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Chapter 1 Before You Begin Purpose Of This Guide... 1 Who Should Not Use This Guide: ... 1 Package Contents ... 1 Information From Your ISP ... 2 Prestige’s Default TCP/IP Settings ... 3 1.5.1 IP Address and Subnet Mask ... 3 1.5.2 DHCP Setting...
Purpose Of This Guide This guide provides instructions on how to setup your new Prestige and Windows 95/NT workstations for Internet access using the Prestige Web Configurator (PWC). The Prestige Web Configurator provides a quick, simple, and intuitive way to configure your Prestige.
One Telephone Cable with RJ-11 Connectors One DB-25(male)/DB -9(female) Converter One Console RJ-45/DB-25(female) Cable One Ethernet 10Base-T cable One Prestige Web Configurator CD ROM One Prestige Series User's Manual One Warranty Registration Card One Prestige Web Configurator User’s Guide This Prestige Quick Start Guide Information From Your ISP Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) should provide information needed to setup your Prestige, usually in the form of an account configuration sheet.
Prestige’s Default TCP/IP Settings 1.5.1 IP Address and Subnet Mask Your Prestige is pre-configured in the factory with IP Address of 192.168.1.1 and subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 (Class C). 1.5.2 DHCP Setting Your Prestige has a built-in DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server. DHCP allows the individual workstations on a network to obtain their TCP/IP configuration at start-up from a centralized DHCP server (in this case, the Prestige).
The following diagrams depict the cabling for the Prestige. After you have completed the cabling, proceed to Chapter 3: Windows 95 Quick Start or Chapter 4: Windows NT Quick Start. Prestige 100MH Power Power Adapter Outlet POWER Ethernet LAN Cabling & Installation Computer ETHERNET CONSOLE...
This chapter shows you the step-by-step instructions to configure your Windows 95 workstations for Internet access. TCP/IP Installation You must first install TCP/IP protocol on each Windows 95 workstation before you can use it to access the Internet. If you have already installed TCP/IP, skip to the TCP/IP Configuration section on page 9;...
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Prestige 100MH Quick Start Guide Step 4. Select the item and click Protocol Step 5. Choose from the , and from the Microsoft Manufacturers TCP/IP Network . Then click Protocols This will install the TCP/IP protocol on your workstation.
TCP/IP Configuration Follow these steps to setup your TCP/IP configuration for Windows 95. Step 1. From the Start Menu Step 2. Double-click the Network components is displayed. Click on highlight as shown below, then click the , select then open Settings icon to open the Network...
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Prestige 100MH Quick Start Guide Step 3. The TCP/IP Properties Step 4. Select Obtain an IP address automatically registered IP addresses (most cases); otherwise, select enter the IP address and subnet mask for this workstation from the block provided by your ISP.
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Prestige 100MH Quick Start Guide Step 5. Select the tab, and click WINS Configuration Disable WINS Resolution Step 6. On the tab, highlight any installed gateways and click the button Gateway Remove until there are none listed.
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Step 7. On the DNS Configuration workstation in the one. This field is optional and can be left blank. Leave the box blank if you plan to get the DNS server address(es) from a DHCP server. Otherwise enter the DNS server address of your ISP in the third box and click Click to save and close Step 8.
Prestige 100MH Quick Start Guide Chapter 4 Windows NT Quick Start This chapter shows you the step-by-step instructions to configure your Windows NT workstations for Internet access. TCP/IP Installation You must first install TCP/IP protocol on each Windows NT workstation before you can use it to access the Internet.
Prestige 100MH Quick Start Guide Step 4. Choose from the list. Then click TCP/IP Protocol Network Protocol This will install the TCP/IP protocol on you workstation. TCP/IP Configuration Follow these steps to setup your TCP/IP configuration for Windows NT. Step 1. From the , select then open Start Menu...
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Step 3. Click the Protocols button to open the Step 4. Select Obtain an IP address automatically registered IP addresses (most cases). Otherwise, select enter the IP address and subnet mask for this workstation from the block provided by your ISP, and enter your Prestige’s IP address in tab, select the TCP/IP protocol Microsoft TCP/IP Properties...
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Prestige 100MH Quick Start Guide Note: Do not assign arbitrary IP address and subnet mask to your workstations. Otherwise, you will not be able to access the Internet. Step 5. On the tab, Enter a unique name for the workstation in the Enter your domain name in the can be left blank.
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Prestige 100MH Quick Start Guide Step 6. On the tab, make sure the toggle button of WINS Address Enable DNS for Windows is not checked. resolution...
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Prestige 100MH Quick Start Guide Step 7. Click on the button at the bottom to save and close the Step 8. Click on the button to save and close the Repeat the above steps for each Windows NT workstation on your LAN. TCP/IP Properties control panel.
Prestige Web Configurator Setup The Prestige Web Configurator (PWC) is a JAVA based system that provides you a quick, simple, and intuitive way to configure your Prestige. Using a “point-and-click” Web-based Graphical User Interface (GUI), you can configure, save, monitor, and diagnose your Prestige from any workstation on your LAN.
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Note: The ZyXEL CD Installer Program (Startup.exe) requires the Microsoft Basic 5 Runtime libraries. On some systems you may get the message "Error Starting Program" when trying to start the CD-ROM Installer. If this should occur, use the Windows Explorer to open the "VB5Run"...
Step 3. After you have completed installing all the required components, click the button. Step 4. Run the JAVA Activator Control Panel, which in located in the JAVA Activator 1.1 EA2 folder of your Start/Programs group. Step 5. Make sure the settings match those in the following figure and click Starting the Prestige Web Configurator Step 1.
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Prestige 100MH Quick Start Guide Step 2. Click the button at the bottom of the welcome screen to start down the Wizard Setup Wizard Setup path. will guide you through the steps necessary to configure your Prestige for Wizard Setup Internet access.
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