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All rights reserved. 2 Base Requirements for an ADSL Modem with Routing TR-068 Technical comments or questions about this Technical Report should be directed to: Editors Barbara Stark BellSouth DSLHome- Greg Bathrick Texas Instruments Technical ™ George Pitsoulakis Westell Working Group Chairs March 2005 © The Broadband Forum. All rights reserved. 3 Base Requirements for an ADSL Modem with Routing TR-068 Abstract: This Working Text will specify requirements for an ADSL modem with embedded router functionality that can be deployed through retail stores and then configured for customer use by service providers. These requirements will lead to retail devices that can provide customers with consistent features, connectivity and operation. These requirements are both backward and forward-looking. They attempt to address the needs of current DSL services and architectures as well as starting to address future needs. Some requirements have been included in support of TR-059. However, these requirements do not fully complement the capabilities specified in TR-059. March 2005 © The Broadband Forum. All rights reserved. 4 Base Requirements for an ADSL Modem with Routing TR-068 Table of Contents 1 SCOPE AND PURPOSE.......................................................................................................................................5 1.1 Scope...............................................................................................................................................................5 1.2 Requirements...................................................................................................................................................5 2 MODEM REQUIREMENTS ................................................................................................................................6 2.1 Physical and Power .........................................................................................................................................6 2.2 WAN: ADSL and ATM ................................................................................................................................10 2.3 Multiple PVCs...............................................................................................................................................13 2.4 WAN: Access Protocols................................................................................................................................13 2.5 LAN: Physical Interfaces ..............................................................................................................................18 2.6 WAN and LAN: IP Addressing and DHCP Server.......................................................................................19 2.7 Routing and NAPT........................................................................................................................................24 2.8 Firewall .........................................................................................................................................................26 2.9 Naming Services ...........................................................................................................................................27 2.10 User Interface and Management...............................................................................................................27 2.11 Graphical User Interface...........................................................................................................................34 2.12 Packaging .................................................................................................................................................35 APPENDIX A Application Level Gateway (ALG) and Port Forwarding List........................................................36 APPENDIX B Example Queuing for a DSL Router...............................................................................................39 APPENDIX C Examples of Potential Configurations.............................................................................................41 C.1 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................41 C.2 Basic DSL Modem as Router Initiating One or More PPPoE Sessions ...................................................41 C.3 “2684 Bridged” Mode ..............................................................................................................................46 C.4 Simultaneous IP and PPPoE WAN Sessions............................................................................................49 C.5 Single PC Mode of Operation ..................................................................................................................51 C.6 Router Embedded DHCP Server Gives Out Public IP Addresses (from use of IPCP extension).............52 March 2005 © The Broadband Forum. All rights reserved. 4 Base Requirements for an ADSL Modem with Routing TR-068 1 SCOPE AND PURPOSE 1.1 Scope The document presents base requirements for an ADSL modem with embedded router functionality that can be deployed through retail stores and then configured for customer use by service providers. These requirements will lead to retail devices that can provide customers with consistent features, connectivity and operation. These requirements specify a minimum set of features. It is expected that devices will include these in a superset of features (e.g., wireless, power line, 1394b, firewall, etc…). These requirements are both backward and forward-looking. They attempt to address the needs of current DSL service and architectures as well as starting to address future needs. Some requirements have been included in support of TR-059, and are marked as [TR-059]. Any CPE that claims to be compliant with TR-059 must meet these requirements. It is understood that CPE that does not claim to be TR-059 compliant may not meet these requirements. 1.2 Requirements In this document, several words are used to signify the relative importance of the specified requirements. MUST This word, or the adjective “REQUIRED”, means that the definition is an absolute requirement of the specification. MUST NOT This phrase means that the definition is an absolute prohibition of the specification. SHOULD This word, or the adjective “RECOMMENDED”, means that there may exist valid reasons in particular circumstances to ignore this item, but the full implications must be understood and carefully weighted before choosing a different course. MAY This word, or the adjective “OPTIONAL”, means that this item is one which vendors may readily implement. Other modem features not identified in this document may also be implemented