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FBR-1 161 ADSL2+ Modem Router 1W AN 1LAN 1USB User Manual V1.1[...]
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ii T able of Content 1. INTRODU CTION................................................... ...................................... ....................................... ....... 1 1.1. O VERVIE W .................. ...................................... ...................................... ...................................... ..... 1 1.2. F EA TU[...]
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iii 4.4.2. IP Filter ............................................ ...................................... ....................................... .............. 42 4.4.3. SNMP ............................................ ...................................... ...................................... ................. 44 4.4.4. UPnP ...................[...]
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1 1. Introduction 1.1. Overview Welcome to the Lev elOne FBR-1 161. Y ou r r outer is an “all- in-one” unit, combining an ADS L modem, ADSL router and Ethernet netw ork switch, providing e verything you need to get the machines on your network con nected to the Internet over your ADSL broadband connection. The FBR-1 161 complies with ADSL2+ sta[...]
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2 machines as a DHCP client to accept a dynamically assigned IP a ddress from DHCP server and reboot. Each time local mach ine is powered up; the router will recognize it and assign an IP address to instan tly connect it to the LAN. For advanced users, Virtual Serv ice f unction allows th e product to provide lim ited visibility to local machines w[...]
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3 1.2. Features A DSL Multi-Mode St a ndard supports downstream rates of up to 24 Mbps and upstrea m rates of up to 1 Mbps. It also supports rate management that allows ADSL subscribers to select an Internet access speed suiting their need s and budgets. It is compliant w ith Multi-Mode standard (ANSI T1.413, Issue 2; G .dmt(G .992.1); G . lite[...]
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4 www .yahoo.com) and IP address. When a local machine sets its DNS serv er with this router ’ s IP address, every DNS conversion request packet from the PC to this router will be forwarded to the rea l DNS in the outside network. Dynamic Domain Name S ystem (DDNS) The Dynamic DNS service allows you to a lias a dynamic IP address to a st atic[...]
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5 Supports web based GUI for configuration and management. It is u ser-friendly and comes with on-line help. It also supports remote management capability for remote users to configure and manage th is product. Firmware Upgradeable Device can be upgraded to the latest firmware through the WEB based GUI.[...]
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6 2. Inst allation 2.1. Import ant No te W arning : Do not use the F BR-1 161 i n high hum idity or high tem peratures. Do not use the sam e po wer source f or the FBR-1 161 a s other equipm ent. Do not open or repair the case yourself. If the F BR-1 161 is too hot, turn off the power imm ediately and have it repaired at a qu alified s [...]
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7 2.3. Front Panel LED Description PPP Lit steady when there is a P PPoA / PPPoE connection. ADSL Lit when successfully connected to an ADSL DSLAM (“linesync”) USB Lit when the USB port is connected to the PC and working properly LAN Lit when connected to an E thernet device. Green for 100Mbps; Orange for 10Mbps. Blinking when data is T ransm i[...]
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8 2.4. Rear Panel Port Description Switch Power ON/OFF switch POW ER Connect the supplied power adap ter to this jack. RESET After the device is powered on, press it to reset the device o r restore to factory default settings. 0-3 seconds: reset the device 6 seconds a bove: restore to fa ctory default settings (this is used when you can not login t[...]
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9 2.5. Cabling Through USB Port The product can b e us ed as a Netw ork Adapter on your PC. T hat means y ou do no t have to install a network adapter first on your PC before conne cting the ADSL Modem/Router . Just connect the supplied USB cable to the USB port of th e ADSL2+ Modem/Router and connect the other end to the PC. Make sure that your AD[...]
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10 3. Basic Inst allatio n The router can be configured with your web browse r . A web browser is inclu ded as a standard application in the following operating systems: W indows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/XP , etc. The product provides a very easy and user-friendly interface for configuration. 3.1. Before Configuration PCs mu st have an Ethernet interface in[...]
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1 1 3.3. Inst alling the USB Driver If you connect the device th rough USB port instead of Ethernet port, for the first time the USB cable i s co nnected to the PC, W indows will automatically detect the dev ice. Follow the steps to inst all the USB driver . 3.3.1. For Windows XP & 2000 S tart W indows. Then insert the installati on CD into the[...]
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12 Then follow screen. T o click the type of setup you prefer , then click Next >. T o setup enough inf ormation of coping the program files then click Next >.[...]
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13 Please plug USB cable into A DSL USB Modem. Then, click “Finish”.[...]
