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Prestige 642

ADSL Modem

User's Guide

Version 2.50

(Mar. 2000)

Summary of Contents for Prestige 642

Page 1: ...Prestige 642 ADSL Modem User s Guide Version 2 50 Mar 2000...

Page 2: ...ion Published by ZyXEL Communications Corporation All rights reserved Disclaimer ZyXEL does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any products or software described herein...

Page 3: ...ser This warranty is in lieu of all other warranties express or implied including any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular use or purpose ZyXEL shall in no event be held lia...

Page 4: ...support zyxel com 1 714 632 0882 800 255 4101 www zyxel com North America sales zyxel com 1 714 632 0858 ftp zyxel com ZyXEL Communications Inc 1650 Miraloma Avenue Placentia CA 92870 U S A support z...

Page 5: ...Prestige 642 1 2 1 3 1 Internet Access 1 2 1 3 2 LAN to LAN Application 1 3 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Initial Setup 2 1 2 1 Front Panel LEDs OF P642 2 1 2 2 Prestige 642 Rear Panel and Connectio...

Page 6: ...8 Internet Access Configuration 3 4 Chapter 4 Remote Node Configuration 4 1 4 1 Remote Node Setup 4 1 4 1 1 Remote Node Profile 4 1 4 1 2 Encapsulation Multiplexing Scenarios 4 2 Chapter 5 Filter Con...

Page 7: ...Firmware 6 10 6 6 2 Uploading System Configuration File 6 11 6 7 TFTP Transfer 6 11 6 8 Command Interpreter Mode 6 13 6 9 Boot module commands 6 14 Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 7 1 7 1 Problems Starting...

Page 8: ...___________________________ 3 3 Figure 3 3 Internet Access Setup ________________________________________________________ 3 5 Figure 4 1 Menu 11 Remote Node Setup______________________________________...

Page 9: ..._______________ 6 9 Figure 6 11 HyperTerminal Screen ______________________________________________________ 6 9 Figure 6 12 Successful Backup__________________________________________________________...

Page 10: ...______________________ 5 4 Table 5 2 Abbreviations Used If Filter Type Is GEN ________________________________________ 5 5 Table 5 3 Generic Filter Rule Menu Fields ___________________________________...

Page 11: ...via the SMT System Management Terminal Interface About This User s Guide This user s guide covers all aspects of the Prestige 642 operations and shows you how to get the best out of the multiple adva...

Page 12: ...1 2 This helps you connect install and setup your Prestige to operate on your network The Internet Chapter 3 This shows you how to configure your Prestige for Internet access Remote Node Chapters 4 T...

Page 13: ...capacity Asymmetrical services ADSL are suitable for Internet users because more information is usually downloaded than uploaded For example a simple button click in a web browser can start an extende...

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Page 15: ...tion anywhere in your busy office z High Speed Internet Access The P642 ADSL Modem can support downstream transmission rates of up to 8Mbps and upstream transmission rates of 832 Kbps The P642 also su...

Page 16: ...dily available on more platforms z Filters The Prestige s filtering functions allows added network security and management 1 3 Applications for the Prestige 642 1 3 1 Internet Access The Prestige is t...

Page 17: ...ur Prestige 1 3 1 3 2 LAN to LAN Application You can use the Prestige to connect two geographically dispersed networks over the ADSL line A typical LAN to LAN application for your Prestige is shown as...

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Page 19: ...SYS A steady on SYS system LED indicates the Prestige is on and functioning properly while an off SYS LED indicates the system is not ready or a malfunction The system is rebooting when the SYS LED i...

Page 20: ...on the workstation Step 3 Connecting the Power Adapter to your Prestige Connect the power adapter to the port labeled POWER on the rear panel of your Prestige Step 4 Connecting the Console Port For t...

Page 21: ...on the line at the point of entry to the residence Noise generated from a telephone in the same frequency range as the ADSL signal can be disruptive to the ADSL signal In addition the impedance of a t...

Page 22: ...o the wall side of the microfilter Step 3 Connect another cable from the double jack end of the Y Connector to the Prestige Step 4 Connect the phone side of the microfilter to your telephone as shown...

Page 23: ...n displays a 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 will automatically log you out and will display a blank scr...

Page 24: ...o to a hidden menu Move the cursor Enter or Up Down arrow keys Within a menu press Enter to move to the next field You can also use the Up Down arrow keys to move to the previous and the next field re...

Page 25: ...Set Configuration Use this menu to set up filters to provide security etc 23 System Password Use this menu to change your password 24 System Maintenance This menu provides system status diagnostics s...

Page 26: ...tem password i e 1234 and press Enter Figure 2 8 Menu 23 1 System Password Step 3 Enter your new system password up to 30 characters and press Enter Step 4 Re type your new system password for confirm...

