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Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router viii Customer Support Customer Support If you have questions about your ZyXEL product(s) or desire assistance, please contact ZyXELCommunications Corporation offices worldwide, in any one of the following ways. Our ftp sites are alsoavailable for software and ROM upg...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Table of Contents ix Table of Contents Customer Support .......................................................................................................................viii Preface...................................................................................

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router xiv List of Figures List of Figures Figure 1-1 Internet Access Application ................................................................................................. 1-4 Figure 1-2 LAN-to-LAN Application ...........................................................

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router xviii List of Tables List Of Tables Table 2-1 Front Panel LED Description ................................................................................................... 2-1 Table 2-2 Main Menu Commands ...............................................................

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Preface xxi Preface About Your ADSL Internet Access Router Congratulations on your purchase of the Prestige 642R Series ADSL Internet Access Router. Don’t forget to register your Prestige (fast, easy online registration at www.zyxel.com ) for free future product upda...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router xxii Preface ¾ Packing List Card Finally you should have a Packing List Card which lists all items that should have come with your Prestige. Syntax Conventions • “Enter” means for you to type one or more characters and press the carriage return. “Select” or“Choose” m...

Getting Started I Part I: Getting Started Chapters 1-3 are structured as a step-by-step guide to help you connect, install and set up your Prestige to operate on your network and to access the Internet. Described are Key Features and Applications, Hardware Installation, Initial Setup and Internet Ac...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Getting to know your Prestige 1-1 Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your ADSL Internet Access Router This chapter describes the key features and applications of the Prestige 642 . 1.1 Prestige 642R Series ADSL Internet Access Router Your Prestige integrates a high-speed 10/1...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Getting to know your Prestige 1-3 z NAT/SUA for Single-IP-address Internet Access The Prestige's SUA (Single User Account) feature allows multiple-user Internet access for the cost of asingle IP account. SUA supports popular Internet applications such as MS tracerout...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 1-4 Getting to know your Prestige Figure 1-1 Internet Access Application Internet Single User Account For a SOHO (Small Office/Home Office) environment, your Prestige offers the Single User Account (SUA)feature that allows multiple users on the LAN (Local Area Networ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Hardware Installation & Setup 2-1 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation & Initial Setup This chapter describes the physical features of the Prestige and how to make the cable connections . 2.1 Front Panel LEDs of the P642R The LED indicators on the front panel indi...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 2-2 Hardware Installation & Setup Figure 2-2 Prestige 642R Series Rear Panel Step 1: Connecting the ADSL Line Connect the Prestige directly to the wall jack using the included ADSL cable. Connect a microfilter(s) (seeFigure 2-4 Connecting a Microfilter) between t...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Hardware Installation & Setup 2-3 ¾ Flow Control set to None After the Prestige has been successfully connected to your network, you can make future changes to theconfiguration via Telnet. 2.4 Connecting a POTS Splitter This is for the P642’s following the Full R...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 2-4 Hardware Installation & Setup Step 2. Connect a cable from the double jack end of the Y-Connector to the “wall side” of themicrofilter. Step 3. Connect another cable from the double jack end of the Y-Connector to the Prestige. Step 4. Connect the “phone side”...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Hardware Installation & Setup 2-5 The following is an example installation for the P642 with ISDN. Figure 2-5 P642 with ISDN 2.7 Power Up Your Prestige At this point, you should have connected the console port, the ADSL line, the Ethernet port and the powerport t...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 2-6 Hardware Installation & Setup For your first login, enter the default password: 1234 . As you type the password, the screen displays an ‘X’ for each character you type. Please note that if there is no activity for longer than 5 minutes after you log in, your ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Hardware Installation & Setup 2-7 2.8 Navigating the SMT Interface The SMT (System Management Terminal) is the interface that you use to configure your Prestige.Several operations that you should be familiar with before you attempt to modify the configuration are...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 2-8 Hardware Installation & Setup After you enter the password, the SMT displays the Main Menu , as shown below. Figure 2-8 SMT Main Menu The SMT Menu continually improves and changes with new firmware upgrades. Check the release notes at www.zyxel.com to find th...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Hardware Installation & Setup 2-9 # Menu Title Description 24 System Maintenance This menu provides system status, diagnostics, software upload, etc. 25 IP Routing Policy Setup Use this menu to configure your IP routing policy. 