Mega 100WR, Manual

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Page 2: ...ns See 3 2 2 10 3 2 Mega 100WR Overview 11 3 2 1 Front Panel Indicators 11 3 2 2 Back Panel 12 Chapter 4 Setting Up the Telkom Mega 100WR 13 4 1 Logging into your Mega 100WR 13 4 1 1 First login 14 4 1 2 Subsequent logins 17 4 2 Quick Start 18 4 3 LAN DHCP Configuration 19 4 4 Diagnostic Test 21 4 4 1 Ping Test 22 4 4 2 Full Modem Test 22 4 5 Advanced 24 4 5 1 WAN Connection 24 4 5 2 New Connectio...

Page 3: ...21 System Password 41 4 5 22 Firmware Upgrade 42 4 5 23 Restore to Default 42 4 6 Wireless 43 4 6 1 Wireless Setup 43 4 6 2 Wireless Security 44 4 6 3 Wireless Management 46 4 6 3 1 Access List 46 4 6 3 2 Associated Stations 46 4 6 3 3 Multiple SSID 46 4 7 Security 47 4 7 1 IP Filters 47 4 7 2 LAN Isolation 48 4 7 3 URL Filters 49 4 8 Status 49 4 8 1 Connection Status 50 4 8 2 System Log 51 4 8 3 ...

Page 4: ...ery 16 Figure 4 7 Trying to connect to ISP 17 Figure 4 8 Basic Home 18 Figure 4 9 Quick Start Page 19 Figure 4 10 LAN DHCP Configuration 20 Figure 4 11 Diagnostics Test Screen 21 Figure 4 12 Diagnostics Test Result Screen 21 Figure 4 13 Ping Test Screen 22 Figure 4 14 Modem Test 23 Figure 4 15 Advanced Screen 24 Figure 4 16 New Connection PPPoE Connection Setup 25 Figure 4 17 ADSL Modulation Modem...

Page 5: ...33 Dynamic Routing 40 Figure 4 34 Routing Table 40 Figure 4 35 System Password 41 Figure 4 36 Firmware Upgrade 42 Figure 4 37 Restore to Default prompt 42 Figure 4 38 Wireless Setup Page 43 Figure 4 39 Wireless Security 44 Figure 4 40 Wireless Security settings 44 Figure 4 41 Wireless Security 45 Figure 4 42 Wireless Security 45 Figure 4 43 Wireless Management 46 Figure 4 44 Security 47 Figure 4 4...

Page 6: ...L2 Router Manual Page 5 of 54 Figure 4 51 Remote Log Settings 51 Figure 4 52 Network Statistics 52 Figure 4 53 DHCP Clients 52 Figure 4 54 Modem Status 53 Figure 4 55 Product Information 53 Figure 4 56 Help Screen 54 ...

Page 7: ...raged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following methods Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an electrical outlet on a circuit different from that which the radio receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Modifications made to the pr...

Page 8: ...TAGE is used in the equipment Make sure equipment is properly grounded BEFORE opening Failure to observe safety precautions may result in electric shock to user CAUTION Check voltages before connecting equipment to power supplies Wrong voltages applied may result in damage to equipment ...

Page 9: ...onfiguration and connectivity General description and specifications of the Telkom Mega 100WR system components Operating instructions of the Telkom Mega 100WR router system 1 3 Targeted Audience This manual is designed and developed for the operators and users who are required to operate and perform first level maintenance of the Mega 100WR Router It assumes the reader of this manual has basic kn...

Page 10: ...outer had already pre configured for several low latency game ports Just click on the game you are playing on line and the rest is done for you The Mega 100WR Router is fully compatible with all PCs As long as the PC supports an Ethernet interface and is running a TCP IP protocol stack your PC can have high speed WAN access So plug in the Mega 100WR Router refer to Easy Start Guide or Quick Start ...

Page 11: ...er will be reset to its factory defaults and after about 30 40 seconds the router will become operational again LAN Local Area Network E1 to E4 port s These ports connect to Ethernet network devices such as a PCs Hubs Switches or Routers The ports are 10 100 Base T Auto MDI MDIX Ethernet jacks RJ 45 These ports allow either cross or straight cables to be used Power This is where you connect the po...

Page 12: ...ce card Flickers when the Router is transmitting receiving data 3 Wireless Flickers when the Wireless LAN is operating 4 USB Lights up when the USB cable is properly connected from your router to your PC s USB port Light is Off when the USB cable is not properly connected 5 DSL Light is off when no ADSL enabled telephone line is connected Flickers when the ADSL Router is trying to establish a conn...

