6212-A2 and 6382-A1 4-Port Routers User’s Guide Document Number 6212-A2-GB21-10 September 2004
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide Copyright © 2004 Paradyne Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. Notice This publication is protected by federal copyright law.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide Important Safety Instructions 1. Read and follow all warning notices and instructions marked on the product or included in the manual. 2. Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation. To ensure reliable operation of the product and to protect it from overheating, these slots and openings must not be blocked or covered. 3. Do not allow anything to rest on the power cord and do not locate the product where persons will walk on the power cord. 4.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide FCC Part 15 Declaration An FCC Declaration of Conformity may be downloaded from the Paradyne World Wide Web site at www.paradyne.com. Select Support -> Technical Manuals -> Declarations of Conformity. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide If the modem causes harm to the telephone network, the Telephone Company will notify you in advance that temporary discontinuance of service may be required. But if advance notice is not practical, the Telephone Company will notify the customer as soon as possible. Also, you will be advised of your right to file a complaint with the FCC if you believe it is necessary.
212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide Notice to Users of the Canadian Telephone Network NOTICE: This equipment meets the applicable Industry Canada Terminal Equipment Technical Specifications. This is confirmed by the registration number. The abbreviation IC before the registration number signifies that registration was performed based on a Declaration of Conformity indicating that Industry Canada technical specifications were met. It does not imply that Industry Canada approved the equipment.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide Table of Contents 1. Introduction............................................................................................................................. 9 1.1 Features & System Requirements................................................................................... 9 2. Router Description ................................................................................................................ 11 2.1 Ports and buttons (Back panel) ...........
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6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 1. Introduction Congratulations on becoming the owner of a 6212 or 6382 router. Your LAN (Local Area Network) will now be able to access the Internet via the router’s ADSL connection. This User Manual will show you how to set up the 6212 or 6382 router, and how to customize its configuration to get the most out of this product. 1.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide System Requirements: In order to use the 6212 or 6382 router for Internet access, you must have the following: 10 • ADSL service subscription from your ISP. • One computer containing an Ethernet 10/100BaseT network interface card (NIC). • (Optional) An Ethernet hub or switch if you are connecting the device to several computers on an Ethernet network.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 2. Router Description 2.1 Ports and buttons (Back panel) Power is where you connect the power. LAN 1–4 (Local Area Network) port(s): connect to Ethernet network devices, such as a PC, hub, switch, or router. Some routers come with a single LAN connection and some come with four LAN connections. Depending on the device connected, you may need a crossover cable or a straight-through cable. Reset Button: The reset button is used to reset the router.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 2.3 Package Contents Your 6212 or 6382 package includes: 12 • 6212 or 6382 ADSL Router • Power adapter • Ethernet cable (RJ45, “straight-through” type) • Phone cable (RJ11).
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 3. Installation This chapter provides basic instructions for connecting the router to a computer or a LAN and to the Internet via ADSL: • How to set up the hardware. • How to configure Internet properties on your computer. • How to access your router. It is assumed that you have already subscribed to ADSL service with your telephone company or other Internet service provider (ISP).
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide Note that either a crossover or a straight-through Ethernet cable can be used. The router determines and adjusts to the type of signal required. 3.1.4 Attach the power adapter The supplied power adapter may look different than the one illustrated here. Connect the cylindrical power plug into the POWER connector on the back of the device. • If you have a wall-mount adapter, plug the AC adapter into a wall outlet or a power strip.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide Figure 3.7 Network Connections in Windows XP Figure 3.8 Local Area Connection Properties in Windows XP 5. In the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box, click in the radio button labeled Use the following IP address and type 192.168.1.x (where x is any number between 3 and 254) and 255.255.255.0 in the IP address field and Subnet Mask field, respectively. Figure 3.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 6. Click on 3.2.2 twice to confirm your changes, and close the Control Panel. Windows 2000: In the Windows task bar, click on the Start button, point to Settings, and then select Control Panel. 1. Double-click on the Network and Dial-up Connections icon. 2. In the Network and Dial-up Connections window, right-click on the Local Area Connection icon, and then select Properties.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 6. Select Microsoft in the Manufacturers box. 7. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in the Network Protocols list, and then click on . You may be prompted to install files from your Windows Me installation CD or other media. Follow the instructions to install the files. 8. If prompted, click on to restart your computer with the new settings. 9. After restarting your PC, double-click on the Network and Dial-up Connections icon in the Control Panel. 10.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 12. Click on Please click on 3.2.5 twice to confirm and save your changes. You will be prompted to restart Windows. and restart your PC again. Windows NT 4.0: 1. In the Windows NT task bar, click on the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. In the Control Panel window, double click on the Network icon. 3. In the Network dialog box, click on the Protocols tab.