Zyxel P-2601HN-F1 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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4

Connect one end of Ethernet cable to an Ethernet port on the ZyXEL Device and

the other end to a computer that you will use to access the web configurator.

5

Connect the ZyXEL Device to a power source, turn it on and wait for the

POWER

LED to become a steady green. Turn on the modem provided by your ISP as well

as the computer.

Account Configuration

1

Click

Network Setting > Broadband

to open the following screen. Click

Add

new WAN Interface

.

2

For this example, the interface type is ADSL and the connection has the following

information.

General

Name

MyDSLConnection

Type

ADSL

Mode

Routing

WAN Service

Type

PPPoE

ATM PVC Configuration

VPI/VCI

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Encapsulation

Mode

LLC/SNAP-Bridging

Service

Category

UBR without PCR

PPP Information

PPP User Name

[email protected]

PPP Password

ABCDEF!

PPPoE Service

Name

My DSL

Authentication

Method

Auto

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Enter or select these values and click

Apply

.

This completes your DSL WAN connection setting.

Static IP

Address

192.168.1.32

Others

PPPoE Passthrough: Disabled

NAT: Enabled

IGMP Multicast Proxy: Enabled

Apply as Default Gateway: Enable

DNS Server: Static DNS IP Address (Primary:

192.168.1.254 Secondary: 192.168.1.253)

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3

You should see a summary of your new DSL connection setup in the

Broadband

screen as follows.

Try to connect to a website, such as “www. zyxel.com” to see if you have correctly

set up your Internet connection. Be sure to contact your service provider for any

information you need to configure the WAN screens.

3.3

How to Set up a Wireless Network

This section gives you examples of how to set up an access point and wireless

client for wireless communication using the following parameters. The wireless

clients can access the Internet through the ZyXEL Device wirelessly.

3.3.1

Example Parameters

An access point (AP) or wireless router is referred to as the “AP” and a computer

with a wireless network card or USB adapter is referred to as the “wireless client”

here.

We use the [Model #] web screens and M-302 utility screens as an example. The

screens may vary slightly for different models.

3.3.2

Configuring the AP

Follow the steps below to configure the wireless settings on your AP.

SSID

SSID_Example3

802.11 mode

802.11b/g

Channel

auto

Security

WPA-PSK

(Pre-Shared Key: ThisismyWPA-PSKpre-sharedkey)

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1

Open the

Network Setting > Wireless > General

screen in the AP’s web

configurator.

Tutorial: Network > Wirele

s LAN > General

2

Make sure

Enable Wireless LAN

is selected.

3

Enter “SSID_Example3”

as the SSID and select

Auto

in the

Channel Selection

field to have the device search for an available channel.

4

Select

802.11b/g

in the

Mode Select

field.

5

Select

More Secure

as your security level and set security mode to

WPA-PSK

and enter “ThisismyWPA-PSKpre-sharedkey”

in the

Pre-Shared Key

field. Click

Apply

.

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6

Click

Connection Status > System Info

.Verify your wireless and wireless

security settings under

Device Information

and check if the WLAN connection is

up under

Interface Status

.

Tutorial: Network > Wirele

s LAN > SecuritOpen the

Status

screen. Verify your wirele

s and wireless security se tings under

Device Information

and check if the WLAN connection is up under

Interface Status

Tutorial: Status

This finishes the configuration of the AP.

3.3.3

Configuring the Wireless Client

This section describes how to connect the wireless client to a network.

3.3.3.1

Connecting to a Wireless LAN

The following sections show you how to join a wireless network using the ZyXEL

utility, as in the following diagram. The wireless client is labeled

C

and the access

point is labeled

AP

.

There are three ways to connect the client to an access point.

•

Configure nothing and leave the wireless client to automatically scan for and

connect to any available network that has no wireless security configured.

•

Manually connect to a network.

•

Configure a profile to have the wireless client automatically connect to a specific

network or peer computer.

C

AP

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