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XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide Version 2.1 May 2006...
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XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide NTRODUCTION This chapter describes the features of your HomePNA3.0 switch XL-HB14128M. Features • 14-Port HomePNA3.0 Connection • Two Gigabit Ethernet Port with Auto-Detect MDIX Function and Auto-Negotiating Half/Full Duplex 10M/100M/1000M for Expansion or Link to Switch/Hub/Router •...
XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide NSTALLATION This chapter describes the installation procedure for your switch. Packing List Your package should come with the equipment listed below, • One HomePNA Switch XL-HB14128M • One AC Power Cord • One RS-232 Console Cable (DB9-MiniDin8) •...
XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide 3. Link/Act (E1, E2): Lighting up when the Ethernet link is active, and flashing when there is any data traffic. 4. ID: 7-segment led shows the switch status. Display ‘1’ for OK, or display the other status code of self-diagnosis in booting.
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XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide Figure 3 Cabling of more XL-HB14128M in single MDU/MTU system The other way to stack more XL-HB14128Ms is applying the Gigabit Ethernet Switch. This connection can achieve the maximum available bandwidth utilization for Gigabit rate up-link trunk. Note that port E1 is the up-link trunk of XL-HB14128M.
XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide To configure HomePNA switch ‘#2’ or ‘#3’ locally, unplug the cable from the console IN port and connect RS-232 Console Cable to PC for local configuration. Plug in the previous cable after you have finished the configuration.
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XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide The switch will prompt you a window for username and password authorization. The factory default Password for XL-HB14128M is ‘root’. Please change it to a more secured password after you login successfully. Here shows the main configuration menus on the browser.
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XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide setting into the switch and will take effect immediately. Upgrade Browse to locate the new firmware or driver file for the upgrade item, and click ‘Upgrade’ button to proceed, Switch Firmware Upgrade the XL-HB14128M management firmware—the OS of XL-HB14128M. The switch will reboot after upgrade.
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XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide After uploading the driver into XL-HB14128M, you may designate the targeted one or multiple EP’s for driver upgrade. Crosstalk A bundle of phone wires may induce crosstalk noise to affect each other. Here we show the example for the strong crosstalk effect between Port 1 and Port 2.
XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide Port 1 and Port 2 will share the bandwidth and may have poor performance in such environment. Use Telnet Program Any popular Telnet client could use to configure the switch remotely. For example, run Windows built-in Telnet to...
XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide Note that Telnet connection will be terminated automatically if the telnet client doesn’t input any command for 5 minutes; i.e. the console idle timer is 5 minutes. Use RS-232 Console Cable To configure your XL-HB14128M switch by local console, do the following: 1.
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XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide 3. Press ‘Enter’ to get the prompt for ‘Password” and login the switch. 4. The command shell works the same way as Telnet console.
Enter directory level ‘/E1MAC’ SNMP Enter directory level ‘/SNMP’ Display MAC address, hardware version, firmware version and /INFO [ENTER] HomePNA3.0 chip set firmware version of switch itself. These parameters are read-only. Set IP address, /SYSTEM IPADDR=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn n=0~9 (default 192.168.0.1) NETMASK=...
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XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide n=1: Enable HomePNA port (default) Maximum upstream bandwidth for HomePNA port (in bits per second), n=0: unlimited (default) n=1: 16M n=2: 8M n=3: 4M /PORT/Px UPBAND=n n=4: 2M n=5: 1M n=6: 512K n=7: 256K n=8: 128K...
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XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide n=0: Port-Based Priority -> 802.1P -> IP TOS -> TCP/UDP port number. (default) n=1: Port-Based Priority -> IP TOS -> 802.1P -> TCP/UDP port number. Set QoS classifying bits for “TOS value” /QoS TOSBits=n n=0: Use “IP Precedence bit7~bit5” as “TOS value”. (default) n=1: Use “TOS value bit4~bit2”...
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XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide n=0~65535 (default n=162) Set SNMP trap server IP address is 1~2) /SNMP TRAPIPx=nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn n=0~9 (default is 0.0.0.0) Set SNMP trap community name for server TRAPIPx /SNMP TRAPCOMx=s 1~2), up to 16 characters s=’ ‘ (default...
XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide DVANCED EATURES This chapter describes the advanced features offered by your switch. Port-Based VLAN The main purpose of VLAN is security, to prevent HomePNA user to access each other directly in the switch system. Only the ports within the same VLAN group can access each other directly.
XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide can be forwarded to the correct destined HomePNA port. Terminals attached on port 1 to port 14 should be able to receive tagged/untagged packet and can transmit tagged/untagged packet. NOTE: The connection may be terminated abnormally while Tag VLAN is being turned on and the terminal (PC) can't recognize/receive tagged packets, especially while you configure the VID/Priority setting on port E1.
XL-HB14128M HomePNA3.0 Switch User’s Guide Priority in Upstream 3 levels of service can be provided. With priority value 0 and 1 is regarded as the basic level. Priority value 2 and 3 is a higher level. Priority value 4, 5, 6, and 7 is the highest level.