NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router NB304N USER GUIDE
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NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Overview Introduction This manual provides information related to the installation, operation, and utilisation of the NB304N. Target Users The individual reading this manual is presumed to have a basic understanding of telecommunications terminology and concepts. Prerequisites Before continuing with the installation of your NB304N, please confirm that you comply with the minimum system requirements below.
Product Introduction Product Overview 1. Connects you to high-speed ADSL2+ broadband Creates a powerful wireless hotspot supporting multiple Wi-Fi devices Includes 4 Ethernet LAN ports for multiple wired connections Wireless N access point for speeds of up to 300Mbps USB port to connect an external hard drive IPv6 Support Advanced security Simple setup Speeds are dependent on network coverage. See your 3G provider coverage maps for more details.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Physical Dimensions and Indicators LED Indicators The NB304N has been designed to be placed on a desktop. All of the cables exit from the rear for better organization. The display is visible on the front of the NB304N to provide you with information about network activity and the device status. See below for an explanation of each of the indicator lights. LED INDICATOR ICON Power DSL Internet LAN1-LAN4 WLAN WPS USB YML304X www.
Physical Dimensions The following page lists the physical dimensions of the NB304N. NB304N Length 181 mm Height 135 mm Width 26 mm Weight 245 grams NB304N Default Settings The following tables list the default settings for the NB304N. LAN (MANAGEMENT) Static IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Integrated Interfaces The following integrated interfaces are available on the NB304N: INTERFACE FUNCTION Antenna Wi-Fi Antenna DSL Attach a telephone line with an active xDSL service here WLAN Press this button to enable or disable the Wi-Fi function of the NB304N RESET Hold this button down for 10 seconds or more to reset the NB304N to factory defaults WPS Press this button to enable the WPS push-button connect function LAN
Safety and Product Care With reference to unpacking, installation, use and maintenance of your electronic device, the following basic guidelines are recommended: Do not use or install this product near water to avoid fire or shock hazard. For example, near a bathtub, kitchen sink, laundry tub, or near a swimming pool. Also, do not expose the equipment to rain or damp areas (e.g. a wet basement). Do not connect the power supply cord on elevated surfaces. Allow it to lie freely.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Installation and Configuration of the NB304N Placement of your NB304N The wireless connection between your NB304N and your Wi-Fi devices will be stronger the closer your connected devices are to your NB304N. Your wireless connection and performance will degrade as the distance between your NB304N and connected devices increases. This may or may not be directly noticeable, and is greatly affected by the individual installation environment.
Hardware installation 1. Connect the power adapter to the Power socket on the back of the NB304N. 2. Plug the power adapter into the wall socket and switch on the power. 3. Wait approximately 60 seconds for the NB304N to power up. Connecting via a cable 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Connect the yellow Ethernet cable provided to one of the ports marked ‘LAN’ at the back of the NB304N. Connect the other end of the yellow Ethernet cable to your computer. Wait approximately 30 seconds for the connection to establish.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Management Console Login Procedure To log in to the management console and view the status or make changes to your NB304N configuration, please follow the steps below: 1. Open your web browser (e.g. Internet Explorer/Firefox/Safari) and navigate to http://192.168.1.1 2. Enter the default username and password of “admin” (without the quotes) and click “OK”.
Device Info The device info menu provides information and statistics about the NB304N and the currently configured network connections and hosts. Summary The summary page provides an overview of the current operating parameters used by your NB304N. You can use this check your firmware version or network connection information, such as your current Internet IP address or Internet connection speed as shown below. NetComm NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem 13 YML304X www.netcomm.com.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router WAN The WAN page displays a summary of the WAN connection settings and your WAN IP address (if applicable). Statistics Statistical information is provided and displayed broken down by network connection and type of connection. Please see the following pages for an explanation of each these items. YML304X www.netcomm.com.
LAN The LAN page displays information about computers or devices connected to the NB304N either by an Ethernet cable or via wireless. WAN Service The WAN page displays information about the WAN connection in use by the NB304N. An entry will be shown for each configured connection. NetComm NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem 15 YML304X www.netcomm.com.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router xTM The Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) page shows information about the currently configured ATM interface. xDSL The xDSL page shows information about the currently configured xDSL connection and connection conditions. YML304X www.netcomm.com.
