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6381-A4 Router Users Guide

Installing USB Drivers

The following instructions will guide you through the installation of the USB driver.

Windows 2000

When you attach the USB cable into the modem for the first time and turn on the device, the
Found New Hardware window will pop up.

The Found New Hardware Wizard will appear shortly after informing you that a USB driver
is needed. Click Next to continue with the installation.

Summary of Contents for 6381-A4 Series

Page 1: ...6381 A4 Combination Modem with in line Filter Users Guide Document Part Number 830 01935 01 November 2008 ...

Page 2: ...al or otherwise or disclosed to third parties without the express written permission from Zhone Technologies Inc Bitstorm EtherXtend IMACS MALC MXK Raptor SLMS Z Edge Zhone ZMS zNID and the Zhone logo are trademarks of Zhone Technologies Inc Zhone Technologies makes no representation or warranties with respect to the contents hereof and specifically disclaims any implied warranties of merchantabil...

Page 3: ...nd inspection authorities to ensure compliance 7 A rare phenomenon can create a voltage potential between the earth grounds of two or more buildings If products installed in separate buildings are interconnected the voltage potential may cause a hazardous condition Consult a qualified electrical consultant to determine whether or not this phenomenon exists and if necessary implement corrective act...

Page 4: ...ed by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technicia...

Page 5: ...ake no repairs to the equipment Connection to party line service is subject to state tariffs Contact the state public utility commission public service commission or corporation commission for information If the site has specially wired alarm equipment connected to the telephone line ensure the installation of the modem does not disable the alarm equipment If you have questions about what will dis...

Page 6: ...cte toutes les exigences du règlement sur le matérial brouilleur du Canada Japan Notices This is a Class B product based on the standard of the Voluntary Control Council for Interference from Information Technology Equipment VCCI If this is used near a radio or television receiver in a domestic environment it may cause radio interference Install and use the equipment according to the instruction m...

Page 7: ...llation and PC Setup 19 Overview 19 Connecting your hardware 19 Mounting the Modem 20 Configuring Your Computer 21 Windows 2000 21 Windows XP 22 Installing USB Drivers 23 Windows 2000 23 Chapter 3 The Web User Interface 29 Log in to the Modem 29 Home 31 Quick Start 32 WAN Setup 33 New Connection 33 PPPoE Connection Setup 34 PPPoA Connection Setup 39 Static Connection Setup 42 DHCP Connection Setup...

Page 8: ...2 Configuration 97 Ingress Layer 3 Configuration 98 Ingress Static Configuration 99 Ingress Payload Database Configuration 100 Egress 103 No Egress Mode 103 Egress Layer 2 Configuration 104 WLAN QoS Support 105 Shaper 105 Example 1 HTB Queue Discipline Enabled 106 Example 2 Low Latency Queue Discipline Enabled 107 Example 3 PRIOWRR Enabled 107 Access Control 108 Chapter 4 Tools 110 System Commands...

Page 9: ...Router Is Not Functional 122 You Cannot Connect to the Router 122 LEDs Blink in a Sequential Pattern 122 The Status LED Continues to Blink 122 The Status LED is Always Off 123 Diagnosing Problems using IP Utilities 123 Ping 123 Nslookup 124 Appendix A Glossary 125 ...

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Page 11: ...nstructional warns of potential damage to system equipment or data and warns of potential injury or death Carefully read and follow the instructions included in this document Caution A caution alerts users to conditions or actions that could damage equipment or data Note A note provides important supplemental or amplified information Tip A tip provides additional information that enables users to ...

Page 12: ... users Italic Used for book titles chapter titles file path names notes in body text requiring special attention section titles emphasized terms and variables PLAIN UPPER CASE Used for environment variables Command Syntax Brackets indicate optional syntax Vertical bar indicates the OR symbol Acronyms The following acronyms are related to Zhone products and may appear throughout this manual Table 1...

Page 13: ...LMS Single Line Multi Service SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol VoIP Voice over IP VoWi Fi Voice over Wifi VPN Virtual Private Network WEP Wired Equivalent Privacy Wi Fi Wireless Fidelity IEEE 802 11 wireless networking WMM Wi Fi Multimedia WPA Wi Fi Protected Access ZMS Zhone Management System ...

Page 14: ... return a product for repair under warranty contact GSS The contact information is as follows E mail support zhone com Telephone North America 877 ZHONE20 877 946 6320 Telephone International 510 777 7133 Internet www zhone com support If you purchased the product from an authorized dealer distributor Value Added Reseller VAR or third party contact that supplier for technical assistance and warran...

Page 15: ...r network Compatibility with virtually all standard Internet applications Address filtering and DMZ hosting Downloadable flash software upgrades Support for up to eight Permanent Virtual Circuits PVCs Support for up to two PPPoE sessions TR 069 support This User Guide will show you how to connect your 6381 A4 and how to customize its configuration to get the most out of your new product System Req...

Page 16: ...g do not obstruct the ventilation openings of the device Plug the device into a surge protector to reduce the risk of damage from power surges and lightning strikes Operate this equipment only from an electrical outlet with the correct power source as indicated on the adapter Do not open the cover of the device Opening the cover will void any warranties on the equipment Unplug equipment first befo...

