ARM-201E / 204E Wired ADSL2/2+ 1 / 4 Ports Modem Router User’s Manual
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Table of Contents CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................ 4 1.1 INTRODUCTION TO THIS ADSL2+ ROUTER ................................................................................................... 4 1.2 PRODUCT FEATURES.................................................................................................................................. 4 CHAPTER 2: HARDWARE INSTALLATION.....................
.6.5 Diagnostic ...................................................................................................................................... 51 4.7 STATUS ............................................................................................................................................ 52 4.7.1 Device Info ..................................................................................................................................... 52 4.7.2 System Log ............................
Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Introduction to this ADSL2+ router NOTE: Throughout this manual, some operation illustrations are based on ARM-201E. The corresponding operations are also the same or similar for ARM-204E. This ADSL2+ router is a full-featured ADSL router that provides Ethernet direct connections to individual PCs or local area network with 10/100 Base-T Ethernet.
Setup Wizard Supports Setup Wizard Web GUI to install this ADSL router easily and quickly.
10/100M Auto-negotiation Fast Ethernet switch This auto-negotiation feature allows the router to detect the speed of incoming transmissions and adjust appropriately without manual intervention. It allows data transfer of either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps in either half-duplex or full-duplex mode depending on your Ethernet network. Multiple PVC (Permanent Virtual Circuits) Support Supports OAM F4/F5 loop-back, AIS and RDI OAM cells. ATM Forum UNI 3.1/4.0 PVC Support up to 8PVCs.
Chapter 2: Hardware Installation 2.1 Package Contents ADSL Ethernet Router RJ-45 Ethernet cable RJ-11 Phone cable Power Adapter CD Quick Installation Guide 2.2 Front Panel Indicators and Description Front panel of ADSL router has LED indicators to display router’s operating status. One-Port ADSL Router Front Panel (ARM-201E) Descriptions of LED status ADSL DATA LAN PWR When connection with Internet (ADSL Connected) is established, this LED will light up.
Four-Port ADSL Router Front Panel (ARM-204E) Descriptions of LED status PWR When an active power adapter is connected with router, this LED will light up. LAN4 When port 4 connection with PC or Switch / Hub is established, this LED will light up. LAN3 When port 3 connection with PC or Switch / Hub is established, this LED will light up. LAN2 When port 2 connection with PC or Switch / Hub is established, this LED will light up.
Four-Port ADSL Router Back Panel (ARM-204E) Descriptions of All Connectors PWR Connect with power adapter 1X Connect with Ethernet Cable to Switch Hub or PC 2X Connect with Ethernet Cable to Switch Hub or PC 3X Connect with Ethernet Cable to Switch Hub or PC 4X Connect with Ethernet Cable to Switch Hub or PC DEFAULT LINE Reset button Connect with phone cable 2.
Chapter 3: Connecting ADSL2+ Router via Ethernet You can connect ADSL2+ router with PC through either Ethernet cable. After connection is established, you can configure the host PC to be a DHCP client. You have to repeat the same steps for every host PC on your network if you use DHCP function on your router. 3.1 Setup ADSL2+ router via Ethernet Cable If there is an available LAN card present on your PC, you just simply connect ADSL router and PC through the Ethernet cable.
Option1: Get an IP from Router Automatically Select the IP Address tab. In this page, click Obtain an IP address automatically radio button.
2) Then, select DNS Configuration tab and select Disable DNS then click OK to finish the configuration. Option2: Configure IP Manually 1) At IP Address tab, select Specify an IP address, set default IP address for the Router is 192.168.2.1, so use 192.168.2.X (X is a number between 2 to 254) for IP Address field and 255.255.255.0 for Subnet Mask field.
2) Select Gateway tab and add default Router IP Address “192.168.2.1” in the New gateway field and click Add. Under DNS Configuration tab, select Enable DNS and add DNS values (192.168.2.1) in DNS Server Search Order field then click Add.
