ZyXEL Communications P-2302R-P1 Series manual

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    P-2302R-P1 Series V oIP A T A / S tation Gateway Quick S t art Guide V ersion 3.60 Edition 1 5/2006[...]

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    P-2302R-P1 Series Quick Start Guide 2 Overview This guide explains how to set up you r P-2302R-P1 Seri es device (“P-23 02R-P1“) to make phone calls over the Internet. For the P-230 2RL-P1, it also explains how to set up regula r phone services that do not use the Internet . The following fi gure shows a typical wa y to use your P-2302R-P1. Whe[...]

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    P-2302R-P1 Series Quick Start Guide 3 2 Hardware Connections 1L I N E (P-2302RL-P1 only): Use a te lephone cable to connect the telepho ne jack to this port. 2 PHONE 1-2 : Use a telephone cable (an d any telephone ad aptors provide d with your P-2302R-P1) to connect your telephones to these ports. If you on ly have one teleph one, you should only u[...]

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    P-2302R-P1 Series Quick Start Guide 4 3 Initial Configuration Use a web browser on your computer to set up your P-2302R-P1. See Troubleshooting if you have any problems. 3.1 Open the Wizar d Setup Screen If the INTERNET light is green, go to sectio n 3.3 . Otherwise, go to section 3.2 . 1 Launch your web browser . 2 Enter http://192.168.1.1 as the [...]

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    P-2302R-P1 Series Quick Start Guide 5 3.2 Connection Wizard If you subscribe to a Roadrunner service, you cannot use the Conne ction Wizard to set up your Internet connection. In this case, p lease see the User ’s Guide for instructions. Note: Y ou must have Internet access before you can co mplete this section. 1 In the Wizard Setup scr een, cli[...]

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    P-2302R-P1 Series Quick Start Guide 6 3.2.1 Conn ection Wizard (Ethernet) Follow these steps if your ISP u ses an Ethernet connectio n. 1 Click Next. 2 Select Get automati cally from your ISP if your ISP did not give you a static IP address. Then, click Next , and go to step 4 below . Select Use fixed IP address provided b y your ISP if your ISP ga[...]

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    P-2302R-P1 Series Quick Start Guide 7 3.2.2 Conn ection Wizard (PPP over Et hernet) Follow these steps if your ISP uses a PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) connection. 1 Enter the information provide d by your ISP . Use the default values if your ISP did not provide the requested informat io n. Then, cl i ck Next . 2 Select Get automati cally from your ISP[...]

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    P-2302R-P1 Series Quick Start Guide 8 3.3 V oIP Setup Wizard Note: Y o u must have Inte rnet access and a V oIP acco unt before y ou can co mplete this section. 3.4 Bandwid th Manageme nt Wizard (Optional) If you want to u se the Bandwidth Management Wiza rd, please see the User ’s Guide for instructions. 1 In the Wizard Setup scr een, click Vo I[...]

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    P-2302R-P1 Series Quick Start Guide 9 3.5 Regular Phone Line Co nf iguration (P-2302RL-P1 only) When one of your V o IP accounts is registered, the P-2302R-P1 normally us es the Internet (not the regular phone line) to make phone calls. Follow the directions in this secti on to make su re you can a lso use the regular phone line while one of your V[...]

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    P-2302R-P1 Series Quick Start Guide 10 1 In the main screen, click Maintenance > System > Ge neral . 2 In the Mode field, select Bridge . 3 In the Mana gement IP Address field, enter the IP address you want to use to access the P-2302R-P1 in Bridge mode. For example, enter 192.168.5.1. 4 Click Apply . The P-2302R-P1 a utomatically restarts. W[...]

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    P-2302R-P1 Series Quick Start Guide 11 Follow these directions to call th e phone that is connecte d to the P-2302R-P1. • (P-2302R-P1) Use your V oIP service provider’s dial ing plan. The P-2302R-P1 must be on. • (P-2302RL-P1) Use your V oIP service provider ’s dialing plan, or just dial the phone number . T roubleshooting PROBLEM CORRECTIV[...]

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    P-2302R-P1 Series Quick Start Guide 12 Setting Up Y our Co mputer ’ s IP Address Note: Follow these instructions only if you are following a sugg estion in T roubleshooting . This section shows you how to se t up your Windows NT/2000/XP compu ter to automatically get an IP ad dress from the P-2302R-P1. See your User’s Guide for detailed IP addr[...]

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    P-2302R-P1 Series Quick Start Guide 13 1 In Windows XP , click Start > Control Panel . In Windows 2000/NT , click Star t > Settings > Control Panel . 2 In Windows XP , click Network Connections . In Windows 2000/NT , click Network and Dial-up Connecti ons . 3 Right-click on your network connectio n (for example, Local Area Con nection ). A[...]

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    P-2302R-P1 Series Quick Start Guide 14 8 Select Obtain DNS server address automatically . 9 Click OK . 10 Close the other wi ndows. V iewing Y our 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 pro duct's page. 3 Select the certification you wis[...]