Route The Route page lists the current routing table entries. ARP The Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)page shows the current ARP table entries. DHCP The DHCP page lists the current DHCP leases in use on the NB304N. NetComm NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem 17 YML304X www.netcomm.com.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Basic Setup Quick Setup The Quick Setup page is used to quickly and easily configure your Internet connection. 1. 2. 3. 4. Enter the username provided by your Internet Service Provider (ISP) in the PPP Username field. Enter the password provided by your ISP in the PPP Password field. Click Apply/Save. Click “Next” and view your connection information. The NB304N will then automatically attempt to connect using the details you entered.
ATM Interface To remove a currently configured ATM Interface, Click the remove checkbox corresponding to the chosen interface and click Remove. To Add a new Interface, click the add button and enter the appropriate configuration information as shown below: PARAMETER DEFINITION VPI/VCI Enter the PVC identifier for your service. This will usually be 8/35 for users in Australia. DSL Latency Select the DSL latency path you wish to use.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router ETH Interface To remove a currently configured ATM Interface, Click the remove checkbox corresponding to the chosen interface and click Remove. To Add a new Interface, click the add button and select the appropriate configuration options as shown below: PARAMETER DEFINITION ETH Port Select the Ethernet port to apply the configuration to. Connection Mode Select the connection mode.
WAN Service This screen provides a summary of the current WAN interfaces you have configured. If you have connected the NB304N to an ADSL connection through the ADSL Quick Setup interface, details of the connection will be summarized here. You can also add or remove WAN Services. To remove a currently configured WAN Service, Click the remove checkbox corresponding to the chosen service and click Remove. To create a new WAN Service connection: 1. Click Add. 2. Select a currently unused ATM interface 3.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router In the case of a PPPoE connection, the following options are available: PARAMETER DEFINITION PPP Username and Password The username and password required to access the service PPPoE Service Name A name to identify the configured service Authentication Method Select the authentication method in use on the service MTU Set the Maximum Transmit Unit (MTU) size for the connection Enable NAT Select to enable or disable Network Addres
In the case of an IP over Ethernet connection, the following options are available: PARAMETER DEFINITION Select to use DHCP for the connection. The DHCP options can then be set.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router LAN The LAN window allows you to modify the settings for your local area network (LAN).
The NB304N offers a stateless IPv6 Autoconfig function for IPv6 enabled devices connected via the LAN.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router NAT NAT stands for Network Address Translation, a process which converts private IP addresses of a computer on the internal private network to one or more public IP addresses for the Internet. NAT changes the packet headers to the new address and keeps track of each session; when packets come back from the Internet, it performs the reverse conversion to the IP address of the client machine.
Port Triggering Some applications require that the specific ports in the router’s firewall be opened for access by the remote parties. For instance, an application uses port 25 for requests and port 113 for replies. If a computer on the LAN connects to port 25 on a remote server hosting this application, using Port Triggering on the router, incoming connections to port 113 (from the remote server) could be redirected to the PC which initiated the request. A maximum of 32 entries can be configured.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router ALG An Application Layer Gateway (ALG) allows two or more simultaneous NAT connections to be made by clients through this router. Select the specific ALG NAT functions to enable and click Save/Apply. Multi NAT Multi NAT enables the NB304N to support a number of different NAT types such as: One to One One to Many Many to One Many to Many 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Select the type of NAT to use from the Rule Type dropdown menu.
Security IP Filtering The router supports IP Filtering which allows you to easily set up rules to control incoming and outgoing Internet traffic. The router provides two types of IP filtering: Outgoing IP Filtering and Incoming IP Filtering. Outgoing IP Filtering By default, the router allows all outgoing Internet traffic from the LAN but by setting up Outgoing IP Filtering rules, you can block some users and/or applications from accessing the Internet.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Incoming IP Filtering By default, when NAT is enabled, all incoming IP traffic from WAN is blocked except for responses to requests from the LAN. However, some incoming traffic from the Internet can be accepted by setting up Incoming IP Filtering rules. To delete the rule, click Remove checkbox next to the selected rule and click Remove. To create a new incoming IP filter, click Add. The Add IP Filter-Incoming page will be displayed.
