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Chapter 1. Introduction Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Notification is hereby given that Solwise Ltd. reserves the right to modify, change, update or revise this document from time to time as required without the prior obligation to notify any person, company or organization.
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SAR715PV User’s Guide operational and safety requirements. The Department does not guarantee the equipment will operate to the user’s satisfaction. Before installing this equipment, users ensure that it is permissible to be connected to the facilities of the local Telecommunications Company. The equipment must also be installed using an acceptable method of connection.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 1. Introduction Table of Contents Introduction............9 Features..............9 What’s in the package?..........10 Front Panel ...............11 Rear Panel..............12 Connecting to your network and line....13 Setting up TCP/IP on your computer ....15 Installing TCP protocol on your PC......15 Configuring TCP/IP Protocol for your PC ....17...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 1. Introduction 7.8.2 Packet Filtering..........113 Enabling DHCP Server Mode........119 7.10 Altering the configuration user name and password ...............120 Firmware Upgrade ..........122 Upgrading from to a new 8.2 firmware version using http ............122 8.1.1...
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Chapter 1. Introduction Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 12.4 Problems when accessing the Internet or remote network..............167 12.5 Diagnosing Problem using IP Utilities ....168 12.5.1 ping..............168 12.5.2 nslookup ............169 12.6 MTU value. What is it and why does having the correct value matter? ..........169...
The Firewall function supports Denial of Service prevention and Trojan Horse prevention which meets the ICSA firewall standard. The general function of SAR715PV is defined as a “ADSL Modem Router” with connectivity as shown below. In this mode, you may connect the “LINE” port to an ADSL-ready telephone line.
Chapter 1. Introduction Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide • Provide Internal 4-port Switch ports used to expand network by connecting to another switch or hub. • Web browser configuration and management tool allows easy to configure which can via Ethernet or Wireless connection (option).
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 1. Introduction Front Panel The front panel features 8 LEDs and a Reset button. Refer to the following table for the meaning of each feature. Colour Comments Power Green The Power LED lights up when power on...
Chapter 1. Introduction Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Rear Panel The rear panel of the ADSL Router consist of power jack, Console Port connector, Ethernet connections and ADSL phone socket as below: Function Definition Power on/off switch POWER The power jack connects to 12VDC Adapter from wall outlet.
Chapter 2. Connecting to your network and line 2 Connecting to your network and line LAN ports LAN1 to LAN4 on the SAR715PV router are the type designed to be connected to directly to the port on a PC LAN card using a standard cat5 LAN cable.
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Chapter 2. Connecting to your network and line Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Alternatively a more user friendly configuration method is to use the built in http interface. To do this all you need to do to be able to do is access the router through your web browser...
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 3. Setting up TCP/IP on your computer 3 Setting up TCP/IP on your computer You first of all need to check the TCP/IP settings of your computer. Please note that the author is assuming you are using MS Windows (Win9x or 2K/XP) or Mac OS10;...
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Chapter 3. Setting up TCP/IP on your computer Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Then on Properties.. Click on OK and Windows will then add the protocol to your network set- If you already see a line showing TCP/IP protocol such as the example shown above then you can skip this section.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 3. Setting up TCP/IP on your computer Configuring TCP/IP Protocol for your PC Go to Start/Settings/Control Panel/Network..Go to your local network settings (Start/Settings/Network and Dialup Connections/Local Area Connection/Properties). Scroll down the list of network settings until you find the entry showing TCP/IP.
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Chapter 3. Setting up TCP/IP on your computer Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now you need to enter the DNS address. Finally you must set-up DNS Configuration on each PC: Each PC MUST have the address for DNS entered in it’s TCP setting.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 3. Setting up TCP/IP on your computer Ideally you should get the DNS address to use from your ISP (a list of common addresses is given later). However, if you don’t know the ISPs’ DNS address then you can temporarily use the address 212.50.160.100 or...