Page 17: ...Carrier has been detected and modem is trying to train Activity Flashing Flickers according to the amount of transmitted or received DSL traffic present Solid Ethernet interface is successfully connected to a device through the LAN port No Light Connection not established or cable is not connected LAN Flashing An indication of any network activity Solid USB interface is successfully connected to a...

Page 18: ...phone no external splitter necessary unit has internal splitter USB USB cable connects to the PC LAN RJ 45 connects the unit to an Ethernet device such as a PC or a switch Reset Default No reset function on this model Default settings press the button for 7 seconds or longer to revert to factory default settings Power Connects to the power adapter ...

Page 19: ...ce with your telephone company or other Internet service provider ISP Connecting your hardware Shut down your PC before connecting the router To connect your modem 1 Connect the ADSL Line and Telephone Connect one end of an RJ 11 cable from your ADSL connection and the other end to the LINE port of the modem Use a second RJ 11 cable to connect between a telephone and the PHONE port of the modem 2 ...

Page 20: ...cable can be used The modem automatically recognizes the type of connection that is required 3 Connect the Power Adapter Complete the process by connecting the AC power adapter to the POWER connector on the back of the device and plug the adapter into a wall outlet or power strip Then turn on and boot up your PC and any LAN devices such as hubs or switches and any computers connected to them Mount...

Page 21: ...ial up Connections in that order 2 Click Local Area Connection When you have the Local Area Connection Status window open click Properties 3 Listed in the window are the installed network components If the list includes Internet Protocol TCP IP then the protocol has already been enabled and you can skip to Step 10 4 If Internet Protocol TCP IP does not appear as an installed component then click I...

Page 22: ...the Local Area Connection window are the installed network components Make sure the box for Internet Protocol TCP IP is checked and then click Properties 4 In the Internet Protocol TCP IP Properties dialog box click the radio button labelled 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 5 Cl...

Page 23: ...llation of the USB driver Windows 2000 1 When you attach the USB cable into the modem for the first time and turn on the device the Found New Hardware window will pop up 2 The Found New Hardware Wizard will appear shortly after informing you that a USB driver is needed Click Next to continue with the installation ...

Page 24: ...re Device Drivers screen explains what a driver is and why you need it in order to run your modem using the USB plug Typically you will need to select the first option the recommended option of searching for a suitable driver for your device Click Next ...

Page 25: ...s Guide 25 4 Insert the USB driver installation CD if you have not already done so Click CD ROM drives and Specify a location and click Next 5 Click Browse and select the E drive where the CD ROM is located Then click OK ...

Page 26: ...ith the TI sangam inf file automatically appearing in the File name drop down window Click Open to continue 7 The Driver Files Search Results step allows you to confirm the inf file that will be installed thus allowing you to confirm that ti sangam inf is the USB driver that will be installed Click Next ...

Page 27: ...6381 A4 Router Users Guide 27 8 Click Yes to continue the installation 9 Once the driver has been installed the Found New Hardware Wizard confirms installation Click Finish ...

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Page 29: ...onsists of that PC You may also create connections for various protocol options by creating new connections To configure your modem you will first need to log in to the modem Notes Before configuring your router make sure you have followed the instructions in Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and PC Setup If you see a login redirection screen when you access the web interface verify that JavaScript ...

Page 30: ...6381 A4 Router Users Guide 30 The user name password are Admin Admin and both are case sensitive ...

Page 31: ...nd WAN connections configure the router s security routing and filtering access debugging tools obtain the status of the router and view the online help The footer displays router status connection information and other useful information Click Log Out to close the session Refresh to update the status display or Quick Start to configure basic options ...

Page 32: ...the Quick Start button on the Home page The Quick Start page gives you quick access to setting up three types of connections See New Connection on page 33 for more connection options DHCP The address of the router is automatically assigned PPPoE Your service provider has restricted access by name and password Static Your service provider has supplied a specific network address for your router ...

Page 33: ... Your Default modem Your primary DNS IP address Since multiple users can use the modem the modem can simultaneously support multiple connection types Hence the user must set up different profiles for each connection The modem supports the following protocols DHCP PPPoA PPPoE Static Bridge CLIP New Connection A new connection is basically a virtual connection Your router can support up to 8 differe...

Page 34: ...ontrol can all be done on a per user rather than per site basis To configure the modem router for PPPoE 1 From the Home page click Setup and then click New Connection The default PPPoE connection setup is displayed 2 In the Name text box enter a unique name for the connection The name must not have spaces and cannot begin with numbers 3 In the Type dropdown select PPPoE The PPPoE connection setup ...

Page 35: ...he timeout feature enter a zero in this field Authentication Specifies the authentication protocol Auto the protocol is selected by the Central Office modem PAP Password Authentication Protocol CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol Microsoft CHAP v2 is also supported with the Auto and CHAP options However MS CHAP v1 is not supported Keep Alive When the On Demand option is not enabled th...

Page 36: ...nitiated from a LAN side device Host Trigger This field is used in conjunction with the On Demand feature and is enabled only when the On Demand field is checked There are three types of packets LAN packets type 1 packets routed through the RG from LAN to WAN Proxied packets type 2 packets generated by the RG after receiving packets from the LAN side such as DNS proxy Locally generated packets typ...

