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  • Page 1 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Version 1.0 ZyXEL OTAL NTERNET CCESS OLUTION...

  • Page 2: Zyxel Limited Warranty

    The contents of this book may not be reproduced (in any part or as a whole) or transmitted in any form or by any means without the written permission of the publisher. Published by ZyXEL Communications Corporation. All rights reserved. Note: ZyXEL does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any products or software described herein.
  • Page 3 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL any products described herein without notice. This document is subject to change without notice. Acknowledgments Trademarks mentioned in this manual are used for informational purposes only. Trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. FCC Part 15 Information This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules.
  • Page 4 Industry Canada. The declarations of CE marking: The Prestige 128IMH has been approved for connection to the Public Switched Telecommunication Network using interfaces compatible with ITU-TSS recommendation I.420 (Basic Rate ISDN user access). The Prestige 100IH complies with the following directives: 1.
  • Page 5 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 2. Council Directive 91/263/EEC of 29 April 1991 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning telecommunication terminal equipment. (The Telecom Terminal Equipment Directive). 3. 93/68/EEC of 22 July 1993 amending the Directives 89/336/EEC, 91/263 /EEC and 92/31/EEC.

  • Page 6: Table Of Contents

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Table of Contents INTRODUCTION.....................1-1 1.1. Features.......................1-1 1.2. Applications For Your Prestige................1-4 1.3. What This Manual Covers...................1-5 1.4. What This Manual Does Not Cover ..............1-5 1.5. Additional Installation Requirements..............1-5 BEFORE YOU BEGIN.....................2-1 2.1. Road Map and Flow ....................2-2 2.2.
  • Page 7 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 6.3. Configuring Backup ISP Accounts...............6-7 DIAL-IN CONFIGURATION ..................7-1 7.2. Telecommuting ....................7-1 7.3. Dial-In Server Application ..................7-2 7.4. Default Dial-In Setup ..................7-3 7.5. Dial-In Users Setup .....................7-8 TCP/IP CONFIGURATION..................8-1 8.1. IP Subnet Mask ....................8-1 8.2. LAN-to-LAN Application..................8-2 NOVELL IPX CONFIGURATION................9-1...
  • Page 8 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide 13.1. About SNMP ....................13-1 13.2. Configuring Your Prestige For SNMP Support ..........13-1 SYSTEM SECURITY ..................14-1 14.1. About System Security For the Prestige............14-1 14.2. Using RADIUS Authentication ..............14-1 14.3. Configuring the SMT Password ..............14-4 TELNET CONFIGURATION AND CAPABILITIES........15-1 15.1.
  • Page 9 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL List of Figures Figure 2-1 Installation Flowchart..................2-2 Figure 3-1 Prestige Rear Panel....................3-1 Figure 3-2 Prestige Front Panel...................3-4 Figure 3-3 Login Screen .....................3-5 Figure 3-4 SMT Main Menu....................3-6 Figure 4-1 Menu 1 - General Setup..................4-1 Figure 4-3 Menu 2 - ISDN Setup for DSS1 (European)............4-2 Figure 4-4 ISDN Advance Setup..................4-4...
  • Page 10 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Figure 9-4 Menu 11.1 – Remote Node Network Layer Options..........9-5 Figure 9-5 NetWare Servers on Both Sides of the Link ............9-6 Figure 9-6 Menu 12.2.1 - Edit IPX Static Route..............9-7 Figure 10-1 Bridge Ethernet Setup..................10-2 Figure 10-2 Remote Node Bridging Configuration............10-3...
  • Page 11 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL List of Tables Table 2-1 ISDN Phone Line Information ................2-4 Table 2-2 IP Values ......................2-5 Table 3-1 front Panel LED Descriptions ................3-4 Table 3-2 SMT Menu fields ....................3-7 Table 4-1 Fields in Menu 1....................4-1 Table 4-3 Fields in Menu 2 - ISDN Setup for DSS1 (European)..........4-3 Table 4-4 Fields in TCP/IP and DHCP Ethernet Setup............4-8...

  • Page 13: Introduction

    4-port Ethernet hub and the latest security features. 1.1. Features The Prestige 128IMH is packed with a number of features that give it the flexibility to provide a complete networking solution for almost any user. 1.1.1. Built-in V.90 Modem This Prestige has a built-in V.90 modem.
  • Page 14 1.1.8. Built-in 4-Port Ethernet Hub The Prestige 128IMH is equipped with a built-in 4-port Ethernet hub. The built-in hub eliminates the need to purchase a separate hub when building a one to four-port network. For a larger number of workstations, additional hubs can be daisy-chained to the Prestige.

  • Page 15: Network Management

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL in a BRI line. In addition, the Prestige dynamically allocates bandwidth between the two B channels, to allow for greater efficiency in data transfer. It supports BAP (Bandwidth Allocation Protocol) and BACP (Bandwidth Allocation Control Protocol) to manage the number of links in a multilink bundle.

