Broadxent Broadband Blaster 8012-V User manual

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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Broadband Blaster World! Your new Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) modem takes
you to a world of digital entertainment and exploration by giving you fast Internet connection
through existing telephone lines.
Creative Broadband Blaster DSL Bridge 8012-V uses the most advanced “splitterless”
Asymmetric DSL (ADSL) technology that transforms ordinary telephone lines into broadband
high-speed digital lines for fast Internet access. Broadband Blaster 8012-V is compliant with
both ITU G.Lite and G.DMT standards that provides downstream data transmission up to 8
Mbps and upstream data transmission up to 1 Mbps, depending upon your agreement with your
DSL service provider.
Broadband Blaster DSL Bridge 8012-V is equipped with an Ethernet interface
This User Manual will help you during hardware installation, as well as setting up the
computer's networking configurations. Utilizing the Windows plug-and-play feature.
This section provides you with safety instructions and information you should know before
using your Broadband Blaster DSL Bridge 8012-V:
❑Important Safety Instructions
❑Model and Serial Numbers
❑Minimum System Requirements
❑Package Contents
❑Getting Started

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Important Safety Instructions
This section provides basic safety information for your Creative Broadband Blaster DSL Bridge
8012-V modem.
Prior to using your modem, carefully read and understand the safety instructions. These
instructions must be followed to reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, or personal injury.
• Make sure that your modem is not exposed to direct sunlight or excessive heat
radiation.
• Keep your modem at a place where there is minimum risk of spilling any liquid.
• The surrounding ambient temperature must not exceed 400C (1040F).
• Avoid humid conditions. Do not place the product near a water source or outlet such as
a bath tub, sink, wash bowl, laundry tub, swimming pool, rain, wet or humid wall, and
so on.
• Never clean your modem with a damp cloth or use any liquid cleaner.
• Do not press, put any weight, or bend the power cord connected to telephone
equipment.
• To avoid risk of an electric shock during lightning, do not use any telephone equipment
that is connected to an electric socket.
• In case of a gas leak, do not use any electric switch that is located in the vicinity of the
leak.
• To report a gas leak, do not use any telephone equipment that is connected to an
electric power outlet in the vicinity of the leak.
• Do not use any electric product, electric cord, or power socket that is even partially
damaged.
• Do not expose yourself to dangerous voltages by opening the cover of your modem or
dismantling it.
• You must not access the internal assembly or circuit board of your modem — none of
its parts are user replaceable.
• Do not dispose off the batteries in fire — they may explode and cause injury. Besides,
you must follow the local codes for special disposal instructions.
• If your modem needs any service or repairs, only qualified service personnel must
handle it.

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Model and Serial Numbers
Your Broadband Blaster DSL Bridge 8012-V has model and serial numbers. You can find it on
the bottom of your modem. Note down the model and serial numbers for future reference.
Minimum System Requirements
For a proper operation of your Creative Broadband Blaster DSL Bridge 8012-V, refer to the
minimum system requirements listed below:
•Intel
®Pentium®100 MHz or equivalent processor
• Microsoft Windows®95
• 20 MB of free hard disk space
• 32 MB of RAM
• Installed Network Interface Card with an RJ-45 port
Package Contents
Before you begin hardware installation, check your Broadband Blaster 8012-V package to
ensure all the following items are available:
• Broadband Blaster DSL Bridge 8012-V unit
• One CD-ROM that contains
a) Diagnostic program ( BBUI )
b) User Manual (PDF)
c) Acrobat Reader
• Power adapter
• RJ-11 Phone cable
• RJ-45 Ethernet cable

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Getting Started
Before you begin hardware or software installation and configuration, read this section
carefully:
• You must sign up with ISP — your Internet Service Provider.
• Obtain the confirmation that the DSL Service has been enabled on your telephone line.
• For your computer connected to the Ethernet port of 8012-V, follow these steps :
“Hardware Installation”.
• If you ran into any technical issues or need clarification on certain technical terms,
please refer to the Appendix on Troubleshooting in this manual .

