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  • Page 1 SNA6500 User Manual VERSION 1.0...

  • Page 3: Reset Button

    1 ADSL Port ADSL port (RJ-11). Connect your ADSL line to this port. 2 Power Inlet Connect the included power adapter to this inlet. Warning: Using the wrong type of power adapter may damage the ADSL Wireless Base Station. 3 Reset Button Use this button to reset the power and restore the default factory settings.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Table of Contents Introduction About the ADSL Wireless Base Station Features and Benefits Installation System Requirements Hardware Description LED Indicators ISP Settings Connect the System Connect the ADSL Line Phone Line Configuration Connect the Power Adapter Configuring Client PC TCP/IP Configuration Windows 98/Me Disable HTTP Proxy Obtain IP Settings from Your ADSL Wireless Base Station...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    Introduction SNA6500 Congratulations on your purchase of the Philips ADSL Wireless Base Station, hereafter referred to as the ‘ADSL Wireless Base Station’. We are proud to provide you with a powerful yet simple communication device for connecting your local area network (LAN) to the Internet.

  • Page 6: Important Information

    CD with manual Disclaimer This product is provided by ‘Philips’ ‘as is'' and without any express or implied warranty of any kind of warranties, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed.

  • Page 7: Installation

    Installation System Requirements • • • • • Hardware Description The ADSL Wireless Base Station contains an integrated ADSL modem and connects to the Internet or to a remote site using its RJ-11 WAN port. It can be connected directly to your PC or to a local area network using any of the four 10/100 Ethernet LAN ports.

  • Page 8: Connect The System

    Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) Voice Residential Connection Point [Network Interface Device (NID)] Splitter Data ADSL Router Ethernet hub or switch Plain Old Telephone System (POTS) Voice Residential Filter Voice Connection & Data Point [Network Interface Device (NID)] Voice & Data ADSL Router Data Ethernet...

  • Page 9: Configuring Client Pc

    Configuring Client PC After completing hardware setup by connecting all your network devices, you need to configure your computer to connect to the ADSL Wireless Base Station. See: ‘Windows 98/Me’ on page 9 ‘Windows NT 4.0’ on page 12 ‘Windows 2000’ on page 14 ‘Windows XP’...

  • Page 10: Disable Http Proxy

    3 In the Network window, under the Configuration tab, double-click the TCP/IP item listed for your network card. 4 In the TCP/IP window, select the IP Address tab. If ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ is already selected, your computer is already configured for DHCP. If not, select this option.

  • Page 11: Obtain Ip Settings From Your Adsl Wireless Base Station

    3 In the Internet Options window, click the Connections tab. Next, click the LAN Settings... button. 4 Clear all the check boxes. 5 Click OK, and then click OK again to close the Internet Options window. Obtain IP Settings from Your ADSL Wireless Base Station Now that you have configured your computer to connect to your ADSL Wireless Base Station, it needs to obtain new network settings.

  • Page 12: Windows Nt

    3 In the IP Configuration window, select your network card from the drop-down menu. Click Release and then click Renew. Verify that your IP address is now 192.168.2.xxx, your Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0 and your Default Gateway is 192.168.2.1. These values confirm that your ADSL Wireless Base Station is functioning.

  • Page 13: Disable Http Proxy

    5 In the Adapter drop-down list, make sure your Ethernet adapter is selected. 6 If ‘Obtain an IP address automatically’ is already selected, your computer is already configured for DHCP. If not, select this option and click ‘Apply.’ 7 Click the DNS tab to see the primary and secondary DNS servers. Record these values, and then click ‘Remove.’...

  • Page 14: Windows 2000

    4 Type ‘EXIT’ and press the ENTER key to close the Command Prompt window. Your computer is now configured to connect to the ADSL Wireless Base Station. Windows 2000 1 On the Windows desktop, click Start/Settings/Network and Dial-Up Connections. 2 Click the icon that corresponds to the connection to your ADSL Wireless Base Station.

  • Page 15: Windows Xp

    1 On the Windows desktop, click Start/Programs/Accessories/Command Prompt. 2 In the Command Prompt window, type ‘IPCONFIG/RELEASE’ and press the ENTER key. 3 Type ‘IPCONFIG /RENEW’ and press the ENTER key. Verify that your IP Address is now 192.168.2.xxx, your Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0 and your Default Gateway is 192.168.2.1.

  • Page 16: Configuring Your Macintosh Computer

    3 Type ‘IPCONFIG /RENEW’ and press the ENTER key. Verify that your IP Address is now 192.168.2.xxx, your Subnet Mask is 255.255.255.0 and your Default Gateway is 192.168.2.1. These values confirm that your ADSL Wireless Base Station is functioning. Type ‘EXIT’ and press the ENTER key to close the Command Prompt window. Your computer is now configured to connect to the ADSL Wireless Base Station.