For Windows 2000 Step 1: (a) Right-click My Network Places and select Properties in the main window screen (b) Or, go to Start / Settings / Control Panel. In the Control Panel, double-click on Network and Dial-up Connections.
Step 3: Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) then click Properties: Configure IP Automatically: Step 4: Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically then click OK to complete IP configuring process.
Configure IP Manually: Step 4: Select Use the following IP address and Use the following DNS server addresses. IP address: Fill in IP address 192.168.2.x (x is a number between 2 to 254). Subnet mask: Default value is 255.255.255.0. Default gateway: Default value is 192.168.2.1. Preferred DNS server: Fill in preferred DNS server IP address. Alternate DNS server: Fill in alternate DNS server IP address.
For Windows XP Step 1: Click Start then select Control Panel (in the Classic View). Step 2: Double-click Network Connections icon.
Step 3: Right-click Local Area Connection (local network your ADSL hooked up with) and select Properties: Step 4: Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) then click Properties: 18 AirLive ARM-201E / 204E User’s Manual
Configure IP address Automatically: Step 5: Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically. Click OK to finish the configuration. Configure IP Address Manually: Step 5: Select Use the following IP address and Use the following DNS server addresses. IP address: Fill in IP address 192.168.2.x (x is a number between 2 to 254). Subnet mask: Default value is 255.255.255.0. Default gateway: Default value is 192.168.2.1.
Preferred DNS server: Fill in preferred DNS server IP address. Alternate DNS server: Fill in alternate DNS server IP address. You can use ping command under DOS prompt to check if you have setup TCP/IP protocol correctly and if your computer has successfully connected to this router. 1) Type ping 192.168.2.1 under DOS prompt and the following messages will appear: Pinging 192.168.2.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.2.1: bytes=32 times<2ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.2.
Step 2: Double-click Network and Sharing Center icon. Step 3: Select “Manage Network connections”.
Step 4: Right-click Local Area Connection (local network your ADSL hooked up with) and select Properties: Step 5: Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) then click Properties: 22 AirLive ARM-201E / 204E User’s Manual
Configure IP address Automatically: Step 6: Select Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatically. Click OK to finish the configuration. Configure IP Address Manually: Step 7: Select Use the following IP address and Use the following DNS server addresses.
IP address: Fill in IP address 192.168.2.x (x is a number between 2 to 254). Subnet mask: Default value is 255.255.255.0. Default gateway: Default value is 192.168.2.1. Preferred DNS server: Fill in preferred DNS server IP address. Alternate DNS server: Fill in alternate DNS server IP address. You can use ping command under DOS prompt to check if you have setup TCP/IP protocol correctly and if your computer has successfully connected to this router. 2) Type ping 192.168.2.
After you enter User ID and Password, the main webpage will show as below: 25 AirLive ARM-201E / 204E User’s Manual
Chapter 4: Configure ADSL2+ Router via HTML Interface ADSL2+ Router supports a Web-based (HTML) GUI to allow users to configure Router setting via Web browser. 4.1 Login 1) Launch the Web browser. 2) Enter the default IP address http://192.168.2.1 3) Entry of the username and password will be displayed. Enter the default login User Name and Password: The default login User Name of the administrator is admin, and the default login password is airlive.
4.2 Quick Start Click Quick Start to guide you to configure the device to connect your ISP and have Internet access within minutes. This Quick Start will guide you step by step to configure the password, time zone, and WAN settings of you device. This Wizard is a helpful guide for first time uses to the device. NOTE: It is a strong recommendation that using Quick Start to configure your ADSL settings.
. The Quick Start Setup Wizard includes four quick steps: 1) Set your new password. 2) Choose your time zone. 3) Set your Internet connection. 4) Re-start your ADSL router. Please follow the quick start step by step to configure the device. Note: If your ISP doesn’t provide DNS, after you complete Quick Start configuration, please go to Interface Setup Internet to configure your DNS settings.
