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ZyXEL Communications P-2900-4HB User Manual

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P-2900-4HB
Cable Router
Default Login Details
IP Address
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Firmware Version 3.40
www.zyxel.com
Edition 1, 3/2009
www.zyxel.com
192.168.1.1
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Copyright © 2009
ZyXEL Communications Corporation

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  • Page 1 P-2900-4HB Cable Router Default Login Details IP Address 192.168.1.1 Password 1234 Firmware Version 3.40 www.zyxel.com Edition 1, 3/2009 www.zyxel.com Copyright © 2009 ZyXEL Communications Corporation...

  • Page 3: About This User's Guide

    See http://www.zyxel.com/ web/contact_us.php for contact information. Please have the following information ready when you contact an office. • Product model and serial number. • Warranty Information. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide About This User's Guide...
  • Page 4 About This User's Guide • Date that you received your device. • Brief description of the problem and the steps you took to solve it. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 5: Document Conventions

    Syntax Conventions • The P-2900-4HB may be referred to as the “ZyXEL Device”, the “device” or the “system” in this User’s Guide. • Product labels, screen names, field labels and field choices are all in bold font.
  • Page 6 Icons Used in Figures Figures in this User’s Guide may use the following generic icons. The ZyXEL Device icon is not an exact representation of your device. ZyXEL Device Server Router Computer Notebook computer Telephone Switch Internet P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 7: Safety Warnings

    Your product is marked with this symbol, which is known as the WEEE mark. WEEE stands for Waste Electronics and Electrical Equipment. It means that used electrical and electronic products should not be mixed with general waste. Used electrical and electronic equipment should be treated separately. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Safety Warnings Safety Warnings...
  • Page 8 Safety Warnings P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    Dynamic DNS Setup ... 67 Static IP ... 69 Remote Management Configuration ... 71 Logs ... 75 Maintenance and Troubleshooting ... 81 Maintenance ... 83 Product Specification, Appendices and Index ... 87 Troubleshooting ... 89 P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Contents Overview Contents Overview...
  • Page 10 Contents Overview P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 11: Table Of Contents

    3.4 The Cable Modem Status Screen ... 32 3.4.1 What You Need to Know About Cable Modem Status ... 32 3.4.2 Viewing the Cable Modem Status Screen ... 33 3.5 The MTA Status Screen ... 36 P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Table of Contents Table of Contents...
  • Page 12 6.2 The NAT Mode Screen ... 60 6.2.1 Configuring Address Mapping Rules ... 60 6.2.2 Editing an Address Mapping Rule ... 62 6.3 NAT Technical Reference ... 63 6.3.1 NAT Definitions ... 63 6.3.2 What NAT Does ... 64 P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 13 10.3 The View Logs Screen ... 78 10.3.1 Email Log Example ... 78 Part III: Maintenance and Troubleshooting ... 81 Chapter 11 Maintenance ... 83 11.1 Overview ... 83 11.2 What You Can Do in this Chapter ... 83 P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Table of Contents...
  • Page 14 Part IV: Product Specification, Appendices and Index ... 87 Chapter 12 Troubleshooting... 89 12.1 Overview ... 89 Appendix A Product Specifications... 91 Appendix B Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address... 97 Appendix C Common Services ... 115 Appendix D Legal Information ... 119 Index... 123 P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 15: Introduction And Configuration

    Introduction and Configuration Getting To Know Your ZyXEL Device (17) Introducing the Web Configurator (21) Status (27)

  • Page 17: Getting To Know Your Zyxel Device

    USB port. Connect your telephones to the PHONE ports if your VoIP company gave you phone numbers. Figure 1 Internet Access Application PHONE 1.2 Hardware Connection and Installation Refer to the Quick Start Guide for information about hardware connections and USB driver installation. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Device...