  • Page 17: Disable Http Proxy

    3 Uncheck all check boxes and click OK. Configuring your wireless adapter You can make a wireless connection with the SNA6500 using a Wi-Fi wireless adapter. Please read the manual of your Wi-Fi wireless adapter on how to connect to...

  • Page 18: Setting Up The Adsl Wireless Base Station

    Setting up the ADSL Wireless Base Station Setup Wizard Getting Started Make sure that you have a working ADSL subscription and that the ADSL wireless base station is connected to the ADSL phone line. You can verify that the cable is connected correctly by looking at the light on the front of the ADSL wireless base station.
  • Page 19 Connection Status Step 5 shows if you have internet connection or not. If you have connection you will see the following message. If the connection failed you will see the following message. Please check that your ADSL line is active and that you've entered the correct ISP settings.

  • Page 20: Configuring The Adsl Wireless Base Station

    DSLAM. Domain Name Servers (DNS) are used to map a domain name (e.g., www.philips.com) with the IP address (e.g., 64.147.25.20). The DNS address is usually configured automatically. If this is not the case, one or more DNS address will be...

  • Page 21: Security

    Security Firewall The ADSL Wireless Base Station's firewall inspects packets at the application layer, maintains TCP and UDP session information including time-outs and the number of active sessions, and provides the ability to detect and prevent certain types of network attacks. Network attacks that deny access to a network device are called Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks.
  • Page 22 Packet Fragmentation, TCP Connection, UDP Session, FTP Service, H.323 Service, or TFTP Service. When hackers attempt to enter your network, the SNA6500 can alert you by e-mail If the mail server needs to authenticate your identification before sending out any e-mail, please fill related information in POP3 server, username and password fields.
  • Page 23 Wireless security Wireless Encryption To make your wireless network safe, you should turn on the security function. The ADSL Wireless Base Station supports WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), WPA (Wi-Fi Protected), and 802.1x security mechanisms. Access Control Access Control allows users to define the outgoing traffic permitted or not-permitted through the WAN interface.
  • Page 24 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) combines temporal key integrity protocol (TKIP) and 802.1x mechanisms. It provides dynamic key encryption and 802.1x authentication service. 802.1X If 802.1x is used in your network, then you should enable this function for the ADSL Wireless Base Station. These parameters are used for the ADSL Wireless Base Station to connect to the authentication server.

  • Page 25: Home Network Settings

    Home network settings Status The Status page displays WAN/LAN connection status, firmware, and hardware version numbers, illegal attempts to access your network, as well as information on DHCP clients connected to your network. The security log may be saved to a file by clicking ‘Save’...
  • Page 26 If you use WEP to protect your wireless network, you need to set the same parameters for the ADSL Wireless Base Station and all your wireless clients. You may automatically generate encryption keys or manually enter the keys. To generate the key automatically with passphrase, check the Passphrase box, enter a string of characters.

  • Page 27: Advanced Settings

    Advanced settings Network Address Translation allows multiple users to access the Internet sharing one public IP. Address Mapping Allows one or more public IP addresses to be shared by multiple internal users. This also hides the internal network for increased privacy and security. Enter the Public IP address you wish to share into the Global IP field.
  • Page 28 Use the Firmware Upgrade screen to update the firmware or user interface to the latest versions. Download the upgrade file from www.philips.com/support (Model SNA6500), and save it to your hard drive. Then click ‘Browse...’ to look for the downloaded file. Click ‘BEGIN UPGRADE’. Check the Status page Information section to confirm that the upgrade process was successful.
  • Page 29 WARNING! When you reset the ADSL wireless base station using the blue reset button all configuration settings will be lost, also your ISP settings. Enter a maximum Idle Time Out (in minutes) to define a maximum period of time for which the login session is maintained during inactivity.
  • Page 30 UPNP (Universal Plug and Play) settings With Universal Plug and Play, a device can automatically dynamically join a network, obtain an IP address, communicate its capabilities, and learn about the presence and capabilities of other devices. Devices can then directly communicate with each other. This further enables peer-to-peer networking The QoS Settings page allows the user to configure the bandwidth allocation for each forwarding behavior.
  • Page 31 Routing These pages define routing related parameters, including static routes and RIP (Routing Information Protocol) parameters. Static route parameter 1 Click ‘Add’ to add a new static route to the list. 2 Click ‘Save Settings’ to save the configuration. RIP parameter RIP sends routing-update messages at regular intervals and when the network topology changes.