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Chapter 3. Setting up TCP/IP on your computer Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Enter a suitable IP address (e.g. 192.168.0.2) and the netmask as shown above and click on Apply Now. Now enter the IP address of the router in ‘Router’ box.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 3. Setting up TCP/IP on your computer Ideally you should get the DNS address to use from your ISP. However, if you don’t know the ISPs’ DNS address then you can temporarily use the address 212.50.160.100.
Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 4 Quick Router configuration using your browser The easiest way to configure your router is via your web browser accessing the html pages direct in the router.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser What you see on the Start-up page Status : This page shows the status of your connection. Quick Start : This page allows you to set up authentication & login...
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Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide System : Error Log : This page shows recent configuration errors from your router Remote Access : This page allows you to setup remote configuration options...
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser About the Status Page 4.1.1 The Status homepage contains information about the current configuration of this router. It provides an overview of the current image configuration. The page contains the following sections: •...
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Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide • Connection Authentication details; this displays details about your current ISP login settings. It also provides a Login Settings hyperlink that allows you to create, modify or delete your existing •...
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser • Act as Local DHCP Server (Yes/No) • MAC Address; this is the actual MAC address for the Ethernet block in this router. The LAN Status section also provides a DHCP Server Settings hyperlink that allows you to configure your DHCP server status.
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Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide First of all you are advised to ensure the router is reset to factory default settings. To do this goto System/Restart and, to enter configuration, enter admin for username and password…..
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Tick the box ‘Reset to factory defaults’ then click on Restart. Now wait for about 30 seconds whilst the router resets and then click on Status to re-display the front page…...
Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 4.2.2 Creating a PPPoA WAN connection for the UK The quick way to setup a your router for internet access is to modify the existing PPPoA settings. To do this, from the main Status page, click on the ‘WAN Settings’...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser 4.2.2.1 Settings for a BT phone line First of all you need to alter the PPP settings so now click on the ‘Edit PPP’ link…...
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Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide ‘Dialout Username’ must be your login name for your internet account ‘Dialout Password’ and ‘Confirmation Password’ must be the login password for your internet account. Please note, even if your ISP doesn’t provide you with a password you MUST enter one:...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Confirmation Password: test Dialout Auth: chap Interface ID: Remote Ip: 0.0.0.0 Local Ip: 0.0.0.0 Magic Number: MRU: Ip Addr From IPCP: true Discover Primary DNS:...
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Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Enabled: true Then click on ‘Change’ at the bottom of the screen to store the settings. Next you need to alter the ATM settings so now click on the ‘Edit ATM’...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Tx Vpi: Rx Vci: Rx Vpi: Peak Cell Rate: 2000 Burst Tolerance: MCR: MBS: Sustainable Cell Rate: Class: Port: Then click on ‘Change’ at the bottom of the screen to store the settings.
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Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Below shows the configuration settings displayed under the Edit PPP tab. The majority of these settings can be left as default but the following must be changed..
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Subnet Mask: 0.0.0.0 Route Mask: 0.0.0.0 Hdlc: false LLC: true Lcp Max Configure: Lcp Max Failure: Lcp Max Terminate: Dialin Auth: none Dialout Username: fred...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Below shows the configuration settings displayed under the Edit ATM tab. The following must be changed.. ‘Tx Vci’ should be set to 50 ‘Tx Vpi’ should be set to 1 ‘Rx Vci’...
Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Peak Cell Rate: 2000 Burst Tolerance: MCR: MBS: Sustainable Cell Rate: Class: Port: Then click on ‘Change’ at the bottom of the screen to store the settings.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Then click on ‘Create a new service’… Tick "PPPoE routed" and Configure.
Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Enter the details required: Put a name for the Description (maybe the name of your ISP), then put in the correct VPI/VCI values (for France and Eirecom use 8/35 for these values). Select CHAP and enter the correct user name/password for your ISP –...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Select ‘Disabled’ and then click Configure. Now click on Apply.
Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 4.2.5 Saving the configuration and restarting To store you new configuration click on Configuration/Save config… Click on Save. Wait until you get a message confirming saved.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser 4.2.6 Testing the connection Goto the Status page. Now, if you are correctly connected to the line the ADSL Status there should be a WAN IP Address shown at the top under PPPoA Connections.
