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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Comm Comm Comm Comm- - - - Box ADSL/VOIP Gateway User’s Manual...
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Comm-Box ADSL/VOIP Gateway INSTALLATION & USER MANUAL Thank you for choosing the Comm-Box ADSL/VOIP gateway. This manual teaches the features of your gateway. So you may get the best performance from your exchange for years without having any trouble.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Table of Contents Introduction ............10 Features................10 Device Requirements ............10 Using this Document............12 Notational conventions ..........12 Typographical conventions .......... 12 Special messages............12 Getting Support ..............12 Getting to know the device........ 13 Parts Check ................
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Checking for firmware updates ........... 26 Updating your firmware ............28 Manually updating firmware ..........29 Health Check ............. 31 Running the Health Check ..........31 DSL Status page ..............33 Help..............38 Using the Help page ............38 About the Online User Guide ..........
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Deleting custom applications ........62 Internet Access..........63 Types of Internet Access ............. 63 Configuring Automatic Internet Access ......64 Configuring your PPP DSL connection ......65 Enabling MAC spoofing..........68 Editing your existing MAC spoofing settings....69 Configuring your DHCP DSL connection ......
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Wireless PC cards and drivers........95 Configuring PC access to your Wireless device..95 IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets............97 IP Addresses ................ 97 Structure of an IP address..........97 Network classes ............98 Subnet masks............... 98 Troubleshooting..........
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Table of Figures Figure 1: ADSL/VoIP Gateway ................. 13 Figure 2: Front Panel and LEDs ................14 Figure 3: Rear Panel Connections ................15 Figure 4: Overview of Hardware Connections............17 Figure 5: Login screen ....................19 Figure 6: The Welcome page..................
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Introduction Congratulations on becoming the owner of the Multitek Comm- Box. You will now be able to access the Internet using your high- speed DSL connection. This User Guide will show you how to connect your ADSL/VOIP Gateway, and how to customize its configuration to get the most out of your new product.
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Instructions from your ISP on what type of Internet access • you will be using, and the addresses needed to set up access One or more computers each containing an Ethernet card • (10Base-T/100Base-T network interface card (NIC)) and/or a single computer / One or more computers with wireless network cards For system configuration using the supplied web-based...
Explains terms or acronyms that may be unfamiliar to many readers. These terms are also included in the Glossary. Definition Provides messages of high importance, including messages relating to personal safety or system integrity. WARNING Getting Support Multitek Ltd. e-mail : info@multitek.com.tr Web : www.multitek.com.tr...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Getting to know the device Parts Check In addition to this document, your package should arrive containing the following: ADSL/VOIP Gateway • 12V/2A Power adapter and power cord • Ethernet cable (2 meter long with two sides RJ45 jacks ) •...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Front Panel The front panel contains lights called Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) that indicate the status of the unit. Figure 2: Front Panel LEDs (from left to right in order) Label Color Function POWER On: device is powered on Off: device is powered off INTERNET On: Valid IP address obtained...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 3: Rear Panel Connections Label Function Power Connects to the supplied power cable Ethernet 1-4 Connects the device via Ethernet to up to four PCs on your LAN (default) FXS1 – FXS2 Connects the telephones ADSL/FXO Connects the device to a telephone port in the wall of your home/office for DSL communication...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Connecting your device This chapter provides basic instructions for connecting the ADSL/VoIP Gateway to a computer or LAN and to the Internet. In addition to configuring the device, you need to configure the Internet properties of your computer(s).. For more details, see the following sections: Configuring Ethernet PCs on page 88 •...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Wireless PCs ADSL/Ethernet Bridge/Router ADSL Ethernet Ports Power AC adapter Wall phone port Networked Computers Telephone Telephone Figure 4: Overview of Hardware Connections Step 1. Connect the DSL cable and optional telephone line Connect one end of the provided phone cable to the port labeled DSL on the rear panel of the device.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide You must configure your Wireless computer(s) in order to access your device. For complete instructions, see Configuring Wireless PCs on page 42. Next step After setting up and configuring the device and PCs, you can log on to the device by following the instructions in Getting Started with the Web pages on page 19.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Getting Started with the Web pages The DSL Modem includes a series of Web pages that provide an interface to the software installed on the device. It enables you to configure the device settings to meet the needs of your network.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 6: The Welcome page This is the first page displayed each time you log in to the Web pages (see Accessing the Web pages on page 19). This page contains links to the following pages: Addressing;...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide use: Welcome; see Accessing the Web pages on page 19 • Current Status; see Current Status on page 24 • Firmware Update; see Check for Updates on page 26 • Health Check; see Health Check on page 31 •...
