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ZyXEL Communications P-2612HNU-Fx User Manual

ZyXEL Communications P-2612HNU-Fx User Manual

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P-2612HNU-Fx
802.11n ADSL2+ VoIP IAD
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Admin account: admin
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  • Page 1 P-2612HNU-Fx 802.11n ADSL2+ VoIP IAD Default Login Details IP Address https://192.168.1.1 User Name Admin account: admin User account: user Password Admin account: 1234 User account: 1234 Firmware Version 3.0 www.zyxel.com Edition 1, 2/2010 www.zyxel.com Copyright © 2010 ZyXEL Communications Corporation...

  • Page 3: About This User's Guide

    Refer to the included CD for support documents. Documentation Feedback Send your comments, questions or suggestions to: techwriters@zyxel.com.tw Thank you! The Technical Writing Team, ZyXEL Communications Corp., 6 Innovation Road II, Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, 30099, Taiwan. Need More Help? More help is available at www.zyxel.com.
  • Page 4 • Product model and serial number. • Warranty Information. • Date that you received your device. • Brief description of the problem and the steps you took to solve it. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 5: Document Conventions

    Syntax Conventions • The P-2612HNU-Fx may be referred to as the “ZyXEL Device”, the “device”, the “system” or the “product” in this User’s Guide. • Product labels, screen names, field labels and field choices are all in bold font.
  • Page 6 Icons Used in Figures Figures in this User’s Guide may use the following generic icons. The ZyXEL Device icon is not an exact representation of your device. ZyXEL Device Computer Notebook computer Server DSLAM Firewall Telephone Switch Router P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 7: Safety Warnings

    Your product is marked with this symbol, which is known as the WEEE mark. WEEE stands for Waste Electronics and Electrical Equipment. It means that used electrical and electronic products should not be mixed with general waste. Used electrical and electronic equipment should be treated separately. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 8 Safety Warnings P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    Service Control ........................239 Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Specifications ............241 System ............................. 243 Logs ............................247 Tools ............................253 ..............................263 Diagnostic ..........................265 Account ............................ 269 Troubleshooting ........................271 Product Specifications ......................279 Appendices and Index ......................291 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 10 Contents Overview P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 11: Table Of Contents

    2.1.1 Accessing the Web Configurator ................27 2.2 Web Configurator Main Screen ................... 28 2.2.1 Title Bar ........................29 2.2.2 Navigation Panel ......................29 2.2.3 Main Window ......................32 2.2.4 Status Bar ........................32 Chapter 3 Tutorial ............................. 33 3.1 Overview ..........................33 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 12 WAN Setup..........................97 5.1 Overview ..........................97 5.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ................97 5.1.2 What You Need to Know .................... 98 5.1.3 Before You Begin ....................... 99 5.2 The Layer 2 Interface Screen ....................99 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 13 8.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ................149 8.1.2 What You Need To Know ..................149 8.2 Port Forwarding ....................... 150 8.2.1 Configuring the Port Forwarding Screen ..............151 8.2.2 The Port Forwarding Edit Screen ................153 8.3 NAT Technical Reference ....................154 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 14 Media Server.......................... 193 11.1 Overview .......................... 193 11.1.1 What You Can Do ....................193 11.1.2 What You Need to Know in this Chapter ..............193 11.2 The Media Server Screen ....................194 Chapter 12 Print Server..........................195 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 15 15.5 Trusted CA Details ......................216 Chapter 16 Static Route ........................... 219 16.1 Overview ........................219 16.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ................219 16.2 Configuring Static Route ....................220 16.2.1 Static Route Add/Edit ................... 221 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 16 20.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter ................243 20.1.2 What You Need to Know ..................243 20.2 The System General Screen ................... 244 20.3 The Time Setting Screen ....................245 Chapter 21 Logs ............................247 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 17 25.3 ZyXEL Device Access and Login ..................272 25.4 Internet Access ........................ 274 25.5 Phone Calls and VoIP ...................... 275 25.6 Multiple SIP Accounts ...................... 276 25.6.1 Outgoing Calls ......................276 25.6.2 Incoming Calls ......................277 25.7 USB Device Connection ....................278 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 18 Appendix B Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address ............305 Appendix C Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions ........335 Appendix D Wireless LANs ....................345 Appendix E Common Services..................... 369 Appendix F Open Software Announcements ............... 373 Appendix G Legal Information....................397 Index............................399 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 19: Introduction

