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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

8.4

The UPnP Screen

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a distributed, open networking standard that uses TCP/IP for

simple peer-to-peer network connectivity between devices. A UPnP device can dynamically join a

network, obtain an IP address, convey its capabilities and learn about other devices on the network.

In turn, a device can leave a network smoothly and automatically when it is no longer in use.

See

page 122

for more information on UPnP.

Use the following screen to enable or disable the UPnP function on your AMG1302/AMG1202-

TSeries. Click

Network Setting > Home Networking

> UPnP

to display the screen shown next.

Figure 50

Network Setting > Home Networking > UPnP

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

8.5

The IP Alias Screen

IP alias allows you to partition a physical network into different logical networks over the same

Ethernet interface. The AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries supports multiple logical LAN interfaces via its

physical Ethernet interface with the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries itself as the gateway for the LAN

network.

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Static DHCP: Add/Edit

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

MAC Address

If you select

Manual Input

in the

Select Device Info

field, enter the MAC address of

a computer on your LAN.

IP Address

If you select

Manual Input

in the

Select Device Info

field, enter the IP address that

you want to assign to the computer on your LAN with the MAC address that you will

also specify.

OK

Click

OK

to save your changes.

Cancel

Click

Cancel

to exit this screen without saving.

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Network Setting > Home Networking > UPnP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

UPnP

Select

Enable

to activate UPnP. Be aware that anyone could use a UPnP application to

open the web configurator's login screen without entering the AMG1302/AMG1202-

TSeries's IP address (although you must still enter the password to access the web

configurator). Otherwise, select

Disable

to deactivate UPnP.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes.

Cancel

Click

Cancel

to exit this screen without saving.

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When you use IP alias, you can also configure firewall rules to control access to the LAN's logical

network (subnet).

8.5.1

Configuring the LAN IP Alias Screen

Use this screen to change your AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries’s IP alias settings. Click

Network

Setting

>

Home Networking

>

IP Alias

to open the following screen.

Figure 51

Network Setting > Home Networking > IP Alias

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

8.6

The IPv6 LAN Setup Screen

Use this screen to configure the IPv6 settings for your AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries’s LAN interface.

See

Appendix E on page 295

for background information about IPv6.

Table 34

Network Setting > Home Networking > IP Alias

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

IP Alias

Select

Enable

to configure a LAN network for the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries.

IP Address

Enter the IP address of your AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries in dotted decimal notation.

IP Subnet Mask

Your AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries will automatically calculate the subnet mask based on

the IP address that you assign. Unless you are implementing subnetting, use the subnet

mask computed by the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries.

Apply

Click this to save your changes.

Cancel

Click this to restore your previously saved settings.

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Figure 52

Network Setting > Home Networking > IPv6 LAN Setup

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 35

Network Setting > Home Networking > IPv6 LAN Setup

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

IPv6 LAN Setup

Link Local Address

Type

Select

Manual

to manually enter a link local address. Select

EUI64

to use the EUI-64

format to generate a link local address from the Ethernet MAC address.

IPv6 Address

If you selected

Manual

in the

Link Local Address Type

field, enter the LAN IPv6

address you want to assign to your AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries in hexadecimal

notation, for example, fe80::1 (factory default).

Prefix

Enter the address prefix to specify how many most significant bits in an IPv6 address

compose the network address.

MLD Snooping

Multicast Listener Discovery (MLD) allows an IPv6 switch or router to discover the

presence of MLD hosts who wish to receive multicast packets and the IP addresses of

multicast groups the hosts want to join on its network. Select

Enabled

to activate

MLD Snooping on the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries. This allows the AMG1302/

AMG1202-TSeries to check MLD packets passing through it and learn the multicast

group membership. It helps reduce multicast traffic.

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Lan Global Identifier

Type

Select

Manual

to manually enter a LAN Identifier as the interface ID to identify the

LAN interface. The LAN Identifier is appended to the IPv6 address prefix to create the

routable global IPv6 address. Select

EUI64

to use the EUI-64 format to generate an

interface ID from the Ethernet MAC address.

Lan Identifier

If you selected

Manual

, enter the LAN Identifier in this field. The LAN identifier should

be unique and 64 bits in hexadecimal form. Every 16 bit block should be separated by

a colon as in XXXX:XXXX:XXXX:XXXX where X is a hexadecimal character. Blocks of

zeros can be represented with double colons as in XXXX:XXXX::XXXX.

LAN IPv6 Address Setting

Delegate prefix from

WAN

Select this option to automatically obtain an IPv6 network prefix from the service

provider or an uplink router.

