Pirelli DRG A225G manual

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    © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 3[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 4 Copyright © 2007 Pirelli Bro adband Solutions S.p.A. All right s reserved. This document contains Pir elli proprietary and confidential information. No part of this docu ment may be copied, repr inted or r[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 5 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................... 7 Package C ontents .............................................................................[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 6 STATUS ................................................................................................... 27 SAFETY INFO RMATION ...................................................................... 28 CE[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 7 INTRODUCTION The DISCUS™ DRG A225G is designed to provide a cost-effe ctive means of sharing a single broadband Internet connection between several wired and wireless com puters. The Router also prov ides[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 8 TA BLE 1. Kit Material Quantity DESCRIPTION 1 DISCUS™ DRG A225G 1 Switching Power Supplier Adapter 1 Ethernet Cable 1 USB Cable 1 Phone Cable 1 User Manual 1 Quick Installation Guide 1 CD-ROM If any of th[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 9 It implements an “always-on” high speed Asymmetric Digital Subscrib er Line (ADSL2/2+) connection to the telephone line on the WAN side, as well several local connectivity technologies on the LA N side:[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 10 Front Panel The front panel of the Router contains tw elve indicat or lights (LEDs) that help to describe the state of networki ng and co nnection operations. Figure 2 LEDs Table 1 LED Description Ref. LED[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 11 on USB Link Established 4 USB Green off No USB Link established on Ethernet Link established Blinking LAN activity present (t raffic in either direction) 5 Ethernet Green off No Ethernet Link established B[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 12 TA BLE 2. Port Description PORT DESCRIPTION a Phone DSL connector (ADSL2/2+) b USB 1.1 Device port c Four Ethernet p orts 10/100 Mbps d Reset to factory default button e Power button f Power connector g FX[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 13 HARDWARE INSTALLATION Positioning the router You should place the Rout er in such a location to ensure that: • It is located near an electrical outlet and a phone wa ll socket • Water or moisture canno[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 14 Connecting the router The first step to install the router is to physically connect it to the telephone socket and then to connect it to a computer by mean s of an Ethernet or an USB connec tion. To connec[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 15 To connect the Ethernet cable: 1. Conne ct one end of the Ethernet cable into one of the four Ethernet ports on the rear of the Router 2. Conne ct the other end of the Ethernet cable into the Ethernet Netw[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 16 To connect the USB cable, follow the pr ocedure according to your Operating System: WINDOWS 1. Conne ct one end of the USB cable into the USB port of your PC 2. Browse till x:USB driver folder (where “ [...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 17 Connecting the phones To connect the phones please refer to the followi ng picture. You can connect only phon e set(s) which comply with the Hung arian regula- tions. FIGURE 4. Phones Connec tion[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 18 SETUP WIZARD The Router setup p rogram is web based, which mean s that it is acce ssed through your web browser. To access to Router’s web serve r: 1. Launch your web browser on the com puter 2. Enter th[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 19 ISP Parameters To activate your internet connection, y ou should insert the data provided by your ISP. Please insert the user name and the Password. FIGURE 6. ISP Parameters Panel Wireless This page allows[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 20 FIGURE 8. Firewall Panel Confirm Check that all entered data are corre ct and then press the FINISH button to save your data on the Router a nd, if everything has been properl y set, to start surfing. FIGU[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 21 WIRELESS The gateway can be quickly configure d as a wireless access point by setting the service set identifier (SSID) and channel numb er. It also supports encryption and client filtering. Channel and SS[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 22 FIGURE 10. Channel and SSID Panel Wireless Security To make your wirel ess network safe, yo u should turn on the se curity function. The VoIP Router supports the followin g security mechanism: • WPA/WPA2[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 23 places Wired Equivalent P rivacy (WEP) and the other security features of the original IEEE 802.11 standard. The goal of WPA2 certification is to support the additional mandatory security features of the I[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 24 If 802.1X is used in your network, then you should enable this function for the VoIP Router. FIGURE 12. IEEE 802.1X Please refer to the following table. Table 4 802.1x Authen tication parame ters Parameter[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 25 tion server and its clients. NAS-ID Defines the request id entifier of the Network Ac- cess Serv er. WEP. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) i s a shared key encryption mech anism for wireless networking. Encr[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 26 You may automatically generate encryp tion keys or manually enter the keys. To generate the key automatically with passphra se, check the Passphrase box and enter a string of characters. Select the default[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 27 STATUS The Status screen displays WAN/LA N connection status, firmware, and hard- ware version numbers, ill egal attempts to access your net work, as well as i n- formation on DHCP client s connected to yo[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 28 SAFETY INFORMATION This section contains direct ions that y ou must follow for your personal safety. Follow all directions carefully. You must read the f ollowing safety information carefully before you in[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 29 CERTIFICATIONS CE Mark We, Pirelli BroadBand Solution s SpA, Viale Sarca, 222 - 20126 Milano - www.Pirelli.com – Italy decla re under our own responsi bility that the product DISCUS™ DRG A225G (P/N 151[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 30 WEEE WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELEC TRONIC EQUIPMENT (WEEE) DIRECTIVE 2002/96/EC This product complies with the WEEE Directive (2002/96/EC ) marki ng require- ment. The affixed product label (see a bove) indica[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 31 GLOSSARY 802.11b The IEEE specification for wireless Et hernet which allows speeds of up to 11 Mbps. The standard provid es for 1, 2, 5.5 and 11 Mbps data rates. The rates will switch automatically dependi[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 32 DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. This protocol automatically assigns an IP address for every computer on your ne twork. Windo ws 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0 contain software that a ssigns IP[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 33 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Thi s American organization was founded in 1963 and sets stan dards for computers and commu nications. IP Internet Protocol. IP is a layer 3 network [...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 34 Network A Network is a collection of compute rs and other computer equipm ent that are connected for the purpose of exchangin g information or sharing resource s. Networks vary in size, some are within a s[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 35 IP address numbers recognized by the Internet, whi ch must assigned by Inter- NIC). TCP/IP Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Pr otocol. This is the name for two of the most well-known protocols develo[...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 36 Wireless Client The term used to describe a desktop or mobile PC that is wirel essly connected to your wireless network Wizard A Windows application that automates a procedu re such as installation or con [...]

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    DISCUS™ DRG A225G © (2007) Pirelli Broadband Soluti ons S.p.A. All Rights Reserv ed. Proprietary Use Pursuant to Cov er Page Instructions. 37[...]