Aztech ADSL2+ Ethernet Router User Manual

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  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide Table of Contents Preliminary Pages Page Table of Contents .........................2 List of Illustrations .......................4 Chapter 1 - About this Manual ..................7 Introduction ..................7 Scope and Purpose................7 Targeted Audience................7 Manual Organisation ................7 Chapter 2 – ADSL Ethernet Router Description .............8 ADSL Router Overview ..............8 Chapter 3 - Your Gateway At A Glance................9 Ports and Buttons................9...
  • Page 3 ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 4.5.11 IGMP Multicast ................28 4.5.12 Port Forwarding................29 4.5.13 MAC Filtering (Bridge Filters) ............30 4.5.14 Access Control................31 4.5.15 Routing (Static Routing) ..............32 4.5.16 Dynamic Routing................33 4.5.17 System Password ................34 4.5.18 Firmware Upgrade................35 4.5.19 Restore to Default................35 Security...................36 4.6.1 IP Filters ..................36...
  • Page 4: List Of Illustrations

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide List of Illustrations Figure Page Figure 1-1 : ADSL Router Configuration Diagram ...............8 Figure 1-2 : Front Panel Indicators (For Ethernet USB Combo Router) ......10 Figure 1-3 : Back Panel Indicators (For Ethernet USB Combo Router)......11 Figure 1-4 : Quick Start......................12 Figure 1-5 : Basic Home ......................13 Figure 1-6 : Quick Start Page....................13...
  • Page 5 ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide Figure 1-25 : Access Control ....................31 Figure 1-26 : Static Routing ....................32 Figure 1-27 : Dynamic Routing ...................33 Figure 1-28 : System Password....................34 Figure 1-29 : Firmware Upgrade..................35 Figure 1-30 : Restore to Default prompt ................35 Figure 1-31 : Security......................36 Figure 1-32 : IP Filters ......................36 Figure 1-33 : LAN Isolation....................37...
  • Page 6 ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide Safety Summary Messages WARNING HIGH VOLTAGE is used in the equipment. Make sure equipment is properly grounded BEFORE opening. Failure to observe safety precautions may result in electric shock to user. CAUTION Check voltages before connecting equipment to power supplies.
  • Page 7: Chapter 1 - About This Manual

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide Chapter 1 - About this Manual Introduction This manual provides a general product overview and description of its subsystems and components and basic operation and preventive maintenance instructions of the ADSL2+ Ethernet & USB Combo Router. Scope and Purpose This manual provides the following: An overview of the ADSL2+ Ethernet &...
  • Page 8: Chapter 2 - Adsl Ethernet Router Description

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide Chapter 2 – ADSL Ethernet Router Description The ADSL2+ Ethernet & USB Combo 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 10/100 Mbps Ethernet.
  • Page 9: Chapter 3 - Your Gateway At A Glance

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide Chapter 3 - Your Gateway At A Glance The ADSL2+ Ethernet & USB Combo may have different ports and LEDs. Let’s take a look at the different options. Depending on your model, it may have some or all of the features listed below.
  • Page 10: Adsl Router Overview

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide ADSL Router Overview 3.2.1 Front Indicators Fig 1-2 shows the front indicators of the ADSL Router. Figure 1-2 : Front Panel Indicators (For Ethernet USB Combo Router) LED Name Status & Meaning 1 PPP Lights up when the PPP connection is established.
  • Page 11: Back Panel

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.2.2 Back Panel Fig 1-3 shows the back panel indicators of the ADSL Router Figure 1-3 : Back Panel Indicators (For Ethernet USB Combo Router) Label Description 1 DSL Telephone jack (RJ-11) to connect to your Telephone Wall Socket (ADSL line).
  • Page 12: Chapter 4- Setting Up The Adsl Router

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide Chapter 4- Setting Up the ADSL Router This section will guide you through your ADSL Router’s configuration. The ADSL Router is shipped with a standard PPP configuration. The basic tabs consist of features which are catered for basic users. Logging into your ADSL Router To configure your ADSL Router, open your web browser.
  • Page 13: Quick Start

