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    BIPAC 7100SG 802.11g ADSL Modem/Router with Single Ethernet Port User Manual[...]

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    i Table of Contents Chapter 1 .................................................................................................... 1 I NTRODUCTION ................................................................................................... 1 1.1 An Overview of BIPAC 7100SG .....................................................................[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router ii 3.4.3.5 Firewall ............................................................................................................................... .... 34 3.4.3.5.1 Packet Filter ................................................................................................................... 34 3.4.3.5.2 MA[...]

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    1 Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 An Overview of BIPAC 7100SG BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router provides a high -speed Ethernet po rt for high-speed Internet browsing. It can support downstream transmission rate s of up to 8Mbps and upstream transmission rates of up to 1024Kbps. It is compliant with Multi-Mo de standard (ANSI T1.413, Issue 2; G.dmt (G.992.[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 2 1.2 Package Contents 1. Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 2. One CD-ROM containing the driver and online ma nual 3. One Quick Start Guide 4. One RJ-11 ADSL/telephone cable 5. One CAT-5 straight LAN cable 6. One power adapter 1.3 BIPAC 7100SG Features BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router provides the following[...]

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    Chapter 1 Introduction 3 example, user can assign a PC in LAN acting as WEB server inside and expose it to the outside network. Outside user can brow se inside web server directly wh ile it is protected by NAT. A DMZ host setting is also provided to a local comput er exposed to the outside networ k, Internet.  Firewall: Supports SOHO firewall wi[...]

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    4 Chapter 2 Using Billion ADSL Modem/Router 2.1 Cautions for Using Billion ADSL Modem/Router Do not place the router under high humidity and high temperat ure. Do not use the same power source for the dev ice with other equipment. Do not open or repair the cas e yourself. If the device is too hot, turn off the power immediately and have a qualified[...]

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    Chapter 2 Using the ADSL Modem/Router 5 2.3 The Rear Ports Port Meaning 1 Power Switch Power ON/OFF switch 2 PWR Connect the supplied power adapter to this ja ck. 3 RESET After the device is powered on, press it to reset the device or restore to factory default settings. 0-3 seconds : reset the device 6 seconds above : restore to factory default se[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 6 verify that the PWR, SYS, LAN LNK and ADSL SYN LEDs are lit. If they are not, verify that you are using the proper cables. So long as the cables a re connected and the LEDs are lit normally, follow section “3.2 Configuring the Network Properties” below to modify the network settings. Since the product ca[...]

