C2-010 / C2-010-I ADSL2+ Router User’s Guide

6. Tools

Click the

Tools

tab to reveal the menu buttons for various functions located in this directory. These

menus are used to change the system password used to access the web manager, to save or load ADSL2+

Router configuration settings, upgrade the device firmware, save current configuration settings, restore

default settings, and to perform miscellaneous actions such performing Ping tests. These menus are

described below.

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6.1 Administrator’s Settings

Click the Administrator of Tools to set the administrator’s setting. Administrator has read/write ability on

the web page and can make some changes. You can change the Admin account password here for personal

security. To change the password used to access the ADSL2+ Router’s web manager, Type the a new

password and confirm the password to be certain you have typed it correctly. Click the

Apply

button to

activate the new password.

Figure 6-1. Administrator Settings Menu

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6.2 Configure System Time

Use the Time menu to configure the ADSL2+ Router’s system time manually or from an SNTP server or

your computer’s system clock.

Figure 6-2. Time Settings Menu

If you opt to use the Automatic option you must have an IP address of an available SNTP server. Date

settings use the format Year/Month/Date, Time settings use the format Hour (24 hour clock)/ Minute/ Second.

Click the

Apply

to set the Date and Time settings.

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Save ADSL2+ Router Configuration Settings

When you have completed configuration of the ADSL2+ Router, make sure you save the current

configuration settings to flash memory or risk losing the settings. To save the current configuration settings,

click the

Misc.

menu button to view the

Miscellaneous Configuration

menu and click the

Save and

Reboot

button. The current settings will be saved to NV-RAM and the system will restart. Do not turn off the

ADSL2+ Router during this process. It should take about two minutes to complete. After restarting, it is a

good idea to backup the ADSL2+ Router configuration file to your computer. See the instructions below to

save configuration files to your PC.

Figure 6-3. Miscellaneous Configuration Menu

Other functions available in this menu are a Ping test and IGMP enable/disable.

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6.6

Restore Factory Default Settings

To reset the ADSL2+ Router to its factory default settings, click the

Restore

button. You will be prompted

to confirm your decision to reset the ADSL2+ Router. The ADSL2+ Router will reboot with the factory default

settings including IP settings.

Save Configuration File to PC

Once you have configured the ADSL2+ Router to your satisfaction, it is a good idea to back up the

configuration file to your computer. Use the System Setting menu to save the existing configuration file to the

hard drive of the system you are using to access the web manager. To save the system configuration file to

your computer, click the

Save

button. You will be prompted to select a location on your computer to put the

file. The file type is .cfg and may be named anything you wish.

Load Saved Configuration Files

To load a previously saved configuration file, click the

Browse

button and locate the file on your

computer. Or type the full path and file name of the .cfg file in the space provided. Click the

Load

button to

begin transferring and loading the .cfg file to the ADSL2+ Router. Confirm that you want to load the file when

prompted and the process is completed automatically. The ADSL2+ Router will reboot and begin operating

with the configuration settings that have just been loaded.

Figure6-4. System Settings

6.7 Firmware Update

Note: Performing a Firmware Upgrade can sometimes change the configuration settings. Be sure to

back-up the ADSL2+ Router’s configuration settings before upgrading the firmware.

Use the Firmware Upgrade menu to load the latest firmware for the device. Note that the device

configuration settings may return to the factory default settings, so make sure you save the configuration

settings with the System Settings menu described above.

Use the Firmware Upgrade menu to load the latest firmware for the device. Note that the device

configuration settings may return to the factory default settings, so make sure you save the configuration

settings with the System Settings menu described above.

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Figure 6-5. Firmware Upgrade

To upgrade firmware, type in the name and path of the file or click on the

Browse

button to search for

the file. Click the

Apply

button to begin copying the file. The file will load and restart the ADSL2+ Router

automatically.

6.8 Test

The Test menus are used to test connectivity of the Router. A Ping test may be done through the local or

external interface to test connectivity to known IP addresses. The diagnostics feature executes a series of

test of your system software and hardware connections. Use this Test menu when working with your ISP to

troubleshoot problems.

Figure 6-6. Test

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7.

ADSL2+ Router Status Information

Use the various read-only menus to view system information and monitor performance.

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7.1 Device Info

This page displays the current information for the AVA-2425S. It will display the LAN, WAN, Wireless

802.11g, NAPT Session and Disk Information statistics.

If your WAN connection is set up for a Dynamic IP address then a Release button and a Renew button will

be displayed. Use Release to disconnect from your ISP and use Renew to connect to your ISP.

If your WAN connection is set up for PPPoE, a Connect button and a Disconnect button will be displayed.

Use Disconnect to drop the PPPoE connection and use Connect to establish the PPPoE connection.

This window will show the Router’s working status:

Figure 7-1 Device Info

7.2 Log

The log file keeps record of the events and activities occurring on the device. It can display up to 256

events. The latest activities will overwrite the outdated ones. When the device is rebooted, the logs are

automatically cleared.

Figure 7-2 View Log

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