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1. HARDWARE INSTALLATION
Creative Broadband Blaster DSL Bridge 8012-V modem is equipped with a 10/100 BaseT
Ethernet interface .
This chapter provides information about your Broadband Blaster 8012-V, as well as hardware
installation. To ensure the proper setup and performance, before you begin connecting cables
and devices to your Broadband Blaster 8012-V, you must carefully go through the following
sections:
❑Backside View of Broadband Blaster 8012-V
❑Connecting Microfilters
❑Hardware Installation
❑Indicator LEDs on Broadband Blaster 8012-V

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Backside View of Broadband Blaster 8012-V
Located at the rear panel of your Creative Broadband Blaster DSL Bridge 8012-V (see Figure
1-1) are several connectors that allow you to attach your computer and a telephone equipment,
as shown in Figure 1-3.
DSL LINE jack
Using the RJ-11 phone cable, connect your DSL-enabled telephone line (the wall phone outlet)
to the DSL LINE jack located on your Broadband Blaster 8012-V.
Ethernet port
Using the RJ-45 Ethernet cable, the Ethernet port connects your Creative Broadband Blaster
8012-V to the Ethernet Network Interface Card in a PC.
Power socket
Use ONLY the supplied DC power adapter to power the Broadband Blaster 8012-V.
Reset Switch
This switch has no function during hardware installation. It is meant for restoring Broadband
Blaster 8012-V configuration settings to the default values.
Figure 1-1: Backside view of Broadband Blaster 8012-V
DSL LINE Jack Ethernet Port Reset Power Plug

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Connecting Microfilters
Each analog device, such as a telephone equipment,
fax machine, or answering machine that you connect
on your DSL line requires a microfilter, as illustrated
in Figure 1-2.
1. Plug one end of a RJ-11 telephone cable into a
microfilter and connect the analog device to the
other end of this RJ-11 cable.
2. Plug the other end of this microfilter, the end that
has a RJ-11 connector, into a telephone wall
outlet.
Telephone
Microfilter
Wall Outlet
Figure 1-2

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Hardware Installation
Connect your Broadband Blaster 8012-V :
Figure 1-3
Figure 1-3

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Indicator LEDs on Broadband Blaster 8012-V
Indicator LEDs on Broadband Blaster 8012-V
Your Broadband Blaster DSL Bridge 8012-V features indicator LEDs which provides you with
your DSL connection status. Refer to the Figure 1-4 and Table 1-1 for the function of each LED.
Table 1-1: Description of LEDs
LED Description
POWER ON when your 8012-V is properly connected to a power source.
DIAGNOS-
TIC
ON when 8012-V performs self-test at the initial power up. Once the normal
operation is detected, the LED will remain off.
DSL Flashes for a few seconds and stays ON when a DSL connection is estab-
lished.
LAN ONwhen an Ethernet connection is detected between 8012-V Lan Port and
PC Ethernet card, Flashes when Data is transferring during access to Internet.
Broadband
Blaster
POWER DIAGNOSTIC DSL LAN

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
This section provides certain technical specifications for the Broadband Blaster DSL Bridge
8012-V:
Data Encapsulation Protocol:
- RFC 1483 Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5
ADSL Line Interface:
- ANSI T1.413
- ITU G.992.1 (G.DMT)
- ITU G.992.2 (G.LITE)
Electrical:
- AC Adapter
Input 120 VAC, 60 Hz, 23 W
Output 16V AC, 750mA
Interface:
- Ethernet 10/100 Base-T (LAN)
- RJ-11 (WAN)
Dimensions:
- Length: 191 mm (7.5 in)
- Width: 165 mm (6.5 in)
- Height: 36 mm (1.4 in)

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TROUBLESHOOTING
This appendix provides tips and solutions for resolving some of the problems that you may
encounter while setting, installing, or using Creative Broadband Blaster DSL Bridge 8012-V:
A. Broadband Blaster LED Status
Observe the LEDs on your Broadband Blaster to check if the device is functioning properly or
not.
1. Normal Setup Status
When your Broadband Blaster 8012-V is powered up, after a few seconds, all the LEDs go into
their correct states:
Power - ON when your Broadband Blaster is connected to a power source
Diagnostic - ON and then OFF ( diagnostic test ) when the Modem is first powered
on.
LAN - ON if the Ethernet is detected
DSL - DSL connection is established
2. The Power LED is OFF
Cause Your Broadband Blaster does not have power.
Solution Try the following steps:
❑Check the power adapter to make sure it is properly connected to the modem and
the power outlet

