Page 2 - WLAN
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 2 APPLICATION NOTES ............................................................................................................................ 5 G ENERAL A PPLICATION N OTES .........................................
Page 5 - Application Notes; General Application Notes; Internet Connection; Before you begin; Ethernet connection
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 5 Application Notes General Application Notes Internet Connection A typical Internet access application of the Prestige is shown below. For a small office, there are some components needs to be checked before acces...
Page 6 - Disable WINS Resolution
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 6 • If you only have one PC, connect the PC's Ethernet adapter to the Prestige's LAN port with a Ethernet cable. • If you have more than one PC, both the PC's Ethernet adapters and the Prestige's LAN port must be c...
Page 7 - Retrieve Prestige Web
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 7 The following procedure is for the most typical usage of the Prestige where you have a single-user account (SUA). The Prestige supports embedded web server that allows you to use Web browser to configure it. 1. R...
Page 8 - Select “; Get automatically from ISP; ” if the ISP provides the IP dynamically, otherwise select “; Use; ” and enter the static IP given by ISP in the box following; “MY WAN
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 8 Select “ Get automatically from ISP ” if the ISP provides the IP dynamically, otherwise select “ Use Fixed IP address ” and enter the static IP given by ISP in the box following “MY WAN IP Address ” field.
Page 9 - Configure an Internal Server Behind SUA; WAN IP
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 9 Configure an Internal Server Behind SUA • Introduction If you wish, you can make internal servers (e.g., Web, ftp or mail server) accessible for outside users, even though SUA makes your LAN appear as a single ma...
Page 10 - Port numbers for some common services; Service
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 10 • Port numbers for some common services Service Port Number FTP 21 Telnet 23 SMTP 25 DNS (Domain Name Server) 53 www-http (Web) 80
Page 12 - Network Management Using SNMP; Simple Network Management Protocol
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 12 Key Settings for using DDNS function: Option Description Service Provider Enter the DDNS server in this field. Currently, we support WWW.DYNDNS.ORG . Active Toggle to 'Yes' . Host Enter the hostname you subscrib...
Page 13 - Get; Management Information Base
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 13 SNMP is a member of the TCP/IP protocol suite, it uses the UDP to exchange messages between a management Client and an Agent, residing in a network node. There are two versions of SNMP: Version 1 and Version 2. ...
Page 14 - Writes
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 14 7. Writes Write is used to control the managed devices, NMSs write variables that are stored in the managed devices. 8. Traversal operations NMSs use these operations to determine which variables a managed devic...
Page 16 - ZyXEL SNMP Implementation
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 16 • Variable-bindings Associates particular object with their value. 3. ZyXEL SNMP Implementation ZyXEL currently includes SNMP support in some Prestige routers. It is implemented based on the SNMPv1, so it will b...
Page 17 - Configure the Prestige for SNMP; Get Community
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 17 In some cases (download new files, CI command "sys reboot", ...), reboot is done intentionally. And traps with the message "System reboot by user!" will be sent. (ii) For fatal error: System has ...
Page 18 - Set Community
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 18 Set Community Enter the correct Set Community. This Set Community must match the 'Set-community requested from the NMS. Using Prestige traffic redirect • What is Traffic Redirect? Traffic redirect forwards WAN t...
Page 19 - the connections are complete.; Devices
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 19 Using Universal Plug n Play (UPnP) • 1. What is UPnP UPnP (Universal Plug and Play) makes connecting PCs of all form factors, intelligent appliances, and wireless devices in the home, office, and everywhere in b...
Page 20 - UPn
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 20 • Control points : Control points can manipulate network devices when you add a new control point (in this case, a laptop) to a network, the device may ask the network to find UPnP-enabled devices. These devices...
Page 21 - Service: NAT function provided by Prestige Router; Enable
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 21 In t nable UPnP function in ZyXEL devices. Currently, Microsoft MSN is the most popular application exploiting UPnP, so we take Microsoft MSN application as an ppose PC1 and PC2 both sign in MSN server, and they...