4.3 Interface Setup Click an Interface Setup link to set ATM VC values, ISP Encapsulation, configure multi- connection settings, and LAN configuration. 4.3.1 Internet [ATM VC] ATM settings are used to connect to your ISP. Your ISP provides VPI, VCI, settings to you. In this Device, you can totally setup 8 PVCs on different encapsulations if you apply 8 different virtual circuits from your ISP. You need to activate the VC to take effect.
ATM QoS: Select the Quality of Service types for this Virtual Circuit. The ATM QoS types include CBR(Constant Bit Rate), VBR(Variable Bit Rate) and UBR (Unspecified Bit Rate). These QoS types are all controlled by the parameters specified below, including PCR, SCR, and MBS. PCR: Peak Cell Rate. SCR: Sustained Cell Rate. MBS: Maximum Burst Size. [Encapsulation] Dynamic IP: Select this option if your ISP provides you an IP address automatically. This option is typically used for Cable services.
PPPoA/PPPoE: Select this option if your ISP requires you to use a PPPoE connection. This option is typically used for DSL service. Select Dynamic PPPoE to obtain an IP address automatically for your PPPoE connection. Selection Static PPPoE to use static IP address for your PPPoE connection. Please enter the information accordingly. Username: Enter your username for your PPPoE/PPPoA connection.
[NAT] NAT: Select this option to Activate/Deactivated the NAT (Network Address Translation) function for this VC. The NAT function can be activated or deactivated per PVC basis. Default Router: Select whether this PVC will be default router for internet data. [Dynamic Route] RIP (Routing Information Protocol): Select this option to specify the RIP version, including RIP1, RIP2-B and RIP2-M.
[Multicast] IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol): It is a session-layer protocol used to establish membership in a multicast group. The ADSL supports both IGMP version IGMP-v1 & IGMP-v2. Select None to disable it. Note: Every time you change one setting, you must click SAVE button once, and then go to next setting’s change. 4.3.2 LAN There are the IP settings of the LAN Interface for the device. These settings may be referred to as Private settings. You may change the LAN IP address if needed.
Multicast: IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) is a session-layer protocol used to establish membership in a multicast group. The ADSL router supports both IGMP-v1 and IGMP-v2. Select None to disable it. Please refer to Internet Multicast. The only difference is the interface. [DHCP Server] The DHCP Server gives out IP addresses when a device is booting up and request an IP to be logged on to the network. That device must be set as a DHCP client to obtain the IP address automatically.
4.4 Advanced Setup 4.4.1 Firewall User can enable or disable firewall feature of the ADSL router in the page. 4.4.2 Routing This table lists IP address of Internet destinations commonly accessed by your network. When a computer requests to send data to a listed destination, the device uses the Gateway IP to identify the first Internet router it should contact to route the data most efficiently. Select this option will list the routing table information. You can press ADD ROUTE to edit the static route.
Destination IP Address: This parameter specifies the IP network address of the final destination. IP Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet mask for this destination. Gateway IP Address: Enter the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate neighbor of your ADSL Router that will forward the packet to the destination. On the LAN, the gateway must be a router on the same segment as your Router; over Internet (WAN), the gateway must be the IP address of one of the remote nodes.
Virtual Circuit (VC): The Virtual Circuit (VC) properties of the ATM VC interface identify a unique path that your ADSL/Ethernet router uses to communicate via the ATM-based network with the telephone company central office equipment. NAT Status: This filed shows the current status of the NAT function for the current VC. Number of IPs: This field is to specify how many IPs are provided by your ISP for current VC. It can be single IP or multiple IPs.
[Virtual Server] The Virtual Server is the server or server(s) behind NAT (on the LAN), for example, Web server or FTP server, that you can make visible to the outside world even though NAT makes your whole inside network appear as a single machine to the outside world. Rule Index: The Virtual server rule index for this VC. You can specify up to 10 rules. All the VCs with single IP will use the same Virtual Server rules.