Page 27: ...depends on your particular situation If the ISP or your network administrator assigns you a block of registered IP addresses follow their instructions in selecting the IP addresses and the subnet mas...

Page 28: ...or Management of IP Address Space 3 3 TCP IP Ethernet Setup You will now use Menu 3 to configure your Prestige for TCP IP To edit Menu 3 enter 3 to open the Menu 3 TCP IP Setup from the Main Menu Figu...

Page 29: ...nnection determines whether the Prestige ports are LAN or WAN ports There are two separate IP networks one inside the LAN network the other outside the WAN network as shown next Figure 3 2 LAN WAN 3 5...

Page 30: ...ase refer to RFC 2364 for more information on PPP over ATM Adaptation Layer 5 AAL5 Refer to RFC 1661 for more information on PPP 3 7 2 RFC 1483 RFC 1483 describes two methods for Multiprotocol Encapsu...

Page 31: ...tiplexing Type of Encapsulation From the Main Menu enter 4 to go to Menu 4 Internet Access Setup as displayed below The following table contains instructions on how to configure your Prestige for Inte...

Page 32: ...used by your ISP Please see section 3 7 for related information PPP RFC 1483 Multiplexing Press the Space Bar to select the method of multiplexing used by your ISP either VC based or LLC based VC bas...

Page 33: ...col independent parameters for a remote node 4 1 1 Remote Node Profile To configure a remote node follow these steps Step 1 From the Main Menu select menu option 1 Remote Node Setup Step 2 When Menu 1...

Page 34: ...he PPP protocol already contains this information Scene 2 One VC One Protocol IP Select RFC 1483 encapsulation with VC based multiplexing requires the least amount of overhead 0 octets However if ther...

Page 35: ...word Edit PPP Options and Authen fields will not be applicable N A PPP RFC 1483 Multiplexing Press the spacebar to the select the multiplexing method VC based LLC based Incoming Rem Login Name Enter t...

Page 36: ...number that your telephone company supplies Filter Sets Specify the filter set s to apply to the incoming and outgoing traffic between this remote node and the Prestige You can specify up to 4 filter...

Page 37: ...Modem has device filters only The device filters are applied to the raw packets that appear on the wire They are applied at the point when the Prestige is receiving and sending the packets i e the int...

Page 38: ...Filter Rule Execute Filter Rule Next Filter Rule Available Fetch Next Filter Rule No Fetch First Filter Set Yes Check Next Rule Drop No Forward Figure 5 1 Filter Rule Process You can apply up to four...

Page 39: ...ter Step 3 Enter a descriptive name or comment in the Edit Comments field and press Enter Step 4 Press Enter at the message Press ENTER to confirm to open Menu 21 1 Filter Rules Summary Menu 21 Filter...

Page 40: ...s the filter rule is active N means the filter rule is inactive Type Refers to the type of filter rule This shows GEN for generic meaning device filter rule GEN for Generic Filter Rules The filter rul...

Page 41: ...check the next rule The protocol dependent filter rules abbreviation are listed as follows z If the filter type is GEN generic i e device the following abbreviations listed in the following table wil...

Page 42: ...rule of that set Active Select Yes to turn on the filter rule Yes No Offset Enter the starting byte of the data portion in the packet that you wish to compare The range for this field is from 0 to 255...

Page 43: ...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 Menu 21 1 Filter Rules Summary 5 4 Example Filter Let s look...

Page 44: ...the packet that you want to compare This is the length in bytes of the data portion in the packet that you want to compare The Mask is applied to the data portion before comparing the result against t...

Page 45: ...ascade up to four filter sets by entering their numbers separated by commas Menu 21 3 Filter Rules Summary A Type Filter Rules M m n 1 Y Gen Off 128 Len 4 Mask 789abcde Value 789abcde N D F 2 N 3 N 4...

Page 46: ...me Active Yes Encapsulation RFC 1483 Multiplexing VC based Incoming Rem Login Rem Password Outgoing My Login oscar My Password Authen CHAP PAP Bridge Ethernet Addr Timeout min 0 VPI 1 VCI 35 Filter Se...

Page 47: ...our Prestige Specifically it gives you information on your ADSL line status number of packets sent and received To get to the System Status enter number 24 to go to Menu 24 System Maintenance From thi...

Page 48: ...6 7 8 Status Up N A N A N A N A N A N A N A TxPkts 1462 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RxPkts 1567 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Errors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tx B s 222 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rx B s 211 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Up Time 2 15 16 0 00 00 0 00 0...

Page 49: ...tus of the LAN Tx Pkts The number of transmitted packets to the LAN Rx Pkts The number of received packets from the LAN Collision Number of collisions WAN Line Status Shows the current status of the A...