  • Page 18: Leds (Lights)

    Fast: The ZyXEL Device is sending/receiving data on the WAN. The coaxial cable is not connected or the cable link is down. The ZyXEL Device has a successful 10/100Mb Ethernet connection. Blinking The ZyXEL Device is sending/receiving data. The LAN is not connected. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 19: Usb Port

    The standby time for a single battery is approximately 8 hours while the usage time is approximately 5 hours. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 1 Getting To Know Your ZyXEL Device DESCRIPTION A computeris connected to the USB port on the ZyXEL Device.
  • Page 20 Chapter 1 Getting To Know Your ZyXEL Device Note: When the battery is in use, you can only make VoIP calls. Ethernet connections will not function. Note: Battery packs are sold separately. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 21: Introducing The Web Configurator

    Windows XP SP (Service Pack) 2. • JavaScripts (enabled by default). • Java permissions (enabled by default). See the chapter on troubleshooting to see how to make sure these functions are allowed in Internet Explorer. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Introducing the Web Configurator...

  • Page 22: Accessing The Web Configurator

    If you do not change the password at least once, the following screen appears every time you log in. Figure 5 Change Password at Login You should now see the main Site Map screen (refer to Figure 6 on page 23). P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 23: Resetting The Zyxel Device

    2 to 14 seconds. 2.3 Navigating the Web Configurator The following section summarizes how to navigate the web configurator from the main Status screen. Figure 6 Status P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 2 Introducing the Web Configurator...

  • Page 24: Change Login Password

    This screen lists the DHCP clients connected to the ZyXEL Device. These screen displays information to help you identify problems with the ZyXEL Device general connection. Click this to exit the Web Configurator. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide for a...
  • Page 25 Retype to Type the new password again in this field. Confirm Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the Prestige. Cancel Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 2 Introducing the Web Configurator...
  • Page 26 Chapter 2 Introducing the Web Configurator P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 27: Status

    The ZyXEL Device functions as two independent units: the cable modem part and the Multimedia Terminal Adapter (MTA) part. Each part goes through the auto- provisioning stage to obtain its own configuration file, IP and MAC addresses. The P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Status Section 3.3 on page 30) to view firmware, Section 3.4 on page...
  • Page 28 Section 4.3 on page 41 for a configuration example. Cable Network Initiation Process The ZyXEL Device has to communicate with your cable operator’s Cable Modem Terminal Service (CMTS) in order to establish a cable network connection. As P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 29 • Search and lock a downstream channel. • Search and lock an upstream channel. • Auto-provisioning of the cable modem settings. • Auto-provisioning of the MTA settings. Section on page 32 for more details about the provisioning process. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 30: The System Status Screen

    ZyNOS F/W Version WAN Information DESCRIPTION This is the ZyXEL Device’s name. It is for identification purpose. This is the current version of the firmware the device uses. It also shows the date the firmware was created. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 31 ZyXEL Device assigns to DHCP clients on your LAN. DHCP Pool Size This is the size or count of the DHCP IP address pool. This indicates the number of DHCP clients that can receive IP addresses from the ZyXEL Device. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 3 Status...

  • Page 32: The Cable Modem Status Screen

    Getting an IP from the DHCP Server FAIL Waiting for DHCP Offer Waiting for DHCP Response Downloading the Synchronizing with Configuration File the Time Server via TFTP FAIL FAIL Waiting for TFTP Waiting for Time Server Operational P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 33: Viewing The Cable Modem Status Screen

    3.4.2 Viewing the Cable Modem Status Screen Click Status > CM Status or Status > CableModem Status to open the following screen. Figure 12 Status > CM Status or Status > CableModem Status P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 3 Status...
  • Page 34 Refused by CMTS - The ZyXEL Device could not complete one of the initialization steps. OK - The ZyXEL Device obtains a configuration file from the CMTS, and installs it. In Progress - The ZyXEL Device is trying to obtain a configuration file from the CMTS. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 35 QAM64 and QAM256 are 5.05 Mega-symbols/second and 5.36 Mega- symbols/second. Upstream This is a standard channel frequency (in hertz) from the DOCSIS 2.0 Frequency specification. Upstream Power The is the power level in decibels/mili-volt (dbmV). This value is set by the CMTS. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 3 Status...

