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AAM6030BI User Manual 

 

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Parts List 

In addition to this document, your AAM6030BI should come with the 
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  AAM6030BI ADSL 4 Port Router 

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 Power 

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  Ethernet cable (RJ45), Phone cable (RJ-11)  

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  User Manual CD 

 

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Summary of Contents for AAM6020BI-T4

Page 1: ...AAM6030BI CPE User Manual AAM6030BI UserManual Rev 1 00 Version date Oct 20 2004 ...

Page 2: ... 0 11 3 2 6 Assigning IP to your PC automatically by DHCP 11 4 Setting up your CPE 12 4 1 Log into your CPE 12 4 2 Home screen 12 4 3 Setup 13 4 3 1 Wide Area Network connection 14 4 3 2 Local Area Network connection 14 4 4 Configuring the WAN 14 4 4 1 New Connection 14 4 4 2 Modify an Existing Connection 19 4 4 3 Modem setup 19 4 5 Configuring the LAN 20 4 5 1 Enable Disable DHCP 20 4 5 2 Changin...

Page 3: ...s 34 4 8 2 Connection Status 34 4 8 3 DHCP Clients 34 4 8 4 Modem Status 34 4 8 5 Product Information 34 4 8 6 System Log 35 5 Appendix A Troubleshooting 36 5 1 The CPE is not functional 36 5 2 I can t connect to the CPE 36 5 3 The LEDs blink in a sequential pattern 36 5 4 The DSL Link LED continues to blink but does not go solid 37 5 5 The DSL Link LED is always off 37 6 Router terms 38 3 3 ...

Page 4: ...ent Virtual Circuits PVC Support for up to 8 PPPOE sessions Layer 2 Ether switch not a hub Allow PVC assignment to the individual Ethernet Ports i e 0 35 Ethernet Port 1 0 36 Ethernet Port 2 etc o The modem must support the ability to map PVC s to physical Ethernet ports This will likely be implemented via VLAN to associate the Port to the PVC The VLAN would then be only locally significant i e it...

Page 5: ... connects directly to your phone line 2 2 LED description Front panel z Power LED On indicates that the power is supplied to the CPE z Status LED The Status LED serves two purposes If the LED is continuously lit the DSL interface is successfully connected to a device through the WAN port If the LED is flickering it is an indication that the modem is training z Activity LED The Activity LED flash d...

Page 6: ...I User Manual z Parts List In addition to this document your AAM6030BI should come with the following f AAM6030BI ADSL 4 Port Router f Power adapter f Ethernet cable RJ45 Phone cable RJ 11 f User Manual CD 6 6 ...

Page 7: ...POTS splitter to connect a telephone to the same wall jack as the CPE follow the instructions that came with the splitter 3 1 2 Connect the computers or a LAN You can use the included Ethernet cable to connect your computer directly to the CPE Attach one end of the Ethernet cable to the port labeled LAN on the rear panel of the device and connect the other end to the Ethernet port of your computer...

Page 8: ...led Local Area Connection The Local Area Connection dialog box is displayed with a list of currently installed network items 4 Ensure that the check box to the left of the item labeled Internet Protocol TCP IP is checked and click on Figure 3 7 Network Connections in Windows XP Figure 3 8 Local Area Connection Properties in Windows XP 5 In the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties dialog box click i...

Page 9: ...et Protocol TCP IP Properties dialog box click in the radio button labeled Use the following IP address and type 192 168 1 x where x is any number between 2 and 254 and 255 255 255 0 in the IP address field and Subnet Mask field respectively 12 Click on twice to confirm and save your changes and then close the Control Panel 3 2 3 Windows Me 1 In the Windows task bar click on the Start button point...

Page 10: ... to Step 9 3 If TCP IP does not appear as an installed component click on The Select Network Component Type dialog box appears 4 Select Protocol and then click The Select Network Protocol dialog box appears 5 Click on Microsoft in the Manufacturers list box and then click TCP IP in the Network Protocols list box 6 Click to return to the Network dialog box and then click again You may be prompted t...

Page 11: ...Click on to continue and then click on if prompted to restart your computer 7 After restarting your PC open the Control Panel window and then double click on the Network icon 8 In the Network dialog box click on the Protocols tab 9 In the Protocols tab select TCP IP and then click on 10 In the Microsoft TCP IP Properties dialog box click in the radio button labeled Use the following IP address and...

