ZyXEL Communications VMG1312-B manual

www .zyxel.com www .zyxel.com VMG1312 - B Series Wireless N VDSL2 4-port Gateway with USB IMPORT ANT! IMPORT ANT! READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE USE. Copyright © 2012 ZyXEL Communications Corporation V ersion 1.00 Edition 1, 7/2012 Default Login Details LAN IP Address http://192.168.1. 1 User Name admin Pa ss wo r d 1234[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 2 KEEP THIS GUIDE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. Note: This guide is a re ference for a ser ies of products. Therefore some features or options in this guide ma y not be av ailable in your product. Graphics in this book ma y differ slightly from the product due to difference s in oper ating systems, operating system versions,[...]

Contents Overview VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 3 Contents Overview User ’ s Guide ......................................................................................... ......................... ..................... 15 Introducing the Device .............. ................ ............. ................ ............. ................ .....[...]

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Table of Contents VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 8 8.10.1 LANs, WANs and the Device ...................... ................ ............. ................ ................ ........... . 156 8.10.2 DHCP Set up ............ ................ ............. ................ ................ ............. ................ ....... ........... 156 8.10.3 [...]

Table of Contents VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 9 1 1.7.1 Add/Edit Addres s Mapping Rule ........................ ............. ................ ................ ............. ........ 193 1 1.8 T echnic al Reference ................... ............. ................ ................. ............ ................. ........ ................ 194 1[...]

Table of Contents VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 10 15.4 The Access Contro l Screen .................... ............. ................ ............. ................ ................ .. .......... 219 15.4.1 Add/Edit an ACL Rule ......... ...................... ....................... ................... ....................... . ....... 221 15.5[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 17 C HAPTER 1 Introducing the Device 1.1 Overview The VMG1312-B Series is a wireless VDSL router . It has a DSL port for super-fast Internet access over analog (PO TS) telephone lines. The Device supports both Packet T ransfer Mode (PTM) and Asynchronous T ransfer Mode (A TM). It is backw a rd compatible with ADSL, A[...]

Chapter 1 Introduci ng the Device VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 18 1.4 Applications for the Device Here are some example uses for which the Device is well suited. 1.4.1 Internet Access Y o ur Device provides shared Internet access by connecting the DSL port to the DSL or MODEM jack on a splitter or your telephone jack. Y ou ca n have multiple W A[...]

Chapter 1 Introducin g the Device VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 19 1.4.2 Device’ s USB Support The USB port of the Device is used for file-sharing. File Sharing Use the built-in USB 2.0 port to share files on a USB memory stick or a USB hard drive ( B ). Y ou can connect one USB hard driv e to the Device at a ti me. Use FTP to access the files [...]

Chapter 1 Introduci ng the Device VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 20 1.5 LEDs (Light s) The following graphic displays the labels of the LEDs. Figure 4 LEDs on the Device None of the LEDs are on if the Device is not receiving power . T able 1 LED Descriptions LED COLOR ST A TUS DESCRIPTION POWER Green On The Device is rece iving power and ready for[...]

Chapter 1 Introducin g the Device VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 21 1.6 The RESET Button If you forget your password or cannot access the web configur ator , you will need to use the RESET button at the back of the device to reload the fact ory -default configuration file. This means that you will lose all configurations that you had previo usly a[...]

Chapter 1 Introduci ng the Device VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 22 Y o u can configure your wireless network in either the built -in W eb C onfigurator , or using the WPS button. Figure 5 Wireless Access Example 1.7.1 Using the WLAN/WPS Butto n If the wireless network is turned off , press the WLAN/WPS button at the back of the Device for one sec[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 23 C HAPTER 2 The Web Configurator 2.1 Overview The web configurator is an HTML -based management interface that allows easy device setup and management via Internet browser . Use Internet Expl orer 6.0 and later versions or Mozilla Firefox 3 and later versions or Safari 2.0 and later versio ns. The recommended scree[...]

Chapter 2 The Web Configu rator VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 24 4 The following screen displays if you ha ve not yet changed your password. It is strongly recommended you change the default password. En ter a new password, retype it to confirm and click Apply ; alternatively click Skip to proceed to the main menu if you do not want to change the[...]

Chapter 2 The W eb Configurator VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 25 2.2 W eb Configurator Layout Figure 9 Screen Layout As illustrated abov e, the main screen is divided into these parts: • A - title bar • B - main window • C - navigation panel 2.2.1 T itle Bar The title bar provides some icons in the upper right corner . The icons provide the[...]

Chapter 2 The Web Configu rator VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 26 2.2.2 Main Window The main window displays information and configurat ion fields. It is discussed in the rest of this document. After you click Stat us on the Connection Stat us page , the Status screen is displayed. See Chapter 5 on page 78 for more information about the Status scr[...]

Chapter 2 The W eb Configurator VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 27 Wireless General Use this screen to config ure the wi reless LAN settings and WLAN authentication /s ec u r it y se tt in gs. More AP Use this screen to config ure multipl e BSSs on the Device . MAC Authentication Us e this screen to block or allow wi reless traffi c from wireless d[...]

Chapter 2 The Web Configu rator VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 28 USB Device File Sharing Use this screen to enable file sharing via the Device. Media Se rver Use this screen to use the Device as a media server . Printer Server Use this scree n to enable the prin t server on the De vice and get the model name of the associate d printer . Security [...]

Chapter 2 The W eb Configurator VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 29 Configur ation Use this screen to backup and restore your devi ce’ s configuration (settings) or reset the factory defau lt settings. Re boot Use this screen to reboot the Devic e without turning the power off . Diagnostic Ping & Tr a c e r o u t e & Nslookup Use this scre[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 31 C HAPTER 3 Quick Start 3.1 Overview Use the Quick Start screens to configure the Device’ s time zone, basic Internet access, and wirele ss settings. Note: See the technical refere nce chapters (starting on page 75 ) for background information on the features in this chapter . 3.2 Quick S t art Setup 1 The Quick [...]

Chapter 3 Quick Start VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 32 2 Enter your Internet connection information in this scre e n. Th e screen and fields to enter ma y vary depending on your current connection type. Click Next . Click Next . Figure 12 Internet Connection 3 T urn the wireless LAN on or off . If you keep it on, record the security settings so y[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 33 C HAPTER 4 Tutorials 4.1 Overview This chapter shows you how to use the Device’ s v arious features. • Setting Up an ADSL PPPoE Connection , see page 33 • Setting Up a Secure Wireless Network , see page 36 • Setting Up Multiple Wireless Groups , see page 42 • Configuring Static Route f or Routing to Anot[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 34 3 Select the Active check box. Enter the General and ATM PVC Configuration settings as provided above. Set the Type to ADSL over ATM . Choose the Encapsulation specified by your DSL service prov ider . For this example, the service provider requires a username and password to es tablish Intern[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 35 7 Click Apply to save your settings.[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 36 8 Y o u should see a summary of your new DSL connection setup in the Broadband screen as follows. T ry to connect to a website to see if you hav e corre ctly set up your Internet connection. Be sure to contact your service provider for any in formation you need to configure the W AN screens. 4[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 37 1 Click Network Setting > Wireless to open the General screen. Select More Secure as the security level and WPA-PSK as the security mode. Configur e the screen using the provided parameters (see page 36 ). Click Apply . 2 Go to the Wireless > Others screen and select 802.11b/g /n Mixed in[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 38 4.3.2 Using WPS This section shows you how to set up a wireless network using WPS . It uses the Device as the AP and Z yXEL NWD210N as the wireless client which connects to the notebook. Note: The wireless client must be a WPS-a war e device (for exampl e, a WPS USB adapter or PCMCIA card). Th[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 39 Note: Y our Device has a WPS button located on it s front panel as well as a WPS button in its configur ation utili ty . Both buttons hav e exactly the same functi on: you can use one or the other . Note: It doesn’t matter which button is pres sed fi rst. Y ou must pr ess the second button wi[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 40 PIN Configuration When you use the PIN configur ation method, you need to use both the Device’ s web configur ator and the wireless client’s utility . 1 Launch your wireless client’ s configuration utility . Go to the WPS settings and select the PIN method to get a PIN number . 2 Log int[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 41 The following figure shows you how to set up a wi reless network and its security on a Device and a wireless client by using PIN method. Example W PS Process: PIN Method 4.3.3 Without WPS Use the wireless adapter’s utility installed on the no tebook to search for the “Example” SSID. Then [...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 42 4.4 Setting Up Multiple Wireless Group s Company A wants to create different wireless networ k groups for different types of users as shown in the following figure. Each group has its own SSID and security mode. • Employees in Company A will use a gener al Company wireless network group. •[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 43 1 Click Network Setting > Wireless to open the General screen. Use this screen to set up the company’ s general wireless network group . Configure the screen using the provided parameters and click Apply . 2 Click Network Setting > Wireless > More AP to open the following screen. Cli[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 44 3 Configure the screen using the provided parameters and click Ap ply . 4 In the More AP screen, click the Edit icon to configure the third wireless network group.[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 45 5 Configure the screen using the provided parameters and click Ap ply . 6 Check the status of VIP and Guest in the More AP screen. The yellow bulbs signify that the SSIDs are active and ready for wireless access. 4.5 Configuring S t atic Ro ute for Routing to Another Network In order to extend [...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 46 network) to computer B (in N2 network), the traffic is sent to the Device’ s WAN default gatew ay by default. In this case, B will never receiv e the traffic. Y o u need to specify a static routin g rule on the Device to specify R as the ro uter in charge of forwarding tr affic to N2 . In th[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 47 T o configure a static route to route tr affic from N1 to N2 : 1 Log into the Device’ s W eb Configur ator in advanced mode. 2 Click Network Setting > Routing . 3 Click Add new static route in the Static Route screen. 4 Configure the Static Route Setup screen using the following settings: [...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 48 4.6 Configuring QoS Queue and Class Setup This section contains tutorials on how you can con figure the QoS screen. Let’ s say you are a team leader of a small sales br anch office. Y ou want to prioritize e-mail traffic because your task includes sending urgent updates to clients at least t[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 49 1 Click Network Setting > QoS > Ge neral and select Enable . S et your WAN Managed Upstream Bandwidth to 10,000 kbps (or leave this blank to have the Device automatically determ ine this figure). Click Apply . Tutoria l: Advanced > QoS 2 Click Queue Setup > Add new Queue to create a[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 50 3 Click Class Set up > Add new Classifier to create a new class. Check Active and follow the settings as shown in the screen below . Tutoria l: Advanced > QoS > Class Setup Class Name Give a class name to this traf fic, such as E-mail in this exampl e. From Interface This is the inter[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 51 This maps e-mail traff ic coming from port 25 to th e highest priority , which you have created in the previous screen (see the IP Protocol field). This also maps y our computer’s IP address and MAC address to the E-m ail queue (see the Source fields). 4 V erify that the queu e setup works by[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 52 4.7.2 Configuring DDNS on Y our Device Configure the following settings in the Network Setting > DNS > Dynamic DNS screen. •S e l e c t Enable Dynamic DNS . •S e l e c t www.DynDNS.com as the service provider . •T y p e zyxelrouter.dyn dns.org in the Host Name field. • Enter the [...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 53 4.8 Configuring th e MAC Address Filter Thomas noticed that his daughter Josephine spends too much time surfing the web and downloading media files. He decided to prevent Jo sephine from accessing the Internet so that she can concentrate on preparing for her final exams. Josephine’ s computer[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 54 Thomas can also grant access to the computers of other members of his family and friends. However , Josephine and others not listed in this scr een will no longer be able to access the Internet through the Device. 4.9 Access Y our Shared Files From a Computer Here is how to use an FTP program [...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 55 4.10 Using the Media Server Feature Use the media server feature to play files on a co mputer or on your television (using DMA-2500). This section shows you how the media serv er feature works using the following media clients: • Microsoft (MS) Windows Media Play er Media Server works with Wi[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 56 Windows V ist a 1 Open Windows Media Player and click Library > Media Sharing as follows. Tutor ia l: Media Shari ng using Windows Vista 2 Check Find media t hat others are sharing in the following screen and click OK . Tutor ia l: Media Shari ng using Window s Vista (2)[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 57 3 In the Library screen, check the left panel. The Windows Media Player should detect the Device. Tutor ia l: Media Shari ng using Window s Vista (3) The Device displays as a playlist. Clicking on th e category icons in the right panel shows you the media files in the USB stor age device attach[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 58 2 Select a category in the left panel and wait for Windows Media Play er to connect to the Device. Tutor ia l: Media Shari ng using Windows 7 (2) 3 In the right panel, you should see a list of files a vailable in the USB stor age device. Tutor ia l: Media Shari ng using Windows 7 (2) 4.10.3 Us[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 59 1 Connect the DMA-2500 to an a vailable LAN port in your Device. Tutoria l: Media Server Setup (Using DMA ) 2 T urn on the TV and wait for the DMA-2500 Home screen to appear . Using the remote control, go to MyMedia to open the following screen. Select the Device as your media server . Tutor ia[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 60 4.1 1 Using the Print Server Feature In this section you can: • Configure a TCP/IP Printer P ort • Add a New Printer Using Windows • Add a New Printer Using Macintosh OS X Configure a TCP/IP Printer Port This example shows how you can configure a TCP/IP printer por t. This example is don[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 61 3 Right click on your printer and select Pr operties . Tutorial: Op en Printe r Propert ies 4 Select the Ports tab and click Add Port... Tutorial: Print er Pr op er t ie s Wi nd ow 5 A Printer Ports window appears. Select Standard TCP/IP Port and click New Port.. . Tutorial: Add a Port Window[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 62 6 Add Standar d TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard window opens up. Click Next to start configuring the printer port. Tutorial: Add a Por t Wi za rd 7 Enter the IP address of the Device to which the printe r is connected in the Printer Na me or IP Address: field. In our example we use the default IP a[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 63 8 Select Custom under Device Type and click Settings . Tutorial: Cu stom Por t Settings 9 Confirm the IP address of the De vice in the IP Addre ss field. 10 Select Raw under Protocol . 11 The Port Number is automatically configured as 9100 . Click OK . Tutorial: Cu stom Por t Settings[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 64 12 Continue through the wizard, apply y our settings and close the wizard window . Tutorial: Finish Add ing the TCP/IP Port 13 R epeat steps 1 to 12 to add this printer to other computers o n your network. Add a New Printer Using Windows This example shows how to connect a printer to y our Dev[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 65 1 Click Start > Control Panel > Printe rs and Faxes to open the Printers and Faxes sc reen. Click Add a Printer . Tuto r ial: Prin ters Folder 2 The Add Printer Wizard screen displays. Click Next . Tutorial: Add Printer Wizard: Welc ome[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 66 3 Select Local printer attached to t his computer and click Next . Tutorial: Add Printe r Wizard: Loc al or Networ k Printer 4 Select Create a new port and Standard TCP/ IP Port . Click Next . Tutorial: Add Printe r Wizard: Selec t the Printer Po rt[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 67 5 Add Standar d TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard window opens up. Click Next to start configuring the printer port. Tutorial: Add a Por t Wi za rd 6 Enter the IP address of the Device to which the printe r is connected in the Printer Na me or IP Address: field. In our example we use the default IP ad[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 68 7 Select Custom under Device Type and click Settings . Tutorial: Cu stom Por t Settings 8 Confirm the IP address of the Device in the Printer Name or IP Address field. 9 Select Raw under Protocol . 10 The Port Number is automatically configured as 9100 . Click OK to go back to the previous scr[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 69 11 Click Finish to close the wizard window. Tutorial: Finish Add ing the TCP/IP Port 12 Select the make of the printer that y ou want to connect to the print server in the Manufacturer list of printers. 13 Select the printer model from the list of Printers . 14 If your printer is not displayed [...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 70 16 If the following screen displays, select Keep existing driver radio button and click Next if y ou already have a printer driv er installed on your computer and you do n ot want to change it. Otherwise, select Replace existing driver to replace it with the new driver you selected in the prev[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 71 18 The Device is a print server itself and you do not need to ha ve your computer act as a print serv er by sharing the printer with other users in the sa me network; just select Do not share th is printer and click Next to proceed to the following screen. Tutorial: Add Printe r Wizard: Prin te[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 72 20 The following screen shows your current printer settings. Select Finish to complete adding a new printer . Tutorial: Add Printe r Wizard Comp lete Add a New Printer Us ing Macintosh OS X Complete the following steps to set up a print server driver on your Macintosh computer . 1 Click the Pr[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorials VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 73 4 Double-click the Utilities folder . Tutorial: Ap plications Folder 5 Double-click the Print Center icon. Tutorial: Utili ties Folder 6 Click the Add icon at the top of the screen. Tuto rial: Pri nter Li st Fold er 7 Set up your printer in the Printer List configuration screen. Select IP Prin [...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 74 11 Select your Printer Model from the drop-down list box. If the printer's model is not listed, select Generic . Tuto r ial: Prin ter Configu ration 12 Click Add to select a printer model, save and close the Printer List configuration screen. Tuto rial: Prin ter Model 13 The Name LP1 on 1[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 77 C HAPTER 5 Network Map and Status Screens 5.1 Overview After you log into the W eb Configur ator , the Network Map screen appears. This shows the network connection status of the Device and clients connected to it. Y o u can use the Status screen to look at the current status of the Device, system resources, and i[...]

