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Advanced Configuration of the Arescom NetDSL 800/860 (MSN Version)
Welcome! You’re undoubtedly reading this because MSN provided you with the Arescom NetDSL 800/860 DSL modem, and it won’t do something that you’d like it to do. You can’t disable the firewall, you can’t forward ports, and you can’t share your internet connection without buying another router. Well, search no more!!! Herein, you will learn how to do these things, and more.

Before I get any further, I must express my thanks to “tommy2guns” from the broadbandreports.com msn forums. T2G is credited with identifying the J3 Console connection we’ll be using to configure these modems.

Now, go and get a screwdriver so we can get started!

Preparing the J3 Console Connector on the Modem
Remove the four screws found on the bottom side of the unit. Flip the unit over and the top lifts off easily. Then lift out the circuit-board and place it on a work-surface.

Located on the right front corner of the unit is a four pad location identified as J3. Pin 1 is on the left side closest to the yellow LED. Use Solder-wick and a soldering iron to remove all the solder from the pads and holes.

Insert a header strip into the holes you just removed solder from, and turn the Arescom’s circuit board upside down. Once it’s upside down, you can peel back alittle bit of the shielding to expose the solder landings. Solder in your header.

Flip over the circuit board. Your header should look like the one above.

Replace the circuit board back into the lower half of the modem’s case.
Preparing the 3 Volt Interface Circuit
The console connection located at J3 on the Arescom NetDSL 800/860 provides a serial communication connection using 3 volt levels versus standard RS232 voltage levels. A Maxim-IC MAX3232 Integrated Circuit is designed to convert 3 Volt Serial communications to standard RS232 Levels.

You can go to this web page linked below and order the “A232DB”. When ordering, be sure to request the “3 volt version” in the comments section on the order page.

www.compsys1.com

If you order the item linked to above, wire it up as depicted.

Four pin connector for Arescom’s J3 end, wire, and the pre-built connector.

Prepared wires to be inserted into the connector.

Connector installed on J3 header ready for a Console Session!

Alternatively, you can build your own “homebrew” interface circuit.

It could look something like this.

The Console Interface Procedure

Connect the circuit/cable to your Arescom’s J3 connector and to an available COM(serial) port on your PC. Hold down the space bar with “Hyperterminal” up and running (9600,8,n,1) And you'll see:

NBfs1
PP Boot 2.0
SDRAM size = 0x400000
Key pressed, stopping boot.

Entered console ... User request.

At the Prompt, type:

]fdw 10000 b

And you'll see password1(12345678@msndsl.net), and password2(A12BCd3efg):

00010000 460119ea 13000100 33303539 37353430 '...F....12345678'
00010010 6e736d40 2e6c7364 0074656e 0a000200 '@msndsl.net.....'
00010020 53383248 6834674b 0000666f 'A12BCd3efg.. '

Remove and Reapply power to the modem WITHOUT holding the spacebar this time and you'll see:

]NBfs1
PP Boot 2.0
SDRAM size = 0x400000
NPnFound valid boot information block
No, or invalid, configuration information in EEPROM - trying FLASH
No, or invalid, configuration information in FLASH
Invalid configuration information
pcb = 0x3ffef0 name=debug
pcb = 0x3fedc0 name=timer
pcb = 0x3fdc00 name=uart
pcb = 0x3fcad0 name=console
pcb = 0x3fb9a0 name=chips
pcb = 0x3fa870 name=npmsg
pcb = 0x3f5700 name=nutimer
Mar
atmos main is enterd!

atmos prolog
burg ADSL Modem version 6.3.0.9 (27 March 2000)
Copyright (c) 2000 Virata Ltd
0:5:dether channel init
8Before set handler: rs_interrupt_single
After set handler: rs_interrupt_single
ShengWang
Old timer handler: 1b0ec

Password:NP resume

NP software version is 0x00000603 (reply took 25us)

Press ENTER and You'll see a Password Request - Enter your password information found in the fdw dump you just performed

Password:12345678@msndsl.net
Password:A12BCd3efg

Then You'll See the “NetDSL>” Prompt.

The entry below enables multi user mode so more than one PC can be connected to the modem via a high-speed switch.

NetDSL>set multi_user on
NetDSL>save

The entry below forwards TCP port 4662 and UDP port 4672 to the PC at IP 192.168.1.2

NetDSL>add port tcp *.*.*.* 4662 192.168.1.2 4662
NetDSL>add port udp *.*.*.* 4672 192.168.1.2 4672
NetDSL>save

The entry below forwards a range of TCP ports from 2300 through 2311 and a range of UDP ports from 4000 through 4010 to the PC at IP 192.168.1.2

NetDSL>add auto tcp 2300 2311 2300 192.168.1.2
NetDSL>add auto udp 4000 4010 4000 192.168.1.2
NetDSL>save

In order to disable the built in firewall and forward all ports to one computer (NOT advised) enter the following commands:

NetDSL>set dmz_host 192.168.1.2
NetDSL>set dmz_enable on
NetDSL>save

Alternatively on some Arescom 800/860s DMZ isn't supported. In these cases the following commands will effectively disable the built in firewall and forward all ports to one IP by forwarding large ranges of TCP and UDP ports(again NOT advised):

NetDSL>add auto tcp 1 22 1 192.168.1.2
NetDSL>add auto udp 1 22 1 192.168.1.2
NetDSL>add auto tcp 24 199 24 192.168.1.2
NetDSL>add auto udp 24 199 24 192.168.1.2
NetDSL>add auto tcp 200 65535 200 192.168.1.2
NetDSL>add auto udp 200 65535 200 192.168.1.2
NetDSL>save

The following command enables dhcp server functionality

NetDSL>set ip dhcp on
NetDSL>save

The following command disables dhcp server functionality

NetDSL>set ip dhcp off
NetDSL>save

The following command reserves static ip 192.168.1.2

NetDSL>set ip dhcp add 192.168.1.2
NetDSL>save

The following command removes a reservation for the static ip 192.168.1.2

NetDSL>set ip dhcp delete 192.168.1.2
NetDSL>save

The following command sets the dhcp lease time to 7 days

NetDSL>set ip dhcp lease 604800
NetDSL>save

In order to change the two NetDSL Passwords enter the following commands:

NetDSL>set system user (You'll be prompted for a new user.)
NetDSL>set system password (You'll be prompted for a new password.)
NetDSL>save

In order to change the login and password used for PPP authentication enter the following commands:

NetDSL>set interface atmpvc0 user
Type in the PPP Username

NetDSL>set interface atmpvc0 password
Type in the PPP Password

NetDSL>save

That’s it! Reassemble your unit. Port forwarding, DMZ, Multiple Users, all on an Arescom NetDSL 800/860! You’re free at last!

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by bilydkid1970
last modified: 2004-03-26 10:54:39

The router setup page for the Arescom DSL modem is like a Linksys router. It can be found by putting this address into Internet Explorer: http://192.168.1.1.

Pics: »www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20913..

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by redxii edited by nozero
last modified: 2003-06-09 11:49:37

When you reconnect the power, it may take up to 10 minutes to regain synch. Still no synch? Call MSN tech support and tell them that you "cannot connect to the internet" and that "you do not have line synch".

Found in this post.

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by nozero
last modified: 2003-06-09 11:53:14

The Arescom's has a NAT address of 65.xxx.xxx. When running properly, and you find that you can't get on the internet and your NAT address has defaulted to 172.xxx.xxx.xx, then you can go to https://cpeconfig.dsl.msn.com. Once you are there, be prepared to enter your MSN sign on name (ex: abfdg@msn.com) and your personal MSN password from there. It will reconfigure your modem back to 65.xxx.xxx.

Jokouo: As long as it is something besides 172.17.xxx.xxx you're okay.

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by lordzatez edited by redxii
last modified: 2002-09-18 08:13:46

Connection Status Indicators:
PWR:	A green light means that there is power to the CPE.
DIAG:	The yellow DIAG light is an indicator that shows the CPE has been successfully booted up and the software is functional. When the CPE is powered on, the DIAG light flashes while the CPE is booting up. After 10 to 15 seconds, the DIAG light stops flashing and remains off.
LAN:	The LAN light displays the LAN connection between the CPE unit and your Ethernet network. The green LAN light remains solid while there is a connection to the 10BaseT system. The flashing green LAN light indicates that data is being transmitted between the CPE unit and the Ethernet system.
USB:	The USB light displays the USB connection between the CPE unit and your PC. The yellow flashing USB light means that the USB line is trying to connect between the PC and the CPE unit. A flashing yellow light indicates that data is being transmitted between the CPE unit and your PC. If the data traffic is heavy, the frequency of the flashing yellow light becomes higher and will appear solid.
WAN LINK:	The WAN LINK light displays the connection between the CPE unit and the remote DSL network. A slow flashing green light indicates if the DSL line is not connected or is trying to connect. The solid green light indicates that the DSL line is successfully connected between your CPE unit and the remote switch.
WAN ACT:	# (Activity): The WAN ACT flashing yellow light indicates that data is being transmitted between the DSL network and your CPE unit. If data traffic is heavy, the frequency of the flashing yellow light becomes higher and will appear solid.
If all of the lights remain solid (after 3 minutes) and do not shift into the above modes, it means that your CPE is broken and needs to be replaced. Please call Technical Support to order a new CPE unit.

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by redxii edited by nozero
last modified: 2003-11-21 13:00:06

The LAN side of the Arescom uses TCPIP.

Just set up your MAC's Ethernet connection to use TCPIP, to get it's IP dynamically via DHCP, and all the USUAL networking settings - DNS servers, Gateway of 192.168.1.1, etc.

Posted here by bilydkid1970

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