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Prestige 642M Series

ADSL Bridge

User's Guide

Version 2.50

February 2001

Summary of Contents for Prestige 642M series

Page 1: ...Prestige 642M Series ADSL Bridge User s Guide Version 2 50 February 2001...

Page 2: ...on 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 N...

Page 3: ...Prestige 642M Series ADSL Bridge FCC iii...

Page 4: ...Prestige 642M Series ADSL Bridge iv CE...

Page 5: ...replacement as provided under this warranty is the exclusive remedy of the purchaser This warranty is in lieu of all other warranties express or implied including any implied warranty of merchantabili...

Page 6: ...sed Industrial Park HsinChu Taiwan 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...

Page 7: ...Access 1 2 1 3 2 LAN to LAN Application 1 2 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Initial Setup 2 1 2 1 Front Panel LEDs of the P642M 2 1 2 2 Rear Panel and Connections of the P642M 2 1 2 3 Additional Insta...

Page 8: ...3 3 4 3 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 1 Chapter 5 Fil...

Page 9: ...4 Using the FTP Command from the DOS Prompt 6 14 6 7 3 Upload System Firmware using TFTP 6 15 6 8 Upload System Configuration File 6 16 6 8 1 Upload System Configuration File using the Console Port 6...

Page 10: ...Filter Set Configuration 5 3 Figure 5 3 Filter Rules Summary 5 4 Figure 5 4 Menu 21 1 2 Generic Filter Rule 5 6 Figure 5 5 Example Filter Menu 21 1 1 5 8 Figure 5 6 Example Filter Rules Summary Menu 2...

Page 11: ...Console Port 6 13 Figure 6 18 Upload BIN File Example Using HyperTerminal 6 13 Figure 6 19 Menu 24 7 1 as seen using Telnet 6 14 Figure 6 20 FTP Session Example 6 14 Figure 6 21 Menu 24 7 2 as seen us...

Page 12: ...reviations Used in the Filter Rules Summary Menu 5 4 Table 5 2 Abbreviations Used If Filter Type is GEN 5 5 Table 5 3 Generic Filter Rule Menu Fields 5 6 Table 6 1 System Maintenance Status Menu Field...

Page 13: ...anagement Terminal Interface PPPoE Modem firmware for your P642M will be available by October 2000 About This Guide This guide covers all aspects of the Prestige 642 operations and shows you how to ge...

Page 14: ...pters 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 Chapter...

Page 15: ...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 extended downlo...

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Page 17: ...can support downstream transmission rates of up to 8Mbps and upstream transmission rates of 832 Kbps The Prestige also supports rate management Rate management allows ADSL subscribers to select an In...

Page 18: ...Prestige is the ideal high speed Internet access solution Your Prestige supports the TCP IP protocol which the Internet uses exclusively It is compatible with all major ADSL DSLAM Digital Subscriber...

Page 19: ...Prestige 642M Series ADSL Bridge Getting to Know Your ADSL Bridge 1 3 Figure 1 2 LAN to LAN Application...

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Page 21: ...y on SYS system LED indicates the Prestige is on and functioning properly while an off SYS LED indicates that the system is not ready or has malfunctioned The system is rebooting when the SYS LED is b...

Page 22: ...console port of the Prestige and the 25 pin end to a serial port COM1 COM2 or other COM port of your workstation You can use an extension RS 232 cable if the enclosed one is too short 2 3 Additional I...

Page 23: ...ephone Microfilters Telephone voice transmissions take place in the lower frequency range 0 4KHz while ADSL transmissions take place in the higher bandwidth range above 4KHz A microfilter acts as a lo...

Page 24: ...r P642M ISDN Users Please note that section 2 4 Connecting a POTS Splitter and sections 2 5 Telephone Microfilters of this User s Guide do not apply for P642M ISDN users The following is an example in...

Page 25: ...tering Password The login screen appears after you press Enter prompting you to type in your password as shown below For your first login enter the default password 1234 As you type the password the s...

Page 26: ...SL Bridge 2 6 Hardware Installation Initial Setup 2 7 1 Prestige 642M SMT Menu Overview The following figure gives you an overview of the various SMT menu screens of your Prestige Figure 2 8 Prestige...

Page 27: ...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 view the previous and the next field respectively Enter information Fi...

Page 28: ...this menu to change your password 24 System Maintenance This menu provides system status diagnostics software upload etc 99 Exit To exit from SMT and return to a blank screen 2 9 Changing the System P...

Page 29: ...o enter Menu 1 and fill in the required information follow the steps below Step 1 Enter 1 in the Main Menu to open Menu 1 General Setup Step 2 The Menu 1 General Setup screen appears as shown below Fi...

