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Upstream:

Display current upstream rate of your ADSL line.

Downstream:

Display current downstream rate of your ADSL line.

Advanced Options

ADSL Parameters help to interpret your ADSL line statistics.

SNR Margin:

It is known as Signal to Noise Ration Margin. It is the relative of DSL strength to Noise

ratio. This margin is measured in decibels (dB).

Higher the dB figures better the DSL strength and better

chance to get faster speed. THE HIGHER THE BETTER

Line Attenuation:

it measures the signal loss in decibel (dB) between the CO DSLAM. Lower the

attenuation dB figures better the DSL strength/speed.

THE LOWER THE BETTER.

CRC Errors:

It is known as Cyclic Redundancy Check Error.

Its checksum is to detect the transmission

error.

Latency:

It includes two channels, Fast and Interleaved. It displays the channel adapted by your ISP.

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System

There are six items within the

System

section:

Time Zone, Remote Access, Firmware Upgrade,

Backup/Restore, Restart

and

User Management.

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 will

retrieve the correct local time from the SNTP server you have specified. If you prefer to specify an SNTP

server other than those in the list, simply enter its IP address as shown above. Your ISP may provide an

SNTP server for you to use.

Daylight Saving

is also known as

Summer Time Period.

Many places in the world

adapt it during

summer time to move one hour of daylight from morning to the evening in local standard time.

Check

Automatic

box to auto set your local time.

Resync Period

(in minutes) is the periodic interval the router will wait before it re-synchronizes the

router’s time with that of the specified SNTP server. In order 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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DO NOT power down the router or interrupt the firmware upgrading while

it is still in process.

Improper operation could damage the router.

Remote Access

To temporarily permit remote administration of the router (i.e. from outside your LAN), select a time

period the router will permit remote access for and click

Enable.

You may change other configuration

options for the web administration interface using

Device Management

options in the

Advanced

section of the GUI.

If you wish to permanently enable remote access, choose a time period of

0

minutes.

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, and your router allows you to upgrade the software it runs to take

advantage of these changes.

Clicking on

Browse

will allow 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.

Warning

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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.

After selecting the settings file you wish to use, pressing

Restore

will load those settings into the router.

Restart Router

Click

Restart

with option

Current Settings

to reboot your router (and restore your last saved

configuration).

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.

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You may also reset your router to factory settings by holding the small Reset pinhole button more than 6

seconds on the back of your router.

Caution: After pressing the RESET button for more than 6 seconds, to be sure you power cycle the device

again.

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

Create

new users who are able to access the device’s

configuration interface. Once you have clicked on

Edit,

you are shown the following options:

You can change the user’s

password

, whether their account is active and

Valid

, as well as add a

comment to each user account. 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

Delete

when editing the user.

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.