ZyXEL Communications ONU-2024 Series, User Manual

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Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Device
ONU User’s Guide
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1.2 Ways to Manage the ONU
Use any of the following methods to manage the ONU:
• The Web Configurator. This is recommended for everyday management of the ONU using
a (supported) web browser. See Chapter 4 on page 47 .
• The Command Line Interface. Line commands offer an alternative to the Web
Configurator and may be necessary to configure advanced features. See the CLI Reference
Guide for more information
• FTP. Use File Transfer Protocol for firmware upgrades and configuration backup/restore.
See Section 26.9 on page 197 .
• SNMP. The device can be monitored and/or managed by an SNMP manager. See Section
27.3 on page 200 .
1.3 Good Habits for Managing the ONU
Do the following things regularly to make the ONU more secure and to manage it more
effectively.
• Change the password. Use a password that’s not easy to guess and that consists of
different types of characters, such as numbers and letters.
• Write down the password and put it in a safe place.
• Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an
earlier working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even
crashes. If you forget your password, you will have to reset the ONU to its factory default
settings. If you backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to totally re-
configure the ONU. You could simply restore your last configuration.