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AW4038 

ADSL 11g AP Router 

User’s Manual 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Version  1.0 

Copyright

 © 2005 by TECOM CO., LTD. 

TECOM CO., LTD. 

23, R&D ROAD 2 

SCIENCE-BASED INDUSTRIAL PARK 

HSIN-CHU TAIWAN R.O.C.

Summary of Contents for AW4038

Page 1: ...AW4038 ADSL 11g AP Router User s Manual Version 1 0 Copyright 2005 by TECOM CO LTD TECOM CO LTD 23 R D ROAD 2 SCIENCE BASED INDUSTRIAL PARK HSIN CHU TAIWAN R O C ...

Page 2: ...s 6 Step 5 Configure AW4038 through the WEB interface 7 Step 6 Save the configurations and Reboot 7 3 CONFIGURATION 8 3 1 SETUP 8 3 2 ESTABLISH THE CONNECTION 8 4 QUICK SETUP 10 4 1 PPP OVER ETHERNET PPPOE CONFIGURATION 10 4 2 IP OVER ATM IPOA CONFIGURATION 15 4 3 BRIDGE CONFIGURATION 20 4 4 MAC ENCAPSULATION ROUTING MER CONFIGURATION 23 4 5 PPP OVER ATM PPPOA CONFIGURATION 24 5 ADVANCED SETUP 25 ...

Page 3: ...ED 44 6 6 STATION INFO 46 7 DIAGNOSTICS 47 8 MANAGEMENT 48 8 1 SETTINGS 48 8 2 SYSTEM LOG 50 8 3 SNMP AGENT 51 8 4 INTERNET TIME 52 8 5 ACCESS CONTROL 52 8 6 UPDATE SOFTWARE 54 8 7 SAVE REBOOT 55 9 DEVICE INFO 56 9 1 SUMMARY 56 9 2 WAN 56 9 3 STATISTICS 56 9 4 ROUTE 59 9 5 ARP 59 3 ...

Page 4: ...ernet address for your LAN x One or more computers each containing an Ethernet 10Base T 100Base T network interface card NIC or wireless network adapter For system configuration use the supplied web based program Note Make sure that your computer has a web browser such as Internet Explorer v5 0 or later or Netscape v4 7 or later 4 Notice The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the p...

Page 5: ...hes during data transfer DSL Green Flashes during the training mode On ADSL link established and active Tx Rx Green On Router is active Flashes during data transfer through ADSL line WLAN Green On WLAN enabled Off WLAN disabled Flashes during data transfer Rear Panel The connectors located at the rear panel have the following functions Interface Function Botton Power switch on off Power SNG 1 tec ...

Page 6: ...he attached splitter Step 2 Connect the Ethernet cable Connect one end of the Ethernet cable to the one of the four RJ 45 connectors on the rear panel of AW4038 and connect the other end to your PC s network adaptor NIC If you are connecting a LAN to AW4038 attach one end of the Ethernet cable to a regular hub port and the other end to the LAN port on AW4038 Step 3 Attach the power connector Conne...

Page 7: ...Manual Ver1 0 Step 5 Configure AW4038 through the WEB interface Please refer to chapter 3 Step 6 Save the configurations and Reboot Save the changes you made on AW4038 7 ...

Page 8: ...address default 192 168 1 1 of AW4038 in the address line of Web Browser z A Dialogue Box will pop up to request the user to login Figure 1 Figure 2 Authentication z Please enter the management username password into the fields then click on the OK button default username password is admin admin z If the authentication is valid the home page Device Info Summary will be displayed on the screen Figu...

Page 9: ...Manual Ver1 0 Figure 3 AW4038 Home Page 9 ...

Page 10: ...operation mode and configure the corresponding settings step by step to create a connection The following five operation modes are supported z PPP over Ethernet PPPoE z IP over ATM IPoA z Bridging z MAC Encapsulation Routing MER z PPP over ATM PPPoA 4 1 PPP over Ethernet PPPoE Configuration Click on Quick Setup in the left frame and follow the steps below to create a PPP over Ethernet PPPoE connec...

