BEC 7300N User Manual

Last revision:03-10-2008

BEC 7300N

802.11 draft ADSL2+ Firewall Router

User Manual

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1................................................................................................ 4

1.1 Introducing the BEC 7300N ............................................... 4

1.2 Features .............................................................................. 6

1.3 Applications of the BEC 7300N.......................................... 9

Chapter 2.............................................................................................. 10

2.1 Important Notes ................................................................ 11

2.2 Package Contents............................................................. 11

2.3 The Front LEDs................................................................. 12

2.4 The Rear Ports .................................................................. 13

2.5 Cabling .............................................................................. 14

Chapter 3.............................................................................................. 15

3.1 Before Configuration........................................................ 16

3.2 Factory Default Settings................................................... 20

3.3 LAN and WAN Port Addresses ........................................ 21

3.4 Information from your ISP................................................ 22

3.5 Configuring with your BEC 7300N................................... 22

Chapter 4.............................................................................................. 27

4.1 Status................................................................................. 28

4.2 Quick Start ........................................................................ 29

4.3 WAN ................................................................................... 30

4.4 WLAN................................................................................. 31

Chapter 5.............................................................................................. 34

5.1 Status................................................................................. 35

5.1.1 ADSL Status ................................................................... 37

5.1.2 ARP Table ....................................................................... 38

5.1.3 DHCP Table .................................................................... 38

5.1.4 System Log .................................................................... 39

5.1.5 Firewall Log.................................................................... 39

5.1.6 UPnP Portmap ............................................................... 40

5.2 Quick Start ........................................................................ 41

5.3 Configuration .................................................................... 46

5.3.1 LAN (Local Area Network)............................................. 46

5.3.2 WAN (Wide Area Network)............................................. 63

5.3.3 System............................................................................ 73

5.3.4 Firewall ........................................................................... 78

5.3.5 QoS (Quality of Service)................................................ 88

5.3.6 Virtual Server ................................................................. 94

5.3.7 Time Schedule ............................................................... 98

5.3.8 Advanced ..................................................................... 100

5.4 Save Configuration to Flash .......................................... 114

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5.5 Restart ............................................................................. 114

5.6 Logout ............................................................................. 115

Chapter 6.............................................................................................116

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Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1 Introducing the BEC 7300N

Thank you for purchasing the BEC 7300N Router. Your new router is an all-in-one unit that

combines an ADSL modem, ADSL2/2+ router and Ethernet network switch to provide

everything you need to get the machines on your network connected to the Internet over an

ADSL broadband connection.

The BEC 7300N router complies with ADSL2+ standards for deployment worldwide and

supports downstream rates of up to 24 Mbps and upstream rates of up to 1 Mbps. Designed

for small office, home office and residential users, the router enables even faster Internet

connections. You can enjoy ADSL services and broadband multimedia applications such as

interactive gaming, video streaming and real-time audio much easier and faster than ever

before.

The BEC 7300N supports PPPoA (RFC 2364 – PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) over ATM

Adaptation Layer 5), RFC 1483 encapsulation over ATM (bridged or routed), PPP over

Ethernet (RFC 2516) to establish a connection with your ISP. Your new router also supports

VC-based and LLC-based multiplexing.

The perfect solution for connecting a small group of PCs to a high-speed broadband Internet

connection, the BEC 7300N allows multiple users to have high-speed Internet access

simultaneously.

Your new router also serves as an Internet firewall, protecting your network from access by

outside users. Not only does it provide a natural firewall function with Network Address

Translation (NAT), it also provides rich firewall features to secure your network. All incoming

data packets are monitored and filtered. You can also configure your new router to block

internal users from accessing the Internet.

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The BEC 7300N provides two levels of security support. First, it masks LAN IP addresses

making them invisible to outside users on the Internet, so it is much more difficult for a

hacker to target a machine on your network. Second, it can block and redirect certain ports

to limit the services that outside users can access. To ensure that games and other Internet

applications run properly, you can open specific ports for outside users to access internal

services on your network.

The Integrated DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) client and server services allow

multiple users to get IP addresses automatically when the router boots up. Simply set local

machines as a DHCP client to accept a dynamically assigned IP address from the DHCP

server and reboot. Each time a local machine is powered up; the router recognizes it and

assigns an IP address to instantly connect it to the LAN

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For advanced users, Virtual Service (port mapping) functions allow the product to provide

limited visibility to local machines with specific services for outside users. For instance, a

dedicated web server can be connected to the Internet via the router and then incoming

requests for web pages that are received by the router can be rerouted to your dedicated

local web server, even though the server now has a different IP address.

Virtual Server can also be used to re-task services to multiple servers. For instance, you can

set the router to allow separated FTP, Web, and Multiplayer game servers to share the same

Internet-visible IP address while still protecting the servers and LAN users from hackers.

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1.2 Features

Express Internet Access – ADSL2/2+ capable

The BEC 7300N complies with ADSL worldwide standards. Supporting downstream rates of

8Mbps with ADSL, the router is capable of up to 12/24 Mbps with ADSL2/2+, and upstream

rates of up to 1 Mbps. Users enjoy not only high-speed ADSL services but also broadband

multimedia applications such as interactive gaming, video streaming and real-time audio

which are easier and faster than ever. The router is compliant with Multi-Mode standard

(ANSI T1.413, Issue 2; G.dmt (ITU G.992.1); G.hs (ITU G994.1); G.dmt.bis (ITU G.992.3);

and G.dmt.bisplus (ITU G.992.5)

802.11n Wireless AP with WPA Support

With integrated 802.11n Wireless Access Point in the router, the device offers a quick and

easy access among wired network, wireless network and broadband connection (ADSL)

with single device simplicity, and as a result, mobility to the users. In addition to 300 Mbps

802.11n data rate, it also interoperates backward with existing 802.11g and 802.11b

equipment. The Wireless Protected Access (WPA) and Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP)

supported features enhance the security level of data protection and access control via

Wireless LAN.

Fast Ethernet Switch

A 4-port 10/100Mbps fast Ethernet switch is built-in with automatic switching between MDI

and MDI-X for 10Base-T and 100Base-TX ports, with auto detection allowing you to use

either straight or cross-over Ethernet cables.

EWAN

Besides using ADSL to get connected to the Internet, BEC 7300N offers its Ethernet port 1

as a WAN port to be used to connect to Cable Modems, VDSL and fibre optic lines. This

alternative, yet faster method to connect to the internet will provide users more flexibility to

get online.

Multi-Protocol to Establish a Connection

The router supports PPPoA (RFC 2364 - PPP over ATM Adaptation Layer 5), RFC 1483

encapsulation over ATM (bridged or routed), PPP over Ethernet (RFC 2516) to establish a

connection with an ISP. The router also supports VC-based and LLC-based multiplexing.

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Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) and UPnP NAT Traversal

This protocol is used to enable simple and robust connectivity among stand-alone devices

and PCs from many different vendors, and it makes setting up a network simple and

affordable. UPnP architecture leverages TCP/IP and the Web to enable proximity

networking in addition to control and data transfer among networked devices. With this

feature enabled, you can seamlessly connect to Net Meeting or MSN Messenger.

Network Address Translation

Network Address Translation (NAT) allows multiple users to access outside resources such

as the Internet simultaneously with one IP address/one Internet access account. Many

application layer gateways (ALG) are supported such as web browser, ICQ, FTP, Telnet,

E-mail, News, Net2phone, Ping, NetMeeting, IP phone and others.

Firewall

NAT technology supports simple firewalls and provides options for blocking access from the

Internet, like Telnet, FTP, TFTP, WEB, SNMP and IGMP.

Domain Name System Relay

Domain Name System (DNS) relay provides an easy way to map a domain name with a

user-friendly name such as www.google.com with an IP address. When a local machine

sets its DNS server to the router’s IP address, every DNS conversion request packet from

the PC to this router is forwarded to the real DNS on the outside network.

Dynamic Domain Name System (DDNS)

The Dynamic DNS service allows you to alias a dynamic IP address to a static hostname.

This dynamic IP address is the WAN IP address. To use the service, you must first apply for

an account from a DDNS service such as http://www.dyndns.org/.

PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)

The BEC 7300N provides an embedded PPPoE client function to establish a connection.

You get greater access speed without changing the operation concept, while sharing the

same ISP account and paying for one access account. No PPPoE client software is required

for the local computer. Automatic Reconnect and Disconnect Timeout (Idle Timer) functions

are also provided.

Quality of Service (QoS)

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QoS gives you full control over which types of outgoing data traffic should be given priority

by the router, ensuring important data like gaming packets, customer information, or

management information move through the router ay lightning speed, even under heavy

load. The QoS features are configurable by Internal IP address, External IP address,

protocol, and port. You can throttle the speed at which different types of outgoing data pass

through the router, to ensure P2P users don’t saturate upload bandwidth, or office browsing

doesn’t bring client web serving to a halt. In addition, or alternatively, you can simply change

the priority of different types of upload data and let the router sort out the actual speeds.

Virtual Server:

You can specify which services are visible to outside users. The router detects an incoming

service request and forwards it to the specific local computer for handling. For example, you

can assign a PC in a LAN to act as a Web server inside and expose it to the outside network.

Outside users can browse inside the web server directly while it is protected by NAT. A DMZ

host setting is also provided for local computers exposed to the outside Internet network.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Client and Server

On a WAN site, the DHCP client obtains an IP address from the Internet Service Provider

(ISP) automatically. On a LAN site, the DHCP server allocates a range of client IP

addresses, including subnet masks and DNS IP addresses and distributes them to local

computers. This provides an easy way to manage the local IP network.

Rich Packet Filtering

This feature filters the packet based on IP addresses as well as Port numbers. Filtering

packets to and from the Internet provides a higher level of security control.

