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2.6 Connecting the PC to the HG556a Through Wi-Fi 

After you insert the Vodafone Internet Key into the slot on the HG556a, press the Wi-Fi button on 
the side panel of the HG556a. Then the PC is connected to the HG556a wirelessly. 

 

 
Procedure for enabling the Wi-Fi connection

 

The initial configuration for the Wi-Fi radio interface of the HG556a is 

Disabled

. To enable 

the Wi-Fi connection, do as follows: 

1.

 

Press the Wi-Fi button on the side panel of HG556a. 

2.

 

Once the button is pressed and held, the Wi-Fi indicator turns red in a few seconds. If 

the indicator does not turn on, try again. 

Press and hold the Wi-Fi button for more than four seconds to enable the WPS function. 

 

Note for connecting USB devices

:

 

The USB port is used to connect an external memory or a hard disk. 

 

 

Summary of Contents for EchoLife HG556a

Page 1: ...User Manual 1 HG556a INSTALLATION GUIDE AND USER MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...a to the Fixed Network 10 2 5 Connecting telephones to the HG556a 10 2 6 Connecting the PC to the HG556a Through Wi Fi 12 3 User Manual 13 3 1 Introduction 13 3 2 Features of the HG556a 13 3 3 Requirements of PC Configuration 14 3 4 Management of the HG556a 15 3 4 1 Home Gateway Page 15 3 4 2 Wi Fi 16 3 4 3 HSPA 19 3 4 4 Voice 21 3 4 5 Advanced 24 3 4 6 Firewall 28 3 4 7 Diagnostics 34 3 5 Trouble...

Page 3: ...e 1 Vodafone Station Bracket Power adapter CD Autoinsta llanteV 1 0 DSL cable Ethernet cable User CD GPL Warranty Card If any of the stuff above cannot be found in your package contact with the vendor and the stuff upwards is just the sample for reference ...

Page 4: ...User Manual 4 1 2 The Front Panel of the HG556a Figure 1 1 Indicators on the front panel of the HG556a ...

Page 5: ...nterfaces z Four LAN indicators LAN1 LAN2 LAN3 and LAN4 z One USB port dedicated to the HSPA plug in card z One reset button z One power interface z One restart button Note for the four LAN indicators The four LAN indicators are normally off When the diagnostic button is pressed the four LAN indicators turn red or green see 1 4 Description of the Indicators on the Front and Rear Panels 2 The side ...

Page 6: ...S process is in progress Red On The Wi Fi connection is in good condition There is no Internet traffic on the link Wi Fi Red Blinking quickly The Wi Fi connection fails Off The ADSL connection is not activated Red Blinking slowly The ADSL connection is being set up Red On The ADSL connection is in good condition There is no Internet traffic on the interface DSL Red Blinking quickly The ADSL connec...

Page 7: ...Remove the SIM card holder from the Vod 2 Insert the SIM card into the card holder SIM card holder into the Vodafone Internet Key 4 he back of the Vodafone Station and insert the Vodafone Internet Remove the lid on t Key into the slot The Vodafone Internet Key upwards is just the sample for reference you can choose other kind of Internet Key and use the same way to install ...

Page 8: ...AC power adapter to the power interface on the back of the device and plug the power adapter into a wall outlet or a power strip POWER 2 After you finish the connection the power indicator turns on indicating that the HG556a is being activated and working normally ...

Page 9: ...User Manual 9 2 3 Connecting the PC to the HG556a LAN Use the provided Ethernet cable to connect the PC to any of the four LAN interfaces on the rear panel of HG556a ...

Page 10: ...k Use the provided telephone cable to connect the ADSL interface of the HG556a with the telephone jack on the wall 2 5 Connecting telephones to the HG556a Connect a telephone to the PHONE FAX or PHONE interface of the HG556a The connection methods are as follows ...

Page 11: ... PHONE FAX interface automatically to provide the PSTN function z If you have only one VoIP number when you are using the VoIP function on one of the PHONE FAX and PHONE interfaces the other interface cannot provide the VoIP function The functions of these two interfaces are determined by the configuration of your Internet service provider ISP Note for the PSTN function If you have no VoIP number ...

Page 12: ... initial configuration for the Wi Fi radio interface of the HG556a is Disabled To enable the Wi Fi connection do as follows 1 Press the Wi Fi button on the side panel of HG556a 2 Once the button is pressed and held the Wi Fi indicator turns red in a few seconds If the indicator does not turn on try again Press and hold the Wi Fi button for more than four seconds to enable the WPS function Note for...

Page 13: ...ions on how to use the product properly It also provides The main features of th 1 ADSL2 interface z Supports ITU G 992 1 G dmt Annex A G dmt bitplus z z Supports Annex L RE ADSL Supports ANSI T1 413 Issue 2 z Supports the configuration of eight VPI VCIs 2 Supports USB 2 0 host port USB ports z Supports HUAWEI HSPA USB interface link driver z z Supports mutual data backup of ADS z Supports USB mas...

