NetComm Wireless NF8AC User Guide
Table of Contents
Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Target Users .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Prerequisites.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Notation ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Product Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Product Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Package Contents ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Product Features ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Physical Dimensions and Indicators ............................................................................................................................................. 8
LED Indicators ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Physical Dimensions ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
NF8AC Default Settings ................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
Interfaces ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Rear ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10
Left ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Safety and Product Care ............................................................................................................................................................. 12
Transport and Handling ............................................................................................................................................................... 12
Installation and Configuration of the NF8AC .............................................................................................................................. 13
Placement of your NF8AC ............................................................................................................................................................................ 13
Avoid obstacles and interference .................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Cordless Phones ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
Choose the “Quietest” Channel for your Wireless Network ............................................................................................................................ 13
Hardware installation.................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Connecting via a cable ................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Connecting wirelessly .................................................................................................................................................................................. 14
Web Based Configuration Interface ............................................................................................................................................ 15
First-time Setup Wizard ................................................................................................................................................................................ 15
ADSL: ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15
VDSL: ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16
Device Info .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Summary ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 17
WAN ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Statistics ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 18
Route .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
ARP .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 20
DHCP ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Advanced Setup .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Layer2 Interface ................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
WAN Service ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
LAN .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
NAT .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Security ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
Parental Control ................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
Quality of Service ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
Routing ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
DNS .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 37
DSL ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 38
UPnP .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 39
DNS Proxy .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 39
DLNA .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 40
Packet Acceleration ............................................................................................................................................................................. 40
Storage Service ................................................................................................................................................................................... 40
Interface Grouping ............................................................................................................................................................................... 41
IP Tunnel ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 42
IPSec .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 43
Certificate ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 44
Power Management............................................................................................................................................................................. 44
Multicast (IGMP Configuration) ............................................................................................................................................................. 45
Wireless ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 46