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DSL-X11 

One Port ADSL Modem Router 

User Manual 

 

Summary of Contents for DSL-X11

Page 1: ...DSL X11 One Port ADSL Modem Router User Manual ...

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Page 3: ...ent 7 3 1 Logging In to the Router 7 3 2 System Status 8 3 3 DSL Router Device Information 9 3 4 Advanced Setup 10 3 4 1 WAN Configuration 10 3 4 2 LAN Configuration 35 3 4 3 NAT 40 3 4 4 Security 45 3 4 5 Quality of Service 52 3 4 6 Routing 57 3 4 7 DNS 59 3 4 8 DSL 62 3 5 Diagnostics 64 3 6 Management 65 3 6 1 Settings 65 3 6 2 System Log 66 3 6 3 Internet Time 68 3 6 4 Access Control 69 3 6 5 U...

Page 4: ...with all standard Internet applications Industry standard and interoperable DSL interface Simple web based status page displays a snapshot of your configuration and links to the configuration pages Downloadable flash software upgrades Support up to 8 Permanent Virtual Circuits PVC Support up to 8 PPPoE sessions 1 2 ADSL Standard Supports ITU G 992 1 G dmt Annex A ITU G 992 2 G lite ANSI T1 413 Iss...

Page 5: ...onfiguration To keep a record for reference you can fill in the column as follow VPI VCI Encapsulation VCMUX or LLC Protocol Standard User name Password Password protocol 1 5 LED Status Description The following table describes the LEDs of the device LEDs Color Status Description On The device is powered on or the initiation of the device is successful Green Off The device is powered off Power Red...

Page 6: ...e Internet Blinks Data is being transmitted on the Internet in the routing mode Green Off The device is in the bridged mode Data Red On In the routing mode after the successful synchronization the WAN connection is failed PPP dial up is failed On The LAN connection is normal and activated Blinks Data is being transmitted on the LAN or data is being transmitted on the Internet in the bridged mode E...

Page 7: ...onnecting to the Ethernet interface of PC or other Ethernet devices through the Ethernet cable Reset Reset to the factory defaults To reset to the factory defaults keep the device powered on and push a paper clip in to the hole for over 5 seconds Then release it the configuration is reset to the factory defaults Line RJ 11 interface for connecting to the ADSL interface or a splitter through the te...

Page 8: ... RJ 11 jack Modem Connect to the ADSL jack of the device Phone Connect to a telephone set Step 2 Connect the Ethernet interface of the device to the network card of the PC through an Ethernet cable MDI MDIX I Note Use twisted pair cables to connect with the hub or switch Step 3 Plug one end of the power adapter to the wall outlet and connect the other end to the Power interface of the device Conne...

Page 9: ...DSL X11 User Manual 6 Figure 1 Connection diagram Without connecting telephone sets before the splitter Connection 2 Figure 2 shows the connection when the splitter is installed close to the router ...

Page 10: ...ing a telephone directly before the splitter may lead to failure of connection between the device and the central office or failure of Internet access or slow connection speed If you really need to add a telephone set before the splitter you must add a microfilter before a telephone set Do not connect several telephones before the splitter or connect several telephones with the microfilter 3 Web C...

Page 11: ... admin and admin The default user name and password of the common user are user and user After logging in the router as a super user you can query configure and modify all configurations of the router You can also diagnose the router system 3 2 System Status After finishing logging Device Info interface appears Four menus including Device Info Advanced Setup Diagnostics and Management are displaye...

Page 12: ...ess of the uplink equipment DNS Server address In PPPoE PPPoA mode DNS Server address is obtained from the uplink equipment In a pure bridging mode there is no DNS Server address In that case user must enter them manually 3 3 DSL Router Device Information Choose Device Info the following page appears Choose items to view the corresponding information ...

Page 13: ... Advanced Setup and the Advanced system setup page appears The information is as follows Advance Setup is key to DSL Router configuration 3 4 1 WAN Configuration Choose Advance Setup WAN if the modem is already configured the following page appears ...

Page 14: ...ect the Remove check box in the table and click Remove Click Save Reboot to apply the changes and reboot the modem Note After a PVC is deleted or modified the system must be rebooted Otherwise the modification does not take effect Click Add and the following page appears ...

Page 15: ...rop down list ISP Select the ISP according to the country from the drop down list If you do not find the ISP that matches the country you can select Others VPI Virtual path between two points in an ATM network Its valid value range is from 0 to 255 VCI Virtual channel between two points in an ATM network Its valid value range is from 32 to 65535 1 to 31 are reserved for known protocols Service Cat...