If the LEDs illuminate as expected, test your Internet connection from a LAN computer. To do this, open your web browser, and type the URL of any external website (such as http://www.multitek.com.tr ). The LED labeled LINK/Act DSL should blink rapidly and then appear solid as the device...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide If the LEDs do not illuminate as expected, you may need to configure your Internet access settings using the information provided by your ISP. For details, see Internet Access on page 63. If the LEDs still do not illuminate as expected or the web page is not displayed, see Troubleshooting Suggestions on page 100 or contact your ISP for assistance.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Current Status The Current Status page displays useful information about the setup of your device, including: details of the device’s Internet access settings • version information about your device • To display this page: From the left-hand menu, click on Current Status. The following page is displayed: Figure 7: Current Status page...
Your firmware version details contain information about the software program running on your device. From time to time, Multitek may update or add new features to this firmware. They then make the latest updated version available to you via the Internet.
About firmware versions Firmware is a software program. It is stored as read-only memory on your device. Multitek is continually improving this firmware by adding new features to it, and these features are saved in later versions of the firmware.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 8: Firmware Update page 2. Click Check for Updates>. The Checking for Updates… page is displayed: Figure 9: Checking for Updates… page 3. This page tells you that a check for updates is in progress. Once the check is complete, the page displayed depends on whether updates are available or not.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 11: Update Available page The page includes a summary of the firmware update, and a link to the release notes. For instructions on updating your firmware, see Updating your firmware on page 28. Updating your firmware This section assumes that you have already carried out one of the following: followed the instructions in Checking for firmware updates...
See the Current Status on page 24. Manually updating firmware You can manually download the latest firmware version from ’s website to your PC’s file directory. Click on the Multitek link. www.multitekarge.com Once you have downloaded the latest firmware version to your PC, you can manually select and install it as follows: 1.
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide 2. Once you have selected the file to be installed, click Open. The file’s directory path is displayed in the Update file: text box. 3. Click Update Now>. The device checks that the selected file contains an updated version of firmware. Now follow the instructions from Checking for firmware updates, step 3 on page 27.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Health Check This page allows you to run a health check to test whether the Internet connection on your device is working properly. The health check runs a number of tests in order to diagnose any ‘health’...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Result; tells you the overall result of the health check • Test; if the Health Check fails, this tells you which test • caused the failure. The first failed test stops the Health Check completely – no other tests are run after the failed test.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide DSL Status page 1. From the left-hand menu, click on Health Check. The following page is displayed: Figure 20: Health Check page 2. Click on DSL Status. The following page is displayed: Figure 21: Health Check: DSL Status page This page displays useful information about the status of your DSL connection, including: Operational mode;...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Name of the standard compliance used by the • connection (for example, G.Dmt). State; the current state of the device. Possible values • displayed are: Idle (not connected or attempting to connect) • Handshake (hunting for a remote modem) •...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide 5. You can also display and configure advanced DSL port attributes. At the top of the Port A1 Configuration page, click on the View advanced configuration… The page displayed contains the advanced attributes shown on the following two pages.
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide 6. Once you have configured advanced DSL port attributes, click on Apply. The page is refreshed and the device is updated with your DSL configuration changes. Clicking on Reset before you have clicked on Apply will reset attribute values to their previous settings.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Help The Help page displays an index of the help information that corresponds with each web page. You can click on the information icon on any web page in order to display further information about a specific topic on a specific page.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 26: Help – Close link To close the new window, click on close. About the Online User Guide Although this guide can be printed for easy reference, it has also been prepared for viewing online through a web browser. To view the online version of this guide, from the Help index page, click on the Online User Guide link.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Addressing The Addressing page displays information about your LAN IP address and allows you to change the address and subnet mask assigned to your device. You should only change the addressing details if your ISP asks you to, or if you are familiar with network configuration.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide 4. Click Next>. The following page is displayed: Figure 29: Addressing: Confirm page 5. This page displays the new IP address and subnet mask and asks you to confirm whether these are correct. Click Confirm Changes. The Addressing page is displayed, confirming your new LAN address settings.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Wireless Network This chapter assumes that you have already set up your Wireless PCs and installed a compatible Wireless card on your device. See Configuring Wireless PCs on page 96. The Wireless Network page allows you to configure the Wireless features of your device.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Wireless Network First Time Settings Wizard This section describes how to follow the wireless network wizard in order to configure your wireless network settings for the first time. The wizard sequence allows you to configure each of the following Wireless settings in order: The country that your network is operating in •...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 32: Wireless Network: Wireless Network Type Selection page Each specification transmits at a certain speed (measured in Mbits per second) over a specific frequency. The frequency indicates the range at which wireless traffic can be transmitted or received between the device and the wireless PC(s).
