ZyXEL VMG8924-B10A User manual

Quick Start Guide

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VMG8924-B10A and VMG8924-

B30A Series

Dual Band Wireless AC/N VDSL2 VoIP Combo WAN Gigabit IAD

Version 1.00

Edition 2, 03/2015

User’s Guide

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READ CAREFULLY BEFORE USE.

KEEP THIS GUIDE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

Screenshots and graphics in this book may differ slightly from your product due to differences in

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that the information in this manual is accurate.

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Contents Overview

User’s Guide .......................................................................................................................................17

Introducing the VMG ...............................................................................................................................19

The Web Configurator .............................................................................................................................27

Quick Start ...............................................................................................................................................35

Tutorials ..................................................................................................................................................37

Technical Reference ..........................................................................................................................65

Network Map and Status Screens ...........................................................................................................67

Broadband ...............................................................................................................................................73

Wireless ................................................................................................................................................101

Home Networking ..................................................................................................................................133

Routing ..................................................................................................................................................151

Quality of Service (QoS) .......................................................................................................................159

Network Address Translation (NAT) ......................................................................................................177

Dynamic DNS Setup .............................................................................................................................195

IGMP/MLD ............................................................................................................................................199

Vlan Group ............................................................................................................................................203

Interface Group .....................................................................................................................................205

USB Service .......................................................................................................................................... 211

Power Management ..............................................................................................................................219

Firewall ..................................................................................................................................................223

MAC Filter .............................................................................................................................................233

Parental Control ....................................................................................................................................235

Scheduler Rule ......................................................................................................................................241

Certificates ............................................................................................................................................243

VPN .......................................................................................................................................................251

PPTP VPN ............................................................................................................................................265

Voice .....................................................................................................................................................267

Log .......................................................................................................................................................299

Traffic Status ........................................................................................................................................303

VoIP Status ...........................................................................................................................................307

ARP Table .............................................................................................................................................309

Routing Table ........................................................................................................................................ 311

IGMP/MLD Status ................................................................................................................................313

xDSL Statistics ......................................................................................................................................315

3G Statistics .........................................................................................................................................319

User Account .........................................................................................................................................321

Remote Management ............................................................................................................................323

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TR-069 Client ........................................................................................................................................327

TR-064 ..................................................................................................................................................329

SNMP ....................................................................................................................................................331

Time Settings ........................................................................................................................................333

E-mail Notification .................................................................................................................................335

Log Setting ...........................................................................................................................................337

Firmware Upgrade ................................................................................................................................341

Configuration .........................................................................................................................................345

Diagnostic .............................................................................................................................................348

Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................................353

Appendices ......................................................................................................................................361

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Table of Contents

Contents Overview ..............................................................................................................................3

Table of Contents .................................................................................................................................5

Part I: User’s Guide .........................................................................................17

Chapter 1

Introducing the VMG ..........................................................................................................................19

1.1 Overview ...........................................................................................................................................19

1.2 Ways to Manage the VMG ................................................................................................................19

1.3 Good Habits for Managing the VMG .................................................................................................19

1.4 Applications for the VMG .................................................................................................................20

1.4.1 Internet Access ........................................................................................................................20

1.4.2 VMG’s USB Support ................................................................................................................21

1.5 LEDs (Lights) ....................................................................................................................................22

1.6 The RESET Button ............................................................................................................................24

1.7 Wireless Access ................................................................................................................................24

1.7.1 Using the Wi-Fi and WPS Buttons ...........................................................................................24

1.8 Wall-mounting Instructions ................................................................................................................25

Chapter 2

The Web Configurator........................................................................................................................27

2.1 Overview ...........................................................................................................................................27

2.1.1 Accessing the Web Configurator .............................................................................................27

2.2 Web Configurator Layout ..................................................................................................................29

2.2.1 Title Bar ...................................................................................................................................29

2.2.2 Main Window ...........................................................................................................................30

2.2.3 Navigation Panel .....................................................................................................................30

Chapter 3

Quick Start...........................................................................................................................................35

