ZyXEL Communications Prestige 642M series, User Manual

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Prestige 642M Series ADSL Bridge
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Preface
About Your ADSL Bridge
Congratulations on your purchase of the Prestige 642M Series ADSL Bridge.
The Prestige 642M is an ADSL bridge used for Internet access via an ADSL line. It can run upstream
maximum rate at 640kbps and downstream rate at 8Mbps. The rate selection depends on the copper
category, distance and central side configuration. We will refer to the Prestige 642M as the P642 or simply
the Prestige from now on.
The P642's 10/100M auto-negotiating LAN interface enables fast data transfer of either 10Mbps or
100Mbps in either half-duplex or full-duplex mode depending on your Ethernet network.
Your Prestige is easy to install and configure. All functions of the Prestige are software configurable via the
SMT (System Management 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 get the best out of the
multiple advanced features of your ADSL Internet Access Router using the SMT. It is designed to guide
you through the correct configuration of your Prestige 642 for various applications.
Syntax Conventions
• “Enter” means for you to type one or more characters and press the carriage return. “Select” or
“Choose” means for you to select one from the predefined choices.
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The SMT menu titles and labels are in Bold Times font. The choices of a menu item are in Bold Arial
font. A single keystroke is in Arial font and enclosed in square brackets, for instance, [ENTER] means
the Enter, or carriage return key; [ESC] means the Escape key.
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For brevity’s sake, we will use “e.g.” as a shorthand for “for instance”, and “i.e.” as a shorthand for
“that is” or “in other words” throughout this manual.