ZyXEL Communications 70 Series User Manual

ZyWALL 5/35/70 Series User’s Guide

Chapter 2 Introducing the Web Configurator

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This chapter describes how to access the ZyWALL web configurator and provides an 
overview of its screens.

The web configurator is an HTML-based management interface that allows easy ZyWALL 
setup and management via Internet browser. Use Internet Explorer 6.0 and later or Netscape 
Navigator 7.0 and later versions. The recommended screen resolution is 1024 by 768 pixels.

In order to use the web configurator you need to allow:

• Web browser pop-up windows from your device. Web pop-up blocking is enabled by 

default in Windows XP SP (Service Pack) 2.

• JavaScripts (enabled by default).
• Java permissions (enabled by default).

See the Troubleshooting chapter if you want to make sure these functions are allowed in 
Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. 

Note: By default, the packets from WLAN to WLAN/ZyWALL are dropped and users 

cannot configure the ZyWALL wirelessly.

1 Make sure your ZyWALL hardware is properly connected and prepare your computer/

computer network to connect to the ZyWALL (refer to the Quick Start Guide).

2 Launch your web browser.

3 Type "192.168.1.1" as the URL.

4 Type "1234" (default) as the password and click Login. In some versions, the default 

password appears automatically - if this is the case, click Login. 

5 You should see a screen asking you to change your password (highly recommended) as 

shown next. Type a new password (and retype it to confirm) and click Apply or click 
Ignore.