3.1 Overview ...........................................................................................................................................35

3.2 Quick Start Setup ..............................................................................................................................35

Chapter 4

Tutorials...............................................................................................................................................37

4.1 Overview ...........................................................................................................................................37

4.2 Setting Up an ADSL PPPoE Connection ..........................................................................................37

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4.3 Setting Up a Secure Wireless Network .............................................................................................40

4.3.1 Configuring the Wireless Network Settings .............................................................................40

4.3.2 Using WPS ..............................................................................................................................41

4.3.3 Without WPS ...........................................................................................................................45

4.4 Setting Up Multiple Wireless Groups ................................................................................................46

4.5 Configuring Static Route for Routing to Another Network .................................................................49

4.6 Configuring QoS Queue and Class Setup ........................................................................................51

4.7 Access the VMG Using DDNS ..........................................................................................................55

4.7.1 Registering a DDNS Account on www.dyndns.org ..................................................................55

4.7.2 Configuring DDNS on Your VMG .............................................................................................56

4.7.3 Testing the DDNS Setting ........................................................................................................56

4.8 Configuring the MAC Address Filter ..................................................................................................56

4.9 Access Your Shared Files From a Computer ....................................................................................57

4.10 Using the Print Server Feature ........................................................................................................58

Part II: Technical Reference............................................................................65

Chapter 5

Network Map and Status Screens .....................................................................................................67

5.1 Overview ...........................................................................................................................................67

5.2 The Network Map Screen .................................................................................................................67

5.3 The Status Screen .............................................................................................................................68

Chapter 6

Broadband...........................................................................................................................................73

6.1 Overview ...........................................................................................................................................73

6.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ............................................................................................73

6.1.2 What You Need to Know ..........................................................................................................74

6.1.3 Before You Begin .....................................................................................................................76

6.2 The Broadband Screen .....................................................................................................................77

6.2.1 Add/Edit Internet Connection ...................................................................................................78

6.3 The 3G Backup Screen .....................................................................................................................85

6.4 The Advanced Screen .......................................................................................................................89

6.5 The 802.1x Screen ............................................................................................................................92

6.5.1 Modify 802.1X Settings ............................................................................................................93

6.6 Technical Reference ..........................................................................................................................93

Chapter 7

Wireless.............................................................................................................................................101

7.1 Overview .........................................................................................................................................101

7.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..........................................................................................101

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7.1.2 What You Need to Know ........................................................................................................101

7.2 The General Screen .......................................................................................................................102

7.2.1 No Security ............................................................................................................................104

7.2.2 Basic (WEP Encryption) ........................................................................................................104

7.2.3 More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK) ..................................................................................................106

7.3 The Guest / More AP Screen ..........................................................................................................107

7.3.1 Edit Guest / More AP ............................................................................................................108

7.4 MAC Authentication ........................................................................................................................ 110

7.5 The WPS Screen ............................................................................................................................ 111

7.6 The WMM Screen ........................................................................................................................... 112

7.7 The WDS Screen ............................................................................................................................ 113

7.7.1 WDS Scan ............................................................................................................................. 115

7.8 The Others Screen .......................................................................................................................... 115

7.9 The Channel Status Screen ............................................................................................................ 117

7.10 Technical Reference ...................................................................................................................... 118

7.10.1 Wireless Network Overview ................................................................................................. 118

7.10.2 Additional Wireless Terms ...................................................................................................120

7.10.3 Wireless Security Overview .................................................................................................120

7.10.4 Signal Problems ..................................................................................................................122

7.10.5 BSS .....................................................................................................................................123

7.10.6 MBSSID ...............................................................................................................................123

7.10.7 Preamble Type ....................................................................................................................124

7.10.8 Wireless Distribution System (WDS) ...................................................................................124

7.10.9 WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) ...............................................................................................124

Chapter 8

Home Networking.............................................................................................................................133

8.1 Overview .........................................................................................................................................133

8.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ..........................................................................................133

8.1.2 What You Need To Know .......................................................................................................134