Page 22 - Start a Video conversation with one online user.; Accept; to accept your conversation request.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 22 2. After getting IP address, you can go to open MSN application on PC and sign in MSN server. 3. Start a Video conversation with one online user. 4. On the opposite side, your partner select Accept to accept you...
Page 24 - WLAN Application Notes; Infrastructure Mode
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 24 WLAN Application Notes Infrastructure Mode 1. What is Infrastructure mode? Infrastructure mode, sometimes referred to as Access Point mode, is an operating mode of an 802.11b/Wi-Fi client unit. In infrastructure...
Page 25 - a. From the web configurator main menu, go to Network > Wireless LAN
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 25 2. Configuration Wireless Access Point to Infrastructure mode using Web configurator. To configure Infrastructure mode of your P320W please follow the steps below. a. From the web configurator main menu, go to N...
Page 26 - Configuration Wireless Station to Infrastructure mode; the following steps.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 26 b. Configure the desired configuration on P320W. For each configurable parameter, what it is and how it function, please refer to the user’s guide for detail or web help located on the page. c. Finished. 3. Conf...
Page 27 - wish to connect to any AP than press Apply Change to take effect.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 27 3. Select Infrastructure from the operation mode pull down menu, fill in an SSID or leave it as any if you wish to connect to any AP than press Apply Change to take effect. 4. Click on Site Survey tab, and press...
Page 28 - Double click on the AP you want to associated with.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 28 5. Double click on the AP you want to associated with.
Page 29 - with the selected AP with Infrastructure Mode.; Wireless MAC Address Filtering
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 29 6. After the client have associated with the selected AP. The linked AP's channel, current linkup rate, SSID, link quality, and signal strength will show on the Link Info page. You now successfully associate wit...
Page 31 - WEP Configuration; network can be intercepted.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 31 WEP Configuration 1. Introduction The 802.11 standard describes the communication that occurs in wireless LANs. The Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) algorithm is used to protect wireless communication from eavesdr...
Page 33 - Setting up the Access Point; set the one of the following parameters:
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 33 2. Setting up the Access Point Most access points and clients have the ability to hold up to 4 WEP keys simultaneously. You need to specify one of the 4 keys as default Key for data encryption. To set up the Acc...
Page 34 - Key settings; The utility will pop up on your windows screen.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 34 Key settings Select one WEP key as default key to encrypt wireless data transmission. 3. Setting up the Station 1. Double click on the utility icon in your windows task bar or right click the utility icon then s...
Page 35 - Select encryption type correspond with access point.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 35 Note: If the utility icon doesn't exist in your task bar, click Start -> Programs -> IEEE802.11b WLAN Card -> IEEE802.11b WLAN Card. 2. Select the 'Encryption' tab. Select encryption type correspond wit...
Page 39 - Authentication Port State and Authentication Control; authorized state; and; unauthorized state
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 39 The device (i.e. RADIUS server) provides an authentication service to an authenticator. This service determines, from the credentials provided by the supplicant, whether the supplicant is authorized to access th...
Page 40 - Force Authorized; EAPOL (Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN); EAP over LANs, or EAPOL
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 40 1. Force Authorized: Disables 802.1x and causes the port to transition to the authorized state without any authentication exchange required. The port transmits and receives normal traffic without 802.1x-based au...
Page 41 - EAPOL Exchange between 802.1x Authenticator and Supplicant; Wireless AP, the client can initiate authentication by sending an
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 41 The EAP protocol can support multiple authentication mechanisms, such as MD5-challenge, One-Time Passwords, Generic Token Card, TLS and TTLS etc. Typically, the authenticator will send an initial Identity Reques...
Page 42 - values are described below:
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 42 The EAPOL packet contains the following fields: protocol version, packet type, packet body length and packet body. Most of the fields are obvious. The packet type can have four different values, and these values...
