ZyXEL Communications Prestige 643, User Manual

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Prestige 643 ADSL Router
Getting to know your Prestige 1-1
Chapter 1
Getting to Know Your P643 ADSL
Internet Access Router
This chapter describes the key features and applications of your Prestige
.
1.1 Prestige 643 ADSL Internet Access Router
Your Prestige integrates a high-speed 10/100Mbps auto-negotiating LAN interface and one high-speed
ADSL port into a single package. The Prestige is ideal for high-speed Internet browsing and making LAN-
to-LAN connections to remote networks.
1.2 Features of the Prestige 643
Your Prestige is packed with a number of features that give it the flexibility to provide a complete
networking solution for almost any user.
z 4-Port Switch
A combination of switch and router makes your Prestige a cost-effective and viable network solution. A 4-
port bandwidth-sensitive 10/100Mbps switch provides greater network efficiency than traditional hubs
because the bandwidth is dedicated and not shared. An unlimited number of computers may be connected
to your Prestige by adding other hubs - should your LAN consist of more than 4 computers.
z High Speed Internet Access
Your Prestige ADSL router can support downstream transmission rates of up to 8Mbps and upstream
transmission rates of 1024 Kbps. Your Prestige also supports rate management; rate management allows
ADSL subscribers to select an Internet access speed that best suits their needs and budgets.
z PPPoE Support (RFC2516)
PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) emulates a Dial-Up connection. It allows your ISP to use
their existing network configuration with newer broadband technologies such as ADSL. The PPPoE driver
on the Prestige is transparent to the computers on the LAN, which see only Ethernet and are not aware of
PPPoE thus saving you from having to manage PPPoE clients on individual computers.