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide To do this: 1. Click in the Network Name (SSID) box and type a new name. The name can be any combination of numbers and/or letters with a maximum length of 32 characters. 2. Click Next>. If you are following the First Time Settings wizard, the next page in the wizard sequence is displayed, which allows you to Select a Channel.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide If you are following the First Time Settings wizard, the next page in the wizard sequence is displayed, which allows you to Configure Wireless Network Security. If you have accessed this page from the General Settings section of the Wireless Network page, click on the Confirm Changes button to apply changes and return to the Wireless Network page.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide If you are following the First Time Settings wizard, the next page in the wizard sequence is displayed, which allows you to Configure Wireless Address Authentication. If you have accessed this page from the General Settings section of the Wireless Network page, click on the Confirm Changes button to apply changes and return to the Wireless Network page.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Configuring WPA security 1. Once you have selected WPA and then clicked Next>, the following page is displayed: Figure 38: Wireless Network: Wi-Fi Protected Access page 2. Type a unique pass phrase in the Pass phrase text box. Your pass phrase should be at least 20 characters long in order to deter potential intruders.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide with each character either a number between 0 and 9, or a letter between A and F. For example, 00:20:2b:80:2f:30. To configure which wireless PCs can access your device, choose one of the following options: If you want any wireless PCs to have access to your device, •...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide 3. Click in each box and type each character pair of the MAC address for the PC you want to blacklist. Click Next>. The following page is displayed, containing details of the MAC address that you have just added: Figure 42: Wireless Network: Address Authentication (blacklist) page...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 44: Wireless Network: Address Authentication (whitelist) page 3. Click in each box and type each character pair of the MAC address for the PC you want to whitelist. Click Next>. The following page is displayed, containing details of the MAC address that you have just added: Figure 45: Wireless Network: Address Authentication (whitelist...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 46: Wireless Network: Confirm page This page confirms the configuration changes made to each page in the wizard. If you are happy with these settings, click on the Confirm Changes button. Configuration changes are applied to the device and the Wireless Network page is displayed.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Change the channel currently in use; click Change your • wireless channel here… and follow the instructions in Select a Channel on page 45. Change the network name (SSID); click Change your • wireless network name here… and follow the instructions in Set the Wireless Network Name on page 44.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 49: Wireless Network: Connected Wireless PCs page This page displays the MAC address of the PC currently connected to your device, together with the signal strength. The signal strength is the measure of radio frequency (RF) energy detected by the device on a specific channel.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Advanced Security Your device has built in advanced Security features that protect your network by blocking unwanted traffic from the Internet. If you simply want to connect from your local network to the Internet, you do not need to make any changes to the default Security configuration.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 50: Advanced Security page 2. Click on Configure named PCs here… The following page is displayed: Figure 51: Advanced Security: PC Names page 3. This page displays the names previously assigned to PCs on your network. To assign a name to an unnamed PC, click Add a new PC name here…...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 53: Advanced Security: Add PC Name page 5. If you are happy with the name that you have assigned to the IP address, click Confirm Changes. The Advanced Security: PC Names page is displayed. Once you have assigned PC names, you can enable Internet access to applications (see Configuring Internet applications on page 58) and create custom applications (see Configuring custom applications on page 60).