8.1.3 Before You Begin ...................................................................................................................135

8.2 The LAN Setup Screen ...................................................................................................................135

8.3 The Static DHCP Screen .................................................................................................................139

8.4 The UPnP Screen ...........................................................................................................................140

8.4.1 Turning On UPnP in Windows 7 Example .............................................................................141

8.5 The Additional Subnet Screen ........................................................................................................143

8.6 The STB Vendor ID Screen .............................................................................................................144

8.6.1 The Add/Edit STB Vendor ID Screen ....................................................................................144

8.7 The 5th Ethernet Port Screen .........................................................................................................145

8.8 The Wake on LAN Screen ..............................................................................................................146

8.9 The TFTP Server Name Screen .....................................................................................................147

8.10 Technical Reference ......................................................................................................................147

8.10.1 LANs, WANs and the VMG ..................................................................................................147

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8.10.2 DHCP Setup ........................................................................................................................148

8.10.3 DNS Server Addresses .......................................................................................................148

8.10.4 LAN TCP/IP .........................................................................................................................149

Chapter 9

Routing ..............................................................................................................................................151

9.1 Overview ........................................................................................................................................151

9.2 The Routing Screen ........................................................................................................................151

9.2.1 Add/Edit Static Route .............................................................................................................152

9.3 The DNS Route Screen ..................................................................................................................153

9.3.1 The DNS Route Add Screen .................................................................................................154

9.4 The Policy Forwarding Screen ........................................................................................................154

9.4.1 Add/Edit Policy Forwarding ...................................................................................................156

9.5 RIP ..............................................................................................................................................156

9.5.1 The RIP Screen .....................................................................................................................157

Chapter 10

Quality of Service (QoS)...................................................................................................................159

10.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................159

10.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ........................................................................................159

10.2 What You Need to Know ...............................................................................................................159

10.3 The Quality of Service General Screen ........................................................................................161

10.4 The Queue Setup Screen .............................................................................................................162

10.4.1 Adding a QoS Queue .........................................................................................................163

10.5 The Class Setup Screen ...............................................................................................................164

10.5.1 Add/Edit QoS Class ............................................................................................................165

10.6 The QoS Policer Setup Screen .....................................................................................................169

10.6.1 Add/Edit a QoS Policer .......................................................................................................170

10.7 Technical Reference ......................................................................................................................171

Chapter 11

Network Address Translation (NAT)................................................................................................177

11.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................177

11.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ........................................................................................177

11.1.2 What You Need To Know .....................................................................................................177

11.2 The Port Forwarding Screen ........................................................................................................178

11.2.1 Add/Edit Port Forwarding ....................................................................................................180

11.3 The Applications Screen ...............................................................................................................181

11.3.1 Add New Application ............................................................................................................182

11.4 The Port Triggering Screen ...........................................................................................................183

11.4.1 Add/Edit Port Triggering Rule .............................................................................................184

11.5 The DMZ Screen ...........................................................................................................................185

11.6 The ALG Screen ............................................................................................................................186

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11.7 The Address Mapping Screen .......................................................................................................187

11.7.1 Add/Edit Address Mapping Rule ..........................................................................................188

11.8 The Sessions Screen ....................................................................................................................189

11.9 Technical Reference ......................................................................................................................189

11.9.1 NAT Definitions ....................................................................................................................190

11.9.2 What NAT Does ...................................................................................................................190

11.9.3 How NAT Works ...................................................................................................................191

11.9.4 NAT Application ...................................................................................................................191

Chapter 12

Dynamic DNS Setup .........................................................................................................................195

12.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................195

12.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ........................................................................................195

12.1.2 What You Need To Know .....................................................................................................195

12.2 The DNS Entry Screen ..................................................................................................................196

12.2.1 Add/Edit DNS Entry .............................................................................................................196

12.3 The Dynamic DNS Screen ............................................................................................................197

Chapter 13

IGMP/MLD..........................................................................................................................................199

13.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................199

13.1.1 What You Need To Know .....................................................................................................199