4.4.4 QoS [QoS (Quality of Service)] This option will provide better service of selected network traffic over various technologies. Deploying QoS management to guarantee that all application receive the service levels required and sufficient bandwidth to meet performance expectations is indeed one important aspect of modem enterprise network.
4.4.5 ADSL Select this option to set ADSL Mode and ADSL Type information. ADSL Mode: You can set your ADSL mode in this section. The option has Auto Sync-up, ADSL2+, ADSL2, G.DMT, T1.413, G.
4.5 Access Management 4.5.1 ACL Go to Access Management ACL to enable remote management. You may use telnet or Web to remotely manage the ADSL Router. User just needs to enable Telnet or Web and give it an IP address that wants to access the ADSL Router. The default IP 0.0.0.0 allows any client to use this service to remotely manage the ADSL Router. ACL: There has Activated & Deactivated option. The default setting is Deactivated which means all IP can access via router.
[Note] 1. You must set one ACL index to access your router via LAN interface. If you don’t, your router cannot access other listed IP Address. (Refer to Index 1). 2. Remember! Once you active your ACL function, you only can access via router by listed Secure IP Address. 4.5.2 IP Filter The Router provides extensive firewall protection by restricting connection parameters to limit the risk of intrusion and defending against a wide array of common hacker attackers.
Filter Type: You can select IP/MAC Filter, Application, and URL Filter type. IP/MAC Filter Set Index: The IP/MAC Filter Set Index from 1 to 12 and each index can set up to 6 IP Filter. Interface: Choices from PVC0 to PVC7 and LAN. Direction: Choices are Both, Incoming and Outgoing. Select which direction of data flow you wish to apply the filters to. Note that Incoming and Outgoing are from the point of view of your router, relative to the interface you select.
Destination IP Address: Enter the destination IP address that you wish to deny access to your system. Subnet Mask: Enter the subnet mask of the destination IP address Port Number: Enter the port number of the destination IP address. Note that 0 means that all ports are allowed Protocol: Select the protocol to filter. Choices are TCP, UDP, and ICMP. Rule Unmatched: Choices are Forward and Next. Select what happens to the data in question if the rule you are currently editing is unmatched.
Please follow below steps to set your IP Filter: 1. IP Filter Set Editing: Choose your IP Filter Set Index, Interface and Direction options. Remember, Interface and Direction functions are affected with IP Filter Set Index. EX: if your 1st index set of IP filter set PVC0 as Interface and Outgoing as Direction, so the list of 1st IP Filter will be PVC0 and Outgoing as their settings. 2. IP Filter Rule Editing: Select the IP Filter Rule Index (up to 6 numbers for each set index) and choose Active option.
UPnP (Universal Plug and Play): You can choose “Activated” or “Deactivated” option from this session. Auto-Configured (by UPnP Application): UPnP network devices can automatically configure network addressing, announce their presence in the network to other UPnP devices and enable exchange of simple product and service descriptions.
Dynamic DNS: Choose the option for Activated or Deactivated DDNS. Service Provider: The default Dynamic DNS service provider is www.dyndns.org. My Host Name: Type the domain name assigned to your ADSL by your Dynamic DNS provider. E-mail Address: Type your e-mail address. Username: Type your user name. Password: Type the password assigned to you. Wildcard support: Select Yes or No to turn on DYNDNS Wildcard. DYNDNS Wildcard --> Enabling the wildcard feature for your host causes *.yourhost.dyndns.
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4.6 Maintenance 4.6.1 Administration There is only one account that can access Web-Management interface-Administration. Admin has read/write access privilege. In this web page, you can set new password for admin. New Password: Type the new password in this field. Confirm Password: Type the new password again in this field. Note: If you ever forget the password to log in, you may press the RESET button up to 6 second to restore the factory default settings.