  • Page 36: The Mta Status Screen

    (--- --- --- ---) indicating that the modem configuration failed or is in progress; no IP address has been set. MTA MAC This is the MAC address unique for the MTA. Address P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 37 This is the IP address of the default gateway, if applicable. Address TFTP IP This is the IP address of TFTP. Address Voice Information Line 1-4 This field shows the status information about the VoIP ports. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 3 Status...
  • Page 38 Chapter 3 Status P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 39: Tutorials

    Registering a DDNS Account on www.dyndns.org • Configuring DDNS on Your ZyXEL Device • Testing the DDNS Setting Note: If you have a private WAN IP address, then you cannot use DDNS. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Tutorials DDNS, see page 39 page 41 http://zyxelrouter.dyndns.org...

  • Page 40: Registering A Ddns Account On Www.dyndns.org

    4.2.2 Configuring DDNS on Your ZyXEL Device Log into the ZyXEL Device's advanced mode. Configure the following settings in the Advanced Setup > Dynamic DNS screen. Select Active. Type zyxelrouter.dyndns.org in the Host Name field. Enter the user name (UserName1) and password (12345). P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 41: Testing The Ddns Setting

    Device’s LAN through a switch (S). The ZyXEL Device uses NAT to convert private LAN IP addresses to IP-3 for outgoing Internet packets.The following figure shows you an example. Figure 14 Multiple WAN Application IP-1 IP-2 P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Cable IP-3 Chapter 4 Tutorials...

  • Page 42: Network Setup And Ip Settings

    Device’s LAN. Turn on the Web and FTP services on A and B respectively. 1.1.1.1/24 2.2.2.1/24 3.3.3.1/24 Management IP: 192.168.1.1/24 DHCP Type: Server DHCP IP Range: 192.168.1.33~192.168.1.64 1.1.1.5/24 (IP-1), gateway: 1.1.1.1 2.2.2.5/24 (IP-2), gateway: 2.2.2.1 On, Many-to-One P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 43: Configuring Static Ip Addresses

    Each of them should get an IP address respectively. 4.3.2 Configuring Static IP Addresses Use this section to configure two static IP addresses for servers A and B. Computers (C1~C2) also use one static IP address to access the Internet. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 4 Tutorials...

  • Page 44: Configuring Nat

    ZyXEL Device. An example is shown next. 4.3.3 Configuring NAT You must enable NAT on the ZyXEL Device if you want your LAN computers to access the Internet using private IP addresses. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 45 Click the Edit Details link in the NAT-Mode screen above. The NAT - Address Mapping Rules screen appears as shown next. Click the Rule 1 link. Configure the settings as shown next. Then click Apply. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 4 Tutorials...

  • Page 46: Access The Web/Ftp Services From The Internet

    4.3.4 Access the Web/FTP Services from the Internet Use a computer on the Internet to access http://1.1.1.5 and ftp://2.2.2.5. You should be able to access a web page on A and the FTP login screen on B. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 47: Advanced Setup

    Advanced Setup LAN Setup (49) Network Address Translation (NAT) Screens (59) Dynamic DNS Setup (67) Remote Management Configuration (71) Logs (75)

  • Page 49: Lan Setup

    IP addresses identify individual devices on a network. Every networking device (including computers, servers, routers, printers, etc.) needs an IP address to communicate across the network. These networking devices are also known as hosts. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide LAN Setup (Section 5.2 on page 51) to configure the DHCP (Section 5.2 on page...

  • Page 50: Before You Begin

    Finding Out More Section 5.4 on page 54 5.1.3 Before You Begin Find out the MAC addresses of your network devices if you intend to add them to the Static DHCP screen. for technical background information on LANs. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 51: The Lan Setup Screen

    This field specifies the first of the contiguous addresses in the IP Starting Address address pool. Size of Client IP This field specifies the size or count of the IP address pool. Pool P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 5 LAN Setup...

  • Page 52: The Static Dhcp Screen

    IGMP versions 1 (IGMP-v1) and 2 (IGMP-v2). Select None to disable it. Click Back to return to the previous screen without saving. Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 53 “150.222.0.1”. Back Click Back to return to the previous screen. Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Cancel Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 5 LAN Setup...