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Chapter 4. Quick Router configuration using your browser Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide For a proper connection the IP Address at the top of the page must be shown; 0.0.0.0 means the router is not logged in with the ISP.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail 5 The Configuration Screens in More Detail About the System menu The System menu contains options which allow low-level changes to be made, such as updating the image on the system. From the left- hand menu, click on System.
Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 1. From the System menu, click on Remote Access. Before you can enable remote access, you must configure NAT. Click on the NAT hyperlink, or click on Configuration>Security from the left-hand menu.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail 2. Type in the network location of the new firmware image that you want to upload, or use the Browse button to browse through the network and select the file.
Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Configuration The Configuration menu contains options for configuring features on your ADSL router including basic LAN and WAN connections and DHCP and DNS settings. Most of the features contain sensible default settings.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail 2. Click on the Save button to save your current configuration to flash. After a short time the configuration is saved and the following confirmation message is displayed: Saved information model to file //flashfs/im.conf...
Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide May login? status; whether the user can login to the system (true) or dialin to the system (false) Comment describing the user (optionally added when an account is created) 3.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail • configure the IP address and subnet of the default LAN connection to the ADSL router. • configure the RIP Options. 1. From the Configuration menu, click on LAN connections. The following page is displayed: 2.
Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 1. From the Configuration menu, click on WAN connections. The WAN connections page is displayed: 2. This page contains a table that displays the current WAN connections or services which have been defined.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail This page lists the following information about existing routes: • Destination IP address • Gateway address • Netmask address This page also allows you to: •...
Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 5.2.6 DHCP Server This option allows you to enable and configure the DHCP server on your ADSL router. From the Configuration menu, click on DHCP server. The following...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail This page allows you to: • Set the DHCP address range (or use a default range of 20 addresses). • Set the global default and maximum lease times.
Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide This page allows you to edit the options that appear on the DHCP Server page. 5.2.7 DNS Client This option allows you to: • create a list of server addresses. This enables you to retrieve a domain name for a given IP address.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail 2. Click on Add. The IP address appears in the DNS servers table. You can add a maximum of three server IP addresses. Each IP address entry has a Delete button associated with it.
Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide This page allows you to add the IP address of a DNS Server to DNS relay’s list of server IP addresses. 3. Type an IP address in the DNS server IP address text box. Click on the Apply button.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail This page contains the default Security settings. Enabling Security You must enable Security before you can enable Firewall and/or Intrusion Detection. With NAT enabled Security is enabled by default.
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Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Click on the level that you want to set; none, high, medium or low. Click on the Change Level button. Configuring security interfaces Security interfaces are based on existing LAN services. You must create a LAN service for every security interface that you want to configure.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail type. For example, if you create an external interface and an internal interface, your table will look like this: 4. The NAT column for the external interface tells you that you can enable NAT to internal interfaces.
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Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 2. Click on Add Global Address Pool The following page is displayed: 3. This page allows you to create a pool of network IP addresses that are visible outside your network.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail • type in the IP Address that is visible outside the network • Subnet Mask/IP Address 2; the value you specify here depends on the subnet configuration that you are using. If you chose Use Subnet Mask, type in the subnet mask of the IP address.
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Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 3. This page allows you to configure your reserved mapping. Add specific values for the following table entries: • Global IP Address; if you are mapping from a global IP address, type the address here.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail • Set the interface types that you want to create a policy between by selecting a type from each of the Between interfaces of types drop down lists.
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Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Specify the start and end of the port range for the TCP protocol that you want to filter. For Information on application port numbers, see http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1700.txt.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Apply. The Firewall Port Filters page is displayed, containing details of the IP portfilter that you have just added. Each portfilter displayed in the Firewall Port Filters page has a Delete hyperlink assigned to it.
