CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 1 Introduction The ADSL2+ Wireless Router is a high-speed ADSL2+ Ethernet/Wireless router that is specifically designed to connect to the Internet and to directly connect to your local area network(LAN) via high-speed 10/100 Mbps Ethernet, or wireless LAN (WLAN). The ADSL2+ modem is compatible with the latest ADSL standards, including ADSL2 and ADSL2+, and supports up to 24 Mbps downstream and 1.5Mbps upstream to deliver true...
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual The LED Indicators read as below LED NAME Descriptions POWER (Red light) On: Power supply is connected and switch on. ADSL (Orange light) Blinking: Training with DSLAM. On: ADSL modem links to DSLAM successfully LAN 1-4 (Green light) On: ADSL modem has a successful Ethernet connection.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 2. Hardware Installation 1. Connect the RJ-11 cable from ADSL2+ Router WAN port to DSLAM. 2. Connect the SMA from Diople Antenna. 3. Connect the RJ-45 cable from your PC to ADSL2+ Router LAN1-4 port.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 3. Connecting CAR-854 via Ethernet Your router can be managed from anywhere with the embedded Web configuration using a Web browser, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. Internet Explorer 6.0 and later or Netscape Navigator 7.0 and later versions with JavaScript enabled should be used.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Step 2: Double click Network icon. Step 3: Select Configuration tab, then choose TCP/IP from the list of installed network components and click properties button. - 7 -...
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Step 4: You can setup the following configuration in two methods: Option1: Get an IP from Router Automatically Select the IP Address tab. Select Obtain an IP address automatically and click OK.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Then, select DNS Configuration tab and select disable DNS then click OK to finish the configuration. Option2: Configure IP Manually 1) At IP Address tab, select specify an IP address, set default IP address as 192.168.1.X (X is a number between 2 to 254) in IP address field and...
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Select Gateway tab and add default Router IP address 192.168.1.1 in the New gateway field and click Add. Under DNS configuration tab,select Enable DNS and add DNS values(192.168.1.1) in DNS server search order field then click add...
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual <For Windows 2000> Step 1: (a) Right-click My Network Places and select Properties in the main window screen (b) Or, go to Start / Settings / Control Panel. In the Control Panel, double-click on Network and Dial-up Connections.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Step 2: Right-click Local Area Connection (your local network hooked up with ADSL router) and select properties - 12 -...
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Step 3: Select internet protocol(TCP/IP) then click Properties Configure IP Automatically: Step 4: Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK to complete IP configuring process.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Configure IP Manually: Step 5: Select Use the following IP address and Use the following DNS server addresses. IP address: fill in IP address 192.168.1.x(x is a number between 2 to 254) Subnet mask: Default value is 255.255.255.0.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual <For Windows XP> Step 1: Click Start then select Control Panel Step 2: Double-click Network Connections icon - 15 -...
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Step 3: Right-click Local Area Connection(local network your ADSL hooked up with) and select Properties: Step 4: Select Internet Protocol(TCP/IP) then click Properties: - 16 -...
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Configure IP address Automatically: Step 5: Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically.Click OK to finish the configuration Configure IP Manually: Step 6: Select Use the following IP address and Use the following DNS server addresses.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual <For Windows Vista> Step 1: Click Start then select Control Panel(in the Classic View) Step 2: Double-click Network and Sharing Center icon - 18 -...
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Step 3: Select “Manage Network Connections” Step 4: Right-click Local Area Connection(local network your ADSL hooked up with) and select Properties. - 19 -...
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Step 5: Select internet Protocol(TCP/IP) then click Properties: Configure IP address Automatically: Step 6: Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically. Click OK to finish the configuration...
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Configure IP Address Manually: Step 7: Select Use the following IP address and Use the following DNS server addresses. IP address: fill in IP address 192.168.1.x(x is a number between 2 to 254) Subnet mask: Default value is 255.255.255.0.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 4. Configure CAR-854 via HTML This device supports a Web-based (HTML) GUI to allow users to configure Router setting via Web browser. 4.1 Login 1) Launch the Web browser. http://192.168.1.1 2) Enter the default IP address 3) Entry of the username and password will be displayed.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5. Interface Setup The physical connections determine whether the router ports are local area network (LAN) ports or wide area network (WAN) ports. There are two kinds of IP networks. The local, private kind is the LAN network; the global, public kind is the WAN network. The following illustration shows the relationship between the router and the two different networks.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Software Configuration The DSL device is an ADSL2+ router. When you power on the device, the system will boot up and connect to ADSL automatically. The system provides a PVC for bridge test by default.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.2 LAN Configuration This page shows the current setting of LAN interface. You can set IP address and subnet mask for LAN interface in this page. Fields in this page: Field...
