P320W Support Notes
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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 needed for providing Internet access to multiple
workstations through your cable or ADSL modem. The router equipped with 1 10/100Mbps Ethernet
WAN port and 4 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN port.
Virtually all-popular applications over Internet, such as Web, E-Mail, FTP, Telnet, Gopher, are
supported.
Will the P320W work with my Internet connection?
The P320W is designed to be compatible with cable and ADSL modems. Most external Cable and ADSL
modems use an Ethernet port to connect to your computer so the Prestige is placed in the line between the
computer and the External modem. As long as your Internet Access device has an Ethernet port, you can
use the Prestige. Besides, if your ISP supports PPPoE you can also use the Prestige, because PPPoE had
been supported in the Prestige.
What do I need to use the Prestige?
You need an ADSL modem or cable modem with an Ethernet port to use the Prestige. The Prestige has
two Ethernet ports: LAN port and WAN port. You should connect the computer to the LAN port and
connect the external modem to the WAN port.
What is PPPoE?
PPPoE stands for
P
oint-to-
P
oint
P
rotocol
O
ver
E
thernet that is an IETF draft standard specifying how a
computer interacts with a broadband modem (i.e. xDSL, cable, wireless, etc.) to achieve access to the
high-speed data networks via a familiar PPP dialer such as 'Dial-Up Networking' user interface. PPPoE
supports a broad range of existing applications and service including authentication, accounting, secure
access and configuration management. There are some service providers running of PPPoE today. Before
configuring PPPoE in the Prestige, please make sure your ISP supports PPPoE.
Does the Prestige support PPPoE?
Yes. The Prestige supports PPPoE.