Web-based GUI

A web-based GUI offers easy configuration and management. It also supports remote

management capability for remote users to configure and manage this product.

Firmware Upgradeable

You can upgrade the router with the latest firmware through its web-based GUI.

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1.3 Applications of the BEC 7300N

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Chapter 2

Product Overview

Standards-Based Technology

The BEC 7300N Wireless Router utilizes the 802.11n standard. The IEEE 802.11n standard

is an extension of the 802.11g standard. It increases the data rate up to 300 Mbps within the

2.4GHz band, utilizing OFDM technology. This means that in most environments, within the

specified range of this device, you will be able to transfer large files quickly or even watch a

movie in MPEG format over your network without noticeable delays. This technology works

by transmitting high-speed digital data over a radio wave utilizing OFDM (Orthogonal

Frequency Division Multiplexing) technology. OFDM works by splitting the radio signal into

multiple smaller sub-signals that are then transmitted simultaneously at different frequencies

to the receiver. OFDM reduces the amount of crosstalk (interference) in signal

transmissions.

Installation Considerations

The BEC 7300N Wireless Router lets you access your network, using a wireless connection,

from virtually anywhere within its operating range. Keep in mind, however, that the number,

thickness and location of walls, ceilings, or other objects that the wireless signals must pass.

Keep the number of walls and ceilings between the BEC 7300N and other network devices

to a minimum - each wall or ceiling can reduce your BEC 7300N wireless product’s range

from 3-90 feet (1-30 meters.)

Position your devices so that the number of walls or ceilings is minimized. Be aware of the

direct line between network devices. Position the devices so that the signal will travel

straight through a wall or ceiling (instead of at an angle) for better reception. Building

Materials can impede the wireless signal - a solid metal door or aluminium studs may have a

negative effect on range.

Try to position wireless devices and computers with wireless adapters so that the signal

passes through drywall or open doorways and not other materials. Keep your product away

(at least 3-6 feet or 1-2 meters) from electrical devices or appliances that generate extreme

RF (radio frequency) noise.

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2.1 Important Notes

Only use the power adapter that comes with the package. Using

Warning

Attention

 Do not use the BEC 7300N in high humidity or high

temperatures.

 Do not use the same power source for the BEC 7300N as other

equipment.

 Do not open or repair the case yourself. If the BEC 7300N is too

hot, turn off the power immediately and have it repaired at a

qualified service center.

 Avoid using this product and all accessories outdoors.

 Place the BEC 7300N on a stable surface.

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a different voltage rating power adaptor may damage the router.

2.2 Package Contents

BEC 7300N ADSL2+ Router

CD-ROM containing the online manual

RJ-11 ADSL/telephone Cable (1.8M)

Ethernet (CAT-5 LAN) Cable (1.8M Straight)

AC-DC power adapter (12V DC, 1A): for 7300N

Quick Start Guide (105*150 mm)

Antennas (3 pcs)

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2.3 The Front LEDs

1 3

5

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4 2

LED Meaning

1 Internet :

2 DSL:

3. WPS

4 Wireless:

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Ethernet
Port 1-4:

6 Power :

Lit red when WAN port fails to get IP address.
Lit green when WAN port gets IP address successfully.

Lit when successfully connected to an ADSL DSLAM

(“linesync”).

Blinking when WPS is in progress.

Lit green when the wireless connection is established.
Flashes when sending/receiving data.

Lit when connected to an Ethernet device.
Green for 100Mbps; Orange for 10Mbps.
Blinking when data is Transmitted / Received.

When the power is plugged in, it will lit Red and when the
system is ready, it will lit Green. Whilst the system is rebooting
or firmware upgrading, the LED light flashes.

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2.4 The Rear Ports

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Port Description

1 Power

2 Reset

3 WPS

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Ethernet

5 DSL

6 Antenna

Connect the supplied power adapter to this jack.

After the router is powered on, press this reset button using the
end of paper clip or other small pointed object to reset the router
and to restore it to factory default settings.

1. Recovery procedures for non-working routers (e.g. after a
failed firmware upgrade flash).

2. Recovery procedures for a lost web interface password:

Push WPS button to trigger Wi-Fi Protected Setup function.

Connect a UTP Ethernet cable (Cat-5 or Cat-5e) to one of the
four LAN ports when connecting to a PC or an office/home
network of 10Mbps or 100Mbps.

Note: Only Ethernet port 1 can be used for EWAN.

Connect the supplied RJ-11 (“telephone”) cable to this port when
connecting to the ADSL/telephone network.

Connect the detachable antenna to this port.

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The detail instruction in Reset Button

1. Recovery procedures for non-working routers (e.g. after a failed firmware upgrade flash):

Hold the Reset Button on the back of the modem in. Keep this button held in and turn on the

modem. Once the lights on the modem have stopped flashing, release the Reset Button.

The modem's emergency-reflash web interface will then be accessible via

http://192.168.1.254 where you can upload a firmware image to restore the modem to a

functional state. Please note that the modem will only respond via its web interface at this

address, and will not respond to ping requests from your PC or to telnet connections.

Before powering on the router to enter the recovery process, please

configure the IP address of the PC as 192.168.1.100 and proceed with

the following step by step guide.

1. Power the router off.

2. Hold the "Reset Button”.

3. Power on the router. Then Router's IP will reset to Emergency IP

address (Say 192.168.1.254)

4. Download the firmware.

2.5 Cabling

One of the most common causes of problems is because of bad cabling or ADSL line(s).

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Make sure that all connected devices are turned on. On the front of the product is a bank of

LEDs. Verify that the LAN Link and ADSL line LEDs are lit. If they are not, verify that you are

using the proper cables.

Ensure that all other devices connected to the same telephone line as your router (e.g.

telephones, fax machines, analog modems) have a line filter connected between them and

the wall socket (unless you are using a Central Splitter or Central Filter installed by a

qualified and licensed electrician), and to ensure that all line filters are correctly installed and

the right way around. Missing line filters or line filters installed being the wrong way around

can cause problems with your ADSL connection, which includes frequent disconnections.

Chapter 3

Installation

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You can configure the BEC 7300N router through the convenient and user-friendly interface

of a web browser. Most popular operating systems such as Linux and Windows

98/NT/2000/XP/Me include a web browser as a standard application.

3.1 Before Configuration

PCs must have a properly installed Ethernet interface which connects to the router directly

or through an external repeater hub. In addition, PCs must have TCP/IP installed and

configured to obtain an IP address through a DHCP server or a fixed IP address that must be

in the same subnet as the router. The default IP address of the router is 192.168.1.254 and

the subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 (i.e. any attached PC must be in the same subnet, and

have an IP address in the range between 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.1.253). The easiest way

is to configure the PC is to obtain an IP address automatically from the router using DHCP. If

you encounter any problems accessing the router’s web interface you are advised to

uninstall any kind of software firewall on your PCs, as they can cause problems when trying

to access the 192.168.1.254 IP address of the router.

Please follow the steps below for installation on your PC’s network environment. First of all,

check your PC’s network components. The TCP/IP protocol stack and Ethernet network

adapter must be installed. If not, please refer to your Windows-related or other operating

system manuals.

Any TCP/IP capable workstation can be used to communicate with or

through the BEC 7300N. To configure other types of workstations,

please consult the manufacturer’s documentation.

Configuring a PC in Windows XP

1. Go to Start / Control Panel (in Classic
View). In the Control Panel, double-click
on Network Connections

2. Double-click Local Area Connection.

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3. In the Local Area Connection Status
window, click Properties.

4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and
click Properties.

5. Select the Obtain an IP address
automatically and the Obtain DNS
server address automatically radio

buttons.

6. Click OK to finish the configuration.

Configuring a PC in Windows 2000

1. Go to Start / Settings / Control Panel.

In the Control Panel, double-click on

Network and Dial-up Connections.

2. Double-click Local Area Connection.

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3. In the Local Area Connection Status
window click Properties.

4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and
click Properties.

5. Select the Obtain an IP address
automatically and the Obtain DNS
server address automatically radio

buttons.

6. Click OK to finish the configuration.

Configuring PC in Windows 98/Me

1.Go to Start / Settings / Control Panel.

In the Control Panel, double-click on

Network and choose the
Configuration tab.

2.Select TCP/IP ->NE2000 Compatible,

or the name of your Network Interface
Card (NIC) in your PC.

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3.Select the Obtain an IP address
automatically radio button.

4.Then select the DNS Configuration tab.

5.Select the Disable DNS radio button
and click OK to finish the configuration.

Configuring PC in Windows NT4.0

1.Go to Start / Settings / Control Panel. In

the Control Panel, double-click on

Network and choose the Protocols tab.

2.Select TCP/IP Protocol and click
Properties.

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3.Select the Obtain an IP address from a
DHCP server radio button and click OK.

3.2 Factory Default Settings

Before configuring the BEC 7300N router, you need to know the following default settings.

Web Interface: (Username and Password)

Username: admin

Password: admin

The default username and password are “admin” and “admin” respectively.

Attention

Attention

If you ever forget the username/password to login to the router, you

may press the RESET button up to 6 seconds then release it to restore

the factory default settings.

Caution: After pressing the RESET button for more than 6 seconds then release it, to

be sure you power cycle the device again.

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LAN Device IP Settings:

IP Address: 192.168.1.254

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

ISP setting in WAN site:

PPPoE

DHCP Server:

DHCP server is enabled.

Start IP Address: 192.168.1.100

IP pool counts: 100

3.3 LAN and WAN Port Addresses

The parameters of LAN and WAN ports are preset at the factory. The default values are

shown below.

