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DSL Router A

Modular

Model # W1000

ctiontecs Modular DSL Router is the industrys first modular DSL residential modem/router, designed to equip broadband service providers with a single-SKU solution and potential revenue stream for consumer premises equipment. It enables telcos to supply all customers with the same low-cost base unit and then add user-requested upgrades such as wireless networking with snap-in expansion modules.

Model # M1000

Assembled
Modular for Easy Feature/Technology Upgrades
The base unit is a one-port Ethernet/USB ADSL2+ modem. An expansion port is included on top of the unit for attaching the wireless expansion module. All other add-on modules snap directly into the base unit with no cables, adapters, CDs or configuration required by the end user, making upgrades a simple plug-and-play process that can be handled by the consumer. Modular add-ons include a Wireless Expansion Module, 4-port Ethernet switch for wired networking, a HomePlug AV adapter for powerline networking, and a VoIP adapter.

Model # V2000

Features
Integrated Wired Networking using 1 Port USB and 1 Port
10/100 Mbps Ethernet Full-rate ADSL 2/2+ modem - supports data rates of up to 24 Mbps downstream and up to 1 Mbps upstream* Exceeds performance of the DSL Forum specification Loop reach of up to 18,000 feet using ADSL and 18,600 feet using ADSL 2 Tested and compatible with all major DSLAMs Advanced security: Firewall, Stateful Packet Inspection, NAT, website blocking, web service blocking, Internet traffic logging, Denial of Service (DOS) protection

Other features include:

Advanced Modem Diagnostics DHCP Server Option Compliant with DSL Forum TR048 Rate and Reach Requirements Customizable Firewall DMZ Hosting DNS Server, Relay Dynamic Rate Adaptation Independent upstream and downstream data rate provisioning LAN IP Address Selection Multiple PVC supported NAT Services Blocking Port Forwarding Real-time diagnostics Remote Management Services Blocking Static Routing Unnumbered Mode Support User Friendly GUI VPN Pass Through WAN IP & LAN IP Address Selection Website Blocking
* Depends on the services offered by the Internet Service Provider.

Modular DSL Router

Technical Specifications
Features ADSL Descriptions Bridge
Transparent MAC level bridge for Ethernet-like devices
ITU G.992.1 (G.dmt), G.992.2 (G.Lite), G.994.1
(G.hs), G.992.3 (G.dmt.bis), G.992.4 (G.lite.bis), G.992.5 (ADSL2plus) ANSI T1.413 Issue2
in conformance with the IEEE802.1d specification.
ISO/IEC 10038:1993 (E), Std 802.1D. RFC1213 "Management Information Base for Network
Management of TCP/IP-based internet: MIB-II".
RFC1493 Definitions of Managed Objects for Bridges.
ATM User-Network Interface, Version 3.1,
Section 3. - The full VPI range (0 4095) and VCI range (1 65535) are supported. - Adaptation Layers AAL5, AAL2 and AAL0 are supported. - The traffic shaping function supports traffic classes CBR, VBR (real time and non-real time) and UBR (with PCR limiting). Operation and Maintenance Principles and Operations. - F5 segment and end-to-end loopback cells
RFC 791 Internet Protocol. RFC 950 Internet Standard Subnetting Procedure. RFC 1122 Requirements for Internet hosts

communication layers.

RFC 1191 Path MTU discovery. RFC 1213 Management Information Base for RFC 894 Standard for the transmission of IP
datagrams over Ethernet networks. ARP
Network Management of TCP/IP-based Internet.
ITU-T Recommendation I.610 B-ISDN
RFC 826 Ethernet Address Resolution Protocol: RFC 792 Internet Control Message Protocol. RFC 768 User Datagram Protocol. RFC 793 Transmission Control Protocol. Support Static Route Support unnumbered mode RFC 1058 Routing Information Protocol. RFC 1723 RIP Version 2 - Carrying Additional

Information.

Or converting network protocol addresses to 48.bit Ethernet address for transmission on Ethernet hardware.

Wireless Module

IEEE 802.11g IEEE 802.11b IEEE 802.1x WPA/WPA2 WEP 64/128 bit encryption SSID Broadcast enable/disable WPS WMM Multi SSID (4) Auto Channel Selection 2 FXS ports for phone/fax connection Modular/Stand-alone mode for Home/

On-the-Road use

ICMP UDP TCP IP Router RIP

VoIP Module

RFC 2453 RIP Version 2. RFC 1812 Requirements for IP Version 4 Routers. RFC 1191 Path MTU discovery.