13.2 The IGMP/MLD Screen .................................................................................................................199

Chapter 14

Vlan Group ........................................................................................................................................203

14.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................203

14.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ........................................................................................203

14.2 The Vlan Group Screen ................................................................................................................203

14.2.1 Add/Edit a VLAN Group .......................................................................................................204

Chapter 15

Interface Group.................................................................................................................................205

15.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................205

15.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ........................................................................................205

15.2 The Interface Group Screen ..........................................................................................................205

15.2.1 Interface Group Configuration .............................................................................................206

15.2.2 Interface Grouping Criteria .................................................................................................208

Chapter 16

USB Service ......................................................................................................................................211

16.1 Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 211

16.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ........................................................................................ 211

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16.1.2 What You Need To Know ..................................................................................................... 211

16.1.3 Before You Begin .................................................................................................................213

16.2 The File Sharing Screen ...............................................................................................................213

16.2.1 The Add New User Screen ..................................................................................................214

16.3 The Media Server Screen .............................................................................................................215

16.4 Print Server ..................................................................................................................................216

16.4.1 Before You Begin .................................................................................................................216

16.4.2 The Print Server Screen ......................................................................................................217

Chapter 17

Power Management..........................................................................................................................219

17.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................219

17.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ........................................................................................219

17.1.2 What You Need To Know .....................................................................................................219

17.2 The Power Management Screen ..................................................................................................219

17.3 The Auto Switch Off Screen ..........................................................................................................220

17.3.1 The Auto Switch Off Add or Modify Screen .........................................................................221

17.3.2 The Add/Edit Rule Screen ...................................................................................................222

Chapter 18

Firewall ..............................................................................................................................................223

18.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................223

18.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ........................................................................................223

18.1.2 What You Need to Know ......................................................................................................224

18.2 The Firewall Screen ......................................................................................................................224

18.3 The Protocol Screen ....................................................................................................................225

18.3.1 Add/Edit a Service ..............................................................................................................226

18.4 The Access Control Screen ..........................................................................................................228

18.4.1 Add/Edit an ACL Rule ........................................................................................................228

18.5 The DoS Screen ............................................................................................................................230

Chapter 19

MAC Filter..........................................................................................................................................233

19.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................233

19.2 The MAC Filter Screen ..................................................................................................................233

Chapter 20

Parental Control................................................................................................................................235

20.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................235

20.2 The Parental Control Screen .........................................................................................................235

20.2.1 Add/Edit a Parental Control Profile ......................................................................................236

Chapter 21

Scheduler Rule..................................................................................................................................241

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21.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................241

21.2 The Scheduler Rule Screen ..........................................................................................................241

21.2.1 Add/Edit a Schedule ............................................................................................................242

Chapter 22

Certificates........................................................................................................................................243

22.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................243

22.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ........................................................................................243

22.2 What You Need to Know ...............................................................................................................243

22.3 The Local Certificates Screen .......................................................................................................243

22.3.1 Create Certificate Request .................................................................................................244

22.3.2 Load Signed Certificate ......................................................................................................246

22.4 The Trusted CA Screen ................................................................................................................246

22.4.1 View Trusted CA Certificate .................................................................................................247

22.4.2 Import Trusted CA Certificate ..............................................................................................248

Chapter 23

VPN ....................................................................................................................................................251

23.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................251

23.2 The IPSec VPN Setup Screen ......................................................................................................251

23.2.1 The IPSec VPN Add/Edit Screen ........................................................................................252

23.3 The IPSec VPN Monitor Screen ....................................................................................................258

23.4 Technical Reference ......................................................................................................................258

23.4.1 IPSec Architecture ...............................................................................................................258

23.4.2 Encapsulation ......................................................................................................................259

23.4.3 IKE Phases .........................................................................................................................260

23.4.4 Negotiation Mode ................................................................................................................261

23.4.5 IPSec and NAT ....................................................................................................................262

23.4.6 VPN, NAT, and NAT Traversal .............................................................................................262

23.4.7 ID Type and Content ............................................................................................................263