LAN Port WAN Port

IP address 192.168.1.254

Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0

DHCP server function Enabled in ports 1, 2, 3 and 4

IP addresses for
distribution to PCs

100 IP addresses continuing
from 192.168.1.100 through

192.168.1.199

The PPPoE function is
enabled to automatically get
the WAN port configuration
from the ISP, but you have to
set the username and
password first.

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3.4 Information from your ISP

(A) Easy Sign

-

On (EZSO) (B) Web Configuration

Before configuring this device, you have to check with your ISP (Internet Service Provider)

what kind of services are provided, such as PPPoE, PPPoA, MPoA or Pure Bridge.

Gather the information as illustrated in the following table and keep it for reference.

PPPoE VPI/VCI, VC-based/LLC-based multiplexing, Username, Password,

Service Name, and Domain Name System (DNS) IP address (it can be

automatically assigned by your ISP when you connect or be set

manually).

PPPoA VPI/VCI, VC-based/LLC-based multiplexing, Username, Password, and

Domain Name System (DNS) IP address (it can be automatically

assigned by your ISP when you connect or be set manually).

RFC1483 Bridged VPI/VCI, VC-based/LLC-based multiplexing to use Bridged Mode.

RFC1483 Routed VPI/VCI, VC-based/LLC-based multiplexing, IP address, Subnet mask,

Gateway address, and Domain Name System (DNS) IP address (it is

fixed IP address).

3.5 Configuring with your BEC 7300N

1. To configure this device, you must have IE 5.0 / Netscape 4.5 or

above installed

2. You may configure the router for Internet access in two ways:

Easy Sign On:

After setting up the router with appropriate cables plugged, proceed to load the internet

browser to surf Internet, the EZSO WEB GUI will be popped up and request you to input

some basic information you get from ISP. After this, you can surf Internet right away.

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Follow the Easy Sign-On configuration wizard and it will guide you to complete the basic

network configuration.

1. Click continue.

2. Choose “Auto” or “Manually” to scan ADSL information.

3. Show Auto scan result - Protocol information.

4. Please enter “Username” and “Password” as supplied by your ISP (Internet Service

Provider) and click continue.

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5. Wait for the device to be configured.

6. You’ve have completed the WAN port setup and now click “Next to Wireless” to proceed

to the wireless configuration.

7. Please configure the Wireless LAN setting and click Continue.

8. Save Configuration.

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9. Congratulations!! You’ve completed the setup procedure and you are now ready to surf

the Internet, enjoy.

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Web Configuration:

Open your web browser, enter the IP address of your router, which by default is

192.168.1.254, and click “Go”, a user name and password window prompt appears. The

default username and password are “admin” and “admin”.

Congratulations! You have successfully logged on to your BEC 7300N Router!

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Chapter 4

Basic Configuration

Once you have logged on to your BEC 7300N Router via your web browser, you can begin

to set it up according to your requirements. On the configuration homepage, the left

navigation pane links you directly to the setup pages, which include:

Advance (Switch to Advance Configuration mode)

Status

Quick Start

WAN

WLAN

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4.1 Status

Device Information

Model Name: Provide a name for the router for identification purposes.

System Up-Time: Records system up-time.

Hardware Version: Device version

Software Version: Firmware version

Port Status

Port Status：：：：User can look up to see if they are connected to Ethernet, ADSL or Wireless.

WAN

Port: Name of the WAN connection.

Protocol VPI/VCI: Virtual Path Identifier and Virtual Channel Identifier

Operation: Current available operation.

Connection: The current connection status.

IP Address: WAN port IP address.

Net mask: WAN port IP subnet mask.

Gateway: The IP address of the default gateway.

Primary DNS: The IP address of the primary DNS server.

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4.2 Quick Start

Set Wireless configuration

WLAN Service: Default setting is set to Enable.

ESSID: The ESSID is the unique name of a wireless access point (AP) to be

distinguished from another. For security purpose, change to a unique ID name to the AP

which is already built-in to the router’s wireless interface. It is case sensitive and must not

excess 32 characters. Make sure your wireless clients have exactly the ESSID as the device,

in order to get connected to your network.

Channel ID: Select the ID channel that you would like to use.

Security Mode: You can disable or enable with WPA or WEP for protecting wireless

network. The default mode of wireless security is Disable.

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4.3 WAN

VPI/VCI: Enter the VPI and VCI information provided by your ISP.

Username: Enter the username provided by your ISP. You can input up to 128

alphanumeric characters (case sensitive). This is in the format of “username@ispname”

instead of simply “username”.

Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP. You can input up to 128

alphanumeric characters (case sensitive)

Service Name: This item is for identification purposes. If it is required, your ISP provides

you the information. Maximum input is 15 alphanumeric characters.

Encap. method: Select the encapsulation format, the default is LLC. Select the one

provided by your ISP

Auth. Protocol: Default is Auto. Your ISP advises on using Chap or Pap.

IP Address: Your WAN IP address. Leave this at 0.0.0.0 to automatically obtain an IP

address from your ISP.

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4.4 WLAN

WLAN Service: Default setting is set to Enable.

ESSID: The ESSID is the unique name of a wireless access point (AP) to be

distinguished from another. For security propose, change to a unique ID name to the AP

which is already built-in to the router’s wireless interface. It is case sensitive and must not

excess 32 characters. Make sure your wireless clients have exactly the ESSID as the device,

in order to get connected to your network.

Note: ESSID is case sensitive and must not excess 32 characters.

Hide ESSID: It is function in which transmits its ESSID to the air so that when wireless

client searches for a network, router can then be discovered and recognized. Default setting

is Disable.

 Enable: Select Enable if you do not want broadcast your ESSID. When select

Enable, no one will be able to locate the Access Point (AP) of your router.

 Disable: When Disable is selected, you can allow anybody with a wireless client to

be able to locate the Access Point (AP) of your router.

Regulation Domain: There are seven Regulation Domains for you to choose from,

including North America (N.America), Europe, France, etc. The Channel ID will be

different based on this setting.

Channel ID: Select the ID channel that you would like to use.

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Security Mode: You can disable or enable with WPA or WEP for protecting wireless

network. The default mode of wireless security is Disable.

Security Parameters

WPA Pre-Shared Key

WPA Shared Key: The key for network authentication. The input format is in character

style and the key size should be in the range between 8 and 63 characters.

Group Key Renewal: The period of renewal time for changing the security key between

wireless client and Access Point (AP). This process is done automatically.

WPA2 Pre-Shared Key

WPA2 Shared Key: The key for network authentication. The input format is in character

style and key size should be in the range between 8 and 63 characters.

Group Key Renewal: The period of renewal time for changing the security key between

wireless client and Access Point (AP). This process is done automatically.

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WEP

WEP Authentication: To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data

transmitted over the network, the router offers secure data encryption, known as WEP. If you

require high security for transmissions, there are three options to select from: Open System,

Share key or Both.

Default Used WEP Key: Select the encryption key ID; please refer to Key (1~4) below.

Passphrase: This is used to generate WEP keys automatically based upon the input

string and a pre-defined algorithm in WEP64 or WEP128. You can input the same string in

both the AP and Client card settings to generate the same WEP keys. Please note that you

do not have to enter Key (1-4) as below when the Passphrase is enabled.

Key (1-4): Enter the key to encrypt wireless data. To allow encrypted data transmission,

the WEP Encryption Key values on all wireless stations must be the same as the router.

There are four keys for your selection. The input format is in HEX or ASCII style, 5 and 13

ASCII codes are required for WEP64 and WEP128 respectively no any separator is

included.

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Chapter 5

Advance Configuration

Once you have logged on to your BEC 7300N Router via your web browser, you can begin to

set it up according to your requirements. On the configuration homepage, the left navigation

pane links you directly to the setup pages, which include:

Basic (Switch to Basic Configuration Mode)

Status (ADSL Status, ARP Table, DHCP Table, System Log, Firewall Log, UPnP Portmap)

Quick Start

Configuration (LAN, WAN, System, Firewall, QoS, Virtual Server, Time Schedule and

Advanced)

The following sections provide an overview of the settings available for configuring your

router.

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5.1 Status

Device Information

Host Name: Provide a name for the router for identification purposes. Host Name lets

you change the router name.

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System Up-Time: Records system up-time.

Current time: Set the current time. See the Time Zone section for more information.

Hardware Version: Device version.

Software Version: Firmware version.

MAC Address: The LAN MAC address.

WAN

Port: Name of the WAN connection.

Protocol VPI/VCI: Virtual Path Identifier and Virtual Channel Identifier

Operation: Current available operation.

Connection: The current connection status.

IP Address: WAN port IP address.

Net mask: WAN port IP subnet mask.

Gateway: The IP address of the default gateway.

Primary DNS: The IP address of the primary DNS server.

Port Status

Port Status：：：：User can look up to see if they are connected to Ethernet, ADSL or Wireless.

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5.1.1 ADSL Status

DSP Firmware Version: DSP code version

DMT Status: Current DMT Status

Operational Mode: To show the state when user select “AUTO” on connect mode.

Upstream: Upstream rate.

Downstream: Downstream rate.

SNR Margin (Upstream): This is noise margin in upstream.

SNR Margin (Downstream): This is noise margin in downstream.

Line Attenuation (Upstream): This is attenuation of signal in upstream.

Line Attenuation (Downstream): This is attenuation of signal in downstream.

ADSL Mode: There are four modes “Open Annex Type and Follow DSLAM’s

Setting”, ”Annex A”, ”Annex L”, ”Annex M” and “Annex J” that user can select for this

connection.

Modulator: There are seven modes “AUTO”,”ADSL

Multimode”,”ADSL2”, ”ADSL2+”,”G.Lite”, “T1.413” and “G.DMT” that user can select for

this connection.

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5.1.2 ARP Table

This section displays the router’s ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) Table, which shows

the mapping of Internet (IP) addresses to Ethernet (MAC) addresses. This is useful as a

quick way of determining the MAC address of the network interface of your PCs to use with

the router’s Firewall – MAC Address Filter function. See the Firewall section of this manual

for more information on this feature.

