Paradyne 6218, User Manual

Page 1: ...6218 Wireless Router User s Guide Document No 6218 A2 GB20 00 February 2005...

Page 2: ...ocumentation training distributor locations or Paradyne worldwide office locations use one of the following methods Internet Visit the Paradyne World Wide Web site at www paradyne com Be sure to regis...

Page 3: ...this product must be provided by one of the following 1 a UL Listed CSA certified power source with a Class 2 or Limited Power Source LPS output for use in North America or 2 a certified transformer...

Page 4: ...with this product It has been designed to be connected to a compatible modular jack that is also compliant The Ringer Equivalence Number or REN is used to determine the number of devices that may be...

Page 5: ...formity indicating that Industry Canada technical specifications were met It does not imply that Industry Canada approved the equipment NOTICE The Ringer Equivalence Number REN for this terminal equip...

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Page 7: ...tion Front Panel 1 2 Packing List 1 3 2 Hardware Installation and PC Setup Overview 2 1 Connecting the Hardware 2 1 Configuring Your PC s IP Address 2 3 Assigning an IP Address to your PC Automaticall...

Page 8: ...Router s IP address 3 15 Ethernet Switch 3 16 Firewall NAT Services 3 17 Advanced 3 18 UPnP 3 18 SNTP 3 19 Port Forwarding 3 19 IP Filters 3 21 LAN Clients 3 22 VLAN 3 22 Bridge Filters 3 23 Web Filte...

Page 9: ...g The Router Is Not Functional 4 1 You Cannot Connect to the Router 4 1 LEDs Blink in a Sequential Pattern 4 2 Status LED Continues to Blink 4 2 Status LED is Always Off 4 2 A Terminology What is a Fi...

Page 10: ...Contents iv February 2005 6218 A2 GB20 00...

Page 11: ...ww paradyne com Select Support Technical Manuals To order a paper copy of a Paradyne document or to speak with a sales representative please call 1 727 530 2000 Section Description Chapter 1 Introduct...

Page 12: ...About This Guide vi February 2005 6218 A2 GB20 00...

Page 13: ...e Model 6218 is a Digital Subscriber Line DSL modem that may be set by you to run in bridge or router mode Because it is most frequently used as a router that is how it is referred to in this manual F...

Page 14: ...he RESET button is used to reset the router to the factory default settings Do not use the RESET button unless advised to by your service representative LAN 1 4 Local Area Network port s connect to Et...

Page 15: ...interface is successfully connected to a device through the LAN port If the LED is flickering it is an indication of network activity WLAN Solid green the wireless LAN is enabled Flickering there is a...

Page 16: ...1 Introduction 1 4 February 2005 6218 A2 GB20 00...

Page 17: ...d connect the other end of the cable to your phone jack 2 If you would like to use a phone in the vicinity of the router connect it to the PHONE jack of the router using the cord that came with your t...

Page 18: ...t or power strip The supplied power adapter may look different than the one illustrated here Figure 2 1 Hardware Installation 5 Configure your router and your wireless devices to communicate with each...

Page 19: ...an IP address automatically instead of Use the following IP address in the following procedures By default the LAN port IP address of the router is 192 168 1 1 You can change this address or another...

Page 20: ...ry 2005 6218 A2 GB20 00 4 Ensure that the check box to the left of the item labeled Internet Protocol TCP IP is checked and click on Properties Figure 2 2 Network Connections in Windows XP Figure 2 3...

Page 21: ...close the Control Panel Windows 2000 To configure the IP address under Windows 2000 Procedure 1 In the Windows task bar click on the Start button point to Settings and then select Control Panel 2 Doub...

Page 22: ...lick in the radio button labeled Use the following IP address and type 192 168 1 x where x is any number between 2 and 254 in the IP Address field Type 255 255 255 0 in the Subnet Mask field 12 Click...

Page 23: ...e Windows task bar click on the Start button point to Settings and then click on Control Panel 2 Double click on the Network icon The Network dialog box is displayed with a list of currently installed...

Page 24: ...led in which case you can skip to Step 9 4 If TCP IP does not appear as an installed component click on Add 5 In the Select Network Protocol dialog box select TCP IP and then click on OK You may be pr...

Page 25: ...er name is Admin and the password is Admin Both are case sensitive Note Before configuring your router make sure you have followed the instructions in Chapter 2 Hardware Installation and PC Setup You...

Page 26: ...igure 3 2 Home Page The basic layout of the Home page consists of a page selection list across the top of the browser window The footer displays router status connection information and other useful i...

Page 27: ...etwork Connection On the other side of your router are your own Local Area Network LAN connections This is where you plug in your local computers to the router The router is normally configured to aut...

