Asus BD-AU0014-10 manual

ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual Version 1.0 Version Date: October 12, 2005 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 1 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10 Table of Contents G ENERAL I NFORMATION ............................................................... 3 Package Contents .................................................................. 3 Safety Ins ruc io ns—Please read. t t r ............................[...]

ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 2 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10 Routing ................................................................................. 35 Default Gateway ............................................................... 35 Static Route ...................................................................... 35[...]

General Information The 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Ro uter features 4 LAN ports and wireless ability. Package Contents The package includes one of ea ch of the following items— • 4-Port wireless Ethernet router • 15 VAC AC power adapter • RJ-11 telephone cable • RJ-45 Ethernet cable • Splitter • User Manual / Quick Guide Safety Instruct[...]

Front Panel View LED Mode Indication Solid Wireless is enabled. No light Wireless is disabled. AP Blinking There is wireless traffic. Solid ADSL is connected. No light ADSL is not connected. The ALARM led will be red. XDSL Link Blinking The router is connected to ADSL. Solid ADSL is connected, and there is no ADSL traffic. No light ADSL is not conn[...]

Back Panel View Port Description On / Off Press to turn the router on and off. Power Connects to a 15 VA C AC power adapter. Reset Restart —press the button for less than 4 seconds. Default settings —press the button for 4 seconds or longer. LAN1-LAN4 RJ-45 connects the unit to an Ethernet device such as a PC or a switch. Console NOTE: To be us[...]

Installing the Router Connect the ADSL Line and Telephone An RJ-11 cable will be connected to the wall phone jack and the line-end of the splitter. Connec t another RJ-11 phone wire from the modem-end of the splitter to the port labeled “line” on the router. A third RJ-11 phone wire will be needed to connect the telephone to the phone-end of th[...]

Installation Diagram ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 7 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

Mounting the Router The router can be moun ted on the wall with the screws provided. Mounting can be done on wall material incl uding concre te, wood, or drywall. Select an appropriate location free fr om obstructio ns or any possible interference. Make sure the cables can be easily attached to the router without strain. The illustration below show[...]

ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 9 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10 Configuring Your Computer Prior to accessing the router through t he LAN port, note the following necessary configurations— • Your PC’s TCP/IP address: 192.168.1.__ ( the last number is any number between 2 and 254) • The router’s default IP address: 1[...]

ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 10 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10 8. After your computer restarts , click on the Ne twork and Dial- up Connections icon again, a nd right click on the Loc al Area Connection icon and then sele ct Pr operties. 9. In the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box, select Internet Protocol (TCP /[...]

Logging into the Router This section explai ns how to l og in to your router using the following steps— 1. Launch your web browser. 2. Enter the URL http://192.168.1.1 in the address bar and click on Enter . A login screen li ke the one below will be displayed after you connect to the user interface. 3. Enter your user name and password, and th e[...]

Device Info This section describes the syst em information that can be accessed using the menu it ems under Device Info. Summary Access the general status report from the router by clicking on “ Summary ” under “ Device Info ”. It shows information about the router such as the version of the software, boot loader, etc. It also displays the [...]

WAN Access the WAN status report fr om t he router by clicking on “ WAN ” under “ Device Info ”. STATISTICS LAN Statistics Access the LAN statistics from the router by clicking on the “LAN” item under “Statistics”. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 13 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

WAN Statistics Access the WAN statistics from the router by clicking on the “ WAN ” item under “ Statistics ”. The below scr een shows a PPPoA WAN connection example. ATM Statistics Access ATM statistics from the router by clic king on the “ ATM ” item under “ Statist ics ”. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 14 Versio[...]

ADSL Statistics You can view ADSL statisti cs by clicki ng on the “ ADSL ” item under “ Statistics ”. Information contained in this screen is useful for troubleshooting a nd diagnostics of connection problems. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 15 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

ADSL BER Test A Bit Error Rate Test (BER Test) is a test tha t reflec ts the ratio of error bi ts to the tota l number transmitted. If you click on the ADSL BER Test button at the bottom of the ADSL Statistics page, the follow ing pop-up screen will appear allowing you to set the test ed time and to begin the test. Below is an ADSL B ER Test result[...]

Route Access the routing status report fr om the router by clicking on the “ Route ” item under “ Device Info ”. ARP Access the ARP status report from the router by clicking on the “ ARP ” item under “ Device Info ”. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 17 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

Quick Setup This section will explain how to qui ckly configure the router for the main purpose of connecting to the Internet. If you need to configure any advanced functions, then those can be performed in the advanced section. ATM PVC Configuration To enable the auto-connect proces s, click on the box labeled DSL Auto-connect, a process that will[...]