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.3 Wireless Configuration This section provides the wireless network settings for your WLAN interface. The wireless interface enables the wireless AP function for ADSL modem. 5.3.1 Basic Setting This page contains all of the wireless basic settings. Most users will be able to configure the wireless portion and get it working properly using the setting on this screen.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Fields in this page: Channel Number Select the appropriate channel from the list provided to correspond with your network settings. You shall assign a different channel for each AP to avoid signal interference.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Field Description Open System: Open System authentication is not required to be successful while a Authentication Type client may decline to authenticate with any particular other client. Shared Key: Shared Key is only available if the WEP option is implemented. Shared Key authentication supports authentication of clients as either a member of those who know a shared secret key or a member of those who do not.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.3.3 Security This screen allows you to setup the wireless security. Turn on WEP or WPA by using encryption keys could prevent any unauthorized access to your WLAN. Fields in this page:...
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual There are 2 types of authentication mode for WPA. WPA Authentication WPA-RADIUS: WPA RADIUS uses an external RADIUS server to perform user Mode authentication. To use WPA RADIUS, enter the IP address of the RADIUS server, the RADIUS port (default is 1812) and the shared secret from the RADIUS server.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Fields in this page: Field Description Wireless Access The Selections are: Control Mode Disable Disable the wireless ACL feature. Allow Listed When this option is selected, no wireless clients except those whose MAC addresses are in the current access control list will be able to connect (to this device).
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Delete Selected Delete the selected entries from the list. Delete All Flush the list. 5.3.5 WPS WiFi Protect Setup (WPS) is a push –button or pin to simplify to secure network set-up.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.3.6 MBSSID This screen allows you to do the wireless multiple BSSID setup Apply Changes Click to add this entry into the Current MBSSID List. Reset Discard your changes and reload all settings...
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.4 WAN Configuration There are three sub-menu for WAN configuration: [Channel Config], [ATM Settings], and [ADSL Settings]. 5.4.1 Channel Configuration ADSL modem/router comes with 8 ATM Permanent Virtual Channels (PVCs) at the most. There are mainly two operations for each of the PVC channels: add and modify.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.4.2 ATM Setting The page is for ATM PVC QoS parameters setting. The DSL device supports 4 QoS mode — UBR / CBR / nrt-VBR / rt-VBR. Field Description Virtual Path Identifier. This is read-only field and is selected on the Select column in the Current ATM VC Table.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Function buttons in this page: Apply Changes Set new PVC OoS mode for the selected PVC. New parameters will take effect after save into flash memory and reboot the system. See section “Admin” for save details.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Function buttons in this page: Tone Mask Choose tones to be masked. Masked tones will not carry any data. Apply Changes Click to save the setting to the configuration and the modem will be retrained.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual DHCP Server By default, the device is configured as a DHCP server, with a predefined IP address pool of 192.168.1.64 through 192.168.1.253 (subnet mask 255.255.255.0). Field Description IP Pool Range Specify the lowest and highest addresses in the pool.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Field Description DHCP Server Address Specify the IP address of your ISP’s DHCP server. Requests for IP information from your LAN will be passed to the default gateway, which should route the request appropriately.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Field Description Attain DNS Select this item if you want to use the DNS servers obtained by the WAN interface via the Automatically auto-configuration mechanism. Set DNS Manually Select this item to configure up to three DNS IP addresses.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual On the Dynamic DNS page, configure the following fields: Field Description Enable Check this item to enable this registration account for the DNS server. DDNS provider There are two DDNS providers to be selected in order to register your device with: DynDNS and TZO.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.5.3.1 IP/Port Filtering The IP/Port filtering feature allows you to deny/allow specific services or applications in the forwarding path. Field Description Outgoing Default Specify the default action on the LAN to WAN forwarding path.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Function buttons for this second setting block: Apply hanges Click to save the rule entry to the configuration. Function buttons for the Current Filter Table: Delete elected Delete selected filtering rules from the filter table. You can click the checkbox at the Select column to select the filtering rule.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Field Description Rule Action Deny or allow traffic when matching this rule Direction Traffic bridging/forwarding direction. Src MAC Address The source MAC address. It must be xxxxxxxxxxxx format. Blanks can be used in the MAC address space and are considered as don’t care.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Field Description Port Forwarding Check this item to enable or disable the port-forwarding feature. Protocol There are 3 options available: TCP, UDP and Both. Enable Check this item to enable this entry.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Apply Changes Click to Enable/Disable the URL Blocking to the configuration. Delete Selected Delete the selected data from the table. Delete All Delete all the data from the table. 5.5.3.5 Domain Blocking This page is used to configure the Blocked domain.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.5.3.6 DMZ A DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) allows a single computer on your LAN to expose ALL of its ports to the Internet. Enter the IP address of that computer as a DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) host with unrestricted Internet access.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.5.4 IGMP Proxy Configuration Multicasting is useful when the same data needs to be sent to more than one hosts. Using multicasting as opposed to sending the same data to the individual hosts uses less network bandwidth.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Field Description IGMP Proxy Enable/disable IGMP proxy feature Proxy Interface The upstream WAN interface is selected here. Apply Changes Click to save the setting to the configuration. 5.5.5 UPnP Configuration The DSL device supports a control point for Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) version 1.0, and supports two key features: NAT Traversal and Device...
