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6212-I1 4-P or t Router User’ s Guide Document No. 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005[...]
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A September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Copyright 2005 P aradyne Corporation. All rights reser ved. Printed in U .S.A. Notice This publication is protected b y fe deral cop yright law . No par t of this publication ma y be copied or distributed, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retr ie v al system, or translated into a n y human or computer languag e[...]
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6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 B Important Safety Instructions 1. Read and follo w all warning notices and instr uctions marked on the product or i ncluded in the manual. 2. Slots and openings in the cabin et are pro vided for v entilatio n. T o ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, these slots and openings mu[...]
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C September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits f or a Class B digital de vice, pursuant to P ar t 15 of the FCC Rules. These limi ts are designed to provide reasonab le protection a gainst harmful interf erence i n a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can r adi ate radi[...]
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6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 D Notice to Users of the Ca nadian T elephone Network NO TICE: This equipment meets t he applicable Industr y Canada T erminal Equi pmen t T echnical Specif ications . This is confir med b y the registration number . The abbrev iation IC befor e the registration number signifies that registr ation was perf or med base[...]
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E September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00[...]
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6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 i Contents About This Guide Document Pur pose and Intended Audie nce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Document Sum mary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Product-Rela ted Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi 1 Intr[...]
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Contents ii September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 ARP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 4 Quick Setup Quick Setup with Auto-Connect Enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 Quick Setup with Auto-Connect Disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
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Contents 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 iii 6 Diagnostics Testing the D SL Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1 7 Management Saving and Res toring the Configuratio n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1 Backing Up Conf iguration Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]
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Contents iv September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00[...]
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6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 v About This Guide Document Purpose and Intended A udience This guide contai ns detailed inf or mation about t he 6212-I1 route r . It is intended f or all users of the route r . Document Summary A master glossary of terms and acrony ms used in P aradyne documents is av ailable online at www .parad yne.com . Select Su[...]
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About This Guide vi September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Pr oduct-Related Documents Complete document ation f or P aradyne products is av ailable on line at www .paradyne.com . Select Suppor t → T echnical Manuals . T o or der a paper copy of a P aradyne docum ent, or to speak with a sales representat ive , please call 1-727 -530-2000.[...]
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6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 1-1 1 Intr oduction Intr oduction Congr atulations on becoming th e owner of a 6212 ADSL router . This User’ s Guide will sho w you ho w to set up the router , and how to customiz e its configura tion to get the most out of this product. Fe a tu r es The 6212 router has the f ollowing f eatures: Built-in ADSL mo[...]
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1. Introduction 1-2 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 — For system configuration using the supplied web -based program: a web browse r such as Internet Explorer V ersion 6.0 o r later . Netscape is not suppor ted . Par ts L ist In addition to t his document, yo ur 6212 ADSL router sh ould come with the f ollowing: 6212 ADSL rout er P ower ad[...]
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1. Introduction 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 1-3 Fr ont Panel The front pane l contains LED indicators that sho w the status of the un it. Figure 1-1. Front P anel LEDs T able 1-1. Front P anel Label and LEDs Label Color Function xDSL LNK Green On: ADSL link is established. Flashing: ADSL link is established and active . Off: No ADSL link. xDSL A[...]
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1. Introduction 1-4 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Rear Panel Figure 1-2. Back Panel The rear panel co ntains the por ts f or the router's data and po wer connect ions. T able 1-2. Rear Panel Labels and Connect ors Label Function LINE Connects to your ADSL l ine LAN 1–4 Connects the router to Ether net de vices on your LAN, such as your PC&a[...]
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6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 2-1 2 Hard war e Installation and PC Setup Overview This chapter provides basic instructions f or connecting the router to a comput er or a LAN and to the Inte r net using DSL. The first part provides instructions to set up the hardw are, an d the second part descr i bes how to pre pare yo ur PC f or use with the rout[...]
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2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 2-2 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Connecting the Hard war e Shut down y our PC and any other equ ipment bef ore connecting it to the router . T o connect y our router: Procedur e 1. V er ify th at the router’ s powe r swit ch is in the Off (outward) position. V er ify that any PCs and other LAN de vices you [...]
