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DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation Please, visit www.sit ecom.co m for support, drive rs and manual s i 1. I NTRODUCTION ................................................... ................................................... .. 2 1.2 Package Contents ............ .............. ......... .............. .............. .............. ......... ........ 2 1[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 2 1. Introduction The DC-214 /216 ADSL Homestati on provides a hig h-speed Ethernet p ort and an USB po rt for hi gh-speed Internet browsi ng. It can support do wnstream transm ission rates of up to 8Mbps an d u pstream transmi ssion rates of up t o 1024Kbps . It i s comp liant wi th Multi-Mode standard (ANS I T1.413, I[...]

3 1.3 The DC-214/216 ADSL Homestation Features The DC-214 /216 ADSL Homestation p rovides th e following featu res: ADSL Mult i-Mode St andard: Su pports downs tream transmi ssion rate s of up to 8Mbps and upstream transm ission rates of up to 1024Kbps. It is c omplian t w ith Mul ti-Mode standard (ANSI T1.413 , Issue 2; G.dmt (G.992.1); G.li te (G[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 4 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.co m for productregistrati on 1.4 Physical details The Front LE Ds Power USB LAN ADSL When lit, it indicates that th e device is turned on and working properly. When this LED is li t, it indicates that th e USB port is connected to the PC and workin g properly. When flashing data is received[...]

5 network. 1.5 Cabling Through Et hernet Port Connect th e LAN cabl es: Use standard LAN c ables to connect the PCs to the LAN po rts (switch) on the homestat ion. Make sure that all connected devices are tu rned on. Pl ease, check t hat the PWR, LAN LN K and ADSL SY N LEDs are li t. If they are not, verify that you ar e using th e proper cables. I[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 6 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.co m for productregistrati on 2. Installation 2.1 Installing the USB Driver If you connect the A DSL H omestati on to the USB port, fo r the fi rst ti me the USB cable i s connected to the PC, Win dows will automati cally detect the devi ce. Follow the steps t o install the USB driver. Windo[...]

7 2. Insert the i nstalla tion CD i nto the CD-RO M dri ve. Ch eck “Includ e th is l ocation in t he search” and cl ick “browse”. B rowse to the ‘driver’ folder on th e CD-Rom. Cl ick “Next >”. 3. Click “Conti nue Anyway ” to pass the wi ndows logo test . 4. Click “Conti nue Anyway ” to pass the wi ndows logo test .[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 8 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.co m for productregistrati on 5. Click “Fi nish”. 6. After a few momen ts, Wi ndows will detect a new d evice, USB ADSL Adapter. Select “Install from a list or sp ecific location ”. Click “Next >”. 7. Check “ Include thi s locati on in th e s earch” and cli ck “brow se?[...]

9 8. Click “Conti nue Anyway ” to pass the wi ndows logo test . 9. Click “Fi nish” to end in stallation . 10. After instal ling the driver, fol low the section “3. Configur ing the Network Properties” b elow to m odify the netwo rk setti ngs on your PC.[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 10 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on Windows 20 00 1. Click “Next >”. 2. Insert th e install ation CD into the CD-R OM drive. Sel ect “Search for a sui table driver for my devi ce”. Click “N ext>”. 3. Check “Sp ecify a location ” . Click “Next >”.[...]

11 4. Click “brows e”. Browse to th e ‘driver’ fold er on the CD-Rom. Cl ick “Nex t >”. 5. Click “Next >” . 6. Click “Yes” t o pass the digital si gnature.[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 12 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 7. Press “Fini sh”. 8. Click “Yes” t o pass the digital si gnature. 9. After installi ng the driver, follow the secti on “3. Configuring the Network Properties” b elow to m odify the netwo rk setti ngs on your PC.[...]

13 Windows Me 1. Select “Speci fy the locati on of the driver ”. Click “Next >” . 2. Insert the i nstallati on CD into the CD-ROM d rive. Select “Sp ecify a l ocation ”. and click “browse”. Br owse to the ‘dri ver’ folder on th e CD-Rom. Cli ck “Next >”. 3. Click “Next >“.[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 14 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 4. Windows will start copyi ng files to your s ystem. Cli ck “Finish”. 5. Select “Speci fy the locati on of the driver ”. Click “Next >” . 6. Insert the i nstallation CD i nto the CD-R OM d rive. Select “Specify a locat ion”. and cli ck “bro[...]

15 7. Click “Next >“. 8. Windows will start copyi ng files to your s ystem. Cli ck “Finish”. 9. Click “Yes” t o restart you r PC.[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 16 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 10. After inst alling the driver, follow the secti on “3. Configuring the Network Properties” b elow to m odify the netwo rk setti ngs on your PC. Windows 98 1. Click “Next >”. 2. Select “Sear ch for the best d river for you r device [Recomm ended]?[...]

