ZyXEL Communications 792H User Manual

Prestige 792H G.SHDSL Router 

WAN   5-15 

The following table describes the fields in this screen. 

Basic  

Login Name  Type the login name assigned by your ISP. 

Password  Type the password assigned by your ISP. 

Retype to Confirm  Type your password again to make sure that you have entered is correctly.  

Authentication Type  Use the drop-down list box to select an authentication protocol for outgoing calls. 

Options are: 

CHAP/PAP - Your Prestige accepts either CHAP or PAP when requested by this 
remote node.  

CHAP - Your Prestige accepts CHAP only.  

PAP - Your Prestige accept PAP only.  

Primary/ Secondary 

Phone Number 

Type the first (primary) phone number from the ISP for this remote node. If the 
primary phone number is busy or does not answer, your Prestige dials the 
secondary phone number if available. Some areas require dialing the pound sign 
# before the phone number for local calls. Include a # symbol at the beginning of 
the phone numbers as required. 

Dial Backup Port 

Speed 

Use the drop-down list box to select the speed of the connection between the dial 
backup port and the external device. Available speeds are: 9600, 19200, 38400, 
57600, 115200 or 230400 bps. 

AT Command Initial 

String 

Type the AT command string to initialize the WAN device. Consult the manual of 
your WAN device connected to your dial backup port for specific AT commands. 

Advanced Modem 

Setup 

Click the Edit button to display the Advanced Modem Setup screen and edit the 
details of your dial backup setup. 

TCP/IP Options 

 

Metric  This field sets this route's priority among the three routes the Prestige uses 

(normal, traffic redirect and dial backup). Type a number (1 to 15) to set the 
priority of the dial backup route for data transmission. The smaller the number, 
the higher the priority.  

If the three routes have the same metrics, the priority of the routes is as follows: 
WAN, Traffic Redirect, Dial Backup.