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 4. Configuring Your Router This section will guide you through your router’s configuration. The router is shipped with a standard default bridge configuration; for most users, you may want to change the router from a bridge to a router. 4.1 Logging in to your router To configure your router, open your web browser. Type the default IP address (192.168.1.1) into the address fiield of your browser and press the Enter key.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 4.2 Home screen The first screen (Figure 2) that appears (after the login screen) is the Home screen. From this screen you can configure the modem, access tools that are helpful for debugging purposes, obtain the status of the modem, and view the online help. The Home page has a page selection list across the top. A footer displays router status, connection information, and other useful information.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 4.3 Setup To set up your router with a basic configuration, select Setup. Figure 3 illustrates the setup page. The page is broken into two subsections: the WAN configuration and the LAN configuration. Figure 3 (Setup page) Before configuring the router, there are several concepts that you should be familiar with on how your new router works. Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with these concepts, as it should make the configuration much easier. 4.3.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide For PPPoA or PPPoE users, you also need these values from your ISP: • Your username and password For RFC 1483 users, you may need these values from your ISP: • Your DSL fixed Internet IP address • Your Subnet Mask • Your Default router • Your primary DNS IP address Since multiple users can use the router, the router can simultaneously support multiple connection types. You must set up different profiles for each connection.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide Figure 4 (Bridge Connection Setup) To complete the connection you must now click on the Apply button. The apply button will temporarily save this 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 All. 4.4.2.1 PPPoA Connection Setup PPPoA is described in RFC 2364. It is a method of encapsulating PPP packets over ATM cells which are carried over the DSL line.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 6. Select the quality of service (QOS). Leave the default value if your ISP did not provide this information. Following is a description of the different options: Username: The username for the PPPoA access; this is provided by your DSL service provider or your ISP. Password: The password for the PPPoA access; this is provided by your DSL service provider or your ISP. On-Demand: Enables on-demand mode.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide Click on the Apply button to temporarily save this configuration. 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 All. 4.4.2.2 PPPoE Connection Setup PPPoE is described by RFC 2516. It is a method of encapsulating PPP packets over Ethernet. PPP or Point-toPoint protocol is a method of establishing a network connection/session between network hosts.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide Enforce MRU: Check this box if you experience problems accessing the Internet over a PPPoE connection. This feature will force all TCP traffic to conform with PPP MRU by changing TCP Maximum Segment Size to PPP MRU. Debug: Enables PPPoE connection debugging facilities. Debugging is talked about later. Figure 6 (PPPOE Connection Setup) Click on the Apply button. The Apply button will temporarily save this configuration.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 5. Select the VPI and VCI settings. Your DSL service provider will supply these. In this example the service provider is using 0,35. 6. Select the quality of service (QOS). Leave the default value if your ISP did not provide this information. If your DSL line is connected and your service provider is supporting DHCP, you can click the renew button and the router will retrieve an IP address, subnet mask, and router address.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 5. Select the VPI and VCI settings. Your service provider will supply these. In this example the service provider is using 0,35. 6. Select the quality of service (QOS); leave the default value if your ISP did not provide this information. 7. If desired, enable Network Address Translation (NAT) and the Firewall options. If you are unsure, leave these in the default mode. 8.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 4.4.4 Modem setup To configure the DSL modulation type: Go to the Home screen and Click on Setup. Under WAN Setup, select Modem Setup. This will bring up the modem setup screen. Leave the default value if you are unsure or the DSL/ISP did not provide this information. For most all cases, this screen should not be modified. Click on the Apply button. The Apply button will temporarily save this configuration.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide Figure 9 (DHCP Server configuration) In addition to the DHCP server feature, the router 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 forwarding the requests and responses passed between the DHCP clients and the server.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 4.5.2 Changing the router’s IP address To change the router’s IP address: Go to the Home screen and click on Setup. Under LAN Setup, select Management. This will bring up the screen shown in Figure 11. 4.5.2.1 Static IP address assignment Your router’s default IP address and subnet mask are 192.168.1.1 and 255.255.255.0. This allows the router to support 254 users.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 4.5.3 Firewall/NAT Services To enable or disable Firewall and NAT: Go to the Home screen and click on Setup. Under LAN Setup, select Firewall/NAT Services. Deselect the “Enable Firewall and NAT Services” button to disable the firewall and NAT services for all WAN connections. Click on the Apply button. The Apply button will temporarily save this configuration. To make the change permanent, click on Tools (at the top of the page) and select System Commands.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 4.6.2 Port Forwarding Using the Port Forwarding page, you can provide local services (for example web hosting) for people on the Internet or play Internet games. When users send this type of request to your network via the Internet, the router will forward those requests to the appropriate PC. Port forwarding can be used with DHCP-assigned addresses, but remember that a DHCP address is dynamic (not static).