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Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Firewall configuration. Configuring triggers A trigger allows an application to open a secondary port in order to transport packets. The most common applications that require...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail to Allow if you want this to work. h. Binary Address Replacement; select Allow or Block depending on whether you want to use binary address replacement on an existing trigger.
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Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide a. Use Blacklist; select true or false depending on whether you want external hosts to be blacklisted if the Firewall detects an intrusion from that host. Use Victim Protection; select true or false depending on whether you want to protect a victim from an attempted web spoofing attack.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail 2. Next enter the email/contact details for those recipients that should be contacted if there is an intrusion. For example, to enter the setting to be emailed if the router detects an intrusion….
Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 5.2.10 IPSec See separate Chapter later on for details about how to configure IPSec. 5.2.11 PPTP See separate Chapter later on for details about how to configure PPTP.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail The page displays basic port attributes for the ADSL port on your ADSL router. 2. Certain attributes on the ADSL Port Configuration page such as the version number and connection status cannot be changed, but some attributes can be configured.
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Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide The page displays basic port attributes for the Ethernet port on your ADSL router. 2. Certain attributes on the Ethernet Port Configuration page such as the version number and connection status cannot be changed, but some attributes can be configured.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 5. The Configuration Screens in More Detail 4. Update the port attributes that are available for editing, then click on Apply to update the advanced configuration, or Reset to revert back to the default advanced configuration settings. Click on the Return to basic attribute list to return to the Ethernet Port Configuration page.
Chapter 6. VPN Configuration Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 6 VPN Configuration Enabling the Firewall Because the VPN server software in the P series router works in association with the firewall, before enabling VPN configuration you must first of all enable the firewall on the Configuration/Security page: Next you must ensure that you have setup a ‘Firewall Policy...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. VPN Configuration Make sure you have and external-internal policy listed. If you don’t then click on Add Policy to configure this. Next you need to add the required port filters: Please note TCP is Transport Type 6 UDP is Transport Type 17.
Chapter 6. VPN Configuration Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide IPSec VPN Configuration 6.2.1 Pre-Shared Key IPSec is defined by the IETF as a standard approach for establishing a secure connection across an IP network. Your router supports all three types of IPSec protocols: AH, ESP, and IPCOMP.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. VPN Configuration Log in to your Web Configuration tool. From the left frame, click Configuration and then click the IPSEC link. Set your Negotiation ID. • For Aggressive Mode use a string like remote@ Pheenet.com...
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Chapter 6. VPN Configuration Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide • Endpoint ID: This must correspond with the remote gateway’s Negotiation ID. For instance, the Branch office, with a Negotiation ID of remote@Pheenet.com, will use a Tunnel ID of main@Pheenet.com...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. VPN Configuration For example: Please note that the subnet for the endpoint must different than the subnet used on your local LAN. If you don’t specify a different subnet for the destination then your computer wont know to send the IP data to the router for forwarding to the other site when you want to access an of site system ☺...
Chapter 6. VPN Configuration Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide NOTE: You must configure the Main Office VPN Router (main@Pheenet.com) as we have configured the Branch Office VPN Router (remote@Pheenet.com) above, except for using the settings for the Main Office as shown on page 5.
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Chapter 6. VPN Configuration Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Fill in the Common Name field with any name you would like (in the example, we use “Mobius”). Remember this, as you will need to enter it again later in the configuration.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. VPN Configuration Now click the Generate pkcs10 Request button at the bottom of the page. This will send the attributes to the router, which will generate the private key pair and send a user certificate back to the Management Interface in the form of a PKCS10 request.
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Chapter 6. VPN Configuration Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Back in your browser window that you used to go to the CA server in step 6, enter http://isakmptest.ssh.fi/certs/ca1.pem in the address bar and hit enter. This will give you the Root CA in pem format.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. VPN Configuration your Tunnel ID, termination IP address, and choose Digital Signature as your Authentication Method. NOTE: You must configure the Main Office VPN Router (main@Pheenet.com) as we have configured the Branch Office VPN Router (remote@Pheenet.com)
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Chapter 6. VPN Configuration Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide The “Authentication” page will appear. Click the Create a new user link. The “Authentication: Create User” page will appear. Enter a new user name and password. Select true for the “may login?” field and then select your access level.