Page 37: ...feature itself is also configurable in that the auto search mechanism can be disabled Upon DSL synchronization end to end OAM pings will be conducted for each defined PVC The result of the pings will be recorded in an array for later use to determine the usability of the particular PVC for connectivity This list helps the PVC manage the available PVC for use and needs to be synchronized with conne...

Page 38: ...may also enter PCR Peak Cell Rate SCR Sustainable Cell Rate MBS Maximum Burst Size CDVT Cell Delay Variation Tolerance 9 To complete the connection you must now click the Apply button The Apply button will temporarily save this connection To make the change permanent click Tools at the top of the page and select System Commands On the System Commands page click Save All ...

Page 39: ...cating users LLC and VC are two different methods of encapsulating the PPP packet Contact your ISP to make sure which encapsulation is being supported By selecting PPPoA you force your router to act as the termination point for the PPPoA connection This frees up your PC resources and allows multiple users to utilize the PPPoA connection To configure the router for PPPoA 1 From the Home page click ...

Page 40: ... PPP Settings section enter values as supplied by your ISP PPP Settings Encapsulation The technique used by layered protocols in which a layer adds header information to the protocol data unit PDU from the layer above As an example in Internet terminology a packet would contain a header from the data link layer followed by a header from the network layer IP followed by a header from the transport ...

Page 41: ...lities The Debug option is used by ISP technical support and ODM OEM testers to simulate packets going through the network from the WAN side PPP Unnumbered Specifies that the calling and answering routers will not request IP addresses PPP Unnumbered is a special feature It enables the ISP to designate a block of public IP addresses to the customer where it is statically assigned on the LAN side PP...

Page 42: ...e servers give you access to other web servers The valid IP addresses range is from 1 0 0 0 to 223 255 255 254 To configure the router for a Static connection 1 From the Home page click Setup and then click New Connection The default PPPoE connection setup is displayed as the default setup 2 In the Type dropdown select Static The Static connection setup page is displayed 3 In the Name text box ent...

Page 43: ...ection or a Routed connection as provided by your ISP 8 In the PVC Settings section enter values for VPI and VCI as supplied by your ISP For more information please see PVC Settings from the PPPoE Setup procedure 9 Select the quality of service QOS Leave the default value if your ISP did not provide this information The PCR SCR and MBS fields are enabled disabled depending on the QoS selection Ent...

Page 44: ...ly assigned and is not known prior to assignment To configure the router for a DHCP connection 1 From the Home page click Setup and then click New Connection The default PPPoE connection setup is displayed as the default setup 2 In the Type dropdown select DHCP The DHCP connection setup page is displayed 3 In the Name text box enter a unique name for the DHCP connection The name must not have spac...

Page 45: ...section enter values for VPI and VCI as supplied by your ISP For more information please see PVC Settings from the PPPoE Setup procedure 7 Select the quality of service QOS Leave the default value if your ISP did not provide this information Depending on the QoS you select you may also enter PCR Peak Cell Rate SCR Sustainable Cell Rate MBS Maximum Burst Size CDVT Cell Delay Variation Tolerance 8 T...

Page 46: ... the LAN interface To configure the 6381 as a bridge 1 From the Home page click Setup and then click New Connection The default PPPoE connection setup is displayed 2 In the Type dropdown select Bridge The Bridge connection setup page is displayed 3 In the Name text box enter a unique name for the bridge The name must not have spaces and cannot begin with numbers 4 Network Address Translation NAT a...

Page 47: ...ble LAN Group 1 LAN Group 2 LAN Group 3 None This bridged connection will be added to the selected LAN group If you select None the connection is not added to any LAN group but to the Interfaces box on the LAN Configuration page which can be configured to a LAN group on the same page 6 In the PVC Settings section enter values for VPI and VCI as supplied by your ISP For more information please see ...

Page 48: ...P support encapsulates an IP datagram in an AAL5 PDU frame using RFC 2225 and it uses an ATM aware version of the address resolution protocol ATMARP The 6381 s CLIP support only allows support for PVCs SVCs are not supported by the 6381 RG To configure a CLIP connection 1 From the Home page click Setup and then click New Connection The default PPPoE connection setup is displayed 2 In the Type drop...

Page 49: ...on provided by your ISP Mask Subnet mask provided by your ISP ARP Server IP address of the Address Resolution Protocol ARP server provided by your ISP Default Gateway If checked this WAN connection acts as the default gateway to the Internet 7 Select the quality of service QOS Leave the default value if your ISP did not provide this information Depending on the QoS you select you may also enter PC...

Page 50: ...hanges as appropriate 4 Click Apply The Apply button will temporarily save this connection To make the change permanent click Tools at the top of the page and select System Commands On the System Commands page click Save All Delete a Connection To delete a connection 1 From the top navigation bar click Setup 2 In the left hand navigation pane select the connection you want to modify The connection...

