ZyXEL Communications EMG5324-D10A User Manual

Chapter 5 Broadband

EMG5324-D10A User’s Guide

The following table describes the labels in this screen. 

Network Setting > Broadband > 3G Backup

3G Backup

Select Enable 3G Backup to have the Device use the 3G connection as your WAN or a 
backup when the wired WAN connection fails.

Card 
Description

This field displays the manufacturer and model name of your 3G card if you inserted one in 
the Device. Otherwise, it displays N/A.

Username

Type the user name (of up to 64 ASCII printable characters) given to you by your service 
provider.

Password

Type the password (of up to 64 ASCII printable characters) associated with the user name 
above.

PIN

A PIN (Personal Identification Number) code is a key to a 3G card. Without the PIN code, 
you cannot use the 3G card.

If your ISP enabled PIN code authentication, enter the 4-digit PIN code (0000 for example) 
provided by your ISP. If you enter the PIN code incorrectly, the 3G card may be blocked by 
your ISP and you cannot use the account to access the Internet.

If your ISP disabled PIN code authentication, leave this field blank.

Dial String

Enter the phone number (dial string) used to dial up a connection to your service provider’s 
base station. Your ISP should provide the phone number.

For example, *99# is the dial string to establish a GPRS or 3G connection in Taiwan.

APN Code

Enter the APN (Access Point Name) provided by your service provider. Connections with 
different APNs may provide different services (such as Internet access or MMS (Multi-Media 
Messaging Service)) and charge method.

You can enter up to 32 ASCII printable characters. Spaces are allowed.

 Connection

Select Nailed-UP if you do not want the connection to time out.

Select On-Demand if  you do not want the connection up all the time and specify an idle 
time-out in the Max Idle Timeout field.

Max Idle 
Timeout 

This value specifies the time in minutes that elapses before the Device automatically 
disconnects from the ISP.

Obtain an IP 
Address 
Automatically

Select this option If your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address. 

Use the 
following static 
IP address

Select this option If the ISP assigned a fixed IP address. 

IP Address

Enter your WAN IP address in this field if you selected Use the following static IP 
address. 

Obtain DNS info 
dynamically  

Select this to have the Device get the DNS server addresses from the ISP automatically. 

Use the 
following static 
DNS IP address

Select this to have the Device use the DNS server addresses you configure manually.

Primary DNS 
server

Enter the first DNS server address assigned by the ISP.

Secondary DNS 
server

Enter the second DNS server address assigned by the ISP.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the Device.

Cancel

Click Cancel to return to the previous configuration.