ZyXEL Communications NBG-318S Owner's manual

NBG-318S

Super G Wireless HomePlug AV Router

Quick Start Guide

Version 3.60

6/2007

Edition 1

DEFAULT LOGIN

IP Address http://192.168.1.1

User Name admin

Password 1234

CONTENTS

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DEUTSCH 14

ESPAÑOL 28

FRANÇAIS 42

ITALIANO 56

SVENSKA 70

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Overview

The NBG-318S is a wireless broadband router compatible with IEEE 802.11b/g and Super

G wireless devices. It also includes a HomePlug AV powerline adapter which allows you to

set up a network on your existing electrical wiring.

This Quick Start Guide shows you the following:

1 Connecting your Hardware

2 Accessing the Web Configurator

3 Connecting to the Internet Using the Wizard

4 Configuring your Wireless Settings

5 Setting up a HomePlug AV Powerline Network

6 Troubleshooting

See your User’s Guide on the CD in the package for more information on all features.

To read the User’s Guide insert the CD that came in the box into your CD-ROM drive. A

screen should pop up. Navigate to the User’s Guide from this screen. If a screen does not

pop up, open Windows Explorer (click My Computer), click on the CD-ROM drive (usually

drive D:) and navigate to it from there.

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1 Hardware Connections

Do the following to make hardware connections for initial setup.

WAN

Connect your modem to the WAN port using the cable that came with your

modem.

LAN

Connect your computer to a LAN port using the yellow Ethernet cable from the

package.

POWER Connection

Use the power cord from the package to connect the POWER socket to an appro-

priate power source. This is also your powerline connection.

The LEDs

Look at the LEDs (lights). When you connect the power, the POWER ( ) LED blinks and

stays on once the device is ready.

The LAN ( ) LEDs turn on if the LAN connections are properly made.

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VCheck your connections if an LED does not turn on. If this doesn’t help,

disconnect the NBG-318S from its power source, wait for a few seconds and

turn it back on.

2 Accessing the Web Configurator

Default Login Information

1 Launch an Internet browser such as Internet Explorer. Enter “http://192.168.1.1” as

shown below.

2 The Password window displays. Enter the password (“1234” is the default) and click

Login.

• If the Password window does not display, see Troubleshooting for suggestions.

3 Change the password in the screen that follows and click Apply.

IP address http://192.168.1.1

administrator password 1234

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4 Click Go to Wizard setup to set up your NBG-318S for the first time.

3 Connection Wizard Setup

1 Choose your language from the drop-down list box. Click Next.

2 Click Next in the following screen to proceed with the Connection Wizard.

" Enter the Internet access information exactly as given to you by your ISP in

each wizard screen. Click Next to continue or click Back to return to the

previous screen. Current screen information will be lost if you click Back.

3.1 System Information

This screen is optional. You can just click Next.

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3.2 Wireless LAN

Configure your NBG-318S to support a wireless network by following these steps.

1 Enter a unique name to identify the NBG-318S on the wireless LAN.

2 Select a wireless channel. The NBG-318S and the wireless client must use the same

channel.

3 Select Auto to automatically use the WPA-PSK security standard, which provides a

high level of security. See your User’s Guide for information on other kinds of security.

Click Next.

4 Write down the security key that displays in the pops-up screen. Wireless clients will need

this security key to access the NBG-318S. Click OK to continue.

" Write down the security key, Name (SSID), Security and Channel

Selection for later use as the NBG-318S and other devices on your

wireless network must use the same settings.

3.3 WAN Connection

1 You may need to wait several minutes while the wizard attempts to detect which WAN

connection type (Ethernet, PPPoE or PPTP) you are using.

• If the wizard detects your connection type, follow the steps for your connection type as

given below.

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• If the wizard cannot detect a connection type, you must select your connection type from

the drop-down list box in the screen below. If you do not know what connection type to use,

check with your ISP.

" If you were given Internet access settings, type them in the following fields.

Otherwise leave the default settings and click Next.

Ethernet Connection

Select Ethernet as your WAN connection type and click Next to go to section 3.4.

PPPoE Connection

1 Select PPPoE as your WAN connection type

2 Type a Service Name (if your ISP gave you one), User Name and Password. Click Next

to go to section 3.4.

PPTP Connection

1 Select PPTP as your WAN connection type.

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2 Type a User Name and Password.

• If your ISP did not assign you a fixed PPTP IP address, select Get automatically from

ISP.

• If your ISP assigned you a fixed PPTP IP address, select Use fixed IP address to give the

NBG-318S a fixed, unique PPTP IP address and subnet mask.

3 Type a PPTP Server IP Address.

4 Type a Connection ID/Name (if provided by your ISP). Click Next to go to section 3.4.

3.4 WAN IP Address

• If your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address, select Get automatically from your ISP

and click Next to go to section 3.5.

• If your ISP gave you a fixed IP address:

1 Select Use fixed IP address provided by your ISP. Click Next.

2 In the next screen type the WAN IP address, WAN IP Subnet Mask and the gateway IP

address given by your ISP.

If you are given DNS server settings, type them in the fields. Otherwise leave the default

settings and click Next.

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3.5 WAN MAC Address

1 Configure the WAN port's MAC address by either using the factory assigned default

MAC address or cloning the MAC address of a computer on your LAN. By default, the

NBG-318S uses the factory assigned MAC address to identify itself on the WAN.

•Select Factory Default to use the factory-assigned, default MAC address.

•Select Clone the Computer’s MAC Address to clone the MAC address from a computer

on your LAN. Type the IP address of the computer with the MAC address you are cloning. It

is advisable to clone the MAC address from a computer on your LAN even if your ISP does

not presently require MAC address authentication.

•Select Set WAN MAC Address and enter the MAC address you want to use.

