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iConnectAccess621

Technical Reference

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Save / Restart 

To make changes permanent on the web interface you need to click the 

Save / Restart 

Menu 

link from the menu list.  The following commands are used to configure the 

iConnectAccess621:  

The following table lists the 

Save / Restart Menu

 screen buttons and their definitions:

Field

Description

Save All

Click this button to save the current configuration of the iConnectAccess621 
permanently.  If you do restart the system without saving your configuration, 
the iConnectAccess621 will revert back to the previously saved configuration.

Restart

Click this button to re-start the system.  If you have not saved your 
configurations, the iConnectAccess621 will revert back to the previously saved 
configuration upon re-starting.

NOTE:
Connectivity to the unit will be lost.  You can reconnect after the 
unit reboots.

Restore Defaults

Click this button to restore the factory default configuration. 

NOTE:
Connectivity to the unit and all configuration will be lost.  You 
can reconnect after the unit reboots.

Summary of Contents for iConnectAccess621

Page 1: ...iConnectAccess621 Technical Reference User Guide...

Page 2: ...etworks Pty Ltd No part of this manual may be translated transcribed reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written permission by OPEN Networks Pty Ltd D Di is sc cl la ai im me er r For...

Page 3: ...he USB Device Driver Windows 98 SE 14 Installing The USB Device Driver For Windows Me 15 Installing The USB Device Driver For Windows 2000 15 Installing The USB Device Driver For Windows XP 16 Setting...

Page 4: ...ting 66 Firewall 68 Port Forwarding 68 Custom Port Forwarding 71 Enable Incoming ICMP Ping 72 Access Control 73 DMZ Configuration 75 IP Filters 77 Tools 79 Remote Log 80 User Management 82 Update Gate...

Page 5: ...the information is to your system these items are marked as Note Tip or Warning For example NOTE NOTE If you need to use the VPI and VCI values in an existing connection you will need to open it and e...

Page 6: ...Internet Features include port forwarding and VPN pass through along with the ability to enable public or private Intranet solutions through a single IP address using its RIP v 1 2 routing engine or...

Page 7: ...rotocol required only if you are connecting to the Ethernet port of your router USB Port required only if you are connecting to the USB Port of your router Host Operating Systems Support For USB Windo...

Page 8: ...r notebook ETHERNET The yellow Ethernet cable connects from the Ethernet port of the iConnectAccess621 to the Ethernet LAN port of your computer RESET This button resets your iConnectAccess621 to fact...

Page 9: ...n order to restore this functionality you may need to reset it to factory defaults To Reset The iConnectAccess621 Ensure that the iConnectAccess621 has been powered on for a minimum of 10 seconds Use...

Page 10: ...shed PPP Flickering N A Steadily Lit Up Power is supplied to the iConnectAccess621 PWR Flickering N A Steadily Lit Up ADSL connection is established DSL Flickering Router is trying to establish connec...

Page 11: ...l drivers for the USB ports and configure your Ethernet ports on the computer Configuring Your Ethernet Network Card Installing Your USB Device The table below displays the procedures you will need to...

Page 12: ...he Control Panel window double click the Network icon step 3 From the Network screen highlight the Configuration tab to make it active step 4 From the The following network components are installed ar...

Page 13: ...indows desktop click Start Control Panel step 2 From the Network Connections window right click on the Local Area Connection icon and select Properties step 3 In the Properties window of the LAN conne...

Page 14: ...ware Wizard highlight the Search for the best driver for your device Recommended radio button and click Next step 4 From the third screen of the Add New Hardware Wizard check the CD ROM drives checkbo...

Page 15: ...Yes when your computer prompts you to reboot Installing The USB Device Driver For Windows 2000 NOTE Please note that these instructions may vary depending on whether this is the first time you are ins...

Page 16: ...ROM Drive step 3 In the Welcome to the Found New Hardware Wizard screen highlight the Install from a list or specific location Advanced radio button and click Next step 4 From the Please choose your...

Page 17: ...default settings for your iConnectAccess621 These settings may change depending on your DSL Provider ISP Please check with your DSL Provider ISP for more information Setting Default Value Login Usern...

Page 18: ...settings so that the browser does not display a login redirection screen Finally if any screen other than the Login screen appears you may need to delete your temporary Internet files ie basically flu...

Page 19: ...the Home tab screen This is the screen from which you navigate to all other modem configuration options by clicking the appropriate tab It also displays the status and details of your connection inclu...

Page 20: ...n Management IP New WAN Connections Modem Configuration Accessing The Setup Main Screen From any screen of the web interface Click Setup The following screen appears The Setup screen consists of two s...