Chapter 6. VPN Configuration Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Connect to a private network through the Internet select Network Connection Type window. The new connection (named L2TP) appears in the Network and Control Panel. Dial-up Connections under From here, right-click Properties.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. VPN Configuration Site to Site VPNs Traditionally, connecting two branch offices of the same company required leasing a dedicated private circuit or a frame relay permanent virtual circuit (PVC) between two locations. By using...
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Chapter 6. VPN Configuration Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide • Public key infrastructure: A trusted and efficient key and certificate management system. • 3DES: An algorithm that uses DES and one, two, or three keys to encrypt/decrypt/encrypt packets of information.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 6. VPN Configuration • Security Associations (SA): An SA defines the kinds of security measures that should be applied to packets based on who is sending the packets, where they are going, and what type of payload they are carrying.
Chapter 7. How to… Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 7 How to… How to enter Command Line Interface mode Although the majority of the most common set-up options can be done via the web interfaces, some of the more complicated/less common features can only be configured via the Command Line Interface (CLI) mode.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 7. How to… terminal that supports baud rate of 9600 can be connected to the Router’s console port. Please configure your serial port as: :9600 Data bits Parity :None Stop Bits Flow Control...
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Chapter 7. How to… Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Enter the following parameters : Bits per second 9600 Data bits Parity None Stop bits Flow Control None Then click OK When the HyperTerminal window appears, you must press the enter key several time to get the command prompt for the Router’s...
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 7. How to… You should then see the Login: prompt. By default this is ‘admin’. Then you need the password which by default is also admin. Then prompt should be shown with a successful login.
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Chapter 7. How to… Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide This should explain the basic syntax used for command entry. So, if you press ‘?’ the current commands are listed: This shows the complete list of CLI commands.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 7. How to… To enter a command you just type the command in as simple text. E.g. ‘system config save’ saves the configuration… For full details of all the CLI commands please refer to the CLI Reference Manual.
Chapter 7. How to… Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Next change the LAN address and subnet to the required values (note that the Secondary IP Address allows you to run a separate LAN subnet range on the same port – useful if you want to configure ports forwarding or firewall settings for a separate LAN).
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 7. How to… can get around this using port forwarding but not always. In this case the only way around the problem is to turn NAT off and open up you network. To do this you will first of all need to get a block of IP addresses from your ISP so that you can allocate an IP address to each of your clients.
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Chapter 7. How to… Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now, note down the IP interface IP address; you’ll need this in the non-NAT setup detailed below. Next you need to turn NAT off. Goto Configuration/Security… Now click on ‘Disable NAT to internal interfaces’….
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 7. How to… Now there is no NAT routing between the WAN (internet) and LAN (your PC’s) sides of the router. The next step is to assign the correct IP address to the LAN side of...
Chapter 7. How to… Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now, enter in the Primary IP Address settings the WAN IP address and also the subnet mask. Use the subnet mask as advised by your ISP e.g. if you have a block of 8 fixed IP’s then the subnet mask is probably 255.255.255.248.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 7. How to… Under Security Interfaces click on Advanced NAT Configuration… Then click on Add Reserved Mapping…...
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Chapter 7. How to… Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now add the port mapping rule you require e.g. to forward port the telnet ports to point to the LAN port of the router (so you can do remote configuration using telnet) you should add 23/tcp…...
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 7. How to… Please note: If you have the firewall enabled then you MUST add port filter rules for each reserved mapping to allow the traffic through. You should now save the new settings (Configuration/Save config).
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Chapter 7. How to… Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now click on ‘Firewall Trigger Configuration’ at the bottom of the screen. Now click on ‘New Trigger’.. The following settings are required for Netmeeting Add the above rule and then click on Apply.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 7. How to… Finally you should save the configuration and restart. More details on the security trigger commands are given in the CLI manual. The Netmeeting trigger will enable you to do outgoing Netmeeting and H.323 calls.
