NBG6503
Quick Start Guide
User’s Guide
Note: It is recommended you use the Web Configurator to configure the NBG6503
Contents Overview
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Table of Contents
Part I: User’s Guide
3.3.1 Procedure to Use the Reset Button
10.3.1 Wireless Security Overview
10.4.1 No Security
10.4.2 WEP Encryption
10.4.3 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
10.8 WPS Screen
11.3.1 Configuring Your Internet Connection
11.3.2 Multicast
11.4 Internet Connection
11.4.1 Ethernet Encapsulation
11.4.2 PPPoE Encapsulation
Dynamic DNS
Static Route
Firewall
Content Filter
20.3.1 Remote Management and NAT
Index
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Getting to Know Your Router
1.1 Overview
1.2 Applications
1.3Ways to Manage the Router
1.4 Good Habits for Managing the Router
1.5 LEDs
1.6 The WPS Button
1.7 Wall Mounting
Figure 2 Wall Mounting Example
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Connection Wizard
2.1 Overview
2.2 Accessing the Wizard
2.3 Connect to Internet
Internet Connection Type
Next
Back
LABEL
Table 4 Internet Connection Type: Static IP (continued)
Subnet Mask
Enter the IP subnet mask in this field
Default
Enter the gateway IP address in this field
Table 5 Internet Connection Type: PPPoE
Select the PPPoE option for a dial-upconnection
Dynamic IP
Select this radio button if your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address
User Name
Table 6 Internet Connection Type: PPTP (continued)
PPTP Address
Type the (static) IP address assigned to you by your ISP
PPTP Subnet
Type the subnet mask assigned to you by your ISP (if given)
2.4 Router Password
2.5 Wireless Security
Table 7 Wireless Security: No Security
Wireless Radio
Select a wireless radio from the drop-downlist box
the security setting for the wireless 5G band
Wireless
Table 8 Wireless Security: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK(continued)
Choose WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK security to configure a Pre-SharedKey. Choose this
option only if your wireless clients support WPA-PSKor WPA2-PSKrespectively
password
connection by configuring WPA in the wireless LAN screens
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Introducing the Web Configurator
3.1 Overview
3.2Accessing the Web Configurator
Chapter 3 Introducing the Web Configurator
The Web Configurator initially displays the following login screen
Figure 15 Login screen
Table 9 Login screen
Type "1234" (default) as the password
Table 10 Change Password Screen
Ignore
Administrator Inactivity Timer
Chapter 22 on page
Logout
Table 11 Home Screen (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Click the icon to change the Weather display
Figure 18 Change Weather
Change Weather
3.3 Resetting the Router
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Monitor
4.1 Overview
4.2What You Can Do
4.3The Log Screen
Log Settings
Clear
Figure 20 View Log
View Log
4.4 BW MGMT Monitor
4.5 DHCP Table
4.6 Packet Statistics
4.7 WLAN 2.4G Station Status
4.8 WLAN 5G Station Status
Figure 26 Summary: Wireless Association List
Table 17 Summary: Wireless Association List
Router Modes
5.1 Overview
Chapter 5 Router Modes
Easy Mode
6.1 Overview
Network Map
Status Screen
6.2 What You Can Do
6.3What You Need to Know
6.4 Navigation Panel
6.5 Network Map
6.6 Control Panel
Table 19 Control Panel (continued)
Firewall
Otherwise, switch OFF
Refer to Section 6.6.5 on page 52 to see this screen
Security
Table 20 Power Saving
Select the wireless radio to set its power saving settings
WLAN Status
WLAN Status
Day and Except for the following times fields
Figure 34 Content Filter
Content Filter
Add
Click Add after you have typed a keyword
Repeat this procedure to add other keywords. Up to 64 keywords are allowed
High
Low
Cancel
Figure 36 Firewall
Figure 37 Wireless Security
Select the wireless radio to set its security setting
Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 keyboard characters) for the wireless LAN
Type a pre-sharedkey from 8 to 63 case-sensitivekeyboard characters
Type the password again to confirm
Figure 38 Wireless Security: WPS
Table 23 Wireless Security: WPS
Click this to go back to the Wireless Security screen
Create a secure wireless network simply by pressing a button
information synchronization
6.7 Status Screen in Easy Mode
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Router Mode
7.1 Overview
7.2 What You Can Do
7.3 Status Screen
Table 25 Status Screen Icon Key: Router Mode (continued)
Click this icon to see the Configuration navigation menu
Click this icon to see the Maintenance navigation menu
