Allied Telesis AT-AR256E v3 User manual

PN 613-000984 Rev. A
AT-AR256E v3
4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router
User Manua

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SAFETY NOTICE
Do not open service or change any component.
On y qua ified technicians are a owed to service the equipment.
Observe safety precautions to avoid e ectric shock
Check vo tage before connecting to the power supp y.
Connecting to the wrong vo tage wi damage the equipment.
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ELECTRICAL SAFETY AND EMISSIONS STANDARDS
This product meets the fo owing standards.
U.S. Federal Co unications Co ission
This device comp ies with Part 15 of the FCC Ru es. Operation is subject to the fo owing two conditions:
This device may not cause harmfu interference.
This device must accept any interference received, inc uding interference that may cause undesired operation.
Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comp y with the imits for a C ass B digita device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC
Ru es. These imits are designed to provide reasonab e protection against harmfu interference in a residentia insta ation. This
equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not insta ed and used in accordance with the instructions,
may cause harmfu interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference wi not occur in a
particu ar insta ation. If this equipment does cause harmfu interference to radio or te evision reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the fo owing measures:
- Reorient or re ocate the receiving antenna.
- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
- Connect the equipment into an out et on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.
- Consu t the dea er or an experienced radio/TV technician for he p.
Canadian Depart ent of Co unications
This C ass B digita apparatus meets a requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regu ations.
Cet apparei numérique de a c asse B respecte toutes es exigences du Règ ement sur e matérie broui eur du Canada.
CE Marking Warning
This is a C ass B product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference in which case the user may be required
to take adequate measures.
I portant: Appendix A contains trans ated safety statements for insta ing this equipment. When you see the  go to Appendix
A for the trans ated safety statement in your anguage.
Wichtig: Anhang A enthä t übersetzte Sicherheitshinweise für die Insta ation dieses Geräts.Wenn Sie  sehen, sch agen Sie in
Anhang A den übersetzten Sicherheitshinweis in Ihrer Sprache nach.
Vigtigt: Ti æg A indeho der oversatte sikkerhedsadvars er, der vedrører insta ation af dette udstyr. Når De ser symbo et  , ska
De s å op i ti æg A og finde de oversatte sikkerhedsadvars er i Deres eget sprog.
Belangrijk: Appendix A bevat vertaa de vei igheidsopmerkingen voor het insta eren van deze apparatuur.Wanneer u de  ziet,
raadp eeg Appendix A voor vertaa de vei igheidsinstructies in uw taa .
I portant : L'annexe A contient es instructions de sécurité re atives à 'insta ation de cet équipement. Lorsque vous voyez e
symbo e  , reportez-vous à 'annexe A pour consu ter a traduction de ces instructions dans votre angue.
Tärkeää: Liite A sisä tää tämän aitteen asentamiseen iittyvät käännetyt turvaohjeet. Kun näet  -symbo in, katso käännettyä
turvaohjetta iitteestä A.
I portante: ’Appendice A contiene avvisi di sicurezza tradotti per ’insta azione di questa apparecchiatura. I simbo o  ,indica di
consu tare ’Appendice A per ’avviso di sicurezza ne a propria ingua.
Viktig:Ti egg A inneho der oversatt sikkerhetsinformasjon for insta ering av dette utstyret. Når du ser  , åpner du ti Ti egg A for
å finne den oversatte sikkerhetsinformasjonen på ønsket språk.
I portante:O Anexo A contém advertências de segurança traduzidas para insta ar este equipamento. Quando vir o símbo o  ,
eia a advertência de segurança traduzida no seu idioma no Anexo A.
I portante: E Apéndice A contiene mensajes de seguridad traducidos para a insta ación de este equipo. Cuando vea e símbo o
 , vaya a Apéndice A para ver e mensaje de seguridad traducido a su idioma.
Obs! Bi aga A innehå er översatta säkerhetsmedde anden avseende insta ationen av denna utrustning. När du ser  ,ska du gå ti
Bi aga A för att äsa det översatta säkerhetsmedde andet på ditt språk.

