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ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL Prestige 304 manual

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  • Page 1

    Pr estige 304 Broadba nd Shari ng Gateway with 4-Port Switch Quick Start Guide Version 3.50 October 2001[...]

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    Prestig e 304 Broad band Sharing G ateway wit h 4-Port S witch 2 Introduction A bout Y our Prestige 304 Broadband S haring Gateway with 4-Port Swit ch The Presti ge 304 is a du al Ethernet Broadban d Sharing Gatew ay with 4-Port Switc h wit h inte grate d net work mana ge me nt fea ture s desi g ned fo r mul t i- computer h omes and home offices to[...]

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    Prestig e 304 Broad band Sharing G ateway wit h 4-Port S witch 3 Description of LEDs LED COLOR STATUS DESCRIPTION On The Prestige i s receiving pow er. Flashing The Prestige i s performing a self-t est. SYS Green Off The Prestig e is not re ceiving pow er. On The W AN link is co nnected. Flashing The 10M W AN lin k is send ing/receiving packets. WA[...]

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    Prestig e 304 Broad band Sharing G ateway wit h 4-Port S witch 4 W AN 10M Port Connect the WAN port on the Prestige to the Ethernet port on th e cable or xDSL modem us ing the Ethernet cable th a t came with y our modem. The Ethernet port on a cable modem is someti mes labeled "P C" o r "Workstation". LAN 10/100M Ports When t he[...]

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    Prestig e 304 Broad band Sharing G ateway wit h 4-Port S witch 5 T urning on Y our Prestige Plug the male end of the power adapter into a power outlet. The SYS LED t urn s on. The WAN and th e LAN LED(s) turn on after the sys tem tests are complete, if the WAN and LAN ports are pro p erly connected. RESET Button If you forg et your password or cann[...]

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    Prestig e 304 Broad band Sharing G ateway wit h 4-Port S witch 6 Preparing Y our Network Since most Internet/network- related protocols are depen dent on TCP/IP, y o u need to inst all and configure TCP/IP on y o ur co mpu ter before you can access the Internet. Window s 95/98/Me/ NT/2000, Macin tosh OS 7 and l ater operatin g systems and all versi[...]

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    Prestig e 304 Broad band Sharing G ateway wit h 4-Port S witch 7 If you nee d TCP /IP : a. In the Network w ind o w, clic k Add . b. Select Protocol and then clic k Add . c. Select Microsoft from t he list of manufacturers . d. Select TCP/IP from the list of network prot ocols and t hen clic k OK . If you nee d Clie nt fo r Mic r os oft Net wor ks [...]

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    Prestig e 304 Broad band Sharing G ateway wit h 4-Port S witch 8 2. In the TCP/I P Properties w indow, select Specify an IP address . 3. Type your information into the IP A ddress and Subnet Mas k fi eld s. 4. Click the Gateway tab. Highlight any installed gate ways and click the Rem ove button until there are none listed. T ype your gateway addres[...]

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    Prestig e 304 Broad band Sharing G ateway wit h 4-Port S witch 9 5. Select the Internet Protocol (T CP/IP) entry and click the Properties button. 6. Select Obtain an IP address automatically an d click the Advanced button. 7. Select any installed gate ways and click Rem ove until t here are none listed. 8. Click the WIN S tab and s e lect any WINS [...]

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    Prestig e 304 Broad band Sharing G ateway wit h 4-Port S witch 10 Macintosh Installing TCP/IP Components TCP/IP sh ould already be installed on Macintosh O S 7 and la ter sys tems. Configuring TCP/IP Properties 1. Click the Apple icon (located in the upper left corner of y our screen), select Control Pa nels and then TCP/ IP . 2. From the " Co[...]

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    Prestig e 304 Broad band Sharing G ateway wit h 4-Port S witch 11 Y our Internet Account Contact an ISP (Internet Serv ice P rovider) for an Internet access accou nt. For a single user account, the ISP supplie s you with TCP/IP configuration information. T ypically this infor mation is d ynamically (automatically) assigned via DH CP, but de pend in[...]

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    Prestig e 304 Broad band Sharing G ateway wit h 4-Port S witch 12 Using the W eb Configurator Web Configur ator Login The web conf i gurator provides user- friendly setup f o r your Prestige. Step 1. Launch your web brow ser and en ter 192.168.1.1 as the U RL. Step 2. Enter "1234" (default) as the password and click Login . In some versi [...]

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    Prestig e 304 Broad band Sharing G ateway wit h 4-Port S witch 13 T roubleshooting PROBLE M CORRECTIVE ACTION None of the LEDs t urn on when you turn on the Prestige. Make sure that you have the correct 5 VDC power adapter connected to the Prestige and plugged in to an appropriate power source. If the error persists, you may have a hardware problem[...]