Prestige 641 ADSL Internet Access Router
Preface
About Your ADSL Internet Access Router
Congratulations on your purchase of the Prestige 641 ADSL Internet Access Router.
The Prestige 641 (P641) is an ADSL router used for Internet/LAN access via an ADSL line. The Prestige 641 supports
The P641 can run upstream maximum transmission rates of 640Kbps and downstream maximum transmission rates of 8Mbps. The actual rate depends on the copper category of your telephone wire, distance from the central office and the type of ADSL service subscribed. See the sections below for more background information on DSL and ADSL.
The P641's 10/100M
Your Prestige is easy to install and to configure. All functions of the Prestige are software configurable via the SMT (System Management Terminal) Interface.
About This User's Guide
This user's guide covers all aspects of the Prestige 641 operations and shows you how to get the best out of the multiple advanced features of your ADSL Internet Access Router. This manual is designed to guide you through the correct configuration of your Prestige 641 for various applications.
Syntax Conventions
∙“Enter” means for you to type one or more characters and press the carriage return. “Select” or “Choose” means for you to select one from the predefined choices.
∙The SMT menu titles and labels are in Bold Times font. The choices of a menu item are in Bold Arial font. A single keystroke is in Arial font and enclosed in square brackets, for instance, [ENTER] means the Enter, or carriage return, key; [ESC] means the Escape key.
∙For brevity’s sake, we will use “e.g.” as a shorthand for “for instance”, and “i.e.” as a shorthand for “that is” or “in other words” throughout this manual
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