Chapter 5 Network Map and Status Screen s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 78 In Icon Mode , if you w ant to view information about a client, click the client’ s name and Info . Click the IP address if you want to change it. If y ou want to change the name or icon of the client, click Change icon/name . In List Mode , you can also view the client?[...]

Chapter 5 Network Map and Status Screens VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 79 Model Number This shows the m o del num ber of your Device. Firmware Ve r s i o n This is the current version of the firmware inside the Device. WAN Information (These fields displa y when you have a WAN connection.) WAN T ype This field di splays the current W AN connectio[...]

Chapter 5 Network Map and Status Screen s VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 80 CPU Usage This field displays what pe rcentage of the Device ’ s processing ability is currently us ed. When this percentage is close to 1 00%, the Device is running at fu ll load, and the thro ughput is not going to improve anymore. If you want some applications to have[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 81 C HAPTER 6 Broadband 6.1 Overview This chapter discusses the Device’ s Broadband screens. Use these screens to configure your Device for Internet access. A WAN (Wide Area Network) connection is an outside connection to another network or the Internet. It connects your priv ate networks, su ch as a LAN (Local Are[...]

Chapter 6 Broa dband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 82 •U s e t h e Advanced screen to enable or disable PTM over ADS L, Annex M/Annex J, and DSL PhyR functions ( Section 6.4 on page 96 ). •U s e t h e 8021x screen to view and configure the IEEE 802.1x settings on the D evice ( Section 6.5 on page 97 ). 6.1.2 What Y ou Need to Know The followi[...]

Chapter 6 Broadband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 83 Service) can be guaranteed. A TM uses a connection-oriented model and establishes a virtual circuit (VC) between Finding Out More PTM Pack et T ransfer Mode (P TM) is packet -oriented and supported by the VD SL2 standard. In PTM, packets are encapsulated directly in the High-level Data Link Con[...]

Chapter 6 Broa dband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 84 IPv6 Subnet Masking Both an IPv6 address and IPv6 subnet mask compose of 128-bit binary digits, which are divided into eight 16-bit blocks and written in hexadecimal notation. Hexadecimal uses four bits for each character (1 ~ 10, A ~ F). Each block’s 16 bits are then represented by four hex[...]

Chapter 6 Broadband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 85 6.2.1 Add/Edit Internet Connection Click Add new WAN Interf ace in the Broadband screen or the Edit icon next to an existing W AN interface to configure a W AN connection. The screen v aries depending on the interface type, mode, encapsulation, and IPv6/IPv4 mode you select. 6.2.1.1 Routing Mod[...]

Chapter 6 Broa dband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 86 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 8 Ro u t i n g M o d e LABEL DESCRIPTION Gener al Active Sel ect this to activ ate the W AN configurat ion settings. Name Specify a descriptive na me for thi s connection. T ype Select whether it is an ADSL/VDSL over PTM or ADSL o[...]

Chapter 6 Broadband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 87 Servi ce Catego ry Sele ct UBR Without PCR or UBR With PCR for applications that are non-time sensitive, such as e-mail. Select CBR (Continuous Bit R ate) to specify fixed (alwa ys-on) bandwidth for v oice or data traffic. Select Non Realt ime VB R (non real-time V ariable Bit Ra te) for connec[...]

Chapter 6 Broa dband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 88 Gateway IP Address Enter the gateway IP address provided by y our ISP . Routing F eature This is available only when you s el ect IPv4 Only or IPv6/IPv4 DualStack in the IPv6/ IPv4 Mode fiel d. NA T Enable Select this option to ac tivate NA T on this connection. IGMP Proxy Enable Internet Grou[...]

Chapter 6 Broadband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 89 6.2.1.2 Bridge Mode Click the Add new WAN Interface in the Network Setting > Broadband screen or the Edit icon next to the connection you want to configure. Select Bridge as the encapsulation mode. The screen varies depending on the interface type you select. IPv6 DN S Sele ct Dynamic to hav[...]

Chapter 6 Broa dband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 90 If you select ADSL/VDSL over PTM as the interface type, the following screen appears. Figure 21 Bridge Mode (AD SL/VDSL over PTM) The following table describes the fields in this screen. T able 9 Bridge M ode (ADSL /VDSL over PTM) LABEL DESCRIPTION Gener a l Active Sel ect this to activ ate th[...]

Chapter 6 Broadband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 91 If you select ADSL over ATM as the interface type, the following screen appears. Figure 22 Bridge Mode (AD SL over A TM) The following table describes the fields in this screen. T able 10 Bridge Mode (ADS L over A TM) LABEL DESCRIPTION Gener a l Active Sel ect this to activ ate the WAN con figu[...]

Chapter 6 Broa dband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 92 6.3 The 3G Backup Screen Use this screen to configure your 3G settings. Click Network Setting > Broadband > 3G Backup . Encapsulation Mode Select the method of mult iple xing used by your ISP from the drop-down list box. Choices are: • LLC/SNAP-BRIDGING: In LCC encapsulation, bridge d [...]

Chapter 6 Broadband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 93 Note: The actual data r ate you obtain v aries depending the 3G card you use, the signal strength to the service provider ’ s base station, and so on. Figure 23 Network Setting > Broadband > 3G Backup The following table describes the labels in this screen. Ta b l e 1 1 Network Setting [...]

Chapter 6 Broa dband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 94 Username T ype the user name (of up to 64 ASCII pr intable char a cters) given to you by your service provider . Password T ype the password (of up to 64 ASCII prin table characters) associat ed with the user n ame above. PIN A PIN (P ersonal Identificati on Number) code is a k ey to a 3G card[...]

Chapter 6 Broadband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 95 Data Budget (Mbytes) Select t his and specify how much downstream and/or upstream data (in Me ga bytes) can be transmitted via the 3G con nec tion within one month. Select Download/Upload to set a limit on the total traffic i n both directions. Select Download to set a limit on the downstream t[...]

Chapter 6 Broa dband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 96 6.4 The Advanced Screen Use the Advanced screen to enable or disable PTM over ADSL, Annex M/Annex J, and DSL PhyR functions. The Device suppo rts the PhyR retransm ission scheme. PhyR is a retransmission scheme designed to provide protection against noise on the DSL line. It improves v o ice ,[...]

Chapter 6 Broadband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 97 6.5 The 8021x Screen Y ou can view and configure the 802.1x authentication settings in the 8021x screen. Click Network Setting > Broadband > 8021x to displ ay the following screen. Figure 26 Network Setting > Broadband > 8021x The following table describes the labels in this screen.[...]

Chapter 6 Broadban d VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 98 6.5.1 Edit 802.1x Settings Use this screen to edit a 802.1x au thentication’ s settings. Click the Edit icon next to the rule you want to edit. The screen shown next appears. Figure 27 802.1x: Add/Edit The following table describes the labels in this screen. 6.6 T echnical Reference The foll[...]