99 Exit Use this to exit from SMT a...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 2-10 Hardware Installation & Setup Figure 2-10 Menu 1 - General Setup Table 2-4 General Setup Menu Fields Field Description Example System Name Choose a descriptive name for identification purposes. This name canbe up to 30 alphanumeric characters long. Spaces ar...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Hardware Installation & Setup 2-11 Figure 2-11 Menu 3 - Ethernet Setup 2.11.1 General Ethernet Setup This menu allows you to specify filter set(s) that you wish to apply to the Ethernet traffic. You seldomneed to filter Ethernet traffic; however, the filter sets ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Internet Access 3-1 Chapter 3 Internet Access This chapter shows you how to configure the LAN as well as the WAN of your Prestige for Internet access . 3.1 Factory Ethernet Defaults The Ethernet parameters of the Prestige are preset in the factory with the following ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 3-2 Internet Access 3.3 TCP/IP Parameters 3.3.1 IP Address and Subnet Mask Like houses on a street that share a common street name, the machines on a LAN share one common networknumber.Where you obtain your network number depends on your particular situation. If the ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Internet Access 3-3 3.3.3 RIP Setup RIP (Routing Information Protocol) allows a router to exchange routing information with other routers. The RIP Direction field controls the sending and receiving of RIP packets. When set to Both, the Prestige will broadcast its rou...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 3-4 Internet Access servers are conveyed through IPCP negotiation. The Prestige supports the IPCP DNS server extensionsthrough the DNS proxy feature.If the Primary and Secondary DNS Server fields in DHCP Setup are not specified, i.e., left as 0.0.0.0, the Prestige te...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Internet Access 3-5 3.6 IP Alias IP Alias allows you to partition a physical network into different logical networks over the same Ethernetinterface. The Prestige supports three logical LAN interfaces via its single physical Ethernet interface withthe Prestige itself...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 3-6 Internet Access Figure 3-5 Menu 3.2.1 - IP Alias Setup Follow the instructions in the following table to configure IP Alias parameters. Table 3-1 IP Alias Setup Menu Fields Field Description Example IP Alias Choose Yes to configure the LAN network for the Prestig...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Internet Access 3-7 Figure 3-6 Menu 1 - General Setup 3.8 TCP/IP Ethernet Setup and DHCP You will now use Menu 3.2 to configure your Prestige for TCP/IP.To edit Menu 3.2, enter 3 from the Main Menu to open the Menu 3 - Ethernet Setup . When Menu 3 appears, select the...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 3-8 Internet Access Follow the instructions in the following table on how to configure the DHCP fields. Table 3-2 DHCP Ethernet Setup Menu Fields Field Description Example DHCP Setup DHCP= If it is set to Server , your Prestige can assign IP addresses, an IP default ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Internet Access 3-9 space bar to enable IP Multicasting or select None to disable it. IP Policies Create policies using SMT Menu 25 ( see the IP Policy Routing chapter in Part 3 ) and apply them on the Prestige LAN interface here. You can apply up to four IP Policy s...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 3-10 Internet Access 3.11.1 ENET ENCAP The MAC Encapsulated Routing Link Protocol ( ENET ENCAP ) is only implemented with the IP network protocol. IP packets are routed between the Ethernet interface and the WAN interface and then formatted sothat they can be underst...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Internet Access 3-11 3.12.3 Using ENET ENCAP Encapsulation In this case you can have either a static or dynamic IP. For a static IP you must fill in all the IP Address andENET ENCAP Gateway fields as supplied by your ISP. However for a dynamic IP, the Prestige acts a...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 3-12 Internet Access Table 3-4 Internet Account Information Internet Account Information Write your account information here Telephone Company Information VPI (Virtual Path Identifier) − VCI (Virtual Channel Identifier) − ISP Information IP Address of the ISP's Gatew...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Internet Access 3-13 Table 3-5 Internet Access Setup Menu Fields Field Description Options/E.G. ISP’s Name Enter the name of your Internet Service Provider, e.g., myISP.This information is for identification purposes only. e.g., MyISP Encapsulation Press [SPACE BAR] ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 3-14 Internet Access 3.14 Single User Account Typically, if there are multiple users on the LAN wanting to concurrently access the Internet, you will haveto lease a block of legal, or globally unique, IP addresses from the ISP.The Single User Account (SUA) feature al...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Internet Access 3-15 . Figure 3-9 Menu 4 - Internet Access Setup and Single User Account To enable the SUA feature in Menu 4, move the cursor to the Single User Account field and select Yes (or No to disable SUA). Then follow the instructions on how to configure the ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 3-16 Internet Access Please note that a server can support more than one service, e.g., a server can provide both FTP and DNSservice, while another provides only web service. Also, since you need to specify the IP address of a serverin the Prestige, a server must hav...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Internet Access 3-17 4. Press [ENTER] at the [Press ENTER to confirm…] prompt to save your configuration after you define all the servers or press [ESC] at any time to cancel. Figure 3-11 Multiple Server Configuration The most often used port numbers are: Table 3-7 S...