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3. The LAN LED is OFF
Cause Your Broadband Blaster is not properly connected to a computer through the Ethernet
port.
Solution Try the following steps:
❑Ensure that both ends of the RJ-45 Ethernet cable are plugged in securely — one
end to the Ethernet port of 8012-V and other end to the Network Interface Card on
the computer.
❑Ensure that you have used a straight Ethernet cable. However.
❑Ensure that your Ethernet card is functioning properly and you have properly
installed its driver. Each Ethernet card comes with its own driver.
❑Ensure that you have configured your computer’s Networking Properties correctly
according to the information provided by your DSL service provider.
4. The DSL LED keeps blinking
Cause Your Broadband Blaster DSL Bridge 8012-V is not properly configured/setup or your
DSL service is down.
Solution Try the following solutions:
❑Make sure that your telephone line has been activated for DSL service.
❑Check your telephone line for dial-tone. If your telephone line is down, you will
not have DSL service. Contact your telephone company.
❑Ensure that the telephone cable is connected correctly to your Broadband Blaster.
❑Try connecting the RJ-11 cable again after a few minutes as external interference
might have introduced noise into your DSL line.
❑Check with your DSL service provider.

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B. Possible Problems
1) Broadband Blaster DSL Bridge 8012-V is not recognized by the
Ethernet port on my computer
Cause 1. The Ethernet card on your computer may be faulty or the driver is not properly
installed.
2. Broadband Blaster 8012-V is not cproperly connected or the Ethernet configuration
is improper.
Solution Try the following:
❑Make sure that straight Ethernet cable is securely connected between Ethernet port
on 8012-V and Ethernet card on your PC. Do not use crossed Ethernet cable.
❑Try another straight Ethernet cable.
❑Make sure that you have properly installed the driver for your Ethernet card. Each
Ethernet card comes with its own driver.
❑Reconfigure your computer for DSL connection, as per information provided by
your service provider.
2) The telephone line is noisy
Cause You may hear slight noise on your telephone while the modem is in operation. If the
noise level becomes too loud , try the solution.
Solution Try the following:
❑Ensure that each analog device such as a telephone, fax machine, and answering
machine, sharing the same telephone line as your DSL modem, is connected to the
telephone wall socket via an independent microfilter.
❑Check if you have connected the microfilters properly.
❑If your service provider has installed a splitter, do not use the microfilters.
3) Broadband Blaster does not connect to the Internet or the DSL LED
keeps on blinking
Cause You did not connect your Broadband Blaster correctly and securely.
Solution Try the following:
❑Make sure that your telephone line has been activated for the DSL service.
❑Be sure that your computer is connected to your Broadband Blaster using a straight
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❑Be sure that the phone line from the wall outlet is DSL enabled and is connected
securely to the LINE jack of your Broadband Blaster.
❑Reconfigure your computer for DSL connection, as per information provided by
your service provider. If you are required to specify your IP address, be sure that
you have typed values for IP address, Subnet Mask provided by your DSL service
provider correctly.
4) The Internet connection is slow
Cause Your computer may not have enough cache or you must clear your cache.
Solution Try the following:
❑Clear the cache on your Internet browser:
On Internet Explorer window, click Tools menu and click Internet Options.
On the “Internet Options” window, click the General tab. Then, under
“History” click Clear History and click Ye s to empty the cache. Also for
“Days to keep pages in history:” make the adjustment according to your
requirement.
Important: Your browser automatically stores all recently visited sites on a
cache memory on your computer. Next time when you access a recently
visited website, your browser immediately delivers the cached date on to the
screen. You should always empty the cache on a regular basis and after a
session of heavy web browsing.
❑Delete temporary Internet files:
On the Internet Explorer go to the Internet Options window and click the
General tab. Under “Temporary Internet files,” click Delete Files and click
Yes to delete all temporary Internet files.
❑Close all the open applications and reboot your computer:
Click Start -> Shutdown -> select Restart -> Yes. If warm reboot is
unsuccessful, shut off power to the computer and turn on after waiting for a
few seconds.

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C. Diagnostic Utility ( BBui )
- System Tray Icon Status
Your DSL Ethernet Port is not communicating with your PC.
- Cable is not connected correctly, check connecting between your DSL modem and your PC.
- The Ethernet cable or Ethernet card may defective.
Your DSL Ethernet Port is communicating with your PC.
Handshaking / Training
Your Broadband Blaster DSL modem is attempting to connect to the Internet by going through a
"handshaking" process with the equipment located at your DSL service provider's location. This
initiation process should not take more than a few minutes to complete. If the yellow icon does not
change into green status then the equipment at the DSL Service provider's location might be
experiencing problem.
DSL Connected
Your Broadband Blaster DSL modem is currently connected to the Internet.
To learn more about your DSL modem, please refer to the User's Manual in the Broadband Blaster
DSL Modem Installation CD-ROM.

