1 Introducing the Prestige ... 3 1.1 Certifications... 3 2 Hardware ... 4 2.1 Rear Panel Connections ... 4 2.2 The Front Panel LEDs... 5 3 Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address... 6 3.1 Windows 95/98/Me... 7 3.2 Windows 2000/NT/XP... 9 3.3 Checking/Updating Your Computer’s IP Address ...
1.1 Certifications 1. Go to www.zyxel.com 2. Select your product from the drop-down list box on the ZyXEL home page to go to that product's page. 3. Select the certification you wish to view from this page. INTERNET ACCOUNT INFORMATION...
2 Hardware 2.1 Rear Panel Connections Figure 1 P792H Hardware Connections Table 1 Prestige Rear Panel Description LABEL POWER Connect to a power source using the power adapter for your region (see your User’s Guide). RESET You only need to use this button if you’ve forgotten the Prestige’s password. It returns the Prestige to the factory defaults (password is 1234, LAN IP address 192.168.1.1, see your User’s Guide for details).
Table 1 Prestige Rear Panel Description LABEL CON/AUX switch Only connect this port if you want to configure the Prestige using the SMT via console port CON/AUX port or set up a backup WAN connection; see your User’s Guide for details. Set this switch to the “CON”...
Table 2 P792H Front Panel LED Description COLOR STATUS Blinking Green Blinking PPP/ACT Green Blinking Amber Blinking LAN 1 ~ 4 Green Blinking Amber Blinking 3 Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address Skip this section if your computer is already set up to accept a dynamic IP address.
3.1 Windows 95/98/Me Click Start, Settings, Control Panel and double-click the Network icon to open the Network window. The Network window Configuration tab displays a list of installed components. You need a network adapter, the TCP/IP protocol and Client for Microsoft Networks. In the Network window Configuration tab, select your network adapter's TCP/IP entry and click Properties.
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Click the IP Address tab. -If your IP address is dynamic, select Obtain an IP address automatically. -If you have a static IP address, select Specify an IP address and type your information into the IP Address and Subnet Mask fields. Click the DNS Configuration tab.
Click the Gateway tab. -If you do not know your gateway’s IP address, remove previously installed gateways. -If you have a gateway IP address, type it in the New gateway field and click Add. Click OK to save and close the TCP/IP Properties window. Click OK to close the Network window.
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The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties screen opens (the General tab in Windows XP). - To have your computer assigned a dynamic IP address, click Obtain an IP address automatically. If you know your DNS sever IP address(es), type them in the Preferred DNS server and/or Alternate DNS server fields.
3.3 Checking/Updating Your Computer’s IP Address In the computer, click Start, (All) Programs, Accessories and then Command Prompt. In the Command Prompt window, type "ipconfig" and then press ENTER to verify that your computer’s IP address is in the correct range (192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254) with subnet mask 255.255.255.0. This is necessary in order to communicate with the Prestige.
Console port using terminal emulation software LAN or WAN using Telnet 4.1 Accessing Your Prestige Via Web Configurator Step 1. Launch your web browser. Enter “192.168.1.1” as the web site address. Figure 3 Entering Prestige LAN IP Address in Internet Explorer Step 2.
Figure 5 Web Configurator: Site Map Screen The Prestige automatically logs you out if it is left idle for five minutes; 4.2 Common Screen Command Buttons The following table shows common command buttons found on many web configurator screens. Back Click Back to return to the previous screen.
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Figure 6 Wizard Screen 1 If your Prestige is a server, then select the mode that applies to your region: ANSI (American National Standards Institute) and ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute). If your Prestige is a client, select the same Standard Mode that the server side selects.
Figure 8 Internet Connection with PPPoA From the Network Address Translation drop-down list box, select SUA Only, Full Feature or None. Refer to the Network Address Translation section for more information. IP Address and NAT will not be shown for PPPoA when the Prestige is in Enter the user name and password exactly as your ISP assigned them.
Prestige 792H If your ISP provides the name of your PPPoE service provider, enter it in the Service Name field. See Internet Connection with PPPoA for information on the remaining fields. Figure 9 Internet Connection with PPPoE Enter a subnet mask in dotted decimal notation in the Subnet Mask field.
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Figure 11 Internet Connection with RFC 1483 This screen will not be shown when the Prestige is in bridge mode. Instead Step 4. Verify the settings in the screen shown next. To change the LAN information on the Prestige, click Change LAN Configuration. Otherwise click Save Settings to save the configuration and skip to step 6.
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Figure 13 Wizard: LAN Configuration From the DHCP Server drop-down list box, select ON to allow your Prestige to assign IP addresses, an IP default gateway and DNS servers to computer systems that support the DHCP client. Select OFF to disable DHCP server.
4.4 Test Your Internet Connection Launch your web browser and navigate to www.zyxel.com. Internet access is just the beginning. Refer to the User’s Guide for more detailed information on the complete range of Prestige features. If you cannot access the Internet, open the web configurator again to confirm that the Internet settings you configured in the Wizard Setup are correct.
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Step 1. From the main screen click Advanced Setup and then NAT to open the NAT-Mode screen. Select SUA Only. Click Edit Details. Step 4. The following table describes the labels in this screen. LABEL Start Port No. Type a port number in this field. To forward only one port, type the port number again in the End Port field.
LABEL End Port No. Type a port number in this field. To forward only one port, type the port number in the Start Port field above and then type it again in this field. To forward a series of ports, type the last port number in a series that begins with the port number in the Start Port field above.
Prestige 792H 5.4 Enabling the Firewall From the main screen, click Advanced Setup, Firewall and then Config to open the Configuration screen. Enable (or activate) the firewall by selecting the Firewall Enabled check box as seen in the following screen. Figure 18 Enabling the Firewall 5.5 Procedure for Configuring Firewall Rules From the main screen, click Advanced Setup, Firewall and then Rule Summary (for either local...
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The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 4 Firewall Rules Summary: First Screen LABEL The default action Use the drop-down list box to select whether to Block (silently discard) or for packets not Forward (allow the passage of) packets that do not match the following matching following rules.
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Table 4 Firewall Rules Summary: First Screen LABEL This is your firewall rule number. The ordering of your rules is important as rules are applied in turn. The Move field below allows you to reorder your rules. Click a rule’s number to edit the rule. Source IP This is the source address of the packet.
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Prestige 792H Figure 20 Creating/Editing A Firewall Rule The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 5 Creating/Editing A Firewall Rule LABEL DESCRIPTION Source Address Click SrcAdd to add a new address, SrcEdit to edit an existing one or SrcDelete to delete one.
Table 5 Creating/Editing A Firewall Rule LABEL Destination Click DestAdd to add a new address, DestEdit to edit an existing Address one or DestDelete to delete one. Please see the following section on adding and editing destination addresses. Services See the User’s Guide for more information on ports and services. Available/ Highlight a service from the Available Services box on the left, then Selected...
The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 6 Adding/Editing Source and Destination Addresses LABEL Address Type Start IP Address End IP Address Subnet Mask 6 Troubleshooting PROBLEM None of the LEDs Make sure that you have the correct power adaptor connected to the Prestige and turn on when you turn plugged in to an appropriate power source.