II Part II: ADVANCED APPLICATIONS Advanced Applications (Chapters 4 to 7) describes the advanced applications of your Prestige. Described are Remote Node Setup, Remote Node TCP/IP Configuration, IPX Configuration and Bridging Setup.

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Remote Node Configuration 4-1 Chapter 4 Remote Node Configuration In this chapter, we discuss the parameters that are protocol independent. The protocol-dependent configurations are covered in subsequent chapters. A remote node is required for placing calls to a remo...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 4-2 Remote Node Configuration 4.1.2 Encapsulation and Multiplexing Scenarios For Internet access you should use the encapsulation and multiplexing methods used by your ISP. ForLAN-to-LAN applications, e.g., branch office and corporate headquarters, prior mutual agree...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Remote Node Configuration 4-3 Figure 4-2 Menu 11.1 - Remote Node Profile Table 4-1 Remote Node Profile Menu Fields FIELD DESCRIPTION OPTIONS Rem Node Name This is a required field. Enter a descriptive name for theremote node, for example, Corp. This field can be up t...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Remote Node Configuration 4-5 Options . Rem IP Addr Enter the IP address of the remote gateway. Edit IP/IPX/Bridge Press [space bar] to select Yes and press [Enter] to go to Menu 11.3 – Remote Node Network Layer Options . Yes or No Session Option s : Edit Filter Sets...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 4-6 Remote Node Configuration Figure 4-3 Menu 11.2 - Remote Node PPP Options The following table describes the Remote Node PPP Options menu and contains instructions on how toconfigure the PPP options fields. Table 4-2 Remote Node PPP Options Menu Fields FIELD DESCRI...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Remote Node TCP/IP Configuration 5-1 Chapter 5 Remote Node TCP/IP Configuration This chapter shows you how to configure the TCP/IP parameters of a remote node. 5.1 LAN-to-LAN Application A typical LAN-to-LAN application is to use your Prestige to connect a branch off...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 5-2 Remote Node TCP/IP Configuration 5.1.1 Editing TCP/IP Options Follow the steps below to edit Menu 11.3 – Remote Node Network Layer Options . In Menu 11.1 , move the cursor to the Edit IP/IPX/Bridge , then press [ space bar ] to toggle and set the value to Yes . P...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Remote Node TCP/IP Configuration 5-3 Figure 5-3 Menu 11.3 for LLC-based Multiplexing In this case, only one set of VPI and VCI numbers need be specified for all protocols. The valid range forthe VPI is 0 to 255 and for the VCI is 32 to 65535 (1 to 31 is reserved for ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 5-4 Remote Node TCP/IP Configuration . Figure 5-4 Sample IP Addresses for a TCPI/IP LAN-to-LAN Connection To configure the TCP/IP parameters of a remote node, first configure the three fields in Menu 11.1 – Remote Node Profile , as shown in the table below. Table 5-1...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Remote Node TCP/IP Configuration 5-5 Table 5-2 TCP/IP Remote Node Configuration FIELD DESCRIPTION OPTIONS VPI VCI Enter the Virtual Path Identifier (VPI) number that yourtelephone company supplies. Enter the Virtual Channel Identifier (VCI) number that yourtelephone ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Remote Node TCP/IP Configuration 5-7 Figure 5-5 Sample Static Routing Topology To configure an IP static route, use Menu 12.1 - Static Route Setup . Follow the procedure below. Step 1. Enter 12 from the Main Menu to bring up the following screen. Figure 5-6 Menu 12 -...