ZyXEL Communications Corporation VMG1312T10C Manuel D’Utilisation

Chapter 1 Introduction

VMG1312-T10C User’s Guide

• Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an earlier 

working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even crashes. If you 
forget your password, you will have to reset the Device to its factory default settings. If you 
backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to totally re-configure the Device. You 
could simply restore your last configuration.

Here are some example uses for the Device.

Your Device provides shared Internet access by connecting the DSL port to the DSL or MODEM 
jack on a splitter or your telephone jack. Computers can connect to the Device’s LAN ports (or 
wirelessly).

Device’s Router Features

Configure firewall and filtering features on the Device for secure Internet access. Set the firewall to 
allow responses from the Internet for traffic initiated from your network and block traffic initiated 
from the Internet. This blocks probes from the outside to your network, but lets you safely browse 
the Internet and download files.

Use the filtering feature to block access to specific web sites or Internet applications such as MSN or 
Yahoo Messenger. You can also configure IP/MAC filtering rules for incoming or outgoing traffic.

Use QoS to efficiently manage traffic on your network by giving priority to certain types of traffic 
and/or to particular computers. For example, you could make sure that the Device gives voice over 
Internet calls high priority, and/or limit bandwidth devoted to the boss’s excessive file downloading.

The Device serves as a wireless Access Point (AP) to let wireless clients such as notebook 
computers, smart phones, and tablets connect to the Internet without Ethernet cables.

DSL