17 4. Click “Next >“. 5. Windows will start copyi ng files to your s ystem. Then, click “Fini sh”.[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 18 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 6. Click “Next >“. 7. Select “Sear ch for the best d river for you r device [Recomm ended]”. Cli ck “Next >”. 8. Insert the i nstallation CD i nto the CD-R OM d rive. Select “Specify a locat ion”. and cli ck “browse”. Br owse to the ‘[...]

19 9. Click “Next >“.[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 20 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 10. You will see the fol lowing screen prompti ng for the path of the Wi ndows source fil es. Please speci fy a locati on of the origi nal windows CD-Rom . Cli ck “OK”. 11. Wind ows will start copyi ng files to your system. Then, click “Fini sh”. 11. Cli[...]

21 3. Configuring t he Network Pro perties Windows 98 /ME Right cli ck the icon My Netw ork Places on y our desktop and th en choose Prop erties . A win dow opens, li ke the one belo w:[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 22 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on Windows 20 00/XP Right cli ck the icon My Netw ork Places on y our desktop and th en choose Prop erties . A win dow opens, li ke the one belo w: Right cli ck the Local Area Conn ection of th e correct netwo rk card, and t hen choose Prope rties . Windows 98 /ME/[...]

23 DHCP serve r in the broa dband router wi ll assig n an IP address to the PC. Restart you r PC , even if you have not made an y changes. NOTE: If the l ist that appears on screen doe s not in clude a line, such as th e one that h as been selected abo ve ("TCP/IP -> network ca rd"), follow the st eps below: • Cli ck on the button &q[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 24 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on You can chan ge the def ault install ation folder, or Click ‘Next’ The set-up gat hered enou gh informati on. Click ‘Next’.[...]

25 Click ‘Fi nish’ to restart t he PC After the r eboot, please start the utili ty via start/program s/ADSL hom estati on Utility[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 26 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on In the Ut ility sel ect you r countr y. When you r country is not li sted sel ect ‘ manual configurati on’. I n that case you need additional i nformation from your provider about protocol s, encapsulati on, and VPI/VCI s ettings. Choose your IS P. Besi des [...]

27 Click ‘OK’ to start the au tomatic confi guration procedure. The Utilit y will copy all necessary setting s to the DC-213 or DC-214/ 216. Do not interrupt this process, whi ch could take up to 2 mi nutes. The blu e statu s ba r i n th e Uti lity win dow indi cates the process.[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 28 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on Click ‘OK’ to finish th e configurati on. Click ‘cancel’ to qui t the Utilit y. The taskbar will sh ow a new icon. When clicking this icon th e connecti on tool will start The sta tus will show the type of connecti on and i f you are conn ected or d isco[...]

29 With ri ght clicking th e icon, you can qui t or remove the utility. When qu it, the utili ty will start automa ticall y after a reboot[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 30 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 5. Advanced Co nfiguration. 5.1 Default settings 1. password Password : Th ere are t wo levels of passw ord prot ection, Administr ator Level and User Level . User Name Password Administrato r Level admin password User Level user password 2. Device IP L AN site [...]

31 5.3 Information from ISP Before you sta rt confi gurin g this device, you h ave to check w ith your ISP what kin d of service is pr ovided, inclu ding the foll owing: 1. PPPoE VC-Mu x 2. PPPoE LLC 3. PPPoE Non e 4. PPPoA VC-Mux 5. PPPoA LLC 6. 1483 Brid ged IP VC-Mux 7. 1483 Brid ged IP LLC 8. 1483 Routed IP VC-Mux 9. 1483 Routed IP LLC 10. Clas[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 32 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on Gather the i nformation as illustrated i n the foll ow ing table and keep it for reference. PPPoE VC-Mux VPI/VCI, S ervice Nam e, U sername, Pas sword, a nd Domain Name Sy stem (DNS) IP add ress (it can be automati cal ly assigned from ISP or be set fixed). PPPo[...]

33 5.4 Configuring with Web Browser The ADSL Homestation can be confi gured with your Web browser. Open th e w eb browse r, ente r th e IP add ress of the ADSL Rout er, wh ich defaul t i s 192.168.1.2 54 , cli ck enter. You’ll see the log-in wi ndows. Type you r username and pa ssword. The defau lt U ser Name i s admin (or use r if yo u l og-on i[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 34 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 5.5 Status 5.5.1 Homepage This sc reen contains infor mati on of the softwa re ver sion of your device and som e setti ngs, such as IP Address, Subn et Mask, and MAC Address of the WAN and LA N connection s. Firmware Ver sion: Thi s field displ ays the firmware [...]