  • Page 16: Applications For Your Prestige

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide 1.1.17. Networking Compatibility The Prestige is compatible with remote access products from other companies such as Ascend, Cisco and 3Com. Furthermore, it supports Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT remote access capability. 1.2. Applications For Your Prestige Some applications for the Prestige include: 1.2.1.

  • Page 17: What This Manual Covers

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 1.3. What This Manual Covers This manual is divided into five parts. 1. Getting Started (Chapters 1-4) - is structured as a step-by-step guide to help you connect, install and setup your Prestige to operate on your network.
  • Page 18 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide • An Ethernet connection to your computer. • To Access the Prestige via the console port: A computer equipped with communications software configured to the following parameters: • VT100 terminal emulation. • 9600 Baud rate.

  • Page 19: Before You Begin

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 2. Before You Begin To ensure successful installation of your Prestige, we strongly recommend that you carefully follow the steps outlined in Chapters 1 and 2. These chapters are designed as a guide for you to collect the necessary information about your ISDN phone line and the LAN to which the Prestige will be connected.

  • Page 20: Road Map And Flow

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide 2.1. Road Map and Flow Below is a schematic flowchart. It is intended to guide you through a successful installation of your Prestige. Figure 2-1 Installation Flowchart ¿ ù » ~ ! © | ¥ ¼ © w ¸ q ¼ Ë ¦ ¡ ¡ C...

  • Page 21: Ordering An Isdn Line

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 2.2. Ordering an ISDN Line If you do not have the ISDN line installed already, we suggest that you order it from your telephone company as soon as possible to avoid the long waits common when ordering a new line.

  • Page 22: Table 2-1 Isdn Phone Line Information

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide You have now collected all of the general setup information you need. Please make sure that you have entered all the values onto the worksheet before proceeding to the next section. 2.3.2. Collecting ISDN Phone Line Information Once your ISDN line is installed by the telephone company, you need to use the following information to complete the worksheet and configure your Prestige.

  • Page 23: Collecting Ethernet Setup Information

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Note: European switches (DSS1) may require additional setup information. Please refer to Chapter 1 for details. 2.3.3. Collecting Ethernet Setup Information • IP Address - An IP Address is required for TCP/IP protocol. The IP Address is the unique 32-bit number assigned to your Prestige.

  • Page 25: Installation

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 3. Installation This chapter outlines how to connect your Prestige to the LAN and ISDN line. A diagram of the rear panel of the Prestige is shown below. Refer to this diagram to identify all of the ports on your device when you attempt to make the various connections.
  • Page 26 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide This manual covers initial setup through the SMT interface only. If you wish to use the Prestige Web Configurator to setup the Prestige for Internet access, please refer to the enclosed ‘Prestige Quick Start Guide’ and ‘Web Configurator User’s Guide.’...
  • Page 27 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 3.2.4. Connect a Telephone/Fax to your Prestige If you wish, you could connect a regular telephone, fax machine or modem to your Prestige to be used for analog calls just like a normal telephone line. It should be noted that this is optional and is not required for you to run other applications using your Prestige.

  • Page 28: Prestige Front Panel

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide 3.3. Prestige Front Panel Names and descriptions of the Prestige front panel LED's are listed below: ISDN PHONE Remote Access Router Figure 3-1 Prestige Front Panel Description This LED (power) comes on as soon as you connect your Prestige to the power supply and switch it to the ‘...

  • Page 29: Navigating Through The Smt

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Enter Password : Figure 3-1 Login Screen Enter the default password, 1234 to get into the Main Menu of System Management Terminal (SMT). Note that once you are in the SMT and if there is no activity for longer than 5 minutes, the Prestige automatically logs you out and displays a blank screen.
  • Page 30 ‘Press ENTER to confirm or ESC to cancel’: Saving the data on the screen takes you in most cases to the previous menu. The SMT main menu is shown below: Copyright (c) 1994 - 1998 ZyXEL Communications Corp. Prestige 128IMH Main Menu Getting Started Advanced Management 1.

  • Page 31: System Status

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Menu Title Description General Setup Setup general information. ISDN Setup Setup ISDN configuration. Ethernet Setup Setup Ethernet configuration. Internet Access Setup A quick and easy way to setup Internet connection. Remote Node Setup Setup Remote Node for LAN-to-LAN connection including Internet connection.

  • Page 33: Initial Configuration

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 4. Initial Configuration 4.1. General Setup Menu This menu contains administrative and system-related information. Enter 1 in the main menu to go to Menu 1 - General Setup. Menu 1 - General Setup System Name= ?
  • Page 34 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide verify the switch type information with your telephone company. The Prestige is not able to place or receive calls if the wrong switch type is specified. If you are not sure, contact your telephone company to confirm the exact switch type. Make sure that you have correct and complete telephone numbers.