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GLOSSARY
In order to understand a new technology, it is important that you understand its
terminology. This section offers basic explanation to some of the common networking
and DSL terms.
ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line — A Digital Subscriber Line (DSL)
technology that allows digital data to be sent over existing telephone lines and the
downstream data rates are appreciably higher than the upstream data rates. Many
different DSL technologies have been developed and ADSL is undoubtedly the most
popular DSL technology for individuals and small businesses because ADSL offers
higher downstream (or download) data rates than upstream (or upload) data rates.
Analog signal - A continuous signal, which is having a continuous range of values, for
example the voice signal on the Public Telephone System.
ATM - Asynchronous Transfer Mode — A dedicated connection transfer technology in
which the information is organized into fixed-length cells, each of 53 bytes. In ATM a
virtual circuit, which is defined by VCI and VPI values, is setup between two devices
to communicate over the network. An ATM network handles data in gigabits per
second.
ATM Adaptation Layer (AAL) - In the ATM layer model, above the Physical
layer rests the ATM layer and the ATM Adaptation layer. The AAL performs
the task of mapping between the ATM layer and the higher layers. The four
AALs recommended by ITU-T are AAL1, AAL2, AAL3/4, and AAL5.
ATM Layer - In the ATM layer modem, the ATM layer is above the Physical layer. The
ATM layer is responsible for transporting information across the network.
ATU-C - The Transceiver Unit installed at a telephone company’s central office to
connect multiple DSL users to a high-speed backbone network.
ATU-R - The digital Transceiver Unit (or equipment) installed at a customer’s
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Backbone - The part of the communications network intended and designed to carry the
bulk of the traffic. It provides connectivity between various sub-networks in an
enterprise’s wide area network.
Bandwidth - A measure of the maximum rate of data transfer. Greater bandwidth allows
the transfer of more information in a given period of time. For digital services, the
bandwidth is usually expressed in bits or bytes per second.
Binary - A number system that has only two digits 0 and 1.
BPS - Bits Per Second — A measurement of data transmission speed.
Bridge - A hardware device that links two or more local area networks (LANs) and manages
the transfer of data between these LANs.
BritePort - A term coined by Broadxent, Inc. that refer to a DSL equipment at customer’s
premises.
Broadband - A transmission media that can handle the transmission of multiple messages,
at different frequencies, at a time. The broadband signals use analog carriers.
Browser - See Web browser.
Cable modem - A modem that sends and receives digital data on the same cable that brings
television broadcast signals to your home.
CAP - Carrierless Amplitude Phase modulation — A modulation technique used for
transmitting digital data using an analog carrier. ADSL modems use either CAP
modulation or Discrete Multitone (DMT) modulation.
CO - Central Office — a telephone company’s office facility that handles the switching of
telephone calls on the public switched telephone (PSTN) for a small regional area.
CPE - Customer Premises Equipment — The equipment installed at a customer’s premises
for the DSL service, for example a DSL modem.
Desktop - When a graphical user interface (GUI) is used to access applications such as with
the Macintosh or Windows, the on-screen background is said to be the desktop.
DHCP - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol — A method of assigning a temporary IP
address to a host, such as a computer, connected on a specific network. With dynamic
addressing, a particular host has a different IP address each time it connects to the
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Digital - Having discrete values, for example the data represented by binary numbers (0’s
and 1’s). Computers communicate using digital data.
DMT - Discrete Multitone — A method of modulating digital signals over an analog
carrier.
DMZ - Demilitarized Zone — a computer host or small network inserted as a "neutral zone"
between a company's private network and the outside public network. It prevents
outside users from getting direct access to a server that has company data. The DMZ is
a subnetwork (subnet) that may sit between firewalls or off one leg of a firewall. It is
also an optional and more secure approach to a firewall and effectively acts as a proxy
server as well.
DNS - Domain Name System — This allows you to specify a symbolic name, a meaningful
and easy-to-remember “handle,” instead of an IP address. The DNS is the way that
Internet domain name is located and translated into numeric Internet Protocol
addresses.
DNS Server - A server that contains both the English and numerical addresses of all
computers connected to the Internet. When you specify an e-mail or IP address using
the “English” domain name, the DNS server will return the corresponding numeric
address.
