ZyXEL Communications 30W manual

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    ZyW ALL 30W Internet Security Gateway Quick Start Guide Version 3.62 February 2004[...]

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    ZyWALL 30W 1 Introducing the ZyW ALL The ZyWALL 30W is the ideal secure gateway for all da ta passing betw een the Internet and the LAN. By integrating NAT, firewall, VPN capability and wire less LAN, ZyXEL’s ZyWALL 30W is a com plete security solution that protects your In tranet and effi ciently manages data t raffic on y our network. The embed[...]

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    ZyWALL 30W 2 LABEL DESCRIPTION 1. LAN 10/100M Connect a computer to this port with an Ethernet c able. This port is auto-negotiating (can connect at 10 or 100Mbps) and auto-s ensing (automatically adjusts to straight-through or crossover Ethernet cable). 2. WAN 10/100M Connect your cable/DSL modem to this port with the cable that came with your mod[...]

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    ZyWALL 30W 3 1.2 The Front Panel LEDs The PWR LED turns on when you connect the power. The SYS LED blinks while performing system testing and then stays on if the testing is successful. The CON/ AUX , LAN , WAN and WLAN LEDs turn on if they are properly connected. Re fer to the f ollowing tabl e for deta iled LED de scriptions. LED COLOR STATUS MEA[...]

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    ZyWALL 30W 4 LED COLOR STATUS MEANING WLAN Green Off The wireless LAN is not ready, or has failed. On The wireless LAN is OK. Flashing The wireless LAN is sending or receiving packets. Green Off The 10M LA N is not connected. On The ZyWALL is connected to a 10M LAN. LAN 10M Flashing The 10M LAN is s ending or receiving packets. Off The 100M LAN is [...]

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    ZyWALL 30W 5 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 . This is necessary to ensure that your computer can communicate with your ZyWALL. Your com puter must have a n Ethernet card and TCP/IP instal led. TCP/IP sho uld already be i nstalled on computers usin g Windows NT/20 00/XP, Macint osh OS 7 and later ope rating system s. 2.1 Windows 2000/NT/XP 1. I[...]

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    ZyWALL 30W 6 6. Click Advanced . Remove any previously installed gateways in the IP Settin gs tab and click OK to go back to the Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties screen. 7. Click Obtain DNS server addres s automaticall y if you do not know your DNS server IP address(es). If you know your DNS server IP address(es), click Use the following DNS ser[...]

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    ZyWALL 30W 7 3.1 Accessing Y our ZyW ALL V ia W eb Configurator Step 1. Launch your web browser. Enter “192.1 68.1.1” as the web site ad dress. Step 2. The default password (“1 234”) is alrea dy in the pass word field (i n non-readabl e format ). Click Login to proceed to a sc reen asking y ou to change y our password. C lick Reset to rever[...]

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    ZyWALL 30W 8 3.2 Using the Wizard to Configure for Internet Access Step 1. Click Wizard Setup in the main menu to display the first wizard screen. Syst em Na me is for identification purposes. Enter your computer's "Computer Name". The Domain Name entry is what is propagated to the DHCP clients on the LAN. If you leave this blank, th[...]

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    ZyWALL 30W 9 Choose Ethernet when the WAN port is used as a regular Ethernet. Choose from Standard or a Road Runner version. You’ll need User Name , Password and Login Server IP Address for some Roadrunner versions. Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet ( PPPoE ) also functions as a dial-up connection. Therefore you’ll also need a username and [...]

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    ZyWALL 30W 10 3.3 T est Y our Internet Connection Launch your web browser and navigate to www. zyxel.com . Yo u don’t need a dial-up pr ogram such as Dial Up Networking. Internet acce ss is just the beginning. Refer to the User’s Guide for more detailed information on the complete range of ZyWALL features. 4 T roubleshooting PROBLEM CORRECTIVE [...]