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User Guide NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W and NB6Plus4Wn ADSL2+ Router.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 2 www .netcomm.com.au Safety and Precaution Installation • Use only the type of power source indicated on the marking labels.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 3 Contents Before Y ou Use ...........................................................................................
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 4 www .netcomm.com.au Chapter 3: Accessing the Internet...............................................................................................................35 PPP over A TM (PPPoA) Mode .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 5 Quality of Service .................................................................................................
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 6 www .netcomm.com.au BEFORE Y OU USE Thank you for purchasing a NetComm ADSL2+ Router .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 7 NB6 Series Package Contents Y our Package contains the following .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 8 www .netcomm.com.au Subscription for ADSL Ser vice T o use the ADSL Router , you have to subscribe to an ADSL service from your broadband ser vice provider .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 9 CHAPTER 1: O VERVIEW This chapter provides you with a description for the LEDs and connectors on the front and rear surface of the router .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 10 www .netcomm.com.au NB6 LED Indicators The LED Indicators are located on the front of the unit, their meanings are as follows: Function Color Definition Power Off Power is off. Solid Green Power is on and the device operates normally .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 11 NB6 Rear Panel The following figure illustrates the rear panel .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 12 www .netcomm.com.au NB6W LED Indicators The LED Indicators are located on the front of the unit, their meanings are as follows: Function Color Definition Power Off Power is off. Solid Green Power is on and the device operates normally .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 13 NB6W Rear Panel The following figure illustrates the rear panel.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 14 www .netcomm.com.au NB6Plus4 LED Indicators The LED Indicators are located on the front of the unit, their meanings are as follows: Function Color Definition Power Off Power is off.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 15 NB6Plus4 Rear Panel The following figure illustrates the rear p.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 16 www .netcomm.com.au NB6Plus4W LED Indicators The LED Indicators are located on the front of the unit, their meanings are as follows: Function Color Definition Power Off Power is off.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 17 NB6Plus4W Rear Panel The following figure illustrates the rear .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 18 www .netcomm.com.au NB6Plus4Wn LED Indicators The LED Indicators are located on the front of the unit, their meanings are as follows: Function Color Definition Power Off Power is off.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 19 NB6Plus4Wn Rear Panel The following figure illustrates the rear.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 20 www .netcomm.com.au CHAPTER 2: SY STEM REQUIREMENT AND INST ALLA TION System Requirements Before continuing with the installation of your Router please confirm that you comply with the minimum system requirements.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 21 Do I need a Micro filter? An ADSL Microfilter filters out ADSL signals to allow ADSL and regular V oice Calls to share a single telephone line.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 22 www .netcomm.com.au Choosing a place for the ADSL Router • Place the ADSL Router close to ADSL wall outlet and power outlet for the cable to reach it easily . • Avoid placing the device in places where people may walk on the cables.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 23 USB Driver Installation (USB is not av ailable for NB6Plus4 or N.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 24 www .netcomm.com.au For Windows XP/Vista • Run the USB installation program from the CD provided in your router package. • An InstallShield Wizard will appear . Please wait for a moment.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 25 T o make sure your router is properly installed, please do the following steps. 1. Right-click on My Computer and press Properties.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 26 www .netcomm.com.au Uninstalling the USB Driver (USB is not av ailable for NB6Plus4 or NB6Plus4Wn) For Windows ME T o uninstall the USB driver , please follow the procedure below . • Unplug the USB cable between your router and your PC.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 27 For Windows XP/Vista T o uninstall the USB driver , please follow the procedure below . • Unplug your USB cable between your router and your PC.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 28 www .netcomm.com.au Setting up TCP/IP In order to access the Internet through the ADSL Router , each host on your network must install/setup TCP/IP first. Please follow the steps below to set your network adapter .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 29 For Windows NT 1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click the Network icon. 3.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 30 www .netcomm.com.au For Windows XP/Vista 1. Open the Start menu, point to Control Panel and click it. 2. Double click the Network Connection ( Windows XP ) or View Network status and tasks and then Manage network connections ( Windows Vista ).