Domain Name - The Internet address or the URL of a website.
Downstream - Data transfer from the telecommunication network to the customer’s
premises.
Driver - A program that a computer uses to control the operation of a peripheral device,
such as a keyboard, modem, monitor, card, or cable.
DSL - Digital Subscriber Line — A technology that transforms ordinary telephone lines into
high-speed digital lines for fast Internet access. This technology uses a digital coding
technique to get large capacity out of your existing phone line without interfering with
regular services — you can talk on your phone and at the same time surf the Web. Thus
DSL provides simultaneous Internet and voice/fax capabilities over a single telephone
line without any interference.
DSLAM - DSL Access Multiplexer — A network device at a telephone company’s office
that receives signals from multiple customer DSL connections and puts the signal on a
high-speed backbone line using multiplexing.
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Ethernet - A local-area network (LAN) protocol that supports data transfer rates of 10
Mbps. It is one of the most widely implemented LAN standards that operates over the
twisted pair or coaxial cable. A version of Ethernet, called 100 Base-T (or fast
Ethernet), supports data transfer rates of 100 Mbps.
Ethernet card - A network interface card that plugs into a computer and allows the
computer to send and receive data to and from a network.
Fast Ethernet - An Ethernet specification with a speed of 100 Mbps (10 times faster than
10BaseT).
Fixed IP Address - see Static IP Address and IP Address
Flash memory - A non-volatile memory on EEPROM chip, that can be erased and
electrically and reprogrammed.
FTP - File Transfer Protocol — A high-level protocol for transferring files from one
computer to another. FTP is one of the basic Internet services.
G. D M T - An industry standard known as G.992.1, which refers to ADSL technology that
uses DMT modulation and does not require a splitter box to be installed at the user’s
premises. This technology supports upstream data rates of up to 8 megabits per second
and downstream data rates of up to 1.544 megabits per second.
G. L i t e - A “splitterless” ADSL technology that uses CAP or DMT modulation and supports
upstream data rates of up to 1.5 megabits per second and downstream data rates of up
to 512 kilobits per second.
Gateway - A network device — A dedicated network machine that connects two or more
separate networks that may use different protocols (such as ATM and TCP/IP) and
translates the protocols.
Hardware - All the electric and mechanical parts and devices used in a computer or
attached to it.
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language — The format used for writing documents to be
viewed with a Web browser. Items in the document can be text, images, and/or links to
other HTML documents, sites, and resources on the Internet.
Hub - A device used for connecting nodes in a star topology, that is all the nodes are
connected to a central hub. A passive hub simply organizes the wiring, while an active
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Interface - The physical arrangement that supports the attachment of a device to a connector
or to another device.
Internet - The world’s largest computer network, linking computers and networks all over
the world, that communicate via a standard TCP/IP protocol.
Internet Explorer - A popular Web browser from Microsoft.
IP Address - The address for a computer on a TCP/IP network. IP address refers to a
particular machine on the network. The format of an IP address is a 32-bit numeric
address written as four numbers separated by periods. Each number can be 0 to 255, for
example, 11.160.10.240 is an IP address. Any machine connected to the Internet is
assigned an IP address. (also see DHCP and Static IP Address)
IPoA - IP over ATM — The ATM networks have a connection oriented network layer,
while the Internet has connectionless network layer. The IPoA is the standard method
used for sending IP packets over ATM.
ISDN - Integrated Services Digital Network — A special dial-up telephone wire connection
that allows digital data transmission to co-exist with the telephone voice (analog)
signals. ISDN requires a special phone line from the Telephone Company. The basic
rate ISDN (also called 2B+D) is a four wire (two pairs of twisted telephone cable)
connection that provides two B channels that transmits data at 64 kbps and third D
channel that transmits data at 16 kbps.
ISP - Internet Service Provider — An organization that provides Internet access to the
computer users.
LAN - Local Area Network — A computer network that spans a relatively small area. Most
LANs are confined to an office, single building, or group of buildings.
LED - Light Emitting Diode — An electric component that emits light (turns ON) when
current flows through it.
Local loop - The telephone lines running from a telephone company's central office in a
local area to its customers' telephones at homes and offices.
Login - The account name (user name or user ID) and/or password used to access a
computer system or a Web site.
kbps - Kilobits per second — a measure of data transfer speed.
KB - Kilobytes — 1,024 bytes.