Preface - ZyXEL Communications Prestige 310 User Manual

Prestige 310 Broadband Internet Access Router
About Your Router
Congratulations on your purchase of the Prestige 310 Broadband Router.
The Prestige 310 router connects your 10/100Mbps LAN to the Internet through your television
cable and a cable modem.
Your Prestige 310 is easy to install and to configure since you do not need to set any switches.
The Prestige Network Commander (PNC) is a GUI based utility that allows you to access the
Prestige's management settings. Moreover, all functions of the Prestige 310 are 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.
About This User's Manual
The nine chapters of this manual are designed to guide you through the configuration of your
Prestige 310 for its various applications.
Structure of this Manual
This manual is divided into five parts:
1. Getting Started (Chapters 1-2) is structured as a step-by-step guide to help you connect,
install and setup your Prestige to operate on your network.
2. The Internet (Chapter 3) describes how to configure your Prestige for Internet access.
3. Management & Maintenance (Chapters 4-7) provides information on management and
maintenance facilities for network administrators.
4. Telnet Configuration and Capabilities (Chapter 8) provides information about
configuration using Telnet.
5. Troubleshooting (Chapter 9), provides information about solving common problems.
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