P645 ADSL Internet Access Router

Preface

About Your ADSL Internet Access Router

Congratulations on your purchase of the Prestige 645R ADSL Internet Access Router.

The Prestige 645R is an ADSL router used for Internet/LAN access via an ADSL line. We will refer to the Prestige 645R router as the P645R or simply the Prestige from now on.

The P645R can run upstream maximum transmission rates of 800 Kbps and downstream maximum transmission rates of 8Mbps. The actual rate depends on the type of ADSL service subscribed to, the copper category of your telephone wire and the distance from the central office. See the following sections for more background information on DSL and ADSL.

The P645R's 10/100M LAN interface enables fast data transfer of 10Mbps or 100Mbps in either half- duplex or full-duplex mode depending on your Ethernet network.

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 645R’s operations and shows you how to get the best out of the multiple advanced features of your ADSL Internet Access Router using the SMT. It is designed to guide you through the correct configuration of your Prestige 645R 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.

•Full 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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