The following table describes the labels shown in the Status screen
Table 26 Status Screen: Router Mode
Table 26 Status Screen: Router Mode (continued)
Current Date/Time
This field displays your Router’s present date and time
System Resource
- CPU Usage
Use the sub-menuson the navigation panel to configure Router features
Figure 42 Navigation Panel: Router Mode
The following table describes the sub-menus
Table 27 Navigation Panel: Router Mode
LINK
Table 27 Navigation Panel: Router Mode (continued)
MAINTENANCE
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Access Point Mode
8.1 Overview
8.2What You Can Do
8.3What You Need to Know
Maintenance > Sys OP Mode
Access
Point mode
Start > Run
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8.4 AP Mode Status Screen
Chapter 8 Access Point Mode
Table 28 Status Screen: Access Point Mode (continued)
This shows the channel number which you select manually
should turn off other applications (for example, using bandwidth management
8.5 LAN Screen
Table 29 Network > LAN > IP
Get from DHCP
Click this to deploy the Router as an access point in the network
Server
Internet if the IP address is given by the ISP)
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Tutorials
9.1 Overview
9.2Connecting to the Internet from an Access Point
9.3 Configuring Wireless Security Using WPS
Push Button Configuration (PBC)
PIN Configuration
Start
Push Button
Wireless LAN 2.4G
WITHIN 2 MINUTES
SECURITY INFO
COMMUNICATION
PIN
Wireless Client
Authentication by PIN
9.4 Enabling and Configuring Wireless Security (No WPS)
Interface Status
Figure 53 Tutorial: Checking Wireless Settings
Start > Programs
4Select SSID_Example3 and click Connect
Figure 54 Connecting a Wireless Client to a Wireless Network t
The
Confirm Save
Save
Figure 57 Link Status
http://www.zyxel.com
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Wireless LAN
10.1 Overview
10.2What You Can Do
10.3What You Should Know
Table 30 Types of Encryption for Each Type of Authentication
NO AUTHENTICATION
Weakest
Strongest
WPA-PSK
10.4 General Wireless LAN 2.4G/5G Screen
Chapter 10 Wireless LAN
Table 31 Network > Wireless LAN 2.4G/5G > General (continued)
Channel
Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region
Selection
Table 32 Network > Wireless LAN 2.4G/5G > General: No Security
Table 31 on page
Network
Wireless LAN 2.4G
Wireless LAN 5G
The following table describes the wireless LAN security labels in this screen
Table 33 Network > Wireless LAN 2.4G/5G > General: Static WEP
Select Static WEP to enable data encryption
PassPhrase
Enter a Passphrase (up to 26 printable characters) and click Generate
10.5 MAC Filter
10.6 Wireless LAN Advanced Screen
. The screen appears as shown
Figure 64 Network > Wireless LAN > Advanced
Table 36 Network > Wireless LAN 2.4G/5G > Advanced
RTS/CTS
Threshold
10.7 Quality of Service (QoS) Screen
10.8 WPS Screen
10.9 WPS Station Screen
10.10 Scheduling Screen
10.11 WDS Screen
Table 41 Network > Wireless LAN 2.4G > WDS
WDS Setup
Basic Settings
Select the operating mode for your Router
AP + Bridge
WAN
11.1 Overview
11.2What You Can Do
11.3What You Need To Know
Chapter 11 WAN
The Router can get the DNS server addresses in the following ways
Factory Default
Otherwise, click
Figure 71 Multicast Example
IGMP-v1
IGMP-v2
11.4 Internet Connection
IP Subnet
Enter the IP Subnet Mask in this field
Enter a Gateway IP Address (if your ISP gave you one) in this field
MTU Size
Router can receive and process
This screen displays when you select PPPoE encapsulation
Figure 73 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: PPPoE Encapsulation
Table 43 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: PPPoE Encapsulation
Select PPP over Ethernet if you connect to your Internet via dial-up
Retype to
Table 43 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: PPPoE Encapsulation (continued)
Get automatically
My WAN IP
First DNS Server
Select From ISP if your ISP dynamically assigns DNS server information (and the
This screen displays when you select PPTP encapsulation
Figure 74 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: PPTP Encapsulation
Table 44 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: PPTP Encapsulation
PPP connection and the PPTP parameters for a PPTP connection
Table 44 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: PPTP Encapsulation (continued)
Nailed-up
disconnects from the PPTP server
PPTP Configuration
Server IP
11.5 Advanced WAN Screen
LAN
12.1 Overview
12.2What You Can Do
12.3 What You Need To Know
12.4 LAN IP Screen
12.5 IP Alias Screen