Page 13: ...mply press and hold the reset button for at least 10 seconds all customised settings that you have saved will be lost and the router will be returned to factory default settings 4 E1 E4 ETHERNET The 10 100 Base T Auto MDI MDIX Ethernet jacks RJ 45 connect to your PC s Ethernet Network card or an Ethernet Hub Switch 5 DC 9V To connect to the Power Adapter LPU that comes with your package 6 POWER SW...

Page 14: ...owever possible for advanced users to make use of the information given below to configure your router without having to use the utility 4 1 Logging into your Mega 100WR To configure your router open your web browser You may get an error message at this point this is normal Type the router s default IP address 10 0 0 2 on the web address bar NOTE Before continuing you should have your computer s n...

Page 15: ...dvanced settings Please click on Internet Login Account Setting Figure 4 2 Setup Page The page in Figure 4 2 will now be displayed This page is for configuring the basic settings of your account Please do not change the Protocol VPI and VCI information unless requested by your ISP The default values are those required to achieve connectivity through Telkom ISP but other ISP s may require different...

Page 16: ...Mega 100WR ADSL2 Router Manual Page 15 of 54 It s a good idea to change your SSID this is the name of your Wi Fi port Figure 4 4 Wireless LAN Configuration ...

Page 17: ... Manual Page 16 of 54 This setup process forces you to change the default Admin password for better security Figure 4 5 System Password You should print out the summery page and keep it for future reference Figure 4 6 Summery ...

Page 18: ... then it is a good idea perform a Default Reset on the router and rather use the Setup Utility on the supplied CD to set your unit up Figure 4 7 Trying to connect to ISP 4 1 2 Subsequent logins Those who have already configured their routers via the Utility or have previously set the router up via the Web browser will be directed to the Basic Home page See Fig 4 8 ...

Page 19: ...uter Manual Page 18 of 54 Figure 4 8 Basic Home 4 2 Quick Start If you wish to change your current configuration click on the Quick Start link Figure 4 9 will appear Your login information can be altered here is required ...

Page 20: ...L Router IP address value For example if the ADSL Router IP address is 10 0 0 2 default than the starting IP address should be 10 0 0 3 or higher The End IP Address is where the DHCP server stops issuing IP addresses The ending address cannot exceed a subnet limit of 254 Hence the max value for our default gateway is10 0 0 254 If the DHCP server runs out of DHCP addresses users will not get access...

Page 21: ...ter supports the DHCP relay function When the ADSL Router is configured as DHCP server it assigns the IP addresses to the LAN clients When the ADSL Router is configured as DHCP relay it is responsible for forwarding the requests and responses negotiating between the DHCP clients and the server By turning off the DHCP server and relay the network administrator must carefully configure the IP addres...

Page 22: ... This test may take a few seconds to complete To perform the test select your connection from the list and press the Test button Before running this test make sure you have a valid DSL link Figure 4 12 Diagnostics Test Result Screen After running the Diagnostic Test the screen will indicate that the portion which pass or fail the test See Figure 4 12 Please click on the Help links which will provi...

Page 23: ...n you select ping test the Mega 100WR will ping 3 times The router shown in Figure 4 13 passes a Ping test this basically means that the TCP IP protocol is configured correctly If the first Ping test does not pass the TCP IP protocol is not loaded for some reason you should restart your router Figure 4 13 Ping Test Screen 4 4 2 Full Modem Test This test can be used to check whether the modem secti...

Page 24: ...Mega 100WR ADSL2 Router Manual Page 23 of 54 Figure 4 14 Modem Test ...

Page 25: ...rea Network WAN connection exists on the other side of the Router also referred to as a broadband connection This WAN connection configuration is different for each ISP Your Mega 100WR is set by default to connect to the Telkom ISP and should work as it is once you have entered username and password information Should you wish to use this router to connect to any other ISP you may need to change t...

Page 26: ...ng capabilities of the modem to pass data correctly Figure 4 16 New Connection PPPoE Connection Setup 4 5 3 ADSL Modulation To configure the DSL modulation type Click WAN ADSL Modulation This will bring up the modem setup screen Figure 4 17 The default is MMODE In this mode the router will automatically work out the best modulation type to use with the ADSL connection that is connected to it You a...

Page 27: ... name is called quickstart Select the encapsulation type LLC or VC if you are connecting to the Telkom ADSL network then use LLC Select the VPI and VCI settings use 8 and 35 for the Telkom network Also select the quality of service QoS leave the default value if you are unsure See Figure 4 18 Following is a description of the different options 1 Username The username for the PPPoE access this is p...