IP Address: It is IP Address of internal host that join this network.

MAC Address: The MAC address of internal host.

5.1.3 DHCP Table

IP Address: The current corresponding DHCP-assigned dynamic IP address of the

device.

MAC Address: The MAC Address of internal dhcp client host.

Client Host Name: The Host Name of internal dhcp client.

Register Information: Register time information

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5.1.4 System Log

Display system logs accumulated up to the present time. You can trace historical information

with this function.

5.1.5 Firewall Log

Firewall Log displays log information of any unexpected action with your firewall settings.

This page displays the router’s Firewall Log entries. The log shows log entries when you

have enabled Intrusion Detection or Block WAN PING in the Configuration – Firewall

section of the interface. Please see the Firewall section of this manual for more details on

how to enable Firewall logging.

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5.1.6 UPnP Portmap

The section lists all port-mapping established using UPnP (Universal Plug and Play). Please

see the Advanced section of this manual for more details on UPnP and the router’s UPnP

configuration options.

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5.2 Quick Start

ADSL

Connect mode: ADSL

Protocol: The current ATM protocol in the device

VPI / VCI: The current value of VPI / VCI in the device

IP address: To show current value of IP address in the device.

EWAN

Click on Continue to choose the Protocol to connect with EWAN or click Jump to Wireless

Setting to use Protocol: Obtain an IP Address Automatically to connect and setup wireless

settings at the same time.

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Obtain an IP Address Automatically

When connecting to the ISP, BEC 7300N also functions as a DHCP client. BEC 7300N can

automatically obtain an IP address, subnet mask, gateway address, and DNS server

addresses if the ISP assigns this information via DHCP.

Protocol: The current ATM protocol in the device

Click on the Continue button and wait for your connection to be connected.

If connection is successful the following image will be shown.

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Fixed IP Address

Select this option to set static IP information. You will need to enter in the Connection type,

IP address, Netmask, and gateway address, provided to you by your ISP. Each IP address

entered in the fields must be in the appropriate IP form, which is four IP octets separated by

a dot (x.x.x.x). The Router will not accept the IP address if it is not in this format.

Protocol: The current ATM protocol in the device

IP Address: Your WAN IP address. Leave this at 0.0.0.0 to automatically obtain an IP

address from your ISP.

Netmask: The default is 0.0.0.0. User can change it to other such as 255.255.255.0.Type

the subnet mask assigned to you by your ISP (if given).

Gateway: You must specify a gateway IP address (supplied by your ISP)

Click on the Continue button and wait for your connection to be connected.

If connection is successful the following image will be shown.

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PPPoE

PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) provides access control in a manner similar to dial-up services

using PPP.

Protocol: The current ATM protocol in the device

Username: Enter the username provided by your ISP. You can input up to 128

alphanumeric characters (case sensitive). This is in the format of “username@ispname”

instead of simply “username”.

Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP. You can input up to 128

alphanumeric characters (case sensitive).

Service Name: Enter a name for this connection.

IP Address: Your WAN IP address. Leave this at 0.0.0.0 to automatically obtain an IP

address from your ISP.

Auth. Protocol: Default is Auto. Your ISP advises on using Chap or Pap.

Click on the Continue button and wait for your connection to be connected.

If connection is successful the following image will be shown.

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Set Wireless configuration

WLAN Service: Default setting is set to Enable.

ESSID: The ESSID is the unique name of a wireless access point (AP) to be

distinguished from another. For security propose, change to a unique ID name to the AP

which is already built-in to the router’s wireless interface. It is case sensitive and must not

excess 32 characters. Make sure your wireless clients have exactly the ESSID as the device,

in order to get connected to your network.

Channel ID: Select the ID channel that you would like to use.

Security Mode: You can disable or enable with WPA or WEP for protecting wireless

network. The default mode of wireless security is Disable.

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5.3 Configuration

Click this item to access the following sub-items that configure the ADSL router: LAN, WAN,

System, Firewall, QoS, Virtual Server, Time Schedule and Advanced.

These functions are described in the following sections.

5.3.1 LAN (Local Area Network)

A Local Area Network (LAN) is a shared communication system to which many computers

are attached and is limited to the immediate area, usually the same building or floor of a

building.

There are six items within the LAN section: Ethernet, IP Alias, Wireless, Wireless

Security, WPS and DHCP Server.

5.3.1.1 Ethernet

The router supports more than one Ethernet IP addresses in the LAN, and with distinct LAN

subnets through which you can access the Internet at the same time. Users usually only

have one subnet in their LAN. The default IP address for the router is 192.168.1.254.

IP Address: The default IP on this router.

Netmask: The default subnet mask on this router.

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RIP: RIP v1, RIP v2, RIP v1+v2 and RIP v2 Multicast.

5.3.1.2 IP Alias

This function allows the creation of multiple virtual IP interfaces on this router. It helps to

connect two or more local networks to the ISP or remote node. In this case, an internal router

is not required.

IP Address: Specify an IP address on this virtual interface.

Netmask: Specify a subnet mask on this virtual interface.

5.3.1.3 Wireless

Parameters

WLAN Service: Default setting is set to Enable.

Mode: The default setting is 802.11g+n (Mixed mode). If you do not know or have both

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11g and 11n devices in your network, then keep the default in mixed mode. From the

drop-down manual, you can select 802.11g if you have only 11g card. If you have only 11b

card, then select 802.11b. If you have only 11n card, then select 802.11n.

ESSID: The ESSID is the unique name of a wireless access point (AP) to be

distinguished from another. For security propose, change to a unique ID name to the AP

which is already built-in to the router’s wireless interface. It is case sensitive and must not

excess 32 characters. Make sure your wireless clients have exactly the ESSID as the device,

in order to get connected to your network.

Note: ESSID is case sensitive and must not excess 32 characters.

Hide ESSID: It is function in which transmits its ESSID to the air so that when wireless

client searches for a network, router can then be discovered and recognized. Default setting

is Disable.

 Enable: Select Enable if you do not want broadcast your ESSID. When select

Enable, no one will be able to locate the Access Point (AP) of your router.

 Disable: When Disable is selected, you can allow anybody with a wireless client to

be able to locate the Access Point (AP) of your router.

Regulation Domain: There are seven Regulation Domains for you to choose from,

including North America (N.America), Europe, France, etc. The Channel ID will be

different based on this setting.

Channel ID: Select the ID channel that you would like to use.

Channel Wdith: Select either 20 MHz or 20/40 MHz for the channel bandwidth. The

higher the bandwidth the better the performance will be.

Tx Power Level: It is function that enhances the wireless transmitting signal strength.

User may adjust this power level from minimum 0 up to maximum 100.

Note: The Power Level maybe different in each access network user premises environment

and choose the most suitable level for your network.

AP MAC Address: It is a unique hardware address of the Access Point.

AP Firmware Version: The Access Point firmware version.

WPS service: Enable / disable

WPS State: Current WPS state in AP. It is be used for WCN (Windows Connect Now).

 Configured: This AP is be configured via WPS. It is not allow to configure via WCN.

 Unconfigured: This AP is un-configured via WPS. It can be configure via WCN.

Wireless Distribution System (WDS)

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It is a wireless access point mode that enables wireless link and communication with other

access point. It is easy to be installed, simply define the peer’s MAC address of the

connected AP. WDS takes advantages of cost saving and flexibility which no extra wireless

client device is required to bridge between two access points and extending an existing

wired or wireless infrastructure network to create a larger network.

WDS Service: The default setting is Disable. Check Enable radio button to activate this

function.

1. Peer WDS MAC Address: It is the associated AP’s MAC Address. It is important that

your peer’s AP must include your MAC address in order to acknowledge and

communicate with each other.

2. Peer WDS MAC Address: It is the second associated AP’s MAC Address.

3. Peer WDS MAC Address: It is the third associated AP’s MAC Address.

4. Peer WDS MAC Address: It is the fourth associated AP’s MAC Address.

Note: For MAC Address, Semicolon ( : ) or Dash (-) must be included.

5.3.1.4 Wireless Security

You can disable or enable with WPA or WEP for protecting wireless network. The default

mode of wireless security is Disable.

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WPA Pre-Shared Key

WPA Algorithms: TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) / AES (Advanced Encryption

Standard) utilizes a stronger encryption method and incorporates Message Integrity Code

(MIC) to provide protection against hackers.

WPA Shared Key: The key for network authentication. The input format is in character

style and key size should be in the range between 8 and 63 characters.

Group Key Renewal: The period of renewal time for changing the security key

automatically between wireless client and Access Point (AP).

WPA2 Pre-Shared Key

WPA2 Algorithms: TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol) / AES (Advanced Encryption

Standard) utilizes a stronger encryption method and incorporates Message Integrity Code

(MIC) to provide protection against hackers.

WPA2 Shared Key: The key for network authentication. The input format is in character

style and key size should be in the range between 8 and 63 characters.

Group Key Renewal: The period of renewal time for changing the security key

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automatically between wireless client and Access Point (AP).

WEP

WEP Authentication: To prevent unauthorized wireless stations from accessing data

transmitted over the network, the router offers secure data encryption, known as WEP. If you

require high security for transmissions, there are three options to select from: Open System,

Share key or Both.

Default Used WEP Key: Select the encryption key ID; please refer to Key (1~4) below.

Passphrase: This is used to generate WEP keys automatically based upon the input

string and a pre-defined algorithm in WEP64 or WEP128. You can input the same string in

both the AP and Client card settings to generate the same WEP keys. Please note that you

do not have to enter Key (1-4) as below when the Passphrase is enabled.

