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  • Page 1

    P-334WT 802.11g Wireless Broadband Router with Firewall Quick Start Guide September 2004 Version 3.60[...]

  • Page 2

    P-334WT 2 1 Introducing the Prestige The Prestige is a broadband shari ng gateway with a built-in wireless LAN access point and four-port 10/100 Mbps switch that makes it easy for people to set up a small home/office network and s hare Internet access via a broadband ( cable/DSL) modem . Key fea tures of th e Prestige include media bandwidth manage[...]

  • Page 3

    P-334WT 3 2 Hardware Inst allation 2.1 Rear Panel LABEL DESCRIPTION LAN 10/100M Use an Ethernet cable to c onnect at least one computer for init ial Prestige configuration. These ports are auto-negotiating (can connect at 10 or 10 0Mbps) and auto-sensing (automatically adjust to the type of Ethernet cable you use (straight-through or cr ossover)). [...]

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    P-334WT 4 2.2 Front Panel LEDs The PWR LED blinks while performi ng system testing and th en stays on if the testing is successful. The LAN , and WAN LEDs turn on if they are properly connected. LED STATUS COLOR DESCRIPTION Off The Prestige is not receiving power. Amber On Power to the Prestige is too low On The Prestige is receiving power. PWR Gre[...]

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    P-334WT 5 LED STATUS COLOR DESCRIPTION Blinking The Prestige is sending/receiving data Off The WAN connection is not ready, or has failed. On The Prestige has a successful 10Mb WAN connection. Green Blinking The Prestige is sending/receiving data On The Prestige has a successful 100Mb Ethernet connection. WAN Amber Blinking The Prestige is sending/[...]

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    P-334WT 6 2. In the Control Panel, double-click Network Connections (Network and Dial-up Connections in Windows 2000/NT). Control Pa nel 3. Right-click Local Area C onnection and then Properties. Network Connection[...]

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    P-334WT 7 4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then click Properties . Local Area Connection Properties 5. Select Use the following IP Address and fill in an IP address (between 192.168.1.3 and 192.16 8.1.254). 6. Type 255.255.255.0 as the Subnet mask . 7. Click Ad va n c e d . 1 Internet Protocol Properties 8. Remove any previously installed g[...]

  • Page 8

    P-334WT 8 Advanced TCP/IP Settings 9. Click OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window. 10. Click Close ( OK in Windows 2000/NT) to close the Loc al Area Connection Properties window. 11. Close the Network Conne ctions window (Net work and Dial-up C onnections in Windows 2000/NT). 3.2 Checking/Up dating Y our Computer ’ s IP Add[...]

  • Page 9

    P-334WT 9 3. Press ENTER . The following screen displays. Your com puter can now communi cate with the Prestige via the ETHERNET port. 4 Configuring Y our Prestige Choose one of these methods to acce ss and configure the Pre stige. This Quick S tart Guide shows you ho w to use the web configurator setup wizard and bandwid th management w izard only[...]

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    P-334WT 10 3. It is highly recomm ended you chan ge the default password! Enter a ne w password, retype it to confirm and click Apply ; alternatively click Ignor e to proceed to the main menu if you do not want to change the password n ow. If you do not change the p assword, the following screen appears ev er y time you log in. 4. You should now se[...]

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    P-334WT 11  Click MAINTENANCE in t h e navigatio n panel to see Pr estige performance statisti cs, upload firmware and back up, restore or up load a configuratio n file.  Click LOGOUT when you have fini shed a Prest ige managem ent session. The Prestige automatically logs you out if it is left idle for five minutes; press ENTER to display the[...]

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    P-334WT 12 Syst em Na me is a unique name to identify the Prestige in an Ethernet network. Enter a descriptive name. The Domain Name entry is what is propagated to the DHCP clients on the LAN. If you leave this blank, the domain name obtained by DHCP from the ISP is used. Click Next to continue. 2. Use the second wizard screen to set up the wireles[...]

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    P-334WT 13 WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data frames before transmitting over the wireless network. The higher the WEP Encryption, the higher the security but the slower the throughput. Select 64-bit , 128-bi t or 256-bi t from the WEP Encryption drop-down list. Select one of the Key radio buttons to use as the WEP key. You can generate o[...]

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    P-334WT 14 Choose Ethernet when the WAN port is used as a regular Ethernet. Choose from Standard , Telia Login or a Road Runner version. You’ll need User Name , Password and Login Server IP Address for some Roadrunner versions. PPPoE or Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet ( PPP over Ethernet ) also functions as a di al-up connection. Therefore [...]

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    P-334WT 15 WAN IP Address Assignment Select Get automaticall y from ISP if your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address. Select Use fixed IP address to give the Prestige a fixed, unique IP address. The fixed IP address should be in the same subnet as your broadband modem or router. Enter a Subnet Mask appropriate to your network and the Ga tew ay[...]

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    P-334WT 16 OTIST Securit y You can assign the Prestige wireless security settings (SSID and either the WEP or WPA-PSK) to a ZyXEL wireless client that also supports OTIST. You must enable OTIST on the wireless client to have the Prestige’s wireless security settings assigned to it. Select the Yes radio button and click the Finish button to procee[...]

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    P-334WT 17 Select the Ac t i ve check box to have the Prestige apply bandwidth management to traffic going out through the Prestige's WAN, LAN or WLAN port. Enter the amount of Managed Bandwidth in kbps (2 to 100,000) that you want to allocate for traffic. 20 kbps to 20,000 kbps is recommended. The recommendation is to set this speed to be equ[...]

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    P-334WT 18 Select High , Mid or Low priority for each service to have your Prestige limit the bandwidth used by bandwidth-hungry applications (or indivi duals) by allocating the maximum bandwidth for WAN, LAN and WLAN traffic. If the rules set up in this wizard are changed in the advanced setup, then the service priority will be set to Other . The [...]

  • Page 19

    P-334WT 19 PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION Prestige from the LAN. Rear Panel section for details. Ping the Prestige from a LAN computer. Make sure your computer E thernet card is installed and functioning properly. Cannot ping any computer on the LAN. If the 10/100M LAN LEDs are off, check t he cable connections bet ween the Prestige and your LAN compute[...]