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Field Description UPnP Enable/disable UPnP feature. WAN Interface Select WAN interface that will use UPnP from the drop-down lists. Apply Changes Click to save the setting to the system configuration. 5.5.6 RIP Configuration RIP is an Internet protocol you can set up to share routing table information with other routing devices on your LAN, at your ISP’s location, or on remote networks connected...
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Fields on the first setting block: Field Description Enable/disable RIP feature. Apply Changes Click to save the setting of this setting block to the system configuration Fields on the second setting block:...
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Field Description Ageing Time Set the Ethernet address ageing time, in seconds. After [Ageing Time] seconds of not having seen a frame coming from a certain address, the bridge will time out (delete) that address from Forwarding DataBase (fdb).
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Field Description Enable Check to enable the selected route or route to be added. Destination The network IP address of the subnet. The destination can be specified as the IP address of a subnet or a specific host in the subnet.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Show Routes Click this button to view the DSL device’s routing table. The IP Route Table displays, as shown in Figure. 5.6.3 SNMP Configuration Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a troubleshooting and management protocol that uses the UDP protocol on port 161 to communicate between clients and servers.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Field Description System Description System description of the DSL device. System Contact Contact person and/or contact information for the DSL device. System Name An administratively assigned name for the DSL device.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Field Description IP QoS Enable/disable the IP QoS function. Source IP The IP address of the traffic source. Source Netmask The source IP netmask. This field is required if the source IP has been entered.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Fields in this page: Field Description Check/un-check the services on the LAN column to allow/un-allow the services access from LAN side; and “WAN”: Check/un-check the services on the WAN column to allow/un-allow the services access from WAN side.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.7 Diagnostic The DSL device supports some useful diagnostic tools. 5.7.1 Ping Once you have your DSL device configured, it is a good idea to make sure you can ping the network. A ping command sends a message to the host you specify.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.7.2 ATM Loopback In order to isolate the ATM interface problems, you can use ATM OAM loopback cells to verify connectivity between VP/VC endpoints, as well as segment endpoints within the VP/VC. ATM uses F4 and F5 cell...
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.7.3 ADSL This page shows the ADSL diagnostic result. Click Start button to start the ADSL diagnostic. 5.7.4 Diagnostic Test The Diagnostic Test page shows the test results for the connectivity of the physical layer and protocol layer for both LAN and WAN sides.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual Fields in this page: Field Description Select the Internet The available WAN side interfaces are listed. You have to select one for the WAN side Connection diagnostic. 5.8 Admin 5.8.1 Commit/Reboot Whenever you use the Web configuration to change system settings, the changes are initially placed in temporary storage.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.8.2 Backup/Restore This page allows you to backup and restore your configuration into and from file in your host. - 62 -...
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.8.3 Password The first time you log into the system, you use the default password. There are two-level logins: admin and system. The admin and system password configuration allows you to change the password for administrator and user.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.8.5 ACL Config The Access Control List (ACL) is a list of permissions attached to the DSL device. The list specifies who is allowed to access this device. If ACL is enabled, all hosts cannot access this device except for the hosts with IP address in the ACL table.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.8.6 Time Zone Simple Network Timing Protocol (SNTP) is a protocol used to synchronize the system time to the public SNTP servers. The DSL device supports SNTP client functionality in compliance with IETF RFC2030.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.9 Statistics The DSL device shows the different layer of network statistics information. 5.9.1 Interfaces You can view statistics on the processing of IP packets on the networking interfaces. You will not typically need to view this data, but you may find it helpful when working with your ISP to diagnose network and Internet data transmission problems.
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CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 5.9.2 ADSL This page shows the ADSL line statistic information. - 67 -...
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 6. Channel Mode Configuration ADSL router supports multiple channel operation modes. This section will show procedures to configure the router. 6.1 Bridge Mode ADSL modem/router is bridge mode enabled by factory default. There is a 1483-bridged mode PVC 5/35 in system.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 6.2 MER(Mac Encapsulating Routing) Mode 1 Open the WEB page at “WAN/Channel Configuration”. 2 Select the Channel Mode to “1483 MER”. Set the parameters VPI/VCI and Encapsulation mode according to the CO DSLAM’s setting.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 6.3 PPPoE Mode 1 Open the WEB page at “WAN/Channel Configuration”. 2 Select the Channel Mode to “PPPoE”. Set the parameters VPI/VCI and Encapsulation mode according to the CO DSLAM’s setting.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 6.4 PPPoA Mode 1 Open the WEB page at “WAN/Channel Configuration”. 2 Select the Channel Mode to “PPPoA”. Set the parameters VPI/VCI and Encapsulation mode according to the CO DSLAM’s setting.
CAR-854 Wireless b/g ADSL 2/2+ Modem Router User Manual 6.5 1483 Routed Mode 1 Open the WEB page at “WAN/Channel Configuration”. 2 Select the Channel Mode to “1483 Routed”. Set the parameters VPI/VCI and Encapsulation mode according to the CO DSLAM’s setting.
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