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    7 Chapter 3 Configuration BIPAC 7100SG can be configured with your Web browser. The web browser is included a s a standard application in following op eration systems, UNIX, Linux, Mac OS, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/Me/XP, etc. The product provides a very easy and u s er-friendly in terface for co nfiguration. 3.1 Before Configuration This section descr[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 8 3. In the Local Area Connection Status window , click Properties . 4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties . 5. Select the Obtain an IP address automatically and the Obtain DNS server address automatically radio buttons. 6. Click OK to finish the configuration.[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 9 Configuring PC in Windows 2000 1. Go to Start / Settings / Control Panel . In the Control Panel, double- click on Net work and Dial-up Connections . 2. Double-click Local Area Connection . 3. In the Local Area Connection Status window , click Properties . 4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties .[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 10 5. Select the Obtain an IP address automatically and the Obtain DNS server address automatically radio buttons. 6. Click OK to finish the configuration. Configuring PC in Windows 95/98/ME 1. Go to Start / Settings / Control Panel . In the Control Panel, double- click on Net work and choose the Configuration[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 11 4. Select the IP Address tab. In this page, click the Obtain an IP address automatically radio button. 5. Then select the DNS Configuration tab. 6. Select the Disable DNS radio button and click OK to finish the configuration.[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 12 Configuring PC in Windows NT4.0 1. Go to Start / Settings / Control Panel . In the Control Panel, double- click on Net work and choose the Protocols tab. 2. Select TCP/IP Protocol and cli ck Properties . 3. Select the Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server radio button and click OK . 3.2 Factory Default Se[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 13 User Name Password Administrator Level admin password User Level user password 2. Device IP Net w ork settings in LAN site IP Address: 192.168.1.254 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255. 0 3. ISP setting in WAN site Virtual Circuit 0: 1483 Routed IP LLC 4. DHCP server DHCP server is enabled. IP address pool from IP Address: 192.168.1[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 14 PPPoE VPI/VCI, VC-based/LLC-based multiple xing, Use rname, Password, Service Name, and Domain Name System (DNS ) IP address (it can be automatically assigned by your ISP whe n you connect or be set manually). PPPoA VPI/VCI, VC-based/LLC-based multiplexing, Username, Passwo rd, and Domain Name System (DNS) [...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 15 If you want to configure the device with administrator level, type admin in t he username field and password in the password field. Then, click “OK” to log in. You can modify these passwords for security and management purpose . At the configuration homepage, the l eft navigation p ane where bo okmarks are provided li[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 16 3.4.1.1 Status – ADSL Status Displays the status of your ADSL conn ection. It will refresh every two seconds.[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 17 3.4.1.1.1 ADSL Status – WAN Status 3.4.1.1.2 ADSL Status – ATM Status[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 18 3.4.1.2 Status – LAN Status Displays the status of your Local Area Network (LAN) conne ction.[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 19 3.4.1.2.1 LAN Status – TCP Status 3.4.1.3 Status- PPP Status Displays the status of your PPP connect ion. It will refresh every ten seconds.[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 20 3.4.1.4 Status- VPN Connect Status Through this page you can che ck connection stat us of Virtual Private Networ k (V PN). Once you setup your VPN tunnel the informat ion of conne ction will show on this page. 3.4.1.5 Status- Learned MAC Table Aging Timeout: Enter the time period for the route r to memori z[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 21 3.4.1.6 Routing Table Display the current routing paths of BIPAC 7100SG.[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 22 3.4.1.7 System Log Display the system logs cumulated t ill the present time. You can trace t he historical information through this function. 3.4.1.8 Security Logs Display the information of security logs. If hacker attacks your sever, he will be isolated by the firewall function and the router w ill record[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 23 3.4.2 Quick Start If you use this device to access the Internet throu gh the ISP, this w eb page is enough for you to config ure this router and access the Internet without a problem. Please ch eck Chapter 3.3 ( Information from the ISP) , then enter the proper values into this web page, click the Apply button and then cl[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 24 3.4.3 Configuration When you click this item, you get following su b-item s to configure BIPAC 7100SG. LAN, WAN, Firewall, System, VPN, Virtual Server, Advanced and Help 3.4.3.1 WAN The screens below contain settings fo r the WAN interface toward Internet. Select Adapter Select the item of PVCs you want to [...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 25 Virtual Circuit Virtual Circuit: Enable/Disable the settings of this VC. Bridge: If you set this device to be bridge mode, select Enable; if not, please select Di sabl e. IGMP: You can Enable or Disable this function.[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 26 Encapsulation: There are eleven ways ─ PPPoE VC-Mux, PPPoE LLC, PPPoE None, PPPoA VC-Mux, PPPoA LLC, 1483 Bridged IP VC-Mux, 1483 Bridged IP LLC, 1483 Rout ed IP VC-M ux, 1483 Routed IP LLC, Classical IP over ATM, Native ATM ─ for the device to have a public IP address and then to acce ss Internet. You [...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 27 MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit indi cates the network stac k of any packet is larger than this value will be fragmented before the transmissi on. During the P PP negotiation, the peer of the PPP connection will indicate its MRU and will be accepted. The actual MT U of the PPP connection will be set to the smaller one of M[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 28 DHCP Server DHCP Server: Check DHCP Server to enable the router to distribute IP Addres se s, subnet mask and DNS setting to computers. Hence, the following fields will be activated. If you do not check this selection, remember to specify a static IP address, subn et Mask, and DNS setting for each of your l[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 29 SSID : Enter the unique ID given to the Acce ss Point (AP) built in the wireless b roadband firewall gateway. To connect to this device, your wireless clie nts must have the same SSID as that of this device. Channel : Select the ID of channel you woul d like to use. Security: Select Enable or Disable the function of Encry[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 30 3.4.3.4 System There are five items unde r the Syste m section: Password, Time Zone, Upgrade, Factory Setting and Restart. 