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14 3.3.2. For Windows 98SE & Me S tart W indows. Then insert the installati on CD into the CD-ROM drive. In next window , to specify the CD ROM driver directory and to continue. T o choose the setup language. ”and click “Next >”. (There are three langua ges that user can choose: English. G erman and French) Then follow screen.[...]
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15 T o click the type of setup you prefer , then click Next >. T o setup enough inf ormation of coping the program files. Select “W ant to restart my computer now” and click OK> Then, click “Finish”.[...]
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16 3.4. Configuring Y our PC Network Properties 3.4.1. Windows XP Go to S tart / Control Panel (in Classic V iew). In the Control Panel, double -click on Network Connection s Double-click Local Area Connection. In the Local Area Connection S tatus window , click Properties. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties. Select the Obtain a[...]
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17 3.4.2. Windows 2000 1. Go to S tart / Settings / Control Panel. In the Control Panel, double-click on Network and Dial-up Connection s. 2. Double-click Loca l Area Connection. 3. In the Local Area Connection S tatus window click Properties. 4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP /IP) and click Properties. 5. Select the Obtain an IP a ddress automatica[...]
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18 3.4.3. Windows 98SE/Me 1.Go to S tart / Settings / Control Panel. In the Control Panel, double-click on Network and choose the Conf iguration tab. 2.Select TCP/IP ->NE2000 Co mpatible, or the name of your Network Inte rface Card (NIC) in your PC. 3.Select the Obtain an IP address automatically radio button . 4.Then select the DNS Configuratio[...]
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19 3.4.4. Configuring PC in Windows NT4.0 Note: If you configuring the Network Properties through USB Port, please be note to specif y a DNS IP address in PC and do n ot use “Obtain DN S server a ddress autom aticall y ” 1. Go to S tart / Settings / Control Panel. In the Control Panel, double-click on Network and choose the Protoco ls tab. [...]
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20 3.5. LAN and W A N Port A ddresses The parameters of LAN and W AN ports are pre-set in the factory . The default values are shown below . LAN Port W AN Port IP address 192.168.1.254 The PPPoE f unction is enabled to automatically get the WAN port configuration from the ISP , but you have to set the username and password first. Subnet Mask 255.25[...]
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21 3.7. Configuring with y our Web Bro wser Open your web browser , en ter the IP address of your router , which by defa ult is 192.168.1.254, and click “Go”, a user name and password window prompt will appear . The default username and password are “admin” and “admin”. Congratulation! Y ou are now successfully logon to the ADSL2+ Modem[...]
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22 4. Configurati on At the configuration homepage, the left navigation pane where bookmarks are provided links you directly to the desired setup page, including: Quick S tart (wizard setup) Interface Setup (Internet, LAN) Advanced Setup (Routing, NA T , ADSL) Access Management (ACL, IP Filter , SNMP , UPnP , DDNS) Maintenance ([...]
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23 Quick S tart W izard S tep 1. Set your new passw ord. S tep 2: Choose your time zone[...]
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24 S tep 3: Set your Internet connection S tep 4: Restart your ADSL Rou ter[...]
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25 4.2. Interface Setup Click to access the following sub-items that configure the ADSL router: Internet, LAN 4.2.1. Internet[...]
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26 A TM VC Virtual Circuit : VPI (Vi rtual Path Identifier) and VCI (V irtual Channel Ide ntifier) define a virtual circuit. VPI :The valid range fo r the VPI is 0 to 255. Enter the VPI assigned to you. This field may already be conf igured. VCI : The valid range for the VCI is 32 to 65535. Enter the VCI assigned to you. This field may already be c[...]
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27 Dynamic IP A ddress Encapsul ation: 1483 Bridged IP LLC, 1483 Bridged IP VC-Mux , 1483 Routed IP LLC(IPoA), 1483 Routed IP VC-Mux, check your ISP for proper connection type. NA T ( Net work Address T ran slation ) : Select Enable or Disable from the drop-sown list box. Refer to the NA T chapter for more details. Default Route: Select Y es or NO [...]
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28 St atic IP A ddress Encapsul ation: 1483 Bridged IP LLC, 1483 Bridged IP VC-Mux , 1483 Routed IP LLC(IPoA), 1483 Routed IP VC-Mux, check your ISP for proper connection type. St atic IP Address : Enter the IP address of ADSL Router in dotted decimal n otation, it’s assigned by your ISP . IP Subnet Mask : The default is 255.0.0.0. User can chang[...]