Chapter 6 Broadband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 99 Encap sulation B e s u r e t o u s e t h e e n c a p s u l a t i o n m e t h o d r e q u i r e d b y y o u r I S P . T h e D e v i c e c a n w o r k i n b r i d g e m o d e or routing mode. When the Device is in rout ing mode, it supports the following methods. IP over Ethernet IP over Ethernet[...]

Chapter 6 Broa dband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 100 Multiplexing There are two conventions to identify what protocols the virtual circuit (VC) is carrying. Be sure to use the multiplexing method required by your ISP . VC-based Multiplexing In this case, by prior mutual agreement, each pro toc ol is assigned to a specific virtual circuit; for e[...]

Chapter 6 Broadband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 101 The following figure illustrates the rela tionship between PCR, SCR and MBS. Figure 28 Example of T raffic Shaping A TM T raffic Classes These are the basic A TM traffic classes defined by the A TM Forum T raffic Management 4.0 Specification. Constant Bit R ate (CBR) Constant Bit R ate (CBR) p[...]

Chapter 6 Broa dband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 102 IP Address Assignment A static IP is a fixed IP that your ISP gives you. A dynamic IP is not fixed; the ISP assigns you a different one each time. The Sing le User Accoun t feature can be enabled or disabled if y ou have either a dynamic or static IP . However the encapsulation method assigne[...]

Chapter 6 Broadband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 103 Multicast IP packets are tr ansmitted in either one of two wa ys - Unicast (1 sender - 1 recipient) or Broadcast (1 sender - everybody on the network). Multicast delivers IP pack ets to a group of hosts on the network - not everybody and not just 1. Internet Group Multicast Protocol (IGMP) is [...]

Chapter 6 Broa dband VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 104 compose the network address. The prefix length is written as “/x” where x is a number . For example, 2001:db8:1a2b:15::1a2f:0/32 means that the first 32 bits ( 2001 :db8 ) is the subnet pre fi x .[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 105 C HAPTER 7 Wireless 7.1 Overview This chapter describes the Device’s Network Setting > Wireless screens. Use these screens to set up your Device’ s wireless connection. 7.1.1 What Y ou Can Do in this Ch apter This section describes the Device’s Wireless screens. Use these screens to set up your Device’[...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 106 7.1.2 What Y ou Need to Know Wireless Basics “Wireless” is essentially radio communication. In the same way that walkie-talkie r adios send and receive information over the airwav es, wireless ne tworking devices exchange information with one another . A wire less networking de vice is jus[...]

Chapter 7 Wi r eless VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 107 Click Network Setting > Wireless to open the General screen. Figure 29 Network Setting > Wireless > General The followi ng table descri bes the gener a l wireless LAN labels in this screen. T able 15 Network Setting > Wireless > General LABEL DESCRIPTION Wireless Network Set up[...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 108 7.2.1 No Security Select No Security to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access po ints without any data encryption or authentication. Control Sideband This is available for so me region s when you select a specific ch annel and set t he Bandwidth field to 40MHz . Set whether th[...]

Chapter 7 Wi r eless VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 109 Note: If you do no t ena ble a ny wirel ess se cur i ty on yo ur D e v ice, your netw o rk is accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range. Figure 30 Wireless > General: No Security The following table describes the labels in this screen. 7.2.2 Basic (WEP Encryption) W[...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 11 0 In order to configure and enable WEP encryption, click Network Se tting > Wireless to displa y the General screen, then select Basic as the security level. Figure 31 Wireless > General: Basic (WEP) The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 17 Wireless > General:[...]

Chapter 7 Wi r eless VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 111 7.2.3 More Secure (WP A(2)-PSK) The WPA -PSK security mode provides both improved data encryption and user authentication o ver WEP . Using a Pre-Shared K ey (PSK), both the Device and the connectin g client share a common password in order to validate the connection. This type of encryption,[...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 11 2 7.2.4 WP A(2) Authen ticatio n The WPA2 security mode is currently the most robust form of encryption for wireless networks. It requires a RADIUS server to authenticate user cr edentials and is a full implementation the security protocol. Use this security option for m aximum protection of yo[...]

Chapter 7 Wi r eless VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 11 3 7.3 The More AP Screen This screen allows you to enable and configure mu ltiple Basic Service Sets (BSSs) on the Device. Click Network Setting > Wireless > More AP . The following screen displays. Figure 34 Network Setting > Wireless > More AP IP Address Enter the IP address of t[...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 11 4 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 7.3.1 Edit More AP Use this screen to edit an SSID profile. Click the Edit icon next to an SSID in the More AP screen. The following screen displays. Figure 35 More AP: Edit The following table describes the fields in this screen. T abl[...]

Chapter 7 Wi r eless VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 11 5 7.4 MAC Authentication This screen allows you to configure the Z yXEL Device to give exclusive access to specific devices (Allow) or exclude specific device s from accessing the Z yXEL Device (Deny) . Ev ery Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC addre ss is[...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 11 6 Use this screen to view your Device’ s MAC filter settings and add new MAC filter rules. Click Network Setting > Wireless > MAC Authent ication . The screen appears as shown. Figure 36 Wireless > MAC Authentication The following table describes the labels in this screen. 7.5 The WP[...]

Chapter 7 Wi r eless VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 11 7 Note: The Device appli es the security settings of the SSID1 profile (see S ection 7.2 on page 106 ). If you want to use the WPS feature, make sure y ou have set the security mode of SSID1 to WPA-PSK , WPA2-PSK or No Security . Click Network Setting > Wireless > WPS . The following scr[...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 11 8 7.6 The WMM Screen Use this screen to enable Wi-Fi MultiMedia (WMM) and WMM Power Sav e in wire less networks for multimedia applications. Click Network Setting > Wireless > WMM . The foll owing scree n displays. Figure 38 Network Setting > Wireless > WMM The following table descr[...]

Chapter 7 Wi r eless VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 11 9 7.7 The WDS Screen An AP using the Wireless Distribution System (WDS) can function as a wireless network bridge allowing you to wirelessly connect two wired network segments. The WDS screen allows you to configure the Device to connect to two or more APs wirelessly when WDS is enabled. Use t[...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 120 7.7.1 WDS Scan Y ou can click the Scan icon in Wireless > WDS to hav e the Device automatically search and display the av ailable APs within range. Select an AP and click Apply to have the Device establish a wireless link with the selected wireless device. Figure 40 WDS: Scan The following [...]

Chapter 7 Wi r eless VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 121 7.8 The Others Screen Use this screen to configure advanced wireless settings. Click Network Setting > Wireless > Others . The screen appears as shown. See Section 7.10.2 on page 125 for detailed definitions of the terms listed in this screen. Figure 41 Network Setting > Wireless >[...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 122 802.11 Mode Select 802.11b Only to allow only IEEE 802.11b compliant WLAN devi ces to associate with the Device. Select 802.11g Only to allow only IEEE 802.11g com pliant WLAN devices to associate wit h the Device. Select 802.11n Only to allow only IEEE 802.11n co mpliant WLAN devices to assoc[...]

Chapter 7 Wi r eless VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 123 7.9 The Channel S t atus Screen Use the Channel St atus screen to scan wireless LAN channel noises and view the results. Click Network Setting > Wireless > Channel Status . The screen appears as shown. Click Scan to scan the wireless LAN channels. Y ou can view the results in the Channe[...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 124 • An “infrastructure” t ype of network has one or more access points and one or more wireless clients. The wireless clients connect to the access points. • An “ad-hoc” type of netwo rk is one in which ther e is no access point. Wireless clients connect to one another in order to ex[...]

Chapter 7 Wi r eless VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 125 variety of networks to exist in the same place without interfering with one another . When you create a network, you must select a channel to use. Since the available unlicensed spectrum v a ries from one country to another , the number of av ailable channels also varies. 7.10.2 Additional Wi[...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 126 Because of the damage that can be done by a malicious attack er , it’ s not just people who have sensitive information on their n etwork who should use security . Everybody who uses any wireless network should ensure that effective security is in place. A good way to come up with effective s[...]

Chapter 7 Wi r eless VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 127 wireless users to get a v alid user name and password. Then, they can use that user name and password to use the wireless network. 7.10.3.4 Encryption Wireless networks can use encryption to protect th e information that is sent in the wireless network. Encryption is like a secret code. If yo[...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 128 coincidental emitters such as electric motors or microwa ves. Problems with absorption occur when physical objects (such as thick w alls) are between the two radios, muffling the signal. 7.10.5 BSS A Basic Service Set (BSS) exists when all communications between wireless stations or between a [...]

Chapter 7 Wi r eless VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 129 • Y ou must use different keys for differ ent BSSs . If two wireless devices have different BSSIDs (they are in different BS Ss), but have th e same keys, they may hear each other’s communications (but not communicate with each other). • MBSSID should not replace but rather be u s ed in[...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 130 WPS allows you to quickly set up a wireless network with strong security , without having to configure security settings manually . Each WPS connection works between two devices. Both devices must support WPS (check each device’ s documentation to make sure). Depending on the devices you ha [...]

Chapter 7 Wi r eless VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 131 1 Ensure WPS is enabled on both devices. 2 Access the WPS section of the AP’s configur ation inte rface. See the device’ s User’s Guide for how to do this. 3 Look for the client’s WPS PIN; it will be displayed either on the device, or in the WPS section of the client’s configur atio[...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 132 The following figure shows a WPS-enabled wireless client (installed in a notebook computer) connecting to the WPS-enab led AP via the PIN method. Figure 46 Example WPS Process: PIN Method 7.10.9.3 How WPS Works When two WPS-enabled devices connect, each device must assume a specific role. One [...]

Chapter 7 Wi r eless VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 133 The following figure shows a WPS-enabled client (i nstalled in a notebook computer) connecting to a WPS-enabled access point. Figure 47 How WPS works The roles of registrar and enrollee last only as long as the WPS setup process is active (two minutes). The next time you use WPS, a different [...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 134 is the registrar , and Client 1 is the enrollee. The registrar r andomly generates the security information to set up the networ k, since it is unconfigured and has no existing information. Figure 48 WPS: Example Network Step 1 In step 2 , you add another wireless client to the network. Y ou k[...]

Chapter 7 Wi r eless VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 135 In step 3, you add another access point ( AP2 ) to your network. AP2 is out of range of AP1 , so y ou cannot use AP1 for the WPS handshake with the new access point. However , you know that Client 2 supports the registr ar function, so you use it to perf orm the WPS handshake instead. Figure [...]