  • Page 35: Isdn Call Waiting

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL the Subaddress. The Subaddress is only available for DSS1. Enter the telephone number and subaddress assigned to the A/B A/B Adapter 1 & Adapter 1 (POTS port 1) call for the Prestige. It is used as outgoing Subaddress CGPN (Calling Party Number) setting for the A/B Adapter 1 call.

  • Page 36: Tcp/Ip Ethernet Setup And Dhcp Menus

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide 4.3.1. How to use call waiting The Call Waiting feature on your ISDN line works in exactly the same way it does on a regular analog line (which almost everyone is familiar with). After hearing a call waiting indicator tone, press and immediately release the flash hook button on your telephone.
  • Page 37 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL determines the type of Ethernet interface you are using as well as the filter sets you wish to implement to monitor your Ethernet traffic. If you are setting up your network for the first time, please read Chapter 6 “Configuring the Prestige for Internet Access” before proceeding.
  • Page 38 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) allows you to dynamically and automatically assign IP address settings to hosts on your network.. The DHCP Setup field determines what mode of DHCP support the Prestige should use. If it is set to None, DHCP will not be used.
  • Page 39 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL ¿ ù » ~ ! © | ¥ ¼ © w ¸ q ¼ Ë ¦ ¡ ¡ C Page 4-7...
  • Page 40 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Menu 3.2 - TCP/IP and DHCP Ethernet Setup DHCP Setup: DHCP= Server Client IP Pool Starting Address= 192.168.1.33 Size of Client IP Pool= 32 Primary DNS Server= 0.0.0.0 Secondary DNS Server= 0.0.0.0 TCP/IP Setup: IP Address= 192.168.1.1 IP Subnet Mask= 255.255.255.0...
  • Page 41 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL The third choice is for Novell IPX Ethernet Setup shown below. Menu 3.3 - Novell IPX Ethernet Setup Seed Router= No Frame Type 802.2= Yes IPX Network #= N/A Frame Type 802.3= No IPX Network #= N/A...

  • Page 43: Configuring The Prestige For Internet Access

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 5. Configuring the Prestige for Internet Access Menu 4 of the SMT allows you to configure Internet access. Before you configure the Prestige for Internet access, you need to collect the following information from your Internet Service Provider.
  • Page 44 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide calls your ISP using the Primary Phone number first. If the Primary Phone number is busy or does not answer, the Prestige will call the Secondary Phone number if available. . The login name/password pair is only for the Prestige to connect to the ISP’s gateway.

  • Page 45: Single User Account

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Field Description ISP’ s Name Enter the name of your Internet Service Provider, e.g., myisp. This information is for identification purposes only. ISP IP Addr Enter the IP Address of the remote gateway at the ISP’ s site. If you don’...
  • Page 46 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide If you do not set a server IP address, SUA offers the additional benefit of firewall protection. This is because if no server is defined, all incoming inquiries will be filtered out by the Prestige even if you do have a server on your network. This can prevent intruders from probing your system.

  • Page 47: Configuration For Single User Account

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 5.3. Configuration for Single User Account The steps for configuring your Prestige for Single User Internet Access are identical to conventional Internet Access with the exception that you need to fill in three extra fields.
  • Page 48 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide 5.4.1. Configuring a Server behind SUA Follow the steps below to configure a server behind SUA : 1. Enter 15 in the main menu to go to menu 15, Multiple Server Configuration. 2. Enter an index number in menu 15 to go to menu 15.1, SUA Server Configuration.

  • Page 49: Remote Node Configuration

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 6. Remote Node Configuration A remote node represents both a remote gateway and the internet behind it, across an ISDN connection. A remote node is required for placing calls to a remote network. Note that when you use menu 4 to configure the Internet, the Prestige automatically adds a remote node for you.
  • Page 50 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide fields in this menu depend on this parameter. For example, in order to enable Call Back, the Call Direction must be Both. Calling Line ID is the telephone number of the calling party of this remote node. If you enable the CLID Authen field in Menu 13 - Default Dial In, the Prestige will check this number against the CLID in the incoming call.

  • Page 51: Figure 6-2 Menu 11.1 - Remote Node Profile

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Menu 11.1 - Remote Node Profile Rem Node Name= ChangeMe Route= IP Active= Yes Bridge= No Call Direction= Outgoing Edit PPP Options= No Incoming: Rem IP Addr= 0.0.0.0 Rem Login= N/A Edit IP/IPX/Bridge= No Rem Password= N/A...

  • Page 52: Table 6-1 Menu 11.1 - Remote Node Profile Fields

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Authentication Protocol). Ougoing: Pri/Sec Both the Primary Phone number and the Secondary Phone number Phone Number refer to the number that the Prestige will dial to connect to the remote node. The Prestige always calls the remote node using the Primary Phone number first.