Current Date/Time: This field displays an updated Date and Time when you reenter this menu. [Time Synchronization] Synchronize time with: You can choose “NTP Server automatically”, “PC’s Clock”, or “Manually” to coordinate the time. Time Zone: Choose the Time Zone of your location. This will set the time difference between your time zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Daylight Saving: Choose “Enabled” or “Disabled” to use daylight savings time.
4.6.4 System Restart The SysRestart screen allows you to restart your router with either its current settings still in place or the factory default settings. If you wish to restart the router using the factory default settings (for example, after a firmware upgrade or if you have saved an incorrect configuration), select Factory Default Settings to reset to factory default settings. Otherwise, you can select Current Settings.
4.7 Status 4.7.1 Device Info The Device Info screen is a tool that you use to monitor your ADSL Router. It shows the Firmware Version, WAN, LAN, and MAC address information. Note that these fields are read-only and are not meant for diagnostic purposes. Except the Virtual Circuit, click the drop-down list and select the name of the Virtual Circuit on which the system status is to be shown. [Device Information] Firmware Version: This filed displays current firmware version.
[LAN] IP Address: The LAN port IP address Subnet Mask: The LAN port IP subnet mask. DHCP Server: The status of DHCP Server (Enabled or Disabled) [WAN] Virtual Circuit: Click the drop-down list and select the name of the Virtual Circuit on which the system status is to be shown. Status: Connected or Not Connected Connection Type: The WAN Connection Type. IP Address: The WAN port IP address Subnet Address: The WAN port IP subnet mask. Default Gateway: The IP address of the default gateway, if applicable.
4.7.2 System Log The System Log displays data generated or acquired by routine system communication with other devices, such as the results of negotiations with the ISP's computers for DNS and gateway IP addresses. The device keeps a running log of events and activities occurring on the Router. You can click Save Log to display a Windows File Download dialog box that enables opening or saving the contents of the log to your PC. To remove all entries from the list, click Clear Log.
4.7.3 Statistic The ADSL Router keeps statistic of traffic that passes through it. You are able to view the amount of packets that passes through the Router on both the WAN port & the LAN port. The traffic counter will reset if the device is rebooted. You can select Ethernet/ADSL to view the statistics report of LAN/WAN. [Ethernet] The Ethernet screen gives you information on how much data your router has transmitted and received across the Ethernet connection. Click on REFRESH to update the screen.
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting If the router is not function properly, first check this session for simple troubleshooting before contacting your Internet service provider (ISP) for support. 5.1 Using LEDs to Diagnose Problems The LEDs are useful aides for finding possible problem causes. 5.1.1 Power LED The PWR LED on the front panel does not light up. STEPS 1 CORRECTIVE ACTION Make sure that the power adaptor is connected to the router and plugged in to an appropriate power source.
5.2 Problems with the Web Interface I cannot access the web Interface. STEPS 1 CORRECTIVE ACTION Make sure you are using the correct IP address of the router. Check the IP address of the router. 2 Make sure that there is not a console session running. 3 Check that you have enabled web service access. If you have configured a secured client IP address, your computer’s IP address must match it. Refer to the chapter on remote management for details.
5.4 Problems with LAN Interface I cannot access the router from the LAN or ping any computer on the LAN. STEPS CORRECTIVE ACTION 1 Check the Ethernet LEDs on the front panel. A LAN LED should be on for a port that has a PC connected. If it is off, check the cables between your router and the PC. Make sure you have uninstalled any software firewall for troubleshooting. 2 Make sure that the IP address and the subnet mask is consistent between the router and the workstation. 5.
5.6 Problems with the Internet Access I cannot access the Internet. STEPS CORRECTIVE ACTION 1 Make sure the router is turned on and connected to the network. 2 If the ADSL LED is off, refer to Section 5.1.3 3 Verify your WAN settings. 4 Make sure you entered the correct user name and password. 5 For wireless stations, check that both the router and wireless station(s) are using the same ESSID, channel and WEP keys (if WEP encryption is activated). Internet connection disconnects.
