Adsl nation M3 User Manual

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USER GUIDE

X-Modem M3

Ethernet ADSL Modem

M3

Technical Support

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INSTALLATION

Introduction

Congratulations ! You are now the owner of an ADSL Nation X-Modem.

From now on your internet experience will be transformed due to the high
speed that ADSL technology and the X-Modem delivers.

This manual will guide you through setting up your X-modem and provide
a reference point for all the features of your modem.

Safety Instructions

The X-Modem is intended for internal desktop use only.

Climate Conditions

•The maximum ambient temperature must not exceed 40 °C (104°F).

•The modem must not be mounted in a location exposed to direct sunlight
or excessive heat radiation.

•Ensure the modem is not subjected to water or condensation.

Cleaning

Unplug the modem from the mains outlet and wipe with a damp cloth.
Do not use chemical cleaning products or solvents as it may damage the
surface of the modem.

Water and moisture

Do not use this product near water.

Overloading

Do not overload mains outlets and extensions as it can result in re or

electric shock.

What’s in the Box

The following items are supplied with your X-Modem:

X-Modem M3

RJ45 Cat 5e Ethernet cable.

UK Power Supply Unit

RJ11 - RJ11 Cable often referred to as the telephone cable.

Quick Start Guide

CD-ROM containing this Manual.

X-Modem and LiveIP 2 Technology

The X-modem’s built-in Ethernet connectivity eliminates the need for
specialist drivers allowing the modem to be connected to an Ethernet
equipped computer for instant use.

The X-Modem works on any ADSL service that uses PPPoA or PPPoE that
provides a single static or dynamic IP address.

In the default conguration the X-Modem employs advanced LiveIP 2

technology that provides the single public IP address issued by the ISP to
your computer. This makes the X-Modem the perfect solution for people
who wish to maintain a publicly available live connection to the internet.
LiveIP technology makes the X-Modem an ideal companion to Wireless
Broadband Routers and Firewall Appliances equipped with Ethernet inter­faces.

In order to ensure the X-modem is exible enough to be used in a wide

variety of situations we also include an optional gateway mode to enable
the modem to be installed on a network.

X-Modem M3 Overview

Front Panel

The front panel of the X-modem includes four LED indicators to help
determine the modem status.

ADSL: Illuminates when the an ADSL signal has been detected on the line.

A ashing LED indicates that the modem is probing for an ADSL signal.

LAN: Illuminated when a Ethernet connection has been established on the
modem’s Ethernet port.

DATA: Flashes when data is being sent and recieved.

POWER: Shows that power is being received by the modem.

Rear Panel

LINE: Telephone jack (RJ-11) to connect to your Telephone Wall

Socket (ADSL line).

LAN: 10 / 100 Base-T Ethernet jack (RJ-45) to connect to your
Ethernet Network card.

RESET: To reset your Modem to factory default settings. (All
Customised settings that you have saved will be lost!)

POWER: To connect to your Power Outlet via the supplied Power Adaptor.

Before Installing

Gather Conguration Information from your ISP.

When conguring the X-Modem to work with a standard BT Wholesale
provided ADSL line the only conguration information required is the

username and password. For Karoo installations and non UK installations
please refer to the advanced settings section of this guide.

Note: Your ISP should have provided you with a summary sheet of all the
information needed to connect your computer to the Internet. If you
cannot locate the information, you’ll have to contact your ISP. BT
Broadband provide a Login name only and do not issue a password.

LOGIN NAME: ___________________________________
example [e-mail]

PASSWORD: _____________________________________

Note: The login name could be called a user name or account name by
your ISP. The login name and password are case sensitive. You must type
them exactly as given by the ISP.

Computer requirements

The computer that you want to connect to the X-modem to, must have
an available RJ-45 Ethernet port (or adapter) and TCP/IP networking
installed.
Note: TCP/IP networking is already installed on most Microsoft Windows
and MacOS computers.

Microlters

Ensure you have enough ADSL microlters for your line. At least one
microlter will be required to connect the modem and any existing

telephone equipment to. If other telephone equipment is used on the line

it must also be connected to a microlter.

A microlter prevents high frequency noise from appearing at the

telephone and potentially decreasing voice quality. Second, it prevents
the telephone equipment from interfering with the modem. For more

information on microlters please visit www.adslnation.com

Connecting the X-Modem to a Computer/Notebook

To connect the X-Modem to your Computer/Notebook, you need to have
an Ethernet port available on your Computer/Notebook. Most Computers/
Notebooks have labels describing the Ports. For the Ethernet Port, you will
see either ETHERNET, ETH, RJ45 or <--> labelled near the Port.

