Lynx L-210 manual

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2 1. Intr oduction ................................................................................................................ .............. 3 1.1 Fea tures ................................................................................................................... ....... 3 2. Your ga teway a t a gla nce ..............................[...]

3 1. Introduction The Lynx L- 210 is the perf ect high- speed WAN bridge/rout er. This full-feature d product is specific ally designed to c onnect t o the Internet and direct ly connect to your local area net work vi a high speed 10/1 00 Mbps Etherne t. The Lynx L-210 has also fu ll NAT firewall and DMZ services to block unwa nt ed users from acce[...]

4 Management Support • Web Based HTT P mana gement GUI • TFTP/FTP Support fo r Firmware Upgrade • Web Based F i rm ware Upgr ade (Local ) • Soft Factory Res et Button v ia Web GUI • Diagnostic Test (DSL, OAM, Ne twork, Ping Test) • Telnet/CLI (Rea d O nly) • Syslog S upport Security Support • NAT for basic Firewall support • Packe[...]

5 2. Your gateway at a glance The Lynx L-210 may have diff erent port s and LEDs . Let’s take a lo ok at the different opt ions. Depending u po n yo u r mod el, it may have some or all of t he features list ed below 2.1 Ports and buttons Reset and Restore to Factory Defaults: The restor e to f act ory d efault s f eatur e will set the Lynx L- 210[...]

6 3. Installing your Lynx L-210 1 . Locate an optimum loc ation f or t he Lynx L-210. 2. For conn ec tions t o t he Ethe r net and DS L interfac es , please refer t o the easy s tart guide. 3. Connect the AC Power A dapter. Depe n ding upon t he type of net work, you may wa nt to put the power supply on a n uninterr uptibl e s upply. Only use t he [...]

7 4. Setting up your Lynx L-210 This section will guide you through your Lynx L-210’s configuration. The Lynx L-210 is shipped with a standar d PPP configurat ion. 4.1 Log into your Lynx L-210 To configu re your L ynx L-210, open y our web b rowser. You may get an error m essage at this poi nt; this is normal. Do not panic !. Continue f ollowing [...]

8 Figure 2 (Qui ck Start pag e ) 4.3 Setup (for advance user) From this s creen th e user can s etup th e Lynx L- 210 (config ure the LAN and WA N connect ion(s), configur e the advanced co nfiguration op tions within the Ly nx L-210 (securit y, routing, and f iltering), access t ools that ar e helpful for deb ug purposes , obtain th e status of th[...]

9 4.3.1 Wide Area Network conne ct ion On the othe r side of t he Lynx L-21 0 is where you r Wide Area Net work (WAN) c onnecti on; also referred t o as a bro adband con nection. This WAN c onnection is diff erent for ever y WAN supplier. Most of the confi guration you will perform w ill be in this area. Local Area Network Connection(s) 4.3.2 Local[...]

10 To configu re the Lynx L-210 as a brid ge, click on Setup and then c lick on New Conne ction . The default PPP oE connecti on setup is displa yed. At the Type f ield selec t Bridge and the Bridge connect ion setup pa ge is displayed (s ee Figure 4). Give your Bri dge connec tion a uniqu e name; the name mus t not have spac es and ca nnot begi n [...]

11 service provider or your ISP will supply these; in this case the DSL servic e provider is using 0,100 . Also select the quality of service (QO S); leave the default v alue if you are u nsure or t he ISP did not provide t his inf ormation. Following is a des cription of the different opt ions: a. Username: The usern ame for the PPPoA acc ess; thi[...]

12 To complete the connection you mu st now click the appl y button. The apply button will temporarily save this connection. To make the c hange perma nent you need to click on Save Setting (at the side of t he pa ge). At the s ystem commands pa ge, click on Save All . 4.4.1.3 PPPoE Connection Setup PPPoE is als o known as RFC 2516. It is a m ethod[...]

13 Figure 6 (PPPOE Co nnection Setup) To complete the connection you mu st now click the appl y button. The apply button will temporarily save this connection. To make the c hange perma nent you need to click on Save Setting (at the side of t he pa ge ). At the syst em comman ds page, click on Save All . 4.4.1.4 DHCP Connection Setup Dynamic Host C[...]

14 Figure 7 (DH CP Connec t ion Setup ) To complete the connection you mu st now click the appl y button. The apply button will temporarily save this connec tion. To make t he change permanent you need t o click on Save Settings (at the side of t he pa ge ). At the syst em comman ds page, click on Save All . 4.4.1.5 Static Connection Setup Static i[...]

15 Figure 8 (Static IP Connectio n Setup) To complete the connection you mu st now click the appl y button. The apply button will temporarily save this connec tion. To make t he change permanent you need t o click on Save Settings (at the side of t he pa ge ). At the syst em comman ds page, click on Save All . 4.4.1.6 Classical IP over ATM (CLIP, d[...]

16 Figure 9 (CLI P Connect ion Setup) To complete the connection you mu st now click the appl y button. The apply button will temporarily save this connec tion. To make t he change permanent you need t o click on Save Settings (at the side of t he pa ge ). At the syst em comman ds page, click on Save All . 4.4.2 Modify an Existing Connection To mod[...]

17 second DHC P server into t he network, you will experience net work errors and the network will not functi on no rm ally. 4.5.1 Enable/Disable DHCP To enable or d isable DHCP, Click setu p. Under LAN Setup , select DHCP Configu ration. This will bring up the s creen s ho wn in F igure 10. The Start IP Addres s is wher e the DHCP s erver starts i[...]

