Edimax AR-7211B manual

[...]

1 COPYRIGHT Copyright  Ed imax Technology Co., Ltd . all rights reserved . No part of this p ublication may be reproduced, transmitte d, transcribed , stored in a retrieval system, or tran slated into any langu age or comp uter language , in any form or b y any means, electronic, mechan ical, magnetic, optic al, chemical, man ual or otherwise, w[...]

2 CONTENTS CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................... 4 1-1 Package Contents ................................................................................................................................ 6 1-2 Safety Information ..........[...]

3 3-6-6-1 IGMP Proxy .................................................................................................................. 40 3-6-6-2 UPNP ............................................................................................................................ 41 3-6-6- 3 Advance Bridge ............................................[...]

4 CHAPTER I: INTRO DUCTION Thank you for purchasing this Edimax p roduct. This router is a cost-effective router, an ADSL2+ modem, and Ethernet network switch. You can surf the Inte rnet and share the connection through the route r without investing in other devic es. This router can support downstream tran smission rates of up to 24M bps and up st[...]

5[...]

6 1-1 Package Conten ts  One single port router  One external splitter  One p ower adapter  Two pieces of telep hone lines(RJ-11,m ore than 1.8m)  One p iece of Ethernet cable( RJ-45, more than 1.8m)  One p iece of USB cable  One c opy of Quick Installation Guid e  One c opy of driver and utility software CD (optional) 1-2 S[...]

7 1-3 LED and Inte rface Descripti on Front Panel LED Color Status Description P ower Gree n/ Re d OFF Device not powe r ed GREEN Device corr ectly pow er e d RED Device not c orrectly power e d RED BLINK U pgrad e firmw are ADSL Gree n OFF Initial self -t es t f aile d BLINK Det ecting ADSL ON Initial self -t es t c omple te Int erne t Gree n OFF [...]

8 Rear Panel Item Usage Line Line RJ - 11 p ort Re se t Re se ts de vice t o fact ory def ault s (t o r e stor e f act ory def aults, push a p aper clip int o the h ole when the de vice is po wer e d and hold f or over 5 second s) Ethern et Ethern et RJ - 45 port P ower ON /OFF PWR P ower c onnect or (conn ects t o DC 12V 500mA p ower ad apt er) US[...]

9 CHAPTER II: HARDW ARE SETUP 1. Connec t the “Line” port of the route r and the “Modem ” port of the splitter with a telephone (RJ- 11) cable. 2. Connec t the “Ethernet” port of the router to a computer via an Ethernet cable (MDI/MDIX). 3. Plug the power adapter to a wall outle t and th en connect the other end to the “Power” port [...]

10 CHAPTER III: WEB CO NFIGURATION 3-1 Connecting to broadband route r via web browse r You can access the broadband router’s web -based configuratio n interface via any connecte d computer with a web b rowser (Inte rnet Explorer 5.x or above, Firefox, Op era, or Safari). 1. Please inp ut “192.168.2.1” in the web b rowser’s address bar an d[...]

11 3. Please inp ut “admin” in the “User name” field and “12 34” in the “Password” field. Click the “OK” button to ente r the web configuration int erface.[...]

12 3-2 Status Click “Statu s” in the menu to open the sub -menu that c ontains 5 items: System, LAN, WAN, Statistic, and ARP Table. 3-2-1 System Click “System” in the sub -menu to open the following screen . In this p age, you can view the status an d some basic settings of this router, for ex ample, Software Version, DS L mode, Upstream Sp[...]

13 3-2-2 LAN Click “ LAN ” in th e sub-menu to op en the following screen. In this page, you can view the LAN IP , DHCP Server status, MAC Address and DHCP Client Table.[...]

14 3-2-3 WAN Click “WAN” in the sub -menu to open the following scree n. In this page , you can view basic status of WA N, Default Gateway, an d DNS Server .[...]

15 3-2-4 Statistics Click “Statistics” in the sub -men u to open the menu in the left bar that contains two items: Traffic Statist ics and DSL Statistics. 3-2-4-1 Traffic Sta tistics Click “Traffic Statist ic” in th e left bar to open the following scre en. In this page , you can view the statistics of each network por t.[...]

16 3-2-4-2 DSL Stati stics Click “DSL Statistics” i n the left bar to open the following screen. I n this page, you can view the ADSL line statistics, d ownstream rate, and upstream rate.[...]

17 3-2-5 ARP Table Click “ARP Tab le” in the sub -menu to open the following screen. In this page, you can view the tab le that shows a list of learn ed MAC ad dresses.[...]

18 3-3 Wizard The setup wizard enables speed y and accurate configuration of your I nternet connection and other importan t parameters. The following sections describe these various configuration paramet ers. Whether you configure these paramet ers or use the default ones, click “ Next ” to en able your In ternet connection. When sub scribing t[...]

