ZyXEL Communications P-870HW-51a v2 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• P-870HW-51a v2

  1
  • About This User's Guide

    3
  • Document Conventions

    5
  • Safety Warnings

    7
  • Table of Contents

    11
• Introduction

  17
  • Introducing the ZyXEL Device

    19
    • 1.1 Overview

      19
    • 1.2 Ways to Manage the ZyXEL Device

      19
    • 1.3 Good Habits for Managing the ZyXEL Device

      20
    • 1.4 Applications for the ZyXEL Device

      20
      • 1.4.1 Internet Access

        20
    • 1.5 LEDs (Lights)

      21
    • 1.6 The RESET Button

      22
      • 1.6.1 Using the Reset Button

        22
    • 1.7 The WPS WLAN Button

      23
      • 1.7.1 Turn the Wireless LAN Off or On

        23
      • 1.7.2 Activate WPS

        23
  • Tutorials

    25
    • 2.1 How to Set up a Wireless Network

      25
      • 2.1.1 Example Parameters

        25
      • 2.1.2 Configuring the AP

        25
      • 2.1.3 Configuring the Wireless Client

        28
  • Introducing the Web Configurator

    35
    • 3.1 Web Configurator Overview

      35
      • 3.1.1 Accessing the Web Configurator

        35
    • 3.2 Web Configurator Main Screen

      36
      • 3.2.1 Navigation Panel

        37
      • 3.2.2 Main Window

        38
      • 3.2.3 Status Bar

        38
  • Status Screens

    39
    • 4.1 Status Screen

      39
      • 4.1.1 WAN Service Statistics

        42
      • 4.1.2 Route Info

        43
      • 4.1.3 WLAN Station List

        45
      • 4.1.4 LAN Statistics

        46
      • 4.1.5 Client List

        47
• Network

  49
  • WAN Setup

    51
    • 5.1 Overview

      51
      • 5.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

        51
    • 5.2 What You Need to Know

      52
    • 5.3 Before You Begin

      52
    • 5.4 The Internet Connection Screen

      53
      • 5.4.1 Advanced Internet Connection Setup

        56
    • 5.5 The More Connections Screen

      57
      • 5.5.1 More Connections Edit

        59
      • 5.5.2 Configuring More Connections Advanced Setup

        62
    • 5.6 Technical Reference

      63
  • LAN Setup

    69
    • 6.1 Overview

      69
      • 6.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

        69
    • 6.2 What You Need To Know

      70
    • 6.3 Before You Begin

      71
    • 6.4 The LAN IP Screen

      71
    • 6.5 The Client List Screen

      72
    • 6.6 The IP Alias Screen

      73
      • 6.6.1 Configuring the LAN IP Alias Screen

        74
    • 6.7 Technical Reference

      75
  • Wireless LAN

    79
    • 7.1 Overview

      79
      • 7.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

        79
    • 7.2 What You Need to Know

      80
    • 7.3 Before You Begin

      82
    • 7.4 The General Screen

      82
      • 7.4.1 No Security

        84
      • 7.4.2 WEP Encryption

        85
      • 7.4.3 WPA(2)-PSK

        86
      • 7.4.4 WPA(2) Authentication

        88
    • 7.5 The WPS Screen

      89
    • 7.6 The WPS Station Screen

      91
    • 7.7 The MAC Filter Screen

      91
    • 7.8 The Advanced Setup Screen

      93
    • 7.9 Technical Reference

      94
      • 7.9.1 Wireless Network Overview

        95
      • 7.9.2 Additional Wireless Terms

        96
      • 7.9.3 Wireless Security Overview

        96
      • 7.9.4 WiFi Protected Setup

        98
  • Network Address Translation (NAT)

    107
    • 8.1 Overview

      107
      • 8.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

        107
    • 8.2 What You Need to Know

      107
    • 8.3 The Port Forwarding Screen

      108
      • 8.3.1 The Port Forwarding Edit Screen

        110
    • 8.4 The DMZ Host Screen

      111
    • 8.5 Technical Reference

      112
• Security

  115
  • IP Filter

    117
    • 9.1 Overview

      117
      • 9.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

        117
    • 9.2 What You Need to Know

      117
    • 9.3 The Incoming IP Filtering Screen

      118
      • 9.3.1 Creating Incoming Filtering Rules

        120
• Advanced

  123
  • Static Route

    125
    • 10.1 Overview

      125
      • 10.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

        125
    • 10.2 The Static Route Screen

      126
      • 10.2.1 Static Route Edit

        127
  • Quality of Service (QoS)

    129
    • 11.1 Overview

      129
      • 11.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

        129
    • 11.2 What You Need to Know

      130
    • 11.3 The Quality of Service General Screen

      130
    • 11.4 The Queue Setup Screen

      131
      • 11.4.1 Adding a QoS Queue

        132
    • 11.5 The Class Setup Screen

      133
      • 11.5.1 QoS Class Edit

        135
    • 11.6 Technical Reference

      137
  • Dynamic DNS Setup

    141
    • 12.1 Overview

      141
      • 12.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

        141
    • 12.2 What You Need To Know

      141
    • 12.3 The Dynamic DNS Screen

      142
  • Remote Management

    143
    • 13.1 Overview

      143
      • 13.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

        143
    • 13.2 The TR-069 Screen

      143
    • 13.3 The Service Control Screen

      145
    • 13.4 The IP Address Screen

      146
      • 13.4.1 Adding an IP Address

        147
  • Universal Plug-and-Play (UPnP)

    149
    • 14.1 Overview

      149
      • 14.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

        149
    • 14.2 What You Need to Know

      149
    • 14.3 The UPnP Screen

      150
    • 14.4 Installing UPnP in Windows Example

      151
    • 14.5 Using UPnP in Windows XP Example

      155
• Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Specifications

  163
  • System Settings

    165
    • 15.1 Overview

      165
      • 15.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

        165
      • 15.1.2 What You Need to Know

        165
    • 15.2 The General Screen

      166
    • 15.3 The Time Setting Screen

      167
  • Logs

    169
    • 16.1 Overview

      169
      • 16.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

        169
    • 16.2 The View Log Screen

      169
    • 16.3 The Log Settings Screen

      170
  • Tools

    173
    • 17.1 Overview

      173
      • 17.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

        173
    • 17.2 The Firmware Upgrade Screen

      174
    • 17.3 The Configuration Screen

      176
    • 17.4 The Restart Screen

      178
  • Troubleshooting

    181
    • 18.1 Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs

      181
    • 18.2 ZyXEL Device Access and Login

      182
    • 18.3 Internet Access

      183
  • Product Specifications

    187
    • 19.1 Hardware Specifications

      187
    • 19.2 Firmware Specifications

      187
    • 19.3 Wireless Features

      190
• Appendices and Index

  193
  • Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address

    195
  • Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions

    225
  • IP Addresses and Subnetting

    235
  • Wireless LANs

    247
  • Common Services

    263
  • Legal Information

    267
  • Index

    271