The next screen to appear will de pend on the connection type that was select ed in the previous screen. The next screen lets you decide if you want to enable NAT, firewall, IGMP multic ast, and WAN servic e. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 19 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

The following is the Device S etup screen wh ere you enter the IP address / subnet mask as well as enable or disable DHCP server. The last screen under th e Quick Start section al lows you to set up the wireless featur e of the router. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 20 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

When you click on Next, the summ ary screen shows the settings made under WAN setup. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 21 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

Advanced Setup This section of the user manual is on the advanced configurations of the router. The topics under Advanced Setup are WAN, LAN, NAT, firewall, QoS, routing, DNS, ADSL, and port mapping. WAN Configure the WAN settings as provided by your ISP. Click on the Add button if you want to add a new rule for the WAN interface. The AT M PVC Conf[...]

ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 23 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10 • Service Category: Five classes of traffic are listed— o UBR Without PCR o UBR With PCR o CBR o Non Realtime VBR o Realtime VBR Enabling QoS for a PVC improves perfor mance fo r selected classes of applications. Howe ver, since QoS also consumes system res[...]

After you click on Next , the below screen ap pears allowing you disable the bridge se rvice if desired. When the settings are complete , the next sc reen shows a WAN Setup – Summary screen displaying th e WAN configurations made. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 24 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

Click on the Save button when the settings are correct. The below screen will appear showin g the WAN settings that you made. When satisfied with th e settings, and no changes are necessary, click on the Finish button. To remo ve any settings, click on the Remove button. After selecting the Finish button, the below scree n will appear. At this poin[...]

LAN Local Area Network (LAN) Setup You can configure the DSL Router IP address and Subnet Mask for the LAN interface to corresp ond your LAN’s IP Subnet. The Save button only sa ve s the LA N conf iguration dat a, but does not apply the configurat ions. Select the Save/Reboot button to save the LAN configuration data and reboot the router and app[...]

A virtual server allows you to dire ct incoming tra ffic from the WAN side to a specific IP address on the LAN side . Select the virt ual server from the drop-down list and complete the server IP address, then click on the Save / Apply button. The following screen appe ars after you save yo ur selection. To add additional virtual server s, click on[...]

Port Triggering Click on the Add button to add Port Trigge ring to your Internet application. The below screen appears when you click on Add allowing you to select the applicat ion that you want to set the port settings for. After a selection ha s be en made, click on the Save / Apply button. The below screen appea rs after you save y our selection[...]

DMZ Host You can define the IP address of t he DMZ Host on this screen. Enter the IP address and click on Save / Apply . ALG The application layer is a window between various application processes to allow open inform ation exchange. To use the Application Layer Gateway (ALG), the appropriate Application Layer Gateway definit ion was sele ct ed in [...]

Firewall IP Filtering—Outgoing The outgoing filter will block the LAN traffic from entering the WAN side. Cl ick on the Add button to create filt ers. The below screen will ap pear when you click on Add . Input the filter name, source informat ion (from the LAN side), and destination informat ion (from t he WAN si de). Then click on Save / Apply [...]

IP Filtering —Incoming Incoming filter filters the WAN t ra ffic to the LAN side . Click on the Add button to add incoming filter settings. Enter a filter name, information about the source address (from the WAN side), and information ab out th e destination address (to the LAN side). Select the protocol and WAN interface, and then click on Save/[...]

If you click on Change Policy , a confirmation dial og allows you to verify your change. If you want to add a se tting to the MAC filter ing table, enter the Source and Destinatio n MAC address, and select protocol type, frame direction, and WAN interface. Then click on Save / Apply to save it. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 32 Ve[...]

After you save the settin gs, a screen sh owing the settings wi ll appear. On this screen you will be able to view and delete MAC filtering rules. Parental Control In a home setting, parents can also restrict the day of the week certain computers can acce ss the router. Click on Add to se t up the restrictions. After you click on Add , you will see[...]

Quality of Service You can configure the Quality of Service to apply different priorities to traffi c on the router. On this screen you can view and delete QoS settings. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 34 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

Routing Default Gateway You can enable automatic assi gned default gateway on the Routing – Default Gatewa y screen. As defaul t, t he box is checked for automatic assigned default gateway to be enabled. Click the Save / Apply button to enable or di sable this feature. Static Route Use the Routing – Static Route scre en to add a static route to[...]

RIP If RIP is enabled, the router operat ion can be config ured as act ive or passive. DNS DNS Server Use the DNS Server screen to re quest automatic assignment of a DNS or to specify a prim ary an d secondar y DNS. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 36 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

If the automatic assigned DNS ch eckbox is not selected, then enter the primary and secondary DNS Server I P addresses as illustrated below. Dynamic DNS Dynamic DNS (D-DNS) allows you to have your own permanent domain name linked to your dynamic IP addres s. To configure a dynamic DNS, click on Add . If you have al ready created a dynamic DNS that [...]

DNS site that yo u wish to use. Select from either DynDNS.org or TZO . Then enter the hostname and th e interface that you want to establish the D-DNS address to. Enter the user name / password for the D-DNS account that you hav e signed up for and then click on Save / Apply . ADSL There are three major items in the ADSL settings: Modulation Method[...]