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 5-8 Remote Node TCP/IP Configuration Step 3. From Menu 12.1 , enter the index number of one of the static routes that you want to configure. Figure 5-8 Edit IP Static Route The following table describes the fields for Menu 12.1 - Edit IP Static Route Setup . Table 5-...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router IPX Configuration 6-1 Chapter 6 IPX Configuration This chapter shows you how to configure the IPX parameters of the Prestige. 6.1 IPX Network Environment Novell bundles the protocol stack, the server software and routing functionality in their NetWare serverproducts,...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 6-2 IPX Configuration Figure 6-1 NetWare Network Numbers 6.1.3 External Network Number Each of the four logical networks (based on frame type) has its own external network number. 6.1.4 Internal Network Number In addition to the external network numbers, each NetWare...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router IPX Configuration 6-3 6.2 Prestige 642R in an IPX Environment There are two scenarios in which your Prestige is deployed, depending on whether there is a NetWareserver on the LAN, as depicted in the following diagram. Figure 6-2 Prestige in an IPX Environment 6.2.1 P...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 6-4 IPX Configuration 6.3 IPX Ethernet Setup From Menu 3 – Ethernet Setup , select option 3 to got to Menu 3.3 - Novell IPX Ethernet Setup as shown in Figure 6-3. Figure 6-3 Menu 3.3 - Novell IPX Ethernet Setup The following describes the Novell IPX Ethernet Setup me...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router IPX Configuration 6-7 Table 6-2 describes the IPX protocol-dependent parameters of the Remote Node Setup. Table 6-2 Remote Node Novell IPX Options FIELD DESCRIPTION OPTIONS Rem LAN Net# In this field, enter the internal network number of the NetWare server onthe remo...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router IPX Configuration 6-9 The following table contains the instructions on how to configure the Edit IPX Static Route menu. Table 6-3 Edit IPX Static Route Menu Fields FIELD DESCRIPTION Route # This is the index number of the route as listed in Menu 12.2 – IPX Static Rou...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Bridging Setup 7-1 Chapter 7 Bridging Setup This chapter shows you how to configure the bridging parameters of your Prestige. 7.1 Bridging in General Bridging bases the forwarding decision on the MAC (Media Access Control), or hardware address, whilerouting does it o...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 7-2 Bridging Setup Table 7-1 Bridge Ethernet Setup Menu - Handle IPX Field Configuration FIELD DESCRIPTION OPTIONS HandleIPX Press the [space bar] to toggle between the options for this field. When there is no IPX traffic on the LAN or when you do not want to applyan...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 7-4 Bridging Setup 7.2.2 Bridge Static Route Setup Similar to network layer static routes, a bridging static route tells the Prestige the route to a node before aconnection is established. You configure bridge static routes in Menu 12.3.1 by pressing 3 in Menu 12 as ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Bridging Setup 7-5 The following table describes the Edit Bridge Static Route Menu . Table 7-3 Edit Bridge Static Route Menu Fields FIELD DESCRIPTION Route # This is the index number of the route as listed in Menu 12.3-Bridge Static Route Setup . Route Name Enter a n...

Advanced Management III Part III: Advanced Management Advanced Management (Chapters 8-12) provides information on Filter Configuration, SNMP Configuration, System Maintenance, IP Policy Routing and Troubleshooting. Also included are some Appendices, a Glossary and the Index.