  • Page 53: Bandwidth On Demand

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL For more information on customizing your filter sets, see later chapter on filters. The default is blank, i.e., no filters defined. Menu 11.5 - Remote Node Filter Input Filter Sets: protocol filters= device filters= Output Filter Sets:...

  • Page 54: Editing Ppp Options

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide When bandwidth on demand is enabled, a second channel will be brought up if traffic on the initial channel is higher than the high Target Utility number for longer than the specified Add Persist value. Similarly, the second channel will be dropped if the traffic level falls below the low Target Utility number for longer than the Subtract Persist value.

  • Page 55: Configuring Backup Isp Accounts

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Field Description Encapsulation Select the vendor specific encapsulation for this remote node either Standard PPP where Standard PPP choices are used or Cisco PPP where Cisco PPP choices are used. ® Compression Turn on the Stac Compression.
  • Page 56 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide 3. In menu 11.1, choose a name for your backup ISP account, set the Active field to No and enter your outgoing login name, password and telephone number(s). The Remote IP Address field should be set to 1.1.1.1.

  • Page 57: Dial-In Configuration

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 7. Dial-In Configuration You can configure the Prestige to receive calls from remote dial-in users (e.g. telecommuters) and remote nodes. There are several differences between remote dial-in users and remote nodes: 7.1.1. Differences between remote dial-in users and remote nodes: 1.

  • Page 58: Dial-In Server Application

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Figure 7-1 Example of Remote User: Telecommuter 7.3. Dial-In Server Application The Prestige can also be used as a dial-in server. This application allows the Prestige to provide services for workstations on a remote network. For the Prestige to be set up as a dial-in server, you need to configure the Default Dial-In Setup to set the operational parameters for incoming call.

  • Page 59: Default Dial-In Setup

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Figure 7-1 Example of a Dial-In Server Application 7.4. Default Dial-In Setup This section covers the default dial-in parameters. The parameters in menu 13 affect incoming calls from both remote dial-in users and remote nodes before authentication is completed.
  • Page 60 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ♦ CHAP/PAP - Prestige tries CHAP first, but PAP is used if CHAP is not available. ♦ CHAP - use CHAP only. ♦ PAP – use PAP only. ♦ None - no authentication required. Some vendors, e.g. Cisco, implement a type of mutual authentication. That is, the node that initiates the call requests a user name and password from the far end that they are dialing to.
  • Page 61 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Menu 13 - Default Dial-in Setup Telco Options: IP Address Supplied By: CLID Authen= None Dial-in User= Yes IP Pool= No PPP Options: IP Start Addr= N/A Recv Authen= CHAP/PAP IP Count(1,2)= N/A Compression= Yes...
  • Page 62 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Field Description Telco Options: CLID There are three choices for this field:None, Required, or Authen. Preferred . PPP Options: Recv. Choices for this field are CHAP/PAP, CHAP , PAP, None. Authen. PPP Options: Mutual If the remote node that is dialing in implements mutual Authen.

  • Page 63: Table 7-1 Default Dial-In Setup Fields

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Address Supplied By: IP Pool field IP Pool field The IP pool contains contiguous IP addresses and this field specifies the first one in the pool. IP Count (1,2) In this field, enter the number (1 or 2) of the addresses in the IP Pool.

  • Page 64: Dial-In Users Setup

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide 7.5. Dial-In Users Setup The following steps describe the setup procedure for adding a remote dial-in user. From the main menu, enter 14 to go to Menu 14. Dial-in User Setup as shown below: Menu 14 - Dial-in User Setup 1.

  • Page 65: More On Clid

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL This field determines if the Prestige will allow call back to the remote dial-in Callback user upon dial-in. If this option is enabled, the Prestige will call back to the remote dial-in user if s/he requests it. In such a case, the Prestige will disconnect the initial call from this user and dial back to the specified call back number (see below).

  • Page 67: Tcp/Ip Configuration

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 8. TCP/IP Configuration This chapter shows you how to configure the Prestige for TCP/IP. Configure dufferent menus for different applications. For instance, Internet access is the most common application of TCP/IP. For this application, you should configure menu 4. We illustrate the configuration for other applications in the following sections.

  • Page 68: Lan-To-Lan Application

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide 8.2. LAN-to-LAN Application A typical LAN-to-LAN application is to use the Prestige to call from a branch office to the headquarters as depicted in the following diagram: Figure 8-1 LAN-to-LAN Application For the branch office, you need to configure a remote node in order to dial out to the headquarters.
  • Page 69 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Some implementations, especially the UNIX derivatives, require the WAN link to have a separate network number from the LAN and that the addresses must have the same network number. If this is the case, enter the IP address assigned to the WAN port of the Prestige.
  • Page 70 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Menu 11.3 - Remote Node Network Layer Options IP Options: IPX Options: Rem IP Addr: 0.0.0.0 Dial-On-Query= N/A Rem Subnet Mask= 0.0.0.0 Rem LAN Net #= N/A My WAN Addr= 0.0.0.0 My WAN Net #= N/A...