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2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 2-3 Figure 2-1. Hardware Installation 5. T ur n on y our PC and any other LAN de vices, such as hubs or s witches. 6. T ur n on th e router using its po wer s witch. 7. V er ify that the ro uter's LEDs are illuminated as shown in Ta b l e 2 - 1 . If the LEDs are illuminated a[...]
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2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 2-4 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Conf iguring Y our Computer Before y ou can acce ss the router over the LAN you hav e to configu re y our PC's TCP/IP address to be 192. 168.1.x (where x is an y number betw een 3 and 254), with a subnet mask of 25 5.255.255.0 . Y our router's def ault IP address is [...]
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2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 2-5 Windo ws XP 1. In the Window s task bar , click on the Star t b utton, and t hen click on Contr ol P anel. 2. Double-clic k on the Network Connections icon. 3. In the LAN or High-Speed Inte r net windo w , right-click on the icon corresponding to y our network interfa ce card [...]
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2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 2-6 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Figure 2-5. Local Area Connect ion Pr operties (Windows XP) 5. In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog bo x, click on the r adio but ton labeled Use the f ollowing IP address . T ype an address betwee n 192.168.1. 3 and 192.168.1. 254 in the IP Add ress field (192.[...]
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2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 2-7 Windo ws 2000 1. In the Win do ws task bar, clic k on the Star t button, point to Setting s , and then click on Control P anel. 2. Double -click on the Netw ork and Dial-up Connections icon. 3. In the Network and Dial-up Connect ions window , r ight-clic k on the Local Area Co[...]
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2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 2-8 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 4. If Internet Protocol (TCP/ IP) does not appear as an installed component , click on Add. 5. In the Select Netw ork Component T ype dialog bo x, select Protocol, and th en click on Add. 6. Select Microsoft in t he Manuf acturers box. 7. Select Inte rnet Proto col (TCP/IP) in[...]
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2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 2-9 8. After restarting your PC , open the Control P anel windo w , and then clic k on the Network icon. 9. Select the netw ork component labeled TCP/IP , and then clic k on Proper ties . If you ha ve multiple TCP/IP listings, select the listing associated with your network card o[...]
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2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 2-10 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Logging in to Y our Router This section sho ws how to connect to th e router's web inte rf ace, configure settings , and observe some stat istics of your Internet connection. 1. Open y our W eb browser , and type t he f ollowing URL in the address/lo cation bo x, and pre[...]
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2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 2-11 The home page is show n in Figure 2-8 . Figure 2-8. W eb Interface Home Page[...]
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2. Hardware Installation and PC Setup 2-12 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00[...]
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6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 3-1 3 De vice Inf ormation Status Summary Displa y the gener al status repor t f or the router b y clicki ng on Summar y und er De vice Info ( Figure 3- 1 ). Figure 3-1. Status Summary[...]
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3. Device Info rmation 3-2 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 WA N Displa y the W AN status repor t from the b y clicking on W AN under De vice Info ( Figure 3-3 ). Figure 3-2. W AN Status When a W AN conne ction is configured, the screen looks like Figure 3-3 . Figure 3-3. W AN Status with W AN Connection[...]
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3. Device Information 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 3-3 LAN Statistics Displa y LAN statistics by clic king on LAN under Statisti cs ( Figure 3-4 ). Figure 3-4. LAN Statistics WA N S t a t i s t i c s Displa y W AN statistics by clicking on W AN under Statistics ( Figure 3-5 ). Figure 3-5. W AN Statistics[...]
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3. Device Info rmation 3-4 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 A TM Statistics Displa y A TM s tatistics b y clic k ing on A TM under Statistics ( Figure 3-6 ). Figure 3-6. A TM Statistics ADSL Statistics Displa y ADSL statistics by clic king on ADSL under Statistics ( Figure 3-7 ). Figure 3-7. ADSL Status[...]