Page 51: ...tup page allows you to select any combination of DSL training modes including NO_MODE ADSL_G dmt G Discrete Multi Tone G dmt G 992 1 ADSL_G lite G lite G 992 2 ADSL_G dmt bis ADSL_2plus ADSL_ANSI_T1 413 Multi_MODE ADSL_G dmt bis_AnxM ADSL_2plus_AnxM ...

Page 52: ... to stay in LAN group 1 Each LAN group can then be configured with static IP address dynamic IP address or be unmanaged no IP LAN Configuration By default both the Ethernet port and USB port are in LAN Group 1 The USB port may be removed from LAN Group 1 and added to LAN Group 2 for configuring separately You can configure the USB interface and WLAN interfaces to a different LAN group however the ...

Page 53: ...dge Obtain an IP address automatically When this function is enabled your RG acts like a client and requests an IP address from the DHCP server on the LAN side IP Address You can retrieve renew an IP address from the DHCP server using the Release and Renew buttons Netmask The subnet mask of your 6381 RG PPP IP Address Enables disables PPP unnumbered feature IP Address The IP address should be diff...

Page 54: ... the RG if your host has DHCP enabled End IP The End IP Address is where the DHCP server stops issuing IP addresses The ending address cannot exceed a subnet limit of 254 hence the max value for the default gateway is 192 168 1 254 If the DHCP server runs out of DHCP addresses users do not get access to network resources If this happens you can increase the Ending IP address to the limit of 254 or...

Page 55: ... If you already have a DHCP server running on your network do not enable the router s DHCP server To enable DHCP 1 From the navigation bar at the top click Setup 2 Under LAN Setup select LAN Configuration This will bring up the LAN Configuration Screen 3 In the LAN Group 1 window click the Configure link to the right of the LAN group 1 window The LAN Group 1 Configuration screen appears ...

Page 56: ...ddresses to be 192 128 1 2 and 192 128 1 100 you will not be able to communicate with the router if your PC has DHCP enabled 7 In the Lease Time text box enter the number of seconds a user will be allowed to be connected to the router with their dynamic IP address 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 ...

Page 57: ...ith the default gateway address The Hostname can be any alphanumeric word beginning with a letter and containing no spaces The domain name is used to in conjunction with the host name to uniquely identify the router To change the router s IP address 1 In the navigation bar at the top of the screen click Setup 2 Under LAN Setup select LAN Configuration This will bring up the LAN Configuration Scree...

Page 58: ...t of configuration screen at any time 1 When the Setup Advanced Tools Status or Help screens are selected click Log Out From the Home page click the Log Out button 2 Click the Save button to save your configurations and then click on Log Out to exit ...

Page 59: ...HTTP based socket listening for UPnP requests With NAT Traversal when an UPnP command is received to open ports in NAT the application translates the request into IP table commands to open the ports in NAT and the firewall mapping them back to the IP address of the PC on the LAN making the request The connection to open the ports on is given to UPnP when it starts up and is part of the configurati...

Page 60: ...k Advanced 2 From the left hand navigation pane select UPnP This will bring up the screen shown below 3 Check Enable UPnP and then select which connection WAN or LAN will utilize UPnP 4 Click Apply The Apply button will temporarily save this connection To make the change permanent click Tools at the top of the page and select System Commands On the System Commands page click Save All ...

Page 61: ...ith IETF RFC 2030 The system clock time in the 6381 can be configured to send client requests to the configured SNTP server addresses periodically The main function of the Simple Network Time Protocol SNTP is to provide the network with a precise time based on Internet standards Enter the information of the SNTP server to which you will be connecting To configure SNTP 1 From the navigation bar at ...

Page 62: ...ned Timeout If the RG failed to connect to a SNTP server within the Timeout period it retries the connection Polling Interval The amount of time between a successful connection with a SNTP server and a new attempt to connect to an SNTP server Retry Count The number of times the RG tries to connect to an SNTP server before it tries to connect to the next server in line Time Zone The time zone in wh...

Page 63: ...ss an Internet application they must use the WAN IP address The port forwarding will translate the WAN IP address into a LAN IP address NOTE To configure a port you must have an existing LAN client with an IP address You can add a LAN client on the LAN Clients page A database of predefined port forwarding rules allows you to apply one or more rules to one or more members of a defined LAN group You...

Page 64: ...a layer of security protection for hosts behind the firewall Custom Port Forwarding This link takes you to the Custom Port Forwarding page Category Custom and user defined categories Available Rules Predefined and user defined IP filtering rules for each category Applied Rules Lists the IP filtering rules you elect to apply for each given category 4 Select the available rules for a given category ...

Page 65: ...Port Start Port End and Port Map fields and then click Apply 6 Continue to add rules as they apply from each category 7 Click Apply The Apply button will temporarily save this connection To make the change permanent click Tools at the top of the page and select System Commands On the System Commands page click Save All ...

Page 66: ...AN IP Address Select the LAN IP address you are going to use as the DMZ host This host is exposed to the Internet Be aware that this feature may expose your local network to security risks LAN Clients This link takes you to the LAN Clients page More information on LAN Clients can be found See LAN Clients on page 72 3 Select the WAN Connection LAN Group and LAN IP Address DMZ is configurable per LA...

