Abocom Manageable 14-port HomePNA Plus 2 Fast Ethernet Switch manual

Manageable 14-port HomePNA Plus 2 Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide M73-APO01-280[...]

REGULATORY STATEMENTS Part15, Class A 1. This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: This device may not cause harmful interface, and 2. This device must accept any interface recei ved, includi ng interface that may cause undesired o peration. T his equipm ent has been t ested and found to c[...]

FCC Part 68 Registration This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC Rules. On the button of this equ ipment is label that c ontains, am ong other info rmation, the FCC regist ration Number an d Ringer equipment Number (REN) f or the equipm ent. If reque sted, this informati on must be give n to the Telephone Company. The REN is useful to deter[...]

Table of Contents REGULATORY STATE MENTS .................................................................................... 1 Part15, Class A ............................................................................................................ 1 FCC Part 68 Re gistration .....................................................................[...]

Using Daisy-chai n Topology........................................................................................ 9 How to Manage the Switch .............................................................................................. 10 S ETUP U TILITY M ANAGE MENT ................................................................................[...]

power P L ................................................................................................................... 40 threshold P L .............................................................................................................. 41 pname P NAME.................................................................................[...]

INTRODUCTION The manageable 14-port HomePNA Switch The manageable 14-port HomePNA Switch is a device utilizing the existing telephone wiring within a building to deliver d ata an d does not interrupt r egular voice services. Data and voice run simultaneously on the same pair of wire without any rewiring. It is suitable for hotel/motel, multi-tenan [...]

Package Contents Open the box and carefully unpack the switch. You should have all the item s on the following checklist:  Manageable 14 -port Hom ePNA Switch  One power cord  Four rubber feet  Two mounti ng brackets and s crews  User’s manual  Setup diskette  Console cabl e If any item s are missing or damaged, co ntact the [...]

Parts Names and Functions Front Panel The front pa nel of the swi tch, display ed below, has fourteen 1Mbps switching p orts supported . Power Grows when the switch is powered on and self-testing. (The Power L ED dims aft er self-detecting i s done.) 1 System LEDs Warning Grows when the switch is malfunctioning. 2 HomePNA Port LEDs LINK/ACT LED Gro[...]

a RS232 Serial Port Connects to the serial port on yo ur PC with the RS- 232 cable. b HomePNA Ports Connects t o other Hom ePNA devices. c Uplink (Management) Port 10/100 Fast Ethernet port wit h MDI/MDIX a uto crossover capability. Management for the HomePNA switch through this port. d Do wnlink Port 10/100 Fast Ethernet port wit h MDI/MDIX a uto [...]

HARDWARE INSTALLATION The switch can be placed directly on your desktop, or mounted in a rack. Desktop Installation Follow these steps to install the switch on a desktop: 1. Place the four rubber feet at the corne rs of the switch. 2. Place the switch on a clean, flat desktop. 3. Plug in all network conn ections and the power cord. Rack-Mounting In[...]

MDF/IDF Connection There ar e two ways to conn ect the switch to MDF/IDF panel. Method A: Cut in the existing phone line, conn ecting th e PBX/PSTN ends to the switch LINE ports and the PCs to the PNA ports. Method B Keep the existing phon e line, pulling another conn ection line from the MDF/IDF and connect it to the PNA ports. - 6 -[...]

Connecting HomePNA Switche s to Another Fast Ethernet S w itch - 7 -[...]

EXPANDING TO MORE HOMEPNA PORTS T o expand the home netw orking ap plications, yo u could: Uplinking to a Multi-ports Ethernet S witch  Use an UTP CAT5 cable to connect the s w itch’s Uplink port to th e Uplink of another Switching-Hub, for example an 8-ports switch, as illu strated below. Check the Link LED on the 8 port switch to verify if t[...]

Using Daisy-chain Topology Use an UTP C AT5 cable to c onnect the switc h's Downlink port to anothe r's Uplink port. - 9 -[...]