Page 16: ... them as required After proper modifications click Next and the following page appears In this page you can modify the Internet connection type and encapsulation type The connection type of PVC 0 35 is set to PPP over Ethernet PPPoE and the Encapsulation Mode is set to LLC SNAP BRIDGING according to the uplink equipment Click Next and the following page appears ...

Page 17: ...you can select AUTO Enable Fullcone NAT A full cone NAT is one where all requests from the same internal IP address and port are mapped to the same external IP address and port Furthermore any external host can send a packet to the internal host by sending a packet to the mapped external address Dial on demand with idle timeout timer If this function is enabled you need to enter the idle timeout t...

Page 18: ...itself obtains the WAN IP address Use Static IP Address If this function is disabled the modem obtains an IP address assigned by an uplink equipment such as BAS through PPPoE dial up If this function is enabled the modem uses this IP address as the WAN IP address Retry PPP password on authentication error If this function is enabled DSL will retry PPP password on authentication while authenticatin...

Page 19: ... PPPoE mode supports IPTV enable this function WAN Service Enable it unless you do not want to active the PVC Click Next and the following page appears This page shows all the configuration You can view the default values of network address translation NAT enable and Firewall enable ...

Page 20: ... Save To make any modifications click Back Note You need to reboot the modem to activate this WAN interface and further configure services in this interface 3 4 1 2 Adding a PPPoA PVC This section describes the procedure for adding PVC 0 36 PPPoA mode ...

Page 21: ...nts in an ATM network Its valid value range is from 0 to 255 VCI Virtual channel between two points in an ATM network Its valid value range is from 32 to 65535 1 to 31 are reserved for known protocols Service Category UBR Without PCR UBR With PCR CBR Non Realtime VBR Realtime VBR Enable Quality Of Service Enable or disable QoS In this example PVC 0 36 is to be modified and the default values of se...

Page 22: ...l 19 In this page you can modify the Internet Connection Type and Encapsulation Mode The connection type is set to PPP over ATM PPPoA and the Encapsulation Mode is set to VC MUX Click Next and the following page appears ...

Page 23: ...e all requests from the same internal IP address and port are mapped to the same external IP address and port Furthermore any external host can send a packet to the internal host by sending a packet to the mapped external address Dial on demand with idle timeout timer If this function is enabled you need to enter the idle timeout time PPP IP extension If this function is enabled the WAN IP address...

Page 24: ...ties If this function is enabled pppd will log the contents of all control packets sent or received in a readable form The packets are logged through syslog with facility daemon and level debug After entering the PPP user name and password click Next and the following page appears In this page you can modify the service name and enable or disable the IGMP multicast and WAN service IGMP Multicast I...

Page 25: ...k Save To make any modifications click Back Note You need to reboot the modem to activate this WAN interface and further configure services in this interface 3 4 1 3 Adding an MER PVC This section describes the procedure for adding PVC 0 37 MER mode ...

Page 26: ...twork and its valid value is from 0 to 255 VCI Virtual channel between two points in an ATM network Its valid value range is from 32 to 65535 1 to 31 are reserved for known protocols Service Category UBR Without PCR UBR With PCR CBR Non Realtime VBR Realtime VBR In this example PVC 0 37 is to be modified and the default values of service category and QoS remain In actual applications you can modif...

Page 27: ...is set to MAC Encapsulation Routing MER and the Encapsulation Mode is set to LLC SNAP BRIDGING according to the uplink equipment Click Next and the following page appears In this page you can modify the WAN IP address default gateway and DNS server settings ...

Page 28: ...box and enter the information in the field WAN IP Address Enter the IP address of the WAN interface provided by your ISP WAN Subnet Mask Enter the subnet mask concerned to the IP address of the WAN interface provided by your ISP Obtain Default Gateway automatically Obtain the IP address of the default gateway assigned by the uplink equipment such as BAS Use the following Default Gateway If you wan...

Page 29: ...server Enter the IP address of the secondary DNS server provided by your ISP After proper modifications click Next and the following page appears In this page you can modify the service name and enable or disable the NAT firewall IGMP multicast and WAN service Enable NAT Select it to enable the NAT functions of the modem If you do not want to enable NAT and wish the modem user to access the Intern...

Page 30: ...GMP proxy For example if you wish that the MER mode supports IPTV enable this function WAN Service Enable it unless you do not want to active the PVC Click Next and the following page appears This page shows all the configuration To save the settings click Save To make any modifications click Back Note You need to reboot the modem to activate this WAN interface and further configure services in th...