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 31 3. Right click Local Area Connection and then click Properties (Windows XP) .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 32 www .netcomm.com.au 4. On the General tab, check out the list of installed network components. Option 1: If there is no TCP/IP Protocol, click Install. Option 2: If you have TCP/IP Protocol, skip to Step 7.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 33 7. When it returns to the General T ab on the Local Area Connection Properties window , highlight Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then click Properties.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 34 www .netcomm.com.au Renewing IP Address on Client PC After the ADSL Router gets on line, there is a chance that your PC does not renew its IP address and thus causes the PC not able to access the Internet.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 35 CHAPTER 3: ACCESSING THE INTERNET This chapter aims to help you access the Internet in a quick and convenient way .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 36 www .netcomm.com.au PPP over A TM (PPPoA) Mode Description: In this deployment environment, the PPPoA session is between the ADSL WAN interface and BRAS. The ADSL Router gets a public IP address from BRAS when connecting to DSLAM.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 37 PPP over A TM (PPPoA) IP Extension Mode Description: In this deployment environment, the PPPoA session is between the ADSL WAN interface and BRAS.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 38 www .netcomm.com.au PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) Mode Description: In this deployment environment, the PPPoE session is between the ADSL WAN interface and BRAS. The ADSL Router gets a public IP address from BRAS when connecting to DSLAM.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 39 PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) IP Extension Mode Description: In this deployment environment, the PPPoE session is between the ADSL WAN interface and BRAS.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 40 www .netcomm.com.au Numbered IP over A TM (IPoA) Description: If you apply for multiple IP addresses from your ISP , you can assign these public IP addresses to the ADSL Router and public server , e.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 41 Numbered IP over A TM (IPoA)+NA T Description: In this deployment environment, we make up a private IP network of 192.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 42 www .netcomm.com.au Unnumbered IP over A TM (IPoA) Description: If you apply for multiple IP addresses from your ISP , you can assign these public IP addresses to the ADSL Router and public server , e.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 43 Unnumbered IP over A TM (IPoA)+NA T Description: If you apply for multiple IP addresses from your ISP , you can assign these public IP addresses to the ADSL Router and public server , e.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 44 www .netcomm.com.au Bridge Mode Description: In this example, the ADSL Router acts as a bridge which bridging the PC IP addresses from LAN to WAN.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 45 MER Description: In this deployment environment, we make up a private IP network of 192.168.1.1. NA T function is enabled to support multiple clients to access to Internet.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 46 www .netcomm.com.au CHAPTER 4: WEB CONFIGURA TION Some users might want to set specific configuration for the router such as firewall, data transmission rate…, and so on. This chapter will provide you advanced information of the web pages for the router for your reference.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 47 Outline of Web Manager The main screen will be shown as below . Title : The title of this management interface. Main Menu : Including Quick Start, Status, Advanced, Wireless (wireless models only), and Management.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 48 www .netcomm.com.au Quick Start The pages under the Quick Start menu provide user a quick way to set up the router . If you do not know much about the router , you can use the Quick Start pages to adjust basic settings to activate your router .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 49 Quick Setup The quick setup wizard will guide you to configure the ADSL router through some specific steps. Y et different connection interface will lead to different setting pages.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 50 www .netcomm.com.au Connection T ype The system provides several protocols for you to choose. Y our ISP will offer you the most suita ble settings of the protocol. Before you set this page, please refer to the protocol that your ISP offered.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 51 PPP over A TM/ PPP over Ethernet If the connection type you choose is PPP over A TM or PPP over Ethernet, please refer to the following information.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 52 www .netcomm.com.au PPP Username & PPP Password: Key in the username and password that you received from your ISP . (e.g., hpotter/hogwarts) Always On: Select this item to make the connection active all the time.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 53 MTU: (refer to the W AN section) The default MTU value for LAN side Settings is 1500. Y ou may modify it if necessar y .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 54 www .netcomm.com.au IP over A TM If the type you have to choose is IP over A TM, please refer to the following information. IPoA is an alternative of LAN emulation. It allows TCP/IP network to access A TM network and uses A TM quality of service’ s features.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 55 After setting up the WAN IP and DNS server information, click Next to open the following page. On the Configure LAN side Settings page, you have to fill in the data requested.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 56 www .netcomm.com.au DHCP Server On: Check this item if DHCP service is needed on the LAN side. The router will assign IP address and gateway address for each of your PCs. Start IP Address & End IP Address: Enter the information needed.