18 Figure 11 (Example of a DHCP Relay c onfiguration) By turning of f the DHCP serv er and relay the net w ork adminis trator must c arefully configure the IP address , Subnet M ask an d DNS set tings of every c omputer o n your n etwork. Do not as sign th e same IP addre ss to more than one co mputer and your Lynx L-210 must be on the same sub net[...]

19 Figure 12 (M anageme nt IP address ) The apply button will temporar ily save this connectio n. To make th e change permanen t you need to click on Save Settings (at the si de of the page). At the sys tem commands pag e, click on Save All . 4.5.3 Firewall/NAT Services You can enab le or disable Firewall and NAT by clicking o n Setup and under LAN[...]

20 Figure 13 (M an a gement IP ad dress) The apply button will temporar ily save this connectio n. To make th e change permanen t you need to click on Save Settings (at the si de of the page). At the s ys tem commands pag e, click on Save All . 4.6.2 Port Forwarding Using the P ort For warding pa ge, you can provid e local serv ices (for e xample w[...]

21 Figure 13 (P o r t Forwardin g : Netmeet ing) The apply button will temporar ily save this connectio n. To make th e change permanen t you need to click on Save Settings (at the si de of the page). At the s ys tem commands pag e, click on Save All . 4.6.3 Advanced Security In the pr esence of the fir ewall, an onymous I nternet t raffic is block[...]

22 The apply button will temporar ily save this connectio n. To make th e change permanen t you need to click on Save Settings (at the si de of the page). At the s ys tem commands pag e, click on Save All . 4.6.3.1 DMZ configuration Setting a co mputer (on your loc al network) as a DMZ forwards any network t raffic that is not redirect ed to anot h[...]

23 through t he bridge based o n source MA C address , destinat ion MAC addr ess and/ or frame t ype. When bridge filtering is enabled, each frame is examined against the de fined filter rules sequenti ally, and when a matched is d etermined, the a ppropriat e filtering ac tion (determi ned by th e access ty pe selecte d ... i.e. a llow or deny ) i[...]

24 ARP frames t hrough th e system. The second r ule allows all IPv4 fram es with th e destinat ion MAC address of the bri dge to go t hrough. T he third r ule allo ws all IPv4 fram es with t he sourc e MAC address of the bridge t o go throug h. Note: On a wind o ws based mac hine, to find a MAC addres s , at a dos prompt t ype ipconfig /all . The [...]

25 4.6.8 Static Routing If the Ly nx L-210 is connec ted to more t han one ne twork, you may need t o set up a static ro ute betwee n them . A stat ic rout e is a pr e-def ined pat hway t hat netwo rk inform ation must trav el to r each a specific host or net work. You can use stat ic routing to all ow differ ent IP domain us ers to acc ess the Int[...]

26 will only send out RIP informat ion. Selecting both means that the Lynx L-210 w ill incorporate received RIP inform ation and send o ut upd at ed RIP informat io n. The prot ocol is depe ndent upon t he entire n etwork. Most networ ks support Rip v1. If RIP v1 is selected, routi ng data will be sent in RIP v1 format. If Ri p V2 is selected, rout[...]

27 4.7.2 User Management You can change your Lynx L-210’s username and passw ord by clicking on User Manage ment. From here yo u can cha nge the login name and pas sword. You can also c hange th e idle timeo ut; you will need to log back onto t he Ly nx L-210 once the t imeout expires. If you for get your pas sword, you c an press and hold t he r[...]

28 default D HCP conf igurati on, you sh ould b e able to Ping th e network address 1 92.168. 1.1. If your ISP has prov ided their ser ver addres s you can try t o ping the a ddress . If the pings f or both th e WAN and the LA N side compl ete, and you have the pr oper prot ocols conf igured, you s hould be able to surf th e Inte rnet. By default w[...]

29 4.8.3 DHCP Clients Select to view t he list of DHCP c lients. 4.8.4 Modem Status Select t o vi ew t he Stat us and S tatist i cs of your broadb a nd ( DSL) connec tion. 4.8.5 Product Information You can d isplay the Lynx L-210’s driver and run -time information b y going under Statu s title and click on Product Inform ation. Figure 21 illustra[...]

30 5. Appendix A: Troubleshooting Below is a list of commonly asked quest ions. Before calling tec hnical support, please look thro ugh these iss ues to see if they help t o solve your probl em. 5.1 The Lynx L-210 is not functional 1. Chec k to see t hat the po wer LED is green a nd than the network c ables ar e installed correctly . Refer to the e[...]

31 5.4 The DSL Link LED is always off 1. Make sure you hav e DSL servic e. You should get s ome kind of informat ion from your I SP that stat es that DSL s ervice is inst alled. You can us ually tell if t he service is inst alled by listening to th e phone line; you will hear s ome high-pitc hed noise. If you do not hear high- pitched noise , conta[...]

32 6. Lynx L-210 terms What is a firewall? A firewall is p rotect ion betwe en the Int ernet and you r local net work. It acts similarly to t he firewall i n your car, prot ecting t he int erior of the car from t he engine. Y our c ar's f i re wall h a s very small openi ng that allow desired connection s from the engine in to the cabin (g as [...]

33 One of t he c onf igur at ion pa ram et ers t ra ns mit t ed t o ea c h net work d ev ic e is its de f ault g at ewa y . T his address is configu red by t he net work administ rators and it informs each p ersona l comput er or ot her network devic e where t o send dat a if the t arget s tation d oes not r eside o n the s ame subnet as the source[...]