Page 31: ...ry Select the Country from the drop down list ISP Select the ISP according to the country from the drop down list If you do not find the ISP that matches the country you can select Others VPI Virtual path between two points in an ATM network Its valid value range is from 0 to 255 VCI Virtual channel between two points in an ATM network Its valid value range is from 32 to 65535 1 to 31 are reserved...

Page 32: ...dify them as required After proper modifications click Next and the following page appears In this page you can modify the Internet connection type and encapsulation type The connection type of PVC 0 38 is set to IP over ATM IPoA and the Encapsulation Mode is set to LLC SNAP ROUTING according to the uplink equipment Click Next and the following page appears In this page you can modify the WAN IP d...

Page 33: ...interface provided by your ISP Use WAN Interface As to BAS equipment it is the IP address of the downlink interface Use the following DNS server addesses If you want to manually enter the IP address of the DNS server select this check box and enter the information in the fields Primary DNS server Enter the IP address of the primary DNS server Secondary DNS server Enter the IP address of the second...

Page 34: ... one where all requests from the same internal IP address and port are mapped to the same external IP address and port Furthermore any external host can send a packet to the internal host by sending a packet to the mapped external address Enable Firewall Enable or disable IP filtering IGMP Multicast IGMP proxy For example if you wish that the IPoA mode supports IPTV enable this function WAN Servic...

Page 35: ...ve To make any modifications click Back Note You need to reboot to the modem to activate this WAN interface and further configure services in this interface 3 4 1 5 Adding a Bridge PVC This section describes the procedure for adding PVC 0 39 Bridge mode ...

Page 36: ...ist If you do not find the ISP that matches the country you can select Others VPI Virtual Path Identifier Virtual path between two points in an ATM network Its valid value range is from 0 to 255 VCI Virtual Channel Identifier Virtual channel between two points in an ATM network Its valid value range is from 32 to 65535 1 to 31 are reserved for known protocols Service Category UBR Without PCR UBR W...

Page 37: ...ications you can modify them as required After proper modifications click Next and the following page appears In this page you can modify the Internet connection type and encapsulation type Click Next and the following page appears In this page you can modify the service name WAN Service Enable it unless you do not want to active the PVC ...

Page 38: ...ave the settings click Save To make any modifications click Back Note You need to reboot the modem to activate this WAN interface and further configure services in this interface 3 4 2 LAN Configuration You can use the LAN configuration to define an IP address for the DSL Router and configure the DHCP server ...

Page 39: ...ress for the DSL Router In this page you can change the IP address of the device The preset IP address is 192 168 1 1 This is the private IP address of the DSL Router under which the device can be reached in the local network It can be freely assigned from the ...

Page 40: ...DSL Router is rebooted If necessary reconfigure the IP address on your PC including the one that is statically assigned so that it matches the new configuration 3 4 2 2 Enabling IGMP Snooping Internet Group Management Protocol IGMP is an Internet protocol that enables an Internet computer to inform neighboring routers that it is a member of a multicast group With multicasting a computer can send c...

Page 41: ...figure the network setting on the PC so that the option Obtain an IP address automatically is set up If you deactivate the DHCP server you need to assign a static IP address for the PCs that use the network settings If the DHCP server is active you can define a lease time The lease time determines the period for which the PCs retain the IP addresses assigned to them without changing them Define th...

Page 42: ...l 39 3 4 2 4 Reserve IP Address If you want to reserve one specific IP address for a certain PC by MAC address edit the reserved IP Address List 3 4 2 5 Configuring the Second IP Address and Subnet Mask for LAN Interface ...

Page 43: ... NAT function is activated by default Otherwise if selecting the type of Bridging you could not configure NAT function 3 4 3 2 Virtual Server Setup The Virtual Server page is used to define applications that require special handling by DSL router All you need to do is to select the application protocol and the local IP address of the computer that is using or providing the service You can also add...

Page 44: ...ep 3 Set Server IP Address Step 4 Enter the Server IP address of the computer that provides the service the server in the Local Host field Note Unless an additional external IP address is added only one LAN computer can be assigned to provide a specific service or application ...

Page 45: ...er to which service requests are to be forwarded In the Local IP Address field enter the IP address of the PC that provides the service Deleting Virtual Servers Step 1 Select the Remove check box Step 2 Click Remove button to apply the settings 3 4 3 3 Port Triggering If you configure port triggering for a certain application you need to determine a trigger port and the protocol TCP or UDP that th...

