A5500 Configuration Guide Sri Ram Kishore February 2012
Table of contents Gateway Configuration ............................................................... 3 Accessing your gateway configuration tool................................................................... 3 Configuring your broadband Internet access ................................................................ 3 Configuring your local network ..................................................................................... 4 Configuring your wireless network ................................
GATEWAY CONFIGURATION Accessing your gateway configuration tool Connect a computer to your home gateway using an Ethernet cable or WiFi. Open an Internet browser and enter the "http://192.168.1.254" or “http://app.singnet.com.sg” web address to access your home gateway configuration tool. Configuring your broadband Internet access To configure your internet connection: Under the Box heading, click Configuration, and then click Internet.
Configuring your local network The default local IP address of your gateway is 192.168.1.254. The DHCP server is enabled by default and your connected hardware items will have an IP address in the range 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.253. The default lease time for an IP address is 240 minutes. To change these default settings: Click LAN under the Configuration sub-heading. The LAN Configuration page shows up.
Edit the default name of the LAN client, its MAC address, and the IP address you want to reserve for it. Click OK to confirm. Configuring your wireless network Your gateway supports WiFi standard 802.11g and 802.11n, but is also compatible with standard 802.11b. To change your WiFi mode, click Wireless under the Configuration sub-heading. On the Wireless Configuration page that shows up, use the Wireless Mode drop-down list to change your WiFi mode: 802.11b: to connect with 802.11b devices only.
Select an appropriate power level for your wireless connection from the Transmit Power drop-down box. The available range is 1 through 7. Higher the setting, higher is the power the transmitted signals and, therefore, coverage of your wireless network. The table below shows the relation between the transmit power value and its associated radio output power levels.
Securing your wireless network To secure your wireless network, click Wireless under the Configuration sub-heading. On the Wireless Configuration page that shows up, navigate to the Security panel. The default encryption type is WPA/WPA2, but you can choose another. The default WPA2 password is printed on the label on the right bottom side of your gateway.
The following table provides more information about the supported encryption types: types Authentication type WEP WPA WPA2 WPA/WPA2 Description The Wireless Encryption Protocol (WEP) is an older security protocol that allows any wireless clients within the radio range to access your network without an encryption key. This setting provides the least level of security. For security reasons, do not select this setting unless there is a compatibility issue with an older wireless client.
If you want to use the PIN method instead, select PIN from the WPS Method drop-down list box. Enter the PIN generated by the LAN client in the Enter PIN text box. Click Connect to establish the wireless connection. MAC address filtering is disabled by default. When enabled, the wireless connection is granted only to those LAN clients whose MAC addresses are registered.
Configuring port forwarding The forwarding table allows all the packets received via a specific port to be transmitted to a specific machine on the internal network. Therefore, if you want to be able to access a web server operating on machine 192.168.1.135 from outside, you will have to define a forwarding rule that redirects all the TCP packets received via port 80 to another defined port on machine 192.168.1.135.
Defining a DMZ The DMZ enables you to show a machine on the Internet with no restriction on the ports used. It allows you to open all previously undefined ports (port forwarding) to a single LAN machine: Under the Box heading, click Security, and then click DMZ. On the DMZ configuration page, click Enabled to enable the service. Enter the IP address of the machine that will be in the DMZ. You can also select the name of the host from the drop-down list. Click OK to confirm.
After you successfully register your phone lines, you can click the Line Statistics tab to view detailed information such as the number of incoming and outgoing calls, duration of calls, etc.
Displaying the activated services Under the Box heading, click Status, and then click Services Status. This interface will allow you to view the services that are currently activated on your gateway. Displaying the broadband status Under the Box heading, click Status, and then click Broadband Status. This interface will allow you to view the connectivity status, Internet connection details, and traffic statistics.
The following is an example of the Broadband Statistics page when the physical link is set to Ethernet.
HOME NETWORK Displaying the devices connected to your gateway To display the devices connected to your gateway, click Connected Devices under the Home Network heading. The devices that are currently connected and active are shown in green, whereas the devices that are not currently connected but have been part of your network are shown in red. You can view more information (such as IP address, MAC address, etc.) about the connected devices by hovering your mouse pointer over the hostname.
ADMINISTRATION Creating system password To set or change your gateway’s administrative password, click System Password under the Management heading. Note that the password is case-sensitive and must have at least 8 alpha-numeric characters. You can also include any of the following symbols: $ @ ! | & { } \/? Restarting your gateway To restart your gateway, click Restart under the Management heading. Your settings will be saved.
Restoring the factory settings To force your gateway to return to its original factory settings, click Reset under the Management heading. All your gateway settings will then be lost. Displaying diagnostic information To view detailed diagnostic information about your gateway and Internet connection, click Box Diagnostics under the Troubleshooting heading.
Using built-in IP utilities You can use the inbuilt IP utilities such as ping, traceroute, and dnsquery to determine if there are any communication issues between your gateway and the host/Internet. To access these utilities: Under the Administration heading, click Troubleshooting, and then click IP Utilities. Select the test you want to run from the Test Type drop-down list: If you select ping, you can test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network.