19 Then pr e ss Next, the F ig 3.3.1-2 scree n will appear . In this p age, y ou can select the W AN Connect T ype and the encap sulation m ethod. Fig 3.3.1-2 If you finish the se t tings of this p age, click Ne xt, the scr een appear s as sh own ne xt. Fig 3.3.1-3[...]

20 3- 4 Network LAN Click LAN in the menu to open the sub-menu which contains 2 items: LAN Sett ings and DHCP Settings. You can use the LAN configuration to define an IP address for the DSL Router and c onfigure the DHCP server. 3-4-1 LAN Setting s O n this scr een y ou c an change the device 's IP ad dre ss. The pr e set IP addr e ss is 192[...]

21 The following tab le describes t he fields of this screen. Label De scription IP A ddr e ss Input th e IP of Local ar ea netw ork int erfac e her e. Subne t Mask W e rec ommend tha t you use an ad dr ess fr om a block that is re ser ve d f or priv ate use. This a ddr e ss block is 192.16 8.1.1- 192.168 .255.25 4 Secondary IP Select this c heckbo[...]

22 If you set to DHC P Proxy, the scree n of Fig 3.4.2-2 app ears. Fig 3.4.2-2 The following tab le describes t he fields of this scre en. Label De scription DHCP Pr o xy If set to DHCP Pro xy , your R OUTER acts a su rrog at e DHCP Server an d r elay s the DHCP r eque sts and rep onse s betw een the r emot e server and the clien t. DHCP Server Ad [...]

23 If you set t o DHCP Server , the scr een of F ig3.4.2 -3 appe ar s as sh own ne xt. Fig 3.4.2-3 The following tab le describes t he fields in this scre en. Label De scription DHCP Server If set to DHCP Server , your ROUTER can assign I P addr e sse s, an IP def ault g at ew ay and DNS Server s to W indows95, W indows NT and other s y st ems tha [...]

24 Click Show Clie nt , the follo wing wind ow appe ar s. In this window , you can view the IP addr e ss a ssigned to e ach DHCP client. Fig 3.4.2-4 The following tab le describes t he fields in this scre en. Label De scription IP A ddr e ss This field displa ys t he IP addr e ss rela tive to the MAC addr e ss. MAC A ddr e ss This field displa ys t[...]

25 Click MAC-Base As signment butt on, the below window ap pears. In this page, you can assign IP ad dresses on the LAN to spec ific individual computers b ased on their MAC address. Fig 3.4.2-5 The following tab le describes t he fields of this scre en. Label De scription Host MA C A ddr e ss T ype the MA C ad dre ss of a c omput er on y our L AN [...]

26 3- 5 Network WAN Click WAN In terface in th e menu to open the sub-menu which contains 3 items: WAN Interface , ATM Settin gs and ADSL Sett ings. 3-5-1 WAN Interfac e Click WA N Interface i n the sub-menu to open th e screen of Fig 3.5.1-1. In th is page, you can configure WAN Interface of your router. Fig 3.5.1-1 Label De scription VPI (Virtu[...]

27 points in an ATM network, and its valid value is from 0 to 255 VCI The virtual c hannel between two p oints in an ATM network, ranging from 32 to 65535 (1 to 31 are reserved for kn own protocols) Encap sula tion Choice s ar e LL C and VC-Mux. Channel Mode Ther e ar e five c hoices: 1483 Bridg e d, 1483 MER, PPP oE, PP P oA and 1483 R oute d. Ad [...]

28 V C T able . Modify Select a P VC in th e Current A TM V C T able , th en modify the p aram et ers o f this P VC. Wh en you finish, click this but ton to apply the chan ge o f this PVC . Delet e Select e d Select a P VC in th e Current A TM V C T able , th en click this but t on to dele te this P VC . Click this b utt on, the f ollowing scr eens[...]

29 3-5-3 ADSL Settings Click ADSL Interface in the sub-menu to open th e screen of Fig 3.5.2. In th is page, you can selec t the DSL modulation . Mo stly, the user ju st need to remain th is factory default setting. Our m odem support th ese modulations: G.Dmt, G .lite, T1.413, ADSL2, ADSL2+ , AnnexL and AnnexM. The router will n egotiate the m odu[...]

30 3- 6 Service & Advance Click Advanc e in the menu to open the sub-menu whic h contains 6 items: DNS, Firewall, Virtual Server, R outing, IP QOS, and Others. 3-6-1 DNS Click DNS in th e sub-menu to op en the menu in the left bar, whick c ontains two items:DNS Server an d DDNS. 3-6-1-1 DNS Server Short for Domain Na me System (or Service or Se[...]

31 Label De scription A t tain DNS Automa tically When th is checkbo x is select ed , this r outer wi ll accep t the fir st r eceiv e d DNS a ssignmen t from one of th e PPP oA, PPP oE or MER enab led PV C(s) during the connec tion e st ablishmen t. Set DNS Manu ally When th is checkbo x is select e d, ple ase en ter the primary and op tional secon[...]