Page 28: ...ultiplexing mode Your DSL training mode default is MMODE If you use PPPoA or PPPoE you also need these values from your ISP Your username and password If you use multiprotocol encapsulation over ATM A...

Page 29: ...d 3 Give your PPPoE connection a unique name The name must not have spaces and cannot begin with numbers 4 Select a PVC Sharing type of Disable Enable or VLAN 5 Select or enter a VPI and VCI as suppli...

Page 30: ...e Maximum Transmission Unit the DSL connection can send It is a negotiated value The maximum specified value is 1500 although some DSL ISP providers require a larger value The minimum MTU value is 128...

Page 31: ...The default PPPoE connection setup is displayed 2 At the Type field select PPPoA from the drop down list The PPPoA connection setup page is displayed 3 Give your PPPoA connection a unique name The na...

Page 32: ...the On Demand option is not enabled this value specifies the length of time to keep the connection from being shut down for inactivity by sending PPP LCP echoes to the PPP server To ensure that the li...

Page 33: ...ust not have spaces and cannot begin with numbers 4 Optionally enable Network Address Translation NAT and the Firewall options Firewall and NAT services must be enabled See Firewall NAT Services on pa...

Page 34: ...o assignment To configure the router for a DHCP connection Procedure 1 Click on Setup and then click on New Connection The default PPPoE connection setup is displayed 2 At the Type field select DHCP T...

Page 35: ...ou can click on the Renew button and the CPE will retrieve an IP Address Subnet Mask and Default Gateway address At any time you can renew the DHCP address by clicking on the Renew button Figure 3 7 D...

Page 36: ...r enter a VPI and VCI Your DSL service provider or your ISP will supply these For VLAN specify a VLAN ID and priority 6 Select the encapsulation type LLC or VC if you are not sure which to use just us...

Page 37: ...fy The connections are listed by name If you delete a connection to make the change permanent click on Tools at the top of the page and select System Commands At the System Commands page click on Save...

Page 38: ...e LAN parameters click on Setup on the Home screen Under LAN Setup click on LAN Configuration The LAN Configuration screen appears Enable Disable DHCP By default your CPE has DHCP server LAN side disa...

Page 39: ...er supports the DHCP relay function When the router is configured as DHCP server it assigns the IP addresses to the LAN clients When the router is configured as DHCP relay it is responsible for forwar...

Page 40: ...page click on Save All Ethernet Switch To set the speed and duplex mode of the LAN ports Procedure 1 From the Home screen click on Ethernet Switch The Ethernet Switch screen appears 2 For Physical Po...

Page 41: ...unselecting the Enable Firewall and NAT Services button the firewall and NAT services is disabled for all WAN connections Enabling Firewall NAT does not automatically apply it to connections The Apply...

Page 42: ...active DSL connection In the presence of multiple DSL connections select the one over which the incoming traffic will be present such as the default Internet connection To enable UPnP you must first...

Page 43: ...e you can provide local services such as web hosting for people on the Internet When users send this type of request to your network via the Internet the router will forward those requests to the appr...

Page 44: ...screen click on Advanced and under Advanced select Port Forwarding First select the IP address for your Netmeeting server Next select the Audio Video category and add Netmeeting to the Applied Rules b...

Page 45: ...he LAN Group from the drop down list that these changes will apply to 3 Select a LAN IP address from the LAN IP drop down list Click on New IP to add a new IP address to the list 4 Select available ru...

Page 46: ...P address Once the IP address has been added to you can apply Port Forwarding rules to this IP address 3 The Apply button will temporarily save these settings To make the change permanent click on Too...

Page 47: ...ome screen click on Advanced 2 Under Advanced select Bridge Filters The Bridge Filters screen appears as shown in Figure 3 19 Bridge Filters The User Interface for Bridge Filter allows the user to add...

Page 48: ...ese rules are entered automatically by the system to ensure that you don t lock yourself out of the system The first rule allows all ARP frames through the system The second rule allows all IPv4 frame...

Page 49: ...led if NAT is also enabled To enable Multicasting Procedure 1 From the Home screen click on Advanced 2 Under Advanced select Web Filters 3 Select features to be enabled and disabled over the router 4...

Page 50: ...t groups It should only be enabled if NAT is also enabled To enable Multicasting Procedure 1 From the Home screen click on Advanced 2 Under Advanced select Muliticast 3 The Apply button will temporari...

Page 51: ...Apply button will temporarily save these settings To make the change permanent click on Tools and select System Commands On the System Commands page click on Save All Figure 3 22 IGMP Snooping Static...

Page 52: ...een the router and the remote network or host 5 Specify the Metric This determines the maximum number of steps between network nodes that data packets will travel A node is any device on the network s...

