Preface - ZyXEL Communications PRESTIGE 1400 User Manual

Prestige 1400 WAN Router with Integrated Ethernet Switch

Preface

Congratulations on your purchase of the Prestige 1400 WAN Router with Integrated Ethernet Switch.
This preface introduces you to your router and discusses the organization and conventions of this user's guide. It
also provides information on other related documentation.
About the Prestige
Coupled with the local loop switches, e.g., phoneline networking/ADSL/VDSL-to-Ethernet switches, from ZyXEL,
the Prestige 1400 is the ideal WAN router for large buildings and campuses. It also allows you to connect local
application servers such as web, e-mail, video, gaming, building automation servers and so on, without an external
switch. Moreover, the virtual LAN (VLAN) capability isolates each port from one another, thereby eliminating the
security problems inherent in broadcast media such as Ethernet. In a typical setup, you can connect up to 14 local
loop switches to the Prestige, making it the premier WAN router of choice for both business and residential use.
Used alone without the local loop switches, the P1400 is equally at home for Internet café, campus networks, inter-
office connectivity and other applications.
Configuring your Prestige
You can use the System Management Terminal (SMT) interface or the CLI (Command Line Interpreter) commands
to configure your Prestige. The SMT is a menu-driven interface that you can access from either a VT100
compatible terminal or a terminal emulation program on a computer via the console port or telnet. Use of CLI/CI
commands are recommended only for advanced users.
About this Guide
This user's guide covers all operations of the Prestige 1400 and shows you how to get the best out of the multiple
advanced features of your Prestige router. It is designed to help you to configure the Prestige correctly for various
applications using the SMT interface via the console port or telnet. For detailed CI commands please refer to the
section Related Documentation.
Syntax Conventions
"Enter" means for you to type one or more characters and press the carriage return. "Select" or "Choose" means
for you to select one from the predefined choices.
The SMT menu titles and labels are in Bold Times font. The choices of a menu item are in Bold Arial font. A
single keystroke is in Arial font and enclosed in square brackets, for instance, [ENTER] means the Enter, or
carriage return, key; [ESC] means the Escape key.
For brevity's sake, we will use "e.g." as a shorthand for "for instance", and "i.e." as a shorthand for "that is" or "in
other words" throughout this manual.
The Prestige 1400 will also be referred to as the Prestige or the P1400 in this manual.
Related Documentation
Support Notes
More detailed information about the Prestige and examples of its use can be found in the Support Notes accessible
through the ZyXEL web pages at zyxel.com.
ZyXEL Web Page and FTP Server Site
You can access release notes as well as firmware upgrades at ZyXEL web and FTP sites. Refer to the Customer
Support page in this User's Guide for more information.
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