ZyXEL Communications 641 Ethernet Setup, General Setup Menu Fields, Field Description Example

Prestige 641 ADSL Internet Access Router

Table 2-4 General Setup Menu Fields

Field	Description	Example
System Name	Choose a descriptive name for identification purposes. This name can be	P641
	up to 30 alphanumeric characters long. Spaces are not allowed, but
	dashes “-” and underscores "_" are accepted.
Location (optional)	Enter the geographic location (up to 31 characters) of your Prestige.	MyHouse
Contact Person's	Enter the name (up to 30 characters) of the person in charge of this	JohnDoe
Name (optional)	Prestige.
Protocols:	Turn on or off routing for the individual protocols.	Press
		space-bar
		to toggle
Route IP	Set this field to Yes to enable IP routing. You must enable IP routing for	Yes/No
	Internet access.
Route IPX	Set this field Yes to enable IPX routing.	Yes/No
Bridge	Turn on/off bridging for protocols not supported (e.g., SNA) or not turned	Yes/No
	on in the previous Route fields.

2.10.1 Note on Bridging

When bridging is enabled, your Prestige forwards any packet that it does not route. Without bridging, the packets that the Prestige does not route are simply discarded. Compared to routing, bridging generates far more traffic for the same network protocol and consumes more CPU cycles and memory.

2.11 Ethernet Setup

This section describes how to configure the Ethernet using Menu 3 – Ethernet Setup. From the Main Menu, enter 3 to open Menu 3.

Menu 3 - Ethernet Setup

1.General Setup

2.TCP/IP and DHCP Setup

Enter Menu Selection Number:

Figure 2-10 Menu 3 - Ethernet Setup

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