Parental Control Parental Control allows you to apply router access restrictions among LAN devices within specific times in a day. A maximum of 16 restriction rules can be created. To delete a restriction, click Remove checkbox next to the selected restriction and click Remove. To add restrictions, click Add. This opens the Time of Day Restriction page. Click Start to enable a restriction or click Stop to disable the rule.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Quality of Service Quality of Service allows certain applications to gain priority over other applications in where a continuous flow of data packets is required. For example if someone is talking on a VoIP call and someone else starts downloading a large file the VoIP call traffic will gain priority over the download so they VoIP call will go uninterrupted.
QoS Classification You can add or remove QoS Classification rules. To delete a QoS classification rule, click the Remove checkbox next to the selected classification rule and click Remove. Click Add to create a Network Traffic Class Rule.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Routing Default Gateway The router will accept the first received Default Gateway assignment from one of the PPPoA, PPPoE or DHCP enabled PVC(s). Alternatively, you can manually select which service you would like to use as a default gateway. Select from the list of configured WAN Services as displayed below. After selecting the applicable WAN Service interface, click Apply/Save to save the new default gateway settings.
Policy Routing Policy Routing enables you to specify specific rules under which a route will be utilised. To delete a route policy, click the Remove checkbox next to the selected policy and click Remove. To add a new routing policy, click Add.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router DNS DNS Server DNS (Domain Name System) is an Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. Because domain names are alphabetic, they are easier to remember. However, the Internet is based on IP addresses. Therefore, each time you type a domain name, a DNS service must translate the name into the corresponding IP address. For example, the domain name www.example.com might translate to 198.105.232.4.
Dynamic DNS The router offers a Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS) feature. DDNS lets you assign a fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP Address. It is useful when you are hosting your own website, FTP server, or other server behind the router. Before using this feature, you need to sign up for DDNS service providers. The router supports these popular Dynamic DNS service providers: www.dyndns.org www.tzo.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router DSL The DSL page allows you to select the modulation, the phone line pair and the capability. Select applicable DSL service settings required for your xDSL service and click Apply/Save to save the new DSL service settings. You can also configure the DSL test mode which can improve your DSL connection speeds or throughput. Select the DSL test mode applicable to your DSL service.
UPnP The NB304N supports UPnP on WAN Services with NAT enabled. Select to enable or disable UPnP support and click Apply/Save to save the new UPnP configuration settings. DNS Proxy The DNS Proxy function enables the NB304N to perform as a forwarding DNS server which an associated DNS Host entry and Domain name entry. This means you can utilise the default address ‘NB304N’ or ‘NB304N.home’ to access the NB304N management console.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router User Accounts User accounts are used to restrict access to the attached USB Storage device. To delete a User account entry, click the Remove checkbox next to the selected account entry and click Remove. Click Add to create a user account. Enter the following parameters: PARAMETER DEFINITION Username Enter the username to use when accessing the USB Storage device.
Enter the following parameters: PARAMETER DEFINITION Group Name Enter a name to identify the interface group WAN Interface used Select which WAN interface to use for the group Available Interfaces Select which LAN interfaces will be used by the group DHCP Vendor IDs Enter specific Vendor IDs to identify devices to automatically take part in the group Click Apply/Save to save the Interface grouping configuration settings. IPSec The NB304N offers IPSec VPN tunnel functionality.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Power Management The power management page enables you to control the green aspects of the NB304N. You can enable or disable the power management features by selecting or unselecting the different power management functions as necessary and then click Apply to save these settings. YML304X www.netcomm.com.