Page 46: ...red for outgoing data traffic Trigger Protocol Select the protocol that is to be monitored for outgoing data traffic Open Protocol Select the protocol that is to be allowed for incoming data traffic Open Port Start and Open Port End Enter the port that is to be opened for incoming traffic Step 2 Click Save Apply to apply the settings Removing Port Triggering Step 1 Select the Remove check box Step...

Page 47: ...irectly visible to the Internet and therefore particularly vulnerable to attacks for example hacker attacks Activate this function only when necessary for example to operate a Web server and when other functions for example port forwarding are inadequate In this case you should take appropriate measures for the clients concerned Note Only one PC per public IP address can be set up as an Exposed Ho...

Page 48: ...et the specific security criteria Choose Security IP Filtering and the following page appears By default the firewall is enabled The firewall is used to block document transmissions between the Internet and your PC It serves as a safety guard and permits only authorized documents to be sent to the LAN Note If the modem is configured to bridge mode only IP filtering is disabled and the IP filtering...

Page 49: ...can be blocked by setting up filters Click Add and the page for defining the IP filtering rule appears In this page you can create a filter rule to identify outgoing IP traffic by specifying a new filter name and at least one condition All specified conditions in the filtering rule must be complied with the rule to take effect Click Save Apply to save and activate the filter Filter Name Enter the ...

Page 50: ...ge of ports DSCP Mark Marking DSCP that outgoing packets The following is an example of configuring the outgoing IP filtering The topology is as follows Request I need to block PC1 whose IP address is 192 168 1 10 All outgoing UDP TCP packet from that PC1 192 168 1 10 is not allowed Allow all outgoing traffic packet from PC2 192 168 1 11 Configuration Step 1 By default all outgoing IP traffic from...

Page 51: ...ncoming IP filter block all incoming packet from Internet When incoming IP filtering rules setup being enable on the modem you can permit remote individual PC to access various local network service Choose Security IP Filtering Incoming and the following page appears By default all incoming IP traffic from the WAN is blocked when the firewall is enabled However some IP traffic can be accepted by s...

Page 52: ...specifying a new filter name and at least one condition All specified conditions in the filter rule must be complied with the rule to take effect Click Save Apply to save and activate the filter You must select at least one WAN interface to apply this rule Filter Name Enter the name of incoming filter rule Protocol Select one from TCP UDP TCP UDP and ICMP protocols ...

Page 53: ...DSCP that outgoing packets WAN interfaces You can select WAN interfaces and PVC The following is an example of configuring the incoming IP filtering Request I need to permit a PC whose IP address is 10 10 10 10 All Incoming TCP UDP packet traffic from that PC 10 10 10 10 is allowed Block all IP traffic from other PCS Configuration Step 1 By default all incoming IP traffic from Internet is blocked ...

Page 54: ...DSL X11 User Manual 51 Step 3 Click Save Apply and the following page appears 3 4 4 3 Parental Control Choose Content Filtering Parental Control and the following page appears ...

Page 55: ...e the user name and configure the time settings After finishing setting click the click Save Apply to save and apply the settings 3 4 5 Quality of Service Many communication and multimedia applications require large high speed bandwidths to transfer data between the local network and the Internet However for many applications there is often only one Internet connection available with limited capac...

Page 56: ...t DSCP mark to automatically mark incoming traffic without reference to particular classifier Choose Advance Setup Quality of Service and the following page appears Select Enable QoS to enable QoS and set the default DSCP mark Click Save Apply to active QoS 3 4 5 2 QoS Queue Configuration The queuing in packet QoS becomes effective only when packet is forwarded to QoS enabled PVC Packet forwarding...

Page 57: ... this queue relative to others Click Add and the following page appears Queue Configuration Status Set to enable or disable a QoS queue Queue Select a specific network interface The modem automatically allocates selected network interface to the queue Queue Precedence Select an integer value for queue precedence After you select an integer value the queue entry appropriately places to ingress pack...

Page 58: ...e which defines the precedence and the interface and optionally overwrite the IP header DSCP byte After QoS classification QoS divides capacity between different applications and provides undelayed and continuous data transfer where data packet with higher priority is given preference Click QoS Classification and the following page appears In this page you can configure network traffic classes Cli...

Page 59: ...1 User Manual 56 Traffic Class Name Enter a name of the class Rule Order Select order for queue Rule Status Enable or disable this traffic class rule Assign Classification Queue Select a classification queue ...

Page 60: ...TCP UDP TCP UDP or ICMP protocols Set 2 Rules contain the following 802 1p priority The 802 1p header includes a 3 bit prioritization field which allows packets to be grouped into eight levels of priority 0 7 where level 7 is the highest one 3 4 6 Routing 3 4 6 1 Routing Default Gateway In this page you can modify the Default Gateway settings If the Enable Automatic Assigned Default Gateway checkb...