Key (1-4): Enter the key to encrypt wireless data. To allow encrypted data transmission,

the WEP Encryption Key values on all wireless stations must be the same as the router.

There are four keys for your selection. The input format is in HEX or ASCII style, 5 and 13

ASCII codes are required for WEP64 and WEP128 respectively no any separator is

included.

5.3.1.5 WPS

WPS feature is follow Wi-Fi Alliance WPS standard and it ease set up of security-enabled

Wi-Fi networks in the home and small office environment. Reduces by half the user steps to

configure a network and supports two methods that are familiar to most consumers to

configure a network and enable security.

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Set up of security-enabled Wi-Fi network

Step 1: Note down the AP’s PIN from Web (Ex: 78749887).

Step 2: Open wireless client’s WPS utility (Ex: Atheros Jumpstart WPS utility), select

“Configure a wireless network” and apply “next” button.

Step 3: Enter AP’s PIN into the utility and click on the “next” button.

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Step 4: These are two ways to trigger AP as Enrolee role, you can choose one to do it.

 Push AP’s WPS button 1 second and release it. Or
 In the AP’s WPS configuration page, change Role to “Enrollee” and apply

“Start” button.

Step 5: Jumpstart WPS utility search WPS AP.

Step 6: SSID and security will be generated automatically (You can change it) and apply

“next” button.

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Step 7: WPS set up complete. And you have set up security-enabled Wi-Fi networks.

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Set up of security-enabled Wi-Fi network using WCN in Vista

Step 1: Note down the AP’s PIN from Web (Ex: 78749887).

Step 2: Set WPS State to “Unconfigured” at Wireless page and click “Apply”.

Step 3: In Vista`s Control Panel, select Network and Internet and choose View network

computers and devices. Double click the “ADSL Firewall Router” icon and enter the AP`s

PIN code then click “Next”.

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Step 4: Enter the AP SSID and apply “Next” button.

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Step 5: Enter the Passphrase and apply “Next” button.

Step 6: WCN set up complete. And you have set up security-enabled Wi-Fi networks.

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Adding a new WPS device (wireless client) to a network - Use PBC Method

Step 1: Push AP’s WPS button more than one second and you will see AP’s WLAN led will

flashing per second.

Step 2: Open wireless client’s WPS utility, select “Join a wireless network” and apply “next”

button.

Note: After you push AP’s WPS button, below steps should be completed between 2

minutes.

Step 3: Select “Push the button on my access point” and apply “next” button.

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Step 4: New WPS device have join into the wireless network.

Adding a new WPS device (wireless client) to a network - Use PIN Method

Step 1: Open wireless client’s WPS utility, select “Join a wireless network” and apply “next”

button.

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Step 2: Note down the wireless client’s PIN (Ex: 41538142) and apply “Start” button for

active wireless client WPS PIN method.

Step 3: Enter wireless client’s PIN into “Enrollee’s PIN” of Web and apply “Start” button.

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Step 4: New WPS device have join into the wireless network.

Adding a new WPS device (wireless client) to a network - Use PIN Method

Step 1: Open wireless client’s WPS utility, select “Join a wireless network” and apply “next”

button.

5.3.1.6 DHCP Server

You can disable or enable the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server or

enable the router’s DHCP relay functions. The DHCP protocol allows your router to

dynamically assign IP addresses to PCs on your network if they are configured to obtain IP

addresses automatically.

DHCP Server Mode: Disable

To disable the router’s DHCP Server, check Disabled and then click Apply. When the

DHCP Server is disabled, you will need to manually assign a fixed IP address to each PC on

your network, and set the default gateway for each PC to the IP address of the router (the

default is 192.168.1.254).

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DHCP Server Mode: DHCP Server

To configure the router’s DHCP Server, check DHCP Server. You can then configure

parameters of the DHCP Server including the IP pool (starting IP address and ending IP

address to be allocated to PCs on your network), lease time for each assigned IP address

(the period of time the IP address assigned will be valid), DNS IP address and the gateway

IP address. These details are sent to the DHCP client (i.e. your PC) when it requests an IP

address from the DHCP server. Click Apply to enable this function. If you check “Use

Router as a DNS Server”, the ADSL Router performs the domain name lookup, finds the IP

address from the outside network automatically and forwards it back to the requesting PC in

the LAN (your Local Area Network).

DHCP Server Mode: DHCP Relay

If you check DHCP Relay and then you must enter the IP address of the DHCP server which

assigns an IP address back to the DHCP client in the LAN. Use this function only if advised

to do so by your network administrator or ISP. Click Apply to enable this function.

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5.3.2 WAN (Wide Area Network)

A WAN (Wide Area Network) is an outside connection to another network or the Internet.

There are two items within the WAN section: WAN Profile and ADSL Mode.

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5.3.2.1 WAN Profile

Main Port--ADSL

PPPoE Connection (ADSL)

PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) provides access control in a manner similar to dial-up services

using PPP.

Description: A user-definable name for this connection.

VPI/VCI: Enter the VPI and VCI information provided by your ISP.

Encap. method: Select the encapsulation format, the default is LLC. Select the one

provided by your ISP

Username: Enter the username provided by your ISP. You can input up to 128

alphanumeric characters (case sensitive). This is in the format of “username@ispname”

instead of simply “username”.

Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP. You can input up to 128

alphanumeric characters (case sensitive)

Service Name: This item is for identification purposes. If it is required, your ISP provides

you the information. Maximum input is 15 alphanumeric characters.

NAT: The NAT (Network Address Translation) feature allows multiple users to access the

Internet through a single ISP account, sharing a single IP address. If users on your LAN

have public IP addresses and can access the Internet directly, the NAT function can be

disabled.

IP Address: Your WAN IP address. Leave this at 0.0.0.0 to automatically obtain an IP

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address from your ISP.

Auth. Protocol: Default is Auto. Your ISP advises on using Chap or Pap.

Obtain DNS Automatically: Select this check box to use DNS.

Primary DNS/ Secondary DNS: Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS

servers are passed to the DHCP clients along with the IP address and the Netmask.

Connection:

 Always on: If you want the router to establish a PPPoE session when starting up

and to automatically re-establish the PPPoE session when disconnected by the ISP.

 Connect to Demand (un-select Always On): If you want to establish a PPPoE

session only when there is a packet requesting access to the Internet (i.e. when a

program on your computer attempts to access the Internet). In this mode, you must set

Idle Timeout value at same time.

Idle Timeout: Auto-disconnect the broadband firewall gateway when there is no activity

on the line for a predetermined period of time. The minimum value is 10 minutes.

MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit. The size of the largest datagram (excluding

media-specific headers) an IP attempts to send through the interface.

PPPoA Connection (ADSL)

PPPoA stands for Point to Point Protocol over ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5). It provides

access control and billing functionality in a manner similar to dial-up services using PPP.

Description: User-definable name for the connection.

VPI/VCI: Enter the VPI and VCI information provided by your ISP.

Encapsulation method: Select the encapsulation format, the default is LLC. Select the

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one provided by your ISP

Username: Enter the username provided by your ISP. You can input up to 128

alphanumeric characters (case sensitive). This is in the format of “username@ispname”

instead of simply “username”.

Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP. You can input up to 128

alphanumeric characters (case sensitive).

NAT: The NAT (Network Address Translation) feature allows multiple users to access the

Internet through a single IP account, sharing a single IP address. If users on your LAN have

public IP addresses and can access the Internet directly, the NAT function can be disabled.

IP Address: Your WAN IP address. Leave this at 0.0.0.0 to automatically obtain an IP

address from your ISP.

Authentication Protocol: Default is Auto. Your ISP should advises you on whether to

use Chap or Pap.

Obtain DNS Automatically: Select this check box to use DNS.

Primary DNS/ Secondary DNS: Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS

servers are passed to the DHCP clients along with the IP address and the Netmask.

Connection:

 Always on: The router will establish a PPPoA session when starting up and to

automatically re-establish the PPPoA session when disconnected by the ISP.

 Connect to Demand (un-select Always On): If you want to establish a PPPoA

session only when there is a packet requesting access to the Internet (i.e. when a

program on your computer attempts to access the Internet). In this mode, you must set

Idle Timeout value at same time.

Idle Timeout: Auto-disconnect the broadband firewall gateway when there is no activity

on the line for a predetermined period of time. The minimum value is 10 minutes.

MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit. The size of the largest datagram (excluding

media-specific headers) that the IP attempts to send through the interface.

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MPoA Connection (ADSL)

Description: Your description of this connection.

VPI and VCI: Enter the VPI and VCI information provided by your ISP.

Encap. method: Select the encapsulation format, the default is LLC. Select the one

provided by your ISP.

Encap. mode: Choose whether you want the device to function as bridge mode or

routing mode.

NAT: The NAT (Network Address Translation) feature allows multiple users to access the

Internet through a single IP account, sharing the single IP address. If users on your LAN

have public IP addresses and can access the Internet directly, the NAT function can be

disabled.

IP Address: Your WAN IP address. Leave this at 0.0.0.0 to automatically obtain an IP

address from your ISP.

Netmask: The default is 255.255.255.0. User can change it to other such as

255.255.255.128. Type the netmask assigned to you by your ISP (if given)

Gateway: Enter the IP address of the default gateway.

Obtain DNS Automatically: Select this check box to use DNS.

Primary DNS/ Secondary DNS: Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS

servers are passed to the DHCP clients along with the IP address and the netmask.

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Pure Bridge Connections (ADSL)

Description: A user-definable name for this connection.

VPI/VCI: Enter the VPI and VCI information provided by your ISP.

Encap. method: Select the encapsulation format, this is provided by your ISP.

