Solwise SAR715PVW Manual

Solwise Ltd.
Set-up instructions for
Solwise SAR715PVW
Wireless ADSL Router
with Hardware VPN
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FCC compliance
This equipment complies with Part 68 of the FCC Rules. On this equipment is a label that contains,
among other information, the FCC registration number and Ringer Equivalence Number (REN) for this
equipment. You must, upon request, provide this information to your telephone company.
If your telephone equipment causes harm to the telephone network, the Telephone Company may
discontinue your service temporarily. If possible, they will notify in advance. But, if advance notice isn’t
practical, you will be notified as soon as possible. You will be informed of your right to file a complaint
with the FCC.
Your telephone company may make changes in its facilities, equipment, operations, or procedures
that could affect proper operation of your equipment. If they do, you will be notified in advance to give
you an opportunity to maintain uninterrupted telephone service. The FCC prohibits this equipment to
be connected to party lines or coin-telephone service.
In the event that this equipment should fail to operate properly, disconnect the equipment from the
phone line to determine if it is causing the problem. If the problem is with the equipment, discontinue
use and contact your dealer or vendor.
DOC compliance information

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NOTICE: The Canadian Department of Communications label identifies certified equipment. This
certification means that the equipment meets certain telecommunications network protective,
operational and safety requirements. The Department does not guarantee the equipment will operate
to the user’s satisfaction.
Before installing this equipment, users ensure that it is permissible to be connected to the facilities of
the local Telecommunications Company. The equipment must also be installed using an acceptable
method of connection. The customer should be aware that compliance with the above conditions
might not prevent degradation of service in some situations.
Repairs to certified equipment should be made by an authorized Canadian maintenance facility
designated by the supplier. Any repairs or alterations made by the user to this equipment, or
equipment malfunctions, may give the telecommunications company cause to request the user to
disconnect the equipment.
Users should ensure for their own protection that the electrical ground connections of the power utility,
telephone lines and internal metallic water pipe system, if present, are connected together. This
precaution may be particularly important in rural areas.
CAUTION: Users should not attempt to make such connections themselves, but should contact the
appropriate electric inspection authority, or electrician, as appropriate.
NOTICE: The Load Number (LN) assigned to each terminal device denotes the percentage of the
total load to be connected to a telephone loop which is used by the device, to prevent overloading.
The termination on a loop may consist of any combination of devices subject only to the requirement
that the sum of the Load Numbers of all the devices does not exceed 100.
European CTR 21 compliance
The equipment has been approved in accordance with Council Decision 98/482/EC for pan-European
single terminal connection to the public switched telephone network (PSTN). However, due to
differences between the individual PSTNs provided in different countries, the approval does not, of
itself, give an unconditional assurance of successful operation on every PSTN network termination
point. In the event of problem, you should contact your equipment supplier in the first instance.

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Table of Contents
1Introduction..........................................................9
1.1 Features......................................................................9
1.2 What’s in the package?............................................10
1.3 Front Panel ...............................................................11
1.4 Rear Panel................................................................12
2Connecting to your network and line.................13
3Setting up TCP/IP on your computer ................15
3.1 Installing TCP protocol on your PC..........................15
3.2 Configuring TCP/IP Protocol for your PC ................17
3.3 Setting up TCP/IP protocol on your Mac .................19
4Quick Router configuration using your
browser...........................................................22
4.1 What you see on the Start-up page.........................23
4.1.1 About the Status Page....................................24
4.2 Setting up a basic NAT router configuration............27
4.2.1 Clearing to factory defaults .............................27
4.2.2 Creating the WAN connection ........................29
4.2.3 Disabling DHCP Server ..................................33
4.2.4 Setting up the Security Interfaces...................35
4.2.5 Saving the configuration and restarting..........38
4.2.6 Testing the connection....................................39
4.2.7 Enabling the Wireless Interface......................40
5The Configuration Screens in More Detail........44
5.1 About the System menu...........................................44
5.1.1 Error Log..........................................................44
5.1.2 Remote Access...............................................44
5.1.3 Upgrade...........................................................45
5.1.4 Restart .............................................................46
5.2 Configuration ............................................................47
5.2.1 Save configuration ..........................................47
5.2.2 Authentication..................................................48
5.2.3 LAN Connections ............................................50
5.2.4 WAN Connections...........................................52
5.2.5 IP Routes.........................................................53