  • Page 71: Static Route Setup

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Once you have completed filling in the Network Layer Options menu, press ENTER to return to menu 11. Press ENTER at the message: ‘Press ENTER to Confirm ...’ to save your configuration or press ESC at any time to cancel.
  • Page 72 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Menu 12 - Static Route Setup 1. IP Static Route 2. IPX Static Route 3. Bridge Static Route Please enter selection: Figure 8-2 Menu 12 - Static Route Setup - Main Menu Press 1 and then choose a static route as in the following screens : Menu 12.1 - IP Static Route Setup...
  • Page 73 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Field Description Enter a descriptive name for this route. This is for identification purpose only. Route Name This field allows you to activate/deactivate this static route. Active This parameter specifies the IP network address of the final destination.

  • Page 75: Novell Ipx Configuration

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 9. Novell IPX Configuration This chapter shows you how to configure the Prestige for IPX. Depending on your particular applications, you will need to configure different menus. We illustrate the configuration for some applications in the following sections.

  • Page 76: Prestige On Lan With Server

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Figure 9-1 Prestige Operating in IPX Environment 9.2. Prestige on LAN with Server When the Prestige is being connected to a LAN with a NetWare server, you do not need to configure the Prestige as a seed router and hence the network number parameter in the ethernet setup menu for the Prestige.

  • Page 77: Ipx Ethernet Setup

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL • Allow SAP and RIP inquiry packets. These call filters prevent the Prestige from making a call to the remote node, thus preventing the expense of an unnecessary telephone call. 9.5. IPX Ethernet Setup The first step is to set up the Prestige on the LAN. From menu 3, select option 3 to go to Menu 3.3 - Novell IPX Ethernet Setup as seen below.

  • Page 78: Lan-To-Lan Application

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Field Description Seed Yes if the Prestige is to act as a seed router. No if there is a NetWare server providing the network number Router Frame Type You can select one or more of these four frame types - 802.2, 802.3, Ethernet II, SNAP.
  • Page 79 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL the Prestige is configured to receive incoming calls, you can configure the default dial-in parameters in menu 13 (see Chapter 1). 1. Route - Make sure IPX is among the protocols in the Route field.

  • Page 80: Static Route Setup

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Tick Count This field indicates the time-ticks required to reach the remote node. The default is two 2. W/D Spoofing This field is used for the Prestige on the server side LAN. The Prestige can spoof a response to a server¡ ¦ s WatchDog request after the (min) connection is dropped.
  • Page 81 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL network number = 444). A static route is used to resolve this problem by providing the Prestige with some static routing information to access the remote server. From menu 12, select one of the four possible IPX Static Routes as shown below: Menu 12.1.1 - Edit IP Static Route...

  • Page 83: Bridging Configuration

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 10. Bridging Configuration This chapter shows you how to configure the Bridging choices for the Prestige. Depending on your particular applications, you will need to configure different menus. We will illustrate the configuration for some applications in the following sections.

  • Page 84: Lan-To-Lan Application

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide to the Ethernet Address Timeout parameter in each remote node. When a remote Ethernet address is aged out, there is no need to maintain its connection to the IPX server. From Menu 3 - Ethernet Setup, enter 4 to go to Menu 3.4 - Bridge Ethernet Setup shown below.

  • Page 85: Table 10-1 Remote Node Bridging Configuration Fields

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 2. Edit IP/IPX/Bridge - Press the space bar to change it to Yes and press ENTER to go to the network layer options menu as seen below. The accompanying table describes the pertinent fields (Bridge Options).

  • Page 86: Bridge Static Route Setup

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide • PPP Options: Recv. Authen. – Make sure this field is not set to None. Bridging applications must have some sort of authentication turned on in order to match to a remote node. Once you have completed filling in the menu, press ENTER at the message: ‘Press ENTER to Confirm ...
  • Page 87 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Field Description For identification purposes enter a name for the bridge static route. Route Name Indicates whether the static route is active or not. Active Enter the Ethernet address of the destination device that you wish to bridge Ether your packets to.

  • Page 89: Advanced Phone Services

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 11. Advanced Phone Services The Prestige 128IMH supports a comprehensive set of advanced calling features known as Supplemental Services. These features include: • Call Waiting • Three Way Calling (conference) • Call Transfer • Call Forwarding 11.1.

  • Page 90: Call Waiting

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide 11.2.1. Feature Activation Defaults • Conference: By default, the value is set to ‘60’. • Transfer: By default, the value is set to ‘61’. • Drop: By default, the value is set to ‘62’. •...

