ZyXEL Communications manual Chapter Getting to Know Your Router, Prestige 480 Isdn Router

Prestige 480 Dual BRI ISDN Router

Chapter 1

Getting to Know Your Router

This chapter describes the key features and applications of your Prestige.

1.1Prestige 480 ISDN Router

The Prestige 480 is a dual-line multi-protocol ISDN router. The Prestige is ideal for everything from Internet browsing or receiving calls from remote dial-in users to making LAN-to-LAN connections to remote networks.

1.2Features of Prestige 480

The following are the key features of the Prestige 480.

Dual ISDN Basic Rate Interface (BRI) Support

The P480 supports two BRI, with each BRI offering two 64Kbps channels. The channels can be used independently for up to four destinations simultaneously in any incoming/outgoing combination or be bundled in a single connection to speed up data transfer.

Mega Bundle or Multiple ISPs Support

The P480 can call a second, third or fourth ISP when the traffic exceeds a certain threshold and split the traffic between the various connections. The P480 refers to this multiple ISPs support as Mega Bundle.

IP Alias

The P480 allows you to partition a physical network into logical networks. It support three logical networks on the same physical Ethernet segment and allows the users to access the Internet using Prestige's Single

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