Connecting Your Prestige - ZyXEL Communications Prestige 314 PLUS User Manual

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Connecting Your Prestige

This section outlines how to connect your Prestige to the LAN and the WAN. If you want to connect a cable
modem, you must connect the coaxial cable from your cable service to the threaded coaxial cable connector
on the back of the cable modem. Connect an xDSL modem to the xDSL wall jack.
Step 1. Connecting the Console Port
For the initial configuration of your Prestige, you need to use terminal emulator software on your computer
and connect it to the Prestige through the console port. Connect the 9-pin end of the console cable to the
console port of the Prestige and the other end (choice of 9-pin or 25-pin, depending on your computer) end
to a serial port (COM1, COM2 or other COM port) of your computer. You can use an extension RS-232
cable if the enclosed one is too short. After the initial setup, you can modify the configuration remotely
through telnet connections.
Step 2. Connecting the Prestige to the Broadband Modem
The WAN connection cable should be STP (Shielded Twisted Pair).
Step 2a. Connecting the Prestige to the cable modem:
Connect the WAN port (silver) on the Prestige to the Ethernet port on the cable modem
using the cable that came with your cable modem. The Ethernet port on a cable modem is
sometimes labeled "PC" or "Workstation".
Step 2b. Connecting the Prestige to the xDSL Modem:
Connect the WAN port (silver) on the Prestige to the Ethernet port on the xDSL modem
using the cable that came with your xDSL modem.
Step 3. Connecting the Prestige to the LAN
When the Prestige Ethernet cable is correctly connected to a computer or a hub,
the corresponding LAN LED on the front panel will go on.
You can connect up to four computers directly to the Prestige. For each computer, connect a 10/100M LAN
port on the Prestige to the Network Adapter on the computer using a straight-through cable
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