HOW TO MANAGE THE SWITCH You can co nfigure this M anageable 14-por t HomePNA Switch through one of the following m ethods: 1. Setup Utility that comes with the packa ge vi a an Ethernet c onnection. 2. Local Console management i n terminal em ulation pr ogram via a RS- 232 cable connection. 3. Telnet Managem ent via an E thernet connection. 4. Web[...]

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Setup Utility Management Run the switch setup utility pro vided. Go to Start  Run. Browse to select the setup utility and click OK. When the setup utility installation is co mplete, go to Start  Programs  HomePNA  HomePNA Switch Management Utility. - 12 -[...]

Find When the ope ning screen a ppears, click Find to search for all the switches in the local network.  Local Switch Click OK when the Find Switches window pops up. It will list all the switches being found in the local network.  Remot e Switch To configure the switch ou tside the local network, you may enter th e IP address of the switch an[...]

 Remotely Confi guration with IP s haring devi ce 1. Click the Behind Firewall and check the box. 2. Enter the public IP ad dress. 3. Clic k OK. Note: With this function provided, you can manage multiple switches without knowing their IP addresses. However, it is only applicable to our company’s associated device, like CA2000 or CAS2040 , NAT [...]

Configure Select the switch that you want to manage from the switch list and press the Configure button t o change the default s ettings. The Configure dial og box is c ategorized i nto four tabs. a. Ports (configures each HomePNA port status) - 15 -[...]

 Port Status Displays the Enable/Disable status for each Ho mePNA port. Wh en the port button lights green, the port is en abled. When the port button lights red, the port is disabled. The defa ult setti ngs for all ports are Enabled . Click the port butto n to toggle between Enable/Disable status of each port.  Link Status Displays the link [...]

Displays the ports included in the VLAN Group you currently create. If you want to delete the port you previously added in the VLAN Group, you can click ▼ to remove them.  Not In Group Displays the ports not included in the VLAN Group you currently create. You can highlight the ports in the list, click ▲ to add them in the VLAN Group.  Re[...]

b. Device (manages the HomePNA Switch)  Device Name Specifies the full name of the switch. The default device name for this switch is untitled. It is changeable.  IP Address Specifies the unique IP address of your LAN. De fault : 192.168.168.168. I t is changeable.  Subnet Mask Specifies the Subnet Mask. Default : 255.255.255.0. It is chan[...]

 Adapter Addr ess Displays the hardwar e address of the switch. Read only.  Change Adm inistrator’s Pas sword Enter the user’s password in this field. Passwo rds are case sensitive. Please record the passport a nd keep it in safety. The default values hav e no password for the switch. Once you setup the administrator’s pass word and cli[...]

c. Configure (configures the paramete rs for each Home PNA port)  Label Displays the name of each port. It is changeable.  Power The default power level is 5. It is adjustable. For the best transmitting quality, you can move the arrow up or down to select the optimal lev el.  Threshold The default threshold level is 4. It is adjustable. Fo[...]

d. Statistics (displays the real-time status for each HomePNA port)  Uplink Displays packet s that the upper Fast Et hernet (Uplink ) port counts fr om other cascade switches.  Managem ent Displays the real-time data transmitting status for the HomePNA Switch. Firmware Upgrade Follow the st eps below t o upload ne w firmware: 1. Downlo ad the[...]

4. Highlight the HomePNA switch and select the Up grade button. 5. When the Upgrade window opens, th ere are two options prov ided for your choice.  Default File Replace the older firmware with the late st one in the default location (the default path followed by the file name is C:FIRMWARE.BIN.)  Specify File Replace the older firm ware wit[...]

6. When the firmware transfer is com plete, you will see the Programming…Done message displa yed on the scre en. Click finish. - 23 -[...]

Local Console Management Local Console Managem ent is done thr ough the RS- 232 Console port. Managing the switch in this mode requires a direct connectio n between a PC and th e switch. This type of managem ent is very useful w hen the netwo rk is not working an d the switch cannot be reached by any other m eans. Using Local Console Management to [...]

