ZyXEL Communications 2 Plus User Manual

Chapter 2 Introducing the Web Configurator

ZyWALL 2 Plus User’s Guide

After you enter the password, use the sub-menus on the navigation panel to configure 
ZyWALL features. 
The following table lists the features available for each device mode. Not all ZyWALLs have 
all features listed in this table. 

Port Status

For the WAN, LAN, DMZ, and WLAN Interfaces, this displays the port speed and 

duplex setting. For the WAN port, it displays Down when the link is not ready or 

has failed.

RSTP Status

This is the RSTP status of the corresponding port.

RSTP Active

This shows whether or not RSTP is active on the corresponding port.

RSTP Priority

This is the RSTP priority of the corresponding port.

RSTP Path Cost

This is the cost of transmitting a frame from the root bridge to the corresponding 

port.

Security Services

Content Filter 

Expiration Date

This is the date the category-based content filtering service subscription expires. 

Click the field label to go to the screen where you can update your service 

subscription.

Web Site 

Blocked

This displays how many web site hits the ZyWALL has blocked since it last started 

up. N/A displays when the service subscription has expired.

Latest Alerts 

This table displays the five most recent alerts recorded by the ZyWALL. You can 

see more information in the View Log screen, such as the source and destination 

IP addresses and port numbers of the incoming packets.

Date/Time

This is the date and time the alert was recorded.

Message

This is the reason for the alert.

System Status

Port Statistics

Click Port Statistics to see router performance statistics such as the number of 

packets sent and number of packets received for each port.

VPN

Click VPN to display the active VPN connections.

Bandwidth

Click Bandwidth to view the ZyWALL’s bandwidth usage and allotments.

Table 4   Web Configurator HOME Screen in Bridge Mode (continued)

Table 5   Bridge and Router Mode Features Comparison

Internet Access Wizard

Y

VPN Wizard

Y

Y

DHCP Table

Y

System Statistics

Y

Y

Registration

Y

Y

LAN

Y

WAN

Y

DMZ

Y

Bridge

Y