Page 30: ...res _ are accepted P642M Location optional Enter the geographic location up to 31 characters of your Prestige MyHouse Contact Person s Name optional Enter the name up to 30 characters of the person in...

Page 31: ...d on the IP address that you entered You do not need to change the subnet mask computed by the Prestige unless you are instructed to do so 3 2 2 Private IP Addresses Every machine on the Internet must...

Page 32: ...inactivates the server This option is available only when in menu 1 the setting for PPPoE Bridge No You cannot toggle this field to Server Inact directly from Menu 3 Server Inact is the default when i...

Page 33: ...you assign Unless you are implementing subnetting use the subnet mask computed by the Prestige 255 255 255 0 When you have completed this menu press Enter at the prompt Press ENTER to Confirm to save...

Page 34: ...o have a separate VC for each carried protocol e g if charging heavily depends on the number of simultaneous VCs 3 7 Encapsulation Be sure to use the encapsulation method required by your ISP The Pres...

Page 35: ...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 Internet access Figur...

Page 36: ...ation 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 V...

Page 37: ...n below enter the number of the remote node that you wish to configure Figure 4 1 Menu 11 Remote Node Setup When Menu 11 1 Remote Node Profile appears fill in the fields as described in the table that...

Page 38: ...potential need for multiple protocol support in the future it may be safer to select PPP encapsulation instead of RFC 1483 so you don t need to reconfigure either machine when the time comes Scenario...

Page 39: ...d My Login My Password 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...

Page 40: ...I Enter the Virtual Channel Identifier VCI number for this PVC Filter Sets Specify the filter set s to apply to the incoming and outgoing traffic between this remote node and the Prestige You can spec...

Page 41: ...estige 642M ADSL Bridge has device filters only Device filters are applied to raw packets that appear on the wire They are applied at the point when the Prestige is receives and sends packets i e the...

Page 42: ...le Fetch Next Filter Set Next Filter Set Available Accept Packet Drop Packet Yes No Yes No Yes Packet into filter Filter Set Forward Drop No Check Next Rule Figure 5 1 Filter Rule Process You can appl...

Page 43: ...press Enter 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 or ESC to Cancel to open Menu 21 1 Filter Ru...

Page 44: ...Y means 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 filt...

Page 45: ...are listed as follows z If the filter type is GEN generic i e device then the abbreviations listed in the following table are used Table 5 2 Abbreviations Used if Filter Type Is GEN Abbreviation Descr...

Page 46: ...set 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 Default 0 Length Enter the byte count of the data portion in the packet...

Page 47: ...Menu 21 1 2 Generic 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 Menu 21 1 Filter Rules Summary 5...

Page 48: ...on Matched Forward Action Not Matched Drop Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel Press Space Bar to Toggle Select Yes to make the rule active This is the first byte of the data portion in the packet...

Page 49: ...n cascade up to four filter sets by entering their numbers separated by commas Menu 21 1 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...

Page 50: ...ename Active Yes Encapsulation RFC 1483 Multiplexing LLC based Incoming Rem Login N A Rem Password N A Outgoing My Login N A My Password N A Authen N A Bridge Ethernet Addr Timeout min 0 VPI 8 VCI 35...

Page 51: ...to monitor your 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 view Menu 24 System Maintenance...

Page 52: ...3 4 5 6 7 8 Status Up N A N A N A N A N A N A N A TxPkts 211 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 RxPkts 0 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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Up Time 2 15 16 0 00 00 0 00 00...

Page 53: ...annel has been connected to the remote node Ethernet Status Shows the current status of the LAN Tx Pkts The number of transmitted packets to the LAN Rx Pkts The number of received packets from the LAN...

Page 54: ...emark of ZyXEL Communications Corporation ADSL Chipset Vendor Displays the vendor of the ADSL chipset and ADSL bridge software version Standard Displays the Standard Ethernet Address Refers to the Eth...

Page 55: ...s you to choose among various types of diagnostic tests to evaluate your system as shown Figure 6 6 Menu 24 4 System Maintenance Diagnostic Follow the procedure below to get to Diagnostic Step 1 From...

Page 56: ...irmware file sometimes referred to as the ras file is the file that contains the ZyXEL Network Operating System firmware and usually is the router model name with a bin extension e g P642M bin With se...

Page 57: ...Table 6 4 Filenames Figure 6 7 External and Internal Filenames Note Always refer to the ZyNOS F W Version field in Menu 24 2 1 to verify your current firmware version Connected to 202 a b c 220 P642M...

Page 58: ...etwork being down Backup via the console port under normal conditions is not recommended since FTP or TFTP is faster Any serial communications program should work fine however you must use the XMODEM...

