ZyWALL 50 Internet Security Gateway

Preface

About Your ZyWALL

Congratulations on your purchase of the ZyWALL 50 Internet Security Gateway.

Don’t forget to register your ZyWALL (fast, easy online registration at www.zyxel.com)

for free future product updates and information.

The ZyWALL 50 is a dual Ethernet Internet Security Gateway integrated with robust firewall solutions and network management features that allows access to the Internet via cable/ADSL modem or Internet router. It is designed for:

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

Multiple office/department connections via access devices. E-commerce/EDI applications.

The ZyWALL 50 features an ICSA certified firewall, IPSec VPN capability (allowing up to 50 simultaneous secure connections), MultiNAT (for multiple IP address translation), web page content filtering and an embedded web server for easy configuration. See the next chapter for more details on these and other features.

The embedded web configurator is an all-platform web-based utility that allows you to easily access the ZyWALLs’ management settings and configure the firewall. There is an embedded web help (click the Help button) for the configurator as well as more comprehensive HTML help on the accompanying CD.

Most functions of the ZyWALL 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.

You can configure most features of the ZyWALL 50 via SMT but we recommend you

configure the firewall using the ZyWALL Web Configurator.

About This User's Manual

This manual is designed to guide you through the SMT configuration of your ZyWALL 50 for its various applications. There is also HTML help for the embedded web configurator.

Related Documentation

Supporting Disk

More detailed information about the ZyWALL and examples of its use 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, a general FAQ, an advanced FAQ, Application Notes, Troubleshooting, a reference for CI Commands as well as bundled software.

Quick Start Guide

Preface

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