Connecting to the ADSL Line

Connect the RJ11 (phone) cable provided the ADSL to the ADSL/Modem

port of the ADSL Microlter and then connect the opposite end of the

cable to the Line port on the X-Modem.

Plug the microlter in to the telephone socket and connect any telephone
equipment to the phone port on the Microlter.

Note: You will need to ensure that all telephone equipment on the same

line as your X-Modem is also connected to a Microlter. If you do not
have enough microlters remove any unltered telephone equipment.
Microlters can be found in most computer shops or available to order on-

line at www.adslnation.com.

Connect the power to the modem, if an ADSL signal is detected the LINK
LED will illuminate and remain solid green. If the LINK LED continues to

ash the modem is unable to locate a usable ADSL signal. This may be

because the line has not been enabled for ADSL or that a fault condition

has occurred such as an unltered telephone device causing interference

on the line. The ADSL light must be illuminated sold green before
proceeding with the set-up procedure.

Conguring Windows XP Networking

The default network conguration on the computer should already be

suitable for connection to the X-Modem. However if you are uncertain or

any network settings have been changed they will need to be congured

as follows.

(Instructions are based on default XP Start menu option)
From the Windows desktop, click
Start > All Programs > Accessories >
Communications > Network Connections.

Right-click on the Local Area Connection

icon that reects the model of your Ethernet Network Card that is

connected to the X-Modem and click Properties.

Ensure that the eld Connect

Using shows the model of
your Ethernet Network Card
that is connected to your
ADSL Ethernet Modem. Select
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and
click Properties.

Select the option Obtain an
IP address automatically and
Obtain DNS server address
automatically. Click OK and
close to apply.
Ensure that your Modem is
powered on and restart your
system.

Conguring Windows 2000 Networking

The default network conguration on the computer should already be

suitable for connection to the X-Modem. However if you are uncertain or

any network settings have been changed they will need to be congured

as follows.

Click the Start > Settings and choose “Network & Dial-up Connections”.

At the Network and Dial-up Connections window. Right-click on the Local

Area Connection icon that reects the model of your Ethernet Network

Card that is connected to the X-Modem and click Properties.

Ensure that the eld Connect

Using shows the model of
your Ethernet Network Card
that is connected to your
ADSL Ethernet Modem. Select
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and
click Properties.

Select the option Obtain an
IP address automatically and
Obtain DNS server address
automatically. Click OK an OK
again to close.
Ensure that your Modem is
powered on and restart your
system.

Conguring Windows 98/ME Networking

From your Windows desktop, right-click on the Network Neighbourhood
icon.

Select Properties.

From the Conguration tab,

select TCP/IP-> if multiple
instances of TCP/IP are shown
select the one that refers to the
model of your Ethernet Network
Card that is connected to the
X-Modem.

Click Properties.

Click the option Obtain an IP
address automatically and click
OK to save the settings.

Ensure that your X-Modem is
powered on. Restart your system.

Conguring Mac OS X Networking

Open the System Preferences utility and click on the network icon.

Select New Location from the Location drop down list and name it X­Modem. Now select Built-In-Ethernet from the Show drop down and click
Apply Now. All default settings are correct.

Ensure that your X-Modem is powered on. Restart your system.

Conguring Mac OS 9 Networking

Open the TCP/IP control panel. You can nd it in the Apple Menu under

the folder “Control Panels.”

Make sure your network card is selected usually “built-in Ethernet” and

set congure using DHCP.

Close the window and save changes if prompted.

Ensure that your X-Modem is powered on. Restart your system.

Connecting to the X-Modem

The X-Modem provides a web-based (HTML) graphical user interface
allowing users to manage the modem using a standard browser such as
Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer.
To connect to the X-Modem, open your web browser and enter the X­Modem default IP address http://10.0.0.2 in to the browsers address bar.

When prompted enter the default login User Name and Password.

Default login details

User Name: admin

Password: password

Note: The user name and password prompt may take up to 1 minute the

rst time the modem is accessed. If the prompt does not appear please

check your browsers proxy settings to ensure that no proxy servers are

congured.

Quick Set-up Procedure

In order to make the installation process quick and easy the X-Modem

comes pre-congured for use on a standard BT phone line in the UK. If

your phone line is not provided by BT some advanced settings may need to
be adjusted.

Click the Account Details button on the welcome to X-Modem screen.

Enter your account details as provided by your Internet Service Provider
and click save and then submit.
The X-Modem will now reboot. After rebooting is complete you will
automatically be connected to the internet.

Testing The Connection

When the modem has been congured with the ISP account details and

rebooting has completed, the connection can be tested.

Note: After reboot it may take up to 2 minutes for the modem to
negotiate a connection to the ISP depending on the quality of the phone
line.