Chapter 7 Wirele ss VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 136 • When you use the PBC m ethod, there is a short period (from the moment you press the button on one device to the moment you press the bu tton on the other device) when any WPS-enabled device could join the network. This is because the registr ar has no way of identifying the “correct” [...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 137 C HAPTER 8 Home Networking 8.1 Overview A Local Area Network (LAN) is a shared communication system to which many networking devices are connected. It is usually l ocated in one immedi ate area such as a building or floor of a building. Use the LAN screens to help y ou configure a LAN DHCP serv er and manage IP a[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 138 8.1.2 What Y ou Need T o Kn ow 8.1.2.1 About LAN IP Address IP addresses identify individual devices on a network. Ev ery networking device (including computers, servers, routers, printers, etc.) needs an IP address to communicate across the network. These networking devices are also kno[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 139 • Assigning lease time s to mappings Windows Messenger is an example of an app lication that supports NA T trav ersal and UPnP . See the Chapter 11 on page 183 for more information on NA T . Cautions with UPnP The automated nature of NA T trav ersal applications in establishing their o[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 140 3 Click Apply to save your settings. Figure 51 Network Setting > Home Networking > LAN Setup The following table describes the fields in this screen. T able 30 Network Setting > Home Networking > LAN Setup LABEL DESCRIPTION Interface Group Group Name Select the interface grou[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 141 DHCP Re lay Server Address This field is only av ailable when you select DHCP Re lay in the DHCP field. IP Address Enter the IP address of the ac tual remote DHCP server in this field. IP Addressing Va l u e s This field is only avai lable when you select Enable in the DHCP field. Beginn[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 142 8.3 The S t atic DHCP Screen This table allows you to assign IP addresses on the LAN to spe cific individual computers based on their MAC Addresses. Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 143 Use this screen to change your Device’ s static DHCP settings. Click Network Setting > Home Networking > Static DHCP to open the following screen. Figure 52 Network Setting > Home Networking > Static DHCP The following table describes the labels in this screen. If you click[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 144 8.4 The UPnP Screen Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a distributed, open networking standard that uses T CP/IP for simple peer-to-peer network connectivit y between devices. A UPnP device can dynamically join a network, obtain an IP address, conv ey its capab ilities and learn about oth[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 145 8.5 Inst alling UPnP in Windows Example This section shows how to install UPnP in Windows Me and Windows XP . Inst alling UPnP in Windows Me Follow the steps below to install the UPnP in Windows Me. 1 Click Start and Control Panel . Double-click Add/Remove Pr ogr a ms . 2 Click on the Wi[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 146 3 In the Communications window, select the Universal Plu g and Play check box in the Components selection box. Add/Remove Programs: Wi ndows Setup: Communicatio n: Component s 4 Click OK to go back to the Add/Remove Programs Properties window and click Next . 5 R estart the computer when[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 147 4 The Windows Optional Networking Components Wizard window displays. Select Networking Service in the Components selection box and click Details . Windows Opti onal Networking Components Wi za rd 5 In the Networking Services window , select the Universal Plug and Play check box. Networki[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 148 Make sure the computer is connected to a LAN port of the Device. T u rn on your computer and the Device. Auto-discover Y our UPnP -enabled Network Device 1 Click Start and Control Panel . Double-click Network Connections . An icon displays under Internet Gateway . 2 Right-click the icon [...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 149 4 Y ou may edit or delete the port mappings or click Add to manually add port mappings. Internet C onnection Prop erties: Advanc ed Settings Internet Connec tion Properties : Advanced Set tings: Add 5 When the UPnP-enabled device is disconnected fr om your computer , all port mappings wi[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 150 7 Double-click on the icon to display your cur rent Internet connection status. Internet Conn ection Status Web Configurator Eas y Access With UPnP , you can access the web-based configurator on the Device without fin ding out the IP address of the Device first. This comes helpful if you[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 151 3 Select My Network Places und er Other Places . Network Co nnection s 4 An icon with the description for each UPnP-e nabled device displays under Local Network . 5 Right-click on the icon for y our Device and select Invoke . The web configurator login screen displays. Network Co nnectio[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 152 6 Right-click on the icon for y our Device and select Prope rties . A properti es window displays with basic information about the Device. Network Co nnection s: My Netw ork Plac es: Prop erties: Ex ample[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 153 8.7 The Additional Subnet Screen Use the Additional Subnet screen to configure IP alias and public static IP . IP alias allows you to partition a physical network into different logical networks ov er the same Ethernet interface. The De vice supports multiple logical LAN interfaces via i[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 154 8.8 The STB V endor ID Screen Set T op Box (STB) devices with dynamic IP addr esses sometimes don’ t renew their IP addresses before the lease time expires. This could lead to IP address conflicts if the STB continues to use an IP address that gets assigned to another device. Use this [...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 155 8.9 The LAN VLAN Screen Click Network Setting > Home Networ king > LAN VLAN to op en this screen. Use this screen to control the VLAN ID and I EEE 802.1p priority tags of traffic sent out through individual LAN ports. Figure 57 Network Setting > Home Networking > LAN VLAN The[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 156 8.10.1 LANs, W ANs and the Device The actual physical connection determines whether the Device ports are LAN or WAN ports. Th ere are two separate IP networks, one inside the LA N network and the other outside the W AN network as shown next. Figure 58 LAN and WAN IP Addresses 8.10.2 DHCP[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 157 • Some ISPs choose to disseminate the DNS server addresses using the DNS server extensions of IPCP (IP Control Protocol) after the connection is up. If your ISP did not give you explicit DNS servers, chances are the DNS servers are con veyed through IPCP negotiation. The Device support[...]

Chapter 8 Home Networking VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 158 Y ou can obtain your IP address from the IANA, from an ISP or it can be assigned from a private network. If you belong to a sm all organization and your Internet access is through an ISP , the ISP can provide you with the Internet addresses for yo ur local networks. On the other hand, if[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 159 C HAPTER 9 Routing 9.1 Overview The Device usually uses the default gatew ay to route outbound traffic from computers on the LAN to the Internet. T o have the Device send data to devices not reachable through the default gateway , use static routes. For example, th e next figure shows a computer ( A ) connected t[...]

Chapter 9 Routing VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 160 9.2 The Routing Screen Use this screen to view and configure the static route rules on the Device. Click Network Setting > Routing > Static Route to open the following screen. Figure 60 Network Setting > Routing > Static Route The following table describes the labels in this screen. [...]

Chapter 9 Routi ng VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 161 9.2.1 Add/Edit S t atic Route Use this screen to add or edit a static route. Click Add new static route in the Routing screen or the Edit icon next to the static route yo u want to edit. The screen shown next appears. Figure 61 Routing: Add/Edit The following table describes the labels in this [...]

Chapter 9 Routing VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 162 Y ou can use source-based policy forwarding to dire ct tr affic from different users through different connections or distribute traffic among multiple paths for load sharing. The Policy Forwarding screen let you view and configure routing policies on the Device. Click Network Setting > Routi[...]

Chapter 9 Routi ng VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 163 9.3.1 Add/Edit Policy Forwarding Click Add new Policy Forward Rule in the Poli cy Forwardin g screen or click the Edit ico n next to a policy . Use this screen to configure the required information for a policy route. Figure 63 Policy F orwarding: Add/Edit The following table describes the labe[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 165 C HAPTER 10 Quality of Service (QoS) 10.1 Overview Quality of Service (QoS) refers to both a network’ s ability to deliver data with minimum delay , and the networking methods used to control the use of bandwidth. Without QoS, all tr affic data is equally likely to be dropped when the network is congested. This[...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 166 10.2 What Y ou Need to Know The following terms and concepts may he lp as y ou read through this chapter . QoS versus C os QoS is used to prioritize source-to-destination traffic flows. All pack ets in the same flow are given the same priority . CoS (class of service) is a wa y[...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 167 T raffic Policing T raffic policing is the limiting of the input or output tr ansmission rate of a class of tr affic on the basis of user-defined criteria. T raffic policing methods measure traffic flows against user-defined criteria and identify it as either confor ming, excee[...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 168 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.4 The Queue Setup Screen Click Network Setting > QoS > Queue Setup to open the screen as shown next. T able 41 Network Setting > QoS > General LABEL DESCRIPTION QoS Select the Enable check box to turn on Qo[...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 169 Use this screen to configure QoS queue assignment. Figure 65 Network Setting > QoS > Queue Setup The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 42 Network Setting > QoS > Queue Setup LABEL DESCRIPTION Add new Queue Click this butt on to create a new[...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 170 10.4.1 Adding a QoS Queue Click Add new Queue or the edit icon in the Queue Setup screen to configure a queue. Figure 66 Queue Setup: Add The following table describes the labels in this screen. 10.5 The Class Setup Screen Use this screen to add, edit or delete QoS classifi ers[...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 171 Y ou can give different priorities to traffic that the Device forw ards out through the W AN interface. Give high priority to voice and video to make them run more smoothly . Similarly , give low priority to many large file downloads so that they do not reduce the quality of ot[...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 172 10.5.1 Add/Edit QoS Class Click Add new Classifier in the Class Setup screen or the Edit icon next to a classifier to open the following screen. Figure 68 Class Setup: Add/Edit[...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 173 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 45 Class Setup: Add/Edit LABEL DESCRIPTION Active Select thi s to enable this classifier . Class Nam e Enter a descriptive name of up to 15 printa ble English keyboard char acters, not including spaces. Classificat[...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 174 Service This field is av ailable only when you select IP in the Ether Type field. This field simplifies cl assifier configur atio n by all owing you t o select a pre defined applicati on. When you s elect a prede fined applicati on, you do not configure t he rest of the filter [...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 175 10.6 The QoS Po licer Setup Screen Use this screen to configure QoS policers that allow you to limit the tr ansmission rate of incoming traffic. C lick Network Settin g > QoS > Policer Setup . The screen appears as shown. Figure 69 Network Setting > QoS > Policer Se[...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 176 10.6.1 Add/Edit a QoS Policer Click Add new Policer in the Poli cer Setup scre en or the Edit icon next to a policer to show the following screen. Figure 70 Policer Setup: Add/Edit The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 47 Policer Setup: Add/Edit LABEL [...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 177 10.7 The QoS Monitor Screen T o view the Device’s QoS packet statistics, click Network Setting > Q oS > Monitor . The scre en appears as shown. Figure 71 Network Setting > QoS > Monitor The following table describes the labels in this screen. Av ailable Class Sele[...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 178 10.8 T echnical Reference The following section contains additional technica l information about the Device features described in this chapter . IEEE 802.1Q T ag The IEEE 802.1Q standard defines an explicit VLAN tag in the MAC header to identify the VLAN membership of a frame a[...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 179 DSCP is backward compatible with the three preced ence bits in the T oS octet so that non-DiffServ compliant, T oS-enabled network device w ill not conflict with the DSCP mapping. The DSCP value determines the forwarding behavior , the PHB (Per-Hop Behavior), that each packet g[...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 180 T oken Bucket The token bucket algorith m uses tok ens in a buck et to control when tr affic can be tr ansmitted. The bucket stores tokens, each of which represents one byte. The algorithm allows bursts of up to b bytes which is also the bucket size, so the bu cket can hold up [...]

Chapter 10 Quality of Service (QoS) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 181 The srTCM ev aluates incoming packets and marks th em with one of three colors which refer to packet loss priority levels. High packet loss priority level is referred to as red, medium is referred to as yellow and low is referred to as green. The srTCM is based on the tok en bu[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 183 C HAPTER 11 Network Address Translation (NAT) 1 1.1 Overview This chapter discusses how to configure NA T on the Device. NA T (Network Address T ranslation - NA T , RFC 1631) is the translation of the IP address of a host in a packet, for example, the source address of an outgoing packet, u sed within one network[...]

Chapter 11 Network Address Translation (NAT) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 184 W AN side. When the response comes back, NA T translates the destination address (the inside global address) back to the inside local address be fore forwarding it to the original inside host. Port Forwarding A port forwarding set is a list of inside (behind NA T on th[...]

Chapter 11 Networ k Add ress Translation (NAT) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 185 third ( C in the example). Y ou assign the LAN IP addr esses and the ISP assigns the WAN IP address. The NA T network appears as a single host on the Internet. Figure 72 Multiple Servers Behind NA T Example Click Network Setting > NAT > Port Forwarding to open [...]

Chapter 11 Network Address Translation (NAT) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 186 1 1.2.1 Add/Edit Port Forwarding Click Add new rule in the Port Forward ing screen or click the Edit icon next to an existing rule to open the following screen. Figure 74 Port F orwarding: Add/Edit The following table describes the labels in this screen. Protocol This [...]

Chapter 11 Networ k Add ress Translation (NAT) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 187 1 1.3 The Applications Screen This screen provides a summary of all NA T applications and their configuration. In addition, this screen allows you to create new applications and/or remove existing ones. T o access this screen, click Network Setting > NAT > Appl[...]

Chapter 11 Network Address Translation (NAT) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 188 1 1.3.1 Add New Application This screen lets you create new NA T application rules. Click Add new application in the Applications screen to open the following screen. Figure 76 Applications: Add The following table describes the labels in this screen. 1 1.4 The Port T [...]

Chapter 11 Networ k Add ress Translation (NAT) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 189 For example: Figure 77 T rigger Port F orwarding Process: Example 1 Jane requests a file from the R eal Audio server (port 7070). 2 Port 7070 is a “trigger” port and causes the Device to record Jane’ s computer IP address. The Device associates Jane's comp[...]

Chapter 11 Network Address Translation (NAT) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 190 1 1.4.1 Add/Edit Port T riggering Rule This screen lets you create new port triggering rules. Click Add new rule in the Port Triggering screen or click a rule’ s Edit icon to open the following screen. Figure 79 Port T riggering: Add/Edit The following table describe[...]