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29 PPPoE/PPPo A User Name : Enter the user n ame exactly as your ISP assigned. Password : Enter the password associated with the u ser name above. Encapsul ation : select Bridge in the Mo de field, select either PPPoE LLC, PPPoE VC-Mux, PPPoA LLC and P PPoA VC-Mux , check your ISP for proper connection type. Bridge Interface : Activated acts as mod[...]
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30 St atic IP Address : Enter the IP address of ADSL Router in dotted decimal n otation, it’s assigned by your ISP . IP Subnet Mask : The default is 255.0.0.0. User can change it to other such as 255.255.255.0.T ype the subnet mask a ssigned to you by your ISP (if giv en). Gateway : Y o u m ust specify a gat eway IP address (supplied by your I SP[...]
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31 4.2.2. LAN A Local Area Network (LAN) is a shared communication system to which many compu ters are attached and is limited to the immediate area, usually the same building or floor of a building. Router Local IP IP Address : Enter the IP address of ADSL Router in dotted decimal notation, for example, 192.168.1.254 (fa ctory default). IP Subnet [...]
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32 DHCP DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, RFC 2131 and RFC 2132) a llows individual clients to obtain T CP/IP configuration at st art-up from a server . DHCP : If set to Disabled , the DHCP serv er will be disabled. If set to Enable , your ADSL Modem Series can assign IP addresses, an IP default gateway and DNS servers to W indows OS and o[...]
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33 4.3. Advanced Setup 4.3.1. Firewall Enable the firewall function, it provides Syn Flooding Attack, Ping of Death, T eardrop, Land Attack and Port Scanning protections 4.3.2. Routing If you h ave a nother router w ith a LAN-to-LAN connectio n, you may create a static routing on the router that is the gateway to Int ernet. # Item number Dest IP IP[...]
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34 A DD Route Destination IP A ddre ss This is the destination subnet I P address. IP Subnet Mask It is the destination IP addresses based on above destination subnet IP Gateway I P A ddress This is the gateway IP address to which pack ets are to be forwarded. Metric It represents the cost of transmission for routing purposes. The number need not b[...]
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35 4.3.3. NA T The NA T (Network Address Tr anslation - NA T , RFC 1631 ) is th e tran slation of t he IP address of a host in a packet. T he default setting is Dynam ic NAPT . It provides dynamic Network Address T ranslation capa bility between LAN and multip le WAN connections, and the LAN traffic is ro uted to a ppropriate WA N connectio ns base[...]
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36 DMZ The DMZ Host is a loc al computer exposed to the Internet. W hen setting a particular inte rnal IP address as the DMZ Host, all incoming packets w ill be checked by the Firewall and NA T algorithms then passed to the DMZ host, when a packet received does not use a port number used by any other Virtual Server entries. DMZ : Disabled : As [...]
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37 by and point to your router , w hich then needs t o deliver all traffic to t he pri vate IP addresses used by your PCs. Please see the WA N configuration section of this m anual for more information on NA T . The device can be configured as a virtual server so th at remote users accessing services such as Web or FTP s ervices via the public (WAN[...]
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38 IP Address Mapping Rule Index : Choose the rule numbe r . Rule T y pe : One-to-one : This is the mode maps one loca l IP address to one global IP address. Note that port numbe rs do not change for the One-to-one NA T mapping type. Many-to-One : This is the mode maps multiple local IP addresses to one global IP address. This is equivalent to Many[...]
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39 Local End IP : This is the end Inside Local IP Add ress (ILA). If your rule is for all local IP addresses, then enter 0.0.0.0 as the Loca l S tart IP address and 255.255.255.255 as the Local End IP address. This field is N/A for One-to-one a nd Server mapping types. Public S t art IP : This is th e starting Inside Public IP Address. Enter 0.0.0.[...]
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40 4.3.4. A DSL A DSL Mode : The default setting is Auto Sync-UP . This mode will automatically detect your ADSL, ADSL2+, ADSL2, G .dmt, G .lite, and T1.413. But in some area, multimode cannot detect the ADSL li ne code well. If it i s t he ca se, p lease adjust the ADSL line co de to G .dmt or T1.413 first. If it still fails, plea se try the other[...]
