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Table of Contents

About This User's Guide

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Document Conventions

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Safety Warnings

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Contents Overview

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Table of Contents

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Part I: User’s Guide

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Chapter

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Introduction

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1.1 Overview

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1.2 Ways to Manage the ZyXEL Device

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1.3 Good Habits for Managing the ZyXEL Device

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1.4 Applications for the ZyXEL Device

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1.4.1 Internet Access

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1.5 Wireless Access

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1.5.1 Using the WPS/WLAN Button

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1.6 LEDs (Lights)

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1.7 The RESET Button

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1.7.1 Using the Reset Button

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The Web Configurator

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2.1 Overview

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2.1.1 Accessing the Web Configurator

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2.2 The Main Screen

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2.2.1 Title Bar

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2.2.2 Navigation Panel

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2.2.3 Main Window

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2.2.4 Status Bar

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Status Screens

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3.1 Overview

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3.2 The Status Screen

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Chapter

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Tutorials

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4.1 Overview

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4.2 Setting Up a Secure Wireless Network

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4.2.1 Configuring the Wireless Network Settings

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4.2.2 Using WPS

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4.2.3 Without WPS

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4.2.4 Setting Up Wireless Network Scheduling

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4.3 Configuring the MAC Address Filter

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4.4 Configuring Static Route for Routing to Another Network

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4.5 Multiple Public and Private IP Address Mappings

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4.5.1 Full Feature NAT + Many-to-Many No Overload Mapping

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4.5.2 Full Feature NAT + One-to-One Mapping

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4.6 Multiple WAN Connections Example

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Part II: Technical Reference

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Chapter

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Internet and Wireless Setup Wizard

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5.1 Overview

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5.2 Internet Access Wizard Setup

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5.2.1 Manual Configuration

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5.3 Wireless Connection Wizard Setup

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5.3.1 Manually Assign a WPA-PSK key

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5.3.2 Manually Assign a WEP Key

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WAN Setup

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6.1 Overview

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6.1.1 What You Can Do in the WAN Screens

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6.1.2 What You Need to Know About WAN

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6.1.3 Before You Begin

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6.2 The Internet Access Setup Screen

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6.2.1 Advanced Internet Access Setup

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6.3 The More Connections Screen

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6.3.1 More Connections Edit

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6.3.2 Configuring More Connections Advanced Setup

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6.4 WAN Technical Reference

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6.4.1 Encapsulation

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6.4.2 Multiplexing

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6.4.3 VPI and VCI

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6.4.4 IP Address Assignment

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6.4.5 Nailed-Up Connection (PPP)

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6.4.6 NAT

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6.5 Traffic Shaping

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6.5.1 ATM Traffic Classes

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LAN Setup

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7.1 Overview

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7.1.1 What You Can Do in the LAN Screens

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7.1.2 What You Need To Know About LAN

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7.1.3 Before You Begin

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7.2 The LAN IP Screen

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7.2.1 The Advanced LAN IP Setup Screen

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7.3 The DHCP Setup Screen

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7.4 The Client List Screen

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7.5 The IP Alias Screen

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7.5.1 Configuring the LAN IP Alias Screen

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7.6 LAN Technical Reference

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7.6.1 LANs, WANs and the ZyXEL Device

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7.6.2 DHCP Setup

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7.6.3 DNS Server Addresses

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7.6.4 LAN TCP/IP

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7.6.5 RIP Setup

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7.6.6 Multicast

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Wireless LAN

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8.1 Overview

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8.1.1 What You Can Do in the Wireless LAN Screens

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8.1.2 What You Need to Know About Wireless

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8.1.3 Before You Start

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8.2 The AP Screen

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8.2.1 No Security

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8.2.2 WEP Encryption

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8.2.3 WPA(2)-PSK

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8.2.4 WPA(2) Authentication

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8.2.5 Wireless LAN Advanced Setup

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8.2.6 MAC Filter

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8.3 The More AP Screen

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8.3.1 More AP Edit

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8.4 The WPS Screen

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8.5 The WPS Station Screen

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8.6 The WDS Screen

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8.7 The Scheduling Screen

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8.8 Wireless LAN Technical Reference

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8.8.1 Wireless Network Overview

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8.8.2 Additional Wireless Terms

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8.8.3 Wireless Security Overview

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8.8.4 Signal Problems

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8.8.5 BSS

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8.8.6 MBSSID

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8.8.7 Wireless Distribution System (WDS)

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8.8.8 WiFi Protected Setup (WPS)

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Chapter

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Network Address Translation (NAT)

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9.1 Overview

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9.1.1 What You Can Do in the NAT Screens

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9.1.2 What You Need To Know About NAT

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9.2 The NAT General Setup Screen

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9.3 The Port Forwarding Screen

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9.3.1 Configuring the Port Forwarding Screen

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9.3.2 The Port Forwarding Rule Edit Screen

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9.4 The Address Mapping Screen

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9.4.1 The Address Mapping Rule Edit Screen

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9.5 The ALG Screen

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9.6 NAT Technical Reference

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9.6.1 NAT Definitions

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9.6.2 What NAT Does

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9.6.3 How NAT Works

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9.6.4 NAT Application

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9.6.5 NAT Mapping Types

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Chapter

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Firewall

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10.1 Overview

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10.1.1 What You Can Do in the Firewall Screens

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10.1.2 What You Need to Know About Firewall

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10.2 The Firewall Screen

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Chapter

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Filters

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11.1 Overview

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11.1.1 What You Can Do in the Filter Screens

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11.1.2 What You Need to Know About Filtering

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11.2 The URL Filter Screen

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11.3 The Application Filter Screen

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11.4 The IP/MAC Filter Screen

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Chapter

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Static Route

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12.1 Overview

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12.1.1 What You Can Do in the Static Route Screens

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12.2 The Static Route Screen

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12.2.1 Static Route Edit

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Chapter

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802.1Q/1P

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13.1 Overview

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13.1.1 What You Can Do in the 802.1Q/1P Screens

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13.1.2 What You Need to Know About 802.1Q/1P

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13.2 The 802.1Q/1P Group Setting Screen

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13.2.1 Editing 802.1Q/1P Group Setting

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13.3 The 802.1Q/1P Port Setting Screen

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Chapter

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Quality of Service (QoS)

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14.1 Overview

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14.1.1 What You Can Do in the QoS Screens

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14.1.2 What You Need to Know About QoS

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14.2 The QoS Screen

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14.2.1 The QoS Settings Summary Screen

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14.3 QoS Technical Reference

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14.3.1 IEEE 802.1p

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14.3.2 IP Precedence

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14.3.3 Automatic Priority Queue Assignment

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Chapter

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Dynamic DNS Setup

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15.1 Overview

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15.1.1 What You Can Do in the DDNS Screen

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15.1.2 What You Need To Know About DDNS

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15.2 The Dynamic DNS Screen

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Chapter

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Remote Management

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