Page 21: ...etwork errors and the network will not function normally Accessing The LAN Configuration Screen Before configuring the IP settings for your LAN you will need to select the Ethernet interface type to s...

Page 22: ...will be populated when the iConnectAccess621 receives an IP Address from a DHCP Server Use the following Static IP Address Highlight this radio button to use a static address for your router IP Addre...

Page 23: ...the end of the DHCP Server IP address range The default End IP is 192 168 1 200 Lease Time The Lease Time is the amount of time a LAN computer will hold the IP address The IP Address will automaticall...

Page 24: ...ation Screen procedure The following appears step 2 Ensure the Use the following Static IP address radio button is highlighted and in the area beneath the Use the following Static IP address field ent...

Page 25: ...eb pages you can type the IP 192 168 1 254 or mygateway ar7 in the web browser Using the Hostname in the browser requires the workstation to have its DNS server set to the iConnectAccess621 step 7 Cli...

Page 26: ...orm your ISP Encapsulation and Multiplexing For PPPoA Static Bridge DHCP and CLIP authentication types you may have to define the encapsulation parameters The iConnectAccess621 has two options for enc...

Page 27: ...ADSL users to be authenticated by the ISP s Radius authentication systems Most broadband connections are Ethernet hence Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet It also allows for ISPs to provide multipl...

Page 28: ...rovider ISP username and password in the Username and Password fields step 7 Enter the DSL Provider ISP provided VPI and VCI settings step 8 Click Connect step 9 Click Apply then click Save Restart Me...

Page 29: ...is is set to 0 by default Authentication This defines the authentication protocol for your ISP This is set to Auto by default MTU Enter the Maximum Transmission Unit for the DSL connection The default...

Page 30: ...PPP features such as authentication encryption and compression To Configure The iConnectAccess621 For PPPoA From any screen in the web interface step 1 Click Setup step 2 Under the WAN Setup menu clic...

Page 31: ...on a link control header is added to the Ethernet packet that identifies the protocol type Ethernet This allows multiple protocols to be transmitted over the ATM Virtual Circuit Encapsulation VC With...

Page 32: ...ovide guarantee of performance such as traffic delivery priority speed latency or latency variation Delivery of good quality audio or video streams typically requires QoS capabilities Three different...

Page 33: ...ervice this is the type that you should select To Configure The iConnectAccess621 As A Bridge From any screen in the web interface step 1 Click the Setup tab step 2 Under the WAN Setup menu item click...

Page 34: ...follow the instructions below to disable the DHCP server NOTE To disable the DHCP Server you will need to access the LAN Set Up procedure in this Technical Reference Once you reach the LAN Group 1 scr...

Page 35: ...protocol VPI The VPI Virtual Path Identifier defines the virtual path settings for the ADSL connection between you and your ISP The VPI value entered here must be supported by your ISP VCI The VCI Vi...

Page 36: ...s step 3 Enter a unique name for your static connection in the Name field The name must not have spaces and cannot begin with numbers step 4 You can also enable Network Address Translation NAT and the...

Page 37: ...trol header is needed as the ATM Virtual Circuit is assumed to be carrying a single protocol IP Address This is the static IP that will be assigned to the WAN interface of the iConnectAccess621 This w...

Page 38: ...Access621 capabilities that provide guarantee of performance such as traffic delivery priority speed latency or latency variation Delivery of good quality audio or video streams typically requires QoS...

Page 39: ...TE If you need to use the VPI and VCI values in an existing connection you will need to open it and edit the setting It is not possible to have more than one connection using the same VPI VCI values s...

Page 40: ...ard operation LLC and VC are two different methods of encapsulating multiple sessions This is set to LLC by default LLC With LLC encapsulation a link control header is added to the Ethernet packet tha...

Page 41: ...d by your ISP QoS QoS defines iConnectAccess621 capabilities that provide guarantee of performance such as traffic delivery priority speed latency or latency variation Delivery of good quality audio o...

Page 42: ...nd VCI values in an existing connection you will need to open it and edit the setting It is not possible to have more than one connection using the same VPI VCI values step 4 Enter a unique name for t...

Page 43: ...iConnectAccess621 Technical Reference www opennw com 43 step 11 Click Save All to save the changes permanently...

Page 44: ...n From any web interface screen Click Setup then click the connection you wish to modify The connections are listed as their unique names Edit as applicable and click Apply or if you are deleting the...

Page 45: ...lect Modem The screen below appears Leave the default setting if you are unsure of this value NOTE The iConnectAccess621 is pre configured to detect the ADSL modulation standard automatically In most...

Page 46: ...Field Description T1413 ANSI T1 413 1998 GDMT G dmt G 992 1 GLITE G lite G 992 2 MMODE Multi Mode the modulation is automatically detected ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line has the ability to tr...