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3. Device Information 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 3-5 ADSL BER T est The ADSL Bit Error Rate (BER) test de termines the qu ality of the ADSL connection. The te st is perf or med b y transf erring idle cells containing a kno wn pattern and comparing the receiv ed data with this kno wn pattern to check f or any errors ( Figure 3-8 and Figure 3-9 )[...]
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3. Device Info rmation 3-6 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Route Obtain the Routing statu s repor t b y clicking on the Route item under De vice Inf o ( Figure 3-10 ) Figure 3-10. Route Information ARP Displa y the ARP status report by c lic king on ARP under De vice Info ( Figure 3-11 ) Figure 3-11. ARP Status[...]
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6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 4-1 4 Quick Setup Quick Setup with A uto-Connect Enabled A uto-connect will automatically detect th e first usable PVC and automatically detect PPP oE, PPP oA, and Bridge Protocol (with DHCP Server a v ailab le). T o use auto-conn ect: Procedur e 1. Select Qui ck Setup . The Quic k Setup initial screen appears. Figure[...]
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4. Quick Setup 4-2 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 2. Select DSL A uto-Connect, then clic k on Ne xt. The progress inf or mation screen appears . Figure 4-2. Detecting A vailable PVC Figure 4-3. Detecting availabl e PVC – A vailable PVC Detected[...]
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4. Quick Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 4-3 Quick Setup with A uto-Connect Disabled Procedur e 1. Select Qui ck Setup . The Quic k Setup initial screen appears. 2. V er ify t hat DSL A uto-Connect is no t selected. Entry bo x es for VPI and VCI appear when DSL A uto-Connect is not select ed. 3. Specify VPI and VCI as di rected b y your ISP . [...]
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4. Quick Setup 4-4 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 6. Click on Ne xt. Fur ther parameters f or th e selected protocol are presented. F or e xample, if y ou selected PPP oA, the PPP User name and P ass word screen appears . Figure 4-6. PPP Username and P assword 7. Click on Ne xt. The Network Address T r anslation Settings screen appears. Figure 4-7.[...]
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4. Quick Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 4-5 8. Enter the settings specified b y your ISP and clic k on Ne xt. The Device Setup screen appears . Figure 4-8. Device Setup 9. If desired, co nfigure configure the DSL Rout er IP address and Subnet Mask f or the LAN interf ace to correspond to your LAN's IP Sub net. If y ou want the DHCP ser v[...]
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4. Quick Setup 4-6 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 10. Click on Ne xt to continue. The W AN Setup Summary screen displays all W AN settings that y ou hav e made. Check that the sett ings are correct bef ore clicking on the Sa v e / Reboot button. Clic king on Sa ve / Reboot sa ves y o ur settings and rest ar ts y our router . Figure 4-9. W AN Setup [...]
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6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 5-1 5 Adva nced Setup WA N Set up W AN parameters as dire cted by y our ISP . Figure 5-1. W AN Setup Screen[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 5-2 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Add Function – A TM PVC Configuration If yo u want to add a ne w r ule f or the W AN interface , clic k on the Add butt on. The A TM PVC Configuration screen ap pears. The A TM PVC Configuration screen allows y ou to configure an A TM PVC identifi er (VPI and VCI) and select a service categor y[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 5-3 Connection T ype Screen 1. Select the type of network protocol and encapsulation mode ov er the A TM PVC that your ISP has in structed you to use, then click on Next b utton. Figure 5- 3. Connection T ype Screen 2. Select a connection type and clic k on Ne xt. In this e xample, th e Bridge Ser vi[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 5-4 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 W AN Setup - Summary 1. Mak e sure that the sett ings on the W AN Setup - Summary screen match the settings pro vided by y our ISP . If all settings are correct, clic k on the Sa ve button to sav e these settin gs; if not, click on the Back bu tton to mak e any modifications . If y ou want to cha[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 5-5 Finish Function After y ou change an y item in W AN Setup , remember to click on th e Finish butt on to apply the changes and re boot the system. Local Ar ea Network (LAN) Setup Y ou can config ure the DSL Router IP address and Subnet Mask f or the LAN interf ace to conf orm your LAN's IP Su[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 5-6 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 NA T Y ou can config ure the Vir tual Server , P or t T riggering, and DMZ Host when NA T is enab led. V irtual Servers A vir tual ser v er allows you to direct incomi ng tr affic from the W AN side to a specific IP address on the LAN side. Click on the Add b utton to add a vir tual ser v er . Fi[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 5-7 On this screen you can view and delete ser v ers. Click in the check bo x under Remov e and click on the Remo ve b utton to delete selected vir tual servers . Figure 5-10. Removing Se lected Virtual Serv ers P ort T r iggering Click the on the Add button to add P or t T r iggering f or your Inter[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 5-8 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Y ou can select an ap plication e v er y t ime or create ne w one f or y our application. Then click on Sa ve/Apply to sa ve y our settings. Figure 5-12. Port T riggering Add Page On this screen you can vie w and delete applications. Click in the chec k box under Remov e and click on the Remo ve [...]