Chapter 11 Networ k Add ress Translation (NAT) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 191 1 1.5 The DMZ Screen In addition to the servers for specified services, NA T supports a default server IP address. A default server receives pack ets from ports that are not specified in the NAT Port Forwarding Setup screen. Figure 80 Network Setting > NAT > DM[...]

Chapter 11 Network Address Translation (NAT) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 192 1 1.6 The ALG Screen Some NA T routers may include a SIP Application Layer Gatew ay (ALG). A SIP AL G allows SIP calls to pass through NA T by examining and translatin g IP addresses embedded in the data stream. When the Device registers with the SIP register server , [...]

Chapter 11 Networ k Add ress Translation (NAT) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 193 The following table describes the fields in this screen. 1 1.7.1 Add/Edit Address Mapping Rule T o add or edit an address mapping rule, click Add new rule or the rule’s edit icon in the Address Mapping screen to display the screen shown next. Figure 83 Address Mapp[...]

Chapter 11 Network Address Translation (NAT) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 194 The following table describes the fields in this screen. 1 1.8 T echnical Reference This part contains more information regarding NA T . 1 1.8.1 NA T Definitions Inside/outside denotes where a host is located relative to the Device, for example, the computers of your s[...]

Chapter 11 Networ k Add ress Translation (NAT) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 195 Note that inside/outside refers to the location of a host, while global/local refers to the IP address of a host used in a pack et. Thus, an inside local ad dress (ILA) is the IP address of an inside host in a packet when the packet is still in the local networ k, wh[...]

Chapter 11 Network Address Translation (NAT) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 196 1 1.8.3 How NA T Works Each packet has two addresses – a source address and a destination address. For outgoing packets, the ILA (Inside Local Address) is the source address on the LAN, and the IGA (Inside Global Address) is the source address on the W AN. Fo r incom[...]

Chapter 11 Networ k Add ress Translation (NAT) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 197 1 1.8.4 NA T Application The following figure illustrates a possible NA T applic ation, where three inside LANs (logical LANs using IP alias) behind the Device can communicate with three distinct WAN networks. Figure 85 NA T Application With IP Alias Port Forwarding:[...]

Chapter 11 Network Address Translation (NAT) VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 198 Port Forwarding Example Let's say you w ant to assign ports 21-25 to one FTP , T elnet and SMTP server ( A in the example), port 80 to another ( B in the example) and assign a default server IP address of 192.168.1.35 to a third ( C in the example). Y ou assign th[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 199 C HAPTER 12 Dynamic DNS Setup 12.1 Overview DNS DNS (Domain Name System) is for mapping a domain name to its corresponding IP address and vice versa. The DNS server is extremely important because without it, y ou must know the IP address of a machine before you can access it. In addition to the system DNS server([...]

Chapter 12 Dynamic DNS Se tu p VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 200 12.1.2 What Y ou Need T o Know DYNDNS Wildcard Enabling the wildcard feature for your host causes *.yourhost.dyndns.org to be aliased to the same IP address as yourhost.dyndns.org. This feature is us eful if you want to be able to use, for example, www . yourhost.dyndns.org and stil[...]

Chapter 12 Dynamic DNS Setup VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 201 12.2.1 Add/Edit DNS Entry Y ou can manually add or edit the Device’ s DNS name and IP address entry . Click Add n ew DNS entry in the DNS Entry screen or the Edit icon next to the entry you want to edit. The screen shown next appears. Figure 88 DNS Entry: Add/Edit The following tabl[...]

Chapter 12 Dynamic DNS Se tu p VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 202 The following table describes the fields in this screen. T able 65 Network Setting > DNS > > Dynami c DNS LABEL DESCRIPTION Dynamic DNS Select Enable to use dynamic DNS. Servi ce Provider Sele ct your Dynamic DNS service provider fr om the drop-down list box. Hostname T ype[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 203 C HAPTER 13 Interface Group 13.1 Overview By default, all LAN and W AN interfaces on the De vice are in the same group and can communicate with each other . Create interface groups to have the Device assign the IP addr esses in different domains to different groups. Each group acts as an independent network on th[...]

Chapter 13 Interface Group VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 204 In the following example, the client that sends pack ets with the DHCP V endor ID option set to MSFT 5.0 (meaning it is a Windows 2000 DHCP client) is assigned the IP address 192.168. 2.2 and uses the WAN VDSL_PoE/ppp0.1 interface. Figure 90 Interface Grouping Application Click Netwo r [...]

Chapter 13 Interface Group VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 205 Note: An in te rface can bel o n g to only one group at a time. Figure 92 Interface Group Configuration The following table describes the fields in this screen. T able 67 Interface Group Configuration LABEL DESCRIPTION Group Name Enter a name to identify this group. Y ou can enter up to[...]

Chapter 13 Interface Group VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 206 13.2.2 Interface Grouping Criteria Click the Add button in the Interface Grouping Configuration screen to open the following screen. Figure 93 Interface Grouping Criteria The following table describes the fields in this screen. Rem ov e Click the Remove icon to dele te this rule from th[...]

Chapter 13 Interface Group VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 207 DUID type Select DUID-LLT (DUID Based on Link -layer Address Plus Time) to enter the hardware type, a time value and the MAC address of the device. Select DUID-EN (DUID Assigned by Vendor Based up o n Enterprise Number) to enter the vendor’s registered enterprise number . Select DUID-[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 209 C HAPTER 14 USB Service 14.1 Overview The Device has a USB port used to share files via a USB memory stick or a USB hard drive. In the USB Service screens, you can enable file-sharing server , me dia server , and printer server . 14.1.1 What Y ou Can Do in this Chapter •U s e t h e File Sharing screen to enable[...]

Chapter 14 USB Service VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 210 protocol is supported on Microsoft Windows, Li nux Samba and other oper ating systems (refer to your systems specifications for CIFS compatibility). 14.1.2.2 About Printer Server Print Server This is a computer or other device which manages one or more printers, and which sends print jobs t[...]

Chapter 14 USB Service VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 21 1 The following figure is an overview of th e Device’ s file server feature. Computers A and B can access files on a USB device ( C ) which is connected to the Device. Figure 94 File Sharing Overview The Device will not be abl e to join the workgrou p if y our local area network has restri[...]

Chapter 14 USB Service VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 212 Each field is described in the following table. 14.3 The Media Server Screen The media server feature lets anyone on you r netw ork play video , music, and ph otos from the USB storage device connected to y our Device (without ha ving to copy them to another computer). The Device can functi[...]

Chapter 14 USB Service VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 213 The following table describes the labels in this menu. 14.4 The Printer Server Screen The Device allows you to share a USB printer on your LAN. Y ou can do this by connecting a USB printer to one of the USB ports on the Device and then configuring a TCP/IP port on the computers connected to[...]

Chapter 14 USB Service VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 214 T o access this screen, click Network Setting > U SB Se rvice > Printer Server . Figure 98 Network Setting > USB Service > Printer Server The following table describes the labels in this menu. T able 71 Network Setting > USB Service > Print Server LABEL DESCRIPTION Printer[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 215 C HAPTER 15 Firewall 15.1 Overview This chapter shows you how to enable and configur e the Device’ s security settings. Use the firewall to protect your Device and network from attacks by hack ers on the Internet and control access to it. By default the firewall: • allows traffic that originates from y our LA[...]

Chapter 15 Firewall VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 216 15.1.2 What Y ou Need to Know SYN Att ack A SYN attack floods a targeted system with a series of SYN packets. Each pack et causes the targeted system to issue a SYN-ACK response. Wh ile the targeted system waits for the ACK that follows the SYN-ACK, it queues up all outstand in g SYN-ACK respo[...]

Chapter 15 Firewall VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 217 15.2 The Firewall Screen Use this screen to set the security level of the firewall on the Device. Firewall rules are grouped based on the direction of tra vel of packets to which th ey apply . Click Security > Firewall to display the General screen. Figure 100 Security > Firewall > Ge[...]

Chapter 15 Firewall VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 218 Click Security > Firewall > Service to display the following screen. Figure 101 Security > Firewall > Service The following table describes the labels in this screen. 15.3.1 Add/Edit a Service Use this screen to add a customized service rule that you can use in the firewall’ s AC[...]

Chapter 15 Firewall VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 219 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 15.4 The Access Control Screen Click S ecurity > Firewall > Access Control to display the following screen. This screen displays a list of the configured incoming or outgoing filtering rules. Figure 103 Security > Firewall > [...]

Chapter 15 Firewall VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 220 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 75 Security > Firewall > Access Control LABEL DESCRIPTION DoS Protection DoS (Denial of S ervice) a ttacks can flood your Inte rnet conn ection wi th invalid packets and connection request s, using so much bandwidth and so m[...]

Chapter 15 Firewall VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 221 15.4.1 Add/Edit an ACL Rule Click Add new ACL rule or the Edit icon next to an existing ACL rule in the Access Control screen. The following screen displays. Figure 104 Access Control: Add/Edit The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 76 Access Control: Add/Edit LABEL DE[...]

Chapter 15 Firewall VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 222 15.5 The DoS Screen DoS (Denial of Service) attacks can flood y our Internet connection with inv alid packets and connection requests, using so much bandwidth and so many resources that Internet access becomes unav ailable. Use the DoS screen to activate protection against DoS attacks. Click S[...]

Chapter 15 Firewall VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 223 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 77 Security > Firewall > DoS LABEL DESCRIPTION DoS Protection Blocking Select Enable to en able protection against DoS attacks. Deny Ping Res po n se Select Enable to block ping request packets. Apply Click Apply to sa ve yo[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 225 C HAPTER 16 MAC Filter 16.1 Overview Y ou can configure the Device to permit access to clients based on th eir MAC addresses in the MAC Filter screen. This applies to wired and wireless connections. Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory a[...]

Chapter 16 MAC Fi lter VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 226 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 78 Security > MAC Filter LABEL DESCRIPTION MAC Address Filter Select Enable to activ ate the MAC filter function. Set This is the index numb er of the MAC address. Allow Select Allow to permit access to th e Device. MAC addr[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 227 C HAPTER 17 Parental Control 17.1 Overview Parental control allows you to block web sites with the specific URL. Y ou ca n also define time periods and da ys during which the Device perf orms parental control on a specific user . 17.2 The Parent al Control Screen Use this screen to enable parental control, view t[...]

Chapter 17 Parental Control VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 228 17.2.1 Add/Edit a Parent al Control Rule Click Add new PCP in the Parental Cont rol screen to add a new rule or click the Edit icon next to an existing rule to edit it. Use this screen to configure a restricted access schedule and/or URL filtering settings to block the users on your ne[...]

Chapter 17 Parental Control VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 229 The following table describes the fields in this screen. T able 80 Parental Control Rule: Add/Edit LABEL DESCRIPTION Gener a l Active Select the checkbox to activate this parental control rule. Par en ta l Control Pr o fi le Name Enter a descri ptive name for the rule. Home Networ k Us[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 231 C HAPTER 18 Scheduler Rules 18.1 Overview Y ou can define time periods and days during whic h the Device performs scheduled rules of certain features (such as Firewall Access Control, P arental Control) on a specific use r in the Scheduler Rules screen. 18.2 The Scheduler Rules Screen Use this screen to view , ad[...]

Chapter 18 Schedul er Rules VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 232 18.2.1 Add/Edit a Schedule Click the Add button in the Scheduler Rules screen or click the Ed it icon next to a schedule rule to open the following screen. Use this screen to co nfigure a restricted access schedule for a specific user on your network. Figure 1 10 Scheduler Rules: Add/E[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 233 C HAPTER 19 Certificates 19.1 Overview The Device can use certificates (also called digital ID s) to authenticate users. Certificates are based on public-priv ate key pairs. A certificate contains the certificate owner ’s identity and public k ey . Certificates provide a way to ex change public keys for use in [...]

Chapter 19 Certificates VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 234 19.3 The Local Certificates Screen Click Se curity > Certificates to open the Local Certificates screen. This is the Device’s summary list of certificates and certification requests. F i g u r e 111 Security > Certificates > Local Certificates The following table describes the l[...]