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41 4.4. A ccess Management 4.4.1. A CL Access Control Listing allows you to determine which services/protocols can access which ADSL Modem Series interface from which computers. A CL : Activated to enable A CL f unction A CL Rule Index : Select ind ex from the drop down list box to create ACL rule. A cti ve : Select Y es to enable this ACL rule. Se[...]
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42 4.4.2. IP Filter Y o u may use telnet or W eb to remotely m anage the ADSL Router . User just needs to enable T elnet or W eb a nd giv e it an IP address t hat want to access the ADSL Router . Th e de fault IP 0.0.0.0 allows any client to use this service to rem otely manage the ADSL Router . IP Filter Set Editing IP filter Set Index : This is i[...]
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43 IP Filter Rule Editing IP Filter Rule Index : This is item number A cti ve : Select Y es from the drop down list box to enable IP filter rule. Source IP A ddre ss : The source IP address or range of p ackets to be monitored. Subnet Mask : It is the dest ination IP addresses based on above destination subnet IP Port Number : This Port or Port Ran[...]
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44 4.4.3. SNMP Simple Network Management Protoco l (SNMP) is a protocol used for exchanging management information between network devices. SNMP is a member of the TCP/IP protocol suite. A DSL Mod em series supports SNMP agent functionality which allows a manager station to manage and monitor the router through the ne twork. Get Community : T ype t[...]
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45 4.4.4. UPnP UPnP of fers peer-to-peer network connectivity for PCs and other network devices, alo ng with control and data transfer between devices. UPnP of fers many advantages for users running NA T routers through UPnP N A T Tr aversal, and on supported systems makes tasks such as port forwarding much easier by letting the application control[...]
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46 4.4.5. DDNS The Dynamic DNS function a llows you to alias a dynamic IP address to a static hostname, allowing users whose ISP does not assign them a static IP address to use a domain name. This is especially useful fo r hosting servers via your ADSL connection, so that anyone wishing to connect to you ma y use your domain name, rather than havin[...]
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47 4.5. Maintenance 4.5.1. A dministra tor In f actory set ting, t he default password is admin, and that for us er is a lso password. Y o u can change the default password to ensure that someone cannot adjust your settings without your permission. Every time you change your password, please record the p assword and keep it at a safe place. New Pas[...]
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48 4.5.2. Time Zone The router does not have a real time clock on board; instead, it uses the Simple Network T ime Protocol (SNTP) to get the current time from an SNTP server outside your network. Choose your local time zone. After a successful connection to the Internet, the router will retrieve the correct local time from the S NTP server you hav[...]
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49 4.5.3. Firmware Y o ur router ’s “ firmware” is the software that allows it to operate and provides all its functionality . Think o f your route r a s a dedicat ed computer , an d the firmware as the software it ru ns. Over time th is software may be improved a nd mod ified, and your router allows you t o upgrade the software it runs to ta[...]
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50 4.5.4. SysRest art Click SysRestart wi th opt ion Current Settings to reboot your router (and re store your last saved configuration). If you wish to restart the router using the factory default settings (for example, af ter a firmware upgrade o r if y ou have saved an incorrect co nfiguration), select Factory Default Settings to reset to factor[...]
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51 4.6. St atus 4.6.1. Device Info Device Information Firmware version : This is the Firmware version MAC A ddress : This is the MAC Address LAN IP Address : LAN port IP address. Sub Net Mask : LAN port IP subnet mask. DHCP Server : LAN port DHCP role - Enabled, Relay or disab led[...]
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52 W AN Virtual Circuit : There are eight groups of PVC can be defined. St atus : “Not connected” or “Connected” Connection T y pe : Name of the WAN connection. IP Address : WAN port IP a ddress. Subnet mask : WA N port IP subnet mask. Default Gateway : The IP address of the default gateway . DNS Server : WAN port DHCP role - Enabled, Relay[...]
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53 4.6.2. System Log Display system logs accumulated up to the present time. Y ou can trace historical information with this function.[...]
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54 4.6.3. St atistics Read-only information he re i ncludes port s tat us and packet speci fic st atistics. Also prov ided are "T ransmit S tatistics" and "Receive S tatistics". Ethernet Interface : This field displays the type of port T ransmit Frames : This field displays the number of frames transmitted in the last second. T [...]
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55 A DSL T ransmit tot al PDUs : This field displays the number of total PDU transmitted in the last second. T ransmit tot al Error Count s : This field display s the number of tota l error transmitted in the last second. Receive tot a l PDUs : This field displays the number of total PDU received in the la st second. Receive tot al Error Count s : [...]