Page 14: ...ides two plain old telephone service POTS interfaces z The requireme Microsoft Windows Apple Mac Operating system E Vista Windows 98SE M Windows 2000 XP Mac OS 10 1 RAM 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB Free disk space 40 MB 10 MB CD driver DVD driver Provided Display 800 x 600 pixel 256 color Ethernet 10 100Base T n Required for Ethernet connectio Wi Fi 802 11b g Required for Wi Fi connection Browser 0 6 0 7 0 ...

Page 15: ...you can see the home page of the HG556a Choose Home in the navigation tree to display the status of the HG556a including z Summary the main information about the home gateway versions software and hardware z ADSL the information about the ADSL interface z WiFi the information and status of the Wi Fi interface and the security configuration parameters z WAN the information and status of the WAN int...

Page 16: ...function Hide Access Point It is used to hide or display the AP If the AP is hidden the HG556a does not carry the SSID information when broadcasting beacon packets and probe response packets When the wireless client connects to the HG556a the SSID needs to be entered manually SSID The name of the WLAN It identifies the different networks Wireless clients must have the same SSID as that of the AP t...

Page 17: ... is unavailable The HG556a encrypts all the communications by using the WPA pre shared key z WPA2 PSK The simplified WPA2 authentication mode It is enabled when the RADIUS server is unavailable The HG556a encrypts all the communications by using the WPA pre shared key z Mixed WPA2 WPA PSK The mixed authentication mode of WPA2 PSK and WPA PSK WPA Encryption Three options are as follows z TKIP z AES...

Page 18: ...k adapter can set up a connection with the HG556a only when the MAC address of the wireless network adapter matches the values in the MAC address list z Reject When the MAC address of the wireless network adapter matches the values in the MAC address list the wireless network adapter cannot set up a connection with the HG556a Active Filters It is used to enable or disable the MAC filter function M...

Page 19: ... page This page allows you to understand the information about HSPA status Figure 3 5 shows the Status page Figure 3 5 Status page Configuration Choose HSPA Configuration in the navigation tree to display the Configuration page Figure 3 6 shows the Configuration page Figure 3 6 Configuration page ...

Page 20: ...me The user name to access the service Password The password to access the service Athentication The three authentication modes of dial up AUTO CHAP PAP Network Type Three types of network 3G preferred 2G only 3G only NOTE APN Access Point Name PIN Code Figure 3 7 shows the PIN Code page Figure 3 7 PIN Code page Table 3 5 lists the parameter for the PIN code Table 3 5 Parameter for the PIN code It...

Page 21: ...User Manual 21 3 4 4 Voice Phone Figure 3 8 shows the Phone page Figure 3 8 Phone page ...

Page 22: ...age Figure 3 9 shows the Speed Dial page Figure 3 9 Speed Dial page Table 3 6 lists the parameters for speed dialing Table 3 6 Parameters for speed dialing Item Description Sequence The sequence of a speed dial number Select 01 10 Number The self defined speed dial number Destination The callee number ...

Page 23: ... shows the Prefix page Figure 3 10 Prefix page Table 3 7 lists the parameters for prefix Table 3 7 Parameters for prefix Item Description Sequence The sequence of a prefixed number Select 01 10 Append Prefix Append prefix when dialling number Number The self defined prefixed number ...

Page 24: ...e User Administration page Figure 3 11 User Administration page LAN Configuration Choose Advanced LAN Configuration in the navigation tree to display the LAN Configuration page The HG556a provides a default LAN IP address You can change the LAN IP address and subnet mask and choose whether to activate the DHCP service Figure 3 12 shows the LAN Configuration page Figure 3 12 LAN Configuration page ...

Page 25: ...CP Reservation page Table 3 8 lists the parameters for DHCP reservation Table 3 8 Parameters for DHCP reservation Item Description Remove It is used to delete the current entry Name The name of the current entry Mac address The MAC address of a computer on your LAN Reservation IP The IP address that you want to assign to the computer on the LAN with the MAC address that you specify ...

Page 26: ...sable the FTP function User Name The user name to visit the FTP server Password The password to visit the FTP server Confirm Password Enter the password again to confirm Port 1 65535 The user designated port that is used to visit the FTP server USB Partition The partitions of the USB storage device allowed to be visited after the FTP server is logged in to Access FTP From WAN Whether to allow the ...

Page 27: ...rver page Figure 3 15 Print Server page Table 3 10 lists the parameter for the print server Table 3 10 Parameter for the print server Item Description Enable Print Server It is used to enable or disable the print server Printer Name The name of the printer Make and Model The model of the printer that user choose Click Save to save the settings ...

