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Microcom AD 2730 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Microcom AD 2730 (2735) ADSL 2/2+ WiFi router User Guide...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Microcom AD 2730, AD 2735 User’s Guide Table of Contents Preliminary Pages Page Introduction..................... 1-8 Scope and Purpose................1-8 Targeted Audience ................. 1-8 Manual Organisation ................1-8 Reference Documents................1-8 ADSL Router Overview ................2-9 ADSL Router Features ................2-9 Ports and Buttons .................
  • Page 3 5.6.14 System Password................. 5-30 5.6.15 Firmware Upgrade................5-31 5.6.16 Restore to Default ................5-32 Security....................5-32 5.7.1 IP Filters ....................5-32 5.7.2 LAN Isolation ..................5-33 5.7.3 URL Filter ..................... 5-33 Status ....................5-34 5.8.1 Connection Status ................5-35 5.8.2 System Log...................
  • Page 4 List of Illustrations Figure Page Figure 1-1 : Wireless-G System Configuration Diagram ..............2-9 Figure 1-2 : Wireless Router Connection Diagram ............... 4-13 Figure 1-3 : Setup Page ........................ 5-14 Figure 1-4 : Basic Home Screen ....................5-15 Figure 1-5 : Quick Start Page ......................5-15 Figure 1-5.1: LAN / DHCP Configuration ..…………………………………………………….……….5-16 Figure 1-6 : Diagnostics Test Screen ....................
  • Page 5 Figure 1-28 : Routing Table......................5-30 Figure 1-29 : System Password ....................5-31 Figure 1-30 : Firmware Upgrade ....................5-31 Figure 1-31 : Restore to Default prompt..................5-32 Figure 1-32 : Security ........................5-32 Figure 1-33 : IP Filters ........................5-33 Figure 1-34 : LAN Isolation......................
  • Page 6 Declaration Of Conformity Marking by the above symbol indicates compliance with the Essential Requirements of the R&TTE Directive of the European Union (1999/5/EC). This equipment meets the following conformance standards: EN300 328, EN301 489-17, EN60950 Countries of Operation and Conditions of Use in the European Community This device is intends to be operated in all countries of the European Community.
  • Page 7 Modifications made to the product, unless expressly approved by the party responsible, could void the user’s right to operate the equipment. RF Exposure This device has been tested and complies with FCC RF Exposure (SAR) limits in typical laptop computer configurations and this device can be used in desktop or laptop computers with side mounted PCMCIA slots, which can provide 1 cm separation distance from the antenna to the body of the user or a nearby person.

  • Page 8: Introduction

    ADSL 2/2+ Rea dy Wirele ss LAN 802.11g 4 Port Ethernet & USB Combo Router : Document Title Document No. AD 2730, AD 2735 Easy Start V1.0 130704 Table 1-1 Reference Publications...

  • Page 9: Adsl Router Overview

    Chapter 2 – ADSL Router Description The ADSL 2/2+ Ready Wireless LAN 802.11g 4 Port Ethernet & USB Combo 4 Port Router is a high- speed WAN bridge/router. This full-featured product is specifically designed allow maximum of 4 Ethernet-workstations to connected to the Internet and directly connect to your local area network via high speed 10/100 Mbps Ethernet.
  • Page 10 • Bridge Tap Mitigation support • ATM Layer with Traffic shaping QoS Support (UBR, CBR, VBR-rt, VBR-nrt) • AAL ATM Attributes - AAL5 • Multiple PVC up to 8 support (Bridge Support) • Spectral c ompatibility with POTS • F5 OAM Loopback/Send and Receive Encapsulati on Support •...
  • Page 11 • Web Based Firmware Upgrade (Local) • Soft Factory Reset Button via Web G • Diagnostic Test (DSL, OAM, Network, Ping Test) • Telnet/CLI (Read Only) • log Support • Firmware upgrade-able for futur e feature enhancement Security Su pport •...

  • Page 12: Ports And Buttons

    Chapter 3 - Your Gateway At A Glance The ADSL 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 Ports and Buttons Reset and Restore to Factory Defaults: The restore to factory defaults feature will set the ADSL Router to its factory default configuration by resetting the ADSL Router.

  • Page 13: Figure 1-2 : Wireless Router Connection Diagram

    Chapter 4 - Installing The ADSL Router Locate a suitable location for the ADSL Router . For connections to the Ethernet and DSL interfaces, please refer to the easy start guide. Connect the AC Power Adapter. Depending upon the type of network, you may want to put the ower supply on an uninterruptible supply (UPS).

  • Page 14: Logging Into Your Adsl Router

    Chapter 5 - Setting Up the ADSL Router (Basic Mode) The basic tabs consist of features which are catered for basic users. This section will guide you through your ADSL Router’s configuration. The ADSL Router is shipped with a standard PPP configuration.. Logging into your ADSL Router o configure your ADSL Router, open your web browser.

  • Page 15: Quick Start

    Figure 1-4 : Basic Home Screen Quick Start By default the ADSL Router has being configured to PPP connection and user is only required to enter the username and password (as specified by the local ISP) to connect to the Internet. The Quick Start page is meant for basic users whom only require easy connectivity to the Internet witho worrying about any other advance configuration setting.

  • Page 16: Lan / Dhcp Configuration

    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 17: Diagnostic Test

    Diagnostic Test Diagnostic Test is used for investigating whether the ADSL Router is properly connected to the WAN Netw ork. See Fig 1-6. This test may take a few seconds to complete. To perform the test, select your nection from the list and press the Test button. Before running this test, make sure you have a valid DSL link.