Page 59: ...P clients To transfer the configuration file follow the procedure below Backup Configuration completed OK Hit any key to continue Menu 24 5 Backup Configuration To transfer the configuration file to y...

Page 60: ...ent program For UNIX use get to transfer from the Prestige to the workstation and binary to set binary transfer mode 6 6 Restore Configuration Option 6 from Menu 24 System Maintenance allows you to re...

Page 61: ...uration To transfer the firmware and the configuration file follow the procedure below 1 Launch the FTP client on your workstation 1 Type open and the IP address of your system Then type root and SMT...

Page 62: ...the TFTP client to transfer files between the Prestige and the workstation The remote file name on the Prestige is rom 0 Step 7 The system reboots automatically after the file transfer process is com...

Page 63: ...DEM upload message appears activate the Xmodem protocol on your computer The following procedure is for the HyperTerminal program The procedure for other serial communications programs should be simil...

Page 64: ...ware follow the procedure below 1 Launch the FTP client on your workstation 1 Type open and the IP address of your system Then type root and your SMT password as requested 3 Type put firmwarefilename...

Page 65: ...irmware from your workstation Step 8 The system reboots automatically after a successful firmware upload Note that the telnet connection must be active and the SMT in CI mode before and during the TFT...

Page 66: ...stop bit 8n1 You will need to change your serial communication software to the default before you can connect to the Prestige again The password will be reset to the default of 1234 6 8 1 Upload Syst...

Page 67: ...enu 24 7 2 System Maintenance Upload System Configuration File To upload the system configuration file follow the procedure below 1 Launch the FTP client on your workstation 1 Type open and the IP add...

Page 68: ...Step 5 Go to SMT menu 24 7 2 Note that you must remain in this menu until file transfer is complete Step 6 Use the TFTP client to transfer files between the Prestige and the workstation Step 7 Specif...

Page 69: ...Bx 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 ATGR boot router ATGT run Ha...

Page 70: ...ce 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 via XMODEM ATUR upload router...

Page 71: ...d to your computer s serial port VT100 terminal emulation 9600 bps Cannot access the Prestige via the console port 2 Check to see if the communications program is configured correctly The communicatio...

Page 72: ...ge and the station Cannot ping any station on the LAN Verify that the IP address and the subnet mask are consistent between the Prestige and the workstations 7 4 Problems Connecting to a Remote Node o...

Page 73: ...elated information CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol is an alternative protocol that avoids sending passwords over the wire by using a challenge response technique Client A software pro...

Page 74: ...its sec to 52 Mbits sec The services are either symmetrical traffic flows at the same speed in both directions or asymmetrical the downstream capacity is higher than the upstream capacity DSL connecti...

Page 75: ...oughly 60 000 independent networks into a vast global Internet Intranet A private network inside a company or organization that uses the same kinds of software that you would find on the public Intern...

Page 76: ...ices have standard port numbers e g Web servers normally listen on port 80 POTS Plain Old Telephone Service is the analog telephone service that runs over copper twisted pair wires and is based on the...

Page 77: ...wires a pin to its equivalent 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...

Page 78: ...ers or between users and networks VPI A Virtual Path Identifier identifies virtual paths between users or between users and networks WAN Wide Area Networks link geographically dispersed offices in oth...

Page 79: ...rtual path A bundle of VCs 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 AT...

Page 80: ...our service provider Write them in the table below VPI number VCI number Step 2 Open the SMT System Management Terminal Main Menu Step 3 Type 1 to display Menu 1 General Setup Menu 1 General Setup Sys...

Page 81: ...Pool Starting Address 192 168 1 33 Size of Client IP Pool 5 Primary DNS Server 0 0 0 0 Secondary DNS Server 0 0 0 0 TCP IP Setup IP Address 192 168 1 1 IP Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Press ENTER to Con...

Page 82: ...ts of your computer if any Install a VPN Adapter from your Windows files Step 1 In the Control Panel on your computer double click the Network icon Click Add Adapter and then Add Scroll down and highl...

Page 83: ...a servicename Connect to your ISP Step 1 Double click on your recently created icon in Dial Up Networking and enter the information required in the Connect to window Be sure the VPN server field mirr...

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Page 85: ...Subscriber Line xv DSLAMSee Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer E Encapsulation 1 1 3 4 3 6 3 7 4 3 PPP 3 4 RFC 1483 3 4 external firmware filename 6 7 F Filename Conventions 6 6 Filter About...

Page 86: ...1 Setup 4 1 rom 0 6 7 S Security 1 2 Splitters 2 3 STP 2 2 Submenus 2 7 Subnet Mask 3 1 3 3 Syntax Conventions xiii sys stdio 0 6 15 System Maintenance Backup 6 8 Console Port 6 8 Restore 6 10 Consol...

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