Allied Telesis AT-AR256E manual Introduction, Main Features

1.Introduction

The AT-AR256E 4-Port ADSL Router is the perfect high speed WAN bridge/router. This full- featured product is specifically designed to connect to the Internet, and directly connect to your local area network via high speed 10/100Mbps Ethernet. The ADSL router also has full NAT firewall and DMZ services to block unwanted users from accessing your network.

For gaming users, the ADSL router is already pre-configured for several low latency game ports. Just click on the game you are playing online and the rest is done for you.

The ADSL router is fully compatible with all computers. As long as your computer has a Ethernet interface and is running a TCP/IP stack, the computer can have high speed WAN access. So, plug in the ADSL router (refer to Quick Installation Guide), configure it (per your ISP’s requirements) and enjoy fast Internet access like never before.

1.1Main Features

ADSL/ATM Support

∙ANSI T1.413 issue 2, ITU-T G.992.1 (G.dmt) and G.992.2 (G.lite) compliant

∙ADSL2, ADSL2+, RE-ADSL Ready

∙Rate Adaptive modem at 32Kbps steps

∙Dynamic Adaptive Equalisation to improve Carrier’s service area

∙Bridge Tap Mitigation support

∙ATM Layer with Traffic shaping QoS Support (UBR, CBR, VBR-rt, VBR-nrt)

∙AAL ATM Attributes – AAL5

∙Multiple PVC up to 8 support

∙Spectral compatibility with POTS

∙F5 OAM Loopback/Send and Receive

Encapsulation Support

∙RFC2684 Bridge and Routed LLC and VC Mux support

∙RFC2364 PPPoA Client support

∙RFC2516 PPPoE Client support

∙RFC2225/RFC1577 Classical IP Support

∙Transparent Bridge Support

∙PAP/CHAP/MS-CHAP for Password Authentication Support

Network Support

∙Static IP, Dynamic RIP routing support

∙IP/TCP/UDP/ICMP/ARP/RARP Application Support

∙Network Address Translation (NAT)

∙Port Mapping/Forwarding

∙Easy setup of Port Forwarding rules for popular Games/Application

∙NAT Application Level Gateway for popular applications

∙DHCP Server/Relay/client

∙DNS Relay Agent

∙DMZ support

∙Single Session IPsec and PPTP/L2TP VPN pass-through support

∙PPP Always on with configurable timeout

∙PPP Dial on Demand

∙Universal Plug and Play Support

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