  • Page 54: Lan Technical Reference

    IP addresses and the subnet mask. If the ISP did not explicitly give you an IP network number, then most likely you have a single user account and the ISP will assign you a dynamic IP address when P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 55 Note: Regardless of your particular situation, do not create an arbitrary IP address; always follow the guidelines above. For more information on address assignment, please refer to RFC 1597, Address Allocation for Private Internets and RFC 1466, Guidelines for Management of IP Address Space. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 5 LAN Setup...

  • Page 56: Rip Setup

    IGMP. The address 224.0.0.2 is assigned to the multicast routers group. The ZyXEL Device supports both IGMP version 1 (IGMP-v1) and IGMP version 2 (IGMP-v2). At start up, the ZyXEL Device queries all directly connected networks P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 57 After that, the ZyXEL Device periodically updates this information. IP multicasting can be enabled/disabled on the ZyXEL Device LAN and/or WAN interfaces in the web configurator (LAN; WAN). Select None to disable IP multicasting on these interfaces. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 58 Chapter 5 LAN Setup P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 59: Network Address Translation (Nat) Screens

    In the simplest form, NAT changes the source IP address in a packet received from a subscriber (the inside local address) to another (the inside global address) before forwarding the packet to the WAN side. When the response comes back, P-2900-4HB User’s Guide (NAT) Screens (Section 6.2 on page...

  • Page 60: Network Address Translation (Nat) Screens

    1 to 6 in your current set and now you configure rule number 9. In the set summary screen, the new rule will be rule 7, not 9. Now if you delete for technical background information on NAT. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 61 Server: This type allows you to specify inside servers of different services behind the NAT to be accessible to the outside world. Back Click Back to return to the NAT Mode screen. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 6 Network Address Translation (NAT) Screens...

  • Page 62: Editing An Address Mapping Rule

    NAT mapping type. Many-to-One: Many-to-One mode maps multiple local IP addresses to one global IP address. Server: This type allows you to specify inside servers of different services behind the NAT to be accessible to the outside world. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 63: Nat Technical Reference

    This refers to the packet address (source or destination) as the packet travels on the WAN. NAT never changes the IP address (either local or global) of an outside host. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 6 Network Address Translation (NAT) Screens...

  • Page 64: What Nat Does

    Many-to-One in each packet and then forwards it to the Internet. The ZyXEL Device keeps track of the original addresses and port numbers so incoming reply packets can have their original values restored. The following figure illustrates this. Figure 20 How NAT Works Table 14 on P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 65: Nat Mapping Types

    Port numbers do NOT change for One-to-One NAT mapping type. The following table summarizes these types. Table 14 NAT Mapping Types TYPE One-to-One Many-to-One Server P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 6 Network Address Translation (NAT) Screens IP MAPPING ILA1 IGA1 ILA1 IGA1...
  • Page 66 Chapter 6 Network Address Translation (NAT) Screens P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 67: Dynamic Dns Setup

    If you have a private WAN IP address, then you cannot use Dynamic DNS. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Dynamic DNS Setup (Section 7.2 on page 68) to enable DDNS and...

  • Page 68: The Dynamic Dns Screen

    Type the password assigned to you. Enable Select the check box to enable DYNDNS Wildcard. Wildcard Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Cancel Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 69: Static Ip

    Click Advanced Setup > Static IP to open the following screen. Use this screen to configure the static WAN IP addresses. Figure 22 Advanced Setup > Static IP P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Static IP Section 8.2 on page 69) to assign static IP Section 4.3 on page 41...
  • Page 70 Enter the key obtained from the router you want to exchange information. Enter the key obtained from the router you want to exchange information. Click Apply to save your changes. Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 71: Remote Management Configuration

    You may manage your ZyXEL Device from a remote location via: • Internet (WAN only) • ALL (LAN and WAN) • LAN only, • Neither (Disable). To disable remote management of a service, select Disable in the corresponding Access Status field. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Remote Management Configuration HTTP Telnet...