Page 53: ...v2 format using multicasting 4 Specify the Direction This determines the direction that RIP routes will be updated Selecting In means that the router will only incorporate received RIP information Sel...

Page 54: ...tion To enable any of the Access Control features Procedure 1 From the Home screen click on Advanced 2 Under Advanced select Access Control The Access Control screen appears All Access Control rules h...

Page 55: ...Setup screen appears 3 Enter or select the parameters described in Table 3 1 Wireless Setup Figure 3 26 Wireless Setup Screen Table 3 1 Wireless Setup 1 of 2 Parameter Description Enable AP Enabling t...

Page 56: ...1 11 for the router to use Recommended values are 1 6 and 11 These three values do not overlap and could be used by three neighboring wireless LANs 802 11 Mode Specify whether the router will support...

Page 57: ...ireless Configuration screen appears Figure 3 27 Wireless Configuration Screen The Apply button will temporarily save these settings To make the change permanent click on Tools at the top of the page...

Page 58: ...on key as defined on this screen If an Authentication Type of Shared is selected the client must properly encrypt a packet sent by the router using the encryption key however this method allows hacker...

Page 59: ...1x Screen WPA Wi Fi Protected Access For WPA you can specify a RADIUS server as with 802 1x above or a Pre Shared Key PSK Figure 3 31 Wireless Security WPA Screen The Apply button will temporarily sav...

Page 60: ...SSIDs To use Wireless Management Procedure 1 From the Home screen click on the Wireless tab 2 From the Wireless menu click on Management The Wireless Management screen appears 3 Select Access List To...

Page 61: ...s To cause the router to advertise the wireless LAN using more than one Service Set IDentifier SSID Figure 3 34 Wireless Management Multiple SSID Screen The Apply button will temporarily save these se...

Page 62: ...y save the current configuration of the router If you do restart the system without saving your configuration the CPE will revert back to the previously saved configuration Restart Use this button to...

Page 63: ...log the connection information This is helpful when trying to debug connection problems Table 3 2 defines the different severity levels Table 3 2 Severity Levels Severity Level Description Panic Syst...

Page 64: ...ommands page click on Save All Figure 3 37 Remote Log User Management To change your router s username and password Procedure 1 From the Home screen under the tools menu click on User Management 2 Cha...

Page 65: ...eb interface To upgrade the firmware Procedure 1 From the Home screen under the Tools title click on Update Gateway 2 Click on Browse and find the firmware file to download Make sure this is the corre...

Page 66: ...s configured you should be able to access the Internet To run a ping test Procedure 1 From the Home screen under the Tools title click on Ping Test 2 Specify the target IP Address that you want to pin...

Page 67: ...F5 end to end and segment tests The test may take a few seconds to complete To perform the test select your connection from the list select a Test Type and click on the Test button Before running thi...

Page 68: ...tics Select to view the Statistics of the Ethernet and DSL interfaces as shown in Figure 3 42 Figure 3 42 Network Statistics Connection Status Select to view the Status of different connections DHCP C...

Page 69: ...to view the router s driver and run time information as shown in Figure 3 44 Figure 3 44 Product Information System Log Select to view all logged information Depending upon the severity level this log...

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Page 71: ...ame subnet as the router you should be able to ping the router 7 Can you ping the WAN Your ISP should have provided the IP address of their server If you can ping the router and your protocols are con...

Page 72: ...to Blink This means that the DSL line is trying to train but for some reason it cannot establish a valid connection The main cause of this is that you are too far away from the central office Contact...

Page 73: ...t with However you may have several machines on your local network that want to access the Internet at the same time The router provides NAT functionality that converts your local network addresses to...

Page 74: ...tation solves the problem of supporting a large number of stations but introduces the problem of getting traffic from one subnet to another To accomplish this devices called routers are placed between...

Page 75: ...plained A 1 DoC D Document Feedback A Purpose and Intended Audience v Summary v duplex mode 3 16 Dynamic Routing 3 28 E EMI Notice Canada D Japan D Enable Disable DHCP 3 14 ending session 3 30 end to...

Page 76: ...ord 3 1 PC Setup 2 1 Ping Test 3 42 Port Forwarding 3 19 port speed 3 16 Ports and Buttons Back Panel 1 2 Power LED 1 2 power supply 2 1 PPPoA Connection Setup 3 7 PPPoE Connection Setup 3 5 Support 1...

Page 77: ...gement 3 40 Username 3 1 V VLAN 3 22 W WAN Configuring 3 4 Connection 3 3 Warranty Sales Service and Training Information A Web filters 3 25 Web Interface using 3 1 Wide Area Network Connection 3 3 Wi...

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