5. Name the new connection and sel ect an icon for this session. 6. In the Connect To dialog box, select the COM port that you used to connect to th is switch. 7. When the followi ng dialog box a ppears, set the Bits per second rate as 38400 , and Flow control at None . Click OK to complete the setting. - 25 -[...]

8. Once the connection i s successfully m ade via HyperTe rminal, press Enter to enter the configuration mode. Th e screen prompts you for th e following command. command> 9. Type help for a list of all commands. 10. Refer to the Telnet comm and for detai led descripti on of each c ommand. - 26 -[...]

Web Management Web Management provides you an easy access to set up your switch. Open the web browser, enter the IP address to th e Switch (default: 192.168 .168.168), and click “Go” to run the Web M anagement. In the hom e page, the left na vigation pane where bookm arks are provide d links you to t he representative items to set up approp ria[...]

 SAVE Click to save settings .  RESET Click to go back to the savi ng screen.  No VLANs Click to di sable VLAN.  Normal VLANs Click to return to the default value. - 28 -[...]

Device Setting  Device Name Specifies the full name of t he switch. Default : untitled. It is changeable.  IP Address Specifies the unique IP address of your LAN. De fault : 192.168.168.168 . It is changeable.  Subnet Mask Specifies the Subnet Mask. Default : 255.255.255.0. It is chang eable.  Gateway Specifies the Gateway. Def ault : 0[...]

Specifies the hardware address of the switch. Read only.  Change Pass word Enter the user’s password in this field. Passwords are case sensitive. Please record the passport a nd keep it in safety. The default values have no password for the switch. Once you setup the administ rator’s password, e very time you want to m anage or configu re th[...]

Ports Setting  Label (Port Nam e) Displays the name of each port. It is changeable.  Power The default power level is 5. It is adju stable. For the best tran smitting quality, you can move the arrow up or down to select the optimal lev el.  Threshold The default threshold level is 4. It is adjustable. For the best receiving quality, you ca[...]

View Stats (statistic)  Label Displays the name of each port. It is changeable in Device Setting page.  Port Displays the port nu mber of each port.  RX Displays the real-tim e data receiving byte co unts for each HomePNA port.  TX Displays the real-time data transmitting byte counts for each HomePNA port.  Link Displays that which p[...]

Telnet Management Telnet is do ne over the net work. You can manage the switch via Tel net. First you have to assign a unique IP address to the switch, th en you can use the Telnet Mana gement method. Follow these steps to manage the Switch 1. Assign an IP address to the switch Run Telnet (e.g., telnet 192.168.168.168 , which is the factory default[...]

Passwd Change administrator's password Set Configure device in batch List List port status Uptime System name and uptime enable P enable port P eg: enable 12 disable P disable port P eg: disable 2 Quit Exit to login prompt Reboot Restart device power P L sets transmit power threshold P L sets receive threshold pname P NAME sets port name P to [...]

passwd No password i s required for the first tim e login. Password ca n be set up t o six characters long. Password is case sensitive. Example: command>passwd Please type old password : type new password (0 to 6 characters) : re-type new password (0 to 6 characters) : Password has been changed. set Allows you to change t he switch’s IP addres[...]

Gateway : [192.168.1.254] Save and reboot ?(Yes/No) : [No] list Displays the st atus of each port. Example: command>list Port Enable Power Threshold RxCounter TxCounter Link label ==== ====== ===== ========= ========= ========= ==== ===== 0 Yes 5 4 110 6128 management 1 Yes 5 4 0 6029 port 1 2 Yes 5 4 0 6029 port 2 3 Yes 5 4 0 6029 port 3 4 Yes [...]

uptime Displays how much time the switch has been running. Example: command>uptime System Name:Untitled System Uptime:90 seconds. enable # Each port can be set t o enabled or disabled. You can onl y log in po rts which a re enabled, and make ch anges on them. After performi ng this command, there will be a listing of ports displayed on the scree[...]