DSL Advanced Settings The test mode ca n be selected from the DSL Ad vanced Settings page. Test modes are as follows— • Normal • Reverb • Medley • No retrain • L3 ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 39 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

Tone Settings The frequency band of ADSL is split up into 256 s eparate tones, each spaced 4.3125 kHz apart. With each tone carrying separ a te data, the technique operates as if 256 separate modems were running in parallel. The tone rang e is from 0 to 31 for upstream and from 32 to 255 for downstream . Do not change these settings unless instruct[...]

2. After clicking the Add button, the below configurat ion screen appears, allo wing you enter the groups and the interfaces they are associated with. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 41 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

Wireless This section allows you to conf igur e wir eless settings on yo ur router. Basic The below Wireless – Basic screen lets you enable or disable wireless. The default se tting for wireless is enabled. You can also hide the access point so ot hers cannot see your ID on the network. Security The next screen is the Wireless – Security scr ee[...]

ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 43 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10 • 802.1X— requires mutual authenti cation between a client station and the router by including a RADIUS-based authentication server. Info r mat ion about the RADIUS server such as its IP address, p ort and key must be entered. WEP encryption is also enabled[...]

MAC Filter The MAC filter screen allows you to manage MAC address filters. Add the MAC addresses t hat you want to mana ge and t hen select the mode that you want to use to manage th em. You can disable this feature or you can allow or deny access t o the MAC addresses that you add to the list. The following screen appears when you want to add a MA[...]

Wireless Bridge In this next screen, you can select which mode you want the router to be in, either acce ss point or wire less bridge. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 45 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 46 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10 Advanced Advanced features of the wi reless LAN interface can be configured in this section. Settings can be configur ed for the following— • AP Isolation —if you select enable, then each of your wireless clients will not be able to co mmunicate wi th eac[...]

• Xpress Technology— a technology that utilizes standards based on frameburstin g to achieve higher throughput. With Xpress Technology enabled, aggregate throughput (the sum of the individual throughput speeds of each client on the network) can improve by up to 25% in 802.11g only networks and up to 75% in mixed networks comprised of 802.11g an[...]

Station Info The Station Info page shows stations that have been authorized access to the router thro ugh its wireless function. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 48 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

Troubleshooting—Diagnostics The diagnostics screen allows you to run diagnostic tests t o check your DSL connection. In addition , you can test the connection to your DSL service provider. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 49 Version 1.0 Document #: BD-AU0014-10[...]

Management The Management sectio n gives you access t o cert ain setups for the purpose of maintaining the sy stem, including backing up t he configurations, viewing system log, maintain ing access control, updating software, etc. Settings Backup Settings To save a copy of the configur ations that yo u have made on your router, click on the Backup [...]

Restore User Settings To restore saved settings, select Management Settings →→ Restore User Settings. Then sele ct the backup f ile you want to restore and click on Update Settings . The router will restore settings and reboot to act ivate the restored settings. Restore Default Restore Default will erase all current settings and restore the rou[...]

Reply OK to the co nfirmat ion dialog. The router will restore the default settings and reboot. System Log The System Log dialog allows yo u to view the System Log and configure the System Log opt ions. To view the System Log click on the View System Log button to check the log file. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 52 Version 1.0 D[...]

Below is a view of th e System Log . Configure System Log If the log is enabled, the syste m will log selected events: Emergency, Alert, Critical, Error, Warning, Notice , In formational , and Debugging. All events above or equa l to the selected log level will be logg ed a nd displayed. ASUS 4-Port Wireless Ethernet Router User Manual 53 Version 1[...]

If the selected mode is “Remote” or “Both”, events will be sent to the specified IP address and UD P port of a remote system log server. If the selected mode is “Local” or “B oth”, events will be recorded in the local memory. Sele ct the desired values and click on the “ Save/Apply ” button to configure th e system log options. [...]

Internet Times The Time Settings page allows yo u to automatica lly synchronize your time with a timese rver on the Internet. If you choose to automatically sy nchronize with Internet time servers, then click on the box and the below fields appear. Select from the list of NTP (Network Time Prot ocol) time servers. Then select the time zone th at yo[...]

Access Control You can enable or disabl e some ser vices of yo ur r outer by LAN or WAN. If no WAN connection is defi ned, only the LAN side can be configured. Services Services that can be enabled / disabled on th e LAN / WAN are FTP, HTTP, ICMP, SNMP, SSH, Telnet, and TFTP. IP Addresses Web access to the router can be limited when Access Control [...]

To assign the IP address of t he management station that is permitted to access the local mana gement services, enter the IP address in the box and click on the Save / Apply button. Passwords Access the Passwords screen under the Access Control section to change a password. Select an account and enter the current password and the new passwor d and [...]

Update Software If your ISP releases new software for this router, follow these steps to perform an upgrade. 1. Obtain an updated software image file from your ISP. 2. Enter the path to the image file location or cl ick on the Browse button to locate the image file. 3. Click the Update Software button once to upload the new image file. Reboot Route[...]