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Main Port—EWAN

Besides using ADSL to get connected to the Internet, BEC 7300N offers its Ethernet port 1

as a WAN port to be used to connect to Cable Modems, VDSL and fibre optic lines. This

alternative, yet faster method to connect to the internet will provide users with more flexibility

to get online

Obtain an IP Address Automatically (EWAN)

When connecting to the ISP, BEC 7300N also functions as a DHCP client. BEC 7300N can

automatically obtain an IP address, netmask, gateway address, and DNS server addresses

if the ISP assigns this information via DHCP.

Line Speed: Set the downstream and upstream of your connection in kilobytes per

second. The connection speed is used by QoS settings.

NAT: The NAT (Network Address Translation) feature allows multiple users to access the

Internet through a single ISP account, sharing a single IP address. If users on your LAN

have public IP addresses and can access the Internet directly, the NAT function can be

disabled.

Obtain DNS Automatically: Select this check box to use DNS.

Primary DNS/ Secondary DNS: Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS

servers are passed to the DHCP clients along with the IP address and the netmask.

MAC Spoofing: Select Enable and enter a MAC address that will temporarily change

your router’s MAC address to the one you have specified in this field. Leave it as Disabled if

you do not wish to change the MAC address of your router.

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Fixed IP Address (EWAN)

Select this option to set static IP information. You will need to enter in the Connection type,

IP address, netmask, and gateway address, provided to you by your ISP. Each IP address

entered in the fields must be in the appropriate IP form, which is four IP octets separated by

a dot (x.x.x.x). The Router will not accept the IP address if it is not in this format.

Line Speed: Set the downstream and upstream of your connection in kilobytes per

second. The connection speed is used by QoS settings.

NAT: The NAT (Network Address Translation) feature allows multiple users to access the

Internet through a single IP account, sharing a single IP address. If users on your LAN have

public IP addresses and can access the Internet directly, the NAT function can be disabled.

IP Address: Your WAN IP address. Leave this at 0.0.0.0 to automatically obtain an IP

address from your ISP.

IP Netmask: The default is 0.0.0.0. User can change it to other such as

255.255.255.0.Type the netmask assigned to you by your ISP (if given).

Gateway: You must specify a gateway IP address (supplied by your ISP)

Obtain DNS Automatically: Select this check box to use DNS.

Primary DNS/ Secondary DNS: Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS

servers are passed to the DHCP clients along with the IP address and the netmask.

MAC Spoofing: Select Enable and enter a MAC address that will temporarily change

your router’s MAC address to the one you have specified in this field. Leave it as Disabled if

you do not wish to change the MAC address of your router.

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PPPoE (EWAN)

PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) provides access control in a manner similar to dial-up services

using PPP.

Line Speed: Set the downstream and upstream of your connection in kilobytes per

second. The connection speed is used by QoS settings.

Username: Enter the username provided by your ISP. You can input up to 128

alphanumeric characters (case sensitive). This is in the format of “username@ispname”

instead of simply “username”.

Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP. You can input up to 128

alphanumeric characters (case sensitive).

Service Name: Enter a name for this connection.

NAT: The NAT (Network Address Translation) feature allows multiple users to access the

Internet through a single IP account, sharing a single IP address. If users on your LAN have

public IP addresses and can access the Internet directly, the NAT function can be disabled.

IP Address: Your WAN IP address. Leave this at 0.0.0.0 to automatically obtain an IP

address from your ISP.

Auth. Protocol: Default is Auto. Your ISP advises on using Chap or Pap.

Obtain DNS Automatically: Select this check box to use DNS.

Primary DNS/ Secondary DNS: Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS

servers are passed to the DHCP clients along with the IP address and the subnet mask.

MAC Spoofing: Select Enable and enter a MAC address that will temporarily change

your router’s MAC address to the one you have specified in this field. Leave it as Disabled if

you do not wish to change the MAC address of your router.

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5.3.2.3 ADSL Mode

ADSL Mode: There are four modes “Open Annex Type and Follow DSLAM’s

Setting”, ”Annex A”, ”Annex L”, ”Annex M” and “Annex J” that user can select for this

connection.

Modulator: There are seven modes “AUTO”,”ADSL multimode”,”ADSL2”,”ADSL2+”,

“G.Lite:”, “T1.413” and “G.DMT” that user can select for this connection.

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5.3.3 System

There are five items within the System section: Time Zone, Firmware Upgrade,

Backup/Restore, Restart, User Management and Mail Alert.

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5.3.3.1 Time Zone

The router does not have a real time clock on board; instead, it uses the Simple Network

Time Protocol (SNTP) to get the current time from an SNTP server outside your network.

Choose your local time zone, click Enable and click the Apply button. After a successful

connection to the Internet, the router retrieves the correct local time from the SNTP server

you have specified. If you prefer to specify an SNTP server other than those in the

drop-down list, simply enter its IP address as shown above. Your ISP may provide an SNTP

server for you to use.

Resync Period (in minutes) is the periodic interval the router waits before it resynchronizes

the router’s time with that of the specified SNTP server. To avoid unnecessarily increasing

the load on your specified SNTP server you should keep the poll interval as high as

possible – at the absolute minimum every few hours or even days.

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5.3.3.2 Firmware Upgrade

Your router’s “firmware” is the software that allows it to operate and provides all its

functionality. Think of your router as a dedicated computer, and the firmware as the software

it runs. Over time this software may be improved and modified. Your router allows you to

upgrade the software it runs to take advantage of these changes.

Clicking on Browse allows you to select the new firmware image file you have downloaded

to your PC. Once the correct file is selected, click Upgrade to update the firmware in your

router.

Restart Device with: To choose “Factory Default Settings” or “Current Settings” which

uses your current setting on the new firmware (it is highly advised to use Factory Default

Settings over Current Settings for a clean firmware upgrade).

New Firmware Image: Type in the location of the file you wish to upload in this field or

click Browse… to locate it.

Browse…: Click Browse… to find the file with the .afw file extension that you wish to

upload. Remember that you must decompress compressed (.zip) files before you can

upgrade from the file.

Upgrade: Click upgrade to begin the upload process. This process may take up to three

minutes.

Warning

DO NOT power down the router or interrupt the firmware upgrade while it

is still in process. Improper operation may damage the router. Please see

section 2.4 for emergency recovery procedures.

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5.3.3.3 Backup / Restore

These functions allow you to save and backup your router’s current settings to a file on your

PC, or to restore a previously saved backup. This is useful if you wish to experiment with

different settings, knowing that you have a backup handy in the case of any mistakes. It is

advisable to backup your router’s settings before making any significant changes to your

router’s configuration.

Press Backup to select where on your local PC to save the settings file. You may also

change the name of the file when saving if you wish to keep multiple backups.

Press Browse… to select a file from your PC to restore. You should only restore settings

files that have been generated by the Backup function, and that were created when using

the current version of the router’s firmware. Settings files saved to your PC should not

be manually edited in any way.

Select the settings files you wish to use, and press Restore to load those settings into the

router.

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5.3.3.4 Restart Router

Click Restart with option Current Settings to reboot your router and save the current

configuration to device.

If you wish to restart the router using the factory default settings (for example, after a

firmware upgrade or if you have saved an incorrect configuration), select Factory Default

Settings to reset to factory default settings.

5.3.3.5 User Management

In order to prevent unauthorized access to your router’s configuration interface, it requires

all users to login with a password. You can set up multiple user accounts, each with their own

password.

You are able to Edit existing users and Add new users who are able to access the device’s

configuration interface. Once you have clicked Edit on the account you want to edit, the

information of the account will be displayed above. Just go ahead and change the password.

You can change the user’s password, whether their account is active and Valid. These

options are the same when creating a user account, with the exception that once created

you cannot change the username. You cannot delete the default admin account; however

you can delete any other created accounts by clicking ticking the box under Delete and then

press the Edit/Delete button.

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You are strongly advised to change the password on the default “admin” account when you

receive your router, and any time you reset your configuration to Factory Defaults.

5.3.3.6 Mail Alert

Send a log via email, if WAN IP is changed or if intruders accessing your computer without

permission

5.3.4 Firewall

Firewall and Access Control

Your router includes a full SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) firewall for controlling Internet

access from your LAN, as well as helping to prevent attacks from hackers. In addition to this,

when using NAT (Network Address Translation) the router acts as a “natural” Internet firewall,

since all PCs on your LAN use private IP addresses that cannot be directly accessed from

the Internet. See the WAN configuration section for more details on NAT.

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Firewall: Prevents access from outside your network.

NAT natural firewall: This masks LAN users’ IP addresses, which are invisible to outside

users on the Internet, making it much more difficult for a hacker to target a machine on your

network. This natural firewall is on when the NAT function is enabled.

When using Virtual Servers (port mapping) your PCs are exposed to the

ports specified opened in your firewall packet filter settings.

Firewall Security and Policy (General Settings): Inbound direction of Packet Filter rules

prevent unauthorized computers or applications accessing your local network from the

Internet.

Intrusion Detection: Enable Intrusion Detection to detect, prevent, and log malicious

attacks.

MAC Filter rules: Prevents unauthorized computers accessing the Internet.

URL Filter: Blocks PCs on your local network from unwanted websites.

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A detailed explanation of each of the following five items appears in the Firewall section

below: Packet Filter, MAC Address Filter, Intrusion detection, Block WAN PING and

URL Filter.

5.3.4.1 Packet Filter

Packet filtering enables you to configure your router to block specified internal/external

users (IP address) from Internet access, or you can disable specific service requests (Port

number) to /from Internet. This configuration program allows you to set up to 6 different filter

rules for different users based on their IP addresses or their network Port number. The

relationship among all filters is “or” operation, which means that the router checks these

different filter rules one by one, starting from the first rule. As long as one of the rules is

satisfied, the specified action will be taken.

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Rule Name: Users-define description to identify this entry. The maximum name length is

32 characters, and then can choose application that they want from listbox.