Static

Select this option to configure a fixed IPv6 address for the AMG1302/AMG1202-

TSeries’s LAN IPv6 address.

Static IPv6 Address

Prefix

If you select static IPv6 address, enter the IPv6 address prefix that the AMG1302/

AMG1202-TSeries uses for the LAN IPv6 address.

Prefix length

If you select static IPv6 address, enter the IPv6 prefix length that the AMG1302/

AMG1202-TSeries uses to generate the LAN IPv6 address.

An IPv6 prefix length

specifies how many most significant bits (starting from the left)

in the address compose the network address. This field displays the bit number of the

IPv6 subnet mask.

Preferred Lifetime

Enter the preferred lifetime for the prefix.

Valid Lifetime

Enter the valid lifetime for the prefix.

RADVD Setup

Send RA on

Select this to have the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries send router advertisement

messages to the LAN hosts.

Router advertisement is a response to a router solicitation or a periodical multicast

advertisement from a router to advertise its presence and other parameters, such as

IPv6 prefix and DNS information.

Router solicitation is a request from a host to locate a router that can act as the

default router and forward packets.

Note: The LAN hosts neither generate global IPv6 addresses nor communicate with

other networks if you disable this feature.

Delegate M/O flag

from WAN

Select this to have the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries obtain the M/O (Managed/Other)

flag setting from the service provider or uplink router.

Manual

Select this to specify the M/O flag setting manually.

Managed config flag

on

Select this to have the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries indicate to hosts to obtain network

settings (such as prefix and DNS settings) through DHCPv6.

Clear this to have the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries indicate to hosts that DHCPv6 is

not available and they should use the prefix in the router advertisement message.

Other config flag on

Select this to have the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries indicate to hosts to obtain DNS

information through DHCPv6.

Clear this to have the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries indicate to hosts that DNS

information is not available in this network.

Advertisement

interval option on

Select this to have the Router Advertisement messages the VDSL Router sends specify

the allowed interval between Router Advertisement messages.

Hop limit

Enter the maximum number of network segments that a packet can cross before

reaching the destination. When forwarding an IPv6 packet, IPv6 routers are required

to decrease the Hop Limit by 1 and to discard the IPv6 packet when the Hop Limit is 0.

Possible value for this field are 0-255.

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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Router Lifetime

Enter the time in seconds that hosts should consider the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries

to be the default router. Possible values for this field are 0-9000.

Router Preference

Select the router preference (

Low

,

Medium

or

High

) for the AMG1302/AMG1202-

TSeries. The AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries sends this preference in the router

advertisements to tell hosts what preference they should use for the AMG1302/

AMG1202-TSeries. This helps hosts to choose their default router especially when

there are multiple IPv6 router in the network.

Note: Make sure the hosts also support router preference to make this function work.

Reachable Time (ms)

Enter the time in milliseconds that can elapse before a neighbor is detected. Possible

values for this field are 0-3600000.

Retrans Timer (ms)

Enter the time in milliseconds between neighbor solicitation packet retransmissions.

Possible values for this field are 1000-4294967295.

RA Interval

Enter the time in seconds between router advertisement messages. Possible values for

this field are 4-1800.

Delegate MTU from

WAN

Select this to have the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries obtain the MTU setting from the

service provider or uplink router.

Manual

Select this to specify the MTU manually.

MTU

The Maximum Transmission Unit. Type the maximum size of each IPv6 data packet, in

bytes, that can move through this interface. If a larger packet arrives, the AMG1302/

AMG1202-TSeries divides it into smaller fragments.

DAD attempts

Specify the number of DAD (Duplicate Address Detection) attempts before an IPv6

address is assigned to the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries LAN interface. Possible values

for this field are 1-7.

DHCPv6

DHCPv6 Server

Use this field to

Enable

or

Disable

DHCPv6 server on the AMG1302/AMG1202-

TSeries.

DNSv6 Mode

Select the DNS role (

Proxy

or

Relay

) that you want the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries

to act in the IPv6 LAN network. Alternatively, select Manual and specify the DNS

servers’ IPv6 address in the fields below.

Primary DNS

This field is available if you choose

Manual

as the DNSv6 mode. Enter the first DNS

server IPv6 address the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries passes to the DHCP clients.

Secondary DNS

This field is available if you choose

Manual

as the DNSv6 mode. Enter the second DNS

server IPv6 address the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries passes to the DHCP clients.

Information refresh

time

Enter the number of seconds a DHCPv6 client should wait before refreshing

information retrieved from DHCPv6.

Apply

Click this to save your changes.

Cancel

Click this to restore your previously saved settings.

LABEL

DESCRIPTION