To test the connection click the Diagnostics button, after a short pause
test results will begin to appear.

If no FAIL results are reported the modem has successfully connected
to the internet. Any tests that report N/A, UNKNOWN or SKIPPED can
be ignored as they are tests that are not required. Further details are
available about the meaning of each test by clicking the help link by each
test.

Note: The most common test to fail is the “Test simple PPP session layer
connection. This means that when the modem attempted to login to
the ISP it was rejected. Double check your account details are correct,
remember that both the username and password are case sensitive.
Make sure that you have the full username including the part after the @
symbol. Also it is common practice for passwords to contain numbers so
what looks like the letter l could be the number 1.

Now that the line tests are complete, the connection can be veried by

visiting a web site such as http://www.adslnation.com

Congratulations you are now on-line !

ADVANCED

Advanced Conguration Options

In most circumstances it will not be necessary to change any of the
settings under the advanced options. Users of ADSL outside the UK or lines
not provided by BT may have to change some settings here.

Any modications made in the advanced options will require saving before

changes take effect. To save any changes click on the save button. The
Advanced screen can be returned to at any time by clicking the advanced
button.

WAN Conguration

VPI / VCI

The VPI/VCI uniquely species a path to a remote site and is placed in the

ATM cell header that is used to route each cell through the network. The
default values VPI=0, VCI=38 are suitable for all BT Wholesale lines if your
telecoms provider is not BT your ISP should supply these values.

Note: Karoo (Kingston Communications) users should use VPI=1, VCI=50.

Encapsulation

Determines the method used to communicate with the providers network.
Default setting is PPPoA VC-Mux Karoo users should use PPPoA LLC. You
must use the encapsulation type as instructed by the ISP.

PPP Bridge

This setting can only be used with PPPoE encapsulation and allows the

modem to forward all PPP trafc to a PPPoE compatible host. This setting

should normally be disabled in the UK as PPPoE is not generally used.

MRU/MTU/MSS/

Advanced TCP/IP options that determine the optimum data packet size.

Authentication

If the ISP requires a manual authentication method it should be set here,
otherwise the Auto setting should be used.

Auto Reconnect

With this option set the modem will attempt to reconnect if the
connection to the service is lost. Default setting = on.

LAN Conguration

Ethernet Mode

Used to manually set the Ethernet port speed and duplex modes. Some
auto detecting network cards (NIC’s) are unable to properly detect speed

and duplex settings when both computer and modem are congured for

auto negotiation. The default on the modem is set manually to 10Mb Half
Duplex to avoid problems with speed detection.

Note: As ADSL services can deliver a maximum of 8Mb there is little point
in changing the modem from the 10Mb setting.

IP Address

The IP address used to manage the modem, also used as the network
default gateway when the X-Modem is used in gateway mode.

Subnet Mask

Used to determine the size of the local network. The default setting
should be left at 255.255.255.0 unless the modem is being used in

gateway mode and special mask conguration is required.

Web Administration

Access Restrictions

To prevent access to the modem settings by unauthorised people on the
internet the web administration interface by default is restricted to the
local network only. In some situations it may be desirable to allow access
to the modem from the internet for remote monitoring purposes.

Click “All” to allow remote access to the modem from anywhere on the
internet. If using this setting please choose a strong password for your
modem as the only thing preventing access to the modem will be the
password.

If you know the IP address or range of IP addresses of the remote
computer, then it is advisable to keep the restricted setting. Check the
WAN check box and enter the IP and Subnet mask details to allow remote
access to a single IP or range of addresses.

HTTP Port

The port used by the built-in web server to serve the web administration
interface. The port must be changed if access to a public web server
hosted on the computer attached to the X-Modem is required.

Note: When changing the http port, the modem will not be able to report

that saving the conguration has been successful. To access the web

interface on a new port it will be necessary to append the new port to the
web address for example http://10.0.0.2:8080 for port 8080.

HTTP Password Protection

Requires a password to access the web administration interface. This
setting should remain enabled to avoid unauthorised access to the
modem.

Dynamic DNS

Dynamic DNS

The free Dynamic DNS service allows you to alias a dynamic IP address to
a static hostname. Dynamic DNS allows your computer to be more easily
accessed from various locations on the Internet by automatically updating
the DNS details every time your IP address changes.

For more information visit http://www.dyndns.com

You must rst register a free account at dyndns.com and add any host

names you require via their web site. To enable the X-Modem to make
automatic updates simply click “Enable” and enter your dyndns.com
account details and the full host names. For example “xmodem.dyndns.
org”

Administration Password

Password Protection

Access to the X-Modem web administration interface is protected by a
password. To prevent unauthorized access, the default password should be
changed to a password of your choice.

