Chapter 1 Getting To Know Your Adsl Bridge; The Prestige 642M Series Adsl Bridge; Features Of The Prestige 642M Series - ZyXEL Communications Prestige 642M series User Manual

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The Prestige 642M Series ADSL Bridge

Your Prestige integrates a high-speed 10/100Mbps LAN interface and one high-speed ADSL port into a
single package. The Prestige is ideal for high-speed Internet browsing and making LAN-to-LAN
connections to remote networks.
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Features of the Prestige 642M Series

Your Prestige is packed with a number of features that give it the flexibility to provide a complete
networking solution for almost anyone.
Ease of Installation
Your Prestige is designed for quick, intuitive and easy installation. Your Prestige weighs very little and is
extremely compact making it easy to position anywhere in your busy office.
High Speed Internet Access
The Prestige can support downstream transmission rates of up to 8Mbps and upstream transmission rates of
832 Kbps. The Prestige also supports rate management. Rate management allows ADSL subscribers to
select an Internet access speed that best suit their needs and budget.
10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet LAN Interface
The Prestige's 10/100M auto-negotiating LAN interface enables fast data transfer of either 10Mbps or
100Mbps, in either half-duplex or full-duplex mode, depending on your Ethernet network.
Protocols Supported
PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) Bridge link layer protocol.
Transparently bridging for unsupported network layer protocols.
Networking Compatibility
Your Prestige is compatible with the major ADSL DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer)
providers making configuration extremely simple.
Multiplexing
The Prestige supports VC-based and LLC-based multiplexing.
Encapsulation
The Prestige supports PPP (RFC 2364 - PPP over ATM Adaptation Layer 5) and RFC 1483 encapsulation
over ATM.
Full Network Management
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Access SMT (System Management Terminal) through a telnet connection.
Getting to Know Your ADSL Bridge
Getting to Know Your ADSL Bridge
This chapter describes the key features and applications of the Prestige 642M.
Prestige 642M Series ADSL Bridge
Chapter 1
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