ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide

Preface

Congratulations on your purchase of the XtremeMIMOTM X-550 Wireless Broadband Router. This manual is designed to guide you through the configuration of your ZyXEL X-550 for its various applications.

This manual may refer to the X-550 or 802.11g Secure Wireless Broadband Router with Firewall as the Router.

Note: Register your product online to receive e-mail notices of firmware upgrades and information at www.us.zyxel.com

About This User's Manual

This User’s Guide is designed to guide you through the configuration of your X-550 using the web configurator(GUI). The web configurator parts of this guide contain background information on features configurable by web configurator.

Related Documentation

•Refer to the included CD for support documents.

•Quick Start Guide

•The Quick Start Guide is designed to help you get up and running right away. They contain connection information and instructions on getting started.

•Refer to the product page at www.us.zyxel.com for information on product certifications.

•ZyXEL Glossary and Web Site

•Please refer to www.us.zyxel.com for an online glossary of networking terms and additional support documentation.

User’s Guide Feedback

Help us help you. E-mail all User’s Guide-related comments, questions or suggestions for improvement to support@zyxel.com. Thank you.

Syntax Conventions

•“Enter” means for you to type one or more characters and press the carriage return. “Select” or “Choose” means for you to use one of the predefined choices.

•The choices of a menu item are in Bold Arial font.

•Mouse action sequences are denoted using a comma. For example, “click the Apple icon, Control Panels and then Modem” means first click the Apple icon, then point your mouse pointer to Control Panels and then click Modem.

•For brevity’s sake, we will use “e.g.” as a shorthand for “for instance” and “i.e.” for “that is” or “in other words” throughout this manual.

•The following conventions are used in this manual:

THE NOTE SYMBOL INDICATES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

ON THE TOPIC AT HAND.

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