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide For those who have their routers configured, you will be directed to the “Basic Home” page. See Fig 1-5. Figure 1-5 : Basic Home Quick Start If you have already configured your router and wish to change your current configuration, click on the ‘Quick Start’...
  • Page 14: Lan / Dhcp Configuration

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide LAN / DHCP Configuration On one side of your ADSL Router, you have your own Local Area network (LAN) connections. This is where you plug in your local computers to the ADSL Router. The ADSL Router is normally configured to automatically provide all the PC's on your network with Internet addresses.
  • Page 15: Figure 1-7 : Lan / Dhcp Configuration

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide Figure 1-7 : LAN / DHCP Configuration Page 15 of 42...
  • Page 16: Diagnostic Test

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide Diagnostic Test Diagnostic Test is used for investigating whether the ADSL Router is properly connected to the WAN Network. See Fig 1-8. This test may take a few seconds to complete. To perform the test, select your connection from the list and press the Test button.
  • Page 17: Ping Test

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.6.1 Ping Test Once you have your ADSL Router configured, ensure you can ping the network. Type the target address that you want to ping. If your PC is connected to the ADSL Router via the default DHCP configuration, you should be able to Ping the network address 192.168.1.1.
  • Page 18: Advanced

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide Advanced This mode is catered for advance users, a brief explanation of the links are listed as shown below. See Fig 1-12. Figure 1-12 : Advanced Screen 3.7.1 WAN Connection The Wide Area Network (WAN) connection exists on the other side of the ADSL Route, also referred to as a broadband connection.
  • Page 19: New Connection

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.2 New Connection A new connection is a virtual connection. Your ADSL Router can support up to 8 different (unique) virtual connections. If you have multiple different virtual connections, you may need to utilize the static and dynamic routing capabilities of the modem to pass data correctly.
  • Page 20: Quickstart

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.4 Quickstart PPPoE is also known as RFC 2516. It is a method of encapsulating PPP packets over Ethernet. PPP or Point-to-Point protocol is a method of establishing a network connection/session between network hosts.
  • Page 21: Figure 1-15 :Quickstart (Pppoe Connection Setup)

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide Figure 1-15 :Quickstart (PPPOE Connection Setup) Page 21 of 42...
  • Page 22: Lan Configuration

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.5 LAN Configuration You can change the ADSL Router’s IP address by, clicking LAN, and then LAN Configuration. Select the options from LAN group 1 and click Configure. Your ADSL Router’s default IP address and subnet mask are 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.0; this subnet mask will allow the ADSL Router to support 254 users.
  • Page 23: Lan Clients

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.6 LAN Clients To add a LAN client, select LAN clients option under LAN. If DHCP was enabled in the configuration, all DHCP clients are automatically assigned with IP address. If a fixed IP address server is on the LAN and you want this server to be visible via the WAN, you must add its IP address.
  • Page 24: Application (Upnp)

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.7 Application (UPnP) UPnP, NAT and Firewall Traversal allow traffic to pass-thru the ADSL Router for applications using the UPnP protocol. This feature requires one active DSL connection. In presence of multiple DSL connections, select the one over, which the incoming traffic will be present, for example the default Internet connection.
  • Page 25: Sntp

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.8 SNTP SNTP (Simple Network Timing Protocol) is a protocol used to synchronize the system time to the public SNTP servers. When the SNTP feature is enabled, your DSL800EU will start querying for the time clock information from the primary SNTP server. If it fails to get a valid response within the “timeout”...
  • Page 26: Snmp

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.9 SNMP SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) is a troubleshooting and management protocol, which uses the UDP protocol on port 161 to communicate between clients and servers. SNMP uses a manager MIB (management information base) agent solution to fulfill the network management needs.
  • Page 27: 3.7.10 Ip Qos

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.10 IP QoS When QoS is enabled in the AR7, the designated machine, application or person would have precedence over peers when competing for bandwidth. The IP QoS Setup page allows you to configure QoS for a connection, view previously configured QoS rules, add a new rule, or delete an existing rule.
  • Page 28: 3.7.11 Igmp Multicast