  • Page 91: Three Way Calling

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 11.4. Three way calling The Three Way Call feature allows you to add a third party to an existing call. This service must be subscribed to from your telephone company. 11.4.1. How To Use Three Way Calling...

  • Page 92: Call Forwarding

    11.6. Call Forwarding Prestige 128IMH supports Call Forwarding variable and can be done passively through the POTS ports. Your telephone company provides you with the appropriate dial access codes you must use via a POTS port connection to activate or deactivate the Call Forwarding feature.

  • Page 93: Filter Configuration

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 12. Filter Configuration 12.1. About Filtering The Prestige uses filters to decide whether to allow passage of a data packet and/or to make a call over the ISDN line. There are three types of filters involved: incoming data filters, outgoing data filters and call filters.

  • Page 94: Prestige's Filter Structure

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide 12.2. Prestige’s Filter Structure You can configure up to twelve filter sets with six rules in each set. Therefore, the Prestige allows you to customize up to 72 filter rules (12 x 6). When implementing these filter sets, you can link up to four of the filter sets together to screen the data packet.

  • Page 95: Table 12-1 Abbreviations In Menu 21.1 - Filter Rules Summary

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Pressing 1 takes you to Menu - 21.1 - Filter Rules Summary and then 2 shows Menu 21.2 – Filter Rules Summary as seen below. The information displayed in this menu is read-only. From here, you can examine the parameters of each rule that you have configured for that set.

  • Page 96: Table 12-2 Ip Filter Typeabbreviations In Menu 21.2

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Menu 21.2 - Filter Rules Summary # A Type Filter Rules M m n - - ---- --------------------------------------------------------- - - - 1 Y IP Pr=17, SA=0.0.0.0, SP=137, DA=0.0.0.0, DP=53 N D F Enter Filter Rule Number (1-6) to Configure: Figure 12-3 Menu 21.2 –...

  • Page 97: Configuring A Filter Rule

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL To configure a specific filter rule, simply select the number of the filter rule you wish to configure and press ENTER. This will take you to Menu 21.1.1 - TCP/IP Filter Rule (next section). 12.4.
  • Page 98 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Menu 21.1.1 - TCP/IP Filter Rule Filter #: 1,1 Filter Type= TCP/IP Filter Rule Active= Yes IP Protocol= 6 IP Source Route= No Destination: IP Addr= 0.0.0.0 IP Mask= 0.0.0.0 Port #= 137 Port # Comp= Equal Source: IP Addr= 0.0.0.0...

  • Page 99: Generic Filter Rule

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL filter. The address is usually written in dotted decimal notation such as a.b.c.d where a, b, c and d are numbers between 0 and 255. Source: IP Mask In this field, enter in the IP mask that is used to mask the bits of the IP Address given in Source: IP Addr.
  • Page 100 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Menu 21.3.1 - Generic Filter Rule Filter #: 3,1 Filter Type= Generic Filter Rule Active= No Offset= 0 Length= 0 Mask= N/A Value= N/A More= No Log= None Action Matched= Check Next Rule Action Not Matched= Check Next Rule Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel: Press Space Bar to Toggle.

  • Page 101: Novell Ipx Filter Rule

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 12.4.3. Novell IPX Filter Rule This section shows you how to configure the protocol-dependent parameters for an IPX filter. The Operation field is only active if one of the Socket # fields is 0452 or 0453 indicating SAP and RIP packets.
  • Page 102 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Field Description IPX Packet Type Enter the IPX packet type value of the packet you wish to filter. This value should be two hex bytes. Destination/Source Network # Enter the four hex byte destination/source network numbers of the packet that you wish to filter.

  • Page 103: Snmp

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 13. SNMP 13.1. About SNMP The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a protocol governing network management and the monitoring of network devices and their functions. The Prestige supports the utilization of SNMP to regulate the communication that occurs between the manager station and the agent stations in a network.

  • Page 104: Table 13-1 Fields In Menu 22 - Snmp Configuration

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Field Description Get Community From this field, you can determine what the Get Community is for your Prestige. The value entered into this field is used to authenticate the community field for the incoming Get- and GetNext- requests from the management station.

  • Page 105: System Security

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 14. System Security 14.1. About System Security For the Prestige The Prestige incorporates a number of security measures to prevent unauthorized access to your network. For example, the Prestige supports both PAP (Password Authentication Protocol) and CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol) in authenticating a remote node.