Chapter 7. How to… Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Configuring the ‘Security Interface’ for MS Messenger to work In order to allow MS Messenger to work correctly you need two security triggers to allow data flow. The figure below shows the...
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 7. How to… Click Apply to keep the changes. If you are unsure about any settings or values then you are advised to leave the values set to default. When you have finished altering the settings then remember to save the new configuration and restart.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 7. How to… Next click on New Policy… The Firewall Add Policy screen will appear. Select interfaces of type external to internal. Next decide on whether you want validators to block or allow traffic.
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Chapter 7. How to… Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now you need to do two things: Set up a port filter on port 80 (as used for web access) and next setup your host as 192.168.0.5 for this policy.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 7. How to… Now go back to the Policy List (click on link) and, from the Firewall Policy Configuration, click on Host Validators under Policy Configuration. Now click on ‘Add Host Validator’...
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Chapter 7. How to… Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide You should now save the configuration and reset the router.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 7. How to… Enabling DHCP Server Mode The 715PV has an inbuilt DHCP server which you can use to assign IP addresses and TCP setup to your client computers. To enable DHCP server goto Configuration/DHCP server Make sure DHCP server is selected at the bottom and click Configure.
Chapter 7. How to… Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide hours (86400 seconds). Other options such as the DNS server entries can be set on this page. If you want the router to use the DNS entries it receives from the ISP leave the Use Router as DNS Server checkbox ticked.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 7. How to… Now save the settings again (Configuration/Save config). Now you should test the new user so Restart (System/Restart) and shut your browser down…. Then allow the router about 30 seconds to reboot before starting your browser up and going to the router set-up screen again.
Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 8 Firmware Upgrade Upgrading from to a new 8.2 firmware version using http Please note that the correct file format for web based firmware upgrade should be ‘.tar’. If the upgrade file you have is ‘.bin’ format then this is NOT the correct format to upgrade using the web interface.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Using xmodem to upload the firmware files You can use the xmodem technique to upload either the bootcode or the main firmware files using a serial cable and terminal software (for example Windows Hyperterminal).
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Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide The router has now changed it’s port speed to 38400 bps so you now need to change your terminal set-up. To do this on Hyperterminal select Call/Disconnect… Then File/Properties...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade The click on Configure…...
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Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Change the port speed to 38400 and then click on OK. Now you are ready to start sending the bootcode file. Select Transfer/Send file… Click on browse so you can select the bootcode bin file (called...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Now you are ready to send the file.. Click on Send…...
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Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide The file should now start to send…. Notice the Packet count goes up and the indicator bar starts to increase… When the file send is finished then a screen similar to the following...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade You should now type quit.. Now the port speed of the router has changed back to the normal setting of 9600 so you need to change the set-up of your terminal back to 9600…...
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Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now you need to enter the command “flashfs rewrite boot.bin”… You can now reboot your router (power off/on)…...
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Done…! 8.2.2 Loading a new main bin firmware file As when loading a bootcode bin file, you first of all you need to connect using a console (serial) programme to the router. Details are given in the set-up guide but in simple terms it’s 9600 bps, 8...
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Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide The router should now boot to the ‘]’ prompt. It’s now ready to accept the firmware file. Type “xmodem fast” The router has now changed it’s port speed to 38400 bps so you now need to change your terminal set-up.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Then File/Properties The click on Configure…...
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Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Change the port speed to 38400 and then click on OK. Now you are ready to start sending the bootcode file. Select Transfer/Send file…...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Click on browse so you can select the bootcode bin file (called flash.bin in this example). Now you are ready to send the file..
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Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Click on Send… The file should now start to send…. Notice the Packet count goes up and the indicator bar starts to increase… When the file send is finished then a screen similar to the following is shown…...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Now the port speed of the router has changed back to the normal setting of 9600 so you need to change the set-up of your terminal back to 9600…...