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.11 IGMP Multicast Traditionally, IP packets are transmitted in one of either two ways - Unicast (1 sender to 1 recipient) or Broadcast (1 sender to everybody on the network). Multicast delivers IP packets to just a group of hosts on the network.
  • Page 29: 3.7.12 Port Forwarding

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.12 Port Forwarding Using the Port Forwarding page, you can provide local services (for example web hosting) for people on the Internet or play Internet games. When users send this type of request to your network via the Internet, the ADSL Router will forward those requests to the appropriate PC.
  • Page 30: Mac Filtering (Bridge Filters)

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.13 MAC Filtering (Bridge Filters) The bridge filtering mechanism provides a way for the users to define rules to allow/deny frames through the bridge based on source MAC address, destination MAC address and/or frame type. When bridge filtering is enabled, each frame is examined against each defined filter rules sequentially.
  • Page 31: 3.7.14 Access Control

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.14 Access Control Access control allows you to open the access from the Internet LAN to the following management ports of the DSL800EU: Telnet • • • TFTP • Secure Shell (SSH) •...
  • Page 32: Routing (Static Routing)

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.15 Routing (Static Routing) If the ADSL Router is connected to more than one network, you may need to set up a static route between them. A static route is a pre-defined pathway that network information must travel to reach a specific host or network.
  • Page 33: 3.7.16 Dynamic Routing

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.16 Dynamic Routing Dynamic Routing allows the ADSL Router to automatically adjust to physical changes in the network. The ADSL Router, using the RIP protocol, determines the network packets’ route based on the fewest number of hops between the source and the destination. The RIP protocol regularly broadcasts routing information to other ADSL Routers on the network.
  • Page 34: 3.7.17 System Password

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.17 System Password You can change your ADSL Router’s username and password by clicking on System Password. You can also change the idle timeout; you will need to log back onto the ADSL Router once the timeout expires.
  • Page 35: 3.7.18 Firmware Upgrade

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.7.18 Firmware Upgrade You can upgrade the ADSL Router’s firmware; click on Firmware Upgrade. To upgrade the firmware, click browse, find the firmware file to download. Make sure this is the correct file. Click on Update Gateway.
  • Page 36: Security

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide Security The security feature section allows users to configure the following: See Fig 1-31. IP Filters • LAN Isolation • Figure 1-31 : Security 3.8.1 IP Filters IP filter is identical to Port blocking in Access Control. The router will block workstations with defined IP range and port range.
  • Page 37: Lan Isolation

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.8.2 LAN Isolation LAN isolation allows you to disable the flow of packets up to three user-defined LAN groups (WLAN, USB, and Ethernet). This allows you to secure information in private portions of the LAN from other, publicly accessible LAN segments.
  • Page 38: Status

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide Status This status section allows users to view the following connections and interfaces: Connection Status • System Log • Remote Log • Network Statistics • DHCP Clients • Modem Status • Product Information •...
  • Page 39: Connection Status

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.9.1 Connection Status Connection Status will display all the relevant information regarding your Internet Connection. It will display the type of protocol used, the WAN IP address, the connection state and the duration connected.
  • Page 40: Remote Log Settings

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.9.3 Remote Log Settings This feature is for users to enable remote logging. Settings mentioned below are essential for this feature to work: Log Level • Adding / Deleting IP address • Logging destination •...
  • Page 41: Dhcp Clients

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.9.5 DHCP Clients This section shows the users connected. It also shows the MAC address, IP address, host name and lease time. Figure 1-39 : DHCP Clients 3.9.6 Modem Status This section displays the Modem status and DSL statistics. Figure 1-40 : Modem Status Page 41 of 42...
  • Page 42: Product Information

    ADSL2+ Ethernet USB Combo Router - User Guide 3.9.7 Product Information This screen will show a summary of all the product information and software version that comes bundled with the ADSL Router. Figure 1-41 : Product Information 3.10 Help The Help screen takes you to the different Help Sections for Firewall, Bridge Filters, LAN Clients, LAN Group Configurations, PPP Connection, UPnP, IP QoS and RIP Help.

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