23.4.8 Pre-Shared Key ...................................................................................................................264

23.4.9 Diffie-Hellman (DH) Key Groups ..........................................................................................264

Chapter 24

PPTP VPN..........................................................................................................................................265

24.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................265

24.2 The PPTP VPN Setup Screen ......................................................................................................265

Chapter 25

Voice ..................................................................................................................................................267

25.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................267

25.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ........................................................................................267

25.1.2 What You Need to Know About VoIP ...................................................................................268

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25.2 Before You Begin ..........................................................................................................................268

25.3 The SIP Account Screen ..............................................................................................................268

25.3.1 The SIP Account Add/Edit Screen ......................................................................................269

25.4 The SIP Service Provider Screen ................................................................................................273

25.4.1 The SIP Service Provider Add/Edit Screen ........................................................................274

25.5 The Phone Screen .......................................................................................................................281

25.6 The Call Rule Screen ....................................................................................................................281

25.7 The Call History Summary Screen ................................................................................................282

25.8 The Call History Outgoing Calls Screen ........................................................................................283

25.9 The Call History Incoming Calls Screen ........................................................................................284

25.10 Technical Reference ....................................................................................................................284

25.10.1 Quality of Service (QoS) ....................................................................................................292

25.10.2 Phone Services Overview .................................................................................................293

Chapter 26

Log ....................................................................................................................................................299

26.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................299

26.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ........................................................................................299

26.1.2 What You Need To Know .....................................................................................................299

26.2 The System Log Screen ................................................................................................................300

26.3 The Security Log Screen ...............................................................................................................301

Chapter 27

Traffic Status ....................................................................................................................................303

27.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................303

27.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ........................................................................................303

27.2 The WAN Status Screen ...............................................................................................................303

27.3 The LAN Status Screen .................................................................................................................304

27.4 The NAT Status Screen .................................................................................................................305

Chapter 28

VoIP Status .......................................................................................................................................307

28.1 The VoIP Status Screen ................................................................................................................307

Chapter 29

ARP Table..........................................................................................................................................309

29.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................309

29.1.1 How ARP Works ..................................................................................................................309

29.2 ARP Table Screen .........................................................................................................................310

Chapter 30

Routing Table....................................................................................................................................311

30.1 Overview ....................................................................................................................................... 311

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30.2 The Routing Table Screen ............................................................................................................. 311

Chapter 31

IGMP/MLD Status .............................................................................................................................313

31.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................313

31.2 The IGMP/MLD Group Status Screen ...........................................................................................313

Chapter 32

xDSL Statistics..................................................................................................................................315

32.1 The xDSL Statistics Screen ...........................................................................................................315

Chapter 33

3G Statistics .....................................................................................................................................319

33.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................319

33.2 The 3G Statistics Screen ...............................................................................................................319

Chapter 34

User Account ....................................................................................................................................321

34.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................321

34.2 The User Account Screen .............................................................................................................321

34.2.1 The User Account Add/Edit Screen .....................................................................................322

Chapter 35

Remote Management........................................................................................................................323

35.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................323

35.2 The Remote MGMT Screen ..........................................................................................................323

35.3 The Trust Domain Screen .............................................................................................................324

35.4 The Add Trust Domain Screen ......................................................................................................325

Chapter 36

TR-069 Client.....................................................................................................................................327

36.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................327

36.2 The TR-069 Client Screen ............................................................................................................327

Chapter 37

TR-064................................................................................................................................................329

37.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................329

37.2 The TR-064 Screen .......................................................................................................................329

Chapter 38

SNMP .................................................................................................................................................331

38.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................331

38.2 The SNMP Screen ........................................................................................................................331

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Chapter 39

Time Settings ....................................................................................................................................333

39.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................333

39.2 The Time Screen ..........................................................................................................................333

Chapter 40

E-mail Notification............................................................................................................................335

40.1 Overview ....................................................................................................................................335

40.2 The Email Notification Screen .......................................................................................................335

40.2.1 Email Notification Edit ........................................................................................................336

