ZyXEL Communications Prestige 841 manual

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    Prestige 841 VDSL Modem Quick Start Guide Versio n: 3.30 Novem ber 2001[...]

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    P841 VD SL Modem 1 Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................................................................................................ 1 Copyright ...................................................................................................................... ... 2 Disclaimer ......................................[...]

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    P841 VD SL Modem 2 Copyright Copyright © 2001 by ZyXEL Comm unications Corporation. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced i n any part or as a w hole, transc ribed, stored in a retrieval system, translat ed into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, m echanical, m agnetic, optic al, chemical, photoc[...]

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    P841 VD SL Modem 3 Informati on for Canadian Users The Industry Canada label identifies certifi ed equipment. This certification means that the equipment meets certai n telecommunications network protect ive operation and safet y requirements. The Industry Canada label does not guarantee that the equipment will operate to a user's satisfaction[...]

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    P841 VD SL Modem 4 Customer Support Please have the following inf ormation ready when you contact custom er support: • Prestige m odel and serial number. • Warranty Informati on. • Date that you received your Prestige. • Brief descripti on of the problem and the steps you took to solve it. METHOD LOCAT ION E-MAIL SUPPORT/SALES TELEPHONE/F A[...]

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    P841 VD SL Modem 5 Syn tax Conv ention s in th is Gu ide The Pres tige 84 1 Modem m ay be called t he P8 41 or the Presti ge in t his gui de. About Your Prestige The Pres tige is a high-p erf ormanc e cost-eff ective VDSL (Ver y High Speed Digital S ubscr iber Lin e) m odem . Your Prestig e can acces s the Inter net/LAN via a telephon e lin e. The [...]

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    P841 VD SL Modem 6 Description of LEDs LED COLOR STATUS MEA NING P W R Green Steady Your Prestig e is on. LAN 10M Green Steady Blinking You hav e a succes sful 10M b Ethernet conne ction. Data is be ing sent or r eceiv ed. LAN 100M Orange Steady Blinking You hav e a succes sful 100M b Ethernet connect ion. Data is be ing sent or r eceiv ed. VDSL Gr[...]

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    P841 VD SL Modem 7 PHONE Port Connect the Prest ige (por t labele d PHO NE) int o your tel epho ne using a telephone c abl e. POWER 1 2 VDC Port W A RNING: Do not u se any ot her po wer adap ter ex cept the o ne that accomp anies th e Prest ige. Use of an y other po wer adap ter may result in damage to the Prestige. Connect the fem ale end of th e [...]

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    P841 VD SL Modem 8 PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION The VDSL LED is not on or is blin king. Make sure th e Prestige i s connecte d to a p ower source an d is turned on. If the problem contin ues, conta ct your DSL service p rovider. The LAN 10M /100M LED(s) are off. Make sure y ou have s ecurely attach ed the pr oper cable (straight-throug h or cro ssover[...]