Page 28: ...ription Services The type of service application and game Please Select One The name of service application or game Custom Service The server name that user defined Local IP Address The internal IP address of the server External Port Start The first port number of the external ports External Port End The last port number of the external ports Protocol The protocol used for forwarding ports Interna...

Page 29: ...s Prevention in the navigation tree to display the Dos Prevention page Figure 3 17 Dos Prevention page Table 3 12 lists the parameter for Dos prevention Table 3 12 Parameter for Dos prevention Item Description Enable Dos Prevention It is used to enable or disable the Dos prevention function ...

Page 30: ...ontrol Item Description Rule Name The name of the rule Select Days The weekday s to apply the rule Browser s MAC Address The MAC address of the device on which the browser is running The device is allowed to connect to the network during only a limited period Other MAC Address The MAC address of the device on the LAN to restrict the period during which it only can connect to the router Start Block...

Page 31: ...olicies page Select Disabled Block all High Medium Standard or Low from the Select Firewall Level drop down list and click Save to save the settings IP Filter Choose Firewall IP Filter in the navigation tree to display the IP Filter page Figure 3 20 shows the IP Filter page Figure 3 20 IP Filter page ...

Page 32: ...he destination address Destination IP Address The IP address that allows or rejects the source IP address to have access to visit Select Protocol to Block The IP protocol that defines your customized service Action It is used to select whether the firewall allows or rejects the network access MAC Filter Choose Firewall MAC Filter in the navigation tree to display the MAC Filter page Select Enable ...

Page 33: ...th any of the specified rules in the following table Name The name of the filter MAC address The MAC address of the client that allows or rejects access to the network in the address fields The MAC address is in six hexadecimal character pairs URL Blocking Figure 3 22 shows the URL Blocking page Choose Firewall URL Blocking in the navigation tree to display the URL Blocking page Figure 3 22 URL Bl...

Page 34: ...parameter for the DMZ host Table 3 17 Parameter for the DMZ host Item Description DMZ Host IP address The IP address of the DMZ host computer NOTE DMZ Demilitarized Zone 3 4 7 Diagnostics By using the diagnostics function you can test the LAN interfaces of the HG556a once you have completed the cable connection USB Choose Diagnostics USB in the navigation tree to display the USB page ...

Page 35: ...3 24 shows the USB page Figure 3 24 USB page Click Test to test the USB ports Network Choose Diagnostics Network in the navigation tree to display the Network page Figure 3 25 shows the Network page Figure 3 25 Network page ...

Page 36: ...is off Check whether the Wi Fi button on the side panel of the HG556a is pressed The TCP IP protocol of the network connection Ethernet or USB is not installed Install the Ethernet cable or USB data card The browser has set up a proxy server Access the option of the Internet Explorer and disable the proxy server The SSID or encryption mode WPA WEP non encryption of the HG556a is modified or the co...

Page 37: ...vice wherever the use of a wireless device is prohibited Use of your device is subject to safety measures designed to protect users and their environment z Before you install and use the device read these safety precautions carefully and observe them during operation z Handle the device and accessories carefully and keep it in a clean and dust free place z Place the device at a well ventilated and...

Page 38: ...alified personnel can service or repair the device or its accessories If the device or its accessories are damp punctured or subjected to a severe fall do not use it until you get an approval from the authorized service center 3 6 4 Interference Be careful when using the device in close proximity to personal medical devices such as pacemakers and hearing aids Pacemakers Pacemaker manufacturers rec...

Page 39: ... Internet To use a browser you type in the URL of a website and the browser then connects your computer to the website and shows the information there on your screen Client On a local area network or the Internet a computer that accesses shared network resources provided by another computer called a server DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP is a client server networking protocol Most or...

Page 40: ...e Web WWW z The transfer of data z The forum of discussion z To transfer data of peer to peer z Chat z The content of audio video streaming IP Internet Protocol The set of standards responsible for ensuring that data packets transmitted over the Internet are routed to their intended destinations IP address An IP address is the logical address of a network adapter The IP address uniquely identifies...

Page 41: ...When a client submits a request for a file the server transfers a copy of the file to the client Subnet mask The technique used by the IP protocol to determine which network segment packets are destined for The subnet mask is a binary pattern that is stored in the client machine server or router and is matched with the IP address TCP Transmission Control Protocol The reliable transport protocol wi...

Page 42: ...i Fi Wireless Fidelity A wireless data networking protocol generally used to connect PCs to a network Also known as 802 11b and WLAN Wireless LAN it is the most common means of wireless networking and operates at 2 4 GHz WPA PSK Wi Fi Protected Access Pre Shared Key WPA is an industry standard based on a subset of an early draft of 802 11i WPA replaces WEP s keying mechanism with a more robust sys...

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