Page 28: ...0 0 2 255 255 255 0 this subnet mask will allow the ADSL Router to support 254 users If you want to support a larger number of users you can change the subnet mask but remember that the DHCP server is defaulted to only give out 255 IP addresses Further remember that if you change your gateways IP address and you have DHCP enabled the DHCP configuration must reside within the same subnet The defaul...

Page 29: ... DHCP was enabled in the configuration all DHCP clients are automatically assigned with IP address If a fixed IP address server is on the LAN and you want this server to be visible via the WAN you must add its IP address Once the IP address has been added you can apply Port Forwarding and Access Control rules to this IP address Figure 4 20 LAN Clients ...

Page 30: ... Duplex Figure 4 21 Ethernet Switch Configuration 4 5 8 Application UPnP UPnP NAT and Firewall Traversal allow traffic to pass thru the Mega 100WR for applications using the UPnP protocol This feature requires one active DSL connection In presence of multiple DSL connections select the one over which the incoming traffic will be present for example the default Internet connection To enable UPnP yo...

Page 31: ...alid response is received from one of the server the program sleeps for Polling_interval amount of minutes before starting the whole process again Use the following procedures to enable SNTP 1 Select Enable SNTP 2 Primary SNTP Server The IP address or the host name of the primary SNTP server 3 Secondary SNTP Server The IP address or the host name of the secondary SNTP server 4 Tertiary SNTP Server...

Page 32: ...er MIB management information base agent solution to fulfill the network management needs The agent is a separate station that can request data from an SNMP agent in each of the different managed system in the network The agent uses the MIBs as dictionaries of manageable objects Each SNMP managed device has at least one agent that can respond to the queries from the NMS The SNMP agent supports GET...

Page 33: ...evice has three priority queues associated with transmit data The high priority queues have strict priority over the medium priority and low priority queues and therefore can exhaust all available bandwidth The web UI will allow the user to select the weights of the medium and low priority queues in increments of 10 percent so that that the sum of the weights of the 2 queues is equal to 100 percen...

Page 34: ...ender to everybody on the network Multicast delivers IP packets to just a group of hosts on the network IGMP Internet Group Multicast Protocol is a session layer layer 3 protocol used to establish membership in a Multicast group It can register a router to receive specific multicast traffic To enable Multicast select the Enable IGMP Multicast button and select the available connection See Figure 4...

Page 35: ...r as listed The dynamic DNS will be linked with the WAN IP of the router even after the ISP updates the WAN IP to another IP address It can be useful in web hosting and FTP services See Figure 4 27 Note The Username Password entered should be the same as the Username Password you specified during your registration of the DNS hostname Figure 4 27 Dynamic DNS Client ...

Page 36: ...mber that a DHCP address is dynamic not static For example if you were configuring a Netmeeting server you would want to assign this server a static IP address so that the IP address is not reassigned Also remember that if an Internet user is trying to access an Internet application they must use the WAN IP address The port forwarding will translate the WAN IP address into a LAN IP address To conf...

Page 37: ...ols and ports that Netmeeting will use Now assuming that your WAN connection is correct you can run Netmeeting from your server and call users that are on the Internet If they know your WAN IP address users can now call you You should remember that Telkom ISP assigns a dynamic IP to your WAN port so your WAN IP is regularly changing If you wish to have users outside the router on the internet conn...

Page 38: ...cted i e allow or deny is performed Please note that the bridge filter will only examine frames from interfaces which are part of the bridge itself Twenty filter rules are supported with bridge filtering See Figure 4 30 Figure 4 30 MAC Filtering Bridge Filters 4 5 17 Access Control Access control allows you to open the access from the Internet WAN or LAN to the following management ports of the ro...

Page 39: ...etwork You can use static routing to allow different IP domain users to access the Internet through the Mega 100WR The New Destination IP is the address of the remote LAN network or host to which you want to assign a static route Enter the IP address of the host for which you wish to create a static route here For a standard Class C IP domain the network address is the first three fields of the Ne...

Page 40: ...s access the internet through your Mega 100W you would set as follows new IP address 192 168 1 0 mask 255 255 255 0 and Gateway 10 0 0 10 I e if anybody on the 10 0 0 0 network is looking for any device on the 192 168 1 0 network any of the 255 ip addresses in this range the router will re direct the requests to follow the path via 10 0 0 10 and not via its own WAN interface as it would normally S...

Page 41: ...ans that the Mega 100WR will only send out RIP information Selecting Both means that the Mega 100WR will incorporate received RIP information and send out updated RIP information The protocol is dependent upon the entire network Most networks support RIP v1 If RIP v1 is selected routing data will be sent in RIP v1 format If RIP v2 is selected routing data will be sent in RIP v2 format using subnet...