Page 67: ...his rule is automatically applied when you click the Apply button Application Name of the application for which your ports will be opened Protocol There are three options available TCP UDP and TCP and UDP Source IP Address You can define the source IP address from which the incoming traffic is allowed Enter 0 0 0 0 for all Source Netmask Netmask of the source IP address Enter 255 255 255 255 for a...

Page 68: ...NOTE Wildcard entries are allowed for IP Address Netmask and Port range fields 4 Click Apply The Apply button will temporarily save this connection To make the change permanent click Tools at the top of the page and select System Commands On the System Commands page click Save All ...

Page 69: ...be applied LAN IP Select the IP address in the given LAN group to which the IP Filters feature will be applied Block All Traffic When checked complete network access is blocked for the specific IP address Block Outgoing Ping Blocking outgoing ping ICMP generated from a particular LAN IP can be used if your host has a virus that attempts a Ping of Death Denial of Service attack Custom IP Filters Th...

Page 70: ...r and then click New The New View and Delete buttons become available only when the User category is selected All the custom rules you create fall under the User Category The Rule Management page populates for you to create new rules Enter Rule Name Protocol Port Start Port End and Port Map fields and then click Apply The rules you create will appear in the Available Rules box in the User category...

Page 71: ...ally applied when you click Apply Source IP The LAN side source IP address assigned to outgoing traffic on which filtering is applied Source Netmask Netmask of the source IP on your LAN side Destination IP You can define the destination IP address to which your source IP will be banned access Enter 0 0 0 0 for all Destination Netmask Netmask of the destination IP Enter 255 255 255 255 for all Port...

Page 72: ... this 6381 RG or static host has a manually configured IP address You can add a static IP address belonging to the 6381 RG s LAN subnet using the LAN Clients page Any existing static entry falling within the DHCP server s range can be deleted and the IP address is made available for future allocation Dynamic clients will only be displayed in the list only when the DHCP server is running ...

Page 73: ...ents If DHCP is used all DHCP clients are automatically assigned If a fixed IP address server is on the LAN and you want this server to be visible via the WAN you must add its IP address Once the IP address has been added you can apply Port Forwarding and Access Control rules to this IP address 3 Click Apply The Apply button will temporarily save this connection To make the change permanent click ...

Page 74: ...namic Address click Reserve then Apply 4 Click Apply The Apply button will temporarily save this connection To make the change permanent click Tools at the top of the page and select System Commands On the System Commands page click Save All ...

Page 75: ...ock traffic between LAN groups 1 From the navigation bar at the top of the screen click Advanced 2 From the left hand navigation pane select LAN Isolation 3 Enter a check in the Disable traffic between check box 4 From the Disable traffic between dropdowns select the LAN groups to isolate from each other 5 Click Apply The Apply button will temporarily save this connection To make the change perman...

Page 76: ...e a temporary user account for a remote access to your 6381 RG 1 Check WAN Update to enable write privilege of the 6381 RG 2 Check WAN Access to enable read privilege of the 6381 RG 3 Enter a user name and password in the User Name and Password fields and communicate it to the service technician to whom you are giving this privilege 4 Enter a port number In the Port field for example 51003 5 Click...

Page 77: ... the account is enabled the user is expected to log in within 20 active minutes otherwise the account expires Once the user has logged in if the session remains inactive for more than 20 minutes the user will be logged out and the account expires ...

Page 78: ...ing any add edit or delete operation It can also be set unset independently by clicking Apply Enable Bridge Filter Management Interface When checked it enables the Bridge Filter Management Interface field This ensures that you do not get locked out of the RG on the interface of the LAN group specified in the next two fields Select LAN Select your LAN group to enable the Bridge Filter Management In...

Page 79: ...can be used in the MAC address space and would be considered also as automatically allow Note On a windows based machine you can find a MAC address with the ipconfig program At a command prompt type ipconfig all 5 To edit modify an existing filter rule select the desired rule created previously from Add in the Edit select box The selected filter rule will appear on top section as with the Add filt...

Page 80: ... different DDNS service providers A charge may occur depends on the service you select DDNS Client Enables disables the DDNS client feature for the WAN connection This field is disabled by default User Name User name assigned by the DDNS service provider Password Password assigned by the DDNS service provider Domain Name Domain name to be registered with the DDNS server To connect to a DDNS Server...

Page 81: ...in Name to be registered with the DDNS server 7 Click Apply The Apply button will temporarily save this connection To make the change permanent click Tools at the top of the page and select System Commands On the System Commands page click Save All ...

Page 82: ...e multicast feature also enables you to receive multicast video streams from multicast servers With multicast datagrams are sent to all hosts in a Host Group A host group is a set of one or more hosts identified by a single IP destination address Host groups follow these standards Anyone can join or leave a host group at will There are no restrictions on a host s location There are no restrictions...

Page 83: ... hosts on the LAN side WAN interface on which the multicast router exists Upstream Interface s of any LAN groups receiving multicast Downstream Interface s of any WAN groups receiving multicast Downstream Interface s of any LAN or WAN groups not receiving or providing multicast ignore LAN Interfaces as the Upstream IGMP Proxy The multicast is on the LAN side Hosts on the Hosts on the WAN network c...