Chapter 19 Certificates VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 235 19.3.1 Create Certificate Request Click Security > Certificates > Local Cert ificates and then Create Certificate Request to open the following screen. Use this screen to have the Device generate a certification request. Figure 1 12 Create Certificate R equest The following table des[...]

Chapter 19 Certificates VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 236 Figure 1 13 Ce rtificate Request Created 19.3.2 Load Signed Certificate After you create a certificate request and hav e it signed by a Certificate Authority , in the Local Certificates screen click the certificate request’s Load Signed icon to import the signed certificate into the Devi[...]

Chapter 19 Certificates VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 237 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 19.4 The T rusted CA Screen Click Security > Certificates > Trusted CA to open the following screen. Th is screen displays a summary list of certificates of the certification auth orities that you hav e set the Device to accept[...]

Chapter 19 Certificates VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 238 19.4.1 V iew T rusted CA Certificate Click the View icon in the Trusted CA screen to open the following screen. Use this screen to view in-depth information about the certification authority’ s certificate. Figure 1 16 Tr u s t e d C A : V i e w The following table describes the fields i[...]

Chapter 19 Certificates VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 239 19.4.2 Import T rusted CA Certificate Click the Import Certificate button in the Trusted CA screen to open the following screen. The Device trusts any v alid certificate signed by any of the imported trusted CA certificates. Figure 1 17 T rusted CA: Import Certificate The following table d[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 241 C HAPTER 20 Log 20.1 Overview The web configurator allows you to choose which ca tegories of events and/or alerts to have the Device log and then display the logs or hav e the Device send them to an administr ator (as e-mail) or to a syslog server . 20.1.1 What Y ou Can Do in this Chapter •U s e t h e System L [...]

Chapter 20 Log VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 242 20.2 The System Log Screen Use the System Log screen to see the system logs. Click System Monitor > Log to open the System Log screen. Figure 1 18 Sy s t e m M o n it or > L og > Sy st em Lo g The following table describes the fields in this screen. 5 Notice: There is a normal but si gnif [...]

Chapter 20 L og VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 243 20.3 The Security Log Screen Use the Security Log screen to see the security-related logs for the categories that you select. Click System Monitor > Log > Security Log to open the following screen. Figure 1 19 System Monitor > Log > Security Log The following table describes the fields[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 245 C HAPTER 21 Traffic Status 21.1 Overview Use the Traffic Status screens to look at network traffic status and statistics of the W AN and LAN interfaces. 21.1.1 What Y ou Can Do in this Chapter •U s e t h e WAN screen to view the WAN tr affic statistics ( Section 21.2 on page 245 ). •U s e t h e LAN screen to [...]

Chapter 21 Traffi c Status VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 246 The following table describes the fields in this screen. T able 92 System Monitor > T raffic Status > WAN LABEL DESCRIPTION Connect ed Interface This shows the name of the WAN inte rface that is cu rrently connected. Packets Sent Data This indicates th e nu mber of transmitted pac[...]

Chapter 21 Traffic Status VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 247 21.3 The LAN S t atus Screen Click System Monitor > Tr affic Status > LAN to open the following screen. The figure in this screen shows the interface that is currently connected on the Device. Figure 121 System Monitor > T raffic Status > LAN The following table describes the[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 249 C HAPTER 22 ARP Table 22.1 Overview Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a protocol for mapping an Intern et Protocol address (IP address) to a physical machine address, also kn own as a Media Access Control or MAC address, on the local area network. An IP (version 4) address is 32 bits long. In an Ethernet LAN, [...]

Chapter 22 ARP Table VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 250 MAC Address This is the MAC address of th e device with the listed IP address. Devic e This is the ty pe of inte rface use d by the dev i ce. Y ou c an click on the devi ce type to go to its configuration screen. T able 94 System Monitor > ARP T able (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 251 C HAPTER 23 Routing Table 23.1 Overview R outing is based on the destination address only and the Device takes the shortest path to forward a packet. 23.2 The Routing T able Screen Click System Monitor > Routing Table to open the following screen. Figure 123 System Monitor > R outing T able The following ta[...]

Chapter 23 Routing Table VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 252 Service This indic ates the n a me of th e service used to forw ard the route. Interface This indicates the na me of the inte rface through which th e route is forwarded. br0 indicates the LAN inte rface. ptm0 indicates the W AN interface u sing IPoE or in bridge mode. ppp0 indicates the [...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 253 C HAPTER 24 IGMP Status 24.1 Overview Use the IGMP Status screens to look at IGMP group status and traffic statistics. 24.2 The IGMP Group S t atus Screen Use this screen to look at the current list of multicast groups the Device has joined and which ports have joined it. T o open this screen, click System Monito[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 255 C HAPTER 25 xDSL Statistics 25.1 The xDSL S t atistics Screen Use this screen to view detailed DSL statistics. Click System Monitor > xDSL Statistics to open the following screen. Figure 125 System Monitor > xDSL Statistics[...]

Chapter 25 xDSL Statistics VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 256 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 97 Status > xDSL Statistics LABEL DESCRIPTION Refresh Interv al Select the time interval fo r refreshing statistics. Line Select which DSL line’ s statistics you want to displ ay . xDSL T raining Status Thi s displays [...]

Chapter 25 xDSL Statistics VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 257 Downstream Thes e are the statistics for the traffic direction coming into the port from the service provider . Upstream These are the sta tistics for the traffic direction going out from th e port to the service provider . FEC This is the number of F ar End Corrected blocks. CRC This i[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 259 C HAPTER 26 User Account 26.1 Overview In the Users Account screen, you can change the password of the user account that you used to log in the Device. 26.2 The User Account Screen Click Maintenance > User Account to open the following screen. Figure 126 Maintenance > User Account The following table descri[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 261 C HAPTER 27 Remote Management 27.1 Overview R emote Management allows y ou to manage your Device from a remote location through the following interfaces: •L A N •W A N •T r u s t D o m a i n Note: The Device is managed using the W eb Configurator . 27.2 The Remote MGMT Screen Use this screen to configure th[...]

Chapter 27 Remote Management VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 262 The following table describes the fields in this screen. T able 99 Maintenance > R emote MGMT LABEL DESCRIPTION Tr u s t D o m a i n Status This field displays whether th e T rust Domain is acti ve or not. IP Address Enter the T rust Domain IP address. Services This is the service [...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 263 C HAPTER 28 TR-069 Client 28.1 Overview This chapter explains how to configure the Device’ s TR -069 auto-configuration settings. 28.2 The TR-069 Client Screen TR -069 defines how Custom er Premise Equipment ( C PE), for example your Device, can be managed over the W AN by an Auto Configuration Server (ACS). TR[...]

Chapter 28 TR-069 Clien t VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 264 The following table describes the fields in this screen. T able 100 Maintenance > TR-069 Client LABEL DESCRIPTION Inform Select Enable for the Device to send periodic info rm via TR -069 on the WAN. Otherwise, select Disable . Inform Interval Enter the time i nterval (i n seconds) at [...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 265 C HAPTER 29 TR-064 29.1 Overview This chapter explains how to configure the Device’ s TR -064 auto-configuration settings. 29.2 The TR-064 Screen TR -064 is a LAN-Side DSL CPE Configuration protocol defined by the DSL F orum. TR-064 is built on top of UPnP . It allows the users to use a TR -064 compliant CPE ma[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 267 C HAPTER 30 Time Settings 30.1 Overview This chapter shows you how to configure system re lated settings, such as system time, password, name, the domain name and the inactivity timeout interval. 30.2 The T ime Screen T o change your Device’s time and date, click Maintenance > Time . The screen appears as sh[...]

Chapter 30 Time Settings VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 268 The following table describes the fields in this screen. T able 102 Maintenance > Time Setting LABEL DESCRIPTION Current Date/Time Current Time This field displays the time of your Device. Each time you reload this page, the Device synchronizes the time with the ti me server . Current [...]

Chapter 30 Time Settings VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 269 Apply Click Apply to save your changes. Cancel Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving. T able 102 Maintenance > Time Setting (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 271 C HAPTER 31 E-mail Notification 31.1 Overview A mail server is an application or a computer that runs such an application to receive, forward and deliver e-mail messages. T o have the Device send reports, logs or notifications via e-mail, you must specify an e-mail server and the e-mail addresses of the sender an[...]

Chapter 31 E-mail Notification VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 272 31.2.1 Email Notification Edit Click the Add button in the Email Notification screen. Use this screen to configure the required information for sending e-mail via a mail server . Figure 132 Email Notification > Add The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 1[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 273 C HAPTER 32 Logs Setting 32.1 Overview Y ou can configure where the Device sends logs and which logs and/or immediate alerts the Device records in the Logs Setting screen. 32.2 The Log Settings Screen T o change your Device’ s log settings, click Maintenance > Logs Setting . The screen appears as shown. Figu[...]

Chapter 32 Logs Setting VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 274 The following table describes the fields in this screen. 32.2.1 Example E-mail Log An "End of Log" message displays for each mail in which a complete log has been sent. The following is an example of a log sent by e-mail. • Y ou may edit the subject title. • The date format h[...]

Chapter 32 Logs Setting VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 275 •" End of Log " message shows that a complete log has been sent. Figure 134 E-mail Log Example Subject: Firewall Alert From Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 10:05:42 From: user@zyxel.com To: user@zyxel.com 1| Apr 7 00 |From:192.168.1.1 To:192.168.1.255 |default policy |forw ard | 09:54:0[...]

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VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 277 C HAPTER 33 Firmware Upgrade 33.1 Overview This chapter explains how to upload new firm w are to your Device. Y ou can download new firmware releases from your nearest Z yXEL FTP site (or www . zyxel.com) to use to upgrade y our device’ s performance. Only use firmware for your device’ s specific model. Refer[...]

Chapter 33 Firmware Up grade VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 278 After you see the firmw are updating screen, wait tw o minutes before logging into the Device again. Figure 136 Firmware Uploading The Device automatically restarts in this time causing a temporary network disconnect. In some operating systems, you ma y see the following icon on your [...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 279 C HAPTER 34 Configuration 34.1 Overview The Configuration screen allows you to backup and restore device configur ations. Y ou can also reset your device settings back to the factory default. 34.2 The Configuration Screen Click Maintenance > Conf iguration . Information related to factory defaults, backup conf[...]

Chapter 34 Configuratio n VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 280 Restore Configuration R estore Configuration allows y ou to upload a new or previously sa ved configur ati on file from your computer to your Device. Do not turn off the Device while confi guration file upload is in progress. After the Device configur ation has been restored successfully[...]

Chapter 34 Co nfigura tion VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 281 Reset to Factory Default s Click the Reset button to clear all user-entered configur ation information and return the Device to its factory defaults. The following warning screen appears. Figure 142 Reset W arning Message Figure 143 Reset In Process Message Y ou can also press the RE SE[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 282 C HAPTER 35 Diagnostic 35.1 Overview The Diagnostic screens display information to help yo u identify problems with the Device. The route between a CO VDSL switch and one of its CPE may go through switches owned by independent organizations. A connectivity fault point gener ally takes time to discover and impacts[...]

Chapter 35 Diagnostic VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 283 35.3 Ping & T raceRoute & NsLookup Use this screen to ping, traceroute, or nslookup an IP address. Click Maintenance > Diagnostic > Ping & TraceRoute & NsLookup to open the screen shown next. Figure 145 Maintenance > Diagnostic > Ping & T raceR oute & NsLo[...]

Chapter 35 Diagn ostic VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 284 35.4 802.1ag Click Maintenance > Diagnostic > 8.2.1ag to open the following screen. Use this screen to perform CFM actions. Figure 146 Maintenance > Diagnostic > 802.1ag The following table describes the fields in this screen. T able 109 Maintenance > Diagnostic > 802.1ag [...]

Chapter 35 Diagnostic VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 285 35.5 OAM Ping T est Click Maintenance > Diagnostic > OAM Ping Test to open the screen shown next. Use this screen to perform an OAM (Operation , Administr ation and Maintenance) F4 or F5 loopback test on a PVC. The Device sends an OAM F4 or F5 packet to the DSLAM or A TM switch and the[...]

