ZyXEL Communications PRESTIGE 334W User manual

Prestige 334W
802.11g Wireless Broadband Router with Firewall
Version 3.60
May 2004
Quick Start Guide

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1 Introducing the Prestige
The Prestige is a broadband sharing 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 share Internet access via
a broadband (cable/DSL) modem. Key features of the Prestige include media bandwidth management, an
embedded 802.11g wireless LAN security, firewall, VPN, content filtering, NAT and UPnP. See your User’s
Guide for more details on all Prestige features.
You should have an Internet account already set up and have been given most of the following information.
Internet Account Information
Your device’s WAN IP Address (if given): __________________
DNS Server IP Address (if given): First ______________, Second ______________, Third ______________
Encapsulation: (select one below):
 Ethernet Service Type: _______________________
Login Server IP Address: ______________
User Name: ____________ Password: ____________
 PPTP User Name: ____________ Password: ____________
Your WAN IP Address: ____________ PPTP Server IP Address: ___________
Connection ID (if required): ____________
 PPPoE (PPPoE) Service Name: ____________
User Name: ____________ Password: ____________
Procedure to View a Product’s Certification(s)
1. Go to www.zyxel.com.
2. Select your product from the drop-down list box on the ZyXEL home page to go to that product's page.
3. Select the certification you wish to view from this page.

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2 Hardware Installation
2.1 Rear Panel
LABEL DESCRIPTION
LAN 10/100M Use an Ethernet cable to connect at least one computer for initial Prestige configuration. These
ports are auto-negotiating (can connect at 10 or 100Mbps) and auto-sensing (automatically
adjust to the type of Ethernet cable you use (straight-through or crossover)).
WAN 10/100M Connect your cable/DSL modem to this port with the cable that came with your modem.
POWER 9 VAC Connect the end of the included power adaptor (use only this adapter) to this power socket.
After you’ve made the connections, connect the power cable to a power supply and look at the front panel LEDs.
RESET You only need to use this button if you’ve forgotten the Prestige’s password. It returns the
Prestige to the factory defaults (password is 1234, LAN IP address 192.168.1.1. See your User’s
Guide for details).

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2.2 Front Panel LEDs
The PWR LED blinks while performing system testing and then 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
Green
Blinking The Prestige is performing testing.
Off The LAN is not connected.
On The Prestige has a successful 10Mb Ethernet connection.Green
Blinking The Prestige is sending/receiving data
On The Prestige has a successful 100Mb Ethernet connection.
LAN 1- 4
Amber
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/receiving data

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LED STATUS COLOR DESCRIPTION
Off The WLAN connection is not ready, or has failed.
Green On The Prestige has a successful WLAN connection.
WLAN
Blinking The Prestige is sending/receiving data

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3 Preparing Your Computer
Skip this section if your computer is already set up to accept a dynamic IP
address. This is the default for most new computers.
The Prestige is already set up to assign your computer an IP address. Use this section to set up your computer
to receive an IP address or assign it a static IP address in the 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254 range with a
subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. This is necessary to ensure that your computer can communicate with your
Prestige.
Your computer must have an Ethernet card and TCP/IP installed. TCP/IP should already be installed on
computers using Windows NT/2000/XP, Macintosh OS 7 and later operating systems.
3.1 Windows 2000/NT/XP
1. In Windows XP, click start, Control Panel. In Windows 2000/NT, click Start, Settings, Control Panel.
2. In Windows XP, click Network Connections.
In Windows 2000/NT, click Network and Dial-up Connections.
3. Right-click Local Area Connection and then click Properties.
4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) (under the General tab in Win XP) and click Properties.
5.
6.
The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties screen opens (the
General tab in Windows XP).
- To have your computer assigned a dynamic IP address, click
Obtain an IP address automatically.
-To configure a static IP address, click Use the following IP
Address and fill in the IP address (choose one
from192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254), Subnet mask
(255.255.255.0), and Default gateway (192.168.1.1) fields.
Click Advanced. Remove any previously installed gateways in
the IP Settings tab and click OK to go back to the Internet
Protocol TCP/IP Properties screen.

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7. Click Obtain DNS server address automatically 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 server addresses, and type them in the
Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server fields.
If you have more than two DNS servers, click Advanced, the
DNS tab and then configure them using Add.
8. Click OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties
window.
9. Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties
window.
Checking Your Computer’s IP Address
1. In the computer, click Start, (All) Programs, Accessories and then Command Prompt.
2. In the Command Prompt window, type "ipconfig" and then press ENTER.Your computer’s IP address must be in
the correct range (192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254) with subnet mask 255.255.255.0 in order to communicate with
the Prestige.
Refer to your User’s Guide for detailed IP address configuration for other Windows and Macintosh computer
operating systems.