Note: For the strongest security use a combination of letters and numbers
in the new password.

Update Firmware

Firmware Updates

ADSL Nation may make rmware updates available to download from our

web site. Download the update BEFORE proceeding with update.

Detailed instructions are provided with rmware updates. Click Start
Update to begin update procedure. The modem will switch to rmware

update mode.

Note: When the modem is in update mode the internet connection is

terminated. If the update button has been clicked in error the rmware

update must be cancelled to resume normal operation.

Modem Mode

Modem

The default X-Modem conguration is modem mode. In modem mode the

modem uses LiveIP 2 technology that collects the IP address from the
ISP and passes it to the computer. In modem mode the modem can not
be connected directly to a network it must be connected directly to the
computer. If the ADSL connection is to be shared on a network the X­Modem must be connected to a separate broadband gateway.

Gateway

Gateway mode switches off the LiveIP feature and enables NAT (Network
Address Translation). Gateway mode allows the X-modem to be directly
connected to a network as NAT is used to share the connection. When

the modem is congured in gateway mode a new option is added to the

advanced option list called port forwarding.

Port Forwarding (Gateway Mode Only)

Special Applications

When the X-Modem is congured in gateway mode Network Address

Translation is enabled that prevents incoming connections from the
Internet entering the local network. This is usually a desirable situation as

it provides a basic rewall facility to protect the network. However some

special applications may require that an incoming connection is allowed.

The Port Forwarding option allows selection of a special port to be

redirected from the modem to a specied IP address. The example shows

how to forward port 25 the standard smtp port to a computer with the
IP address 10.0.0.25 20 Special ports can be added to the port forward
screen.

To add a port simply ll out the boxes.

Public Port Start: The rst port number that the external client will be

connecting to, to access the service.

Public Port End: The last number that the external client will be
connecting to, to access the service. Where a single port is required the
Start and End port numbers are the same.

Private Port: The port number that the service is running on, on the local
machine. Usually both Public & Private ports are the same.

Port Type: Set the required type of port, usually TCP.

Host IP Address: IP address of local computer hosting service.

Note: When using port forwarding rules it is advisable to manually

congure the TCP-IP settings on the host computer rather than rely on

DHCP to ensure that the IP address always remains the same.

TCP Status

TCP/IP Network Statistics

Diagnostic information provided for troubleshooting networking. You may
be asked for information from this status window when talking to ISP or
ADSL Nation support staff.

ADSL Line Status

SNR Margin: Signal to Noise Ratio indicates the amount of usable signal

compared to unwanted noise. The higher the value, the better quality the
connection, a connection may not be possible if the SNR value drops below

10db. Poor SNR values is often due to poor quality microlters, we recom­mend that only the highest quality lters are used to optimise the SNR.

Line Attenuation: Indicates the amount of signal lost due to the natural
resistance in the phone line. The lower the value the better quality the con­nection. A connection may not be possible if Attenuation exceeds 60db.

Loss of Signal: If the ADSL connection is lost due to the modem being discon­nected from the line or a fault condition it will be recorded here. An exces­sive number of signal losses indicates a problem with the line.

Loss of Frame: When data fails to be sent across the ATM network the frame
may be lost. A small number of frames may be reported lost if the line qual­ity is poor. An excessive number of lost frames indicates a fault condition.

CRC Errors: Data is checked for integrity as it is transmitted, some CRC er­rors are normal due to interference on the line. An excessive number of crc
errors indicates a potential problem with interference.

Data Rate: The speeds in kilobytes that the modem has negotaited with the
exchange equipment.

Latency: The delay introduced on the line sometimes referred to as ping.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: ‘The page cannot be displayed’ is prompted when I launch my browser.
A: Ensure that you are using the Ethernet Network cable that comes with

your X-Modem package to connect to the Modem. Restart your computer
and try to launch your browser again. If the problem persists,
please contact our support line.

Q: The ADSL Link light keeps on blinking consistently.
A: Ensure that your ADSL line has been activated by the Service Provider.

Ensure that you have the telephone cable properly connected and that all

telephone equipment is ltered. If the problem persists, rst try removing

all telephone equipment and test the modem on it’s own. If the light still

continues to ash please contact the ADSL Service Provider.

Q: The ADSL link light is on. But I am unable to connect to the internet.
A: Run the diagnostics, Ensure that you have entered the correct

username and password, enter and re-submit the username and password.

Support

To get product support or obtain further information and documentation,
go to http://www.adslnation.com/support.

If you would like to contact technical support by telephone, please call
0845 125 9426 (calls charged at local rate)
01865 761114 (calls charged at operators standard national tarrif)
Technical support is available 9am - 6pm weekdays.