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5. Advanced Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 5-9 DMZ Host Y ou can define the I P address of the DMZ Host on this screen. Enter the IP address and clic k on Sa ve /Apply . Figure 5-14. DMZ Host Setup Fir ewall F or security reasons, fir ew all options can be configur ed only from the LAN side of the router. IP Filtering – Outgoing The outgoin[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 5-10 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Input the filter nam e , source information (from the LAN side), and De stination inf ormation (from the W AN side). Then clic k on Sav e/Apply . Figure 5-16. IP Filtering - Outgoing Filter Add Page Y ou can vie w and delete th e outgoing filter setting s on this screen. Figure 5-17. IP Filterin[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 5-11 IP Filtering – Incoming Incoming filter filters t he traffic fro m the W AN side to the LAN side. Click on Add to add incoming filter sett ings. Figure 5-18. IP Filtering – Incoming Filter Setup Page Enter a filter name , information about the sour ce address (from th e W AN side), and inf o[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 5-12 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Figure 5-20. IP Fil tering - Incoming Filtering List Fire wall – MA C Filtering MA C filtering can f orwar d or blo ck tr affic b y MA C address . Y ou can change the policy or add settings to t he MAC filt ering table using the MA C Filtering Setup screen. Figure 5-21. IP Fil t ering - MA C F[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 5-13 If y ou want to ad d a setting to the MA C filtering table , enter the Sour ce and Destination MA C address, and select prot ocol type, fr ame direction, and W AN interf ace. Then clic k on Sav e/Apply to sav e it. Figure 5-23. IP Fil tering - MA C Filtering Add Page On this scre en y ou can vie[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 5-14 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Par ental Control Use the P arental Control f eature to restrict the da ys and times a par ticular de vice is allow ed to access the Int er net . Figure 5-25. Parental Control Scr een T o set up parental con trols: 1. Click on Add. The Time of Da y Restriction screen appears. Figure 5-26. Parent[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 5-15 Po rt M a pp i n g Use the P or t Mapping screen to map m ultiple por ts to a PVC an d create bridging groups. Each group will perf or m as an indep endent network. Figure 5-27. Port Mapping T o create a new mapping g roup: 1. Click on Add. The P or t Mappi ng Configuration screen appears. Figur[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 5-16 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Quality of Service Y ou can configu re the Quality of Service to apply diff erent priorities to tra ffic on the router . Figure 5-29. Quality o f Service Setup Click on Add and the Add Network T raffi c Class Rule screen appears. T o add a rul e: 1. Give a name to this traffic class . 2. Assign [...]