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4 Configuring Your Prestige
Choose one of these methods to access and configure the Prestige. This Quick
Start Guide shows you how to use the web configurator setup wizard and
bandwidth management wizard only. See your User’s Guide for background
information on all Prestige features and SMT configuration. Click the web
configurator online help for screen-specific web help.
 Web Configurator
 SMT (System Management Terminal). Access the SMT via LAN or WAN using Telnet.
4.1 Accessing Your Prestige Via Web Configurator
Step 1. Launch your web browser. Enter “192.168.1.1” as the web site address.
Step 2. The default password (“1234”) is already in the password field (in non-readable format). Click
Login to proceed to a screen asking you to change your password. Click Reset to revert to the
default password in the password field.
Web site address.

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Step 3. It is highly recommended you change the default password! Enter a new password, retype it to
confirm and click Apply; alternatively click Ignore to proceed to the main menu if you do not
want to change the password now.
Default password.

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Step 4. You should now see the web configurator MAIN MENU screen.
 Click WIZARD to begin a series of screens to help you configure your Prestige for the first time.
 Click the BM SETUP to begin a series of screens to help you configure media bandwidth
management on your Prestige.
 Click a link under MAIN MENU in the navigation panel to configure that Prestige feature.
 Click MAINTENANCE in the navigation panel to see Prestige performance statistics, upload
firmware and back up, restore or upload a configuration file.
 Click LOGOUT when you have finished a Prestige management session. The Prestige
automatically logs you out if it is left idle for five minutes; press ENTER to display the Login
screen again and then log back in. This idle timeout timer is one of the many Prestige features that
you may edit using the web configurator.
Change default password.

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4.2 Internet Access Using the Wizard
Step 1. Click Wizard Setup in the main menu to display the first wizard screen.
WIZARD
Navigation panel
LOGOUT
BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT
WIZARD

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System Name 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, the
domain name obtained by DHCP from
the ISP is used. Click Next to continue.
Step 2. Use the second wizard screen to set up the wireless LAN.
ESSID is a unique name to identify the
ZyAIR in the wireless LAN. Enter a
descriptive name.
The range of radio frequencies used by
IEEE 802.11b/g wireless devices is
called a channel.
Choose a Channel ID from the drop-
down list box.
The level of Security can be selected as none, basic or extended. Choose No security to have no wireless LAN security
configured and proceed to the ISP Parameters for Internet Access screen (see step 5).
Choose Basic security if you want to configure WEP Encryption parameters (see step 3).
Choose Extend security to configure a Pre-Shared Key (see step 4).
The third screen varies depending on which security level you select.
Click Next to continue.
The wireless stations and ZyAIR must use the same ESSID, channel ID and WEP
encryption key (if WEP is enabled) for wireless communication.
Step 3. If you choose Basic, you can setup WEP Encryption parameters.

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WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy)
encrypts data frames before transmitting
over the wireless network.
Select either 64-bit or 128-bit from the
WEP Encryption drop-down list box to
activate WEP encryption.
Select ASCII or HEX WEP key input
method and then follow the on-screen
instructions to set up the WEP keys.
Click Next to proceed to the ISP Parameters for Internet Access screen.
Step 4. If you choose Extend security in the Wireless LAN Setup screen, you can set up a Pre-Shared
Key.
Pre-Shared Key
Type from 8 to 31 case-sensitive ASCII
characters or from 16 to 62 hexadecimal
("0-9", "A-F") characters. You must
precede a hexadecimal key with a "0x”
(zero x), which is not counted as part of
the 16 to 62-character range for the key.
Click Next to proceed to the ISP Parameters for Internet Access screen.
Step 5. This wizard screen has three variations depending on what encapsulation type you use. Use the
information in Internet Account Information to fill in fields.

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Choose Ethernet when the WAN port is
used as a regular Ethernet. Choose from
Standard or a RoadRunner 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 dial-up connection.
Therefore you’ll also need a username
and password and possibly the PPPoE
service name.
Your ISP will give you all needed
information.
Choose PPTP if your service provider uses a DSL terminator with PPTP login. You’ll also need a user name, an associated
password, the PPTP server IP address and possibly a connection ID/name.
Click Next to continue.
Step 6. This is the final wizard screen you need to configure. Fill in the fields and click Next to go to the
last wizard screen.