Internal IP Address / External IP Address: This is the Address-Filter used to allow or

block traffic to/from particular IP address(es). Input the range you want to filter out. If you

leave empty or 0.0.0.0, it means any IP address.

Protocol: Specify the packet type (TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc.) that the rule applies to.

Select TCP if you wish to search for the connection-based application service on the remote

server using the port number. Or select UDP if you want to search for the connectionless

application service on the remote server using the port number.

Action: If a packet matches this filter rule, Forward (allows the packets to pass) or

Drop (disallow the packets to pass) this packet.

Internal Port: This Port or Port Range defines the ports allowed to be used by the

Remote/WAN to connect to the application. Default is set from range 0 ~ 65535. It is

recommended that this option be configured by an advanced user.

External Port: This is the Port or Port Range that defines the application.

Direction: Determine whether the rule is for outgoing packets or for incoming packets.

Time Schedule: It is self-defined time period. You may specify a time schedule for your

prioritization policy. For setup and detail, refer to Time Schedule section.

Log: Choose “log” if you wish to generate logs when the filer rule is applied to a packet.

Add: Click this button to add a new packet filter rule and the added rule will appear at the

bottom table.

Edit: Check the Rule No. you wish to edit, and then click “Edit”.

Delete: Check the Rule No. you wish to delete, and then click “Delete”.

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same subnet with the router.

If the DHCP server option is enabled, you must be very careful in assigning

IP addresses of a filtered private IP range to avoid conflicts because you do

Attention

not know which PC in the LAN is assigned which IP address. The easiest

and safest way is that the filtered IP address is assigned to a specific PC

that is not allowed to access an outside resource such as the Internet. You

configure the filtered IP address manually for this PC, but it stays in the

5.3.4.2 MAC Filter

A MAC (Media Access Control) address is the unique network hardware identifier for each

PC on your network’s interface (i.e. its Network Interface Card or Ethernet card). Using your

router’s MAC Address Filter function, you can configure to block specific machines from

accessing your LAN.

There are no pre-defined MAC address filter rules; you can add the filter rules to meet your

requirements.

MAC Address: Enter the MAC addresses you wish to manage.

Time Schedule: It is self-defined time period. You may specify a time schedule for your

prioritization policy. For setup and detail, refer to Time Schedule section.

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5.3.4.3 Intrusion Detection

Check Enable if you wish to detect intruders accessing your computer without permission.

The router automatically detects and blocks a DoS (Denial of Service) attack if a user

enables this function. This kind of attack is not to access confidential data on the network;

instead, it aims to disrupt specific equipment or the entire network. If this happens, users will

have trouble accessing the network resources.

Intrusion Detection: Check Enable if you wish to detect intruders accessing your

computer without permission.

Maximum TCP Open Handshaking Count: This is a threshold value to decide whether

a SYN Flood attempt is occurring or not. Default value is 100 TCP SYN per seconds.

Maximum Ping Count: This is a threshold value to decide whether an ICMP Echo Storm

is occurring or not. Default value is 15 ICMP Echo Requests (PING) per second.

Maximum ICMP Count: This is a threshold to decide whether an ICMP flood is occurring

or not. Default value is 100 ICMP packets per seconds except ICMP Echo Requests (PING).

Log: Check Log if you wish to generate logs when the filer rule is applied to the Intrusion

Detection.

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For SYN Flood, ICMP Echo Storm and ICMP flood, IDS will just warn the user in the Event

Type of Block

Port 135, 137~139,

UDP Echo Port and

DP Dst Port =

UDP Dst Port =

No Existing session

And Scan Hosts

DstPort = Net Bus

UDP, DstPort =

Max TCP Open

Handshaking Count

Max ICMP Count

Log but it will not be able to protect against such attacks.

Hacker attack types recognized by the IDS

Intrusion Name Detect Parameter Blacklist

Ascend Kill

Ascend Kill data Src IP DoS Yes Yes

TCP

WinNuke

Src IP DoS Yes Yes

Flag: URG

Smurf

Land attack

Echo/CharGen Scan

Echo Scan

CharGen Scan

X’mas Tree Scan

ICMP type 8
Des IP is broadcast

Dst IP

SrcIP = DstIP Yes Yes

CharGen Port

U
Echo(7)

CharGen(19)

Yes Yes

Src IP Scan Yes Yes

Src IP Scan Yes Yes

TCP Flag: X’mas Src IP Scan Yes Yes

Duration

Victim
Protection

Drop Packet Show Log

Yes Yes

IMAP
SYN/FIN Scan

SYN/FIN/RST/ACK
Scan

Net Bus Scan

Back Orifice Scan

SYN Flood

ICMP Flood

ICMP Echo

TCP Flag: SYN/FIN
DstPort: IMAP(143)
SrcPort: 0 or 65535

TCP,

more than five.

TCP
No Existing session

12345,12346, 3456

Orifice Port (31337)

(Default 100 c/sec)

(Default 100 c/sec)

Max PING Count
(Default 15 c/sec)

Src IP Scan Yes Yes

Src IP Scan Yes Yes

SrcIP Scan Yes Yes

SrcIP Scan Yes Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Src IP: Source IP Src Port: Source Port

Dst Port: Destination Port Dst IP: Destination IP

5.3.4.4 Block WAN PING

Check Enable if you wish to exclude outside PING requests from reaching this router.

5.3.4.5 URL Filter

URL (Uniform Resource Locator – e.g. an address in the form of http://www.example.com )

filter rules allow you to prevent users on your network from accessing particular websites

from their URL. There are no pre-defined URL filter rules; you can add filter rules to meet

your requirements.

Keywords Filtering: Allows blocking by specific keywords within a particular URL rather

than having to specify a complete URL (e.g. to block any image called “advertisement.gif”).

When enabled, your specified keywords list is checked to see if any keywords are present in

URLs accessed to determine if the connection attempt should be blocked. Note that the URL

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filter blocks web browser (HTTP) connection attempts using port 80 only.

For example, the URL http://www.abc.com/abcde.html would be dropped since the keyword

“abcde” occurs in the URL.

Domains Filtering: Checks the domain name in URLs accessed against your list of

domains to block or allow. If it matches, the URL request is sent (Trusted) or dropped

(Forbidden). The checking procedure is:

1. Check the domain in the URL to determine if it is in the trusted list. If yes, the connection

attempt is sent to the remote web server.

2. If not, it is checked with the forbidden list. If present, the connection attempt is dropped.

3. If the packet matches neither of the above, it is sent to the remote web server.

4. Please be note that the completed URL, “www” + domain name shall be specified. For

example to block traffic to www.google.com.au, enter “www.google” or

“www.google.com”

Restrict URL Features: This function enhances the restriction to your URL rules.

 Block Java Applet: Blocks Web content which includes the Java Applet to prevent

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someone who wants to damage your system via the standard HTTP protocol.

 Block ActiveX: Blocks ActiveX

 Block Cookies: Blocks Cookies

 Block Proxy: Blocks Proxy

Except IP Address:

Time Schedule: It is self-defined time period. You may specify a time schedule for your

prioritization policy. For setup and detail, refer to Time Schedule section.

Log: Click “Log” if you wish to generate logs when the filer rule is applied to the URL

Filter.

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5.3.5 QoS (Quality of Service)

Quality of Service Introduction

If you’ve ever found your ‘net’ speed has slowed to a crawl because another family member

is using a P2P file sharing program, you’ll understand why the Quality of Service features in

the routers is such a breakthrough for home users and office users.

QoS: Keeping Your Net Connection Fast and Responsive

Configurable by internal IP address, external IP address, protocol, and port, the Quality of

Service (QoS) gives you full control over which types of outgoing data traffic should be given

priority by the router, ensuring bandwidth-consumption data like gaming packets,

latency-sensitive application like voice, or even mission critical files, move through the router

at lightning speed, even under heavy load. You can throttle the speed at which different

types of outgoing data pass through the router. In addition, you can simply change the

priority of different types of upload data and let the router sort out the actual speeds.

QoS Setup

Please choose the QoS in the Configuration item of the left window as depicted below.

After clicking the QoS item, you can Add/Edit/Delete a QoS policy. This page will show the

brief information for policies you have added or edited. This page will also display the total

available (Non-assigned) bandwidth, in percentage, can be assigned.

Application: A name that identifies an existing policy.

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Direction: The traffic flow direction to be controlled by the QoS policy.

There are two settings to be provided in the Router:
 LAN to WAN: You want to control the traffic flow from the local network to the outside

world. e.g., you have a FTP server inside the local network and you want to have a limited

traffic rate controlled by the QoS policy. So, you need to add a policy with LAN to WAN

direction setting.
 WAN to LAN: Control Traffic flow from the WAN to LAN. The connection maybe either

issued from LAN to WAN or WAN to LAN.)

Protocol: The Protocol will be controlled. For GRE protocol, there is no need to specify

the IP addresses or Application ports in this page. For other protocols, at least one value

shall be given.

 ANY: No protocol type is specified.
 TCP
 UDP
 ICMP
 GRE: For PPTP VPN Connections.

DSCP Marking: Differentiated Services Code Point (DSCP), it is the first 6 bits in the ToS

byte. DSCP Marking allows users to classify traffic based on DSCP value and send packets

to next Router.

Note: To be sure the router(s) in the backbones network have the capability in executing and

checking the DSCP through-out the QoS network.