Page 11: ...xt to go to next step 4 1 2 Connection Type and Encapsulation Mode Figure 5 Quick Setup Connection Type and Encapsulation Mode Select PPP over Ethernet PPPoE and the Encapsulation Mode Please contact you ISP for the information Click on Next to go to next step 4 1 3 PPP Username and Password 11 ...

Page 12: ...r the programmed period of time that is set below AW4038 activates PPPoE connection automatically when user wants to access Internet and there is no active PPPoE connection The users are able to assign some specific ATM PVC s to run PPPoE if AW4038 has multiple ATM PVC connections The PPP IP extension is a special feature provided by some ISPs Unless your service provider specifically requires thi...

Page 13: ...t WAN service and QoS Check to Disable Enable IGMP Multicast WAN Service and QoS Go to Advanced Setup Quality of Service to assign priorities for the application Click on Next to go to next step 4 1 5 Device Setup Figure 8 Quick Setup Device Setup 13 ...

Page 14: ...AN interface and configure if second IP Address is used Note Network Address Translation function NAT is default enabled and is not showing on the page to prevent it from being disabled Click on Next to go to next step 4 1 6 Wireless Setup Figure 9 Quick Setup Wireless Setup Check Enable Wireless to enable wireless radio or uncheck to disable SSID is the network name shared among all devices in a ...

Page 15: ...sure that the configurations match the settings provided by ISP and then click on Save Reboot button to complete the configuration procedure 4 2 IP over ATM IPoA Configuration Click on Quick Setup in the left frame and follow the steps below to create an IP over ATM Routed connection 4 2 1 ATM PVC Configuration 15 ...

Page 16: ...ease contact you ISP for the information Click on Next to go to next step 4 2 2 Connection Type Figure 12 Quick Setup Connection Type and Encapsulation Mode Select IP over ATM IPoA and the Encapsulation Mode Please contact you ISP for the information Click on Next to go to next step 16 ...

Page 17: ... IP Settings WAN IP Subnet Mask default gateway and DNS server settings Please contact your ISP for the information Click on Next to go to next step 4 2 4 NAT IGMP Multicast WAN Service and QoS Figure 14 Quick Setup IPoA NAT IGMP Multicast WAN service and QoS 17 ...

Page 18: ...es for the application Click on Next to go to next step 4 2 5 Device Setup Figure 15 Quick Setup Device Setup Enter IP LAN IP Address and Subnet Mask to AW4038 Select to Disable Enable DHCP Server use DHCP Server Relay and configure related settings for that mode Select Configure the second IP Address and Subnet Mask for LAN interface and configure if second IP Address is used Click on Next to go ...

Page 19: ...ong all devices in a wireless network It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 alphanumeric characters Click on Next to go to next step 4 2 7 WAN Setup Summary Figure 17 Quick Setup WAN Setup Summary The last page gives a summary of previous steps Make sure that the settings match the settings provided by ISP and then click on Save Reboot button to 19 ...

Page 20: ...Quick Setup in the left frame and follow the steps below to create a Bridging connection 4 3 1 ATM PVC Configuration Figure 18 Quick Setup ATM PVC Configuration Enter the VPI VCI values Please contact you ISP for the information Click on Next to go to next step 4 3 2 Connection Type 20 ...

Page 21: ...ontact you ISP for the information Click on Next to go to next step 4 3 3 WAN Service Figure 20 Quick Setup WAN Service Give a service name and check the box to enable this WAN service Check to Enable Disable QoS Go to Advanced Setup Quality of Service to assign priority for the application Click on Next to go to next step 21 ...

Page 22: ... step 4 3 5 Wireless Setup Figure 22 Quick Setup Wireless Setup Check Enable Wireless to enable wireless radio or uncheck to disable SSID is the network name shared among all devices in a wireless network It is case sensitive and must not exceed 32 alphanumeric characters Click on Next to go to next step 4 3 6 WAN Setup Summary 22 ...