  • Page 32: Finding The Mac Address Of A Network Card

    How to set-up a computer network? The next pages will show you an example of how to set-up a computer network using the Philips ADSL Wireless Base Station. Warning: The ADSL Wireless Base Station only establishes a connection between your wireless network devices. How you use this connection is up to you.
  • Page 33 Double-click the ‘Network and Internet connections’ icon. Click in the list to the left on ‘Setting-up a home network or small business network’. The Wizard Network Setup appears. Click ‘Next’ to continue. Wizard Network Settings 1. Please, carefully read the instructions the Wizard gives you, and adapt your choices to the type of network you want to set-up.
  • Page 34 1. Enter a description that helps you recognize the computer. 2. Enter a name that is different for each computer. 3. Click ‘Next’ to continue. Enter the same workgroup name for all computers in the network, then click ‘Next’ to continue. Choose to make a networking setup disk.
  • Page 35 To explore the network: Double-click the Network Environment icon on the desktop. If you need more information, consult Windows Help. For Windows 98SE and Windows Me. See earlier on in this chapter for Windows XP and Windows 2000. Click the Windows Start button, click ‘Settings’, and click ‘Control Panel’ from the list.
  • Page 36 1. Enter a name that is different for each computer. 2. Enter the same workgroup name for all computers in the network. 3. Enter a description that helps you recognize the computer. 4. Click on the ‘Configuration’ tab to continue. Click the ‘Sharing files and printers’...
  • Page 37 Click ‘OK’ to accept the changes. To share folders with the network: Start Windows Explorer and right-click the folder you wish to share with the network. Click the ‘Sharing’ tab and adapt the settings. To explore the network: Double-click the Network Environment icon on the desktop.

  • Page 38: Glossary Of Terms

    Access Authentication Authentication Code Authentication Required Auto summary Channel Community Community Cypher suite Data rate Description DHCP Client Log DHCP Server Domain Name Encapsulation Enable Enable Filtering Function ESSID ESSID Broadcast End IP Address Fast Path CRC Error Fast Path HEC Error Firewall Glossary of terms Management access is restricted to Read Only (Read) or Read/Write (Write).
  • Page 39 Flags Flooding cracker block time. Fragmentation half-open wait Gateway Gateway Gateway Group Key Re-Keying Half-open fragmentation detect sensitive time period. Home networking Incomplete TCP/UDP sessions (per min) HIGH Incomplete TCP/UDP sessions (per min) LOW Information Interface Incomplete TCP/UDP sessions detect as incomplete.
  • Page 40 Max. incomplete TCP/UDP sessions number from same host Metric NAS-ID Network Address Network Address Netmask Normal Filtering Table Operation data/Defect indication Operation Mode Disable: Poison Reverse Pre-shared key type Pre-shared Key Protocol Re-Authentication Period RIP mode Route Secret Key Security Log Server Type Server IP Server Port...
  • Page 41 Statistics Start IP Address Status Status Subnet Mask System TCP SYN wait TCP FIN wait TCP connection idle timeout Total incomplete TCP/UDP sessions HIGH Total incomplete TCP/UDP sessions UDP session idle timeout Valid Version Version VPI/VCI WEP Mode Wireless Wireless Mode Quiet Period 802.1X Authentication (Superframes represent the highest level of data presentation.

  • Page 42: Troubleshooting

    Problem Power LED is Off Link LED is Off Cannot ping the ADSL Wireless Base Station from the attached LAN Cannot connect using the web browser Forgot or lost the password A wireless PC cannot associate with the ADSL Router The wireless network is often interrupted The ADSL Wireless Base Station cannot be detected by a wireless client...

  • Page 43: Specifications

    Specifications Physical Characteristics Ports – Four 10/100Mbps RJ-45 Ports – One ADSL RJ-11 ADSL Features – Supports DMT line modulation – Supports Annex A Full-Rate ADSL: up to 8 Mbps downstream, up to 1 Mbps upstream (G.992.1 &T1.413, Issue 2) –...
  • Page 44 Sensitivity Modulation Rate- Receiver 2.412 ~ 2.484 HGz Sensitivity (dBm) 802.11b - 1Mbps - (90 dBm) 802.11b - 2Mbps - (88 dBm) 802.11b - 5.5Mbps - (85 dBm) 802.11b- 11Mbps - (84 dBm) Modulation Rate-Receiver Sensitivity Typical (dBm) 802.11g - 6Mbps - (88 dBm) 802.11g - 9Mbps - (87 dBm) 802.11g - 12Mbps - (84 dBm) 802.11g - 18Mbps - (82 dBm)
  • Page 45 Hereby, Philips Consumer Electronics, BLC P&A CC, declares that this SNA6500 is in compliance with the essential requirements and other relevant provisions of Directive 1999/5/EC. Hierbij verklaart, Philips Consumer Electronics, BLC P&A CC dat het toestel SNA6500 in overeenstemming is met de essentiële eisen en de andere relevante bepalingen van richtlijn 1999/5/EG.
  • Page 47 Nombre, direccion y firma del distribudor Nome, indirizzo e firma del fornitore Specifications are subject to change without notice. Trademarks are the property of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. or their respective owners. 2005 © Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. All rights reserved. Certificado de garantia...

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