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CONTENTS
Preface ...................................................................................................................................................................................9
Purpose of This Guide ...............................................................................................................................................9
How This Guide is Organized..................................................................................................................................9
Document Conventions ............................................................................................................................................9
Contacting A ied Te esis ................................................................................................................................................10
On ine Support...........................................................................................................................................................10
Emai and Te ephone Support ................................................................................................................................10
Warranty .....................................................................................................................................................................10
Where to Find Web-based Guides ......................................................................................................................10
Returning Products ...................................................................................................................................................10
Sa es or Corporate Information............................................................................................................................10
Management Software Updates.............................................................................................................................10
Te Us What You Think .........................................................................................................................................10
Chapter 1: Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................11
Requirements .............................................................................................................................................................11
Software ..............................................................................................................................................................11
Hardware ............................................................................................................................................................11
Package Contents......................................................................................................................................................11
Device Design ............................................................................................................................................................11
Back Pane ...........................................................................................................................................................11
Front Pane ..........................................................................................................................................................12
Chapter 2: About the Web User Interface................................................................................................................13
Accessing the Web User Interface .......................................................................................................................13
Web User Interface Components ........................................................................................................................13
Buttons.................................................................................................................................................................13
Menus...................................................................................................................................................................14
Chapter 3: Basic Menu ....................................................................................................................................................15
Home............................................................................................................................................................................15
Quick Start..................................................................................................................................................................15
LAN Configuration ...................................................................................................................................................16
Diagnostics ..................................................................................................................................................................17
Chapter 4: Advanced Menu............................................................................................................................................18
WAN............................................................................................................................................................................18
New Connection...............................................................................................................................................18
ADSL Modu ation..............................................................................................................................................22
Connection Scan ...............................................................................................................................................23
LAN...............................................................................................................................................................................24
LAN Configuration ...........................................................................................................................................24
LAN Group Configuration .............................................................................................................................25
Assign ISP DNS, SNTP.....................................................................................................................................26
LAN C ients........................................................................................................................................................27
App ications.................................................................................................................................................................27
Universa P ug and P ay (UPnP)......................................................................................................................28
Simp e Network Time Protoco ....................................................................................................................28
IGMP Proxy ........................................................................................................................................................29
TR-068 WAN Access ......................................................................................................................................30
DNS Proxy..........................................................................................................................................................31
Dynamic DNS C ient........................................................................................................................................31
Port Forwarding ................................................................................................................................................32
Bridge Fi ters ......................................................................................................................................................34

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Web Access Contro ....................................................................................................................................... 35
Qua ity of Service...................................................................................................................................................... 36
Egress................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Ingress.................................................................................................................................................................. 38
QoS Shaper Configuration ............................................................................................................................. 42
Po icy Routing Configuration......................................................................................................................... 45
Routing.........................................................................................................................................................................47
Static Routing.....................................................................................................................................................47
Routing Tab e.....................................................................................................................................................48
System Password.......................................................................................................................................................48
Changing the System Password.....................................................................................................................48
Changing the Timeout Settings .....................................................................................................................49
Firmware Upgrade....................................................................................................................................................49
Restoring the Defau t Settings ...............................................................................................................................49
Chapter 5: Security Menu...............................................................................................................................................50
IP Fi ters.......................................................................................................................................................................50
LAN Iso ation .............................................................................................................................................................51
Chapter 6: Status Menu .................................................................................................................................................. 52
Connection Status.....................................................................................................................................................53
System Log..................................................................................................................................................................53
Remote Log ................................................................................................................................................................54
Network Statistics ....................................................................................................................................................55
DHCP C ients ............................................................................................................................................................56
QoS Status ..................................................................................................................................................................56
Modem Status ............................................................................................................................................................ 57
Product Information .................................................................................................................................................57
Chapter 7: He p Menu.....................................................................................................................................................58