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 57 Bridging If the mode you choose is Bridging (or MER ), please refer to the following information. The bridging mode can configure your router to send and receive packets between LAN and WAN interfaces.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 58 www .netcomm.com.au W AN IP Address, W AN Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway: When choosing Use the following IP address , you have to key in the IP address, the subnet mask, and the default gateway provided by your ISP for the W AN interface.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 59 DHCP Server On: Check this item if DHCP service is needed on the LAN. The router will assign IP address and gateway address for each of your PCs.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 60 www .netcomm.com.au Status Overview This page displays the current status for the ADSL connection, including the period of activat.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 61 ADSL BER T est This test determines the quality of the ADSL connection. It is done by transferring idle cells containing a known pattern and comparing the received data with this known pattern to check for errors.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 62 www .netcomm.com.au When the test is over , the result will be shown on the following dialog window for your reference.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 63 DHCP T able This table shows all DHCP clients who get their IP addresses from your ADSL Router . For each DHCP client, it shows the Host Name , MAC Address , IP Address and the Lease Time .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 64 www .netcomm.com.au Advanced Setup Local Network – IP Address This page is the same as you can see on the Configure LAN side Settings page while running the Quick Setup. It allows you to set IP Address and Subnet Mask values for LAN interface.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 65 Configure the secondary IP Addr ess and Subnet Mask: Check this box to enter another set of IP Address and Subnet Mask to connect to your router if they are not included in the range that DHCP server accepts.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 66 www .netcomm.com.au Local Network – DHCP Server This allows you to set DHCP server on LAN interface. DHCP Server On: Check this item if DHCP service is needed on the LAN. The router will assign IP address and gateway address for each of your PCs.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 67 Click the Add button to open another dialog window , shown below . On PC’ s MAC Address and Assigned IP Address boxes, please type the correct information according to your need and click Apply .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 68 www .netcomm.com.au Local Network – UPnP The UPnP is only available for Windows XP/Vista.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 69 Local Network – IGMP Snooping T raditionally , IP packets are transmitted in one of either two ways - Unicast (1 sender to 1 recipient) or Broadcast (1 sender to everyone on the network).
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 70 www .netcomm.com.au When IGMP snooping is invoked, it makes the system aware to establish the best path for multicast ser vice to save LAN bandwidth.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 71 Internet – Connections T o set WAN settings for each service, please open Advanced – Internet. This page allows you to edit, to remove, or to add WAN settings.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 72 www .netcomm.com.au Service Categor y: It decides the size and rate for the packets of the data in different ser vice type. There are five categories provided here for your selection, shown as the drop-down menu below .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 73 Y ou can check Enable QoS to improve performance for selected a pplications. More detailed information for QoS will be introduced in later instruction.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 74 www .netcomm.com.au The WAN IP settings page will differ slightly according to the protocol that you choose. This graphic is the one that you will see if you choose the PPPoE mode in the previous step.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 75 Add Default Route: Check this item to add a default IPoA route onto the routing table. After rebooting your router , the default route will be shown on the Routing T able under Status menu, you may check it.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 76 www .netcomm.com.au Internet – DNS Ser ver If Enable Automatic Assigned DNS checkbox is selected, this router will accept the first received DNS assignment from one of the PPPoA, PPPoE or MER/DHCP enabled PVC(s) during the connection establishment.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 77 Internet – IGMP Proxy The Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) is an Internet protocol that provides a way for an Internet computer to report its multicast group membership to adjacent routers.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 78 www .netcomm.com.au Internet – ADSL Enable ADSL Port: Check thi s box to e nable this fu nction.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 79 IP Routing – Static Route The table shows all static route status and allows you to add new static IP route or delete static route.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 80 www .netcomm.com.au Remove Static Route If you don’t want the static route that you created, please click the icon in the Delete column from the table. A dialog window will appear to confirm your action.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 81 IP Routing – Dynamic Routing (NB6Plus4W/NB6Plus4Wn only) Routing Information Protocol (RIP) is utilized by means of exchanging routing information between routers.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 82 www .netcomm.com.au Virtual Server – Port Forwarding The Router implements NA T to make your entire local network appear as a single machine to the Internet.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 83 IP Address seen by Internet Users Once configured, anyone on the Internet can connect to your Virtual Servers.