Chapter 35 Diagn ostic VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 286 Note: This screen is av ailable only when you configure an A TM layer-2 interface. Figure 148 Maintenance > Diagnostic > OAM Ping T est The following table describes the fields in this screen. T able 1 10 Maintenanc e > Diagnostic > OAM Ping T est LABEL DESCRIPTION Select a PVC [...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 287 C HAPTER 36 Troubleshooting This chapter offers some suggestions to solve problems you might encounter . The potential problems are divided into the following categories. • Po wer , Hardware Connections, and LEDs • Device Access and Login • Internet Access • Wireless Internet Access • USB Device Connect[...]

Chapter 36 Troubleshooting VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 288 5 If the problem continues, contact the v e ndor . 36.2 Device Access and Login I forgot the IP address for the Device. 1 The default LAN IP address is 192.168.1. 1. 2 If you changed the IP address and have forgotten it , you might get the IP ad dress of the Device by looking up the IP [...]

Chapter 36 Tro ubleshooting VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 289 5 R eset the device to its factory defaults, and try to access the Device with the default IP address. See Section 1.6 on page 21 . 6 If the problem continues, contact the network admi nistrator or vendor , or try one of the advanced suggestions. Advanced Suggestions • Make sure y ou[...]

Chapter 36 Troubleshooting VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 290 36.3 Internet Access I cannot access the In ter net . 1 Check the hardware connections, and make sure the LEDs are behaving as expected. See the Quick Start Guide and Section 1.5 on page 20 . 2 Make sure you entered y our ISP account information correctly in the Network Setting > Bro[...]

Chapter 36 Tro ubleshooting VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 291 2 Check the hardware connections, and make sure the LEDs are behaving as expected. See the Quick Start Guide and Section 1.5 on page 20 . 3 T urn the Device off and on. 4 If the problem continues, contact yo ur ISP . 36.4 Wireless Internet Access What factors may cause intermi ttent or[...]

Chapter 36 Troubleshooting VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 292 The av ailable security modes in your Device are as follows: • WPA2-PSK: (recommended) This uses a pre-shared key with the WP A 2 standard. • WPA-PSK: This has the device use either WPA -PS K or WPA2-PSK depending on which security mode the wireless client uses. • WPA2: WPA2 (IEEE[...]

Chapter 36 Tro ubleshooting VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 293 I cannot open special applications such as white board, fil e transfer and video when I use the MSN messenger . 1 W ait more than three minutes. 2 R estart the applications.[...]

Chapter 36 Troubleshooting VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 294[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 295 A PPENDIX A Setting up Y our Computer ’ s IP Address All computers must have a 10M or 100M Ethernet adapter card and TCP/IP installed. Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista, Macintosh OS 7 and later operating systems and all versions of UNIX/LINUX include the software components y ou need to install and use T CP/IP[...]

Appendix A Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 296 Inst alling Components The Network window Configuration tab displays a list of installed components. Y ou need a network adapter , the TCP/IP protocol and Client for Microsoft Networks. If you need the adapter: 1 In the Network window , click Add . 2 Select Adapt[...]

Appendix A Setti ng up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 297 • If you have a static IP address, select Specify an IP address and type your information into the IP Address and Subnet Mask fields. Figure 150 Windows 95/98/Me: TCP/IP Properties: IP Address 3 Click the DNS Configuration tab. • If you do not know your DNS [...]

Appendix A Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 298 4 Click the Gateway tab. • If you do not know your gateway’ s IP addr ess, remove previously installed gateways. • If y ou have a gatew ay IP address, type it in the New gateway field and click Add . 5 Click OK to save and close the TCP/IP Propert ies wi nd[...]

Appendix A Setti ng up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 299 2 In the Control Panel , double-click Network Connections ( Network and Dial-up Connections in Windows 2000/NT). Figure 153 Windows XP: Control Panel 3 Right-click Local Area Connection and then click Properties . Figure 154 Windows XP: Control P anel: Network C[...]

Appendix A Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 300 4 Select I nternet Protocol (TCP/IP) (under the General tab in Win XP) and then click Properties . Figure 155 Windows XP: Local Area Connection Properties 5 The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties window opens (the General tab in Windows XP). • If you have a dy[...]

Appendix A Setti ng up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 301 • Click Advanced . Figure 156 Windows XP: Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties 6 If you do not kn ow your gatewa y's IP address, remo ve an y previously installed gateways in the IP Settings tab and click OK . Do one or more of the following if y ou want[...]

Appendix A Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 302 • Click OK when finished. Figure 157 Windows XP: Advanced T CP/IP Properties 7 In the Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties window (the General tab in Windows XP): • Click Obtain DNS server address automatically if y ou do not know your DNS serv er IP address(e[...]

Appendix A Setti ng up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 303 If you hav e previously configured DNS servers, click Advan ced and then the DNS tab to order them. Figure 158 Windows XP: Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties 8 Click OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window. 9 Click Close ( OK in Windows 2[...]

Appendix A Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 304 1 Click the Start icon, Control Panel . Figure 159 Windows Vista: Start Menu 2 In the Control Panel , double-click Network and Internet . Figure 160 Windows Vista: Control Panel 3 Click Network and Sharing Center . Figure 161 Windows Vista: Network And Internet[...]

Appendix A Setti ng up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 305 4 Click Manage network connections . Figure 162 Windows Vista: Network and Sharing Center 5 Right-click Local Area Connection and then click Properties . Note: During this procedure, cl ick Continue whenever Windows displays a screen saying that it needs your pe[...]

Appendix A Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 306 6 Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv 4) and click Properties . Figure 164 Windows Vista: Local Area Connection Properties 7 The Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties window opens (the General tab ). • If you have a dynamic IP address click [...]

Appendix A Setti ng up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 307 • Click Advanced . Figure 165 Windows Vista: Internet Protocol V ersion 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties 8 If you do not kn ow your gatewa y's IP address, remo ve an y previously installed gateways in the IP Settings tab and click OK . Do one or more of the follow[...]

Appendix A Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 308 • Click OK when finished. Figure 166 Windows Vista: Advanced T CP/IP Properties 9 In the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties window, (the General tab ): • Click Obtain DNS server address automatically if y ou do not know your DNS serv er IP addr[...]

Appendix A Setti ng up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 309 If you hav e previously configured DNS servers, click Advan ced and then the DNS tab to order them. Figure 167 Windows Vista: Internet Protocol V ersion 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties 10 Click OK to close the Internet Protocol Versio n 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties window . [...]

Appendix A Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 310 Macintosh OS 8/9 1 Click the Apple menu, Control Pane l and double-click TCP/IP to open the TCP/IP Control Panel . Figure 168 Macintosh OS 8/9: Apple Menu[...]

Appendix A Setti ng up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 31 1 2 Select Ethernet built-in from the Connect via list. Figure 169 Macintosh OS 8/9: TCP/IP 3 For dynamically assign ed settings, select Using DHCP Se rver from the Configure: list. 4 For statically assigned settings, do the following: •F r o m t h e Configur e[...]

Appendix A Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 312 •S e l e c t Bui lt-in Ethernet from the Show list. • Click the TCP/IP tab. 3 For dynamically assign ed settings, select Using DHCP from the Configure list. Figure 171 Macintosh OS X: Network 4 For statically assigned settings, do the following: •F r o m t [...]

Appendix A Setti ng up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 313 Linux This section shows you how to configure y our computer ’s T CP/IP settings in Red Hat Linux 9.0. Procedure, screens and file location ma y vary de p ending on your Linux distribution and release vers ion . Note: Make sure you are logged in as the root ad[...]

Appendix A Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 314 2 Double-click on the profile of the network card you wish to configure. The Et hernet Device General screen displays as shown. Figure 173 Red Hat 9.0: KDE: E thernet Device: General • If y ou have a dynamic IP address, click Automa tically obtain IP addre ss s[...]

Appendix A Setti ng up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 315 6 Click the Activate button to apply the changes. The following screen displays. Click Yes to save the changes in all screens. Figure 175 Red Hat 9.0: KDE: Netwo rk Configuration: Activ ate 7 After the network card restart proc ess is complete, make sure the Sta[...]

Appendix A Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 316 2 If you know your DNS server IP address(es ), enter the DNS serv er information in the resolv .conf file in the /etc directory . The following figure shows an example where two DNS server IP addresses are specified. Figure 178 Red Hat 9.0: DNS Settings in resolv[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 317 A PPENDIX B IP Addresses and Subnetting This appendix introduces IP addresses a nd subnet masks. IP addresses identify individual devices on a network. Ev ery networking device (including computers, servers, routers, printers, etc.) needs an IP address to communicate across the network. These networking devices a[...]

Appendix B IP Addresses and Subnetting VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 318 The following figure shows an example IP address in which the first three octets (192.168.1) are the network number , and the fourth octet (16) is the host ID. Figure 181 Network Number and Host ID How much of the IP address is the netw ork number and how much is the host ID[...]

Appendix B IP Add resses and Subnetti ng VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 319 Subnet masks can be referred to by the size of th e network number part (the bits with a “1” v alue). For example, an “8-bit mask” means that the first 8 bits of the mask are ones and the remaining 24 bits are zeroes. Subnet masks are expressed in dotted decimal no[...]

Appendix B IP Addresses and Subnetting VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 320 The following table shows some possible subnet masks using both notations. Subnetting Y ou can use subnetting to divide one network into multiple sub-networks. In the following e xample a network administrator creates two sub-networks to isolate a group of servers from the r[...]

Appendix B IP Add resses and Subnetti ng VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 321 The following figure shows the company netw ork after subnetting . There are now two sub- networks, A and B . Figure 183 Subnetting Example: After Subnetting In a 25-bit subnet the host ID has 7 bits , so each sub-network has a maximum of 2 7 – 2 or 126 possible hosts (a[...]

Appendix B IP Addresses and Subnetting VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 322 Example: Eight Subnet s Similarly , use a 27-bit mask to create eight subn ets (000, 001, 010, 011, 100, 101, 110 and 11 1). The following table shows IP address last octet values for each subnet. Subnet Address: 192.168.1.0 Lowest Hos t ID: 192.168.1.1 Broadcast Address: 19[...]

Appendix B IP Add resses and Subnetti ng VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 323 Subnet Planning The following table is a summary fo r subnet planni ng on a network with a 24-bit network number . The following table is a summary fo r subnet planni ng on a network with a 16-bit network number . 3 64 65 94 95 4 96 97 126 127 5 128 129 158 159 6 160 161 1[...]

Appendix B IP Addresses and Subnetting VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 324 Configuring IP Addresses Where you obtain your n etwork number depends on your particular situation. If the ISP or your network administrator assigns y ou a block of regist ered IP addresses, follow their instructions in selecting the IP addresses and the subnet mask. If the[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 325 A PPENDIX C Pop-up Windows, JavaScript s and Java Permissions In order to use the web configur ator you need to allow: • W eb browser pop-up windows from your device. • Jav aScripts (enabled by default). • Jav a pe rmission s (en abled by default). Note: Internet Explorer 6 screens are used here. Screens fo[...]

Appendix C Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts an d Java Permissi ons VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 326 2 Clear the Block pop-ups check box in the Pop-up Blocker section of the screen. This disables any web pop-up blockers you may have enabled. Figure 185 Internet Options: Privacy 3 Click Apply to save this setting. Enable Pop-up Blockers with Exceptions[...]

Appendix C Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts an d Java Permissi ons VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 327 2 Select Settings… to open the Pop-up Bloc ker Settings screen. Figure 186 Internet Options: Privacy 3 T ype the IP address of your device (the web page that you do not want to hav e blocked) with the prefix “http://” . For example, http://192.16[...]

Appendix C Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts an d Java Permissi ons VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 328 4 Click Add to move the IP address to the list of Allowed sites . Figure 187 Pop-up Block er Settings 5 Click Close to return to the Privacy screen. 6 Click Apply to save this setting. JavaScript s If pages of the web configurator do not display prop e[...]

