Netopia R6100 User manual

Netopia
™
R6000 Series ADSL Routers
R6100 ADSL Router
R6120 ADSL with V.90
R6131 ADSL with ISDN
R6161 Bonded ADSL
User’s Reference Guide

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Netopia, Inc.
2470 Mariner Square Loop
Alameda, CA 94501-1010
U.S.A.
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6161077-PF-01
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(P/N 6161077-00-01)

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Part I: Getting Started
Chapter 1 — Introduction..........................................................1-1
Overview....................................................................... 1-1
Features and capabilities ............................................... 1-1
How to use this guide .................................................... 1-2
Chapter 2 — Setting Up Internet Services .................................2-1
Finding an Internet service provider................................. 2-1
Unique requirements............................................ 2-2
Pricing and support.............................................. 2-2
Endorsements ..................................................... 2-2
Deciding on an ISP account............................................ 2-2
Setting up a Netopia R6000 Series account........... 2-2
Obtaining an IP address........................................ 2-2
Obtaining information from the ISP.................................. 2-3
Local LAN IP address information to obtain............ 2-3
Chapter 3 — Making the Physical Connections..........................3-1
Find a location............................................................... 3-1
What you need .............................................................. 3-2
Identify the connectors and attach the cables.................. 3-3
Netopia R6000 Series ADSL Router back panel ports ...... 3-4
Netopia R6000 Series ADSL Router status lights............. 3-5
LEDs start-up sequence ....................................... 3-6
Chapter 4 — Connecting to Your Local Area Network.................4-1
Overview....................................................................... 4-1
Readying computers on your local network....................... 4-1
Connecting to an Ethernet network.................................. 4-3
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Adding an external modem............................................. 4-4
Connecting to a LocalTalk network ................................. 4-5
Chapter 5 — Sharing the Connection.........................................5-1
Configuring TCP/IP on Windows 95, 98, or
2000 computers............................................................ 5-2
Dynamic configuration (recommended)................... 5-2
Static configuration (optional)................................ 5-3
Configuring TCP/IP on Macintosh computers.................... 5-5
Dynamic configuration (recommended)................... 5-5
Static configuration (optional)................................ 5-6
Dynamic configuration using MacIP (optional)......... 5-7
Chapter 6 — Console-Based Management.................................6-1
Connecting through a Telnet Session............................... 6-2
Configuring Telnet software................................... 6-3
Connecting a Console Cable to your Router ..................... 6-3
Navigating through the Console Screens.......................... 6-4
Navigating through the configuration screens ......... 6-5
Chapter 7 — Easy Setup...........................................................7-1
Easy Setup console screens........................................... 7-1
Accessing the Easy Setup console screens............ 7-1
Quick Easy Setup connection path .................................. 7-3
ADSL Line Configuration ....................................... 7-5
Easy Setup Profile................................................ 7-5
IP Easy Setup ...................................................... 7-7
Easy Setup Security Configuration ......................... 7-8
Part II: Advanced Configuration
Chapter 8 — WAN and System Configuration.............................8-1
WAN Configuration ......................................................... 8-2
Line configuration................................................. 8-3
Auxiliary Serial Port configuration .......................... 8-7

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R6161 Multilink PPP-based Bonded ADSL
(WAN Module 2) Setup ......................................... 8-8
Delayed remote configuration change toggle........... 8-9
Creating a New Connection Profile................................. 8-11
RIP Profile Options....................................................... 8-16
PPP Ethernet LAN Reconfiguration................................. 8-18
Configuration ..................................................... 8-18
Quick View......................................................... 8-19
The WAN Default Profile................................................ 8-20
IP Parameters (Default Profile) screen.................. 8-21
IPX parameters (default profile) screen ................ 8-22
System Configuration .................................................. 8-23
Network protocols setup..................................... 8-24
Filter sets (firewalls)........................................... 8-24
IP address serving ............................................. 8-24
Date and time.................................................... 8-24
Console configuration......................................... 8-25
SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol)..... 8-26
Security............................................................. 8-26
Upgrade feature set ........................................... 8-26
Logging ............................................................. 8-26
Installing the Syslog client .................................. 8-27
Chapter 9 — Dial Backup..........................................................9-1
WAN Configuration ......................................................... 9-2
Backup Configuration screen................................. 9-6
IP Setup screen............................................................. 9-7
Connection Profiles........................................................ 9-8
Using Scheduled Connections with Backup...................... 9-8
Management/Statistics................................................ 9-11
QuickView ................................................................... 9-12
Event Logs.................................................................. 9-13
SNMP Support ............................................................ 9-13

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Chapter 10 — IP Setup...........................................................10-1
IP setup...................................................................... 10-2
IP subnets......................................................... 10-5
Static routes...................................................... 10-7
IP address serving..................................................... 10-11
IP Address Pools.............................................. 10-14
DHCP NetBIOS Options..................................... 10-16
MacIP (KIP forwarding) setup............................ 10-18
More Address Serving Options.................................... 10-19
Configuring the IP Address Server options.......... 10-20
DHCP Relay Agent...................................................... 10-25
Connection Profiles.................................................... 10-27
Chapter 11 — Multiple Network Address Translation
(MultiNAT) .......................................................11-1
Overview..................................................................... 11-1
Features............................................................ 11-2
Enhancements................................................... 11-5
Supported traffic................................................ 11-6
MultiNAT Configuration................................................. 11-7
Basic configuration – Easy Setup Profile............... 11-7
Advanced configuration – Server Lists and
Dynamic NAT...................................................... 11-8
IP setup............................................................. 11-9
Modifying map lists.......................................... 11-14
Moving maps................................................... 11-16
Adding Server Lists.................................................... 11-18
Modifying server lists ....................................... 11-21
Deleting a server ............................................. 11-23
Binding Map Lists and Server Lists............................. 11-24
IP profile parameters........................................ 11-24
IP Parameters (WAN Default Profile)................... 11-26
NAT Associations....................................................... 11-28

