ZyXEL Communications NXC8160 User Manual

NXC-8160 User’s Guide

This chapter describes how to access the NXC-8160 web configurator and provides an 
overview of its screens.

The web configurator is an HTML-based management interface that allows easy NXC-8160 
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 

 if you want to make sure these functions are allowed in Internet 

Explorer or Netscape Navigator. 

1 Make sure your NXC-8160 hardware is properly connected and prepare your computer/

computer network to connect to the NXC-8160 (refer to the Quick Start Guide).

2 Launch your web browser.
3 Type “https://” and the IP address of the switch (for example, the default is 

192.168.1.10) in the Location or Address field. Press Enter. 

4 The login screen appears. The default username is admin and the associated default 

password is default. 

5 Click OK to view the first web configurator screen.

The following summarizes how to navigate the web configurator from the Status screen.