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide Figure 14 (IP Filter) 4.6.4 Access Control Access control can also be called port blocking. Specific types of traffic that is destined for a selected LAN IP address can be blocked. To enable any of the Access Control features, go to the Home screen and click on Advanced. Under Advanced, select Access Control. A page similar to the port-forwarding page appears. Similar to the port-forwarding page, an IP address can be added to a rule.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide The User Interface for Bridge Filter allows you to add, edit, and delete, as well as enable the filter rules. To add rules, define the source MAC address, destination MAC address, and frame type with desired filtering type (Allow or Deny), and click on the Add button. The MAC address must be in a xx-xx-xx-xx-xx-xx format, with 00-00-00-00-00-00 as “don’t care”. Blanks can be used in the MAC address space, and would be considered also as “don’t care”.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 4.6.7 Multicast This option enables the IGMP proxy, which allows NAT clients to participate in IGMP multicast groups. It should only be enabled if NAT is also enabled. To enable Multicasting, click on Advanced from the Home screen, then select Muliticast. Figure 16 illustrates a typical Multicast configuration. Figure 16 (Multicast) The apply button will temporarily save this connection.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide Figure 17 (Static Routing) Click on the Apply button to temporarily save this configuration. 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 All. 4.6.9 Dynamic Routing Dynamic Routing allows the router to automatically adjust to physical changes in the network.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide Figure 18 (Dynamic Routing) Click on the Apply button to temporarily save this configuration. 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 All. 4.6.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 4.7 Tools The router supports a host of tools which will allow you to customize and debug your router. 4.7.1 System Commands To make changes permanent you need to click on Tools (at the top of the page) and select System Commands. The following commands are used to configure the router: Save all: Press this button in order to permanently save the current configuration of the router.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide If you forget your password, you can press and hold the reset to factory defaults button for at least 10 seconds. The router will be set to its factory default configuration and all custom configurations will be lost. Click on the Apply button to temporarily save this configuration. 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 All. 4.7.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide Figure 21 (Ping test) 4.7.6 Modem Test The Modem Test is used to check whether your Modem is properly connected to the WAN Network. 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; if the DSL link is not connected, this test will always fail. The DSLAM must support this feature; not all DSLAMs have F4 and F5 support.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 4.8.4 Modem Status Select to view the Status and Statistics of your broadband (DSL) connection. 4.8.5 Product Information You can display the router’s driver and run-time information by going to the Home screen, under the Status title, click Product Information. Figure 22 illustrates typical product information. Figure 22 (Product Information) 4.8.6 System Log To display the router’s system log file, go to the Home screen and click on Status.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 5. Troubleshooting Below is a list of commonly asked questions. Before calling technical support, please look through these issues to see if they help solve your problem. 5.1 The router is not functional. 1. Check to see that the power LED is green and than the network cables are installed correctly. Refer to the Installation section for details. 2. Check to see that the LAN and WAN LEDs are green. 3. Check to see that the DSL LED is green 4.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 5.5 1. 2. 44 The DSL Link LED is always off Make sure you have DSL service. You should get some kind of information from your ISP which states that DSL service is installed. You can usually tell if the service is installed by listening to the phone line; you will hear a high-pitched noise. If you do not hear a high-pitched noise, contact your ISP. Verify that the phone line is connected directly to the wall and to the Line input on the router.
6212-A2 and 6382-A1 ADSL Router User’s Guide 6. Router terms What is a firewall? A firewall is protection between the Internet and your local network. It acts similarly to the firewall in your car, which protects the interior of the car from the engine. Your car's firewall has very small opening that allow desired connections from the engine into the cabin, but if something happens to your engine, you are protected. The firewall in the router is very similar.
