car, protecting the interior of the car from the engine. Your car's firewall has very small opening that allow desired connections from the engine into the cabin (gas pedal connection, etc) but if something happens to your engine, you are protected.
  • Page 35 or other network device where to send data if the target station does not reside on the same subnet as the source. If your machine can reach all stations on the same subnet (usually a building or a sector within a building) but cannot communicate outside of this area, it is usually because of an incorrectly configured default gateway.

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