ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide

Table of Contents

XtremeMIMOTM 802.11g Wireless Broadband Router ................................................................................................................

i

Copyright

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ii

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement....................................................................................

iii

ZyXEL Limited Warranty ............................................................................................................................................................

iv

Customer Support ...........................................................................................................................................................................

v

Table of Contents ...........................................................................................................................................................................

vi

Preface..........................................................................................................................................................................................

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Chapter 1 Getting To Know Your X-550 ..................................................................................................................................

1-2

1.1

About Your ZyXEL X-550 ..........................................................................................................................

1-2

1.2

Features.....................................................................................................................................................

1-2

1.3

Hardware Overview ...................................................................................................................................

1-3

1.3.1

Real Panel............................................................................................................................................................

1-3

1.3.2

Front Panel LEDs ................................................................................................................................................

1-4

1.4

Installation Considerations ........................................................................................................................

1-5

1.5

Getting Started...........................................................................................................................................

1-5

Chapter 2 Wireless LAN Networking........................................................................................................................................

2-1

2.1

Overview....................................................................................................................................................

2-1

2.2

SSID.........................................................................................................................................................

2-1

2.3

Channel .....................................................................................................................................................

2-1

2.4

Transmission Rate (Transfer Rate) ...........................................................................................................

2-1

2.5

Wireless Network Application ....................................................................................................................

2-1

Chapter 3 Using the Configuration Menu.................................................................................................................................

3-1

3.1

BASIC ........................................................................................................................................................

3-2

3.1.1

Setup Wizards .....................................................................................................................................................

3-2

3.1.2

BASIC - WAN ....................................................................................................................................................

3-3

3.1.3

BASIC - LAN......................................................................................................................................................

3-6

3.1.4

BASIC - DHCP ...................................................................................................................................................

3-7

3.1.5

BASIC - Wireless................................................................................................................................................

3-9

3.2

ADVANCED.............................................................................................................................................

3-13

3.2.1

ADVANCED - Game Hosting ..........................................................................................................................

3-13

3.2.2

ADVANCED - Virtual Server...........................................................................................................................

3-15

3.2.3

ADVANCED - Applications.............................................................................................................................

3-17

3.2.4

ADVANCED - StreamEngine™.......................................................................................................................

3-19

3.2.5

ADVANCED - Routing ....................................................................................................................................

3-21

3.2.6

ADVANCED - Access Control.........................................................................................................................

3-22

3.2.7

ADVANCED - WEB Filter...............................................................................................................................

3-24

3.2.8

ADVANCED - MAC Filter ..............................................................................................................................

3-25

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