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FIGURES
Figure 1: Back Pane ........................................................................................................................................................... 11
Figure 2: LEDs on front pane ......................................................................................................................................... 12
Figure 3: Menu Bar............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Figure 4: Basic Home menu.............................................................................................................................................15
Figure 5: LAN Configuration........................................................................................................................................... 16
Figure 6: DSL Modem Test..............................................................................................................................................17
Figure 7: Advanced menu................................................................................................................................................. 18
Figure 8: New PPPoE Connection Setup ..................................................................................................................... 19
Figure 9: New PPPoA Connection Setup..................................................................................................................... 19
Figure 10: New Static Connection Setup..................................................................................................................... 20
Figure 11: New DHCP Connection Setup .................................................................................................................. 20
Figure 12: New Bridge Connection Setup................................................................................................................... 21
Figure 13: ADSL Modu ation ........................................................................................................................................... 22
Figure 14: Connection Scan............................................................................................................................................. 23
Figure 15: LAN Configuration.........................................................................................................................................24
Figure 16: LAN Group Configuration........................................................................................................................... 25
Figure 17: LAN C ients ..................................................................................................................................................... 27
Figure 18: UPnP ................................................................................................................................................................. 28
Figure 19: SNTP.................................................................................................................................................................. 28
Figure 20: IGMP Proxy......................................................................................................................................................29
Figure 21: Enab e WAN Access Update ...................................................................................................................... 30
Figure 22: DNS Proxy....................................................................................................................................................... 31
Figure 23: Dynamic DNS C ient..................................................................................................................................... 32
Figure 24: Port Forwarding.............................................................................................................................................. 32
Figure 25: Bridge Fi ters.................................................................................................................................................... 34
Figure 26: Web Access Contro ..................................................................................................................................... 35
Figure 27: Egress................................................................................................................................................................. 37
Figure 28: Layer 2 Egress ................................................................................................................................................. 37
Figure 29: Layer 3 Egress ................................................................................................................................................. 38
Figure 30: Untrusted mode Ingress ............................................................................................................................... 39
Figure 31: Layer 2 Ingress ................................................................................................................................................40
Figure 32: Layer 3 Ingress ................................................................................................................................................41
Figure 33: Static .................................................................................................................................................................. 42
Figure 34: QoS Shaper Configuration........................................................................................................................... 43
Figure 35: HTB Queue Discip ine enab ed .................................................................................................................. 44
Figure 36: Low Latency Queue Discip ine enab ed ................................................................................................... 44
Figure 37: PRIOWRR enab ed ........................................................................................................................................ 45

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Figure 38: Po icy Routing Configuration ...................................................................................................................... 45
Figure 39: Static Routing .................................................................................................................................................. 47
Figure 40: Routing Tab e .................................................................................................................................................. 48
Figure 41: Security menu.................................................................................................................................................. 50
Figure 42: IP Fi ters............................................................................................................................................................ 50
Figure 43: LAN Iso ation .................................................................................................................................................. 51
Figure 44: Status menu ..................................................................................................................................................... 52
Figure 45: Connection Status.......................................................................................................................................... 53
Figure 46: System Log....................................................................................................................................................... 53
Figure 47: Remote Log Settings...................................................................................................................................... 54
Figure 48: Network Statistics – Ethernet .................................................................................................................... 55
Figure 49: Network Statistics – DSL............................................................................................................................. 55
Figure 50: DHCP C ients ................................................................................................................................................. 56
Figure 51: QoS Status ....................................................................................................................................................... 56
Figure 52: Modem Status ................................................................................................................................................. 57
Figure 53: Product Information...................................................................................................................................... 57
Figure 54: He p menu........................................................................................................................................................ 58

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Preface
Purpose of This Guide
This guide describes the AT-AR256E v3 4 Ports ADSL2/2+ Router Management interface for a owing users
or network managers to correct y configure the router getting the most of it.
How This Guide is Organized
This guide contains the fo owing chapters and appendices:
Chapter 1 Introduction, describes the features, functions, LEDs, and ports on the equipment.
P ease refer to AT-AR256E Quick Setup Guide for information on how to insta and
setup the router.
Chapter 2 About the Web User Interface, introduces the web user interface genera settings,
how to se ect options and how to move among menus.
Chapters 3-7 Exp ain the usage of the various menus.
Docu ent Conventions
This guide uses severa conventions that you shou d become fami iar with before you begin to insta the
product:


 Note
A note provides additiona information. P ease go to the A ied Te esis website
http://www.alliedtelesis.co for the trans ated safety statement in your anguage.
Warning
A warning indicates that performing or omitting a specific action may resu t in bodi y injury.
Caution
A caution indicates that performing or omitting a specific action may resu t in equipment damage
or oss of data.

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Contacting Allied Telesis
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information.
Online Support
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http://www.alliedtelesis.co /kb/. You can use the Know edge Base to submit questions to our technica
support staff and review answers to previous y asked questions.
E ail and Telephone Support
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web site: http://www.alliedtelesis.co /support/.
Warranty
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http://www.alliedtelesis.co /support/warranty/
Where to Find Web-based Guides
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Returning Products
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To obtain an RMA number, contact A ied Te esis Technica Support through our web site:
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Sales or Corporate Infor ation
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http://www.alliedtelesis.co /. To find the contact information for your country, se ect Contact Us ->
Wor dwide Contacts.
Manage ent Software Updates
New re eases of management software for our managed products are avai ab e from either of the fo owing
Internet sites:
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•A ied Te esis FTP server: ftp://ftp.alliedtelesis.co /
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Tell Us What You Think
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