  • Page 72: Remote Management Configuration

    HTTP to manage the ZyXEL Device. 9.2 The Remote Management Screen Click Advanced Setup > Remote Management to open the following screen. Figure 24 Advanced Setup > Remote Management for technical background information on remote (Section 9.2 on page 72) to configure P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 73: Firmware Upgrade Example

    331 Enter PASS command Password: 230 Logged in firmware.bin ftp> put 200 Port command okay 150 Opening data connection for STOR ras 226 File received OK ftp: 3648378 bytes sent in 140.79Seconds 25.91Kbytes/sec. ftp> quit P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 9 Remote Management Configuration...

  • Page 74: Remote Management Technical Reference

    There is a default system management idle timeout of five minutes (three hundred seconds). The ZyXEL Device automatically logs you out if the management session remains idle for longer than this timeout period. The management session does not time out when a statistics screen is polling. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 75: Logs

    A log is a message about an event that occurred on your ZyXEL Device. For example, when someone logs in to the ZyXEL Device, you can set a schedule for how often logs should be enabled, or sent to a syslog server. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide (Section 10.2 on page 76) to configure the mail (Section 10.3 on page...

  • Page 76: The Log Settings Screen

    Alerts are e-mailed as soon as they happen. Logs may be e-mailed as soon as the log is full. Selecting many alert and/or log categories (especially Access Control) may result in many e-mails being sent. Figure 26 Advanced Setup > Logs > Log Settings P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 77 Alert To field. Back Click Back to return to the previous screen. Apply Click Apply to save your customized settings and exit this screen. Cancel Click Cancel to return to the previously saved settings. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 10 Logs...

  • Page 78: The View Logs Screen

    10.3.1 Email Log Example An "End of Log" message displays for each mail in which a complete log has been sent. The following is an example of a log sent by e-mail. Section 10.2 on page 76). P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 79 127|Apr 7 00 |From:192.168.1.131 | 10:05:17 |UDP src port:00520 dest port:00520 128|Apr 7 00 |From:192.168.1.1 | 10:05:30 |UDP src port:00520 dest port:00520 End of Firewall Log P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Time Format Day-Month-Year To:192.168.1.255 |default policy |<1,00> To:192.168.1.255 |default policy |<1,00>...
  • Page 80 Chapter 10 Logs P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 81: Maintenance And Troubleshooting

    Maintenance and Troubleshooting Maintenance (83) Troubleshooting (89)

  • Page 83: Maintenance

    IP address and host name, obtained what IP addresses. Click Maintenance, and then the DHCP Table tab. Read-only information here relates to your DHCP status. The DHCP table shows current DHCP Client P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Maintenance (Section 11.3 on page 83) to show current DHCP (Section 11.4 on page...
  • Page 84 This field displays the MAC (Media Access Control) address of the computer Address with the displayed host name. Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 85: The Diagnostics Screen

    Type the IP address of a device that you want to ping in order to test a connection. Ping Click this button to begin the ping test. System Restart the Click this to restart the ZyXEL Device. Device Clear Results Click Clear Results to clear the Results text box. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Chapter 11 Maintenance...
  • Page 86 Chapter 11 Maintenance P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 87: Product Specification, Appendices And Index

    Product Specification, Appendices and Index Product Specifications (91) Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address (97) Common Services (115) Legal Information (119) Index (123)

  • Page 89: Troubleshooting

    ZyXEL Device’s LAN. • If you want your computer to use a public IP address, make sure it is in the same network as one of the ZyXEL Device’s WAN static IP. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Troubleshooting...
  • Page 90 • If the PHONE LED is on but you still cannot make a call, check that the DS, US, and ONLINE LEDs are on. If they are not, you have an Internet access problem. See Cannot access the Internet on Section 5.2 on page page P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 91: Appendix A Product Specifications

