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ZyXEL Communications P-660R-D Series manual

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  • Page 1

    P-660R-D Series ADSL2+ Access Router Quick S t art Guide V ersion 3.40 10/2005[...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 2 Overview The Prestige 660R-D (P-660R-D) ADSL2+ Access Rou ter is the ideal device for small networks connecting to the Intern et via ADSL. See your User ’s Guide for background information on all features. 1 Hardware Connections If you prefer to see a multi-media animation of how to make hardware connections, [...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 3 1D S L : Connect the Prestige to a telephone jack using a telephone wire. 2 LAN 10/100M : Use an Ethernet cable to connect a computer to the LAN port for initial configuration and/or Internet access. 3P O W E R : Use the included power adap tor to connect the POWER socket to an appropriate power source. After yo[...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 4 Note: Configuration ge nie or Zero configuration are only able to configure the device automatically for Interne t access if you are using PPPoE , PPPoA or ENET ENCAP encapsulation with a dynamically-assigned IP address from your ISP . If you’re not using these Intern et access settings, then use the Web Confi[...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 5 2.1 Configuration Genie From the included CD, click “Multimedi a Auto Provisioner” (the installati on and configuration a ssistant) and then click “In st al la tio n T ut o ria l” . After you’ve vi e w ed th e t u t or i a l, cl i c k “ Configuration Genie” at the end of the installation tu to ri a[...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 6 2.3 Web Configurator Internet Access W izard 2.3.1 Accessing the W eb Configurator 1 Launch your web browser . Enter “192 .168.1.1” as the web site address. Note: If you do not see the next screens, the n please read Section 4.1 on p age 17 . 2 Click Login . 3 T ype a new password (retype it to confirm) and [...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 7 4 In the Site Map screen, click Wizard Se tup .[...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 8 2.3.2 Internet Access Setup 1 Configure the Internet access settings in this step. The wizard screens vary depending on the Mode and Encapsulation you chose in the first wizard screen. Note: Enter th e Internet acce ss inform ation given by your ISP exactly in each wizard screen. If not given, leave the field s [...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 9 C) If you selected Routing , enter the IP address given by your ISP . D) If you selected Routing , select SUA Only when you have one public IP address, Full Feature when you have more than one public IP a ddress (for translation) or None to disable NA T . E) Click Next . ENET ENCAP A) Select Routing , then ENET [...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 10 D) Select SUA Only if you have one pub lic IP address, Full Feature if you have more than one public IP address (for translation) or None to disable NA T . E) Click Next . PPPoE A) Select Routing , then PPPoE . B) Click Next . C) Enter the service name, username and password given by your ISP . D) If your ISP g[...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 11 E) Select Nailed-Up Connection to have your connection u p all the time. Otherwise, select Connect on Demand and specify an idle time-out period (in seconds) in the Max. Idle Timeout field. F) Select SUA On ly if you have one public IP address, Full Feature if you have more than one public IP address (for trans[...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 12 Then select PPPoA . B) Click Next . C) Enter the username and password given by your ISP . D) If your ISP gave you an IP address, select Static IP address and enter it. Otherwise, select Obtain an IP Address Automatically . E) Select Nailed-Up Connection to have your connection u p all the time. Otherwise, sele[...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 13 2 Ve r i f y your LAN and W AN settings and click Save Settings . 3 The Prestige automati cally tests the connectio n to the computer(s) connected to the LAN port. T o test the co nnection from the Prestige to the ISP , click Start Diagnose . Otherwise click Return to Main Menu to go back to the main screen.[...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 14 3 NA T NA T (Netw ork Address T ranslati on - NA T , RFC 1631) means the translation of an IP address in one network to a different IP address in another . For example, you co uld translate one public IP add ress to multiple private IP addresses on your LAN (SUA Only). Y ou must select Routing mode to use routi[...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 15 4 T roubleshooting PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION None of the LEDs turn on when you connect the Prestige’s power . Make sure that you have the correct power adap tor connected to the Prestige, it is plugged into an appr opriate power source and the Prestige is turned on. Check all cable connections. If t he LEDs s[...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 16 Cannot access the Prestige from my computer . Check the cable connection from y our computer to the Prestige. Make sure your computer ’s IP address is in the same subnet as the Prestige’s IP address (see Section 4.1 on page 17 ). Ping the Prestige from a computer on the LAN. Make sure your computer ’s Eth[...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 17 4.1 Set Up Y our Computer ’ s IP Address This section shows you how to set your Wind ows NT/2000/XP computer to automatica lly get an IP address. This ensures that your computer can connect with your Prestige . Refer to your User ’s Gu ide for detailed IP address configuration for other Windows a nd Macinto[...]

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    P-660R-D Seri es Quick Start Guide 18 4 Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) (under the General tab in Windows XP) and click Prop erties . 5 The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties screen opens (the General t ab in Windows XP). 6 Select the Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address au tomatically options. 7 Click OK to close the[...]