Prestige 861 VDSL Modem
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Preface
Congratulations on your purchase of the Prestige 861 VDSL modem.
The Prestige is a high-performance, cost-effective VDSL (Very High Speed Digital Subscriber Line)
modem with a four-port switch. Your Prestige can access the Internet via a telephone line. See the
following section for more background information on DSL.
Your Prestige is easy to install and configure using CLI (Command Line Interface) commands.
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About This User's Guide
This manual is designed to guide you through the configuration of your Prestige for its various applications.
Related Documentation
Supporting Disk
Refer to the included CD for support documents.
ZyXEL Web Site
The ZyXEL download library at www.zyxel.com contains additional support documentation.
Please also refer to www.zyxel.com for an online glossary of networking terms.
Syntax Conventions
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“Type” means for you to type one or more characters and press the carriage return. “Select” or
“Choose” means for you to use one predefined choices. Command and arrow keys are enclosed in
square brackets.
[ENTER]
means the Enter, or carriage return key.
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For brevity’s sake, we will use “e.g.,” as shorthand for “for instance”, and “i.e.,” for “that is” or “in
other words” throughout this manual.
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The Prestige 861 may be referred to as the Prestige, the device or the P861 in this user’s guide.
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Images of Prestige 861 are used throughout this document unless otherwise specified.
The following section offers some background information on DSL. Skip to
Chapter 1
if you wish to begin working with your Prestige right away.
