ZyXEL Communications PRESTIGE 153 - Manual (Page 43)

Prestige 153/153X WAN Bridge/Routers
Hardware Installation & Initial Setup 2-13
Table 2-4. General Setup Menu Fields
Field Description Example
System Name Choose a descriptive name for identification purposes. This name can be
up to 8 alphanumeric characters long. Spaces are not allowed, but
dashes “-” and underscores "_" are accepted. This name can be retrieved
remotely via SNMP and will be displayed at the prompt in the Command
Mode. P153
Location (optional) Enter the geographic location (up to 31 characters) of your Prestige. location
Contact Person's
Name (optional) Enter the name (up to 8 characters) of the person in charge of this
Prestige. name
Protocols: Turn on or off the individual protocols for your particular application. Press
space-bar
to toggle
Route IP
Route IPX
Bridge
Selecting [Yes] to enable IP routing. You must enable IP routing for
Internet access.
Selecting [Yes] to enable IPX routing.
Selecting [Yes] to enable bridging. Packets that the Prestige does not
route are transparently bridged.
[Yes/No]
[Yes/No]
[Yes/No]
2.7.1.1 Note on Bridge
When bridging is enabled, your Prestige forwards any packet that it does not route. Without
bridging, the packets that the Prestige does not route are simply discarded. Compared to routing,
bridging generates far more traffic for the same network layer protocol, and uses more CPU
cycles and memory.