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 84 www .netcomm.com.au User defined: T ype a new ser vice name for building a customized service f or specific purpose. There are three lines that you can enter settings into on this page.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 85 The result will be displayed as the following figure. If you do not want the server that you created, check the Delete box of that application and click the Delete button to discard it.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 86 www .netcomm.com.au Virtual Server – Port T riggering When the router detects outbound traffic on a specific port, it will set up the port forwarding rules temporarily on the port ranges that you specify to allow inbound traffic.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 87 Virtual Server – DMZ Host In computer networks, a DMZ (demilit.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 88 www .netcomm.com.au Virtual Server – Dynamic DNS The Dynamic DNS (Domain Name System) combines both functions of DNS and DHCP to map a dynamic IP to a fixed domain name. This page allows you to access the virtual servers with a domain name and password.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 89 Virtual Server – Static DNS This page allows you to configure DNS mapping between Domain name and IP address for your local hosts.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 90 www .netcomm.com.au NA T ALG Enable VPN ALG The VPN ALG allows two or more simultaneous VPN connections through this router Enable.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 91 Firewall The firewall is a kind of software that interrupts the data between the Internet and your computer . It is the TCP/IP equivalent of a security gate at the entrance to your company .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 92 www .netcomm.com.au Firewall – IP Filtering This page allows you to specify the IP packet filtering rules to prevent the services accessed from the Internet hosts or limit the Internet access for local hosts.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 93 Protocol: Here provides several default policies for security levels for you to choose.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 94 www .netcomm.com.au Here provides an example shown in the right column. Select TCP as the Protocol type, and make the Source and Destination IP address to include All, then type 0 and 65535 as the start and end port .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 95 Quality of Ser vice QoS (Quality of Service) is an industr y-wid.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 96 www .netcomm.com.au IP Precedence: The number you choose here decides the type of the IP address processed. No change is the default setting. IP type of Service: The system provides some types of service for you to choose.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 97 Quality of Service – IP QoS T o classify the upstream traffic by assigning the transmission priority of the data for different users, please use IP QoS to prioritize the data transmission.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 98 www .netcomm.com.au Source IP Address/ Subnet Mask/ Port: Key in the source IP address (ex.: 192.168.1.0) and subnet mask (ex.: 255.255.255.0) for the application (ex.: FTP , HTTP , and so on) that you want to invoke the QoS traffic rule.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 99 According to our example, the IP QoS configuration can be illustrated by the following figure. Internet Router 192.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 100 www .netcomm.com.au Port Mapping This page allows you to configure various port mapping groups which contains specific Internet connections and LAN ports. The user data will be only transmitted and received among the interfaces in the group.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 101 Group Name: Give a unique name here. The word length must not be over the length of the field. In our example, bridge.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 102 www .netcomm.com.au Now we can check the result of the port mapping configuration.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 103 Wireless This page allows you to configure the router as an Access Point. Y ou may setup the settings f or security , access control, and repeater features for this device.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 104 www .netcomm.com.au T ransmission Mode: It decides the mode of data transmission. Choose the one that you want to use from the drop-down menu. There are 802.11b only , 802.11g only and Mixed Mode provided here.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 105 Basic - NB6Plus4Wn only T o set the basic configuration for the wireless features, please open the Basic page from the Wireless menu.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 106 www .netcomm.com.au T ransmission Mode: This section configures the data transmission mode. If desired, you can choose from the drop down menu to limit the NB6Plus4Wn to certain Data modes.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 107 802.11n only: Multicast Rate: When the multicast transmitting traffics are large, the transmission will be delayed in some way .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 108 www .netcomm.com.au Security T o configure security features for the Wireless interface, please open Security item from Wireless menu. This web page offers eight authentication protocols for you to secure your data while connecting to networks.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 109 For 64-bit WEP/128-bit WEP Wireless Security: By default a minimum level of wireless security has been enabled to help prevent against unwanted wireless users accessing the unit.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 110 www .netcomm.com.au Format: Choose the form of encryption key . Y ou ha ve to select either Hexadecimal digits or ASCII characters and type the keys on the fields of Key 1 to Key 4.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 111 For 802.1X Wireless Network When a wireless client requests to access a network, it is required to be authenticated by a central authentication server (RADIUS Ser ver).