    Introduction Introducing the ZyXEL Device (21) Introducing the Web Configurator (27) Tutorial (33)

  • Page 21: Introducing The Zyxel Device

    ZyXEL Device. See the chapter on product specifications for a full list of features. 1.2 Applications for the ZyXEL Device Here are some example uses for which the ZyXEL Device is well suited. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 22: Internet Access

    Use QoS to efficiently manage traffic on your network by giving priority to certain types of traffic and/or to particular computers. For example, you could make sure that the ZyXEL Device gives voice over Internet calls high priority, and/or limit bandwidth devoted to the boss’s excessive file downloading. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 23: Voip Features

    (A). Alternatively, you can add a USB printer (B) and make it available on your local area network. Figure 3 USB File Sharing or Print Server Application 1.3 Ways to Manage the ZyXEL Device Use any of the following methods to manage the ZyXEL Device. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 24: Good Habits For Managing The Zyxel Device

    Table 1 LED Descriptions COLOR STATUS DESCRIPTION POWER Green The ZyXEL Device is receiving power and ready for use. The ZyXEL Device detected an error while self-testing, or there is a device malfunction. The ZyXEL Device is not receiving power. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 25 SIP account. Blinking A telephone connected to the phone port has its receiver off of the hook and there is a voice message in the corresponding SIP account. The phone port does not have a SIP account registered. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 26: The Reset Button

    • Press the WLAN button for one second and release it. The WLAN LED should change from on to off or vice versa. • Press the WLAN button for five seconds to turn on WPS. See Section 7.5 on page 143 for more on using WPS to configure your wireless clients. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 27: Introducing The Web Configurator

    Internet Explorer. 2.1.1 Accessing the Web Configurator Make sure your ZyXEL Device hardware is properly connected (refer to the Quick Start Guide). Launch your web browser. Type "192.168.1.1" as the URL. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 28: Web Configurator Main Screen

    Note: For security reasons, the ZyXEL Device automatically logs you out if you do not use the web configurator for five minutes (default). If this happens, log in again. 2.2 Web Configurator Main Screen The following screen shows after you have logged in. Figure 6 Main Screen P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 29: Title Bar

    ZyXEL Device sends to the DHCP client devices on the LAN. Client List Use this screen to view current DHCP client information and to always assign specific IP addresses to individual MAC addresses (and host names). P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 30 Print Server Print Use this screen USB printer via your ZyXEL Device. Configuration Security MAC Filter MAC Filter Use this screen to configure the ZyXEL Device to give exclusive access to specific wireless clients. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 31 Use this screen to backup and restore your device’s configuration (settings) or reset the factory default settings. Restart This screen allows you to reboot the ZyXEL Device without turning the power off. Diagnostic DSL Line Use this screen to test the connections to other devices. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 32: Main Window

    Right after you log in, the Status screen is displayed. See Chapter 4 on page 85 for more information about the Status screen. 2.2.4 Status Bar Check the status bar when you click Apply or OK to verify that the configuration has been updated. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 33: Tutorial

    This tutorial shows you how to set up your Internet connection using the Web Configurator. If you connect to the Internet through a DSL connection, use the information from your Internet Service Provider (ISP) to configure the ZyXEL Device. Do the following steps: P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 34 Account Configuration Click Network > WAN > Layer 2 Interface to open the following screen. Select DSL (ATM) as the Interface and click Add. For this example, the DSL connection has the following information. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 35 Click WAN > Internet Connection to open the following screen. Click Add to enter your DSL connection details. Select nas1 as your layer 2 interface and click Next. This is the interface you created in the WAN > Layer 2 Interface screen. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 36 In the following screen, enter the account information provided to you. The following values are used here: PPP Username 1234@DSL-Ex.com PPP Password ABCDEF! PPPoE Service My DSL Name Authentication AUTO Method Static IP 192.168.1.32 Address Others PPPoE Passthrough: Disabled NAT: Enabled IGMP Multicast Proxy: Enabled P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 37 In the following screen, select pppoe_2_1_1/nas1 as your default Internet connection. And enter the DNS server addresses provided to you, such as 255.255.255.0 (primary)/255.255.254.0 (secondary). Click Next. You should see a summary of your DSL setup as follows. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 38: How To Set Up A Wireless Network