Page 23: ... by ISP and then click on Save Reboot button to complete the configuration procedure 4 4 MAC Encapsulation Routing MER Configuration Configuration of MER is similar to IPoA Select MAC Encapsulation Routing MER in Connection Type For other configuration please refer to IPoA settings section 4 2 Figure 24 Quick Setup Connection Type and Encapsulation Mode 23 ...

Page 24: ...oA Configuration Configuration of PPPoA is similar to PPPoE Select PPP over ATM PPPoA in Connection Type For other configuration please refer to PPPoE settings section 4 1 Figure 25 Quick Setup Connection Type and Encapsulation Mode 24 ...

Page 25: ... Firewall z Quality of Service z Routing z DNS z DSL 5 1 WAN Figure 27 Advanced Setup WAN This page shows the current existing WAN interfaces in the system User can choose Add Edit or Remove to configure WAN interfaces For detail about Add and Edit procedure please refer to 4 Quick Setup 5 2 LAN Please refer to 4 1 5 5 3 NAT 25 ...

Page 26: ...e The Internal port is required only if the external port needs to be converted to a different port number used by the server on the LAN side Maximum 32 entries can be configured Click on Add to enter configuration page to add your own rule s Some common used servers Web FTP Mail etc are pre defined in AW4038 User can simply select the desired server from the pull down menu and assign the IP addre...

Page 27: ...rt Trigger dynamically opens up the Open Ports in the firewall when an application on the LAN initiates a TCP UDP connection to a remote party using the Triggering Ports The Router allows the remote party from the WAN side to establish new connections back to the application on the LAN side using the Open Ports A maximum 32 entries can be configured Figure 30 Advanced Setup NAT Port Triggering 27 ...

Page 28: ...cation or creating your own Custom application and click Save Apply to add it To delete the configured rule s check the Remove box of the specific rule s and click on Remove Figure 31 Advanced Setup NAT Add Port Triggering 5 3 3 DMZ Host The DSL router will forward IP packets from the WAN that do not belong to any of the applications configured in the Virtual Servers table to the DMZ host computer...

Page 29: ... Outgoing IP Filtering By default all outgoing IP traffic from LAN is allowed but some IP traffic can be BLOCKED by setting up filters Choose Add to configure outgoing IP filters To remove check the item and click Remove Figure 33 Advanced Setup Firewall Outgoing IP Filtering The screen allows you to create a filter rule to identify outgoing IP traffic by 29 ...

Page 30: ... that prevents a local PC IP address 192 168 1 100 from surfing the Internet Figure 34 Advanced Setup Firewall Add new Outgoing IP Filter 5 4 2 Firewall Incoming IP Filtering By default all incoming IP traffic from the WAN is blocked when the firewall is enabled However some IP traffic can be ACCEPTED by setting up filters Choose Add to configure incoming IP filters To remove check the item and cl...

Page 31: ...y to save and activate the filter Figure 36 shows the configuration that allows a remote PC IP address 10 0 12 254 to access the local FTP server Figure 36 Advanced Setup Firewall Add new Incoming IP Filter 5 4 3 Firewall Parental Control Parental Control allows user to create time of day restriction to a special LAN device connected to the Router Click Add to configure restriction rules To remove...

Page 32: ...here the browser is running To restrict other LAN device click the Other MAC Address button and enter the MAC address of the other LAN device To find out the MAC address of a Windows based PC go to command window and type ipconfig all Click Save Apply to save and activate the restriction rule Figure 38 Advanced Setup Firewall Add new Parental Control 32 ...

Page 33: ...y provide a specific quality level to application traffic crossing a network or multiple disparate networks Figure 39 Advanced Setup Quality of Service Click on Add to create a class to identify the IP traffic by specifying at least one condition below If multiple conditions are specified all of them take effect Figure 40 Advanced Setup Add new QoS rule 33 ...

