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4 good habits for managing the zywall, 5 leds, 4 good habits for managing the zywall 1.5 leds – ZyXEL Communications ZyWALL 2 Plus User Manual

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Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your ZyWALL

ZyWALL 2 Plus User’s Guide

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1.4 Good Habits for Managing the ZyWALL

Do the following things regularly to make the ZyWALL more secure and to manage the
ZyWALL more effectively.

• Change the password. Use a password that’s not easy to guess and that consists of

different types of characters, such as numbers and letters.

• Write down the password and put it in a safe place.
• Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an

earlier working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even
crashes. If you forget your password, you will have to reset the ZyWALL to its factory
default settings. If you backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to
totally re-configure the ZyWALL. You could simply restore your last configuration.

1.5 LEDs

Figure 3 Front Panel

The following table describes the lights.

Table 1 Front Panel LEDs

LED

COLOR

STATUS

DESCRIPTION

PWR

Off

The ZyWALL is turned off.

Green

On

The ZyWALL is ready and running.

Flashing

The ZyWALL is restarting.

Red

On

The power to the ZyWALL is too low.

ACT

Green

Off

The backup port is not connected.

On

The backup port is connected.

Flashing

The backup port is sending or receiving packets.

LAN 10/100

Off

The LAN/DMZ/WLAN is not connected.

Green

On

The ZyWALL has a successful 10Mbps Ethernet connection.

Flashing

The 10M LAN/DMZ/WLAN is sending or receiving packets.

Orange

On

The ZyWALL has a successful 100Mbps Ethernet

connection.

Flashing

The 100M LAN/DMZ/WLAN is sending or receiving packets.