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Chapter 4. Configuring the Modem Router

This chapter will show each Web page's key function and the configuration way.

4.1 Login

After your successful login, you will see the fifteen main menus on the left of the Web-based utility.

On the right, there are the corresponding explanations and instructions.

The detailed explanations for each Web page’s key function are listed below.

4.2 Status

Choose “

Status

”, you can see the corresponding information about

Device Information

,

DSL

,

WAN

and

LAN

.

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Figure 4-1

4.3 Quick Setup

Please refer to Section

3.2 Login

.

4.4 Network

Choose “

Network

”, there are many submenus under the main menu. Click any one of them, and

you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

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4.4.1 WAN Settings

Choose “

Network

”

Æ

“

WAN Settings

”, and you will see the WAN Port Information Table in the

screen similar to Figure 4-2, which describes the WAN port settings and the relevant manipulation

to each interface. There are five different configurations for the connection types, which are Static

IP, Dynamic IP, PPPoE, IPoA, and Bridge. You can select the corresponding types according to

your needs.

Figure 4-2

Click

Add

to add a new entry, you can configure the parameters for ATM and WAN Service in the

next screen (shown in Figure 4-3).

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Figure 4-3

4.4.1.1 Static IP

Select this option if your ISP provides static IP information to you. You should set static IP address,

IP subnet mask, and gateway address in the screen below.

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Figure 4-4

ATM Configuration:

¾

VPI (0~255):

Identifies the virtual path between endpoints in an ATM network. The valid range

is from 0 to 255. Please input the value provided by your ISP.

¾

VCI (1~65535):

Identifies the virtual channel endpoints in an ATM network. The valid range is

from 1 to 65535 (1 to 31 is reserved for well-known protocols). Please input the value

provided by your ISP.

Click

Advanced

, advanced selections of ATM Configuration can be shown.

¾

Encapsulation Mode:

Select the encapsulation mode for the Static IP Address. Here you

can leave it default.

¾

ATM Qos Type:

Select ATM Qos Type provided by ISP, and the type is UBR by default.

WAN Service Setup:

¾

IP Address:

Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.

¾

Subnet Mask:

Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP,

usually is 255.255.255.0.

¾

Default Gateway

(Optional): Enter the gateway IP address in dotted-decimal notation

provided by your ISP.

¾

DNS Server/ Secondary DNS Server:

Here you can set DNS Server (at least one) manually.

The Route will use this DNS Server for priority.