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MultiNAT Configuration Example.................................. 11-30
Firmware Upgrades and NAT....................................... 11-34
Chapter 12 — IPX Setup.........................................................12-1
IPX features ................................................................ 12-1
IPX definitions ............................................................. 12-1
Internetwork Packet Exchange (IPX)..................... 12-1
IPX address....................................................... 12-2
Socket .............................................................. 12-2
Routing Information Protocol (RIP)....................... 12-2
Service Advertising Protocol (SAP)....................... 12-2
NetBIOS............................................................ 12-3
IPX spoofing....................................................... 12-3
IPX setup screen ......................................................... 12-3
IPX routing tables ........................................................ 12-5
Chapter 13 — AppleTalk Setup................................................13-1
AppleTalk networks ...................................................... 13-1
AppleTalk protocol.............................................. 13-1
MacIP................................................................ 13-3
AURP................................................................. 13-3
Routers and seeding .......................................... 13-3
Installing AppleTalk ...................................................... 13-4
Configuring AppleTalk ................................................... 13-6
EtherTalk setup.................................................. 13-6
LocalTalk setup ................................................. 13-7
AURP setup ....................................................... 13-8
Chapter 14 — Monitoring Tools...............................................14-1
Quick View status overview .......................................... 14-1
General status................................................... 14-2
Current status ................................................... 14-3
Status lights...................................................... 14-3
Statistics & Logs......................................................... 14-4

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General Statistics .............................................. 14-4
Event histories ............................................................ 14-5
Routing tables............................................................. 14-7
Served IP Addresses.................................................. 14-10
System Information.................................................... 14-12
SNMP....................................................................... 14-12
The SNMP Setup screen................................... 14-13
SNMP traps..................................................... 14-14
Web-based management pages .................................. 14-16
System Information page.................................. 14-16
Event History pages ......................................... 14-17
Chapter 15 — Virtual Private Networks (VPN) .........................15-1
Overview..................................................................... 15-1
About PPTP Tunnels ..................................................... 15-4
PPTP configuration.............................................. 15-4
Encryption Support...................................................... 15-7
About IPsec Tunnels..................................................... 15-8
Configuration ..................................................... 15-8
IP Profile Parameters........................................ 15-11
Advanced IP Profile Options............................... 15-12
VPN Default Answer Profile......................................... 15-13
VPN QuickView .......................................................... 15-15
Dial-Up Networking for VPN......................................... 15-15
Installing Dial-Up Networking............................. 15-16
Creating a new Dial-Up Networking profile .......... 15-17
Configuring a Dial-Up Networking profile ............. 15-17
Installing the VPN Client............................................. 15-19
Windows 95 VPN installation............................. 15-19
Windows 98 VPN installation............................. 15-19
Connecting using Dial-Up Networking................. 15-20
About ATMP Tunnels................................................... 15-20
ATMP configuration........................................... 15-21

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Allowing VPNs through a Firewall................................. 15-24
PPTP example.................................................. 15-25
ATMP example ................................................. 15-28
Chapter 16 — Security ...........................................................16-1
Suggested Security Measures....................................... 16-1
User Accounts............................................................. 16-1
Dial-in Console Access................................................. 16-4
RADIUS Client Support................................................. 16-5
RADIUS client configuration................................. 16-5
Warning alerts ................................................... 16-7
Enable SmartStart/SmartView/Web Server................... 16-8
Telnet Access.............................................................. 16-9
About Filters and Filter Sets.......................................... 16-9
What’s a filter and what’s a filter set?.................. 16-9
How filter sets work............................................ 16-9
How individual filters work................................. 16-11
Design guidelines............................................. 16-16
Working with IP Filters and Filter Sets.......................... 16-17
Adding a filter set............................................. 16-18
Viewing filter sets............................................. 16-22
Modifying filter sets.......................................... 16-22
Deleting a filter set........................................... 16-23
A sample IP filter set........................................ 16-23
IPX Filters.................................................................. 16-27
IPX packet filters.............................................. 16-28
IPX packet filter sets ........................................ 16-29
IPX SAP filters.................................................. 16-31
IPX SAP filter sets ............................................ 16-33
Firewall Tutorial ......................................................... 16-35
General firewall terms ...................................... 16-35
Basic IP packet components............................. 16-35
Basic protocol types......................................... 16-35

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Firewall design rules......................................... 16-36
Filter basics..................................................... 16-39
Example filters................................................. 16-40
Filtering on the LAN Interface...................................... 16-43
Chapter 17 — Utilities and Diagnostics...................................17-1
Ping............................................................................ 17-2
Trace Route................................................................. 17-4
Telnet client................................................................. 17-5
Disconnect Telnet console session ............................... 17-7
Factory defaults........................................................... 17-7
Transferring configuration and firmware files with TFTP.... 17-8
Updating firmware.............................................. 17-8
Downloading configuration files ........................... 17-9
Uploading configuration files ............................. 17-10
Transferring configuration and firmware files with
XMODEM................................................................... 17-10
Updating firmware............................................ 17-11
Downloading configuration files ......................... 17-12
Uploading configuration files ............................. 17-12
Restarting the system................................................ 17-13
Part III: Appendixes
Appendix A — Troubleshooting..................................................A-1
Configuration problems .................................................. A-1
Console connection problems ............................... A-2
Network problems................................................ A-2
How to Telnet or Console to your Router from a
Windows 9X Workstation................................................ A-3
How to reset the router to factory defaults .................... A-11
Power outages............................................................. A-11
Technical support ........................................................ A-12
How to reach us................................................. A-12