DHCP Server

Remote XML auto configuration Remote auto firmware upgrade Echo cancellation for clear calls Major Codecs (G.711a/u-law, G.729A, G.729AB,
G.726, G.723.1) Caller-ID Type I/Type II Call hold, call waiting, call forwarding, call transfer, 3-way conference SIP/RTP packet TOS tagging Ethernet
RFC 2131 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. RFC 2132 DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor

Extensions. Protocol.

DHCP Client
RFC 2131 Dynamic Host Configuration RFC 2132 DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor

Extensions.

The DHCP client supports the following
ISO/IEC 8802-3; ANSI/IEEE standard
802.3 part 3. - IEEE 802.3x Full Duplex capable - IEEE 802.3u Auto negotiation RFC 1213 "Management Information Base for Network management of TCP/IP-based internet: MIB-II". D-I-X, "The Ethernet - A Local Area Network: Data Link Layer and Physical Layer Specifications".
minimal subset of options described in RFC2132: - Requested IP Address (requested by default; is mandatory) - Parameter Request list (subnet-mask only) - IP Address Lease time (dhcp-lease-time) - Client-identifier (dhcp-client-identifier) - Default route (routers) - DNS Proxy Server
Technical Specifications (cont)
NAT, PAT (IP Masquerading)
RFC2663 IP Network Address Translator (NAT)
Terminology and Considerations. RFC3022 Traditional IP Network Address Translator (Traditional NAT).

Operating Range

Indoors:
NAT ALGs (Application Level Gateway)

(NAT Pass Through)

FTP (over NATP) Gaming Netmeeting IPSec PPTP Port Forwarding DMZ Service Blocking Web site blocking Web Activity Log Stateful Firewall: multiple security levels. Basic IDS: Stateful Packet Inspection for
Device Control Protocol V 1.0. prevention of Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. Environmental Operating Range Power Requirements
Up to 13m (40 ft) @ 54 Mbps Up to 17m (55 ft) @ 18 Mbps Up to 37m (120 ft) @ 11 Mbps Up to 91m (300 ft) @ 1 Mbps Up to 55m (180 ft) @ 54 Mbps Up to 122m (400 ft) @ 18 Mbps Up to 171m (560 ft) @ 11 Mbps Up to 533m (1,750 ft) @ 1 Mbps

Outdoors:

NAT advanced features
Operating Temperature: 0-40 Celsius Humidity: 8-95% non-condensing Operating voltage:

+12V DC +- 5% @ 600mA max

Firewall

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) PPPoA PPPoE RFC1483
Internet Gateway Device (IGD) Standardized RFC 2364 PPP Over AAL5. RFC 2516 Method for Transmitting PPP Over
Ethernet (PPPoE). Supports bridged 802.3 Ethernet frames over an ATM network. LLC encapsulation, in which an LLC/SNAP header is prepended to the (Ethernet) frame. VC multiplexing, in which a null two byte header is prepended to the frame. Default is LLC encapsulation; VC multiplexing can be configured using console command or WEB configuration. RFC1483 "Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5". RFC1213 "Management Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based internet: MIB-II". RFC 2684 Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5.
Web Server and Web Based Configuration
RFC 1945 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -HTTP/1.0.
RFC 2068 Hypertext Transfer Protocol -HTTP/1.1. (Not full support). Digest Access Authentication.
RFC 2617 HTTP Authentication: Basic and
Minimum System Requirements
PC or Macintosh with Ethernet connection or PC with available
USB port Microsoft Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista; Mac OS 9 or higher; Linux/BSD, Unix (USB: Windows 98SE, Me, 2000, XP, Vista) TCP/IP network protocol installed Internet Explorer 4.0+ or Netscape 4.0+

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What does it mean when the LED lights on a M1000 DSL Router flash and or change color?
POWER LED: Possible colors are:

Red, Amber and Green

Normal: When the M1000 DSL Router is functioning normally, the Power light will change color as the DSL Router is starting up. During a normal device power up, the Power LED is first solid Red for 2 to 3 seconds, followed by flashing Green for 15 to 30 seconds. Lastly the Power LED is solid Green, and it remains solid Green for the rest of the time the DSL Router is powered up. Abnormal: Power LED not illuminated: Either the device is turned off or some element of the power supply has failed. Possibly the AC power at the outlet, DC power from the Power Supply or DSL Router itself. Power LED is solid Red: Indication of possible hardware generated lockup, hardware failure or incorrect firmware. Power LED is solid Amber: Indication of firmware generated lockup or firmware corruption or incorrect firmware. Power LED only flashes Green, cycles through colors or M1000 restarts continuously: Indicates possible incorrect Power Supply voltage, corrupt or incorrect firmware.
DSL LED: Possible colors are:
Normal: When the M1000 DSL Router is working correctly, the DSL LED will begin flashing almost as soon as the Router is powered up. The DSL LED can flash at two different speeds. The modem begins by flashing at the slower speed when the DSL cable is not connected or it can not detect a DSL signal. Once a signal is detected the LED begins flashing at a much faster rate. The change in speed is easy to see since it is approximately twice that of the slower speed. When the LED begins flashing at the higher rate, it will not be long before the DSL signal is acquired, and the modem is trained up. The DSL must remain trained up (Solid Green DSL LED) for the modem to make an Internet connection. Abnormal: DSL LED not illuminated: This is typically due to a Router firmware being loaded onto a DSL Router. Though unlikely, other reasons could be a corrupt firmware or hardware failure. DSL LED flashes continuously, never training up (DSL LED is never solid Green): If the LED is flashing slowly it indicates that the DSL modem does not detect a DSL signal. Possible reasons could be that the DSL line is crossed, incorrectly connected or bad. Other reasons might be that there really is no signal on the DSL line, because it has not been provisioned yet, it was configured incorrectly or configured on another line. If the LED is flashing quickly it indicates that the DSL modem sees the signal but that there is too much noise on the line for it to be able to train up. This could be because the DSL line has too much noise, because the DSL Filters are incorrectly installed or because the DSL Filters are not installed at all. If the DSL LED goes through the normal steps, but then after it becomes solid Green it starts flashing all over again, and goes through the steps from the beginning again and again, it too indicates noise on the DSL line. Just like the quickly flashing LED it could be because the DSL line has too much noise, because the DSL Filters are incorrectly installed or not installed at all.

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INTERNET LED: Possible colors are:

Red and Green

Normal: A Green LED indicates a successful connection to the ISP (Internet Service Provider). When the connection is made the LED becomes Green and remains solid Green, until it begins to flash when network and Internet traffic begins to pass through it. However, the Internet connection can not be made, until the DSL has trained up and the DSL LED is solid Green. Abnormal: The DSL LED would still need to be solid Green, but after it is, if Internet LED turns Red it indicates that when it attempted to connect to the ISP, it failed. This type of failure is often due too authentication failure or some other type of misconfiguration of the Router by the user or DSL account misconfiguration by the ISP. Internet LED not illuminated: Indicates that there is no connection to the Internet or it was lost, that the DSL Router may still need to be configured, the DSL LED may be flashing (i.e. not trained up or lost train) or if the Internet connection is up, the Internet LED may have failed.

LAN, USB or Ethernet LED: Possible colors are: Green Normal: The LED is illuminated when there is a successful connection to another device, such as a USB cable connected to a PC or an Ethernet cable connected to a computer or network hub. The LAN, USB and Ethernet LEDs are solid Green when there is a connection, and begin flashing when there is network traffic. Abnormal: LAN, USB and Ethernet LED not illuminated: Indicates no connection, either a bad cable, wrong type of cable or a bad USB or Ethernet port on the PC or Router.
Wireless LEDs: There are 2 LEDs on the W1000 Wireless Module, Power and Wireless Possible colors are: Green Normal: The Wireless LED behaves differently than the LAN, USB and Ethernet LEDs do. Those LEDs are illuminated when a network device has connected. On the W1000 the Power LED is illuminated as soon as the module is plugged in, as is the Wireless LED. However, the Wireless LED being illuminated does not indicate that a network device has connected to it. The only indication that a computer or some other network device has connected is when the network traffic from that device causes the Wireless LED to flash. Abnormal: W1000 LEDs are illuminated but there is no connectivity: Indicates the M1000 was probably not restarted after the Wireless module was connected. The M1000 must be restarted after the W1000 Wireless module is connected or removed.
Resolutions: These types of problems can often be resolved by power-cycling the Router or resetting it (See the FAQ regarding Resetting the M1000, for directions). Before replacing a DSL Router a Recovery should always be attempted, unless the problem is obviously a physical one (rattles, smoke, etc). Many times reinstalling the firmware via a Recovery program can restore an unresponsive unit, to full functionality.

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