Introducing The Device; Overview; Ways To Manage The Device; Good Habits For Managing The Device - ZyXEL Communications VMG1312-B Series User Manual

1.1 Overview

The VMG1312- B Series is a wireless VDSL rout er. I t has a DSL port for super- fast I nt ernet access
over analog ( POTS) t elephone lines. The Device support s bot h Packet Transfer Mode ( PTM) and
Asynchronous Transfer Mode ( ATM) . I t is backward com pat ible wit h ADSL, ADSL2 and ADSL2+ in
case VDSL is not available.
Only use firmware for your Device's specific model. Refer to the label on
the bottom of your Device.
The Device has a USB port used t o share files via a USB m em ory st ick or a USB hard drive.
• The VMG1312- B10A works over t he analog t elephone syst em , POTS ( Plain Old Telephone
Service) . The VMG1312- B30A works over I SDN ( I nt egrat ed Services Digit al Net work) or T- I SDN
( UR- 2) .

1.2 Ways to Manage the Device

Use any of t he following m et hods t o m anage t he Device.
• Web Configurat or. This is recom m ended for everyday m anagem ent of t he Device using a
( support ed) web browser.
• TR- 069. This is an aut o- configurat ion server used t o rem ot ely configure your device.

1.3 Good Habits for Managing the Device

Do t he following t hings regularly t o m ake t he Device m ore secure and t o m anage t he Device m ore
effect ively.
• Change t he password. Use a password t hat 's not easy t o guess and t hat consist s of different
t ypes of charact ers, such as num bers and let t ers.
• Writ e down t he password and put it in a safe place.
• Back up t he configurat ion ( and m ake sure you know how t o rest ore it ) . Rest oring an earlier
working configurat ion m ay be useful if t he device becom es unst able or even crashes. I f you
forget your password, you will have t o reset t he Device t o it s fact ory default set t ings. I f you
backed up an earlier configurat ion file, you would not have t o t ot ally re- configure t he Device. You
could sim ply rest ore your last configurat ion.
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