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 112 www .netcomm.com.au 802.1x environment Configuration Y ou will need the following components for esta blishing an 802.1x environment in your network. • Windows 2000/2003/NT Server: RADIUS server equipped with “Internet Authentication Service”.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 113 For WP A (Wi-Fi Protected Access) The WP A (WiFi-Protected Access) authentication is suitable f or enterprises.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 114 www .netcomm.com.au For WP A-PSK; WP A2-PSK; Mixed WP A2/WP A-PSK WP A-PSK (WP A-Pre-Shared Key) is useful for small places without authentication servers such as the network at home.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 115 For WP A-2; Mixed WP A2/WP A Wireless Security: The WP A2 is suitable for enterprises.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 116 www .netcomm.com.au For Wi-Fi protected Setup (WPS) – (NB6Plus4Wn only) Select Wireless Network: Select the wireless network which you want to configure the security settings from the drop down list.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 117 MAC Address of Wireless adaptor: Key in the MAC Address to be filtered. And click Apply . The result of the added MAC address will be shown on the table.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 118 www .netcomm.com.au Access Control The web page allows you to enable the wireless MAC control configuration. Access Control: Click Off to disable this function. Click On in Allow mode to allow the devices using matched MAC address to link to the AP .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 119 Repeater A repeater is an electronic device that receives a weak or low-level signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power , so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 120 www .netcomm.com.au Search Other Repeaters: Y ou can configure other routers as your repeater by setting up repea ter feature mutually . Click the Scan Now button to search other repeater in the wireless network automatically .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 121 Management Diagnostics T o check the linking status for the network and your computer , a diagnostic test can guide you to detect the network problem.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 122 www .netcomm.com.au T ake the Help link of ADSL Synchronization for example. It not only explains the situation for Pass and Fail, but offers the troubleshooting procedures for you to follow .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 123 Management Accounts This page allows you to CHANGE the user name and password for accessing your ADSL Router . For the Admin Account , the default setting for both username and password are admin .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 124 www .netcomm.com.au Management Control – From Remote There are various interfaces for the remote access.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 125 Management Control – From Local Y ou can allow local access to your router via the checked interfaces.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 126 www .netcomm.com.au Internet T ime The router’ s clock must synchronize with global Internet time. The time you set in the screen will be adapted to system log. Update Now: Click this button to refresh the current time.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 127 System Log As shown on the web page, you can view the system log and configure system log whenever you want. T o view the system log, you must configure system log first.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 128 www .netcomm.com.au for general users, they may only need or want to learn about error , critical, alert, or emergency messages only .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 129 Viewing System Log – Remote Side (Server) T o view the system log on the Log Server (10.11.95.2), a log viewing tool must be installed.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 130 www .netcomm.com.au Viewing System Log – Local Side (ADSL Router) For viewing the system log on local side, click the View System Log button on the webpage for system log configuration.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 131 Backup Config T o backup your settings of the router , you can use Backup Config web page to save the configuration.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 132 www .netcomm.com.au Y ou may change the file name and choose a place to save the backup file. And when you want to restore the settings in the future, simply open Backup Config web page and use Browse button to locate the file.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 133 Update Firmware If you have to or want to update the firmware for this router , you can open the Update F irmware web page and choose the correct file by pressing Browse .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 134 www .netcomm.com.au UPnP for XP Universal plug and play (UPnP) is architecture for pervasive peer to peer network connectivity of intelligent appliances and PCs of all form factors.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 135 5. After finishing the installation, go to My Network Places . Y ou will find an icon (e.g., Wireless ADSL2+ Router) for UPnP function.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 136 www .netcomm.com.au CHAPTER 5: TROUBLESHOO TING If the suggested solutions in this section do not resolve your issue , contact your system administrator or Internet service provider .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 137 Problems with Upgrading The following lists the error messages that you may see during upgrading and the action to take.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 138 www .netcomm.com.au CHAPTER 6: GLOSSAR Y ARP (Address Resolution Protocol ) ARP is a TCP/IP protocol for mapping an IP address to a physical machine address that is recognized in the local network, such as an Ethernet address.