Page 84: ...de As shown above the WAN interface DHCP1 is enabled as the upstream IGMP interface which forwards IGMP requests from LAN group 1 to the multicast router on the network and forwards multicast frames from the multicast router to hosts on the downstream interface LAN group 1 No IGMP request nor data multicast are forwarded to PPPoE1 or LAN Group 2 To configure a WAN interface as the Upstream IGMP Pr...

Page 85: ... procedure applies when the multicast server in on the LAN side Hosts on the network can sent IGMP request from the WAN side through the LAN interface And the LAN interface acting as the upstream interface forwards data multicast from the LAN side multicast server to hosts on the network In the example shown above there is a multicast router on the LAN side and LAN Group 1 interface is enabled as ...

Page 86: ... groups to and whether they should allow IGMP proxies from upstream or downstream To match the example above DHCP1 Downstream PPPoE1 Downstream LAN group 1 Upstream LAN group 2 Ignore LAN group 3 Downstream 5 Click Apply The Apply button will temporarily save this connection To make the change permanent click Tools at the top of the page and select System Commands On the System Commands page click...

Page 87: ... domain the network address is the first three fields of the New Destination IP while the last field should be 0 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 Gateway Gateway is the IP address of the device that allows contact between the modem and the remote network or h...

Page 88: ...ork IP address of the subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 the subnet mask Gateway 192 168 1 5 the LAN side IP address of the second router through which the stations in the subnet access the network Metric 0 You are telling the RG that a new subnet with an IP of 10 0 0 0 and a netmask of 255 255 255 0 has been added and can access the RG via station 192 168 1 5 The metric is 0 since the subnet is one level ...

Page 89: ...on the network The 6381 support RIP across both WAN and LAN interfaces RIP enabled routers send out updates of its routing table periodically and accepts updates from other routers to add delete or modify routes in its routing table The router will also send updates to its routing table upon request You can enable dynamic routing on all routers so you do not have to manually enter the individual r...

Page 90: ... router it dynamically learns provides routes on all its configured interfaces This parameter allows you to select the interfaces on which RIP is expected to learn and distribute routing information This feature allows you to control how and which routes get distributed through the network For example by selecting In only mode routes to private LAN networks are prevented from being sent over to th...

Page 91: ...s will be updated In The router will only incorporate received RIP information Out The router will only send out RIP information Both The router will incorporate received RIP information and send out updated RIP information None Dynamic routing is disabled for this interface Use when dynamic routing is enabled for other interfaces To match the example above LAN group 1 Both LAN group 2 Both You al...

Page 92: ...different levels of service to assign to traffic A VLAN Virtual LAN as used with Level 2 bridges uses priority bit in the VLAN header WLAN use WLAN QoS header To work with the differing means of prioritizing packets and bandwidth the 6381 maps the other priority schemes either to or from the CoS priority that it uses Upon ingress when the packet arrives on the WAN or LAN interface of the 6381 the ...

Page 93: ...d till completion CoS2 CoS5 are used for assured forwarding AF classes They are serviced in a strict round robin manner using the following priority scheme CoS2 CoS3 CoS4 CoS5 CoS6 is for best effort BE traffic This is only serviced when there is no other class of service If QoS is not enabled on your RG all traffic will be treated as best effort QoS is defined in the following four GUI pages Poli...

Page 94: ...ue ranges from 1 to 255 This field cannot be configured alone additional fields like IP Source MAC and or Ingress Interface should be configured Class of Service The selections are in the order of priority CoS1 CoS2 CoS3 CoS4 CoS5 CoS6 and N A Source IP The IP address of the traffic source Wild cards are allowed Source Mask The source IP netmask This field is required if the source IP has been ent...

Page 95: ...MSNTP 0xE4 DHCP Server 0xE5 IPtables Utility 0xE6 PPP Daemon 0xE7 IP Route 0xE8 ATM Library 0xE9 NET Tools 0xEA RIP 0xEB RIP v2 0xEC UPNP 0xEE Busybox Utility 0xEF Configuration Manager 0xF0 DropBear Utility 0xF1 Voice 0 Policy routing if selected uses the egress interface The ingress interface is not applicable if policy routing is used Currently routing algorithms make decision based on destinat...

Page 96: ...noured All packets are treated as CoS6 the best effort priority Layer2 Enables you to map an incoming packet with layer 2 MAC addresses and bridging rather than by IP address and routing with VLAN segregation for priority Only configurable on WAN interfaces Layer3 Enables you to map type of service ToS bits of incoming packets from the IP network to CoS for each WAN LAN interface Static Enables yo...

Page 97: ... only on the WAN side Class of Service The selections are in the order of descending priority CoS1 CoS2 CoS3 CoS4 CoS5 and CoS6 User Priority The selections are 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 To configure Ingress Layer 2 to CoS 1 From Interface drop down box select PPPoE to configure QoS on this WAN interface 2 Select CoS1 in Class of Service and 5 in Priority Bits Any packets with priority marking 5 is mapped t...