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide 2. Click on Enable an application here… The following page is displayed: Figure 55: Advanced Security: Enable Application page 3. This page allows you to select which application you wish to enable for a specific PC. The Application name drop-down list contains the following: the common applications that your device knows about •...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide 2. Select the application that you want to disable from the Application name drop down list, and then click Next>. At the Advanced Security: Confirm Application page, click on Confirm Changes. The Advanced Security: Enabled Applications page is displayed. Details about the disabled application have been removed.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 59: Advanced Security: Create Application page 2. Type a unique name for your custom application, and select the transport protocol from the Transport drop-down list. Click Next>. The following page is displayed: Figure 60: Advanced Security: Add Port page 3.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide 4. This page confirms your custom application configuration. If you are happy with the details displayed, click Confirm Changes. The Advanced Security: Custom Applications page is displayed, containing details of the custom application that you have just created. In order to access your custom application, you must first enable it.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Internet Access This chapter describes how to configure the way that your device connects to the Internet. Your ISP determines what type of Internet access you should use and provides you with any information that you need in order to configure the Internet access to your device.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Configuring Automatic Internet Access Your device can automatically search for a link to your ISP’s Internet service. If your ISP tells you to use this connection method, follow the instructions below. 1. From the left-hand Setup menu, click on Internet Access. The following page is displayed: Figure 63: Internet Access page...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide The following message confirms that your device is automatically searching for a link to the Internet: Figure 66: Internet Access: Searching page 5. Once the search is complete, a page is displayed confirming which type of Internet connection has been detected.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Your ISP may also tell you to set unique path and circuit numbers (called VPI and VCI) in order to connect your device to the ISP’s Internet service. In most cases, your device will use default settings, so you may not need to enter these values. Your ISP will provide you with the login details and VPI/VCI Note values necessary to set up a PPP login account.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 71: Internet Access: PPPoA page 4. Enter the PPP username and password provided by your ISP. Type them in the relevant boxes, and then click Next>. The following page is displayed: Figure 72: Internet Access: VPI and VCI Setup page 5.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide If you have configured PPPoE Internet access, notice that an extra configuration option called MAC Spoofing appears on this page: Figure 74: Internet Access: PPPoE page MAC spoofing allows you to set the Media Access Control (MAC) address of your device.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 75: Internet Access: MAC Spoofing page 2. Select Enabled then click Next>. The following page is displayed: Figure 76: Internet Access: MAC Spoofing Setup page 3. The MAC address is made up of six pairs of characters. Each character can be either a number between 0 and 9, or a letter between A and F.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Configuring your DHCP DSL connection If your ISP uses a DHCP DSL connection, your ISP may tell you to set unique path and circuit numbers (called VPI and VCI) in order to connect your device to the ISP’s Internet service. In most cases, your device will use default settings, so you may not need to enter these values.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 80: Internet Access: VPI and VCI Setup page 4. At this page, click on the VCI and VPI setting determined by your ISP: Fixed (default) - click on this if your ISP tells you to use •...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 82: Internet Access page This page displays information about your current Internet access configuration. 2. Click on Change the Internet Access setting here… The following page is displayed: Figure 83: Internet Access: Types of Access page 3.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 85: Internet Access: VPI and VCI Setup page 5. At this page, click on the VCI and VPI setting determined by your ISP: Fixed (default) - click on this if your ISP tells you to use •...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Password You can restrict access to your device’s web pages using password protection. With password protection enabled, users must enter a username and password before gaining access to the web pages. By default, password protection is enabled on your device, and the username and password set are as follows: Username: admin Password: admin...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide 3. This page allows you to enable or disable password protection. Protection is already enabled by default. Click Next>. The following page is displayed: Figure 89: Password: Setup page 4. This page displays the current username and password settings.
This configuration has been set by Multitek for you, and contains the basic settings that you can use without having to make extensive changes to the configuration.
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Resetting to defaults also resets the username and password to their default settings. If you previously changed the username and password by following the instructions in Password on page 74, the Enter Current Password login box will be displayed. Note Once you have entered the default settings (admin, admin) and clicked OK, the Current Status page is displayed.