Page 50: ...Ethernet Address Refers to the Ethernet MAC Media Access Control of your Prestige IP Address This is the IP address of the Prestige in dotted decimal notation IP Mask This shows the subnet mask of the...

Page 51: ...he procedure below to get to Diagnostic Step 1 From the Main Menu enter 24 to open Menu 24 System Maintenance Step 2 From this menu enter 4 to open Menu 24 4 System Maintenance Diagnostic The followin...

Page 52: ...s the ZyXEL Network Operating System firmware and usually is the router model name with a bin extension e g P642 bin With serial xmodem transfer the filenames on the PC are your choice With many ftp a...

Page 53: ...the speed of the console port will be reset to the default of 9600bps with 8 data bit no parity and 1 stop bit 8n1 The password will be reset to the default of 1234 also Turn off the Prestige and begi...

Page 54: ...backup you will see the following screen Press any key to return to the SMT menu Figure 6 9 Successful Backup Please note that terms download and upload are relative to the workstation Download means...

Page 55: ...o reboot the system Figure 6 12 Successful Backup Keep in mind that the configuration is stored in the flash ROM in the Prestige so even if power failure should occur your configuration is safe 6 6 Up...

Page 56: ...pload on your terminal 3 After successful firmware upload enter atgo to restart the Prestige Figure 6 14 Menu 24 7 1 Uploading System Firmware Menu 24 7 System Maintenance Upload Firmware 1 Upload Sys...

Page 57: ...nications software to the default before you can connect to the Prestige again The password will be reset to the default of 1234 also Figure 6 15 Menu 24 7 2 System Maintenance Upload System Configura...

Page 58: ...the file transfer is complete Step 4 Launch the TFTP client on your workstation and connect to the Prestige Set the transfer mode to binary before starting data transfer Step 5 Use the TFTP client se...

Page 59: ...ion Number 8 Copyright c 1994 1999 ZyXEL Communications Corp ras Valid commands are sys exit device ether wan ip ppp bridge hdap Enter the IP address of the Prestige 192 168 1 1 is the Prestige defaul...

Page 60: ...ess x with 32 bit value y ATRBx display the 8 bit value of address x ATRWx display the 16 bit value of address x ATRLx display the 32 bit value of address x ATGO x run program at addr x or boot router...

Page 61: ...buffer ATMP check dump memMapTab ATDOx y download from address x for length y to PC via XMODEM ATTD download router configuration to PC via XMODEM ATUPx y upload to RAM address x for length y from PC...

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Page 63: ...oblem Corrective Action None of the LEDs are on when you power on the Prestige Check the connection between the AC adapter and the Prestige If the error persists you may have a hardware problem In thi...

Page 64: ...e company and or ISP 7 3 Problems with the LAN Interface Table 7 3 Troubleshooting the LAN Interface Problem Corrective Action Check the Ethernet LEDs on the front panel The LED should be on for a por...

Page 65: ...s sending passwords over the wire by using a challenge response technique Client A software program that is used to contact and obtain data from a Server software program on another computer Each Clie...

Page 66: ...speed in both directions or asymmetrical the downstream capacity is higher than the upstream capacity DSL connections are point to point dedicated circuits meaning that they are always connected Ther...

Page 67: ...f the late 60 s and early 70 s The Internet now July 1995 connects roughly 60 000 independent networks into a vast global internet Intranet A private network inside a company or organization that uses...

Page 68: ...pper twisted pair wires and is based on the original Bell telephone system Twisted pair wires connect homes and businesses to a neighborhood central office This is called the local loop The central of...

Page 69: ...valent pin This cable connects two dissimilar devices for example a data terminal equipment DTE and a data communications equipment DCE device A straight through Ethernet cable is the most common cabl...

Page 70: ...users and networks VPI Virtual Path Identifier Identifies virtual paths between users or between users and networks WAN Wide Area Network s link geographically dispersed offices in other cities or ar...

Page 71: ...Think of a VP as a cable that contains a bundle of wires The cable connects two points and wires within the cable provide individual circuits between the two points In an ATM cell header a VPI Virtual...

Page 72: ...iplexer 1 2 DSL Digital Subscriber Line xiv DSLAM See Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer E Encapsulation 1 2 3 5 3 6 3 7 4 3 PPP 3 5 RFC 1483 3 5 F Filename Conventions 6 6 Filter About 5 1 Ap...

Page 73: ...7 S Security 1 2 Splitters 2 3 STP 2 2 Submenus 2 6 Subnet Mask 3 2 3 3 Syntax Conventions xii System Management Terminal 2 6 System Status 6 1 T TCP IP 6 6 TCP IP Parameters 3 1 Telephone Microfilte...

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