ZyXEL Communications P-2608HWL-Dx Series User Manual

P-2608HWL-Dx Series User’s Guide

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Appendix A Product Specifications

IEEE 802.11b/g Wireless 

LAN

The ZyXEL Device can serve as an IEEE 802.11g 

wireless access point. Expand your network by allowing 

IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11b devices to connect to 

your network.  

Wireless Security

The ZyXEL Device supports WEP encryption for basic 

security as well as WPA and WPA2 security standards.

MAC Address Filter

Allow or deny access to your wired or wireless network 

based on the MAC addresses of the computers 

communicating with your network.

 Any IP

The Any IP feature allows a computer to access the 

Internet and the ZyXEL Device without changing the 

network settings (such as IP address and subnet mask) 

of the computer, when the IP addresses of the computer 

and the ZyXEL Device are not in the same subnet.  

Configuration Backup & 

Restoration

Make a copy of the ZyXEL Device’s configuration and put 

it back on the ZyXEL Device later if you decide you want 

to revert back to an earl

i

er configuration.

Network Address Translation 

(NAT)

Each computer on your network must have its own 

unique IP address. Use NAT to convert a single public IP 

address to multiple private IP addresses for

 

the 

computers on your network.

Port Forwarding

If you have a server (mail or web server for example) on 

your network, then use this feature to let people access it 

from the Internet.

DHCP (Dynamic Host 

Configuration Protocol)

Use this feature to have the ZyXEL Device assign IP 

addresses, an IP default gateway and DNS servers to 

computers on your network.

Dynamic DNS Support

With Dynamic DNS (Domain Name System) support, you 

can use a fixed URL, www.zyxel.com for example, with a 

dynamic IP address. You must register for this service 

with a Dynamic DNS service provider.

IP Multicast

IP Multicast is used to send traffic to a specific group of 

computers. The ZyXEL Device supports versions 1 and 2 

of IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) used to 

join multicast groups (see RFC 2236).

IP Alias

IP Alias allows you to subdivide a physical network into 

logical networks over the same Ethernet interface with 

the ZyXEL Device itself as the gateway for each subnet.

Time and Date

Get the current time and date from an external server 

when you turn on your ZyXEL Device. You can also set 

the time manually. These dates and times are then used 

in logs.

Logging and Tracing

Use packet tracing and logs for troubleshooting. You can 

send logs from the ZyXEL Device to an external UNIX 

syslog server.

PPPoE

PPPoE mimics a dial-up over Ethernet Internet access 

connection.

Universal Plug and Play 

(UPnP)

The ZyXEL Device can communicate with other UPnP 

enabled devices in a network. 

Table 142   Firmware Features