35 5.5.2 Status – ADSL Status Displays th e status of your A DSL connecti on. It will refresh every two s econds. Showtime F irmware Ver sion: This fi eld displays th e Conexant ADS L data pu mp firmware v ersion numb er. ADSL Line St atus: This fi eld displ ays the ADSL connecti on process an d status. ADSL Modul ation: Thi s field displ ays the[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 36 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 5.5.3 Status – LAN Displays th e status of your Local Area N etwork (LAN) connecti on. LAN: These fi elds di splay the IP address, Su bnet Mask and MAC addres s for the LAN interface. Total Numbe r of LAN Inte rfaces: Thi s field di splays the total nu mber of[...]

37 5.6 Configuration 5.6.1 WAN Configuration This screen c ontains setti ngs for the WAN interf ace. (In most cases y ou won’t have t o configure manu all y. The configuration Utility from Chapter 4 t akes car e of all th ese settings) System Wide Settings Default Gate way: Enter th e gateway add ress provid ed by your ISP. Per VC Sett ings There[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 38 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on MAC SPOOFI NG The MAC Spoo fing is dev eloped to sol ve the scenari o when the ISP onl y recogni zes one MAC addres s. Copy the ISP- recognized MAC ad dress here. ATM Service Catego ry: Select UB R or CBR . Bandwidth: Enter the bandwidth . ENCAPSULAT ION There a[...]

39 Automatic Recon nect: Chec k to enabl e this device to automati cally re-establish the connecti on when discon nected by ISP. DHCP DHCP cl ient e nable: Check to enable the D HCP cli ent function i f you want the devi ce to get an IP add ress automa tically from y our ISP. Host Name: Enter the n ame of your w ork group . All settings need to be [...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 40 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 5.6.2 LAN Configuratio n This screen contain s settings for LAN in terface. IP Address: D efault at 192.16 8.1.254. This is the device IP ad dress in LAN sit e. If you pl an to change it to anoth er IP add ress to a different rang e of IP su bnet. Please ma ke s[...]

41 Lease Time : Set the lea se time you r equired. Lease time is th e periode the Local PC will obtain the IP address it received from th e DHCP server. A fter this peri ode the l ocal PC will request a new IP from t he DHCP serve r. If all fields are 0, the all ocated IP addresses wi ll be effective fore ver. DHCP Gatew ay Select ion: The defaul t[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 42 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 5.6.3 NAT Configuration The NAT Con figuratio n page allows the user to set the configu ration for the Network Address Transl ation. NAT f eature all ows multiple users to ac cess Internet th rough a si ngle IP account, sharing th e single IP address f rom ISP. [...]

43 Session Nam e: This fi eld allows the user to enter hi s/her own session Name to distin guish different NAT s ession for di fferent interfaces am ong differen t PPP sessi ons and di fferent PVCs. Interface: Thi s field allows the user to cho ose specifi c WAN Interface ( PVC or PPP Session) for NAT Session. NAT Session Name Status : This tabl e [...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 44 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 5.6.4 Virtual Server Configuration Being a nat ural Inte rnet firewall , the ADSL R outer protects your network f rom bein g accessed by out side users. When i t needs t o a llow outside users to ac cess i nternal servers, e.g. Web server, FTP serv er, E-mail se[...]

45 Public Port: Enter the pu blic port number you want to con figure. Private Port : Enter the pri vate port numbe r you want to configure. In most cases, th e private port n umber is s ame as publi c port number. Port Type: Sel ect TCP i f you want t o sc ope for the connection -based a pplicati on service on the remote server usi ng the port numb[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 46 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 5.6.5 Bridge Filtering Configuration The Bridge Fi ltering con figuration pag e allows the us er to set the configurati on of IP filterin g. Enable Bridg e Filtering: Ch eck Yes to ena ble thi s function or che ck No to di sable. Source MAC : When the bri dge fi[...]

47 5.6.6 DNS Configuration The DNS Con figuration page allows the use r to set the c onfigurati on of DNS proxy. The firmwa re supports th e DNS proxy fun ction. For the DHCP r equests from local PCs, the DHCP server wi ll set the LAN port IP as the d efault DNS s erver. Thus, al l DNS query m essages will come into LAN p ort first. The DNS pr oxy [...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 48 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 5.6.7 Save Settings Click th e Submit button to wri te settin gs to flash. Then, th e s ystem will reboot for change s to take effect . 5.7 Administration 5.7.1 WAN Status Each VC setti ng you en abled i n the WAN Configuration section except t hose whi ch us e [...]

49 5.7.2 ATM Status Display the status of ATM. (stati stics b etween homestati on an d teleph one c entral) Thi s screen wil l automati cally refresh every tw o seconds.[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 50 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 5.7.3 TCP Status Display the status of TCP. (networki ng statisti cs) This sc reen will au tomaticall y refr esh every two s econds .[...]