Table 47 Network > LAN > IP Alias (continued)
DHCP Server
13.1 Overview
13.2What You Can Do
13.3General Screen
13.4 Advanced Screen
Table 49 Network > DHCP Server > Advanced (continued)
Type the LAN IP address of a computer on your LAN
DNS Server
DNS Servers
Assigned by
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Network Address Translation (NAT)
14.1 Overview
14.2What You Can Do
14.3 General NAT Screen
14.4 NAT Application Screen
Network > NAT
Default Server IP address
NAT > General
Table 51 Network > NAT > Application
Add Application Rule
14.5 NAT Advanced Screen
Note: Only one LAN computer can use a trigger port (range) at a time
Figure 85 Network > NAT > Advanced
Table 52 Network > NAT > Advanced
This is the rule index number (read-only)
permitted - including spaces
The following is an example of trigger port forwarding
Figure 86 Trigger Port Forwarding Process: Example
Router
1Jane requests a file from the Real Audio server (port 7070)
3The Real Audio server responds using a port number ranging between
Dynamic DNS
15.1 Overview
15.2 What You Can Do
15.3 What You Need To Know
15.4 Dynamic DNS Screen
Chapter 15 Dynamic DNS
Table 53 Network > DDNS
Enable
Select this check box to use dynamic DNS
Dynamic DNS
Static Route
16.1 Overview
16.2 What You Can Do
16.3 IP Static Route Screen
Chapter 16 Static Route
Destination
always based on network number
same network segment as the device's LAN or WAN port. The gateway helps
forward packets to their destinations
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Firewall
17.1 Overview
17.2What You Can Do
17.3 What You Need To Know
17.4 General Firewall Screen
17.5 Services Screen
Table 56 Security > Firewall > Services (continued)
Enable Firewall Rule
Rule
below)
Enter a name that identifies or describes the firewall rule
Content Filter
18.1 Overview
18.2 What You Can Do
18.3 What You Need To Know
18.4 Content Filter Screen
Table 57 Security > Content Filter > Content Filter (continued)
Cookies
Used by Web servers to track usage and provide service based on ID
Web Proxy
Enable URL
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Bandwidth Management
19.1 Overview
19.2What You Can Do
19.3 What You Need To Know
19.4 General Screen
19.5 Advanced Screen
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Table 59 Management > Bandwidth Management > Advanced
Management Bandwidth
Upstream
dedicate to uplink traffic
This is traffic from LAN/WLAN to WAN
Application List
Figure 97 Bandwidth Management Rule Configuration: Application List
Table 60 Bandwidth Management Rule Configuration: Application List
managed by bandwidth management
Select Maximum Bandwidth or Minimum Bandwidth and specify the maximum or
User-defined
Service
Figure 98 Bandwidth Management Rule Configuration: User-definedService
The following table describes the labels in this screen
Table 61 Bandwidth Management Rule Configuration: User-definedService
19.6 Monitor Screen
Table 62 Media Bandwidth Management Setup: Services (continued)
BitTorrent
pieces and share the pieces with other peers to get other half of the file
Gaming
Game Zone
Remote Management
20.1 Overview
20.2 What You Can Do
20.3 What You Need to Know
20.4 WWW Screen
Universal Plug-and-Play(UPnP)
21.1 Overview
21.2 What You Can Do
21.3 What You Need to Know
21.4 UPnP Screen
21.5 Technical Refereance
start
Network Connections
Properties
Internet Connection Properties
Settings
Add
Double-click
Follow the steps below to access the web configurator
1Click Start and then Control Panel
and then
2Double-click Network Connections
3Select My Network Places under Other Places
Local Network
Invoke
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Maintenance
22.1 Overview
22.2What You Can Do
22.3General Screen
22.4 Password Screen
22.5 Time Setting Screen
22.6 Firmware Upgrade Screen
Maintenance > Firmware Upgrade
Figure 114 Maintenance > Firmware Upgrade
Table 68 Maintenance > Firmware Upgrade
File Path
Browse
22.7 Configuration Backup/Restore Screen
22.8 Restart Screen
22.9 System Operation Mode Overview
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22.10 Sys OP Mode Screen
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Troubleshooting
23.1Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs
23.2 Router Access and Login
23.3Internet Access
The Internet connection is slow or intermittent
Advanced Suggestions
23.4 Resetting the Router to Its Factory Defaults
23.5Wireless Router/AP Troubleshooting
I cannot access the Web Configurator after I switched to AP mode
My 5G network doesn’t work
2.4G / 5G
IP Addresses and Subnetting
Appendix A IP Addresses and Subnetting