Page 47: ...architecture that provides compatibility among networking equipment software and peripherals such as games consoles digital cameras and other systems that connect by TCP IP It can be supported on any...

Page 48: ...ay UPnP is a standard that uses Internet and Web protocols to enable the iConnectAccess621 to be plugged into a network and automatically know about each other With UPnP enabled when a user plugs the...

Page 49: ...the Primary SNTP Server field step 4 Repeat step 3 for the Secondary and Tertiary SNTP Server addresses as required step 5 Enter a timeout limit in seconds in the Timeout field step 6 Enter a Polling...

Page 50: ...the time source Secondary SNTP Server The IP Address or fully qualified name of a backup time source Tertiary SNTP Server The IP Address or fully qualified name of a backup time source Timeout Time i...

Page 51: ...the network To Configure SNMP Details From any web interface screen step 1 Click Advanced then SNMP The following appears step 2 Check the Enable SNMP Agent and SNMP Traps checkboxes step 3 Enter a na...

Page 52: ...P Enter the Destination Address of the host to receive the SNMP traps Trap Community Enter the Community name in this field This should match the community name on the server receiving the traps Trap...

Page 53: ...queue has strict priority over medium and low priority queues The Medium and Low priority queues are serviced on a round robin priority basis according to the configured weights WRR after the High pr...

Page 54: ...Priority queues in increments of 10 percent so that the sum of the weights is 100 percent Enable IP QoS Check uncheck this checkbox to enable disable IP QoS for the selected connection Trusted Mode Th...

Page 55: ...ffic rules The following screen appears step 2 Enter a rule name in the Rule Name field step 3 Identify the traffic by source and destination IP address and ports step 4 Select the protocol from the P...

Page 56: ...ress of the device that is the receiving the information Destination Netmask The Network Mask of the device that is receiving the information Destination Start Port Destination End Port The port numbe...

Page 57: ...LAN Clients list Once the IP address has been added you will be able to apply Port Forwarding IP Filtering and QoS rules to it To Add A LAN Client From any web interface screen step 1 Click Advanced...

Page 58: ...that you want to use for port forwarding or access control must be defined here Hostname An optional hostname can be assigned to the above address LAN Isolation If a LAN interface is added to each LAN...

Page 59: ...Enable Bridge Filters checkbox allows the user to enable or disable Bridge filtering It can be checked unchecked during any editing operation It can also be set unset independently by just pressing th...

Page 60: ...st The options are Allow or Deny step 11 Click Add step 12 Click Apply then click Save Restart Menu The following appears step 13 Click Save All to save the changes permanently To Edit An Existing Fil...

Page 61: ...by the system to ensure you do not lock yourself out of the system These include Any ARP frames are permitted to pass through the system All IPv4 frames with the destination MAC address of the bridge...

Page 62: ...roup members may send UDP datagrams to the host group Multicasting is useful when data needs to be sent to more than one other device For instance if one device is responsible for acquiring data that...

Page 63: ...sender to 1 recipient or Broadcast 1 sender to everybody on the network Multicast delivers IP packets to just a group of hosts on the network IGMP Internet Group Multicast Protocol is a session layer...

Page 64: ...Enable Static Routing From any screen in the web interface step 1 Click Advanced then Static Routing The following screen appears step 2 From the Choose a connection drop down list select a connection...

Page 65: ...of the next hop router in the path of the destination network When a packet is ready to be sent to a destination the iConnectAccess621 sends it on to the Gateway The gateway examines the destination a...

Page 66: ...to other Routers on the network To Enable Dynamic Routing From any web interface screen step 1 Click Advanced then Dynamic Routing The following screen appears step 2 Check the Enable RIP checkbox st...

Page 67: ...ll be sent in RIP v2 format using subnet broadcasting If RIP V1 Compatible is selected routing data will be sent in RIP v2 format using multicasting Direction The direction determines the means throug...

Page 68: ...on the Internet or play Internet games When users send this type of request to your network via the Internet the iConnectAccess621 will forward those requests to the appropriate computer Port Forwardi...

Page 69: ...ess for which you wish to apply the rule If you wish to add a new LAN IP address highlight the user category and click New IP button and follow the instructions in To Add A LAN Client NOTE It is recom...

Page 70: ...allows remote devices to use Ping to check connectivity to your device You may need to enable this for monitoring purposes LAN IP This is the server IP address to which the selected Ports are forwarde...

Page 71: ...cation field step 4 Identify the traffic by source and destination address and ports Use the IP Address 0 0 0 0 with a netmask of 0 0 0 0 in the Source Address if your IP Address is dynamically assign...