Chapter 41

Log Setting .......................................................................................................................................337

41.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................337

41.2 The Log Settings Screen ...............................................................................................................337

41.2.1 Example E-mail Log ............................................................................................................338

Chapter 42

Firmware Upgrade ............................................................................................................................341

42.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................341

42.2 The Firmware Screen ....................................................................................................................341

Chapter 43

Configuration ....................................................................................................................................345

43.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................345

43.2 The Configuration Screen .............................................................................................................345

43.3 The Reboot Screen .......................................................................................................................347

Chapter 44

Diagnostic .........................................................................................................................................348

44.1 Overview .......................................................................................................................................348

44.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ........................................................................................348

44.2 What You Need to Know ...............................................................................................................348

44.3 Ping & TraceRoute & NsLookup ...................................................................................................349

44.4 802.1ag .........................................................................................................................................349

44.5 OAM Ping ......................................................................................................................................350

Chapter 45

Troubleshooting................................................................................................................................353

45.1 Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs ....................................................................................353

45.2 VMG Access and Login .................................................................................................................354

45.3 Internet Access .............................................................................................................................356

45.4 Wireless Internet Access ...............................................................................................................357

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45.5 USB Device Connection ................................................................................................................358

45.6 UPnP .............................................................................................................................................358

Part III: Appendices.......................................................................................361

Appendix A Customer Support ........................................................................................................363

Appendix B Wireless LANs..............................................................................................................369

Appendix C IPv6 ..............................................................................................................................383

Appendix D Services .......................................................................................................................391

Appendix E Legal Information..........................................................................................................396

Index ..................................................................................................................................................403

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CHAPTER 1

Introducing the VMG

1.1 Overview

The VMG is a wireless VDSL router and Gigabit Ethernet gateway. It has a DSL port and a Gigabit

Ethernet port for super-fast Internet access. The VMG supports both Packet Transfer Mode (PTM)

and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). It is backward compatible with ADSL, ADSL2 and ADSL2+

in case VDSL is not available.

Only use firmware for your VMG’s specific model. Refer to the label on

the bottom of your VMG.

The VMG has two USB ports for sharing files via a USB storage device, sharing a USB printer, or

connecting a 3G dongle for a WAN backup connection.

The VMG works over the analog telephone system, POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service).

• The VMG8924-B10A works over the analog telephone system, POTS (Plain Old Telephone

Service).

• The VMG8924-B30A works over ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) or T-ISDN (UR-2).

1.2 Ways to Manage the VMG

Use any of the following methods to manage the VMG.

• Web Configurator. This is recommended for everyday management of the VMG using a

(supported) web browser.

• TR-069. This is an auto-configuration server used to remotely configure your device.

1.3 Good Habits for Managing the VMG

Do the following things regularly to make the VMG more secure and to manage the VMG more

effectively.

• Change the password. Use a password that’s not easy to guess and that consists of different

types of characters, such as numbers and letters.

• Write down the password and put it in a safe place.

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• Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an earlier

working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even crashes. If you

forget your password, you will have to reset the VMG to its factory default settings. If you backed

up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to totally re-configure the VMG. You could

simply restore your last configuration.

1.4 Applications for the VMG

Here are some example uses for which the VMG is well suited.

1.4.1 Internet Access

Your VMG provides shared Internet access by connecting the DSL port to the DSL or MODEM jack

on a splitter or your telephone jack. You can have multiple WAN services over one ADSL or VDSL.

The VMG cannot work in ADSL and VDSL mode at the same time.

Note: The ADSL and VDSL lines share the same WAN (layer-2) interfaces that you

configure in the VMG. Refer to Section 6.2 on page 77 for the Network Setting >

Broadband screen.

Computers can connect to the VMG’s LAN ports (or wirelessly).

Figure 1 VMG’s Internet Access Application

You can also configure IP filtering on the VMG for secure Internet access. When the IP filter is on, all

incoming traffic from the Internet to your network is blocked by default unless it is initiated from

ADSL / VDSL

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