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5.2.6 DHCP Server ..................................................54
5.2.7 DNS Client.......................................................57
5.2.8 DNS Relay.......................................................58
5.2.9 Security............................................................60
5.2.10 IPSec .............................................................76
5.2.11 PPTP .............................................................76
5.2.12 L2TP..............................................................76
5.2.13 Ports ..............................................................76
5.3 802.11b.....................................................................80
5.3.1 Attributes .........................................................80
5.3.2 Wireless setting...............................................81
5.3.3 WEP setup ......................................................84
6VPN Configuration ............................................86
6.1 Enabling the Firewall ................................................86
6.2 IPSec VPN Configuration.........................................88
6.2.1 Pre-Shared Key...............................................88
6.2.2 Digital Signature VPN Configuration ..............92
6.3 PPTP Access Concentrator (PAC) and
L2TP Access Concentrator (LAC) Configuration ...........97
6.4 Configuring PPTP or L2TP Client-Initiated
Tunneling with VPN Concentrator ..................................99
6.4.1 Create two dial-up networking (DUN)
connections...............................................................99
6.4.2 Disabling IPSec on the Windows 2000
PC 100
6.5 Basic Terms and Concepts....................................100
7How to…..........................................................104
7.1 How to enter Command Line Interface mode .......104
7.1.1 Telnet.............................................................104
7.1.2 Using terminal program via serial
console port ............................................................104
7.1.3 Basic CLI syntax ...........................................107
7.2 Altering the LAN IP address of the router..............109
7.3 Using your 715PVW Router with fixed IP
address ..........................................................................110
7.4 Set-up port forwarding............................................114
7.5 Configuring the ‘Security Interface’ to allow
Netmeeting ....................................................................117

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7.6 Configuring the ‘Security Interface’ to allow
ftp 119
7.7 Configuring the ‘Security Interface’ for MS
Messenger to work ........................................................120
7.8 Firewall Features ....................................................120
7.8.1 Intrusion Detection ........................................120
7.8.2 Packet Filtering..............................................121
7.9 Enabling DHCP Server Mode ................................127
7.10 Altering the configuration user name and
password .......................................................................128
8Firmware Upgrade ..........................................130
8.1 Upgrading from to a new 8.2 firmware
version using http ..........................................................130
8.1.1 When things go wrong! .................................130
8.2 Using xmodem to upload the firmware files ..........131
8.2.1 Loading a new bootcode bin firmware
file 131
8.2.2 Loading a new main bin firmware file...........139
9DNS Addresses...............................................149
10 About Universal Plug’n Play and the
SAR715PVW Router....................................151
10.1 UPNP IN GENERAL.............................................151
10.1.1 Overview .....................................................151
10.1.2 Background .................................................151
10.2 THE INTERNET GATEWAY DEVICE.................153
10.2.1 The IGD concept.........................................153
10.2.2 Network Address Translation (NAT) ..........153
10.2.3 NAT Traversal.............................................154
10.3 UPNP SUPPORT IN OPERATING
SYSTEMS .....................................................................154
10.3.1 Microsoft Windows......................................154
10.3.2 Macintosh OS..............................................154
10.3.3 Linux ............................................................154
10.4 UPNP SUPPORT In The 715PVW Routers........155
10.4.1 Windows ME ...............................................155
10.4.2 Windows XP................................................157
11 Appendix A Product Specifications .................169
11.1 Software features..................................................170