PSTN would depend on the number dialled and the status of the Internet connection. This feature is known as Call Routing . The following diagram illustrates the interfaces that would be provided on a typical Comm-Box system: Figure 93:...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide The product provides Internet access using DSL for the LAN and Wireless LAN computers. The phones connected to the Voice-IAD system are standard analog phones that are identical to the other telephones connected to the Home telephone wiring system.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide • VoIP with PSTN switching for up to two FXS ports for handling VoIP calls and PSTN calls based on the number dialled and the IP/DSL connection status. • Soft Relay support to handle connections between the FXS and FXO ports.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 94: VOIP Page System Settings 2. Voip Functionality: Select SIP as VoIP protocol. 3. Select Region to define your country region. It is shown in Figure 95 4. CidType (Caller Id Type) is chosen FSK or DMTF. This option is defined by your VoIP telephony service provider.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Figure 95: Region page SIP Settings SIP setting page is shown in Figure 96. 7. Registrar, Proxy, Outbound Server and User Domain are filled with their web address name ( as sip.XXXX.org ) which are obtained from your telephony service provider. Their port numbers and their transport protocols (TCP or UDP) are also defined according to the telephony operator information.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide SIP Calling Digitmap is a regular expression string which defines a pattern of digits which will be recognised by the system as a valid phone number. The digit map can be used to specify not only the number of digits required to make a valid phone number but also the range of digits and special characters which can be entered and timeout values after the digits have been dialled.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide (x.T|##S|*[268]xS|*74x.#S|x#S|*90x.#S) The above digitmap sets the following characteristics for the SIP phones: • x.T - any number of digits followed by a timeout to dial the digits. This is not a special call code. • ##S - Last number redial. •...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide The following table gives the range of values for each option which can be specified with this command and a default value (if applicable): Figure 100: PSTN rules details Quality of Service (QoS) Settings QoS (Quality of Service) is used to ensure voice calls are at a higher priority than traffic routed between the LAN/WLAN and DSL interface.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Endpoints Two POTS telephones can be connected for VoIP calls. Their numbers, which are given by your Telecom Operator, have to be defined as endpoints. Edit buttons as shown in Figure 102 are used. If it is clicked, the edit page will be appeared as in Figure 103.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Configuring your Computers Configuring your Computers This appendix provides instructions for configuring the Internet settings on your computers to work with the Hata! Stil tanımlanmamış.. Configuring Ethernet PCs Before you begin By default, the Hata! Stil tanımlanmamış. automatically assigns the required Internet settings to your PCs.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Configuring your Computers 4. Ensure that the check box to the left of the item labeled Internet Protocol TCP/IP is checked and click Properties. 5. In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box, click the radio button labeled Obtain an IP address automatically. Also click the radio button labeled Obtain DNS server address automatically.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Configuring your Computers Windows Me PCs 1. In the Windows task bar, click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Network and Dial-up Connections icon. 3. In the Network and Dial-up Connections window, right-click the Network icon, and then select Properties.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Configuring your Computers 3. If TCP/IP does not display as an installed component, click Add… The Select Network Component Type dialog box displays. 4. Select Protocol, and then click Add… The Select Network Protocol dialog box displays. 5.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Configuring your Computers You may be prompted to install files from your Windows NT installation CD or other media. Follow the instructions to install the files. After all files are installed, a window displays to inform you that a TCP/IP service called DHCP can be set up to dynamically assign IP information.
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Configuring your Computers to follow the instructions for displaying each of the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) properties. Instead of enabling dynamic assignment of the IP addresses for the computer, DNS server and default gateway, click the radio buttons that enable you to enter the information manually.
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Configuring your Computers...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Configuring your Computers Configuring Wireless PCs You need to configure the operating system installed on your Wireless PCs using the same procedure described for Configuring Ethernet PCs on page 89. Positioning the wireless PCs The wireless network cards used determine the maximum distance between your wireless PCs and your device.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets IP Addresses This section refers only to IP addresses for IPv4 (version 4 of the Internet Protocol). IPv6 addresses are not covered. This section assumes basic knowledge of binary numbers, bits, Note and bytes.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets Network classes The three commonly used network classes are A, B, and C. (There is also a class D but it has a special use beyond the scope of this discussion.) These classes have different uses and characteristics.
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets Similarly, to split a class C network into four subnets, the mask is: 255.255.255.192 or 11111111. 11111111. 11111111.11000000 The two extra bits in field4 can have four values (00, 01, 10, 11), so there are four subnets.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Troubleshooting Troubleshooting This appendix suggests solutions for problems you may encounter in installing or using the Hata! Stil tanımlanmamış., and provides instructions for using several IP utilities to diagnose problems. Contact Customer Support if these suggestions do not resolve the problem.