Page 98: ... Layer 3 page allows you to map ToS bits of incoming packets from the IP network to CoS for each WAN LAN interface Interface For both WAN and LAN interfaces you can configure QoS for layer 3 IP data traffic Class of Service This CoS field allows you to map incoming layer 3 WAN LAN packets to one of the following CoS in the order of descending priority CoS1 CoS2 CoS3 CoS4 CoS5 and CoS6 ToS The type...

Page 99: ...upon RG reboot 5 Repeat step 2 4 to add more rules to LAN Group 1 Up to 255 rules can be configured for each interface Any ToS that have not been mapped to a CoS is treated as CoS6 the lowest priority 6 Repeat step 1 5 to create rules to another WAN LAN interface Any WAN LAN interface that is not configured has the default Untrusted mode 7 To make the change permanent click Tools and select System...

Page 100: ...eboot 4 To make the change permanent click Tools and select System Commands On the System Commands page click Save All Ingress Payload Database Configuration The Policy Database Configuration page enables you to configure QoS payload database and policy routing QoS can be configured in the Ingress and Egress pages on a per interface basis The Policy Database page enables you to classify packets on...

Page 101: ...s like IP and or Source MAC should be configured This field is also required if the source port or destination port has been entered Source Port Start The starting port of the source protocol You cannot configure this field without entering the protocol first Source Port End The ending port of the source protocol You cannot configure this field without entering the protocol first Destination Port ...

Page 102: ...field enter 192 168 1 5 5 In the Destination IP Mask field enter 255 255 255 255 6 In the Protocol field leave the default selection TCP 7 Click Apply to temporarily activate the settings on the page The rule is generated at the bottom of the page 8 To make the change permanent click Tools and select System Commands On the System Commands page click Save All ...

Page 103: ...riority marking of outgoing packets work properly on IP networks To configure QoS on egress 1 From the navigation bar at the top of the screen click Advanced 2 From the left hand navigation pane select Egress 3 On the Egress page select the interface from the Interface drop down 4 Select the appropriate No Egress Layer2 or Layer3 radio button 5 Click Apply The Apply button will temporarily save th...

Page 104: ...ic to the IP network Default Non IP Locally generated packets such as ARP packets do not have a CoS marking You can define the CoS for all unclassified outgoing packets on layer 3 using this field The selections are in the order of descending priority CoS1 CoS2 CoS3 CoS4 CoS5 and CoS6 The default value is CoS1 recommended Translated ToS The Type of Service field takes values from 1 to 255 The sele...

Page 105: ...chical token bucket Low Latency Queue Discipline and PRIOWRR priority based round robin HTB Shapes the traffic of a class over the specific interface All CoSx where x 1 to 6 is assigned a specific rate that data will be shaped to meet for example if CoS1 is 100Kbps even 300Kbps of data is received on the interface only 100Kbps will be sent Of the Max Rate entered rates for each CoS channel may be ...

Page 106: ...sed To configure Shaper 1 From the navigation bar at the top of the screen click Advanced 2 From the left hand navigation pane select Shaper 3 On the Shaper page select the interface from the Interface drop down 4 Select the appropriate shaper algorithm HTB Low Latency or PRIOWRR and adjust rates as appropriate 5 Click Apply The Apply button will temporarily save this connection To make the change...

Page 107: ...e both rate based algorithm except that CoS1 is handled differently Example 3 PRIOWRR Enabled In this third example PRIOWRR is enabled Since PRIOWRR operates only on the number of packets being transmitted the max rate field has been disabled Only percentage can be assigned to the CoS2 CoS6 CoS1 is not rate controlled hence the field is not displayed When there are no CoS1 packets CoS2 CoS3 CoS4 e...

Page 108: ...n the IP Access List designated by their IP Addresses will have the access defined in the WAN or LAN group 1 column To configure access to the 6381 RG 1 From the navigation bar at the top of the screen click Advanced 2 From the left hand navigation pane select Access Control 3 To enable access to the 6381 check Enable Access Control 4 To enable access to a device within your network select the Tel...

Page 109: ...the 6381 RG select the Telnet Web FTP or TFTP options for WAN and add the IP for that address to the IP Access List 7 Click Apply The Apply button will temporarily save this connection To make the change permanent click Tools at the top of the page and select System Commands On the System Commands page click Save All ...

Page 110: ...urrent configuration of the modem If you do re start the system without saving your configuration the modem will revert back to the previously saved configuration Restart Use this button to re start the system If you have not saved your configurations the modem will revert back to the previously saved configuration upon re starting NOTE Connectivity to the unit will be lost You can reconnect after...

Page 111: ...evel Each log message is assigned a severity level which indicates how seriously the triggering event affects RG functions When you configure logging you must specify a severity level Log messages that are rated at that level or higher are sent to the syslog server and can be viewed using the syslog server application which can be downloaded from the web or comes with a linux machine You can displ...

Page 112: ...ked on the PPPoA or PPPoE Connection Setup screen User Management You can change your modem s username password and the idle timeout you will need to log back onto the modem once the timeout expires If you forget your password press and hold the reset to factory defaults button for 10 seconds The modem will reset to its factory default configuration and all custom configurations will be lost To ch...