Page 34: ...oE or MER DHCP enabled PVC s If the checkbox is not selected enter the static default gateway AND OR a WAN interface Click Apply button to save it NOTE If changing the Enable Automatic Assigned Default Gateway from unselected to selected You must reboot AW4038 to activate the automatic assigned default gateway Figure 41 Advanced Setup Routing Default Gateway 5 6 2 Routing Static Route Click on Add...

Page 35: ...ination network address subnet mask gateway AND OR available WAN interface then click Apply to add the entry to the routing table Figure 43 Advanced Setup Routing Add new Static Route 5 6 3 Routing RIP The Routing Information Protocol RIP is designed for exchanging routing 35 ...

Page 36: ...ss based IP network RIP Version 2 Classless IP network Operation Active Broadcast and listen to other RIP enabled devices Operation Passive Listen only Placing a check in the Enabled checkbox for the interface to complete the configuration Click the Apply button to save the configuration To start stop RIP for AW4038 select the Enabled Disabled radio button for Global RIP Mode 5 7 DNS 5 7 1 DNS Ser...

Page 37: ... NOTE If changing from unselected Enable Automatic Assigned DNS to selected you must reboot AW4038 to get the automatic assigned DNS addresses 5 7 2 Dynamic DNS The Dynamic DNS service allows you to alias a dynamic IP address to a static hostname in any of the domains This function allows your AW4038 to be more easily accessible from various locations of the Internet Choose Add to configure Dynami...

Page 38: ...6 Advanced Setup DNS Dynamic DNS Select your Dynamic DNS service provider from D DNS provider and enter your registration information Click Save Apply to save the configuration Figure 47 Advanced Setup DNS Add Dynamic DNS 38 ...

Page 39: ...e configurations Figure 48 Wireless Setup Basic 6 2 Security Four types of wireless security are provided Shared WEP 802 1x WPA WPA2 and WPA WPA2 PSK 6 2 1 WEP WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy provides security by encrypting data over radio waves when data is transmitted from one end point to another WEP is the weakest security method but the easiest one to configure To enable WEP select the following...

Page 40: ...ere Enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal digits for 128 bit encryption keys Enter 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal digits for 64 bit encryption keys Select which key 1 4 to use from Current Network Key Click Save Apply to save the configuration Figure 50 Wireless Setup Security WEP 6 2 2 802 1X 40 ...

Page 41: ...e Apply to save your configuration Figure 51 Wireless Setup Security 802 1X 6 2 3 WPA WPA2 WPA Wi Fi Protected Access is the strongest wireless security provided by AW4038 Like 802 1X WPA must co work with RADIUS server as well To enable WPA select the following items step by step Network Authentication WPA WPA2 WPA Group Rekey Interval in seconds Default 0 no re keying RADIUS Server IPAddress Por...

Page 42: ...antage of WPA without the hassle of setting up your own RADIUS server To enable WPA PSK select WPA PSK in Network Authentication Enter 8 to 63 ASCII codes or 64 hexadecimal 0 9 A F digits in WPA Pre Shared Key Click Save Apply to save the configuration Figure 53 Wireless Setup Security WPA PSK 42 ...

Page 43: ...lete the entry select the entry and click Remove Figure 54 Wireless Setup MAC Filter 6 4 Wireless Bridge Wireless Bridge also known as Wireless Distribution System can bridge data between two APs which is particularly useful while wired cabling is not available Note only APs in same channel can be bridged AP Mode Wireless Bridge listens and answers other APs only Access Point Wireless Bridge also ...

Page 44: ...et one transmission speed or keep the default setting Auto to have the router automatically detect the fastest possible data rate Basic Rate Set Select the basic rate that wireless clients must support Fragmentation This value should remain at its default setting of 2346 The range is 256 2346 bytes This value specifies the maximum packet size before data is fragmented into multiple packets If you ...

Page 45: ...cast and multicast messages When AW4038 has buffered broadcast or multicast for associated clients it sends the next DTIM with a DTIM Interval value Its clients hear the beacons and awaken to receive the broadcast and multicast message Default 3 Beacon Interval Enter a value between 1 and 65535 milliseconds The Beacon Interval indicates the frequency interval of the beacon A beacon is a packet bro...

