3 good habits for managing the nbg-318s, 4 leds, 3 good habits for managing the nbg-318s 1.4 leds – ZyXEL Communications NBG-318S User Manual
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Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your NBG-318S
NBG-318S User’s Guide
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• Command Line Interface. Line commands are mostly used for troubleshooting by service
engineers.
• FTP. Use File Transfer Protocol for firmware upgrades and configuration backup/restore.
1.3 Good Habits for Managing the NBG-318S
Do the following things regularly to make the NBG-318S more secure and to manage the
NBG-318S 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 NBG-318S to its factory
default settings. If you backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have to
totally re-configure the NBG-318S. You could simply restore your last configuration.
1.4 LEDs
Figure 4 Front Panel
The following table describes the LEDs.
Table 1 Front Panel LEDs
LED
ICON
COLOR
STATUS
DESCRIPTION
POWER
Green
On
The NBG-318S is receiving power and functioning
properly.
Off
The NBG-318S is not receiving power.
HomePlug
Green
On
The NBG-318S has a successful HomePlug AV
connection.
Blinking
The NBG-318S is sending/receiving data.
Off
The HomePlug AV connection is not ready, or failed.