3.4.3.4.1 Password In factory setting, the default password is password , and that for user is also password. You can change the default password to ensure that someone cannot adjust yo[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 31 3.4.3.4.2 Time Zone BIPAC 7100SG does not have a real time clock on boa rd; instead, it uses the sim ple network time protocol (SNTP) to get the current time from the S NTP server in outside network. Please choose your local time zone and click Submit. Y ou will get the correct time information after you really establish [...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 32 Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes : It is optional for different time zo ne area. SNTP Server IP Address: Specify the IP address if you want to use your familiar SNTP server. 3.4.3.4.3 Upgrade[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 33 To upgrade the firmware of BIPAC 7100SG, you shoul d download or co py the firmware to your local environment first. Press the “Browse…” button to specify the path of the firmware file. Then, click “Upgrade” to start upgra ding. When the procedure is co mplete d, BIPAC 7100SG will reset automatically to make the[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 34 3.4.3.4.5 Restart In case the router stops responding correctly or in some other way stops functioning, you can p erform the restart. Your setting won’t be changed. Performi ng the restart, click on the Submit button. 3.4.3.5 Firewall User can decide to enable this firewall function incl uding Packet Filt[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 35 Add: Click this button to add a new p acket filter rule. After click, ne xt figure will appear. Edit: Check the Rule No. you want to edit. Then, click the “Edit” button. Delete: Check the Rule No . you want to delet e. The n, click the “Del ete” button.  Outgoing  Incoming: Determine whether the rule is for [...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 36 Active: Choose “Ye s” to enable the rule, or choose “No” to disabl e the rule. Packet Type: Specify the packet type (TCP, UDP, ICMP or any) that the rule will be applied to. Select TCP if you want to scope for the connectio n-based application service o n the remote server using the port number. Or [...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 37 Src MAC: Enter the source MAC addre ss. Dest MAC: Enter the destination MAC address. Typ e: Enter the Ethernet type.  Block  For ward: Check Block if you want to block requests fr om the source MAC address se ndin g to the destination MAC address. Check For ward if you want to forward requests from the sour ce MAC a[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 38 3.4.3.5.4 Block WAN Request Check “Enable” if you want to exclude outside PING request from reaching on this router.[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 39 3.4.3.5.5 URL Blocking URL blocking function ena bles you to avoid your LA N PCs from accessing some URLs. You must check the “Enable” radio button to make the following figure appear for fu rther configuration. Always Block : Check this will block all browsing requests from PCs Block: to specify the time period when [...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 40 3.4.3.6 VPN (Virtual Private Networks) we will introduce the VPN settings to establish a se cure communication path with remote site based on IPsec. Please check “Enable” and click “Add” button . Then you will see IKE Setup page as below figure. Then, you can configure the rule as your security plan[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 41 Remote Gate way IP or Host Name: the public IP address or host name of remote VPN device. For example, it may be jet.dyndns.org (If remote IP is not fixed.) or 210.243.142.29. Remote Subnet: The IP subnet of remote LAN environme nt, net work ID. For ex ample, it is 1 92.168.4.0 Remote Subnet Mask: The range of re mote IPs[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 42 3.4.3.7 Virtual Server Being a natural Internet firewall, the ADSL Router pr otects your ne twork from being accessed by out side users. When it needs to allow out side users to access intern al servers, e.g. Web server, FTP server, E- mail server or News serve r, this product can act as a virtual server. Y[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 43 Public Port (from) & Port (To): Enter th e publi c port number & range you want to configure. Port Type: Select TCP if you want to scope for the connectio n-based appli cation service on the remote server using the port num ber. Or select UDP if you want to scope for the connectionless appli cation service on the [...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 44 3.4.3.8.2 DNS A Domain Name System (DNS) co ntains a mappi ng table for domain nam e and IP address. In the Internet, every host has a unique and friendly name su ch as www.yahoo.com and IP address. The IP address is so hard to remember that you may just enter the frie ndly name www.yahoo.com and then the D[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 45 3.4.3.8.3 Dynamic DNS With Dynamic DNS service, a domain name can be trans lated into a dynami c IP address, which is often issued by ISP for dial-up se rvice. A local se rver, su ch as Web server, Email server or FTP server, can then be easily accessed without knowing the changing IP address.[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 46 Check the “Enable” button to access the Dynamic DNS servi ce. You may si gn up Dynamic DNS service at http://www.dyndns.org and there you can al so register domain names. Host: Enter one domain na me you have registered. User Name: Enter the usernam e used for si gn-up. Password: Enter the password used[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 47 Session Name: Enter the desired se ssion name. User’s IP: Allows the user to assign the IP address to map the co rresponding NAT/NAPT sessions. Session Name status will be displayed at the middle of this page to show t he corresponding Session Name with its IP address. Click Session Name Configuration, the following scr[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 48 3.4.3.8.5 RIP RIP: Default is Disabled . Border Gateway: Default is Enabled . Supply Interval  seconds: The default value is 30 second s. Expire Timeout  seconds: The def ault value is 1 80 seconds. Garbage Timeout  seconds: The default value is 120 second s.[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 49 3.4.3.8.6 SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is an optional fea ture that may or may not be supported by your ADSL Bridge/Router.[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 50 SNMP is an application layer protocol that is used for managing networks. SNMP is an optional feature that may or may not be in the specific firmware t hat you are working with. There are several component s that make up the SNMP structure, in cluding agents, network mana gement st ations (NMS), network man[...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 51 Add: Click this button to add a new static routing. When you click this button, the next figure appears. Delete: Check the item you want to delete. Then, cli ck the “Delete” button. Destination / Subnet Mask / Ga teway Address: Fill in these fields require d by this Static Routing function.[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 52 3.4.3.8.8 MISC Configuration HTTP server access: Def ault at Res tricted . HTTP server port: Default at 80 . FTP server: Default at Enabled . TFTP server: Default at Disabled . DMZ: Regarding the DMZ Host, it is a local computer expo sed to the Internet. Therefore, an incoming packet will be checked by NAT [...]