Page 113: ...e Gateway 4 To upgrade the firmware click Browse find the firmware file to download Make sure this is the correct file 5 Click Upgrade Firmware Once the upgrade is complete the modem will reboot You will need to log back onto the modem after the firmware upgrade is complete The firmware upgrade should take less than 5 minutes to complete If it takes longer than 5 minutes something has gone wrong N...

Page 114: ...our PC connected to the modem via the default DHCP configuration you should be able to ping the network address 192 168 1 1 If your ISP has provided their server address you can try to ping the address If the pings for both the WAN and the LAN side complete and you have the proper protocols configured you should be able to access the Internet By default when you select ping test the modem will pin...

Page 115: ...em is properly connected to the WAN Network This test may take a few seconds to complete To perform the test select your connection from the list and press the Test button Before running this test make sure you have a valid DSL link If the DSL link is not connected this test will always fail ...

Page 116: ...faces Ethernet USB and DSL Connection Status Select to view the Status of different connections DHCP Clients Select to view the list of DHCP clients Modem Status Select to view the Status and Statistics of your broadband DSL connection Product Information Select to view the router s driver and run time information System Log Network Statistics Select to view the Statistics of different interfaces ...

Page 117: ...the DDNS status for the WAN connections You can view the DDNS update status of your WAN connection from the DDNS Status page The DDNS client is disabled by default for your RG When DDNS client is enabled the DDNS client updates every time the RG gets a new IP address The DDNS Status page provides you the DDNS update status of your RG ...

Page 118: ...de 118 DHCP Clients Select to view the list of DHCP clients If you have enabled the DHCP server you can view a list of the DHCP clients from the DHCP Clients page which will display MAC Address IP Address Host Name Lease Time ...

Page 119: ...6381 A4 Router Users Guide 119 QOS TCA NTCA Status This page shows modem s packet transfer statistics ...

Page 120: ...Guide 120 Modem Status The modem must be connected to DSL service in order to view the modem s status Product Information On the Product Information page information pertaining to the modem s software and hardware are shown ...

Page 121: ...lay the modem 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 ...

Page 122: ... private addresses on the LAN ports You Cannot Connect to the Router 1 Check to see that the power LED is green and that the network cables are installed correctly 2 Make sure you are not connecting the USB and the Ethernet port to the same PC at the same time 3 Make sure that your PC and the router are on the same network segment The router s default IP address is 192 168 1 1 If you are running a...

Page 123: ... you are trying to communicate On Windows based computers you can execute a ping command from the Start menu 3 Click the Start button and then click Run In the Open text box type a statement such as the following ping 192 168 1 1 or the IP address you have changed 4 Click OK You can substitute any private IP address on your LAN or a public IP address for an Internet site if known If the target com...

Page 124: ...ed computers you can execute the nslookup command from the Start menu 5 Click the Start button and then click Run In the Open text box type the following Nslookup 6 Click OK A Command Prompt window displays with a bracket prompt At the prompt type the name of the Internet address that you are interested in such as www microsoft com The window will display the associate IP address if known as shown...

Page 125: ...der to add information to the signal The voice component in DSL is an analog signal See digital ATM Asynchronous Transfer Mode A standard for high speed transmission of data text voice and video widely used within the Internet ATM data rates range from 45 Mbps to 2 5 Gbps See data rate Authenticate To verify a user s identity such as by prompting for a password Binary The base two system of number...

Page 126: ...led DNS servers For example www yahoo com is the domain name associated with IP address 216 115 108 243 When you start to access a web site a DNS server looks up the requested domain name to find its corresponding IP address If the DNS server cannot find the IP address it communicates with higher level DNS servers to determine the IP address See domain name Domain name A domain name is a user frie...

Page 127: ... of PCs on a LAN and allows communication to pass between the networked devices ICMP Internet Control Message Protocol An Internet protocol used to report errors and other network related information The ping command makes use of ICMP IEEE The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers is a technical professional society that fosters the development of standards that often become national a...

Page 128: ...Also known as encryption keys 64 bit and 128 bit encryption keys used in WEP wireless security schemes The keys encrypt data over the WLAN and only wireless PCs configured with WEP keys that correspond to the keys configured on the device can send receive encrypted data Network mask A network mask is a sequence of bits applied to an IP address to select the network ID while ignoring the host ID Bi...

Page 129: ...nes modems etc to a telephone port It is a 6 pin connector usually containing four wires RJ 45 Registered Jack Standard 45 The 8 pin plug used in transmitting data over phone lines Ethernet cabling usually uses this type of connector Routing Forwarding data between your network and the Internet on the most efficient route based on the data s destination IP address and current network conditions A ...

Page 130: ...ly UDP packets only or both Twisted pair The ordinary copper telephone wiring used by telephone companies It contains one or more wire pairs twisted together to reduce inductance and noise Each telephone line uses one pair In homes it is most often installed with two pairs For Ethernet LANs a higher grade called Category 3 CAT 3 is used for 10BASE T networks and an even higher grade called Categor...

Page 131: ...only be sent and received by users with access to a private network key Each PC on your wireless network must be manually configured with the same key as your device in order to allow wireless encrypted data transmissions Eavesdroppers cannot access your network if they do not know your private key WEP is considered to be a low security option Wireless Wireless is a term used to describe telecommu...

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