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Filter Configuration 8-1 Chapter 8 Filter Configuration This chapter shows you how to create and apply filter(s). 8.1 About Filtering Your Prestige uses filters to decide whether to allow passage of a data packet and/or to make a call. Thereare two types of filter ap...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 8-2 Filter Configuration 8.1.1 The Filter Structure of the Prestige A filter set consists of one or more filter rules. Usually, you would group related rules, e.g., all the rules forNetBIOS, into a single set and give it a descriptive name. The Prestige allows you to...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Filter Configuration 8-3 Start Fetch First Filter Set Fetch First Filter Rule Active? Execute Filter Rule Fetch Next Filter Rule Next filter Rule Available? Fetch Next Filter Set Next Filter Set Available? Accept Packet Drop Packet Yes No Yes No Yes Packet into filte...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 8-4 Filter Configuration 8.2 Configuring a Filter Set To configure a filter set, follow the procedure below. Step 1. Enter 21 from the Main Menu to open Menu 21 – Filter Set Configuration . Figure 8-3 Menu 21 – Filter Setup Step 2. Enter the index number of the filte...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Filter Configuration 8-5 Figure 8-4 NetBIOS_WAN Filter Rules Summary Figure 8-5 NetBIOS_LAN Filter Rules Summary Figure 8-6 Telnet_WAN Filter Rules Summary Menu 21.2 - Filter Rules Summary # A Type Filter Rules M m n- - ---- ------------------------------------------...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 8-6 Filter Configuration Figure 8-7 PPPoE Filter Rules Summary Figure 8-8 FTP_WAN Filter Rules Summary 8.2.1 Filter Rules Summary Menu This screen shows the summary of the existing rules in the filter set. The following tables contain a briefdescription of the abbrev...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Filter Configuration 8-7 TCP/IP Filter Rules The filter rule parameters will bedisplayed here (see below). M Refers to More . More in a set behaves like a logical AND i.e., the set is onlymatched if ALL rules in it are matched. [Y] means an action can not yet be take...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 8-8 Filter Configuration Table 8-3 Abbreviations Used If Filter Type Is IPX Abbreviation Description PT IPX Packet Type SS Source Socket DS Destination Socket z If the filter type is GEN (generic), the following abbreviations listed in the following table will be use...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Filter Configuration 8-9 Figure 8-9 Menu 21.1.1.1 - TCP/IP Filter Rule The following table describes how to configure your TCP/IP filter rule. Table 8-5 TCP/IP Filter Rule Menu Fields Field Description Option Active This field activates/deactivates the filter rule. Y...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Filter Configuration 8-11 Field Description Option Once you have completed filling in Menu 21.1.1 - TCP/IP Filter Rule , press [ ENTER ] at the message [Press ENTER to Confirm] to save your configuration, or press [ ESC ] to cancel. This data will now be displayed on...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 8-12 Filter Configuration Packet into IP Filter Matched Matched Yes Action Matched Action Not Matched More? No Filter Active? Check IP Protocol Drop Drop Packet Accept Packet Drop Forward Check Next Rule Check Next Rule Check Next Rule Forward Not Matched Yes No Chec...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Filter Configuration 8-13 8.2.4 Generic Filter Rule This section shows you how to configure a generic filter rule. The purpose of generic rules is to allow youto filter non-IP packets. For IP, it is generally easier to use the IP rules directly.For generic rules, the...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Filter Configuration 8-15 To configure an IPX rules, select IPX Filter Rule from the Filter Type field and press [ENTER] to open Menu 21.1.5 IPX Filter Rule , as shown in the figure below. Figure 8-12 IPX Filter Rule Menu 21.6.1 - IPX Filter Rule Filter #: 6,1Filter ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 8-16 Filter Configuration The table below describes the IPX Filter Rule: Table 8-7 IPX Filter Rule Menu Fields Field Description IPX Packet Type Enter the IPX packet type (1-byte in hexadecimal) you wish tofilter. The popular types are (in hexadecimal): 01 – RIP 04 –...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Filter Configuration 8-17 8.3 Example Filter Let’s look at the third default ZyXEL filter, TELNET_WAN ( see Figure 8-6) as an example. Please see the PNC Disk for more example filters. This filter is designed to block outside users from telnetting into thePrestige. F...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Filter Configuration 8-19 Figure 8-15 Example Filter Rules Summary - Menu 21.3 After you’ve created the filter set, you must apply it. Step 1. Enter 11 from the main menu to go to Menu 11. Step 2. Go to the Edit Filter Sets field, press [SPACE BAR] to toggle Yes to N...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 8-20 Filter Configuration packets that appear on the wire. They are applied at the point when the Prestige is receiving and sending thepackets; i.e. the interface. The interface can be an Ethernet, or any other hardware port. The followingdiagram illustrates this. Fi...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Filter Configuration 8-21 8.5.2 Remote Node Filters Go to Menu 11.5 (shown below – note that call filter sets are only present for PPPoE encapsulation) andenter the number(s) of the filter set(s) as appropriate. You can cascade up to four filter sets by entering thei...