Page 43 - required for authentication.; Using WEB Configuration,
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 43 • EAP-Packet: Both the supplicant and the authenticator send this packet when authentication is taking place. This is the packet that contains either the MD5-Challenge or TLS information required for authenticat...
Page 44 - Apply; Using External RADIUS Authentication Server
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 44 1. From the Web Configurator main menu, go to Network > Wireless LAN > General 2. Select 802.1x+Dynamic WEP to enable 802.1x authentication function. 3. Click Apply to make your setting work. After 802.1x ...
Page 46 - as below; Site Survey; What is Site Survey?
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 46 By using WEB Configurator, set up Authentication server address, port number (1812) and shared secret as below Site Survey 1. Introduction What is Site Survey? An RF site survey is a MAP to RF contour of RF cove...
Page 47 - obstacles, and power wall jack considerations.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 47 2. Preparation Below are the steps to complete a simple site survey with simple tools. 1. First you will need to obtain a facility diagram, such as a blueprint. This is for you to mark and take record on. 2. Vis...
Page 49 - service is required from corner of the room.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 49 5. When you reach the farthest point of connection mark the spot. Now you move the access point to this new spot as have already determine the farthest point of the access point installation spot if wireless ser...
Page 50 - to roaming at; FAQ; Product FAQ
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 50 Note: If there are more than one access point is needed be sure to make the adjacent access point service area over lap one another. So the wireless stations are able to roam. For more information please refer t...
Page 51 - Will the P320W work with my Internet connection?
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 51 your network. Prestige's design helps users to save expenses, minimize maintenance, and simultaneously provide a high quality networking environment. The P320W is a robust solution complete with everything neede...
Page 52 - Prestige if the ISP uses PPPoE.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 52 How do I know I am using PPPoE? PPPoE requires a user account to login to the provider's server. If you need to configure a user name and password on your computer to connect to the ISP you are probably using PP...
Page 53 - How does e-mail work through the Prestige?; to reconfigure any software at all.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 53 What is the difference between the internal IP and the real IP from my ISP? Internal IPs are sometimes referred to as virtual IPs. They are a group of up to 255 IPs that are used and recognized internally on the...
Page 54 - What DHCP capability does the Prestige support?; will still be able to receive downstream packets via Prestige.; How fast can the data go?; pipe there is at the head end to the rest of the Internet.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 54 5. The Prestige Internet Access Sharing Router uses Solid State Disk technology. There are no moving parts in the product. It is much more reliable than any hard disk based system, such as the one for WinGate. I...
Page 55 - some of the bottleneck at the backbone connection.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 55 Ethernet (10baseT) is the most popular cable modem interface standard for the PC. This automatically limits the speed of the connection to under 10 Mbps even if the cable modem can receive at 30 Mbps. Most Local...
Page 57 - specify their own IP or utilize BOOTP/DHCP to request an IP address.; What is DDNS; first apply an account from several free Web servers such as
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 57 What is BOOTP/DHCP BOOTP stands for Bootstrap Protocol. DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Both are mechanisms to dynamically assign an IP address for a TCP/IP client by the server. In this cas...
Page 58 - When do I need DDNS service?
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 58 When the ISP assigns the Prestige a new IP, the Prestige updates this IP to DDNS server so that the server can update its IP-to-DNS entry. Once the IP-to-DNS table in the DDNS server is updated, the DNS name for...
Page 59 - Firewall FAQ; What is a network firewall?; Conceptually, there are three types of firewalls:
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 59 traffic will be blocked by P320W. To help users get rid of the problem and configuration tasks, P320W will create firewall policy automatically to allow incoming traffic if NAT is enabled in the P320Ws. Firewall...
Page 60 - What kind of firewall is the P320W?
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 60 as UNIX or Windows NT. It hides valuable data by requiring users to communicate with secure systems by mean of a proxy. A key drawback of this device is performance. Stateful Inspection Firewalls restrict access...