  • Page 106: Figure 14-1 Menu 23.2 - System Security - External Server

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide # Zyxel proprietary attributes ATTRIBUTE Zyxel-Callback-Option 192 integer VALUE Zyxel-Callback-Option None VALUE Zyxel-Callback-Option Optional VALUE Zyxel-Callback-Option Mandatory Callback phone number source ATTRIBUTE Zyxel-Callback-Phone-Source 193 integer VALUE Zyxel-Callback-Phone-Source Preconfigured VALUE Zyxel-Callback-Phone-Source User These changes allow the RADIUS server to be used for callback support as described in the section below.

  • Page 107: Table 14-1 Menu 23.2 - System Security - External Server

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Field Description Active Determines whether the external security facility is enabled. If this field contains No, only the built-in dial-up user list will be used. If this field contains Yes, the built-in dial-up user list will be searched first, then the external authentication server.

  • Page 108: Configuring The Smt Password

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide 14.2.4. Using RADIUS Authentication for CLID To use RADIUS for CLID authentication, create a user record in the users file , where the user name (the first field) is the telephone number and the password (the second field) is always Zyxel-CLID (case-sensitive).

  • Page 109: Telnet Configuration And Capabilities

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 15. Telnet Configuration and Capabilities About Telnet Configuration 15.1. When you first configure your Prestige, it must be done via a computer connected to the console port. However, once the Prestige has been configured, you can use telnet to...

  • Page 110: System Timeout

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide user is connecting to the Prestige via the console port. Only after the other administrator has been disconnected, will you be able to telnet to the Prestige again. 15.2.2. System Timeout When you are connected to the Prestige , there is a system timeout of 5 minutes (300 seconds).

  • Page 111: System Maintenance

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 16. System Maintenance The Prestige provides diagnostic tools that you can use to maintain your device. These tools include updates on system status, ISDN B channel status, log and trace capabilities and upgrades to the system software. This chapter describes how to use these tools in detail.
  • Page 112 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Menu 24.1 - System Maintenance - Status Chan Link Type TXPkts RXPkts Errors ALU Up Time Down 0Kbps 0:00:00 Down 0Kbps 0:00:00 Total Outcall Time: 0:00:00 Ethernet: WAN: Status: 4 Port Hub Chan 1 IP Addr:...

  • Page 113: Table 16-1 Fields In Example Of Menu 24.1 - System Maintenance - Status

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Ethernet shows the current status of the LAN connection on your Prestige. Status shows the current transmission speed and mode of the LAN. TX Pkt the number of transmitted packets to LAN. RX Pkt the number of received packets from LAN.

  • Page 114: System Information And Terminal Baud Rate

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide 16.2. System Information and Terminal Baud Rate 16.2.1. System Information Information about the system is shown in the following screen. Menu 24.2.1 - System Maintenance - Information Name: Routing: IP RAS S/W Version: V2.21B01 | 11/6/98...

  • Page 115: Log And Trace

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL You can set up different baud rates for the console connection through Menu 24.2 Terminal Baud Rate. The Prestige supports 9600 (default), 19200 and 38400bps. Menu 24.2.2 - System Maintenance - Change Terminal Baud Rate...
  • Page 116 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Syslog and Accounting can be configured in Menu 24.3.2 - System Maintenance - Syslog and Accounting. This menu configures the Prestige to send UNIX syslogs to another machine. Menu 24.3.2 - System Maintenance - Syslog and Accounting...

  • Page 117: Diagnostic

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 16.4. Diagnostic The diagnostic functions allow you to test aspects of your Prestige to determine if it is working properly. The following list provides a short description to the types of diagnostic tests available to your system.
  • Page 118 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide will succeed. Otherwise, note the error message that you receive and consult your network administrator. Manual Call This provides a way for you to place a manual call to a remote node. This tests the connectivity to that remote node. When you use this command, you see traces displayed on the screen showing what is happening during the call setup and protocol negotiation.

  • Page 119: Backup Configuration

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Figure 16-3 Trace Display for a Failed IPCP Connection via Manual Call 16.5. Backup Configuration Selecting number 5 from Menu 24 - Maintenance allows you to backup your current Prestige configuration onto disk. Backup is highly recommended once your Prestige configuration is functioning.

  • Page 120: Upload Firmware

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Ready to restore Configuration via Xmodem. Do you want to continue (y/n): Figure 16-1 Restore Configuration Please keep in mind that configuration is stored on flash ROM in the Prestige so even if a power failure were to occur, your configuration would still be safe.

  • Page 121: Upload Router Configuration File

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Menu 24.7.1 - System Maintenance - Upload Router Firmware To upload router firmware: 1. Enter "y" at the prompt below to go into debug mode. 2. Enter "atur" after "Enter Debug Mode" message. 3. Wait for "Starting XMODEM upload" message before activating Xmodem upload on your terminal.