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router SNMP Configuration 9-1 Chapter 9 SNMP Configuration This chapter discusses SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) for network management and monitoring. 9.1 About SNMP Your Prestige 642R supports SNMP agent functionality, which allows a manager station to manage a...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 9-2 SNMP Configuration The following table describes the SNMP configuration parameters. Table 9-1 SNMP Configuration Menu Fields Field Description Default SNMP: GetCommunity Enter the get community, which is the password for the incomingGet- and GetNext- requests fro...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router System Maintenance 10-1 Chapter 10 System Maintenance This chapter covers the diagnostic tools that help you to maintain your Prestige. Diagnostic tools include updates on system status, port status, log and trace capabilities and upgrades forthe system software. Thi...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 10-2 System Maintenance 10.1 System Status The first selection, System Status, gives you information on the status and statistics of the ports, as shownbelow. System Status is a tool that can be used to monitor your Prestige. Specifically, it gives youinformation on ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router System Maintenance 10-3 Table 10-1 System Maintenance - Status Menu Fields Field Description This is the remote node index number and link type. Link types are : Node-Lnk PPP, ENET, 1483, PPPoE Status Shows the status of the remote node. TxPkts The number of packets ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 10-4 System Maintenance Figure 10-3 System Information and Console Port Speed Press 1 to display the next screen, Menu 24.2.1 - System Maintenance - Information. Figure 10-4 System Maintenance - Information Table 10-2 Fields in System Maintenance - Information Field ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 10-6 System Maintenance Figure 10-7 Examples of Error and Information Messages 10.2.2 Syslog And Accounting The Prestige uses the UNIX syslog facility to log the CDR (Call Detail Record) and system messages to asyslog server. Syslog and accounting can be configured i...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router System Maintenance 10-7 Table 10-3 System Maintenance Menu Syslog Parameters Parameter Description UNIX Syslog: Active Use the [SPACE BAR] to turn syslog On or Off . Syslog IP Address Enter the IP Address of the server that will log the CDR (Call Detail Record) andsy...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 10-8 System Maintenance Jul 19 11:20:06 192.168.102.2 ZyXEL Communications Corp.: board 0 line 0 channel 0, call1, C02 Call Terminated 2. Packet triggered Packet triggered Message Format SdcmdSyslogSend( SYSLOG_PKTTRI, SYSLOG_NOTICE, String ); String = Packet trigger...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router System Maintenance 10-9 10.3 Diagnostic The diagnostic facility allows you to test the different aspects of your Prestige to determine if it is workingproperly. Menu 24.4 allows you to choose among various types of diagnostic tests to evaluate your system,as shown: F...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 10-10 System Maintenance P642.ROM or something similar. Once you have customized the Prestige's setting, they can be saved backto your PC/workstation under a filename of your choosing. Choose something meaningful, e.g.“MyP642.cfg”.The ZyNOS firmware file (sometimes r...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router System Maintenance 10-11 10.5 Backup Configuration Option 5 in Menu 24 - System Maintenance allows you to backup the current Prestige configuration to your workstation. Backup is highly recommended once your Prestige is functioning properly.You must perform the backu...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 10-12 System Maintenance 10.6 Restore Configuration Selecting option 6 from Menu 24 - System Maintenance to restore the configuration from your workstation to the Prestige. Again, you must use the console port and Xmodem protocol to restore theconfiguration. Step 1. ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 10-14 System Maintenance 10.7.2 Uploading Router Configuration File The configuration data, system-related data, the error log and the trace log are all stored in the configurationfile. Please be aware that uploading the configuration file replaces everything contain...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router System Maintenance 10-15 To use TFTP, your workstation must have both Telnet and TFTP clients. To transfer the firmware and theconfiguration file, follow the procedure below:Use Telnet from your workstation to connect to the Prestige and log in. Because TFTP does not...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 10-16 System Maintenance Remote File This is the filename on the Prestige. The filename for thefirmware is “ ras ” and for the configuration file, is “ rom-0 ”. Binary Transfer the file in binary mode. Abort Stop transfer of the file. TFTP over WAN will not work if: ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router System Maintenance 10-17 Figure 10-20 Telnet into Menu 24.7.2 - System Maintenance : 10.9.1 Using the FTP command from the DOS Prompt To transfer the firmware and the configuration file, follow this procedure: Step 1. Launch the FTP client on your workstation. Step 2...