Page 12: ...ss the router and instead of getting a login screen the browser instead displays a login redirection screen you should check your browser s setting and verify that JavaScript support is enabled Also if you do not get the screen shown in Figure 1 you may need to delete your temporary Internet files basically flush the cached web pages Figure 1 Log in Screen 4 2 Home screen The first screen Figure 2...

Page 13: ...etup page The page is broken into two subsections the WAN configuration and the LAN configuration Before configuring the router there are several concepts that you should be familiar with on how your new router works Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with these concepts as it should make the configuration much easier Figure 3 Setup page 13 13 ...

Page 14: ...address Your Subnet Mask Your Default CPE Your primary DNS IP address Since multiple users can use the CPE the CPE can simultaneously support multiple connection types hence the user must set up different profiles for each connection The CPE supports the following protocols DHCP RFC 2364 PPPoA RFC2516 PPPoE Static Bridged CLIP 4 4 1 New Connection A new connection is basically a virtual connection...

Page 15: ...A you are forcing your CPE to terminate the PPPoA connection The advantage is that the PPPoA termination is done within the CPE and not on your PC this frees up your PC resources and allows multiple users to utilize the PPPoA connection To configure the CPE for PPPoA click on Setup and then click on New Connection The default PPPoE connection setup is displayed At the Type field select PPPoA and t...

Page 16: ... talked about later Figure 5 PPPoA Connection Setup To complete the connection you must now click the apply button The apply button will temporarily save this connection To make the change permanent you need to click on Tools at the top of the page and select System Commands At the system commands page click on Save All 4 4 1 3 PPPoE Connection Setup PPPoE is also known as RFC 2516 It is a method ...

Page 17: ... time to wait without being connected to your provider before terminating the connection To ensure that the link is always active enter a 0 in this field f Set Route Specify this connection as the default route g MRU Maximum Receive Unit the DSL connection can receive It is a negotiated value that asks the provider to send packets of no more than n bytes The maximum specified value is 1500 althoug...

Page 18: ...cted and your DSL IPS provider is supporting DHCP you can click the renew button and the CPE will retrieve an IP address Subnet mask and CPE address At anytime you can renew the DHCP address by clicking on the renew button in most cases you will never have to use this button Figure 7 DHCP Connection Setup To complete the connection you must now click the apply button The apply button will temporar...

Page 19: ...etup To complete the connection you must now click the apply button The apply button will temporarily save this connection To make the change permanent you need to click on Tools at the top of the page and select System Commands At the system commands page click on Save All 4 4 2 Modify an Existing Connection To modify an existing connection from the Home screen click setup and then click the conn...

Page 20: ...d the End IP Address is where the DHCP server stops issuing IP addresses The Lease Time is the amount of time a network user will be allowed connection to the Router with their current dynamic IP address The amount of time is in units of minutes the default value is 3600 sec 60 minutes Note If you change the start or end values make sure the values are still within the same subnet as the CPEs IP a...

Page 21: ...r CPE s default IP address and subnet mask are 192 168 1 1 255 255 255 0 this subnet mask will allow the CPE to support 254 users If you want to support a larger number of users you can change the subnet mask but remember The DHCP server is defaulted to only give out 255 IP addresses Further remember that if you change your CPEs IP address and you have DHCP enabled the DHCP configuration must resi...

Page 22: ...ct Firewall NAT Services By unselecting the Enable Firewall and NAT Services button the firewall and NAT services is disabled for all WAN connections The apply button will temporarily save this connection To make the change permanent you need to click on Tools at the top of the page and select System Commands At the system commands page click on Save All 4 6 Advanced The CPE supports a host of adv...

Page 23: ...e over which the incoming traffic will be present for example the default Internet connection To enable UPnP you must first have a WAN connection configured Once a WAN connection is configured from the Home screen click Advanced and under Advanced select UPnP This will bring up the screen shown in Figure 12 You must enable UPnP and then select which connection will utilize UPnP In this case the PP...

Page 24: ...s The port forwarding will translate the WAN IP address into a LAN IP address To configure a service game or other application select the external connection for example the Internet connection from the Home screen click Advanced and under Advanced select Port Forwarding Next select the computer hosting the service and add the corresponding firewall rule If you want to add a custom application sel...

