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Web Interface User Guide
Allied Telesyn
AT-AR256E
4-Port ADSL Router
Rev. 1.0
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1. Introduction................................................................................................................ 4 1.1 Main Features...................................................................................................... 4 2. Your Gateway at a Glance...................................................................................... 6 2.1 Ports and Buttons ................................................................................................ 6 2.2 L
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5.2 I Can’t Connect To The ADSL Router. ............................................................ 32 5.3 The DSL Link LED Continues To Blink But Does Not Stop........................... 32 5.4 The DSL Link LED Is Always Off................................................................... 33 6. ADSL Router Terms............................................................................................... 34 - 3 -
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1. Introduction The AT-AR256E 4-Port ADSL Router is the perfect high speed WAN bridge/router. This full- featured product is specifically designed to connect to the Internet, and directly connect to your local area network via high speed 10/100Mbps Ethernet. The ADSL router also has full NAT firewall and DMZ services to block unwanted users from accessing your network. For gaming users, the ADSL router is already pre-configured for several low latency game ports. Just click on the game
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Management Support • Web Based HTTP management GUI • TFTP/FTP Support for Firmware Upgrade • Web Based Firmware Upgrade (Local) • Soft Factory Reset Button via Web GUI • Telnet/CLI (Read Only) • Syslog Support • Firmware upgradeable for future feature enhancement Security Support • NAT for basic Firewall support • Packet Filtering Firewall Support • Stateful Packet Inspection Support • Protection against Denial of Service attacks • Password Authentication to Modem External Conn
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2. Your Gateway at a Glance The AT-AR256E 4-Port ADSL Router has several ports and LEDs. Let’s take a look at them. 2.1 Ports and Buttons Reset to Factory Defaults: The reset to factory defaults feature will set the ADSL router back to its factory default configuration. If you had forgotten the login password, you may need to place the ADSL router into its factory default settings. Note that while the ADSL router is resetting, you will loose the ability to communicate with the ADSL ro
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3. Installing Your ADSL Router 1. Locate an optimum location for the ADSL router. 2. For connections to the Ethernet and DSL interfaces, please refer to the Quick Installation Guide. 3. Connect the power adapter. Depending on the type of network, you may want to connect the power adapter to an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). Only use the power adapter supplied with the ADSL router. A different power adapter may damage the product. Now that the hardware installation is completed,
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4. Setting Up Your ADSL Router This section will guide you through the ADSL router’s configuration. The ADSL router is shipped with a standard PPP configuration. 4.1 Log into Your ADSL Router To configure the ADSL router, launch your web browser. You may get an error message at this point; this is normal. Do not panic! Type the default IP address (192.168.1.1) press the Enter key and the following page, shown in Figure 1 will appear. The default username is admin (case-sensitive) a
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The Quick Start page is meant for basic users who only require easy and seamless connectivity to the Internet, without worrying about any other advance configuration setting. For more advanced setup, please proceed to the next section. Important: After clicking on Connect, please be sure to “Save Settings” to register the username / password or any other changes. Figure 2 (Quick Start page) 4.3 Setup (For Advance User) From this page the user can setup the ADSL router (configure
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Figure 3 (Setup page) 4.3.1 Wide Area Network Connection On the other side of the ADSL router is where your Wide Area Network (WAN) connection; also referred to as a broadband connection. This WAN connection is different for every WAN provider. Most of the configuration you will perform will be in this area. 4.3.2 Local Area Network Connection On one side of the ADSL router, you have your own Local Area Network (LAN) connections. This is where you plug in your local computers to th
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Since multiple users can use the ADSL router, the ADSL router can simultaneously support multiple connection types; hence, the user must set up different profiles for each connection. The ADSL router supports the following protocols: • DHCP • RFC2364 / PPPoA • RFC2516 / PPPoE • Static • Bridged • RFC1577 / CLIP . 4.4.1 New Connection A new connection is basically a virtual connection. The ADSL router can support up to 8 different (unique) virtual connections. If you have multiple
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To complete the connection, you must now click the Apply button. The Apply button will temporarily save this connection. To make the change permanent, you need to click on Save Settings. At the system commands page, click on Save All. 4.4.1.2 PPPoA Connection Setup PPPoA is also known as RFC 2364. It is a method of encapsulating PPP packets over ATM cells which are carried over the ADSL. PPP or Point-to-Point Protocol is a method of establishing a network connection / session betw
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Figure 5 (PPPoA Connection Setup) To complete the connection, you must now click the Apply button. The Apply button will temporarily save this connection. To make the change permanent, you need to click on Save Settings (at the side of the page). At the system commands page, click on Save All. 4.4.1.3 PPPoE Connection Setup PPPoE is also known as RFC 2516. It is a method of encapsulating PPP packets over Ethernet. PPP or Point-to-Point Protocol is a method of establishing a net
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e. Keep Alive: When on-demand option is not enabled, this value specifies the time to wait without being connected to your provider before terminating the connection. To ensure that the link is always active, enter a 0 in this field. f. Set Route: Specify this connection as the default route. g. MRU: Maximum Receive Unit the ADSL connection can receive. It is a negotiated value that asks the Provider to send packets of no more than n bytes. The maximum specified value is 1500, although
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using 0,100. Also select the Quality of Service (QoS); leave the default value if you are unsure or the ISP did not provide this information. If your ADSL is connected and your ADSL Provider/ISP is supporting DHCP, you can click the renew button and the gateway will retrieve an IP address, Subnet mask, and Gateway address. At anytime, you can renew the DHCP address by clicking on the renew button; in most cases, you will never have to use this button. Figure 7 (DHCP Connection
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Based upon the information your ADSL Provider/ISP provided, enter your assigned IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway (if provided), and Domain Name Service (DNS) values (if provided). For the static configuration, you can also select a bridge connection or a routed connection. Since static IP address is typically used to host web servers, you may want to use a bridge connection. Figure 8 (Static Connection Setup) To complete the connection, you must now click the Apply
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Figure 9 (CLIP Connection Setup) To complete the connection, you must now click the Apply button. The Apply button will temporarily save this connection. To make the change permanent, you need to click on Save Settings (at the side of the page). At the system commands page, click on Save All. 4.4.2 Modify an Existing Connection To modify an existing connection, click setup and then click the connection you want to modify. The connections are listed as Connection 0 through
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4.5.1 Enable/Disable DHCP To enable or disable DHCP, click setup. Under LAN Setup, select DHCP Configuration. This will bring up the page shown in Figure 10. The Start IP Address is where the DHCP server starts issuing IP addresses. This value must be greater than the ADSL router IP address value. For example, if the ADSL router’s IP address is 192.168.1.1 (default) then the starting IP address must be 192.168.1.2 (or higher). The End IP Address is where the DHCP server stops issu
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Figure 11 (Example of a DHCP Relay configuration) By turning off the DHCP server and relay, the network administrator must carefully configure the IP address, Subnet Mask and DNS settings of every computer on your network. Do not assign the same IP address to more than one computer, and the ADSL router must be on the same subnet as all the other computers. The Apply button will temporarily save this connection. To make the change permanent, you need to click on Save Settings (at the
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Figure 12 (Management IP) The Apply button will temporarily save this connection. To make the change permanent, you need to click on Save Settings (at the side of the page). At the system commands page, click on Save All. 4.5.3 Firewall/NAT Services You can enable or disable Firewall and NAT when you are creating a new Connection. By default, both NAT and Firewall are enabled. Enabling the firewall will allow the router to activate the Stateful Packet Inspection feature to inc
