Prestige 310 Broadband Sharing Gateway

Preface

About Your Gateway

Congratulations on your purchase of the Prestige 310 Broadband Sharing Gateway.

Don't forget to register your Prestige (fast, easy online registration atwww.zyxel.com) for free future product updates and information.

The Prestige 310 is a dual Ethernet broadband gateway integrated with network management features that allows access to the Internet via cable/xDSL modem. It is designed for:

•Home offices and small businesses with cable and xDSL modem via Ethernet port as Internet access media.

•Multiple office/department connections via access devices.

Your Prestige 310 is easy to install and to configure. The embedded web configurator is a convenient platform-independent GUI (Graphical User Interface) that allows you easy access the Prestige's management settings.

All functions of the Prestige 310 are also software configurable via the SMT (System Management Terminal) interface. The SMT is a menu-driven interface that you can access from a terminal emulator through the console port or over a Telnet connection.

About This User's Guide

This user's guide is designed to guide you through the SMT configuration of your Prestige 310 for its various applications. There is also HTML help for the embedded web configurator. To access the web configurator, follow the steps shown in the Accessing The Web Configurator section. Regardless of your particular application, it is important that you follow the steps outlined in Chapters 1-2 to connect your Prestige to your LAN. You can then refer to the appropriate chapters of the user's guide, depending on your applications.

Related Documentation

•Support CD

More detailed information and examples can be found in our included disk (as well as on the zyxel.com web site). This disk contains information on configuring your ZyWALL for Internet Access, general and advanced FAQs, Application Notes, Troubleshooting, a reference for CI Commands and bundled software.

•Read Me First

Our Read Me First is designed to help you get up and running right away. It contains a detailed easy-to- follow connection diagram, default settings, handy checklists and information on setting up your network and configuring for Internet access.

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Preface