    DOWNSTREAM CHANNEL Center Frequency Channel Bandwidth Input Impedance Modulation P-2900-4HB User’s Guide DESCRIPTION 243.36 mm (W) x 160.98mm (D) x 40.74 mm (H) Input: 100 - 240 VAC, 50/60 Hz Output: 18 VDC 2A CEC 4 complaint Four auto-negotiating, auto MDI/MDI-X 10/100 Mbps RJ-45 Fast Ethernet ports One USB 1.1 B-type port for connecting to the ZyXEL Device...
  • Page 92 CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System). Note: The standard your cable operator supports determines the maximum upstream and downstream speeds attainable. Actual speeds attained depend on the distance from the cable operator’s central office, noise, and so on. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 93 Firmware Upgrade Configuration Backup & Restore Logs IP Alias P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Appendix A Product Specifications DESCRIPTION Each computer on your network must have its own unique IP address. Use NAT to convert your public IP address(es) to multiple private IP addresses for the computers on your network.
  • Page 94 Alerts: Email alerts based on filtering Windows 95, Windows 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, Macintosh, Linux and UNIX Window 98 SE, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP for the size of screws to use and how far apart to P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 95 Figure 31 Wall-mounting Example The following are dimensions of an M4 tap screw and masonry plug used for wall mounting. All measurements are in millimeters (mm). Figure 32 Masonry Plug and M4 Tap Screw P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Appendix A Product Specifications...
  • Page 96 Appendix A Product Specifications P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 97: Appendix B Setting Up Your Computer's Ip Address

    "communicate" with your network. If you manually assign IP information instead of using dynamic assignment, make sure that your computers have IP addresses that place them in the same subnet as the ZyXEL Device’s LAN port. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Address...
  • Page 98 In the Network window, click Add. Select Adapter and then click Add. Select the manufacturer and model of your network adapter and then click OK. If you need TCP/IP: In the Network window, click Add. Select Protocol and then click Add. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 99 • If you have a static IP address, select Specify an IP address and type your information into the IP Address and Subnet Mask fields. Figure 34 Windows 95/98/Me: TCP/IP Properties: IP Address P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Appendix B Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address...
  • Page 100 Click Start and then Run. In the Run window, type "winipcfg" and then click OK to open the IP Configuration window. Select your network adapter. You should see your computer's IP address, subnet mask and default gateway. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 101 Click start (Start in Windows 2000/NT), Settings, Control Panel. Figure 36 Windows XP: Start Menu In the Control Panel, double-click Network Connections (Network and Dial- up Connections in Windows 2000/NT). Figure 37 Windows XP: Control Panel P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Appendix B Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address...
  • Page 102 Figure 38 Windows XP: Control Panel: Network Connections: Properties Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) (under the General tab in Win XP) and then click Properties. Figure 39 Windows XP: Local Area Connection Properties The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties window opens (the General tab in Windows XP). P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 103 Automatic metric check box and type a metric in Metric. • Click Add. • Repeat the previous three steps for each default gateway you want to add. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Appendix B Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address...
  • Page 104 • Click Obtain DNS server address automatically if you do not know your DNS server IP address(es). • If you know your DNS server IP address(es), click Use the following DNS server addresses, and type them in the Preferred DNS server and Alternate DNS server fields. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 105 In the Command Prompt window, type "ipconfig" and then press [ENTER]. You can also open Network Connections, right-click a network connection, click Status and then click the Support tab. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Appendix B Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address...
  • Page 106 Appendix B Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address Macintosh OS 8/9 Click the Apple menu, Control Panel and double-click TCP/IP to open the TCP/ IP Control Panel. Figure 43 Macintosh OS 8/9: Apple Menu P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 107 Click Save if prompted, to save changes to your configuration. Turn on your ZyXEL Device and restart your computer (if prompted). Verifying Settings Check your TCP/IP properties in the TCP/IP Control Panel window. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Appendix B Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address...