  • Page 122: Command Interpreter Mode

    ? at the command prompt. For more detailed information, please check ZyXEL Web site or send email to ZyXEL Support Group. Enter Menu Selection Number: 8 Copyright (c) 1994 - 1998 ZyXEL Communications Corp. ras> ? Valid commands are:...
  • Page 123 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Figure 16-1 Call Control Parameters Field Description Dialer Timeout: The Prestige will timeout if it can not set up an outgoing digital call Digital Call (sec) within the timeout value. The default is 30. Retry Counter How many times a busy or ‘...

  • Page 124: Budget Management

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide The telephone numbers on this list cannot be entered directly, instead, they are numbers to which the Prestige has had problems connecting to in the past. You can take a number off the list by entering the index number of the entry.
  • Page 125 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Menu 24.9.4 - Call History Phone Number Rate #call Total Enter Entry to Delete(0 to exit): Figure 16-1 Call History Field Description Phone Number This is the telephone number of past incoming and outgoing calls.

  • Page 127: Troubleshooting

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 17. Troubleshooting This chapter contains some problems you may run into when using your Prestige. After each problem description, we have provided some instructions to help you diagnose and solve the problem. 17.1. Problems Starting Up the Prestige 17.1.1.

  • Page 128: Problems With The Lan Interface

    ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide 2. If the code is 1, the ISDN link is not up. This problem could be either the ISDN line is not properly connected to the Prestige or the ISDN line is not activated. Verify that the ISDN line is connected to the Prestige and to the wall telephone jack.

  • Page 129: Problems For A Remote User Connecting To A Prestige

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL been dropped by the remote device that you dialed in to. Make sure that the configuration parameters between these two devices are consistent. 17.5. Problems for a remote user connecting to a Prestige 1. First verify that you have configured the authentication parameters in menu 13. These would be CLID Authen, Recv.

  • Page 131: Setup Information Worksheet

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 18. Setup Information Worksheet General Setup Information System Name q TCP/IP q IPX Protocol Routing ISDN Setup Information q AT&T 5ESS q AT&T 5ESS Switch Type Point to Point Multipoint q Northern Telecom q Northern Telecom...
  • Page 132 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Subaddress Outside Line Prefix PABX # (S/T bus) q MSN q CDSA q Don’t Care Incoming Number Matching q A/B #1 q A/B #2 q Ignore Analog Call Routing q Accept q Ignore Global Analog Call...

  • Page 133: Glossary

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 19. Glossary 100Mbps Ethernet LAN communications standard set 100BASE-T/TX by the IEEE (in standard 802.3u); also called ‘Fast Ethernet.’ 100 million bits per second; an expression of 100Mbps transmission speed in a network. The original Ethernet LAN communications standard 10BASE-T set by the IEEE (in standard 802.3);...
  • Page 134 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide can use to obtain TCP/IP configuration information from a central location on startup. Bridge A LAN device used to connect two different LANs so that packets can be transmitted from one to the other. A bridge works on a low level and does not take higher-level protocols into consideration.
  • Page 135 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL traffic before and during transmission, postponing transmission when the data channel is in use. Cut-through Bridge forwarding method where each packet with a valid address is passed on to the next node without waiting for the entire message to be received.
  • Page 136 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, an IEEE accredited professional group of scientists and engineers who help set standards for LAN communications technology. Communications with a network device using the In-band network medium itself. Contrast with out-of-band.
  • Page 137 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Media Independent Interface; a type of 100Mbps Fast Ethernet external transceiver connector similar in purpose to the AUI connectors used with 10Mbps Ethernet. A single network transmission intended for a Multicast collection of network stations, but not to all (compare Broadcast).
  • Page 138 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide LAN signal regenerator. An Ethernet hub is a type of Repeater repeater. A device for forwarding packets between networks Router which uses higher-level network protocols (such as TCP/IP or IPX) to determine where packets should be sent.
  • Page 139 Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL Trivial File Transfer Protocol; a low-overhead TFTP protocol for file transmission over TCP/IP networks. Often used for obtaining device configuration files or bootstrap image files. An SNMP request that managed network devices Trap send to network management stations, to inform them that some problem has been detected.

  • Page 141: Index

    Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide ZyXEL 20. Index 10Base-T, 3-2 IP Address, 2-5, 4-6 A/B Adapter, 1-1, 2-4, IP Subnet Mask, 2-5, 4-6, Accounting, 16-5, 16-6 IPX, 1-2, 1-4, , 9-1, 9-2, BACP. See Bandwidth Allocation Control 9-3, 9-4, 9-5, 9-7, 10-1, 10-2, 10-3,...
  • Page 142 ZyXEL Prestige 128IMH User’s Guide , 8-4, 8-5, 8-7, , 16-2, 16-8, switch types, 1-1, 2-4, , 17-2 14-1 System Management Terminal, 3-5. See 16-12, 16-14, 17-2 RIP, 4-6, 4-8, , 8-3, 8-4, 8-5, 9-2, 9-3, Target Utility, 6-6, 6-7...

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