9 Yes 5 4 0 10170 port 9 10 Yes 5 4 0 10170 port 10 11 Yes 5 4 0 10170 port 11 12 Yes 5 4 0 10170 port 12 13 Yes 5 4 0 10170 port 13 14 Yes 5 4 0 10170 port 14 15 Yes 5 4 0 0 Link downlink 16 Yes 5 4 10333 180 Link uplink disable # Each port can be set t o enabled or disabled . Disabled port cannot log in and no changes can be made. After performin[...]

10 Yes 5 4 0 10170 port 10 11 Yes 5 4 0 10170 port 11 12 Yes 5 4 0 10170 port 12 13 Yes 5 4 0 10170 port 13 14 Yes 5 4 0 10170 port 14 15 Yes 5 4 0 0 Link downlink 16 Yes 5 4 10333 180 Link uplink quit This command allows you to exit the log in prompt. Example: command>quit Bye ! reboot This command allows you to restart the switch, which simula[...]

power P L This command allows you to adjust the transmitting level for each Hom ePNA port. * P: HomePNA Port # (1-14) * L: Level (1 -10) Example: command>power 5 2 Port Enable Power Threshold RxCounter TxCounter Link label ==== ====== ===== ========= ========= ========= ==== ===== 0 Yes 5 4 180 10332 management 1 Yes 5 4 0 10170 port 1 2 No 5 4 [...]

threshold P L This command allows you to adjust the receiving level for each HomePNA port. * P: HomePNA Port # (1-14) * L: Level (1 -10) Example: command>threshold 5 2 Port Enable Power Threshold RxCounter TxCounter Link label ==== ====== ===== ========= ========= ========= ==== ===== 0 Yes 5 4 180 10332 management 1 Yes 5 4 0 10170 port 1 2 No [...]

pname P NAME This command allows you to chan ge name for each Hom ePNA ports. Example: command>pname 5 Home5 name [newname] The command allows you to set or disp lay the system’s name. Example: command>name HSM1402 Setting Name to hsm1402 (Sets the switch’s name) command>name Switch Name:hsm1402 online for :1104 seconds. (Displays the [...]

Example: command>private public SNMP private community string set to public vlist This command allows you to view the virtual LAN Group st atus for each port. Example: Command>vlist Port #: 1 1 1 1 1 D U Port #: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 N P Group 0: V V Group 1: V V V V Group 2: V V Group 4: V V Group 4: V V Group 5: V V V V Group 6: V V[...]

vset GP This command allows you to create new VL AN Groups. The follo wing example shows you how t o add Port 3, Port 5 in the VLA N Group 1. G: VLAN Group # (1-14 ) P: HomePNA Port # (1-14) Example: command>vset 1 3 5 Port #: 1 1 1 1 1 D U Port #: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 N P Group 0: V V Group 1: V V V V Group 2: V V Group 4: V V V V Grou[...]

vclr GP This command allows you to delete VLAN settin gs. The following example shows you how to rem ove Port 3, Po rt 5 from VLAN Group 1. Example: command>vclr 3 5 1 Port #: 1 1 1 1 1 D U Port #: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 N P Group 0: V V Group 1: V V Group 2: V V Group 4: V V Group 4: V V Group 5: V V Group 6: V V Group 7: V V Group 8: V [...]

vrst This command allows you to reset VLAN Groups. Example: command>vrst Resetting VLAN Port #: 1 1 1 1 1 D U Port #: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 N P Group 0: V V Group 1: V V Group 2: V V Group 4: V V Group 4: V V Group 5: V V Group 6: V V Group 7: V V Group 8: V V Group 9: V V Group 10: V V Group 11: V V Group 12: V V Group 13: V V Group 14:[...]

voff This comm and allows yo u to disable VL AN Groups . Example: command>voff Port #: 1 1 1 1 1 D U Port #: 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 N P Group 0: V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Group 1: V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Group 2: V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Group 4: V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V Group 4: V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V[...]

SNMP Management The Manageab le 14-port Ho mePNA Switc h supp orts SNMP through SNMP applications, like SNMPc or Hewlett Packard OpenView . Pl ease refer to the appropriate documentation for instructions on installing and using the SNMP application s that you choose.  SNMP: Simple Network Management Protocol As networke d installati ons become l[...]