ZyXEL Communications PRESTIGE 128MH User Manual

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Prestige 128MH PSTN Router/Hub

Hardware Installation & Initial Setup

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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, used for CHAP authentication, and will be displayed
at the prompt in the Command Mode.

P128MH

Location (optional) Enter the geographic location (up to 31 characters) of your Prestige.

MyHouse

Contact Person's
Name (optional)

Enter the name (up to 8 characters) of the person in charge of this
Prestige.

JohnDoe

Protocols :

Turn on or off routing for the individual protocols.

Press

space-bar

to toggle

Route IP

Route IPX

Bridge

Set this field to [Yes] to enable IP routing. You must enable IP routing for
Internet access.

Set this field [Yes] to enable IPX routing.

Turn on/off bridging for protocols not supported (for example, SNA) or not
turned on in the previous Route fields.

[Yes/No]

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 protocol and consumes more CPU cycles
and memory.