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DSCP Mapping Table

ADSL2+ Router Standard DSCP

Disabled None

Best Effort Best Effort (000000)

Premium Express Forwarding (101110)

Gold service (L) Class 1, Gold (001010)

Gold service (M) Class 1, Silver (001100)

Gold service (H) Class 1, Bronze (001110)

Silver service (L) Class 2, Gold (010010)

Silver service (M) Class 2, Silver (010100)

Silver service (H) Class 2, Bronze (010110)

Bronze service (L) Class 3, Gold (011010)

Bronze service (M) Class 3, Silver (011100)

Bronze service (H) Class 3, Bronze (011110)

Rate Type: 2 types are provided:

 Limited (Maximum): specify a limited data rate for this policy. It also is the maximal

rate for this policy. As above FTP server example, you may want to “throttle” the outgoing

FTP speed to 20% of 256K and limit to it, you may use this type.

 Guaranteed (Minimum): specify a minimal data rate for this policy. For example,

you want to provide a guaranteed data rate for your outside customers to access your

internal FTP server with, say at least, 20% of your total bandwidth. You can use this type.

Then, if there is available bandwidth that is not used, it will be given to this policy by following

priority assignment.

Ratio: Assign the data ratio for this policy to be controlled. For examples, we want to only

allow 20% of the total data transfer rate for the LAN-to-WAN direction to be used for FTP

server. Then we can specify here with data ratio = 20. If you have ADSL LINE with

256K/bps.rate, the estimated data rate, in kbps, for this rule is 20%*256*0.9 = 46kbps. (For

0.9 is an estimated factor for the effective data transfer rate for a ADSL LINE from LAN to

WAN. For WAN-to-LAN, it is 0.85 to 0.8).

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Priority: Specify the priority for the bandwidth that is not used. For examples, you may

specify two different QoS policies for different applications. Both applications need a minimal

bandwidth and need more bandwidth, beside the assigned one, if there is any

available/non-used one available. So, you may specify which application can have higher

priority to acquire the non-used bandwidth.

 High
 Normal: The default is normal priority.
 Low

For the sample priority assignment for different policies, it is served in a First-In-First-Out

way.

Internal IP Address: The IP address values for Local LAN machines you want to control.

(For IP packets from LAN to WAN, it is the source IP address. For IP packages from WAN to

LAN, it is the destination IP address.)

Internal Port: The Application port values for local LAN machines you want to control.

(For TCP/UDP packets from LAN to WAN, it is the source port value. For TCP/UDP packets

from WAN to LAN, it is the destination port value.)

External IP Address: The IP address values for Remote WAN machines you want to

control. (For IP packets from LAN to WAN, it is the destination IP address. For IP packages

from WAN to LAN, it is the source IP address.)

External Ports: The Application port values for remote machines you want to control.

(For TCP/UDP packets from LAN to WAN, it is the destination port value. For TCP/UDP

packets from WAN to LAN, it is the source port value.)

Time Schedule: Scheduling your prioritization policy.

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Restricted PC

Normal PCs

VoIP

QoS example for your Network

Connection Diagram

HTTP web

browsing users

ADSL Subscription Rate

Upstream: 256 kbps

Downstream: 2048 Mbps

Example QoS Plan

Application IP or Ports Control Flow Data Rate Time Schedule
VoIP User 192.168.1.1 Outgoing Minimal 20% with high priority

FTP Sever 192.168.1.100 Incoming and

HTTP web
browsing
users

80 Incoming and

Outgoing

Outgoing

for non-used bandwidth with
DSCP marking Class 1 Gold
Service.
outgoing :minimal 30%. Data
rate.
incoming :minimal 30%. Data
rate.
Both with low priority for
non-used bandwidth.
outgoing : limited 20%. Data
rate.
incoming : limited 30%. Data
rate.

Always

Only Working
Hours 9:00 to
17:00 Monday
to Friday.

Always

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Example QoS Setup

VoIP application

Voice is latency-sensitive application. Most VoIP devices are used SIP protocol and the port

number will be assigned by SIP module automatically. Better to use fixed IP address for

catching VoIP packets as high priority.

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5.3.6 Virtual Server

In TCP and UDP networks a port is a 16-bit number used to identify which application

program (usually a server) incoming connections should be delivered to. Some ports have

numbers that are pre-assigned to them by the IANA (the Internet Assigned Numbers

Authority), and these are referred to as “well-known ports”. Servers follow the well-known

port assignments so clients can locate them.

If you wish to run a server on your network that can be accessed from the WAN (i.e. from

other machines on the Internet that are outside your local network), or any application that

can accept incoming connections (e.g. Peer-to-peer/P2P software such as instant

messaging applications and P2P file-sharing applications) and are using NAT (Network

Address Translation), then you need to configure your router to forward these incoming

connection attempts using specific ports to the PC on your network running the application.

You also need to use port forwarding if you wish to host an online game server.

The reason is that when using NAT, your publicly accessible IP address is used by and

points to your router, which needs to deliver all traffic to the private IP addresses used by

your PCs. Please see the WAN configuration section of this manual for information on NAT.

The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) is the central coordinator for the

assignment of unique parameter values for Internet protocols. Port numbers range from 0 to

65535, but only port numbers 0 to 1023 are reserved for privileged services and are

designated as “well-known ports”. The registered ports are numbered from 1024 through

49151. The remaining ports, referred to as dynamic ports, or private ports, are numbered

from 49152 through 65535.

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Examples of well-known and registered port numbers are shown below, for further

information, please see IANA’s website at: http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers

Well-known and Registered Ports

Port Number Protocol Description

20 TCP FTP Data
21 TCP FTP Control
22 TCP & UDP SSH Remote Login Protocol
23 TCP Telnet
25 TCP SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
53 TCP & UDP DNS (Domain Name Server)
69 UDP TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol)
80 TCP World Wide Web HTTP
110 TCP POP3 (Post Office Protocol Version 3)
119 TCP NEWS (Network News Transfer Protocol)
123 UDP NTP (Network Time Protocol)
161 TCP SNMP
443 TCP & UDP HTTPS
1503 TCP T.120
1720 TCP H.323
4000 TCP ICQ
7070 UDP RealAudio

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5.3.6.1 Port Mapping

Application: Select the service you wish to configure

Protocol: Automatic when you choose Application from listbox or select a protocol type

which you want.

External Port & Internal Port: Enter the public port number & range you wish to

configure.

Internal IP Address: Enter the IP address of a specific internal server to which requests

from the specified port is forwarded.

Add: Click to add a new virtual server rule. Click again and the next figure appears.

Edit: Check the Rule No. you wish to edit and then click “Edit/Delete”.

Delete: Check the Rule No. you wish to delete, then click “Edit/Delete”.

Since NAT acts as a “natural” Internet firewall, your router protects your network from access

by outside users, as all incoming connection attempts point to your router unless you

specifically create Virtual Server entries to forward those ports to a PC on your network.

When your router needs to allow outside users to access internal servers, e.g. a web server,

FTP server, Email server or game server, the router can act as a “virtual server”. You can set

up a local server with a specific port number for the service to use, e.g. web/HTTP (port 80),

FTP (port 21), Telnet (port 23), SMTP (port 25), or POP3 (port 110). When an incoming

access request to the router for a specified port is received, it is forwarded to the

corresponding internal server.

For example, if you set the port number 80 (Web/HTTP) to be mapped to the IP Address

192.168.1.2, then all incoming HTTP requests from outside users are forwarded to the local

server (PC) with the IP address of 192.168.1.2. If the port is not listed as a predefined

application, you need to add it manually.

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In addition to specifying the port number used, you also need to specify the protocol used.

The protocol is determined by the particular application. Most applications use TCP or UDP,

however you can specify other protocols using the drop-down Protocol menu. Setting the

protocol to “all” causes all incoming connection attempts using all protocols on all port

numbers to be forwarded to the specified IP address.

5.3.6.2 DMZ

DMZ: The DMZ Host is a local computer exposed to the Internet. When setting a particular

internal IP address as the DMZ Host, all incoming packets are checked by the Firewall and

NAT algorithms, it is then passed to the DMZ host when a packet received does not use a

port number in use by any other Virtual Server entries.

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Using port mapping does have security implications, since outside users

attempts to your public IP address accessing the specified PC.

Attention

are able to connect to PCs on your network. For this reason you are

advised to use specific Virtual Server entries just for the ports your

application requires instead of simply using DMZ or creating a Virtual

Server entry for “All” protocols, as doing so results in all connection

1. If you disable the NAT option in the WAN-ISP section, the Virtual

Server function becomes invalid.

2. If the DHCP server option is enabled, you have to be very careful in

assigning the IP addresses of the virtual servers in order to avoid

conflicts. The easiest way of configuring Virtual Servers is to manually

assign a static IP address to each virtual server PC, with an address

that does not fall into the range of IP addresses that are issued by the

DHCP server. You can configure the virtual server IP address

manually, but it must still be in the same subnet as the router.

5.3.7 Time Schedule

The Time Schedule supports up to 16 time slots which helps you to manage your Internet

connection. In each time profile, you may schedule specific day(s) i.e. Monday through

Sunday to restrict or allowing the usage of the Internet by users or applications.

This Time Schedule correlates closely with router’s time, since router does not have a real

time clock on board; it uses the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) to get the current

time from an SNTP server from the Internet. Refer to Time Zone for details. You router time

should correspond with your local time. If the time is not set correctly, your Time Schedule

will not function properly.

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Name: A user-define description to identify this time portfolio.

Day in a week: The default is set from Sunday through Saturday. You may specify the

days for the schedule to be applied.

Start Time: The default is set at 8:00 AM. You may specify the start time of the schedule.

End Time: The default is set at 18:00 (6:00PM). You may specify the end time of the

schedule. Select the Apply button to apply your changes.

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5.3.8 Advanced

Configuration options within the Advanced section are for users who wish to take

advantage of the more advanced features of the router. Users who do not understand the

features should not attempt to reconfigure their router, unless advised to do so by support

staff.

There are seven items within the Advanced section: Static Route, Dynamic DNS, VLAN,

Device Management, IGMP, SNMP Access Control and Remote Access.