ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router NB604N USER GUIDE
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NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Overview Introduction This manual provides information related to the installation, operation, and utilisation of the NB604N. 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 NB604N, please confirm that you comply with the minimum system requirements below. An activated ADSL/ADSL2/ADSL2+ broadband service.
Product Introduction Product Overview 1. Connects you to high-speed ADSL2+ broadband. Creates a powerful wireless hotspot supporting multiple WiFi 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.
NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Physical Dimensions and Indicators LED Indicators The NB604N 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 NB604N to provide you with information about network activity and the device status. See below for an explanation of each of the indicator lights.
NB604N Default Settings The following tables list the default settings for the NB604N. LAN (MANAGEMENT) Static IP Address: 192.168.1.1 Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway: 192.168.1.1 WIRELESS (WIFI) SSID: NetComm Wireless Security: WPA2-PSK Security Key: a1b2c3d4e5 NB604N WEB INTERFACE ACCESS Username: admin Password: admin NetComm NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem YML604X www.netcommwireless.
NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Integrated Interfaces The following integrated interfaces are available on the NB604N: INTERFACE YML604X FUNCTION Antenna WiFi Antenna DSL Attach a telephone line with an active xDSL service here. WLAN Press this button to enable or disable the WiFi function of the NB604N. RESET Hold this button down for 10 seconds or more to reset the NB604N to factory defaults. WPS Press this button to enable the WPS push-button connect function.
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.
NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Installation and Configuration of the NB604N Placement of your NB604N The wireless connection between your NB604N and your WiFi devices will be stronger the closer your connected devices are to your NB604N. Your wireless connection and performance will degrade as the distance between your NB604N 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 NB604N. 2. Plug the power adapter into the wall socket and switch on the power. 3. Wait approximately 60 seconds for the NB604N 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 NB604N. Connect the other end of the yellow Ethernet cable to your computer. Wait approximately 30 seconds for the connection to establish.
NB604N – 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 NB604N 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 NB604N and the currently configured network connections and hosts. Summary The summary page provides an overview of the current operating parameters used by your NB604N. 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 NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem YML604X www.netcommwireless.
NB604N – 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.
LAN The LAN page displays information about computers or devices connected to the NB604N either by an Ethernet cable or via wireless. WAN Service The WAN page displays information about the WAN connection in use by the NB604N. An entry will be shown for each configured connection. NetComm NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem YML604X www.netcommwireless.
NB604N – 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.
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 NB604N. NetComm NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem YML604X www.netcommwireless.
NB604N – 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 NB604N will then automatically attempt to connect using the details you entered.
Layer 2 Interface The Layer 2 Interface pages allow you to add or remove ATM interfaces and configure the behaviour of the Ethernet ports. 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.
NB604N – 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 NB604N 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.
NB604N – 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 Address Translation (NAT) for th
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.
NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router LAN The LAN window allows you to modify the settings for your local area network (LAN).
IPv6 Autoconfig The NB604N offers a stateless IPv6 Autoconfig function for IPv6 enabled devices connected via the LAN.
NB604N – 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.
NB604N – 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 NB604N 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.
NB604N – 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.
NB604N – 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 gives you the capability to specify the level of priority to be provided for specific applications.
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.
NB604N – 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.
NB604N – 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.
NB604N – 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. Click Apply/Save to save the new DSL test mode configuration settings.
UPnP The NB604N 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 NB604N 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 ‘NB604N’ or ‘NB604N.home’ to access the NB604N management console.
NB604N – 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. Password Enter the password 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 NB604N offers IPSec VPN tunnel functionality.
NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Enter the following parameters: PARAMETER DEFINITION IPSec Connection Name Enter a name to identify the IPSec tunnel Tunnel Mode Select the applicable IPSec tunnel mode Remote IPSec Gateway Enter the IP Address of the IPSec server to connect to Tunnel access from Local Select which remote addresses local IPSec connections are able to access IP Address from VPN Enter the IP Address to be used locally for the IPSec tunnel Subnet mask for VPN Enter the s
Power Management The power management page enables you to control the green aspects of the NB604N. 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. NetComm NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem YML604X www.netcommwireless.
NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Wireless Basic The Wireless Basic page allows you to enable the wireless network and configure its basic settings.
Security The NB604N supports all encryptions within the 802.11 standard. The factory default is WPA2-PSK. The NB604N 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 NB604N. Select SSID Select the SSID to apply the security settings to. Network Authentication Select the Wireless security type to use with the wireless network.
NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router 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 NB604N. When selecting ‘Wireless Bridge’ mode, you can also specifiy which wireless networks will be allowed to connect to the NB604N by using the ‘Bridge Restrict’ option and then entering the applicable MAC Addresses of the other wireless access points.
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. Click ‘Next Connection’ to run diagnostics on the next configured WAN Service connection or click ‘Test with OAM F4’ to retest the current WAN Service connection.
NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router 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 back up 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.
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. If a remote system log server is to be used, enter the IP address and port the remote syslog server is running on.
NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router Internet Time Enable Internet Time to automatically synchronize your time with an Internet based time server. You can use up to 5 NTP servers. 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.
IP Restriction The IP restriction page enables you to set a list of IP Addresses able to access the Management Console. 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. NetComm NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem YML604X www.netcommwireless.
NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router 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.
Technical Data The following table lists the hardware specifications of the NB604N. MODEL NB604N 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.992.5 (ADSL2+) • Annex L (reach extended ADSL2) LED Indicators Power, DSL, Internet, LAN1 – LAN4, WLAN, WPS, USB Operating Temperature 0 ~ 40 degrees Celsius (operating temperature) Power input 12VDC – 1.
NB604N – ADSL2+ Wireless N300 Modem Router 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. I cannot connect wirelessly.
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