Page 61 - IP Spoofing; What is Ping of Death attack?; unavailable while the target system tries to respond to itself.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 61 2. Those that exploits weaknesses in the TCP/IP specification such as SYN Flood and LAND Attacks. 3. Brute-force attacks that flood a network with useless data such as Smurf attack. 4. IP Spoofing What is Ping o...
Page 62 - What is IP Spoofing attack?; be allowed through the router or firewall.; Wireless FAQ; What is a Wireless LAN?; wireless client population.; What are the advantages of Wireless LANs?
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 62 ICMP echo request packet to all hosts on the network. If there are numerous hosts, this will create a large amount of ICMP echo request packet, the resulting ICMP traffic will not only clog up the 'intermediary'...
Page 63 - Wireless technology allows the network to go where wire cannot go.; What are the disadvantages of Wireless LANs?; is higher than hubs and CAT 5 cables.; Where can you find wireless 802.11 networks?
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 63 c. Installation Flexibility: Wireless technology allows the network to go where wire cannot go. d. Reduced Cost-of-Ownership: While the initial investment required for wireless LAN hardware can be higher than th...
Page 64 - Mbps transmission in the 2.4 GHz ISM band using either FHSS or DSSS.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 64 What is IEEE 802.11? The IEEE 802.11 is a wireless LAN industry standard, and the objective of IEEE 802.11 is to make sure that different manufactures' wireless LAN devices can communicate to each other.802.11 p...
Page 65 - Is it possible to use products from a variety of vendors?
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 65 Is it possible to use products from a variety of vendors? Yes. As long as the products comply with the same IEEE 802.11 standard. The Wi-Fi logo is used to define 802.11b compatible products. Wi-Fi5 is a compati...
Page 66 - Factors of interference:; Minimizing the number of walls and ceilings; What's the difference between a WLAN and a WWAN?; or any connection to a wired network.; What is Infrastructure mode?
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 66 What are potential factors that may causes interference among WLAN products? Factors of interference: 1. Obstacles: walls, ceilings, furniture… etc. 2. Building Materials: metal door, aluminum studs. 3. Electric...
Page 67 - Do I need the same kind of antenna on both sides of a link?
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 67 What is Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum Technology – (DSSS)? DSSS spreads its signal continuously over a wide frequency band. DSSS maps the information bearing bit-pattern at the sending station into a higher da...
Page 68 - How do I secure the data across an Access Point's radio link?; order to make a connection.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 68 What is an ESSID? ESSID stands for Extended Service Set Identifier and identifies the wireless LAN. The ESSID of the mobile device must match the ESSID of the AP to communicate with the AP. The ESSID is a 32-cha...
Page 69 - Can the SSID be encrypted?; through a security process and review.; What is Wireless Sniffer?
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 69 Can the SSID be encrypted? WEP, the encryption standard for 802.11, only encrypts the data packets not the 802.11 management packets and the SSID is in the beacon and probe management messages. The SSID is not e...
Page 70 - Port-Based Network Access Control; auto; mechanism for accounting.
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 70 What is 802.1x? IEEE 802.1x Port-Based Network Access Control is an IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) standard, which specifies a standard mechanism for authenticating, at the link layer (...
Page 71 - Trouble Shooting; Why none of the LEDs turn on when connect the Prestige’s power?
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 71 Trouble Shooting Why none of the LEDs turn on when connect the Prestige’s power? Make sure that you have the correct power adaptor connected to the Prestige, it is plugged into an appropriate power source. Check...
Page 73 - Unable to run applications; ZyXEL SUA Support Table; ZyXEL SUA Supporting Table; Application
P320W Support Notes All contents copyright (c) 2005 ZyXEL Communications Corporation. 73 Unable to run applications 1. Currently, the applications supported in SUA mode are listed in the ZyXEL SUA Support Table . Please check all the required settings suggested in the table to configure your P320W. ...