51 5.7.4 Route Table The Route Tab le page displays routi ng table and all ows the user to ma nually enter the routing entry. The routin g table will display the routi ng status of Desti nation, Netmask , Gateway, and Interface. Th e interface br0 means the USB i nterface; lo0 mean s the loopback i nterface; and pp p1 means the PP P interface. The [...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 52 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on System Default Gateway Configuration The system-wi de Default Gatew ay now provi des three opti ons: Auto, User-sel ected Network Inte rface, and None. None: Thi s field allows th e user to choose t o have no Defaul t Gateway in the CPE Auto: Thi s field all ows[...]

53 5.7.5 Learned ( Bridge ) MAC Table Aging Timeo ut: Enter t he time peri od for the router t o memori ze MAC addresses.[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 54 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 5.7.6 ADSL Configuration Trellis: Defau lt at Enabled . Handshake Prot ocol: Defaul t at Autosense – G.dmt f irst . You can al so choose other protocol s, such as Autosen se – T1.413 fi rst , G.dmt /G.lite , T1.413 , G.dmt , G.lite . Wiring Selecti on: Defau[...]

55 5.7.7 RIP Configuration The R ou ting I nformation P r otocol, enables r outers to broadca st and recei ve informat ion t o and from other route rs about which routers it’s connected and t he steps it re qui res to g et there. A router will changes it’s routing tabl e if it receives i nformation i t could reach a specific rout er faster. RIP[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 56 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on The RIP Per Interface Config uration pag e allows the us er to set the configurati on for each Interface (PVCs, PPP Se ssions, USB and LAN). Interface: Thi s field allows the user to cho ose the Interfac e (PVCs, PPP Se ssions, USB and LAN), fo r the RIP to be c[...]

57 5.7.8 Password Configuration In factory settin g, the defaul t password for admini strator i s password, and that for u ser is also passwo rd. You can change the defau lt password t o ensure t hat som eone cannot ad just your s ettings without yo ur permi ssion. E very time you change you r pa ssword, pl ease re cord the passwo rd and keep it at[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 58 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 5.7.9 Miscellaneous Configuration HTTP Server Access: Thi s field all ows the user to confi gure the Web pa ges can be accessed fr om WAN All: When th is field is c hecked, it all ows both WAN and LA N access to the Web pages. Restricted L AN: This fiel d allows[...]

59 5.7.10 Reset to Facto ry Default With t he submit button, the router wil l be reset to it’s de fault setti ngs, descri bed in cha pter 5.1. Be car efull, all your settings will be lost.[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 60 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 5.7.11 Diagnostic Test As soon as you enter the t est program, all t ests will run automati cally to dia gnose th e connecti on status of the d evice. Checking LA N Connection Testing Ether net LAN connect ion This test pas ses if the E thernet LAN i nterface is[...]

61 Checking Ci rcuit 0 for Network Conn ection Test ATM O AM Segment Loo p Back This test sends A TM OAM F5 S egment loop back reque st cell s to the c entral office equipm ents through your D SL conne ction. This test wi ll pass i f response cell i s received. Since your s ervice provi der migh t not support t his test, your D SL home station coul[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 62 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on Test PPP L ayer connection This test returns PASS if your DSL h omestation h as be en assi gned a vali d IP addre ss b y your servi ce provider th rough DHCP o r your DS L homestation i s assigned a vali d IP ad dress staticall y. If this test returns FAIL, run [...]

63 5.7.12 Firmware Update To upgrad e the fi rmware of the ADS L Router, you shoul d download o r copy t he firmwa re to your local environm ent fi rst. Press t he “Browse …” butt on to sp ecify t he path of th e firmware file. Then, cli ck “Upload” to start upg rading. When the procedur e is compl eted, please reboot th e device to make [...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 64 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 5.7.13 Network Code Ima ge Update The Network Code Image Update page al lows the us er to upgrade t he image code from a remote FTP server. 5.7.14 System Log Display th e system logs cumula ted till the present time. You can trace the hi storical informati on th[...]

65 6. Trouble shoo ting If the A DSL Router is not functioni ng properly, you can refer first to thi s chapter for simpl e troublesho oting before contacti ng your servi ce provider. Thi s coul d save your ti me and effort b ut if the symptom s persi st, then consul t your service provi der. 6.1 Problems Starting Up the ADSL Router Problem Correcti[...]

DC-214/216 AD SL Homestation 66 Please, visit ww w.sitecom.com for productregistrati on 7. Specification s Protocols IP, NAT, NAPT , PPPoE, P PPoA, IPoA, DHC P, ICMP, IGMP, PAP, CHAP LAN Port RJ-45, 1 po rt 10/100Ba se-T WAN Port RJ-11, 1 ADSL port to ext ernal DSL/Cabl e Homestati on, or other networ k equip ment USB Port 1.1 slave interface LED I[...]