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5. Advanced Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 5-17 Figure 5-30. Qual ity of Service Add Screen Routing – Default Gateway Y ou can change t he Def ault Gate wa y on the Routing - Def ault Gate wa y screen. By def ault the Enable A utomatic Assigned Def ault Gate wa y box is chec ked. Figure 5-31. Default Gateway Setup[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 5-18 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 If yo u want to specify t he def ault gate wa y address, the n unchec k the bo x as seen below . Enter the def ault gatew ay address and, opti onally , the W AN interf ace y ou will use. Clic k on Sav e / Apply to sav e the settings. If yo u add or change the def ault gatew ay address , you m us[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 5-19 Enter the rout e inf or mation and clic k on Sav e /Apply to make it active. No reboot is required. Figure 5-34. Static Route Add Routing – RIP If RIP is enable d, the router oper ation can be configured as Acti ve or P assive . Figure 5-35. RIP Setup[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 5-20 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 DNS Serv er Use the DNS Server screen to reque st automatic assignment of a DNS or to specify a pr imary an d secondar y DNS. Figure 5-36. DNS Setup Dynamic DNS Use the Dynamic DNS screen to alias a dynamic IP addr ess to a static hostname, allowing y our router to be easily accessed from an ywh[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 5-21 T o set up a Dynamic DNS entr y: 1. Click on Add. The Add Dynamic DNS screen appears. Figur e 5-38. Adding a Dynam ic DNS Entry 2. Select a D-DNS Provid er from the drop-do wn list. 3. Enter the Hostname y ou hav e selected f o r the interf ace. 4. Select the rout er Interf ace from the drop-dow[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 5-22 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Modulation Methods The f ollowing mo dulation methods are su ppor ted b y t he 6212 ADSL router: G.dmt Enabled G.lite Enabled T1.413 Enab led ADSL Enabled Anne x L Enabled ADSL2+ Enable d. Do not change this setting unless so dir ected by y our ISP . Phone Line Pair The 6[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 5-23 DSL Advanced Settings Do not change the DSL Adv anced Settings unless so directed b y your IS P . T o view the DSL Adv anced Settings screen, click on the Adv anced Settings butto n on the DSL Settings screen (see Fig ure 5-39 ). There are fiv e test modes between the router and your ISP: No[...]
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5. Advanced Setup 5-24 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 T one Selection T o view the ADSL T one Settings screen, clic k on the T one Selection butt on of the DSL Adv anced Settings screen (see Figure 5-40 ). The frequency ba nd of ADSL is split up into 256 separ ate tones, each spa ced 4.3125 kHz apart. With each tone carr ying sep arate data, the te[...]
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6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 6-1 6 Diagnostics T esting the DSL Connection The diagnostics screen allo ws you t o run diagnostic tests to chec k your DSL connection. The screen shows test results f or three connections: Connection to y our local netwo rk Connection to y our DSL service provider Connection to y our Internet service pro[...]
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6. Diagnostics 6-2 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00[...]
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6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 7-1 7 Management Sa ving and Restoring the Configuration The configur ation of yo ur router can be bac ke d up to a file, and also can b e restored from a file. Y ou can al so restore the router to it s f actor y def ault configuration. Backing Up Conf iguration Settings T o back up y our settings , select Management [...]
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7. Management 7-2 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 V er ify t hat you w ould lik e to sav e the file. Figur e 7-2. Backup Settin gs Upload C onfi rmation Select the location wher e you w ant to sa ve th e file. Figur e 7-3. Backup Settin gs File Locati on[...]
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7. Management 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 7-3 Restoring Conf iguration Settings T o resto re sa v ed settings, select Ma nagement -> Settings -> Restore U ser Settings. Figure 7-4. Restore User Settings Scr een Select the bac kup file y ou want to restore and click on Update Settings. Figure 7-5. Restore Settings File Location[...]
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7. Management 7-4 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 The router will restore setti ngs and reboot to activate the restored settings. Figur e 7-6. Upload in Pr ogress Scr een[...]
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7. Management 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 7-5 Restoring Default Settings Restore Def ault will erase all current setti ngs and restore the router to f actory def ault settings. T o restore the router to f actor y de fa ult settings , select Management -> Settings -> Restore Def ault. Figure 7-7. Restore Default Settings Screen Reply OK to [...]
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7. Management 7-6 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 The router will restore the de fault settings and reboot. Figure 7-9. Restore Default Settings Reboot System Log The System Log dialog a llows y ou to view the System L og and configure the System Log optio ns . Figure 7-10. System Log[...]
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7. Management 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 7-7 V iew System Log Click on the "Vie w System Log" button to chec k the log file. Figure 7-11. V iew System Log[...]
