ZyXEL Communications P-660R-T1 v2 manual

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    P-660R-TxC Series ADSL2+ Access Router Quick S t art Guide V ersion 3.40 Edition 1 2/2006[...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Sta rt Guide 2 Overview The P-660R-TxC ADSL2+ access router is the ideal devi ce for small networks co nnecting to the Internet via ADSL. See your User’s Guide for background information on all featu res. 1 Hardware Connections If you prefer to see a multi-media animation of how to make hardware connections, see the includ[...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Sta rt Guide 3 Note: Configuration genie and Zer o configuration are only ab le to configure the device au tomatically for Internet acc ess 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 Internet access settings, then use the Web C[...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Sta rt Guide 4 2.3 Web Configurator In ternet 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, then please read Section 4.1 on page 8 . 2 Click Login . 3 T ype a new password (retype i t to confirm) and[...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Sta rt Guide 5 2.3.2 Intern et Access Set up 1 Configure the Internet access settings in this step. The wizard screens vary depending on the Mode and Encap sulation you chose in the first wizard screen . Note: Enter the Interne t access inform ation given to you by yo ur ISP exac tly in each wiz ard screen . If not given, le[...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Sta rt Guide 6 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 gave you an IP address, select St atic IP Address and ente r it. Otherwise, select Obt ain an IP Address Automatically . E) Select Nailed-Up Connection to have your connect[...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Sta rt Guide 7 Otherwise, select Connect on Demand and specify an idle time-out period (in seconds) in the Max. Idle Tim eo ut field. F) If you selected Routing , select SUA Only when you have one public IP address, Full Feature when you have more than one public IP add ress (for transl ation) or None to disable NA T . G) Cl[...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Sta rt Guide 8 4 T roubleshooting 4.1 Set Up Y our Computer ’ s IP Address This section shows you how to set your Windows NT/200 0/XP computer to automatically get an IP address. This ensures that your computer can connect with your P-660R-T xC. Refer to your User ’s Guide for de tailed IP address configuratio n for othe[...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Sta rt Guide 9 4 Select Internet Protocol (TCP /IP) (under the Genera l tab in Windows XP) and click Properties . 5 The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties screen opens (the General tab in Windows XP). 6 Select the Obtain an IP address automatically and Obtain DNS server address automatic ally options. 7 Click OK to close th[...]