2 Select Enable BM for all traffic automatically to have the NBG-318S apply bandwidth

management to traffic going out through any interface according to the traffic type.

Click Next.

3 Click Apply to save your changes in the next screen that appears in the wizard.

If you have any Internet access problems, follow the on-screen instructions.

4 Click Finish in the screen below to complete the wizard setup.

5 Congratulations. Open a web browser, such as Internet Explorer, to visit your favorite

website.

4 Wireless Network Setup

Set up a wireless network with at least one other computer with a wireless network card/

adapter. To add a computer to your network, you need to configure your wireless-enabled

computer with the same SSID, channel and security settings as the NBG-318S. See the

note from section 3.

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1 Open a wireless adapter utility such as the one shown below. The wireless utility on

your computer may be different from the one shown below.

2 Locate your network’s name (SSID) and click Connect to add your computer to the

wireless network.

3 Follow the instructions on your wireless utility. When finished, open your a browser

such as Internet Explorer to surf the Internet.

• For more information see the tutorial section in the User’s Guide.

5 HomePlug AV Powerline Network Setup

Follow these steps to set up your HomePlug AV network. You may remain connected to

any other networks such as a wireless network during this procedure.

1 Connect your NBG-318S and other HomePlug AV powerline devices to power outlets

and turn them on.

2 Log into the web configurator if you haven’t already logged in and go to Advanced setup.

Click on Network > HomePlug to begin setting up your network in the following screen.

3 Set the name for your network in the Network Name section. The Network Name is

like a password for your network. A HomePlug AV adaptor can only access your

network if it has the correct Network Name.

•Select Public, Network Name is HomePlugAV to set your Network Name to the default

(HomePlugAV). Choose this option if you want to easily detect when a new HomePlug AV

device (with the default network name) is connected to your wiring, without having to

change its network password.

•Select Private, Network Name is and type a Network Name if you want to make your net-

work more secure by changing the default Network Name to one that only you know.

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4 Click Set to set the Network Name for all devices listed as Active in the My HomePlug

Network table below. These devices now have the Network Name you selected. With

the same Network Name they are now all on the same network.

5 Add a new device to your network by typing its MAC Address and DAK Password in

the Add New Member section. The DAK Password is found along with the MAC

Address on a label attached to the device. The DAK (Device Access Key) is a password

which gives you access to a powerline device, so you can change the device’s Network

Name. Then type a Nickname such as “Mary’s room” to help you identify the device.

Click Add. The device should appear as Active in the My HomePlug Network table

below.

•If MAC address error appears, check the MAC Address is correctly entered.

•If DEK format error appears, check the DAK Password is correctly entered.

6 Click Scan in the My HomePlug Network table to detect the other devices on your new

network.

• If a device is Active, it is connected to your network.

• If a device is Out of Network your NBG-318S has the details of this device but can-

not detect it. Check it is switched on and click Scan.

• If a device is Not Member or fails to appear in the table, try adding it in the Add New

Member section or by clicking on the Edit icon. See Troubleshooting for more sug-

gestions.

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7 When you are finished setting up your powerline network, connect your powerline

adapters to the devices you want on your network, such as computers and a router for

connection to the Internet. See the figure on page 2 for an example.

Troubleshooting

V If the login screen does not display, follow these steps.

1 Check your computer’s IP address settings or make sure your computer is set to

receive an IP address dynamically (see the appendix in the User’s Guide).

2 If you cannot access the web configurator using Internet Explorer in Windows XP or

Windows Server 2003, check your web browser’s security settings (see the appendix in

the User’s Guide).

V If you cannot access the Internet when your computer is connected to one

of the NBG-318S’s LAN ports, follow these steps:

1 If an LED does not turn on, check your connections. Then turn the NBG-318S off, wait

for a few seconds and turn it back on.

2 Log into the web configurator again. Make sure you type in the information correctly.

For example, if your account has a user name and password, make sure you type it

correctly. In addition, if you are not sure which encapsulation your ISP uses, contact

your ISP.

3 Log in and go to Advanced setup. Go to Maintenance > Sys Op Mode. Select Router

(Ethernet WAN) if you connect to the Internet through your Ethernet port. Select

Router (HomePlug WAN) if you connect to the Internet through a HomePlug

connection.

4 If you are using a new Internet account, contact your ISP to make sure it is active.

5 If you still have problems, see Troubleshooting in the User’s Guide.

V If you cannot access the Internet from the wireless network, do the

following.

1 On a computer connected to the NBG-318S, make sure your NBG-318S and the

computers on your wireless network are using the same wireless and wireless security

settings. See the chapter on Wireless LAN in the User’s Guide for more information.

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2 If you are using a security key but do not know what your key is, press RESET on your

NBG-318S for 10 seconds or until the POWER light flashes. The settings on your device

return to their factory defaults. Start the wizard to configure your settings again.

V If you cannot access your HomePlug AV powerline network, try the

following:

1 Make sure that the network password is the same on all of your HomePlug AV adapters

and that the DAKs for your HomePlug AV devices are typed correctly.

2 Make sure that all the powerline adapters you are using are HomePlug AV compliant.

The NBG-318S does NOT recognize earlier versions of HomePlug adapters such as

HomePlug 1.0 or 1.0.1.

3 Make sure that the devices on your network are all on the same electrical wiring.

Connect another powerline adapter into an outlet close to your NBG-318S’s power

outlet. They are probably now on the same electrical wiring. Check the HomePlug

light. If it now lights up your power line adapter was probably previously on separate

electrical wiring. Ask an electrician for more information on the electrical wiring in your

building.

Viewing Your Product’s Certifications

1 Go to http://www.zyxel.com.

2 Select your product from the drop-down list box on the ZyXEL home page to go to that

product's page.

3 Select the certification you wish to view from this page.

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