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    B B E E S S T T D D A A T T A A P P R R O O D D U U C C T T S S , , I I N N C C . . D D S S L L 5 5 4 4 2 2 E E U U & & D D S S L L 5 5 8 8 2 2 E E A A D D S S L L 2 2 / / 2 2 + + R R o o u u t t e e r r M M o o d d e e m m U U s s e e r r ’ ’ s s M M a a n n u u a a l l Revision 2.0 October 2004[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual i Copyright This manu al may not be copied, pho tocopied, transmitted, or tra nslated into language or computer languag e, in any form, o r by any means, in whole or in part, without th e prior written consent by the manufactur er. © Copyright 2004 Al l rights reserved. Disclaimer The man ufact urer mak es no[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l ii Federal Communications Commiss ion (FCC) NOTICE This equipment has been te sted and fou nd to comply with the limit s for a Cl ass B digital device, pursuan t to Part 1 5 of FCC Rul es. Thes e limit s are designed to provide reason able prote ction against harmful i nterference in a r esidential i nst allat[...]

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    Table of Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 1 1.1 F EATURES ...................................................................................................... 1 1.2 P ACKAGE C ONTENT S .........................................................................[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 1 1. Introduction The DSL542EU ADSL Router Modem is an As ymme tric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) Modem for home or small office network connectivity to an Internet service provider over the Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network protocol. ATM is a protocol that divides packets into small fixed sized cells [...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 2 2. Router Overview Your Router has many ports, switches and LEDs. Let’s take a look at the differe nt options. Depending upon your model of Router, your Router may have some or all of the L EDs and ports listed below: 2.1 Ports and Buttons (4 Ports Router) (8 Ports Router) RESET: The RESET button will set [...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 3 2.2 LED Description (4 Ports Rout er) (8 Ports Router) POWE R: The LED stays lighted to indicate the system is power on properly. LINK: The LE D st a ys l ight ed to i ndic ate t he W A N conn ect ion i s est abli she d. DATA: The LED flashes to indicate the Router is sending/receiving data. LAN 1-4 or 1-8: [...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 4 3. Installing Your Router The Figure below illustrates the hardware connections. Refer to the steps that follow for specific instruct ions. WARNING Before you begin, turn the po wer off for all devices. These in clude your computer(s), your LAN hub/switch (if applicable), and the DSL5 42EU ADSL Router. Step [...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 5 4. HTTP Web Configuration The web configuration interf ace provides an easy-to-use user interface for Router configuration. All Router configurations can be done through this interface . Start your favorite web browser (i.e. Netscape 4.0 or Explore 4.0 higher) and then enter the IP address (default is http:/[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 6 4.2 Wizard Wizard Setup page is a step-by-step guide and it w ill guide you through quick and basic steps to help you connect to your ISP (I nterne t S ervi ce P rovi der). Pre ss Next button and follow the introduction to comple te the configuration procedur e. You will be asked to enter so me information t[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 8 Step 3. Input ATM VPI/VCI values when you select Bridge mode at previous step. If you choose PPPoE or PPPoA, you will need to f ill user name and passw ord column. If you choose Routing mode, you need to input WAN IP, Netmask, Gateway and DNS. Step 4. Summary page displays all parameter you configured ahead [...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 9 Step 5. Click Apply button , system will save your configuration to Flash ROM automatically.[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 10 5. Advanced Configuration To setup your Router with advanced configurations, from the Main page, select Advanced Configuration . When the configuration utility prompts you to enter the user name and password, enter the de fault value admin for both. 5.1 Quick Start Quick Start page displays the configuratio[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 11 5.2 Information Information menu provides you with the curr ent status of Device, WAN, LAN and ADSL. 5.2.1 Device Information This page disp lays the basic device information in cluding DSP Versi on, Firmware Version, CPE -end I nte rfa c e an d M AC ad dre s s.[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 12 5.2.2 WAN Information This page displays the WAN information includi ng PVC (VPI/VCI), Protocol, WAN IP Address, NAT and Packets has been sent and received. 5.2.3 LAN Infor mati on This page displays the LAN information including Ethernet IP Address, Link Seed, Broad cast times, Collisions times and Packets[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 13 5.2.4 AD SL Information This page displays the ADSL informa tion such as Connected State, Upstream Rate, Downstream R ate, Standard , Coding Gain, etc. 5.2.5 DHCP Information This page displays DHCP clients that request IP from DHCP server when DHCP server is enabled. It shows the DHCP clients information i[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 14 5.2.6 Route Information This page disp lays the Routing Table of th e Router. Th e routing table will sh ow the routing st atus o f Des tinat io n, Net mas k, G ate way, and I nt erf ace. 5.3 Conf iguration Configuration menu provides you with a user-friendly interface to con figure detail settings of WAN, [...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 15 5.3.1 WA N This page displays current running mode of WAN. You can cha nge the ATM/WAN/PPP settings or create a new mode on the same page. You can re-edit or delete an exist ed WAN conf igurati on or create new WAN connection settings b y cli ck Create b utt on to brin g out the windo w as below.