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 10-18 System Maintenance Figure 10-21 FTP Session Example Note: The system reboots after a successful upload. The following table describes some of the fields that you may see in third party FTP clients: Table 10-7 Third Party FTP Clients - General fields Host Addres...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router System Maintenance 10-19 10.10 Command Interpreter Mode This option allows you to enter the command interpreter mode. A list of valid commands can be found bytyping [help] at the command prompt. For more detailed information, check the ZyXEL Web site or send e-mail t...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 10-20 System Maintenance Figure 10-23 Boot module commands 10.12 Time and Date Setting There is no Real Time Chip (RTC) chip in the Prestige, so we have a software mechanism to get the currenttime and date from an external server when you power up your Prestige. Menu...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router System Maintenance 10-21 Figure 10-24 System Maintenance - Time and Date Setting Table 10-8 Time and Date Setting Fields Field Description Use Time Server whenBootup Enter the time service protocol that your timeserver will send when thePrestige powers up. Choices ar...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router IP Policy Routing 11-1 Chapter 11 IP Policy Routing 11.1 Introduction Traditionally, routing is based on the destination address only and the router takes the shortest path toforward a packet. IP Policy Routing (IPPR) provides a mechanism to override the default rout...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 11-2 IP Policy Routing Figure 11-1 IP Routing Policy Setup To setup a routing policy, follow the procedures below: Step 1. Enter 25 in the Main Menu to open Menu 25 – IP Policy Routing Setup. Step 2. Enter the index of the policy set you wish to configure to open Men...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router IP Policy Routing 11-3 Figure 11-2 Menu 25 - IP Routing Policy Summary Table 11-1 IP Routing Policy Summary Abbreviation Meaning Criteria SA Source IP Address SP Source Port DA Destination IP Address DP Destination Port P IP layer 4 protocol number(TCP=6,UDP=17…) T T...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 11-4 IP Policy Routing MT Maximum Throughput MR Maximum Reliability MC Minimum Cost Enter a number from 1 to 6 to display Menu 25.1.1 – IP Routing Policy (see the next figure). This menu allows you to configure a policy rule. Figure 11-3 IP Routing Policy Table 11-2 ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router IP Policy Routing 11-5 Precedence Precedence value of the incoming packet. Values range from [0] to [7] or [Don’tCare]. Source: addr start= /end= Source IP address range from start to end. port start= /end= Source port number range from start to end; applicable only ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Troubleshooting 12-1 Chapter 12 Troubleshooting This chapter covers the potential problems you may run into and the possible solutions. After each problem description, some instructions are provided to help you to diagnose and to solve the problem. 12.1 Problems Star...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router 12-2 Troubleshooting 12.2 Problems With the WAN Interface Table 12-2 Troubleshooting the ADSL connection Problem Corrective Action Initialization of the PVCconnection failed. Ensure that the cable is connected properly from the ADSL port to the walljack. The ADSL LED...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Glossary A Glossary 10BaseT The 10-Mbps baseband Ethernet specification that uses two pairs of twisted-pair cabling(Category 3 or 5): one pair for transmitting data and the other for receiving data. ADSL Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line is an asymmetrical technol...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router F PPPoE Appendix A PPPoE PPPoE in Action An ADSL modem bridges a PPP session over Ethernet (PPP over Ethernet, RFC 2516) from your PC to anATM PVC (Permanent Virtual Circuit) which connects to a xDSL Access Concentrator where the PPPsession terminates (see the next f...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router PPPoE G AC is acting as a L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol) LAC (L2TP Access Concentrator) and tunnels thePPP frames to the ISP. The L2TP tunnel is capable of carrying multiple PPP sessions.With PPPoE, the VC (Virtual Circuit) is equivalent to the dial-up connection ...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router H Virtual Path and Channels Appendix B Virtual Paths and Channels VPI & VCI ATM is a connection-oriented technology, meaning that it sets up virtual circuits over which end systemscommunicate. The terminology for virtual circuits is as follows: z VC (virtual chan...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router Power Adapter Specifications I Appendix C Power Adapter Specs AC Power Adapter Specifications North America AC Power Adapter model MW48-1601000A Input power: AC120Volts/60Hz/22W Output power: AC16Volts/1.0A Power consumption: 10 W Plug: North American standards Safet...

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router J Index Index A always on ........................................................ xxiiAT command ............................................... 10-10ATBAx ......................................................... 10-19atgo .............................................