ZyXEL Communications ADSL2+ Access Router P-660R-T1 v2 manual

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    P-660R-TxC Series ADSL2+ Access Router Quick S t art Guide V ersion 3.40 Edition 1 2/2006[...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Start Guide 2 Overview The P-660R-TxC ADSL2+ access router is the ideal devi ce for small n etworks connecting to the Inte rnet via ADSL. See your User’s Guide for background information on al l features. 1 Hardware Connections If you prefer to see a multi-media animati on of how to make hardware connections, see the inclu[...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Start Guide 3 Note: Configuration genie and Z ero configuration are o nly able to configure the device automatically for Internet acc ess if you are using PPPoE , PPPoA or ENET ENCAP encapsulation with a dynamically-assigned IP address fr om your ISP . If you’re not using these Inter net access settings, then use the Web C[...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Start Guide 4 2.3 W eb Configurator In ternet Access Wizard 2.3.1 Accessing th e Web Configurator 1 Launch your web browser . Enter “192.16 8.1.1” as the web site address. Note: If you do not see the next screens, then please read Section 4.1 on page 8 . 2 Click Login . 3 T ype a n ew password (retype it to confirm) and [...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Start Guide 5 2.3.2 Inte rnet Acce ss Setup 1 Configure the Internet acce ss settings in this step. The wizard screens vary de pending on the Mode and Encap sulation you chose in the fi rst wizard screen. Note: Ent er the Inte rnet access informat ion given to you by your ISP e xactly in ea ch wizard screen. If not given, le[...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Start Guide 6 PPPoE A) Select Routing , then PPPoE . B) Click Next . C) Enter the service name, username and password given by your ISP . D) If your ISP gave you an IP address, select S tatic IP Address and en ter it. Otherwise, select Obt ain an IP Address Automatica lly . E) Select Nailed-Up Connection to have your connect[...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Start Guide 7 Otherwise, select Connect on Dema nd and specify an idle time-out period (in secon ds) in the Max. Idle Tim e ou t field. F) If you selected Routing , select SUA Only when you have one public IP address, Full Feature when you have more than one public IP add ress (for tran slation) or None to disable NA T . G) [...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Start Guide 8 4 T roubleshooting 4.1 Set Up Y our Computer ’ s IP Address This section shows you how to set your Windows NT/200 0/XP computer to a utomatically get an IP a ddress. This ensures that your computer can connect with your P-6 60R-TxC. Refer to your User ’s Guide for detailed IP address configuratio n for othe[...]

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    P-660R-TxC Series Quick Start Guide 9 4 Select Internet Protocol (TCP /IP) (under the Gen eral tab in Windows XP) and click Properties . 5 The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties screen opens (the General tab in Windows XP). 6 Select the Obtain an IP address automatically and Ob tain DNS server address automatically opti ons. 7 Click OK to close th[...]