Ways To Manage The Zyxel Device; Good Habits For Managing The Zyxel Device; Resetting The Zyxel Device; How To Use The Reset Button - ZyXEL Communications LTE3301-M209 User Manual

1.3 Ways to Manage the Zyxel Device

Use any of the following methods to manage the Zyxel Device.
• WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup). You can use the WPS button or the WPS section of the Web Configurator
to set up a wireless network with your Zyxel Device.
• Web Configurator. This is recommended for everyday management of the Zyxel Device using a
(supported) web browser.

1.4 Good Habits for Managing the Zyxel Device

Do the following things regularly to make the Zyxel Device more secure and to manage the Zyxel
Device more effectively.
• Change the password. Use a password that's not easy to guess and that consists of different types of
characters, such as numbers and letters.
• Write down the password and put it in a safe place.
• Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). See
Restoring an earlier working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even
crashes. If you forget your password, you will have to reset the Zyxel Device to its factory default
settings. If you backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to totally re-configure the
Zyxel Device. You could simply restore your last configuration.

1.5 Resetting the Zyxel Device

If you forget your password or IP address, or you cannot access the Web Configurator, you will need to
use the RESET button at the back of the Zyxel Device to reload the factory-default configuration file. This
means that you will lose all configurations that you had previously saved, the password will be reset to
"1234" (see Section 22.4 on page

1.5.1 How to Use the RESET Button

Make sure the power LED is on.
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Press the RESET button for one to four seconds to restart/reboot the Zyxel Device.
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Press the RESET button for longer than ten seconds to set the Zyxel Device back to its factory-default
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configurations.

1.6 The WPS Button

Your Zyxel Device supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS), which is an easy way to set up a secure wireless
network. WPS is an industry standard specification, defined by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
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Section 22.7 on page 137.