Page 25: ...dium and Low priority queues in increments of 10 percent so that that the sum of the weights of these 2 queues is equal to 100 percent Enable IP QoS This field allows you to enable disable IP QoS for the chosen connection Trusted Mode The NSP has two primary modes of operation with regard to queue traffic prioritization Trusted and Un trusted This field allows you to choose the mode Trusted checke...

Page 26: ...will temporarily save this connection To make the change permanent you need to click on Tools at the top of the page and select System Commands At the system commands page click on Save All 4 6 5 LAN clients To add a LAN client from the Home screen click Advanced and under Advanced select LAN Clients If DHCP is used all DHCP clients are automatically assigned If a fixed IP address server is on the...

Page 27: ...e filter rule s select the filter rule entry to delete in the Delete selection box Note that multiple deletions are possible Once all the desired filter rule s is are selected for deletion press the Apply button The Select All select box can also be used to delete the entire filter rule It provides a quick method of selecting all filter rules for deletion The Enable Bridge Filters button allow the...

Page 28: ...l when data needs to be sent to more than one other device For instance if one device is responsible for acquiring data that many other devices need then multicasting is a natural fit Note that using multicasting as opposed to sending the same data to individual devices uses less network bandwidth To enable Multicasting from the Home screen click Advanced and under Advanced select Muliticast Figur...

Page 29: ... here For a standard Class C IP domain the network address is the first three fields of the New Destination IP while the last field should be 0 The Subnet Mask identifies which portion of an IP address is the network portion and which portion is the host portion For a full Class C Subnet the Subnet Mask is 255 255 255 0 The CPE IP address should be the IP address of the CPE device that allows for ...

Page 30: ...ction determines the direction that RIP routes will be updated Selecting In means that the CPE will only incorporate received RIP information Selecting Out means that the CPE will only send out RIP information Selecting both means that the CPE will incorporate received RIP information and send out updated RIP information The protocol is dependent upon the entire network Most networks support Rip v...

Page 31: ... save this connection To make the change permanent you need to click on Tools at the top of the page and select System Commands At the system commands page click on Save All 4 6 10 VLAN Select to make a single physical Ethernet look like multiple Ethernets Figure 19 VLAN Setup 31 31 ...

Page 32: ...ections you can select debug if you want to log the connection information This is helpful when trying to debug connection problems The remote log feature will forward all logged information to the remote PC The type of information forwarded to the remote PC depends upon the Log level Each log message is assigned a severity level which indicates how seriously the triggering event affects router fu...

Page 33: ...ete If it takes longer than 5 minutes something has gone wrong Note Do not remove power from the CPE during the firmware upgrade procedure Figure 19 Update Gateway 4 7 5 Ping Test Once you have your CPE configured it is a good idea to make sure you can Ping the network You can get to the Ping web page by going to the Home screen under the Tools title click Ping Test Type the target address that yo...

Page 34: ...e not all DSLAMs have F4 and F5 support 4 8 Status The Status section allows you to view the Status Statistics of different connections and interfaces 4 8 1 Network Statistics Select to view the Statistics of different interfaces Ethernet USB DSL 4 8 2 Connection Status Select to view the Status of different connections 4 8 3 DHCP Clients Select to view the list of DHCP clients 4 8 4 Modem Status ...

Page 35: ...the CPE s log by going to the Home screen under the Status title click System log From here you can view all logged information Depending upon the severity level this logged info will generate log reports to a remote host if remote logging is enabled 35 35 ...

Page 36: ...SB and the Ethernet port at the same time You must only use 1 interface at a time 3 Make sure that your PC and the CPE is on the same network segment The CPE s default IP address is 192 168 1 1 If you are running a Windows based PC you can open a DOS window and type IPCONFIG make sure that the network adapter that is connected to the CPE is within the same 192 168 1 x subnet 4 Also your PC s Subne...

Page 37: ...Link LED is always off 1 Make sure you have DSL service You should get some kind of information from your ISP which states that DSL service is installed You can usually tell if the service is installed by listening to the phone line you will hear some high pitched noise If you do not hear high pitched noise contact your ISP 2 Verify that the phone line is connected directly to the wall and to the ...

Page 38: ...at you want to run a web server or a game server Normal servers like these are blocked from working by the NAT functionality The solution is to isolate the single local computer into a DMZ This makes the single computer look like it is directly on the Internet and others can access this machine Your machine isn t really directly connected to the Internet and it really has an internal local network...

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