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Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Login using the username and password (normally ‘admin’ and ‘admin’). Now you need to enter the command “console enable”…...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade You should now see the IP address prompt. Enter the command “flashfs update” to write the new firmware to flash…...
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Chapter 8. Firmware Upgrade Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide When it’s done you are now ready to reboot (power off/on)…...
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 9. DNS Addresses 9 DNS Addresses Below shows the current name server (DNS) addresses as used by the most popular ISP’s. Please note that this should not be taken as a definitive list and it might be that the address for a listed provider might have changed.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router 10 About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router 10.1 UPNP IN GENERAL 10.1.1 Overview The name Universal Plug and Play brings the well-known name Plug and Play to mind.
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Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide UPnP comes in Control Points and Devices. Devices offer services and may contain further devices with additional services. Control Points make use of these services and control the devices using defined actions that change the state of the device and controls the service it is offering.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router 10.2 THE INTERNET GATEWAY DEVICE 10.2.1 The IGD concept UPnP can be used to distribute all kinds of services over a network. The UPnP Forum, the standardization body for UPnP, as such has...
Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide packets on port 80 (the HTTP port) should be forwarded to it; this needs to be explicitly configured on the NAT engine on the IGD.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router 10.4 UPNP SUPPORT In The 715PV Routers The SAR 715PV routers support the UPnP Internet Gateway Device standard. Below gives details about how to enable UPnP operation with Windows.
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Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide After the software is installed you can then goto ‘My Network Places’ and you should have the ‘Virata IGD’ shown. If you ‘right-click/properties’ on the IGD icon then a screen similar to that shown below is displayed.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router 10.4.2 Windows XP 10.4.2.1 Enabling UPnP support in XP In order to use UPnP with Windows XP you first of all need to ensure that the IP port used by the 715PV is higher than 1024.
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Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide To install UPnP support for Windows XP goto Add//Remove Programs in Control panel. Select ‘Add/Remove Windows Components’…...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router Select ‘Networking Services’… Make sure that ‘Internet Gateway Device Discovery…’ and ‘Universal Plug and Play’ are both ticked. Then click on OK to install these services.
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Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Now, if you go into ‘Network Connections’ the ‘Internet Gateway’ is shown…...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router Clicking on Settings allows you to view predefined services.
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Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Click on Add to install your own service… 10.4.2.2 Discovery Windows XP support is much more elaborate. As with Windows ME, discovery of a UPnP device will trigger a pop-up window...
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router an icon in “My Network Places” will allow access to the presentation page right-clicking will show a properties summary. If you ‘right-click/properties’ on the IGD icon then a screen similar to...
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Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide If you double click on the IGD icon then the web configuration page for the router is displayed.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router 10.4.2.3 Control and Eventing: Connecting and Disconnecting Additionally, an “Internet Gateway” icon will appear in the “Network Connections” window. When disconnected, double-clicking this icon will set up a connection to the Internet starting from the Internet Gateway.
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Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 10.4.2.4 Control and Eventing: Status When connected, double-clicking the Internet Gateway icon will show the status: whether it is connected and, if so, the total number of bytes sent/received.
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Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router configured already, i.e. externally incoming packets with destination port 21 will be forwarded to the host specified in this mapping. If you now click ”Add” you can configure a mapping for a web server: all packets coming in on port 80 will be forwarded to the host with IP address 10.0.0.15 on port 8080.
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Chapter 10. About Universal Plug’n Play and the SAR715PV Router Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide This is truly NAT Traversal: no user intervention is needed to make applications work transparently with a NAT router.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 11. Appendix A Product Specifications 11 Appendix A Product Specifications Features • The Firewall function supports Denial of Service prevention and Trojan Horse prevention which meets ICSA firewall standard. • For G.dmt (full rate), downstream up to 8Mbps, and upstream up to 640Kbps •...
Chapter 12. Appendix B Troubleshooting Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 12 Appendix B Troubleshooting This chapter is intended to help you troubleshoot problems you may encounter while setting up and using the Modem. It also describes some common hardware and software problems and gives some suggestions to troubleshoot them.