Page 72: ...orwarded or 0 0 0 0 if the address is dynamically assigned Destination IP The IP address of the device that is the receiving the traffic Destination Netmask The Network Mask of the device that is rece...

Page 73: ...ced If no IP Addresses are specified in the ACL the ACL will act as if it is disabled until the first IP Address is added NOTE You must ensure that you add your own IP Address to the IP Access List ot...

Page 74: ...Click Save All to save the changes permanently The following table lists the Access Control screen fields and their definitions Field Description Enable Access Control Global Enable Disable that enab...

Page 75: ...lick Port Forwarding step 2 From the Port Forwarding screen click the DMZ link The following appears step 3 Check the Enable DMZ checkbox step 4 From the Select your WAN Connection drop down list sele...

Page 76: ...he DMZ Settings screen fields and their definitions Field Description Enable DMZ Enables Disables DMZ feature Select your WAN Connection List of connections defined in the WAN Setup Select LAN Group S...

Page 77: ...appears step 2 From the LAN IP drop down list select the IP Address for which you wish to apply the rule If your IP address is not listed click the New IP button and following the instructions in To A...

Page 78: ...ess will need to be defined in the LAN Clients screen See To Add A LAN Client Block All Traffic This option blocks all IP traffic from the specified LAN IP Address Block Outgoing Ping This option bloc...

Page 79: ...s The Tools tab of the iConnectAccess621 web interface allows you to customise and debug your iConnectAccess621 update the firmware and perform network diagnostics Its options include Remote Log User...

Page 80: ...anic to Info From any screen in the web interface step 1 Click Tools then Remote Log The following screen appears step 2 From the Log Level drop down list select the category at which a remote log is...

Page 81: ...and their definitions Field Description Log Level Select the level of logging required The selected option will include the following Panic Alert Critical Error Warning Notice Information or Debug Add...

Page 82: ...res To Change The iConnectAccess621 Password From any screen in the web interface step 1 Click Tools then User Management from the menu list The following screen appears step 2 Enter a user name for t...

Page 83: ...k Save All to save the changes permanently NOTE If you forget your password press and hold the reset to factory defaults button for 10 seconds or more The iConnectAccess621 will reset to its factory d...

Page 84: ...een click the Browse button beside the Select A File field to search for the new firmware Ensure the upgrade file is in img format step 3 In the Choose File window select the file and click Open step...

Page 85: ...step 1 Click the Tools tab then click Ping Test The following screen appears step 2 Enter the target address to be pinged in the Enter IP Address to ping field step 3 In the Packet size field enter th...

Page 86: ...ccess621 and the ATM network For the iConnectAccess621 OAM loopback provides a valuable tool for diagnosing problems with the DSL line Before you attempt any of these modem tests ensure the following...

Page 87: ...corrupted ATM cells can be quickly ruled out in the field by initiating a F5 Seg loopback also known as ATM ping to the DSLAM and have the DSLAM respond by looping back the OAM cells By ruling out pro...

Page 88: ...nnectAccess621 permanently If you do restart the system without saving your configuration the iConnectAccess621 will revert back to the previously saved configuration Restart Click this button to re s...

Page 89: ...s The Status tab of the iConnectAccess621 web interface allows you to view the Status Statistics of different connections and interfaces and consists of the following Network Statistics Connection Sta...

Page 90: ...and received packets To View Network Statistics From any screen in the web interface Click the Status tab then click Network Statistics A screen with details similar to those below appears In the Netw...

Page 91: ...een fields and their definitions Field Description Description This is the name of the connected ADSL profile Type Authentication type of the ADSL connection is listed here E g PPPoE PPPoA Static etc...

Page 92: ...f DHCP clients on your LAN To View DHCP Clients From any screen in the web interface Click the Status tab then click DHCP Clients A screen with similar details to those shown below appears From the Se...

Page 93: ...e Status menu list to view the Status and Statistics of your broadband DSL connection To View The Modem Status From any screen in the web interface Click the Status tab then click Modem Status A scree...

Page 94: ...ormation such as model driver hardware and software versions in the Product Information area of the web interface To View iConnectAccess621 Product Information From any screen in the web interface Cli...

Page 95: ...ormation in the System Log area of the web interface To Display The iConnectAccess621 System Log From any screen in the web interface Click the Status tab then click System Log A screen with details s...

Page 96: ...uttons 8 iConnectAccess621 Ports And Buttons ADSL 8 USB 8 iConnectAccess621 Installation Of 11 iConnectAccess621 Setting Up 17 LAN Configuration Management IP Configuration 24 LAN Configuration Of 21...

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