Wireless Basic The Wireless Basic page allows you to enable the wireless network and configure its basic settings.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Security The NB304N supports all encryptions within the 802.11 standard. The factory default is WPA2-PSK. The NB304N also supports WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK. You can also select to enable WPS mode. The following parameters are available: PARAMETER DEFINITION Enable WPS Select to enable or disable the WPS function of the NB304N. Select SSID Select the SSID to apply the security settings to.
Wireless Bridge Wireless Bridge allows you to configure the router’s access point as a bridge. Select the mode for the Wireless Access Point built into the NB304N. When selecting ‘Wireless Bridge’ mode, you can also specifiy which wireless networks will be allowed to connect to the NB304N by using the ‘Bridge Restrict’ option and then entering the applicable MAC Addresses of the other wireless access points. Click Apply/Save to save the new wireless bridge configuration settings.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Diagnostics The router has a diagnostic feature to test your DSL connection. You can use the diagnostic menu to perform the following test functions from the router. Testing the connection to your local network Testing the connection to your DSL service provider. Testing the connection to your Internet service provider.
Management Settings You can choose to: Backup the settings as a configuration file stored onto your PC Update the current settings from a previously saved configuration file Erase the current settings and restore the default factory values Backup To backup the settings as a configuration file saved on your PC, click Backup Settings. Select the folder where you want to save the file and key in the file name under which you want to save the settings.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router System Log This feature provides you a comprehensive list of log entries reporting events which you have configured for viewing. The amount of information displayed depends on the logging options selected. To view the log, click View System Log. You can click ‘Configure System Log’ to set the level of logging and whether or not a remote syslog server should be used.
Enter your select NTP server to use for time synchronisation, select your time zone and then click Apply/Save to save the new Internet Time settings. Access Control This feature enables you manage the user access rights for remote access management based on the Services being used, IP addresses and Passwords. Passwords When you configure the router through an Internet browser, the system requires you to enter your user name and password to validate your access permission.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router To delete an IP restriction entry, click the Remove checkbox next to the IP restriction entry and click Remove. Click Add to add a new IP restriction. Enter the Start and End IP address range and click Apply to save the new IP Restriction configuration settings. YML304X www.netcomm.com.
Update Software The router’s software is stored in the FLASH memory and can be upgraded as new software is released. Click Browse to locate the software file and then click Update Software. Reboot This feature allows the router to enable new network configuration to take effect or to clear problems with the modem router’s network connection. NetComm NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem 51 YML304X www.netcomm.com.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Technical Data The following table lists the hardware specifications of the NB304N. MODEL NB304N CPU BCM63281 DDR SDRAM 64MB DDR2 Serial Flash 4 MB/8 MB/16 MB Modem Chipset BCM63281 ADSL Compliance • G.992.1 (T1.413) • G.992.2 (G.dmt), G.lite • G.992.3 (G.bis/ADS L2) • G.992.
FAQ 1. I cannot access the Management Console web page The default IP address of the unit is 192.168.1.1, so first try to open a web browser to this address. Also check that your PC/Device is on the same subnet as the router’s Ethernet port. 2. The router was connected but cannot get back online Verify your DSL service is active and that the telephone line has been connected securely. 3.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Legal & Regulatory Information 1. Intellectual Property Rights All intellectual property rights (including copyright and trade mark rights) subsisting in, relating to or arising out this Manual are owned by and vest in NetComm Limited (ACN 002490486) (NetComm) (or its licensors). This Manual does not transfer any right, title or interest in NetComm’s (or its licensors’) intellectual property rights to you.
4. Product Warranty All NetComm products have a standard one (1) year warranty from date of purchase, however, some products have an extended warranty option (refer to packaging and the warranty card) (each a Product Warranty). To be eligible for the extended warranty option you must supply the requested warranty information to NetComm within 30 days of the original purchase by registering online via the NetComm web site at www.netcomm.com.au.
NETCOMM GATEWAY™ SERIES – NB304N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Contact Address: NETCOMM LIMITED Head Office PO Box 1200, Lane Cove NSW 2066 Australia P: +61(0)2 9424 2070 F: +61(0)2 9424 2010 E: sales@netcomm.com.au W: www.netcomm.com.au YML304X www.netcomm.com.
