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Chapter 4 Menu 1 - General Setup

Menu 1 - General Setup contains administrative and system-related information.

4.1 System Name

System Name is for identification purposes. ZyXEL recommends you enter your computer’s “Computer name”.

•In Windows 95/98 click Start -> Settings -> Control Panel and then double-click Network. Click the Identification tab, note the entry for the Computer name field and enter it in the ExpWave System Name field.

•In Windows 2000 click Start->Settings->Control Panel and then double-click System. Click the Network Identification tab and then the Properties button. Note the entry for the Computer name field and enter it in the ExpWave System Name field.

•In Windows XP, click start ->My Computer ->View system information and then click the Computer Name tab. Note the entry in the Full computer name field and enter it as the ExpWave System Name.

The Domain Name entry is what is propagated to the DHCP clients on the LAN. If you leave this field blank, the domain name obtained by DHCP from the ISP is used. While you must enter the host name (System Name) on each individual machine, the domain name can be assigned from the ExpWave via DHCP.

4.2 General Setup

Step 1. Enter 1 in the main menu to open Menu 1 — General Setup.

Step 2. The Menu 1 - General Setup screen appears, as shown next. Fill in the required fields.

Menu 1 - General Setup

System Name= 240B-AP

Domain Name= ap-n.lab.ZyXEL.com.tw

IP Routing = Router Mode

Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

Figure 4-1 Menu 1 — General Setup

Table 4-1 General Setup Menu Field

FIELD	DESCRIPTION	EXAMPLE
System Name	Choose a descriptive name for identification purposes. It is	240B-AP
	recommended you enter your computer’s “Computer name” (see
	section 0) in this field. This name can be up to 30 alphanumeric
	characters long. Spaces are not allowed, but dashes “-” and
	underscores "_" are accepted.

Domain Name	Enter the domain name (if you know it) here. If you leave this field	ap-n.lab.ZyXEL.com
	blank, the ISP may assign a domain name via DHCP. You can go to	.tw
	menu 24.8 and type "sys domain name" to see the current domain
	name used by your router.
	If you want to clear this field just press [SPACE BAR] and then
	[ENTER]. The domain name entered by you is given priority over the
	ISP assigned domain name.

IP Routing	Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select Router or Bridge.
	Select Bridge to set AP and AC work as bridge ,Router to set AP and
	AC work as bridge

General Setup

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240B specifications

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