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 12. Appendix B Troubleshooting - Make sure the Modem’s IP address matches the IP address previously stored into the Modem’s configuration. You must have previously set the Modem’s Ethernet IP address and subnet mask, saved the Ethernet configuration changes, and rebooted the Modem for the new IP address to take effect.
“Request timed out.” Using the ping command, you can test whether the path to the SAR715PV is working (using the preconfigured default LAN IP address 192.168.0.1) or another address you assigned. You can also test whether access to the Internet is working by typing an external address, such as that for www.yahoo.com...
Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 12. Appendix B Troubleshooting From most other IP-enabled operating systems, you can execute the same command at a command prompt or through a system administration utility. 12.5.2 nslookup You can use the nslookup command to determine the IP address associated with an internet site name.
Chapter 12. Appendix B Troubleshooting Solwise SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 12.6.2 So what is it? A maximum transmission unit (MTU) is the largest size packet or frame, specified in octets (eight-bit bytes), that can be sent in a packet- or frame-based network such as the Internet.
Chapter 13. Appendix C Government compliance notices SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 13 Appendix C Government compliance notices European CTR 21 compliance The equipment has been approved in accordance with Council Decision 98/482/EC for pan-European single terminal connection to the public switched telephone network (PSTN).
Chapter 14. Appendix D IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 14 Appendix D IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets 14.1 IP Addresses This section pertains only to IP addresses for IPv4 (version 4 of the Internet Protocol).
Chapter 14. Appendix D IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Class A: 10.30.6.125 (network = 10, host = 30.6.125) Class B: 129.88.16.49 (network = 129.88, host = 16.49) Class C: 192.60.201.11 (network = 192.60.201, host = 11) 14.1.2 Network classes...
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SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 14. Appendix D IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets As with any class C address, all of the bits in field1 through field 3 are part of the network ID, but note how the mask specifies that the first bit in field 4 is also included.
Chapter 15. Appendix E Binary Numbers SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide 15 Appendix E Binary Numbers 15.1 Binary Numbers In everyday life, we use the decimal system of numbers. In decimal, numbers are written using the ten digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
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Chapter 15. Appendix E Binary Numbers SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide The decimal value of this byte is 173 (128 + 32 + 8 + 4 + 1 = 173).
This program to allow you to modify port forwarding and firewall rules. www.ukbonkers.karoo.net.url A collection of information largely collected from the Solwise forum. Kindly collated by a user. 715faq.html.url A link to our forum giving details on basic NAT setup scripts for the 715PV router.
Bridging contrasts with routing, which can add more intelligence to data transfers by using network addresses instead. The SAR715PV can perform both routing and bridging. Typically, when both functions are enabled, the device routes IP data and bridges all other types of data.
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A DHCP relay is a computer that forwards DHCP data between computers that request IP addresses and the DHCP server that assigns the addresses. Each of the SAR715PV's interfaces can be configured as a DHCP relay. See DHCP. DHCP server...
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Chapter 17. Appendix G Glossary SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide File Transfer Protocol A program used to transfer files between computers connected to the Internet. Common uses include uploading new or updated files to a web server, and downloading files from a web server.
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SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 17. Appendix G Glossary Internet Service Provider A company that provides Internet access to its customers, usually for a fee. Local Area Network A network limited to a small geographic area, such as a home, office, or small building.
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A protocol for serial data transmission that is used to carry IP (and other protocol) data between your ISP and your computer. The WAN interface on the SAR715PV uses two forms of PPP called PPPoA and PPPoE. See also PPPoA, PPPoE.
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SAR715PV ADSL Ethernet Router User’s Guide Chapter 17. Appendix G Glossary SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol The TCP/IP protocol used for network management. splitter A device that splits off the voice component of the DSL signal to a separate line, so that data and telephone service each have their own wiring and jacks.
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See also VC. Wide Area Network Any network spread over a large geographical area, such as a country or continent. With respect to the SAR715PV, WAN refers to the Internet. Web browser A software program that uses Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol...
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