[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 16 ATM VPI and VCI: VPI (Virtual Path Identifier) and VCI (Virtual Channel Identifier) are the identifiers to make a virtual connection. Your ISP will pro vide them. WAN IP If yo u are a l ease d line u ser an d hav e a fixe d IP, also c alled S tat ic IP, you ne e d to ent e r you r assigned WAN IP, Netmask a[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 17 Ethernet Ports Mapping feature allow you map each PVC to four/eight Ethernet ports. You can assign more than one PVC to one Ethernet port (LAN port), or mo re than one Ethernet port (LAN port) to single PVC. But only Ethernet port 1 (LAN 1) can configure the Route r if other Ethernet ports (LAN ports) don?[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 18 Below shows you when the port 2 (L AN 2) is assigned to both 0/34 and 0/35 PVC. Port 4 (LAN 4) is assigned to PVC4 ~ PVC8. And assign port 3 (LAN 3) nothing. After assign port 3 (LAN 3) to PVC2, p ort 2 (LAN 2) and port 3 (LAN 3) be long to the same group. So the check box of PVC3 will be checked automatica[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 19 5.3.2 LAN This page displays the current IP Address and Subnet Mask of LAN. You can cha nge the default LAN IP address and Subnet Mask according to your needs. 5.3. 3 ADS L This page displays ADSL standard and EC/FDM mode. DO NOT change the default settings of this page unless you have the instruction from [...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 20 5.3.4 DNS Server This page d i spla ys t he c onfi gu red IP addr ess of DNS ( Domai n Na m e Serv ic es) s erver (s). Enter the IP address when DNS Server is assigned by the ISP. 5.3. 5 SN TP This page displays the settings of SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol). It allows you to configure SNTP server loca[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 21 5.3.6 DHCP Serve r/Relay This page displays the settings of DHCP server. You can enable DHCP server for LAN PCs. DHCP Relay server can be chosen when DHCP server is dis able d. Some ISPs perform t he DHCP server functi on for their cus tomers’ home/small off ic e net works. In this case, you can configure[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 22 DHCP also allows you to setup fixed IP for specified MAC address. The mappe d PC will always obtain the same IP address from DHCP s erver.[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 23 5.3.7 Routing Table This page displays the routing entries of th e Router. You can modify (Delete/Add) static rout i n g entr i e s her e. If the Router is connected to more than one network, you may need to set up a static route between them. A static route is a pre-defined pathway that network information[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 24 5.3.8 Virtual Server This page displays the settings of virtual server(s). It only visible when routing mode is in use and NAT is enabled. This function allows y ou to route external (Internet) calls for services such as a web server (port 80), FTP server (port 21), o r other applications through your Route[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 25 5.3.9 IP Filter This page displays the settings of IP Filter. It provides you an interface to block or allow specified IP. You can create your block/allo w lis t to selectively allow traffic pa ss in and out of your network. 5.3.10 Port Filter This page disp lays the settings o f Port Filter. It is another [...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 26 5.3. 11 I DS This page disp lays the setti ngs of IDS (Intrusio n Detection System). It allow s you to enable or disable IDS and configure some detail parameters to protect your system and network. If you want the Router to maintain a blacklist, enable Use Blacklist . The bui lt-in victim protections preven[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 27 5.4 Tools Tools menu provides you with the functionality of Ping and OAMLoopback. 5.4. 1 Pi ng Once you ha ve yo ur Ro uter c onfi gur ed, it is a good i dea t o mak e sure y ou ca n pin g the network. Type the target address that you want to pin. If you have your PC connected to the Router via the default [...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 28 5.4.2 OAMLoopback The OAMLoopback test is used to check whether your Router is properly connected to the WAN Network. This test ma y take a few se conds to co mplete. To perform the te st, sele ct your connection from the drop-down list and press the Apply button. Be fore running this test, make sure you ha[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 29 5.5 System System menu provides you with the fun ction of configuration saving, fir mware upgrade process, password change and restart Router. 5.5.1 Save This page allow s you to save the new config uration to th e flash and reboot the Router or simply reboot the Router w ithout saving cha n ges. Changes w [...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 30 5.5.2 Rest art This page allow s you to restar t the system or reset the system to factory default setting s. Sometimes it may be necessary to restart or reboot the Router. If you have not saved your configurations, the Router will revert back to the previously saved configuration upon restarting.[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 31 5.5.3 Update This function allows you to update the software installed on this Router to a new version download form the p roduct website. To upgrade the firmware, click Brow se , select the location of the software upgrade file on your PC. Make sure this is th e correct file a nd click on Upda te . Once th[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 32 5.5.4 Password This page allows you to change the lo gin password. You will need to log ba ck onto the Router once you changed the login password. We recommend that you change the default password to a more secure password. Write dow n your pass w ord and keep it in a safe place, as you w ill need it if you[...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL Rout er User’s Manua l 34 6. Troubleshooting Below is a list of commonly asked questio ns. Before calling technical support, plea se look through these issues to see if they help solve your problem. The Router is not functional . 1. Check to see that the Switch is on . 2. Make sure the p ower adapter is 9V/1A (for 4 ports model) or [...]

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    DSL542EU ADSL R outer User’s Ma nual 35 3. Verif y t hat t h e pho ne lin e is c o nnec t ed di r ec t ly to the wall and to the line input on the Router. If the phone line is connected to the phone side of the Router or you have a splitter installed on the phone line, the LINK LED will not come on. The LAN LED is a lways off. 1. Make sure the Et[...]