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7. Management 7-8 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Conf igure System Log If the log is enabled, the system will log se lected e v ents: Emergency , Aler t, Critical, Error , W ar ning, Notice , Inf or mational, and Debuggi ng. All e vents abo ve or equal to the selected log lev els will be logged (maintained in the system log file) and display e d. I[...]
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7. Management 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 7-9 SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol ( SNMP) allows a manage ment application to retrie ve sta tistics and status from the SNMP agent in th e router . Use the SNMP screen to set up parameters f or SNMP access. Figure 7-13. SNMP Screen Select the desired value s and clic k on Sav e/Apply to configu[...]
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7. Management 7-10 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Internet T ime Use the Internet Time screen to specify whether the router uses Sim ple Network Time Protocol (SNT P) to obtain the time of da y from NTP ser v ers on the Internet. T o se t up the router to o btain time from an N TP server : 1. Select “A utomatically synchronize with Inter n et tim[...]
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7. Management 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 7-11 Access Contr ol – Services Y ou can enab le or disable some services of your r outer b y LAN or W AN. If no W AN connection is defined, only the LAN sid e can be configured. Figure 7-15. Services Setup Access Contr ol – IP Addresses W eb acces s to the router can be limited when Access Con trol [...]
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7. Management 7-12 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 T o assign the IP address of the managem ent station that is permitted to access the local managemen t ser vices , enter the IP address in the bo x and click on the Sav e/Ap ply b utton. Figure 7- 17. Access Control – IP Addr ess Add Screen Access Contr ol – Passwo rds Use Access Con trol -> [...]
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7. Management 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 7-13 Update Softwar e If yo ur ISP releases ne w software f or this router , f ollow these ste ps to perf orm an upgrade. 1. Obtain an upd ated softwar e image file from y our ISP . 2. Enter the path to the image file location or clic k on the "Bro wse" button to locate the image file. 3. Click[...]
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7. Management 7-14 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 Reboot Router Select Management -> Reboot Router to reb oot the router using the web interf ace. The router will sa ve the current configur ation and reboot itself using the new configuratio n. The rebooting proce ss takes about tw o minutes to complete . Figure 7-20. Reboot Router Screen[...]
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6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 A-1 A Specif ications Specifications are subj ect to change without notice . T able A-1. 6212-I1 Specif ications Specif ication Criteria Environment Operating T emperature: 32° F to 104° F (0° C to 40° C) Storage T emperature: –4° F to 149° F (–20° C to 65° C) Humidity: 5% to 95%, non-condensing Interf ace[...]
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6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 IN-1 Index A About This Guide, v Access Control IP Address es, 7-11 Passwords, 7-12 Services, 7-11 ADSL, 5-21 BER Test, 3-5 Statistics, 3-4 Advanced Settings, DSL, 5-23 Advanced Setup, 5-1 ARP, 3-6 ATM PVC Configuration, 5-2 Statistics, 3-4 B Backing Up Configurati on Settings, 7-1 BER Test, 3-5 Bridge Service, 5-4 Br[...]
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Index IN-2 September 2005 6212-A2-GB23-00 IP Filtering Incoming, 5-11 Outgoing, 5-9 J Japan Notices, D L LAN ports, connecting, 2-2 Local Area Network (LAN) Setup, 5-5 Statistics, 3-3 Logging In, 3 -1 M MAC Filtering, 5-12 Management, 7-1 Mapping ports, 5-15 Modulation Methods, 5-22 N NAT, 5-6 Network Interface Card, 2-2 Notice to Users of the Cana[...]
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Index 6212-A2-GB23-00 September 2005 IN-3 U Update Software, 7-13 User Name, Default, 2-10 V View System Log, 7-7 Virtual Servers, 5-6 W WAN, 3-2, 5-1 Setup, 5-4 Statistics, 3-3 Status, 3-2 Warranty, A Web Interface Home Page, 2-11 Using, 3-1 Weight, A-1 Windows 2000, 2-7 Windows 95, 2-8 Windows 98, 2-8 Windows ME, 2-7 Windows NT, 2-9 Windows XP, 2[...]
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