  • Page 108: Macintosh Os X

    • Select Built-in Ethernet from the Show list. • Click the TCP/IP tab. For dynamically assigned settings, select Using DHCP from the Configure list. Figure 46 Macintosh OS X: Network For statically assigned settings, do the following: P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 109 Follow the steps below to configure your computer IP address using the KDE. Click the Red Hat button (located on the bottom left corner), select System Setting and click Network. Figure 47 Red Hat 9.0: KDE: Network Configuration: Devices P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Appendix B Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address...
  • Page 110 If you know your DNS server IP address(es), click the DNS tab in the Network Configuration screen. Enter the DNS server information in the fields provided. Figure 49 Red Hat 9.0: KDE: Network Configuration: DNS Click the Devices tab. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 111 • If you have a dynamic IP address, enter dhcp in the BOOTPROTO= field. The following figure shows an example. Figure 51 Red Hat 9.0: Dynamic IP Address Setting in ifconfig-eth0 DEVICE=eth0 ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=dhcp USERCTL=no PEERDNS=yes TYPE=Ethernet P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Appendix B Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address...
  • Page 112 Figure 54 Red Hat 9.0: Restart Ethernet Card [root@localhost init.d]# network restart Shutting down interface eth0: Shutting down loopback interface: Setting network parameters: Bringing up loopback interface: Bringing up interface eth0: [OK] [OK] [OK] [OK] [OK] P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 113: Verifying Settings

    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST RX packets:717 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:730412 (713.2 Kb) Interrupt:10 Base address:0x1000 [root@localhost]# P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Appendix B Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address HWaddr 00:50:BA:72:5B:44 Bcast:172.23.19.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 MTU:1500 Metric:1...
  • Page 114 Appendix B Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 115: Appendix C Common Services

    (TCP, UDP, or ICMP). The second field indicates the IP port number that defines the service. (Note that there may be more than one IP protocol type. For example, look at the DNS service. (UDP/TCP:53) means UDP port 53 and TCP port 53. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Common Services...
  • Page 116 Packet INternet Groper is a protocol that sends out ICMP echo requests to test whether or not a remote host is reachable. Post Office Protocol version 3 lets a client computer get e- mail from a POP3 server through a temporary connection (TCP/IP or other). P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 117 STRM WORKS(UDP:1558) SYSLOG(UDP:514) TACACS(UDP:49) TELNET(TCP:23) TFTP(UDP:69) VDOLIVE(TCP:7000) P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Appendix C Common Services DESCRIPTION Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol enables secure transfer of data over public networks. This is the control channel. Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol enables secure transfer of data over public networks. This is the data channel.
  • Page 118 Appendix C Common Services P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 119: Appendix D Legal Information

    ZyXEL Communications Corporation. Published by ZyXEL Communications Corporation. All rights reserved. Disclaimer ZyXEL does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any products, or software described herein.
  • Page 120 Cet appareil numérique de la classe A est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. Viewing Certifications Go to http://www.zyxel.com. Select your product on the ZyXEL home page to go to that product's page. Select the certification you wish to view from this page. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 121: Zyxel Limited Warranty

    To obtain the services of this warranty, contact your vendor. You may also refer to the warranty policy for the region in which you bought the device at http:// www.zyxel.com/web/support_warranty_info.php. Registration Register your product online to receive e-mail notices of firmware upgrades and information at www.zyxel.com. P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Appendix D Legal Information...
  • Page 122 Appendix D Legal Information P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

  • Page 123: Index

    Cable Modem Terminal Service (CMTS) cable network initiation process certifications notices P-2900-4HB User’s Guide changing login password channel channel ID channels 32, 34, 35 modulation CM auto-provisioning computer connection configuration file...
  • Page 124 17, 27, 36 MTA auto-provisioning MTA encryption method MTA provisioning status multicast multicast group Multimedia Terminal Adapter, see MTA 49, 54 50, 52, 56 50, 54 50, 52, 56 P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...
  • Page 125 IP address provisioning status P-2900-4HB User’s Guide Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, see QAM relaying DHCP requests remote management configuration limitations system timeout reset button RFC 1631...
  • Page 126 Time Server IP setting tutorial DDNS configuration multiple WAN configuration unicast upstream channel locking modulation USB connection USB port specification voice traffic authentication encryption VoIP RIP settings static IP status Web Configurator diagnostics login to the Web Configurator status P-2900-4HB User’s Guide...

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