  • Page 18: Wireless

    Figure 1-8 : Ping Test Screen Wireless 5.5.1 Wireless Setup The SSID default which is defaulte d as “yournetworkname” can be ch anged. SSID is wireless network name for the wireless router, you r wireless client will need this na me for wireless connection.

  • Page 19: Wireless Configuration

    5.5.2 Wireless Configuration For users who want to explore the advanced features, you can click on the Advance button. The options listed can be changed to cater for advance users. See Fig 1-10 Figure 1-10 : Wireless Configuration Page .5.3 Wireless Security It is important for user to enforce security in wireless LAN environment, this is to prevent unauthorized wireless users from accessing your router.

  • Page 20: Figure 1-12: Wireless Security Settings

    In order to implement security, proceed with the following steps. See Fig 1-12 Select the WEP option. Check on “Enable WEP Wireless Security” option. Select the “Cipher”option, the available options are 64 bits, 128 bits and 256 bits. You can configure up to 4 sets of keys for your wireless client. Figure 1-12: Wireless Security settings Enter the IP Address of the RADIUS Server (for 802.1x authentication purposes).

  • Page 21: Wireless Management

    WPA which stands for WiFi Protected Access. WPA is an industry-supported, pre-standard version of 802.11i utilizing the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), which fixes the problems of WEP, including using dynamic keys. Figure 1-14 : Wireless Security 5.5.4 Wireless Management Wireless Management consists of Aceess List, Associated Stations and Multiple SSID.

  • Page 22: Advanced

    Advanced This mode is catered for advance users, a brief explanation of the links are listed as shown below. Figure 1-16 : Advance Screen 5.6.1 WAN Connection On the other side of the ADSL Router is where your Wide Area Network (WAN) connection; also referred to as a broadband connection.

  • Page 23: Adsl Modulation

    Figure 1-17 : New Connection (PPPOE Connection Setup) 5.6.3 ADSL Modulation To configure the DSL modulation type, Click setup. Under WAN Setup, select Modem Setup. This will bring up the modem setup screen. Leave the default value if you are unsure or the DSL/ISP did not provide this information.

  • Page 24: Figure 1-19 :Quickstart (Pppoe Connection Setup)

    To configure the gateway for PPPoE, click on Setup and then click on New Connection. The default PPPoE connection setup is displayed. At the Type field select PPPoE and the PPPoE connection setup page is displayed. Give your PPPoE connection a unique name; the name must not have spaces and cannot begin with numbers.

  • Page 25: Lan Configuration

    5.6.5 LAN Configuration You can change the ADSL Router’s IP address by, clicking Setup and under LAN Setup, select LAN Configuration, then 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. If you want to support a larger number of users you can change the subnet mask;...

  • Page 26: Ethernet Switch Configuration

    Figure 1-21 : LAN Clients 5.6.7 Ethernet Switch Configuration The IGMP Snooping prevents the switch from flooding the LAN ports with multicast frames, and will instead direct them to the CPU port for processing. Users are able to specify connection speed and set their values accordingly from the following available options.

  • Page 27: Application (Upnp)

    SNTP servers. It uses the UDP protocol on port 123 to communicate between clients and servers. When the SNTP feature is enabled, your AD 2730, AD 2735 will start querying for the time clock information from the primary SNTP server. If it fails to get a valid response within the “timeout” period, it will try for “retry”...

  • Page 28: Snmp

    Time Zone - The time zone of the router. Day Light - Check/uncheck this option to enable/disable day light saving. See Fig 1-24 Figure 1-24 : SNTP 5.6.10 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.

  • Page 29: Routing (Static Routing)

    5.6.11 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 30: Routing Table

    See Fig 1-27 Figure 1-27 : Dynamic Routing 5.6.13 Routing Table Routing Table shows the information used by routers when making packet forwarding decisions. Packets are routed according to the packet's destination IP address. Figure 1-28 : Routing Table 5.6.14 System Password You can change your ADSL Router’s username and password by clicking on User Management.

  • Page 31: Firmware Upgrade

    Figure 1-29 : System Password 5.6.15 Firmware Upgrade You can upgrade the ADSL Router’s firmware, clicking on Update Gateway under the Tools page. To upgrade the firmware, click browse, find the firmware file to download. Make sure this is the correct file. Click on upgrade firmware.

  • Page 32: Restore To Default

    5.6.16 Restore to Default The restore to factory defaults feature will set the ADSL Router to its factory default configuration by resetting the ADSL Router. You may need to place the ADSL Router into its factory defaults if the configuration is changed, you loose the ability to interface to the ADSL Router via the web interface, or following a software upgrade,.

  • Page 33: Lan Isolation

    Figure 1-33 : IP Filters 5.7.2 LAN Isolation LAN isolation allows you to disable the flow of packets between 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 34: Status

    Figure 1-35 : URL Filters 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 Figure 1-36 : Status...

  • Page 35: Connection Status

    5.8.1 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 will be displayed. See Fig 1-37 Figure 1-37 : Connection Status 5.8.2 System Log You can display the ADSL Router’s log by going under the Status title, click System log.

  • Page 36: Remote Log Settings

    5.8.3 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 Figure 1-39 : Remote Log Settings 5.8.4 Network Statistics Information regarding the Status and Statistics of your Ethernet, USB and DSL line will be displayed.

  • Page 37: Modem Status

    Figure 1-41 : DHCP Clients 5.8.6 Modem Status This screen will display the Modem status and DSL statistics. Figure 1-42 : Modem Status 5.8.7 Product Information This screen will show a summary of all the product information and software version that comes bundled with the ADSL router.

  • Page 38: Help

    Figure 1-43 : Product Information 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. Figure 1-44 : Help Screen...

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