32 3-6-2 Firewall Click Firewall in the sub-menu to op en the menu in the left bar, whick contains three items:IP/P ort Fileter, MAC Filter an d URL Bloc king. 3-6-2-1 IP/Port Filte r Click IP /Port Filter in the left b ar to open the screen of Fig 3.6.2.1. Entries in this table are used to re strict certain types of data packets th rough the Gatew[...]

33 3-6-2-2 MAC Filte r Click MAC Filter in the left bar to op en the screen of Fig 3.6.2.2. Entries in this table are used to restrict certain typ es of data packets from your l ocal network to Inte rnet through the Gateway. Use o f such filters can be helpful in securing or restricting your local n etwork. Click the bu tton Apply Changes to save t[...]

34 3-6-2-3 URL Blocking Click URL Blocking in the left bar to open the screen of Fig 3.6.2.3. This page is used to configure the Blocked FQDN(Such as tw.yahoo.com) an d filtered keyword. Here you can add/delete FQDN and filtered keyword. Fig 3.6.2.3[...]

35 3-6- 3 Firewall – II Click Virtu al Server in the sub-menu to open th e menu in the left bar,whick c ontains two items:Service s and DMZ Settings. 3-6-3- 1 Virtual Servic es Click Services in th e left pane to open the screen of Fig 3.6.3.1. This page is used to enable th e servers in the local network. Click the bu tton Add to add a virtual s[...]

36 3-6-3-2 DMZ Settings Click DMZ Settings in the left bar to open the screen of Fig 3.6.3.2. A Demilitarized Zo ne is used to p rovide Internet services without sacrificing unauthorized access to its local private net work. Typically, the DMZ host contains devic es accessible to Internet traffic, such as Web (HTTP ) servers, FTP servers, SMTP (e-m[...]

37 3-6-4 Routing Click Routing in the sub-menu to op en the menu in the left bar, whick contains t wo items: RIP and Static Route. 3-6-4-1 RIP Click RIP in the left bar to open th e screen of Fig 3.6.4.1. En able the RI P if you are using this device as a RIP-enabled router to communic ate with others using the Routing Information Protocol . This p[...]

38 3-6-4-2 Static Rou te Click Static Rou te in the left bar to open the screen of Fig 3.6.4.2-1. This page is u sed to configure the routing information. Here you c an add/delete I P routes. Fig 3.6.4.2-1[...]

39 3-6-5 IP QoS Click IP QoS in the sub-menu to op en the screen of Fig 3.6.5. Entries in this tab le are used to assign the preceden ce for each incoming packet based on physical LAN port, TCP/UDP p ort number, and source/destination IP address/subnet masks. Click the bu tton Apply Changes to save the settings of th is page. Fig 3.6.5[...]

40 3-6- 6 Service -- II Click Others in th e sub-menu to op en the menu in th e left bar,whick c ontains four items: IG MP Proxy, UPNP , Bridge and IP PassThrough. 3-6-6-1 IGMP Proxy Click IGMP Proxy in the left bar to op en the screen of Fig 3.6.6.1. I GMP proxy enab les the system to issue IGMP host m essages on beh alf of hosts that th e system [...]

41 3-6-6-2 UPNP Click UPNP in the left bar to open the screen of Fig 3.6.6.2. This page is u sed to configure UPn P. The system acts as a daemon after you en able it. Click Apply Changes to save the settings of th is page. Fig 3.6.6.2 3-6-6- 3 Advance Br idge Click Bridge in th e left bar to open the screen of Fig 3.6.6.3-1. T his page is u sed t[...]

42 Click Show MACs b utton in Fig 3.6.6.3-1, the below wind ow will ap pear. This table shows a list of learne d MAC addresses for this bridge. Fig 3.6.6.3-2 3-6-6- 4 Port Mappin g Click Port Mapping in the left bar to open the screen of Fig 3.6.6.4. Fig 3.6.6.4[...]

43 3-6-6-5 SNMP Click SNMP in the sub-menu to open the screen of Fig 3.7.7. In this page , you can set the SNMP p arameter s. Fig 3.7.7 Label De scription T rap IP Ad dre ss Input th e T r ap Host ’ s IP her e. The tr ap in f ormation will be sent to this host. Community name(r e ad-only) The ne twork a dminis tr ato r s must u se this p assw ord[...]

44 3-6-6-6 Service TR0 69 Click TR069 in the sub-menu to open the screen of Fig 3.7.8. In this page , you can configure the TR-069 CPE. Fig 3.7.8[...]