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 139 Private IP Address Private IP addresses are also LAN IP addresses, but are considered “illegal” IP addresses to the Internet.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 140 www .netcomm.com.au APPENDIX A: CLIENT SETUP FOR 802.1X, WP A, AND WP A-PSK Retreiving Client Certificate • This step is only required if you intend to authenticate with EAP/TLS.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 141 4. Make sure that Request a certificate is selected, and click Next.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 142 www .netcomm.com.au 6. Click Submit. 7. Y ou may retrieve your certificate b y clicking Install this certificate.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 143 Enabling 802.1x Authentication and Security 1. Click Run from the Start menu. T ype ser vices.msc and click OK . 2.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 144 www .netcomm.com.au 6. Select the Association T ab, and enter the SSID of the AP . (e.g., Please) 7. Set Open as the Network Authentication from the drop down menu, and WEP for Data encr yption.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 145 9. Ensure that Enable network access control using IEEE 802.1X is selected, and Smart Card or other Certificate is selected from the EAP type.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 146 www .netcomm.com.au 11. Y ou can choose whether to use one of your certificates you have loaded on the computer , or use a smart card for access. In our example, Use a certificate on this computer option is chose and Use simple certificate selection (Recommended) is checked.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 147 14. Click OK twice to close the dialogs until return to Wireless Networks tab of wireless properties . Now we can see the wireless network which we have just set up being displayed on the Prefered networks .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 148 www .netcomm.com.au Enabling WP A Authentication and Security The first four steps are the same as the setting for 802.1x authentication, please refer to the previous part. 5. Select the Association T ab, and enter the SSID of the AP .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 149 8. The Enable network access control using IEEE 802.1X is selected by default, and Protected EAP (PEAP) is selected from the EAP type.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 150 www .netcomm.com.au 10. Choose Use a certificate on this computer option and select Use simple certificate selection (Recommended) . 11. Check the Validate server certificate check box if ser ver certificate validation is required 12.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 151 Enabling WP A-PSK Authentication and Security 1. Click the Start button, select Control Panel , then Network Connections .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 152 www .netcomm.com.au 5. Choose WP A-PSK for the Network Authentication and TKIP for Data encryption. 6. Enter Network key twice to access the AP . 7. Click OK to save the settings and return to the Wireless Networks tab on Wireless Properties .
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 153 APPENDIX B: EST ABLISHING Y OUR WIRELESS CONNECTION (FOR NB6W/PLUS4W/ PLUS4Wn ONL Y) The following examples use the default wireless configuration.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 154 www .netcomm.com.au 4. Enter the network key (default network key is “A1B2C3D4E5”) and click Connect : 5.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 155 Mac OSX 10.4 Follow these steps: 1. Click on the Airport icon on the top right menu. 2. Click on the network name that you want to connect.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 156 www .netcomm.com.au Windows Vista Follow these steps: 1. Open Network and Sharing Center (Start > Control Panel > Network and Sharing center). 2. Click on “ Connect to a network ”.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 157 3. Choose “ Connect to the Internet ” and click on “ Next ”.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 158 www .netcomm.com.au 5. Click on the wireless network name. In this example, the wireless network name is “ wireless ” and click “ Connect ”. The default wireless network name is “wireless”.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 159 7. Select the appropriate location. This will affect the firewall settings on the computer . 8. Tick on both “Save this network” and “Start this connection automaticall y” and click on “Next”.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 160 www .netcomm.com.au 9. Now the connection is ready . Notes: For other operating system such as Windows 98SE, Windows ME and Windo.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 161 T roubleshooting Windows can not configure this wireless connection. Enable Wireless Zero Configuration by following these steps: 1.
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 162 www .netcomm.com.au APPENDIX C: HOW T O CHANGE WIRELESS SECURITY ON Y OUR NB6W/NB6PLUS4W/ NB6PLUS4WN WEP encr yption The NB6W/NB6Plus4W/ NB6Plus4Wn has the WEP encryption enabled by default.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 163 5. Click on “Security” on the left 6. Change “Key 1” from “a1b2c3d4e5” to the new encryption. Please note that WEP Encryption key can only use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F .
NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide YML854Rev1 164 www .netcomm.com.au WP A encr yption When a more secure connection is needed, you can change the wireless security settings on the NB6W/ NB6Plus4W and NB6Plus4Wn to WP A-PSK. Please follow the following steps: 1.
YML854 Rev1 NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn NB6, NB6W , NB6Plus4, NB6Plus4W , NB6Plus4Wn User Guide www .netcomm.com.au 165 6. Change “Wireless Security” to “WP A-PSK” on the top menu 7. Enter the key in “Pre-Shared Key” field.
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