Appendix C Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts an d Java Permissi ons VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 329 1 In Internet Explorer , click Tools , Internet Options and then the Security tab. Figure 188 Internet Options: Security 2 Click the Custom Level... button. 3 Scroll down to Scripting . 4 Under Active scripting make sure that Enable is selected (the de[...]

Appendix C Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts an d Java Permissi ons VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 330 6 Click OK to close the window. Figure 189 Security Settings - Jav a Scripting Java Permissions 1 From Internet Explorer , click Tools , Internet Option s and then the Security tab. 2 Click the Custom Level... button. 3 Scroll down to Microsoft VM . 4 [...]

Appendix C Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts an d Java Permissi ons VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 331 5 Click OK to close the window. Figure 190 Security Settings - Jav a JA V A (Sun) 1 From Internet Explorer , click Tools , Internet Option s and then the Advance d tab . 2 Make sure that Use Java 2 for <applet> under Java (Sun) is selected.[...]

Appendix C Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts an d Java Permissi ons VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 332 3 Click OK to close the window. Figure 191 Java (Sun) Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0 screens are used here. Screens for other v ersions may vary . Y ou can enable Jav a, Jav ascripts and pop-ups in one screen. Click Tools, then click Options in th[...]

Appendix C Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts an d Java Permissi ons VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 333 Click Content .to show the screen below . Select the check boxes as shown in the following screen. Figure 193 Mozilla Firefox Content Security[...]

Appendix C Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts an d Java Permissi ons VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 334[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 335 A PPENDIX D Wireless LANs Wireless LAN T opologies This section discusses ad-hoc and infrastructure wireless LAN topologies. Ad-hoc Wireless LAN Configuration The simplest WLAN configuration is an indepe ndent (Ad-hoc) WLAN that connects a set of computers with wireless adapters (A, B, C). Any time two or more wi[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 336 disabled, wireless client A and B can still access the wired network but cannot communicate with each other . Figure 195 Basic Service Set ESS An Extended Service Set (ESS) consists of a series of overlapping BSSs, each containing an access point, with each access point connected together[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 337 An ESSID (ES S IDentification) uniquely identifies each ESS. All access points and their associated wireless clients within the same ESS must have the same ES SID in order to communicate. Figure 196 Infrastructure WLAN Channel A channel is the radio frequency(ies) used by wireless devices[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 338 cannot "hear" each other , that is they do not know if the channel is currently being used. Therefore, they are considered hidden from each othe r . Figure 197 RT S/CTS When station A sends data to the AP , it might not know that the station B is already using the channel. If th[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 339 If the Fragmentation Threshold value is smaller than the RTS/CT S value (see previously) you set then the R TS (Request T o Send)/CTS (Clear to Send) handshake will never occur as data frames will be fragmented before they reach RTS/CTS size. IEEE 802.1 1g Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11g is ful[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 340 IEEE 802.1x In June 2001, the IEEE 8 02.1x standard was designed to exte nd the features of IEEE 802.11 to support extended authentication as well as prov idin g additional accounting and control features. I t is supported by Windows XP and a number of ne twork devices. Some adv antages o[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 341 • Accounting-Request Sent by the access point requesting accounting. • Accounting-Response Sent by the RADIUS server to indicate that it has started or stopped accounting. In order to ensure network security , the access point and the RADIUS server use a shared secret key, which is a [...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 342 EAP-TTLS (T unneled T ransport Layer Service) EAP- TTLS is an extension of the EAP- TLS authentication that uses certificates for only the server - side authentications to establish a se cure connection. Client authentication is then done by sending username and password through the secur[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 343 WP A and WP A2 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a subset of the IEEE 802.11i standard. WP A2 (IEEE 802.11i) is a wireless security standard that defines stronger encryption, authentication and key management than WPA. K ey differences between WPA or WP A2 and WEP are improved data encrypti[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 344 password-guessing attacks but it’s still an impr ovement ov e r WEP as it employs a consistent, single, alphanumeric password to der ive a PMK which is u sed to generate unique temporal encryption keys. This prevent all wireless devices sharing the same encryption keys. (a weakness of W[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 345 4 The RADIUS server distributes the PMK to the AP . The AP then sets up a key hier archy and management system, using th e PMK to dynamically gener ate unique data encryption keys. The keys are used to encrypt every data pack et that is wirelessly communicated between the AP and the wirel[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 346 Security Pa rameters Summary R efer to this table to see what other security parameters you should configure for each authentication method or key management protocol type. MAC address filters are not dependent on how you configure these security features. Antenna Overview An antenna coup[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 347 2.5%. For an unobstructed outdoor site, each 1dB increase in gain results in a r ange increase of approximately 5%. Actual results may v ary depending on the network environment. Antenna gain is sometimes specified in dBi, whic h is how much the antenna in creases the signal power compare[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 348[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 349 A PPENDIX E IPv6 Overview IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), is designed to enhance IP address size and features. The increase in IPv6 address size to 128 bits (from the 32-bit IPv4 address) allows up to 3.4 x 10 38 IP addresses. IPv6 Addressing The 128-bit IPv6 address is written as eight 16-bit hexadecimal blo[...]

Appendix E IPv6 VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 350 Global Address A global address uniquely iden tifies a device on the Internet. It is similar to a “public IP address” in IPv4. A global unicast address starts with a 2 or 3. Unspecified Address An unspecified address (0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0 or ::) is used as the source address when a device does not [...]

Appendix E IPv6 VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 351 Subnet Masking Both an IPv6 address and IPv6 subnet mask compose of 128-bit binary digits, which are divided into eight 16-bit blocks and written in hexadecimal notation. Hexadecimal uses four bits for each character (1 ~ 10, A ~ F). Each block’s 16 bits are then represented by four hexadecimal [...]

Appendix E IPv6 VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 352 the time T2 is reached and the server does not re spond, the client sends a Rebind message to any available server ( S2 ). For a n I A _ T A, t h e cl i e n t m ay s e n d a Re n e w o r Reb i n d m e ss a g e a t th e c l i e nt ' s discretion. DHCP Relay Agent A DHCP relay agent is on the s[...]

Appendix E IPv6 VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 353 • Neighbor adve rtisem en t: A response from a node to announce its link -layer address. • R outer solicitation: A request from a host to locate a router that can act as the default router and forward pack ets. • R outer advertisement: A response to a router solicitation or a periodical mult[...]

Appendix E IPv6 VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 354 Example - Enabling IPv6 on Windows XP/2003/Vist a By default, Windows XP and Windows 2003 suppo r t IPv6. This example shows y ou how to use the ipv6 install command on Windows XP/2003 to enable IPv6. This also displays how to use the ipconfig command to see auto-generated IP addresses. IPv6 is in[...]

Appendix E IPv6 VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 355 4 Double click Di bbler - a DHCPv6 client . 5 Click Start and then OK . 6 Now your computer can obtain an IP v6 address from a DH CPv6 server . Example - Enabling IPv6 on Windows 7 Windows 7 supports IPv6 by default. DHCPv6 is al so en abled when you enable IPv6 on a Windows 7 computer . T o enabl[...]

Appendix E IPv6 VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 356 4 Click Close to exit the Local Area Connecti on Status screen. 5 Select Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt . 6 Use the ipconfig command to check your dynamic IPv6 address. This example shows a global address (2001:b021:2d::1000) obta ined from a DHCP server . C:>ipco[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 357 A PPENDIX F Services The following table lists some commonly-used services and their associated protocols and port numbers. • Name : This is a short, descriptive name for the service. Y ou can use this one or create a different one, if you like. • Protocol : T h i s i s t h e t y p e o f I P p r o t o c o l u[...]

Appendix F Services VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 358 T able 129 Examples of Services NAME PROTOCOL PORT(S) DESCRIPTION AH (IPSEC_TUNNEL) User- Defined 51 The IPSEC AH (Authentication Header) tunneling protocol uses this service. AIM TCP 5190 AOL ’s Internet Me ssenger service. AUTH TC P 113 Authentication protocol used by some servers. BGP TCP[...]

Appendix F Services VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 359 NEW- ICQ TCP 5190 An Internet chat program. NEWS TCP 144 A protocol for news groups. NFS UDP 2049 Network File System - NF S is a client/ server distributed file service that provide s transparent file sharing for network environments. NNTP TCP 119 Network News T ransport Protocol i s the deli[...]

Appendix F Services VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 360 SQL -NET TC P 1521 Structured Query Language is an interface to access data on ma ny different types of database systems, in cluding mainframes, midrange systems, UNIX system s and network servers. SSDP UDP 1900 The Simple Servic e Discov ery Protocol supports Universal Plug-and-Play (UPn P). [...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 361 A PPENDIX G Legal Information Copyright Copyright © 2012 by MitraSta r Communications Corporation. The contents of this publication may not be repr oduced in any part or as a whole, tr anscribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into an y language, or tr ansmitted in any form or by an y means, electronic[...]

Appendix G Legal Information VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 362 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiv er is connected. 4 Consult the dealer or an experienced r adio/TV technician for help. FCC Radiation Exposure St atement • This transmitter must not be co-located or operating in conjunction [...]

Appendix G Legal In formation VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 363 warr anty period, and upon proof of purchase, shou ld the product have indications of failure due to faulty workmanship and/or materials, MitraStar will, at its discretion, repair or replace the defective products or components without charge for either parts or labor , and to whatev[...]

Appendix G Legal Information VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 364 • Antenna W arning! This device m eets ETSI and FCC certif ic ation requirements when using the inclu d ed antenna(s). Only use the included antenna(s). Y our product is mark ed with this symbol, wh ich is known as the WEEE mark. WEEE stands for W aste Electronics and Electric al Eq[...]

Index VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 365 Index A ACL rule 221 ACS 263 activation firewalls 217 media server 213 SIP ALG 192 SSID 11 4 adding a printer e xample 65 Address R esolution Protocol 249 administrator password 24 alternative subnet mask notation 320 antenna directional 347 gain 346 omni-directional 347 AP (access point) 337 applications I[...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 366 Index restoring 280 static route 98 , 161 , 201 Connectivity Check Messages, see CCMs copyright 361 CoS 178 CoS technologies 16 6 creating certificates 235 CTS (Clear to Send) 33 8 CTS threshold 121 , 125 D data fragment threshold 121 , 125 DDoS 216 default server address 191 Denials of Service, see DoS DHCP 138 [...]

Index VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 367 H hidden node 337 HT TP 197 I IANA 324 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority see IANA IBSS 335 IEEE 802.11g 339 IEEE 802.1Q 102 IGA 195 IGMP 103 multicast group list 253 vers ion 10 3 ILA 195 Independent Basic Service Set See IBSS 335 initialization vector (IV) 343 Inside Global Address, see IGA Inside Local [...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 368 Index Mac filter 225 Maintenance Association, see MA Maintenance Domain, see MD Maintenance End P oint, see MEP managing the device good habits 17 Maximum Burst Size (MBS) 100 MBSSID 128 MD 282 media server 212 activation 213 iT unes server 21 2 MEP 282 MTU (Multi- T enant Unit) 102 multicast 103 Multiple BSS, se[...]

Index VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 369 Quality of Service, see QoS R RADIUS 340 message types 340 messages 340 shared secret key 341 RADIUS server 126 registration product 363 related documentation 2 remote management TR -069 263 Remote Procedure Calls, see RPCs 263 reset 21 , 281 restart 281 restoring configuration 280 RFC 1483 99 RFC 3164 241 [...]

VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 370 Index RTS / C T S 121 , 125 time 267 TPID 102 TR -064 265 TR -069 263 ACS setup 263 authentication 264 traffic shaping 100 trTCM 181 T wo Rate Three Color Marker , see trTCM U unicast 103 Universal Plug and Play , see UPnP upgrading firmware 277 UPnP 144 cautions 139 example 145 installation 145 NA T traversal 13[...]

Index VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide 371 WLAN interference 337 security parameters 346 WPA 127 , 343 key caching 344 pre-authentication 344 user authentication 344 vs WPA -PSK 343 wireless client supplicant 344 with RADIUS application example 344 WPA2 343 user authentication 344 vs WP A2 -P SK 343 wireless client supplicant 344 with RADIUS applica[...]

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