Figure 121 Network Number and Host ID
Table 71 IP Address Network Number and Host ID Example
1ST OCTET:
2ND
Table 72 Subnet Masks
BINARY
1ST
DECIMAL
OCTET
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Table 75 Subnet
IP/SUBNET MASK
NETWORK NUMBER
LAST OCTET BIT
VALUE
Table 75 Subnet 1 (continued)
Table 76 Subnet
Table 77 Subnet
Table 78 Subnet
The following table shows IP address last octet values for each subnet
Eight Subnets
SUBNET
FIRST ADDRESS
LAST
Table 81 16-bitNetwork Number Subnet Planning (continued)
•10.0.0.0 —
•172.16.0.0 —
•192.168.0.0 —
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Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address
1Click Start > Control Panel
2In the Control Panel, click the Network Connections icon
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5The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties window opens
Obtain an IP address automatically
7Click OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window
8Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window
1Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt
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Continue
6Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and then select Properties
7The Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties window opens
9Click OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window
10Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window
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5Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and then select Properties
6The Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties window opens
8Click OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window
9Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window
1Click Apple > System Preferences
System Preferences
Built-in
Configure
Using DHCP
Configure IPv4
TCP/IP
Manually
Subnet Mask
Applications > Utilities > Network Utilities
Network Interface
Info
2In System Preferences, click the Network icon
Configure
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Network interface
Note: Make sure you are logged in as the root administrator
1Click System > Administration > Network
Network Settings
Unlock
Authenticate
Configuration
Static IP address
IP address
Subnet mask
Gateway address
DNS
Close
System > Administration > Network Tools
Network device
Devices
Interface Statistics
1Click K Menu > Computer > Administrator Settings (YaST)
Run as Root - KDE su
YaST Control Center
Network Devices
Network Card
Overview
Network Card Setup
Address
Dynamic Address (DHCP)
Statically assigned IP Address
Hostname
Hostname/DNS
Finish
KNetwork Manager
Task bar
Options
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Wireless LANs
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Figure 135 Infrastructure WLAN
Figure 136 RTS/CTS
RTS/CTS
RTS/CTS
Fragmentation Threshold
Fragmentation Threshold
Table 82 Wireless Security Levels
SECURITY
SECURITY TYPE
LEVEL
•User based identification that allows for roaming
•Authentication
Determines the identity of the users
•Authorization
•Accounting
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Note: EAP-MD5cannot be used with Dynamic WEP Key Exchange
EAP-MD5
EAP-TLS
EAP-TTLS
PEAP
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AUTHENTICATION
ENCRYPTIO
ENTER
METHOD/ KEY
IEEE
There are two types of antennas used for wireless LAN applications
Omni-directional
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Common Services
Appendix D Common Services
Table 85 Commonly Used Services (continued)
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Legal Information
注意
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[Czech]
příslušnými ustanoveními směrnice 1999/5/EC
[Danish]
krav og øvrige relevante krav i direktiv 1999/5/EF
[German]
[Maltese]
provvedimenti oħrajn relevanti li hemm fid-Dirrettiva1999/5/EC
[Hungarian]
Alulírott, ZyXEL nyilatkozom, hogy a berendezés megfelel a vonatkozó alapvetõ
követelményeknek és az 1999/5/EK irányelv egyéb elõírásainak
Overview of Regulatory Requirements for Wireless LANs
Belgium
Denmark
In Denmark, the band 5150 - 5350 MHz is also allowed for outdoor usage
I Danmark må frekvensbåndet 5150 - 5350 også anvendes udendørs
http:// www.sviluppoeconomico.gov.it
Latvia
http://www.esd.lv
Notes:
List of national codes
•Make sure to connect the cables to the correct ports
•Use ONLY an appropriate power adaptor or cord for your device
•If the power adaptor or cord is damaged, remove it from the power outlet
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