Page 61: ...orward packets using route information that is either manually configured or dynamically learned using a routing protocol Static routes are manually configured and define an explicit path between two networking devices Unlike a dynamic routing protocol static routes are not automatically updated and must be manually reconfigured if the network topology changes The benefits of using static routes i...

Page 62: ...ther networks that need more control In general most networks use dynamic routing protocols to communicate between networking devices but may have one or two static routes configured for special cases Adding Static Route Step 1 Enter destination network address Step 2 Enter subnet Mask Step 3 Enable Use Gateway IP Address and enter IP address Step 4 Select use interface Step 5 Click Save Apply to ...

Page 63: ...ork If one DNS server does not know how to translate a particular domain name it asks other DNSs one by one until the correct IP address is returned 3 4 7 1 DNS Server In this interface you can modify the DNS server settings If the Enable Automatic Assigned DNS check box is selected this router accepts the first received DNS assignment from one of the PPPoA PPPoE or MER DHCP enabled PVC s during t...

Page 64: ...Figure 5 Dynamic DNS Hostname The hostname of the server Username The access username of the DDNS service Service The service name of the selected WAN service Interface The selected WAN service Remove Enable the check box to select the DDNS service to be removed Add Click to add a DDNS service The Add Dynamic DNS window opens Remove Click to remove the selected DDNS service s Click Add and the fol...

Page 65: ...ou can select DynDNS org or TZO Hostname Enter the hostname of the server Interface Select a routing WAN service Username Enter the access username of the DDNS service Password Enter the password Click Save Apply to save and apply the settings 3 4 8 DSL Choose Setup DSL Settings and the following page appears ...

Page 66: ...SL X11 User Manual 63 Figure 7 DSL settings In this page you can set the DSL settings Usually you do not need to modify the factory default settings Click Advanced Settings and the following page appears ...

Page 67: ...allows you to select a test mode which you should only change when requested by your Internet Service Provider ISP 3 5 Diagnostics Click Diagnostics to show the interface Your modem is capable of testing your DSL connection The individual tests are listed below If a test displays a fail status click Rerun Diagnostic Tests at the bottom of this page to make sure the fail status is consistent If the...

Page 68: ...DSL X11 User Manual 65 3 6 Management 3 6 1 Settings Settings Backup Select the Backup to show the following interface In the interface you can backup the DSL router configurations Settings Update ...

Page 69: ...tings file Then click the Update Settings to update the router settings Settings Restore Default Click Restore Default Settings to restore DSL router settings to the factory defaults 3 6 2 System Log Select System Log to show the following interface The system log dialog allows you to view the system log and configure the system log options ...

Page 70: ...el and mode and click Apply to end your configurations Both the log level and display level have eight choices The default log level is Debugging and the default display level is Error The mode options are Local Remote and Both The default option is Local If you select Remote or Both all events are transmitted to the specified UDP port of the specified log server ...

Page 71: ...the system events are above the set level If you intend to record all information you need to set the levels as Debugging Click Refresh to refresh the system event logs or Close to exit from this interface 3 6 3 Internet Time Choose Management Internet Time and the following page appears This page allows you to the modem s time configuration ...

Page 72: ...Control Access Control Services Select Access Control Services to show the following interface In the interface you can enable disable the FTP HTTP ICMP TELNET and TFTP services And the LAN side and WAN side show different configurations ...

Page 73: ...he Access Control mode is disabled the system does not validate IP addresses for incoming packets The services are the system applications listed in the Service Control List Click Add to show the following interface In the interface input the IP address of the management station permitted to access the local management services and click Save Apply Access Control Passwords Click Access Control Pas...

Page 74: ...utton to find the right version file and press Update Software to do the update Note Do not turn off your router during firmware updates When the update is finished the router reboots automatically Do not turn off your router before the reboot is over You must guarantee the update software is right and accurate It is strictly forbidden to use other software for updates ...

Page 75: ...ng The connection between the ADSL modem and your computer hub or switch The running status of your PC hub or switch 3 Q Why the Link indicator is off A Check the connection between the Line port of router and the wall jack 4 Q Why Internet access fails while the Link indicator is on A Check whether the VPI VCI user name and password are correctly entered 5 Q Why does the web configuration page of...

Page 76: ...restore the factory default keep the device powered on push a needle into the hole for about 5 seconds and then release The default IP address and subnet mask of the modem are 192 168 1 1 and 255 255 255 0 respectively User password of super user admin admin User password of common user user user ...

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