Here's a quick guide to getting up and running with the EtherBand solution.
You'll need the customized firmware for your router; choose from the versions below:
V2.15_Linksys_WRT54GL1
V2.15_Netgear_DG834N
V2.15_Netgear_DG834v3
V2.15_Netgear_DG834v4
Here's a diagram of how the setup would look if you were using Linksys WRT54GL routers (the Zyxel & the Thompson are there for example only - use whatever broadband routers you want!)
How to confgiure each Linksys WRT54GL to start running in an EtherBand community:
http://192.168.1.1/
Username: admin
Password: admin
Upgrade the firmware. Can take over 5 minutes to complete - be patient!
Configure each router with the Sharedband settings:
http://192.168.3.1/
Username: admin
Password: admin
Settings > WAN
Best to leave the WAN ip settings as "assigned by DHCP", and ensure that the broadband router is either in "bridge" mode or uses DMZ (Port Forwarding) to pass it's public IP address over to this WAN port
*** IMPORTANT *** Your broadband router should have it's WAN MTU setting set to 1492
Settings > Community
Username: [enter your unique EtherBand username]
Password: [enter your unique EtherBand password]
Community ID: [enter your unique EtherBand community ID]
Node identifier: (This is the number of the router; 1st router=1, 2nd router=2, 3rd router=3, 4th router=4, and so on...)
Server IP: [enter your assigned EtherBand server IP]
OK - you should now be up and running!
VITAL STEP: Please contact us to inform us that your EtherBand routers are now online and ready for testing. We need to trigger an initial speed test from our side, so that your account can evenly balance to traffic load across each line. This is vital, and failure to inform us will result in poor speeds until the speed balancing tests are complete.
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Traffic used by the EtherBand system:
Outbound destination ports...
UDP 4444 (heartbeat signal 'keepalive')
UDP 4442 (Speedtest results)
UDP 4000-4999 (Main data tunnels)
TCP 4419 (Speedtest download)
TCP 9 (Speedtest upload)
ICMP (ping command)
NOTE: Check with your ISP to ensure above ports
are not throttled or limited in any way! |
Note regarding static public IP addresses: Each device that requires a public IP should be set to use a LAN IP with its default gateway set to the community gateway IP (usually 192.168.3.250). Then configure the public IP to be mapped to the LAN IP of the device. This is different from standard practise but essential in this scenario. Please contact support for further assistance.
Note regarding IP forwarding, port mapping, DMZ: please read
this helpful guide that explains how to map ports or setup a DMZ
Note regarding speed testing: We have found that typical broadband speed tests report strange results when run across bonded lines, such as
www.speedtest.net. You will find actual file transfer speed tests much more accurate. To test download speeds, for example, see
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/download/
For testing uploads we have created an FTP site especially for EtherBand testing. Details below:
Free FTP client used to perform our tests: FileZilla (Download from
http://filezilla-project.org/download.php)
Host: ssl128bit.net
Username: etherband
Password: etherband
Port: 21
(Click "Quick Connect"; once connected you can download and upload large files - FileZilla will display the accurate transfer speed)
Example speeds: (to measure upstream and downstream performance)
62.5 KB/s (Kilo Bytes per second) = ½ MB connection speed
122.1 KB/s (Kilo Bytes per second) = 1 MB connection speed
187.6 KB/s (Kilo Bytes per second) = 1½ MB connection speed
250 KB/s (Kilo Bytes per second) = 2 MB connection speed
500 KB/s (Kilo Bytes per second) = 4 MB connection speed
625 KB/s (Kilo Bytes per second) = 5 MB connection speed
1000 KB/s (Kilo Bytes per second) = 8 MB connection speed
1250 KB/s (Kilo Bytes per second) = 10 MB connection speed