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    Chapter 3 Configuration 53 3.4.3.8.9 Diagnostic Test As soon as you enter the test pro gram, all tests will run automatically to diagno se the co nnection status of the device. Checking LAN Connectio n Testing Ethernet LAN connec tion This test passes if the Ethernet LA N interface is working p ro perly. Checking ADSL Connection Testing ADSL Synchr[...]

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    Billion BIPAC 7100SG ADSL Modem/Router 54 This test sends ATM OAM F5 Segment loop back request cells to the central office equipments through your DSL connection. This test will pass if response cell is received. Si nce your service pr ovider might not support this test, your DSL modem coul d still work even if this test fails. If this test fails c[...]

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    3.4.4 Save Config Click the Submit button to write settings to flash. Then, the system will reboot for change s to take effe ct. 55[...]

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    56 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting If the ADSL Router is not functioning properly, you can refer first to this chapter for simple troubleshooting before contacting your service provider. This could save your time and effort but if the symptoms persist, then consult your service provider. Problems Starting Up the ADSL Router Problem Corrective Action None[...]

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    57 APPENDIX Product Support and Contact Information Most problems can be solved by referring to the Troubleshooting section in the User’s Manu al . If you cannot resolve the problem with the Troubles hooting chapter, please contact the dealer wh ere you purchased this product. Contact Billion AUSTRALIA http://www.billion.com.au ©2004 Billion Ele[...]