ZyXEL Communications P-660R-T manual

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    P-660R-T Series ADSL2+ Access Router Quick S t art Guide V ersion 3.40 9/2005[...]

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    P-660R-T Series Quick Start Guide 2 Overview The Prestige 660R-T (P-660R-T) ADSL2+ access router is the ideal device fo r small networks connecting to the Internet via ADSL. See your User ’s Guide for background information on a ll features. 1 Hardware Connections If you prefer to see a multi-media animation of how to make hardware connections, s[...]

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    P-660R-T Series Quick Start Guide 3 • Zero Configurat ion • Web Configurator Internet Access Wizard Note: Configuration genie or Ze ro configuration are o nly able to configure the device automa tically for Internet acc ess if you are using PPPoE , PPPoA or ENET ENCAP encapsulation with a dynamically-assigned IP address from your ISP . If you?[...]

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    P-660R-T Series Quick Start Guide 4 2.3 Web Configurator In ternet Access W izard 2.3.1 Accessing the W eb Configurator 1 Launch your web browser . Enter “192.168.1.1 ” 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 new password (retype i t to confirm) and cl[...]

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    P-660R-T Series Quick Start Guide 5 2.3.2 Intern et Access Set up 1 Configure the Internet access settings in this step. The wizard screens vary depending on the Mode and Encap sulation you chose in the first wizard screen . Note: Enter the Interne t access inform ation given to you by your ISP exactly in each wizar d screen. If not given, leave th[...]

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    P-660R-T 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 St atic IP address and enter it. Otherwise, select Obt ain an IP Address Automatically . E) Select Nailed-Up Connection to have your connection [...]

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    P-660R-T Series Quick Start Guide 7 Otherwise, select Connect on Demand and specify an idle time-out period (in seconds) in the Max. Idle Tim eo ut 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 transl ation) or None to disable NA T . G) Click[...]

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    P-660R-T 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 automatically get an IP address. This ensures that your computer can connect with your Prestige. Re fer to your User ’s Guide for det ailed IP address configuration for other Wind[...]

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    P-660R-T Series Quick Start Guide 9 4 Select Internet Protocol (TCP /IP) (under the Genera l 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 Obtain DNS server address automatic ally options. 7 Click OK to close the I[...]