Page 42: ... idle timeout You will need to log back onto the router once the timeout expires If you forget your password you can press and hold the reset to factory defaults button for 10 seconds or more The Mega 100WR will reset to its factory default configuration and all custom configurations including ADSL user name and password will be lost See Figure 4 35 Figure 4 35 System Password ...

Page 43: ... Mega 100WR will reboot You will need to log back onto the Mega 100WR after the firmware upgrade is completed The firmware upgrade should take about 5 minutes to complete Note Do not remove power from the Mega 100WR during the firmware upgrade procedure See Figure 4 36 Figure 4 36 Firmware Upgrade 4 5 23 Restore to Default The restore to factory defaults feature will reset the Mega 100WR to its fa...

Page 44: ...rnetworkname It can be changed to any suitable name should you wish The wireless setup menu allows the user to enable or disable the AP wireless Access Point Disabling AP will turn the wireless interface of the router off and prevent anybody from connecting to the router using Wi Fi If you do not intend to use the Wi Fi section of your Mega 100WR it is suggested that you disable the AP See Figure ...

Page 45: ...s enabled by default You have the option to change to the security settings of your choice See Figure 4 39 Figure 4 39 Wireless Security In order to configure the security settings using WEP proceed with the following steps See Figure 4 40 Select the WEP option Select Enable WEP Wireless Security option Select the Cipher option the available options are 64 bits 128 bits and 256 bits You can config...

Page 46: ...ll not be running a RADIUS Server See Figure 4 31 FIgure 4 41 Wireless Security WPA is short for WiFi Protected Access WPA is an industry supported pre standard version of 802 11i that utilizes the Temporal Key Integrity Protocol TKIP which fixes the problems of WEP which includes using dynamic keys It is more secure than WEP and is the recommended form of security for your MEGA 100WR See Figure 4...

Page 47: ...You must select Allow or Ban and add the MAC address of the applicable device s wireless LAN card 4 6 3 2 Associated Stations Wireless clients which are connected to the wireless router will be displayed in this screen You are able to ban a device from accessing the Wi Fi port by clicking on the Ban Station option and clicking Apply 4 6 3 3 Multiple SSID This router supports multiple SSID which me...

Page 48: ...s users to configure the following IP Filters LAN Isolation URL Filters Figure 4 44 Security 4 7 1 IP Filters IP filters is identical to Port blocking on the Access Control page The router will block workstations within the defined IP range and port range See Figure 4 45 Figure 4 45 IP Filters ...

Page 49: ...ment your LAN and enables you to secure information in private portions of your LAN from other publicly accessible LAN segments I e you could prevent a user accessing your Wi Fi interface from connecting to any device that is connected to your Ethernet port You will need to group the LAN interfaces into a LAN group under the Advanced LAN LAN Configurations page and then you can disable the traffic...

Page 50: ...ed See Figure 4 47 To use this feature select Enable type a word that you wish to ban in the Keyword field and click Add Figure 4 47 URL Filters If you wish to remove a word from the list click on that word and click on Remove Remember to click on Apply once you have made changes 4 8 Status This status section Figure 4 48 allows users to view the following connections and interfaces Connection Sta...

Page 51: ...1 Connection Status Connection Status will display all the relevant information regarding your Internet Connection It will display the type of protocol used the WAN IP address the connection state and the duration connected See Figure 4 49 Figure 4 49 Connection Status ...

Page 52: ... configure the router to generate log reports to a remote host Figure 4 50 System Log 4 8 3 Remote Log Settings This feature is for users to enable remote logging Settings mentioned below are essential for this feature to work See Figure 4 51 Log Level Adding Deleting IP address Logging destination Figure 4 51 Remote Log Settings ...

Page 53: ...thernet USB DSL and Wireless line will be displayed depending on which of the buttons shown in Figure 4 52 you have selected Figure 4 52 Network Statistics 4 8 5 DHCP Clients This section shows the MAC address IP address host name and lease time of the users that are connected using DHCP See Figure 4 53 Figure 4 53 DHCP Clients ...

Page 54: ... statistics as shown in Figure 4 54 Figure 4 54 Modem Status 4 8 7 Product Information This screen will show a summary of all the product information of the Mega 100 WR as well as the Software version of the firmware that is loaded on your Mega 100WR This is shown in Figure 4 55 Figure 4 55 Product Information ...

Page 55: ...uter Manual Page 54 of 54 4 9 Help The Help screen takes you to the different Help Sections for Firewall Bridge Filters LAN Clients LAN Group Configurations PPP Connection UPnP IP QoS and RIP Help Figure 4 56 Help Screen ...