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WAN IP Address Assignment
Select Get automatically from ISP if
your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP
address. Select Use fixed IP address if
the ISP assigned a fixed IP address and
then enter your IP address.
DNS Server Address Assignment
Select From ISP if your ISP dynamically
assigns DNS server information (and
the Prestige’s WAN IP address). The
field to the right displays the (read-only)
DNS server IP address that the ISP
assigns. If you chose From ISP, but the
Prestige has a fixed WAN IP address,
From ISP changes to None after you
click Next. If you chose From ISP for
the second or third DNS server, but the
ISP does not provide a second or third
IP address, From ISP changes to None
after you click Next.
Select User-Defined if you have the IP address of a DNS server. Enter the DNS server's IP address in the field to the right.
If you chose User-Defined, but leave the IP address set to 0.0.0.0, User-Defined changes to None after you click Next. If
you set a second choice to User-Defined, and enter the same IP address, the second User-Defined changes to None after
you click Next.
Select None if you do not want to configure DNS servers. If you do not configure a system DNS server, you must use IP
addresses when configuring VPN, DDNS and the timeserver.
WAN MAC Address
The WAN MAC address field allows users to configure the WAN port's MAC address by either using the factory default or
cloning the MAC address from a computer on your LAN. Select Factory Default to use the factory assigned default MAC
address. Alternatively, select Spoof this Computer's MAC address - IP Address and enter the IP address of the
computer on the LAN whose MAC address you are cloning.
Click Next to continue.
Step 7. Click Finish to save and complete the wizard setup.

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Note:
If you are currently using a Wireless PC
card to access this router AND you
made changes to the ESSID, then you
will need to make the same changes to
your Wireless PC card AFTER you click
the Finish button.
Once the changes have been made to
the Wireless PC card, you will be able to
connect back to the router and continue
the configuration process.
4.3 Using the Bandwidth Management Wizard
Step 1. Click BM SETUP in the main menu to display the first wizard screen.
Select the Active 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 equal to or less than the speed of
the broadband device connected to the
WAN port.
For example, set the speed to 1000 Kbps (or less) if the broadband device connected to the WAN port has an upstream
speed of 1000 Kbps.
Click Next to continue.

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Step 2. Use the second wizard screen to select the services that you want to apply bandwidth
management.
Apply bandwidth management by
selecting services from the list provided.
Click Next to continue.
Step 3. The third wizard screen allows you to setup priorities for the services listed.
Select High, Mid or Low priority for each
service to have your Prestige limit the
bandwidth used by bandwidth-hungry
applications (or individuals) 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 Advanced Media Bandwidth
Management configuration screens
allow you to edit set class configurations
and edit these rules.
Click Finish to save and complete the wizard setup.
Step 4. This is the final wizard screen you need to configure. Fill in the fields and click Next to go to the
last wizard screen.

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Well done! You have finished
configuration of Media Bandwidth
Management using the Internet Access
Wizard. You may now continue
configuring your device.
Click any menu link in the navigation panel to access its configuration screen.
Click MAINTENANCE to see your system information, statistics, perform firmware and configuration file maintenance. Click
LOGOUT to exit the web configurator. This is recommended for security reasons after you finish a management session.
You need to log in again with your password after you log out.
4.4 Test Your Internet Connection
Launch your web browser and navigate to www.zyxel.com. You don’t need a dial-up program such as Dial
Up Networking. Internet access is just the beginning. Refer to the User’s Guide for more detailed
information on the complete range of Prestige features.

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5 Troubleshooting
PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION
None of the LEDs turn
on when you turn on the
Prestige.
Make sure that you have the correct power adapter connected to the Prestige and plugged in
to an appropriate power source. Check all cable connections.
If the LEDs still do not turn on, you may have a hardware problem. In this case, you should
contact your local vendor.
Cannot access the
Prestige from the LAN.
Check the cable connection between the Prestige and your computer or hub. Refer to the
Rear Panel section for details.
Ping the Prestige from a LAN computer. Make sure your computer Ethernet card is installed
and functioning properly.
Cannot ping any
computer on the LAN.
If the 10/100M LAN LEDs are off, check the cable connections between the Prestige and
your LAN computers.
Verify that the IP address and subnet mask of the Prestige and the LAN computers are in the
same IP address range.
The WAN IP is provided after the ISP verifies the MAC address, host name or user ID.
Find out the verification method used by your ISP and configure the corresponding fields.
If the ISP checks the WAN MAC address, you should clone the MAC address from a LAN
computer. Click WAN and then the MAC tab, select Spoof this Computer's MAC address -
IP Address and enter the IP address of the computer on the LAN whose MAC address you
are cloning.
If the ISP checks the host name, enter your computer’s name (refer to the Wizard Setup
section in the User’s Guide) in the System Name field in the first screen of the WIZARD.
Cannot get a WAN IP
address from the ISP.
If the ISP checks the user ID, click WAN and then the ISP tab. Check your service type, user
name, and password.
Check the Prestige’s connection to the cable/DSL device.
Check whether your cable/DSL device requires a crossover or straight-through cable.
Cannot access the
Internet.
Click WAN to verify your settings.