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The following document provides a How-To for the Asus AAM6000EV external Ethernet ADSL modem in New Zealand.
At the date of writing, there are 2 versions of firmware for the modem that have slightly different features and options.
This document is written for Ver. 63 (2001) firmware.
There is a
strong possibility that your modem arrived without a serial cable used to
You will
need a serial cable DB9 (male) for the modem to DB9/DB25 (female) for the PC,
straight through wiring, to
For Ver 63 (2001) there are two passwords:
Telnet: adsl
Exit User Mode Console: asus
For Ver 63114 there are three passwords (I believe):
Telnet: adsl1234
Exit User Mode Console: adsl1234
HTTP: asus/admin
Quick Setup
If you have purchased JetStart you can follow this quick setup to get online immediately:
Plug in your console cable (modem to PC) and start Hyperterminal (or Linux similar) on your PC. See your modem manual for the settings for hyperterminal (9600,n,8,1, no flow control).
Note: Only power up the modem once the cable to the pc is plugged in and you have started hyperterminal and connected.
You should see the modem diagnostic startup messages appear on your hyperterminal display within 2 – 3 seconds. If not then something is wrong.
Once you have the modem console menu displaying in Hyperterminal you are ready to configure the unit. (Again config. may differ slightly between versions of firmware)
Choose quick Setup Wizard
Select set channel configuration
Select PPPoA/Routed RFC 2364
Enter channel 1
Enter
Enter VCI 100
Enter your Jetstart username in full. E.g user.xadsl@xtra.co.nz
Enter your password.
Enter Obtain WAN IP from service provider
Do you want to use NAT – yes
Choose quick Setup Wizard
Choose Set Ethernet Configuration
Enter IP address (this is the modem’s internal network Ethernet address i.e. facing back towards your pc (or pc network). E.g. 192.168.1.1
Enter subnet mask e.g. FF:FF:FF:00 (hex for 255.255.255.0)
Do you want to setup default gateway – yes.
Enter default gateway e.g 192.168.1.1 (your modem is most likely the gateway)
DHCP setup
For ease of use I get the modem to issue IP addresses to any device on my internal network
Choose network service maintenance
Choose DHCP server configuration
Choose setup DHCP server configuration
Enter subnet address 192.168.1.0
Enter netmask 255.255.255.0 (for the whole ip range)
Enter range begin address 192.168.1.2 (exclude the modem ip)
Enter range end address 192.168.1.128 (or wherever you want it to end).
Lease time – choose 4 (1 month) or whichever suits.
A menu will follow the DHCP setup (Setup basic options):
Choose Default Route
Enter your modem address 192.168.1.1
Choose DNS Server
Enter the DNS server address for your ISP e.g. 202.27.184.3 for xtra
Enter a secondary DNS server address if you have one.
Choose broadcast address
Enter 192.168.1.255
Choose exit setup and restart your modem
Client setup (your pc)
Connect your pc to the modem using an Ethernet cable and switch the selector on the back of the modem to PC. If you have a hub between your PC (internal network) and your modem then set the switch to hub.
Setup the networking on your PC (windows or Linux)
Whichever operating system you are using make sure you set the PC to use DHCP allocated IP addressing and DNS.
Port Mapping (Pin holing)
If you want to run a server, e.g. a web server or ftp server then you have to allow incoming connections to be forwarded to the correct machine in your internal network.
For example:
I want to run a web server on my PC. It has the IP address 192.168.1.2. We need to do three things.
1. Setup some web server software on your PC
2. Exclude 192.168.1.2 from the DHCP allocation and set the PC to a fixed IP address.
3. Setup a port map on port 80 (web server port).
You can remove the serial cable to the modem now. We’ll use the telnet interface instead. Also I’m using Windows so please assume all my instructions are based around windows and windows apps.
On your PC click start -> run and enter telnet 192.168.1.1
This will popup the telnet window and open a connection to your modem. You should see “password:”
Enter the password for your modem firmware version. For ver 63 (2001) this is "adsl".
You should see the modem menu. I'll assume you do, otherwise plug in your serial cable again and run Hyperterminal.
DHCP IP Exclusion Setup.
Choose Network Service Maintenance.
Choose DHCP server configuration
Choose setup DHCP server configuration
Enter subnet address 192.168.1.0
Enter netmask 255.255.255.0 (for the whole ip range)
>> Enter range begin address 192.168.1.3 (exclude the modem ip)
Enter range end address 192.168.1.128 (or wherever you want it to end).
Lease time – choose 4 (1 month) or whichever suits.
A menu will follow the DHCP setup (Setup basic options):
Choose exit.
Port Map Setup
Choose Network Service Maintenance
Choose NAT Configuration
Choose edit port mapping
Enter channel 1
Enter port number 80
Enter
protocol type
Enter mapping IP address 192.168.1.2
Save config – yes
Done!
Note: you won’t be able to browse your web server, so get someone you know to browse to your domain name URL.
A brief description of operator mode console.
Choose exit User Mode Console
Enter password “asus” (for ver 63 (2001))
You will see a prompt containing the real world IP address allocated to your modem (useful).
Type Help and all sub systems/commands are displayed.
Two useful things I can think of doing:
1. Change the telnet password
2. Backup the flash file system
In order to do this you need to obtain some TFTP server software and install it on your PC. I used Cisco TFTP and this is the one the user guide recommends.
Type flashfs
Type Help – to see the new commands
Type ls to list the flash file system contents.
On Ver 63 (2001) there is a file called telnetpasswd
Type cat telnetpasswd and you’ll see the password for telnet operation listed.
Type home to go back.
Type tftp
Type connect 192.168.1.2 to establish a connection to your tftp server
Type put telnetpasswd to transfer the flash file to your PC.
Now you can edit the telnetpasswd file on your pc, changing it to whatever you want it to be.
Type get telnetpasswd to update your new password on your modem.