Page 46: ...Manual Ver1 0 Figure 56 Wireless Setup Advanced 6 6 Station Info This page shows authenticated wireless stations and their status Figure 57 Wireless Setup Station Info 46 ...

Page 47: ...onnection and connection to the Internet Service Provider If a test displays a fail status click Return Diagnostic Tests at the bottom of the page to make sure the fail status is consistent If the test continues to show fail click Help to go to the troubleshooting procedures Figure 58 Diagnostics 47 ...

Page 48: ...ns can help the system administrator to manage large amount of AW4038 efficiently Restore Default would set the AW4038 with the factory default configuration To backup the current configurations click on Backup Settings and a File Download window will pop up Figure 59 Management Settings Backup Settings Click on Save and select the destination of the backup file backupsettings cfg in your local PC...

Page 49: ...click on Browse and a Choose File window will pop up Locate the saved file and click on Update Settings AW4038 will modify its settings based on the update file Figure 61 Management Settings Update To restore the router to its factory default settings click on Restore Default Settings 49 ...

Page 50: ...ystem Log to configure the log options There are 8 events of Log Level and Display Level Emergency Alert Critical Error Warning Notice Informational and Debugging If the log mode is enabled the system will begin to log all the selected events For the Log Level all events above or equal to the selected level will be logged For the Display Level all logged events above or equal to the selected level...

Page 51: ...ded in the local memory Click on Save Apply to save the configuration Figure 64 Management System Log Configuration Click on View System Log to see the router log based on your configuration 8 3 SNMPAgent System Administrator could enable or disable the embedded SNMP Agent here SNMP Agent would allow a management application to retrieve AW4038 statistics and status Figure 65 Management SNMP Agent ...

Page 52: ...menu Or select Other and define your preferred NTP server Choose the time zone from Time zone offset Click on Save Apply to save the configuration Figure 66 Management Internet Time 8 5 Access Control AW4038 browser management tool is protected by three categories Services IP addresses and Passwords All three must be matched if configured to gain access to the management tool All services are enab...

Page 53: ...is disabled the system will not validate IP addresses for incoming packets The services are the system applications listed in the Service Control List Click Add to add an IP address to the Access Control List To remove mark the Remove option of the specified IP address then click Remove to remove the IP address from the Access Control List Up to 16 hosts can be configured here Figure 68 Management...

Page 54: ...atistics as well as update AW4038 software Use the fields below to enter up to 16 characters and click Save Apply to change or create passwords Figure 69 Management Access Control Passwords 8 6 Update Software The new software could be updated from the Local PC connected to AW4038 via Ethernet cable Click on Browse to locate the new software image file in the PC And then Click on Update Software t...

Page 55: ...ent Update Software 8 7 Save Reboot Click Reboot Router to reboot AW4038 AW4038 would automatically save the configuration before reboot so that modified settings would take effect after reboot Figure 71 Management Save and Reboot 55 ...

Page 56: ...ge displays AW4038 s hardware software information and DSL connection status Figure 72 Device Info Summary 9 2 WAN This page displays AW4038 s WAN interface information and connection status Figure 73 Device Info WAN 9 3 Statistics 9 3 1 LAN WAN 56 ...

Page 57: ... packets transmitted and received status of AW4038 s LAN WAN interfaces Figure 74 Device Info Statistics LAN Figure 75 Device Info Statistics WAN 9 3 2 ATM This page displays the statistics of AW4038 s ATM interface including AAL5 57 ...

Page 58: ...Manual Ver1 0 Figure 76 Device Info Statistics ATM 9 3 3 ADSL This page displays AW4038 s ADSL connection information and status such as rate SNR ES Error Second etc 58 ...

Page 59: ...Manual Ver1 0 Figure 77 Device Info Statistics ADSL 9 4 Route This page displays AW4038 s routing table Figure 78 Device Info Route 9 5 ARP This page displays AW4038 s ARP table 59 ...

Page 60: ...Manual Ver1 0 Figure 79 Device Info ARP 60 ...

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