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12 Appendix B Troubleshooting...........................172
12.1 Software features..................................................174
13 Appendix B Troubleshooting...........................177
13.1 Basic Connectivity.................................................177
13.2 Logging in with the ISP .........................................177
13.3 PC cannot access the Internet .............................181
13.3.1 Pinging the WAN side of the router............181
13.3.2 Pinging the internet .....................................182
13.4 Connecting to a web site ......................................182
13.5 Diagnosing Problem using IP Utilities ..................182
13.5.1 ping..............................................................182
13.5.2 nslookup ......................................................183
13.6 MTU value. What is it and why does having
the correct value matter? ..............................................184
13.6.1 What are the symptoms of having a
wrong MTU value? .................................................184
13.6.2 So what is it?...............................................184
13.6.3 Why is it important? ....................................184
13.6.4 So how do I set the MTU value on
my Windows PC?...................................................185
14 Appendix C Government compliance
notices ..........................................................187
15 Appendix D IP Addresses, Network
Masks, and Subnets.....................................189
15.1 IP Addresses.........................................................189
15.1.1 Structure of an IP address ..........................189
15.1.2 Network classes..........................................190
15.2 Subnet masks .......................................................190
16 Appendix E Binary Numbers...........................193
16.1 Binary Numbers ....................................................193
16.1.1 Bits and bytes..............................................193
17 Appendix F Useful Links .................................195
18 Appendix G Glossary ......................................196

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1 Introduction
The SAR715PVW is powerful, high integration function Router
which provides secure communication between networks and users
with a DSL connection to Internet. For the ADSL line, it gives
excellent performance and compliance with ITU-T G.dmt (G.992.1),
ITU-T G.lite (G.992.2) and ANSI T1.413 issue standards. For VPN
functions, it provides IPSec, PPTP, LT2P and PPPoE basic VPN
functions. The Firewall function supports Denial of Service
prevention and Trojan Horse prevention which meets the ICSA
firewall standard. The general function of SAR715PVW is defined
as a “ Wireless AP + ADSL Router” with connectivity to either/or
connection as in the following diagram. In this mode, you may
connect the “LINE” port to an ADSL-ready telephone line. The
ADSL/WAN LED will indicate connection. Then connect the LAN
port to a Network device.
1.1 Features
• Compliant with ITU-T G.dmt (G.992.1) , ITU-T G.lite
(G.992.2), G.994,1 (G.hs) standards
• VPN function supports RFC 2401, RFC 2411, RFC 2402,
RFC 2406, RFC 2393, RFC 2407, RFC 2104, RFC 2403,
RFC 2404, all AH and ESP Transforms function, and LZS
Transform for IPCOMP.
• Built in VPN Server ability for IPSEC (with Pre-Shared Key
and Digital Signature), and PPTP and L2TP.

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• Firewall function supports Stateful Packet Inspection, IETF
NAT standards and Comprehensive Logging.
• Filtering function can work under HTTP, FTP, NNTP, IRC
chat, ICQ, Real Video, Real Audio and customizable
individual filtering profile by end users.
• LAN port supports Auto-detect 10/100Mbps Ethernet and
Half/Full-Duplex modes.
• Wireless LAN support 802.11b with 64/128K WEP.
• Provide Internal 4-port Switch ports used to expand
network by connecting to another switch or hub.
• Web browser configuration and management tool allows
easy to configure which can via Ethernet or Wireless
connection (option).
• Support SNMP for remote management.
• Support 8 simultaneous PPP or Bridge/Routing sessions
allowing multiple concurrent connections to service
providers (same as number of VCs).
• Built-in PPPoA/PPPoE client to support the account for
ADSL connection.
• Able to upgrade Firmware via HTTP or TFTP download.
(via Ethernet).
1.2 What’s in the package?
 One ADSL Router
 One 12VDC Adapter
 One RJ-11 Telephone Cable
 One 10Base-T Ethernet straight-through Cable
 One Software CD containing the User’s Guide and
configuration software
All packages have been checked carefully for their completeness
and functionality before shipped. Please contact the place of
purchase if any of the above listed items are missing or damaged.