ZyXEL Communications P-312 manual Preface, About Your Router, Structure of this Manual

P312 Broadband Security Gateway

Preface

About Your Router

Congratulations on your purchase of the Prestige 312 Broadband Security Gateway.

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

The Prestige 312 is a dual Ethernet Broadband Security Gateway integrated with robust firewall solutions and network management features that allows access to the Internet via Cable/ADSL modem or broadband 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.

Your Prestige 312 is easy to install and to configure.

The Prestige Web Configurator (PWC) is a web-based utility that allows you to access the Prestige’s management settings and configure the firewall. Most functions of the Prestige 312 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.

Note: You can configure most features of the P312 via SMT but we recommend you

configure the firewall using the Prestige Web Configurator.

About This User's Manual

This manual is designed to guide you through the SMT configuration of your Prestige 312 for its various applications.

Structure of this Manual

This manual is structured as follows:

Part I. Getting Started (Chapters 1-3) is structured as a step-by-step guide to help you connect, install and setup your Prestige to operate on your network and access the Internet.

Part II. Advanced Applications (Chapters 4 - 6) describe the advanced applications of your Prestige, such as Remote Node Setup IP Static routes and NAT.

Part III. Advanced Management (Chapters 7 - 12) provides information on Prestige Filtering, System Information and Diagnosis, Transferring Files and Telnet.

Part IV. Firewall (Chapters 13 - 20) describes types of firewalls, how to configure your Prestige firewall using the Prestige Web Configurator, as well as types of Denial of Services (DoS) attacks and Content Filtering.

Part V. Troubleshooting (Chapter 21) provides information about solving common problems as well as some Appendices, a Glossary and an Index.

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