45 3-6-6-7 Service ACL Click ACL in the sub-menu to open the screen of Fig 3.7.9. In this page, you can configure the IP Address for Access C ontrol List. If ACL enab led, only the effec tive IP in ACL can access ADSL Route r. Step 1: If you want to enable ACL, please choose "Enable" then press "Apply C hanges"; Step 2: C onfi[...]

46 3-7 Admin Click A dmin in the menu t o open the sub-menu which c ontain s 9 item s: Remo te Acc ess , Commit/R eboot , P as swor d , Back up/R es to re , U pgra de F irmwa re, T ime Zon e, SNMP , TR069 and A CL . 3-7-1 Commit/Rebo ot Click Commit/Reboo t in the sub -menu to open th e screen of Fig 3.7.2. In this p age, you can set the router reb[...]

47 3-7-2 Password Click Password in the sub-men u to open the scree n of Fig 3.7.3. In th is page, you can change the password of the user, include admin and user. Th e super user nam e and password are ad min/admin as d efault, and th e The common user nam e and password are user/user. Fig 3.7.3 Label De scription U ser Name Select the user name i[...]

48 3-7-3 Backup/Re store Click Backup/Res tore in th e sub-menu to open the screen of Fig 3.7.4. In this page, you can bac kup the current sett ings to a file and restore the sett ings from the file which was saved previously . IMPORTANT ! Do not turn off your route r or press the Reset button while these procedures are in progress. Fig 3.7.4 Label[...]

49 3-7-4 Fir mware Upgr ade Click Upgrade Firmw are in the sub -menu to open the screen of Fig 3.7.5. In this p age, you can upgrad e the firmware of this rout er. IMPORTANT! Do not turn off your router o r press the Reset button while th is procedure is in progress. Fig 3.7.5 Label De scription Select F i le Click the Browse bu tt on t o select th[...]

50 3-7-5 Time Zone Click Time Zone in the sub-men u to open the screen of Fig 3.7.6. In th is page, you can set the syste m time manu ally or get the system time from the time server. Fig 3.7.6 Label De scription Re fre sh Click this b utt on to r efresh the s ys tem sho wn in th e pag e. T ime Mode If select T ime Server , the r outer wi ll ge t t[...]

51 3-8 Diagnostic Click Diagnos tic in the menu t o open the sub-menu whic h con tains 4 items: Ping , A TM Loopback , ADSL an d Diagnostic. 3-8-1 Ping Click Ping in the sub-menu to op en the screen of Fig 3.8.1. Fig 3.8.1 Label De scription Host A ddr e ss Ent er the IP Ad dre ss her e. Go! Click this b utt on to begin to Ping the Host A ddress .[...]

52 3-8-2 ATM Loopba ck Click ATM L oopback in the sub-menu to open th e screen of Fig 3.8.2. In this page, you can use VCC loopback function to check the connectivity of the VCC . Fig 3.8.2 Go! : Click this bu tton to begin te sting. 3-8-3 ADSL Click ADSL in the sub-menu to open the screen of Fig 3.8.3. This page is u sed for ADSL Tone Diagnostics [...]

53 Fig 3.8.3 Start : Click this b utton to begin ADSL Tone Diagnostics. 3-8-4 Diagnostic Click Diagnosti c in the sub-menu to op en the screen of Fig 3.8.4. This page is u sed for testing your DSL c onnection. Fig 3.8.4 Run Diagnostic Test : Click this bu tton to begin testing.[...]

54 APPENDIX A: U SB SOFTWAR E SETUP Execute Setup.exe t o startup InstallSh ield Wizard, Fig A-1 will be shown: Fig A-1 Then press Next , th e Fig A-2 screen will ap pear. This window shows th e rate of progress. Fig A-2[...]

55 After Setup fin ished, Fig A-3 will be shown:conn ect or disconnec t your ADSL MODEM to PC as follow prompt. Fig A-3 Before install driver program. You must confirm ADSL MODEM has been connected to computer via USB slot; Once the PC pow ers up, a new device wi ll be will be detected by Windows . The comp uter will give a m essage find ing new ha[...]

56 Select “No, not t his time” and press “Next” , Fig A-5 will be shown below: Fig A-5[...]

57 Select “Install the software au tomatically (Recommended)” and then press “Next” button, Windows will search and find the USB drive r and automatically in stall the driver. Fig A-6 will be shown: Fig A-6 Wait for a few sec onds, Fig A- 7 will be sho wn and you press “Finish” bu tton to close the wizard, USB driver,in stalling is c om[...]

58 Fig A-7[...]

59 APPENDIX B: AB BREVIATIONS ADSL Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ATM Asynchronous Trans fer Mode ATU C ATU at the central office end ( i.e., network operat or) ATU R ATU at the remote termin al end ( i.e., CP) BER Bit Error Ratio CO Central office CPE Customer P remises Equipm ent CRC Cyclic Redu ndancy Chec k DC Direct Current DSL Digital Sub[...]

60[...]