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Troubleshooting Problem Troubleshooting Suggestion My LAN PCs cannot Verify that the DNS server IP address specified display web pages on on the PCs is correct for your ISP, as the Internet. discussed in the item above. If you specified that the DNS server be assigned dynamically from a server, then verify with your ISP that the address configured on the Hata! Stil...
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Troubleshooting Diagnosing Problem using IP Utilities ping Ping is a command you can use to check whether your PC can recognize other computers on your network and the Internet. A ping command sends a message to the computer you specify. If the computer receives the message, it sends messages in reply.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Troubleshooting another higher-level server, and so on, until the entry is found. The server then returns the associated IP address. On Windows-based computers, you can execute the nslookup command from the Start menu. Click the Start button, and then click Run.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Advanced DSL port attributes Advanced DSL port attributes The following table displays detailed information about the advanced DSL port attributes. These attributes are displayed on the Port A1 Advanced Configuration page (part 1) and Port A1 Advanced Configuration page (part 2).
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Advanced DSL port attributes Attribute Value Default Local Fast Channel Rx Rate Receive rate (bits per second) of the device on the fast path Local Fast Channel Tx Rate Transmit rate (bits per second) of the device on the fast path Local Fast Channel FEC Instances of Forward Error Correction required by the...
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Advanced DSL port attributes Attribute Value Default Activate Line Abort – deactivates the DSL link None None – signifies that this parameter has been read Start – activates the DSL link Host Control Disable – terminates any host/API interaction with the Enable DSP (for testing purposes) Enable –...
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Advanced DSL port attributes Attribute Value Default Rx Auto Bin Adjust Disable – the bin settings configured as the Enable RxStartBin/RxEndBin parameters are used Enable – DSP automatically adjusts the bin selection for receive signal Tx Attenuation A value between 0dB and 12dB that indicates the transmit power attenuation Bit Swap...
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Advanced DSL port attributes Attribute Value Default Framer Type Value can be set to Type 0 – 3 or Type3ET. To enable Type3 DataBoost set FramerType to Type3ET Dying Gasp Enables/disables dying gasp. Enable Defaults Sets the recommended default parameters for a given None Standard.
ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Glossary Glossary 802.11 A family of specifications for wireless LANs developed by a working group of the IEEE. This in an Ethernet protocol, often called Wi-Fi. 10BASE-T A designation for the type of wiring used by Ethernet networks with a data rate of 10 Mbps.
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Glossary channel The channel number determines which channel frequency is used by the device to pass wireless traffic to wireless PCs. The channels available depend on which country the wireless network is operating in. Your ISP provides details of the channel(s) you should use. DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP automates address assignment and management.
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Glossary Gbps Abbreviation of Gigabits per second, or one billion bits per second. Internet data rates are often expressed in Gbps. host A device (usually a computer) connected to a network. HTTP Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol HTTP is the main protocol used to transfer data from web sites so that it can be displayed by web browsers.
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Glossary mask See network mask. Mbps Abbreviation for Megabits per second, or one million bits per second. Network data rates are often expressed in Mbps. Network Address Translation A service performed by many routers that translates your network’s publicly known IP address into a private IP address for each computer on your LAN.
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Glossary PPPoA Point-to-Point Protocol over ATM One of the two types of PPP interfaces you can define for a Virtual Circuit (VC), the other type being PPPoE. You can define only one PPPoA interface per VC. PPPoE Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet One of the two types of PPP interfaces you can define for a...
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Glossary TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol The basic protocols used on the Internet. TCP is responsible for dividing data up into packets for delivery and reassembling them at the destination, while IP is responsible for delivering the packets from source to destination.
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Glossary upstream The direction of data transmission from the user to the Internet. Virtual Circuit A connection from your DSL router to your ISP. Virtual Circuit Identifier Together with the Virtual Path Identifier (VPI), the VCI uniquely identifies a VC.
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ADSL/VoIP Gateway User’s Guide Glossary encryption method (called Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)). It runs in a special, easy-to-set-up home mode called Pre-Shared Key (PSK) that allows you to manually enter a pass phrase on all the devices in your wireless network. WPA data encryption is based on a WPA master key.
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