    USB adapter is referred to as the “wireless client” here. The M-302 utility screens are used here as an example. The screens may vary slightly for different models. 3.3.2 Configuring the AP Follow the steps below to configure the wireless settings on your AP. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 39 Select 802.11b/g in the Mode Select field. Click Apply. Open Network > Wireless LAN > Security. Set security mode to WPA-PSK and enter “ThisismyWPA-PSKpre-sharedkey” in the Pre-Shared Key field. Click Apply. Tutorial: Network > Wireless LAN > Security P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 40 Device Information and check if the WLAN connection is up under Interface Status. Tutorial: Status Click the WLAN Client List hyperlink in the AP’s Status screen. You can see if any wireless client has connected to the AP. Tutorial: WLAN Client List P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 41: Configuring The Wireless Client

    IDentity (SSID) and WPA-PSK pre-shared key. In this example, the SSID is “SSID_Example3” and the pre-shared key is “ThisismyWPA-PSKpre-sharedkey”. After you install the ZyXEL utility and then insert the wireless client, follow the steps below to connect to a network using the Site Survey screen. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 42 Use the Next button to move on to the next screen. You can use the Back button at any time to return to the previous screen, or the Exit button to return to the Site Survey screen. Tutorial: Security Settings P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 43 A profile lets you easily connect to the same wireless network again later. You can also configure different profiles for different networks, for example if you connect a notebook computer to wireless networks at home and at work. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 44 Tutorial: Add New Profile Give the profile a descriptive name (of up to 32 printable ASCII characters). Select Infrastructure and either manually enter or select the AP's SSID in the Scan Info table and click Select. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 45 This screen varies depending on the encryption method you selected in the previous screen. Enter the pre-shared key and leave the encryption type at the default setting. Tutorial: Profile Encryption In the next screen, leave both boxes selected. Tutorial: Wireless Protocol Settings. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 46 11 If you cannot access the Internet go back to the Profile screen, select the profile you are using and click Edit. Check the details you entered previously. Also, refer to the Troubleshooting section of this User's Guide or contact your network administrator if necessary. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 47: Setting Up Nat Port Forwarding

    Enter the IP address of the Doom server. This is 192.168.1.34 for this example. External Port/s Enter 666 as the Start and End port. Protocol Select TCP/UDP. This should be the protocol supported by the Doom server. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 48: How To Make A Voip Call

    To use a registered SIP account, you should have applied for a SIP account with the VoIP service provider. 3.5.1.1 SIP Account Registration Follow the steps below to register and activate your SIP account. Make sure your ZyXEL Device is connected to the Internet. Open the web configurator. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 49 Make sure you connect a telephone to the first phone port on the ZyXEL Device. Make sure the ZyXEL Device is on and connected to the Internet. Pick up the phone receiver. Dial the VoIP phone number you want to call. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 50: Using The File Sharing Feature

    This sets up your user account, now you are ready to set up file sharing on your ZyXEL Device. 3.6.1.2 Set up File Sharing on Your ZyXEL Device You also need to set up file sharing on your ZyXEL Device in order to share files. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 51: Access Your Shared Files From A Computer

    Note: The examples in this User’s Guide show you how to use Microsoft’s Windows XP to browse your shared files. Refer to your operating system’s documentation for how to browse your file structure. Open Windows Explorer to access Bob’s Share using Windows Explorer browser. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 52: Using The Media Server Feature

    (music, videos and pictures). • ZyXEL DMA-2500, a digital media adapter You need to set up the DMA-2500 to work with your television (TV). Refer to the DMA-2500 Quick Start Guide for the correct hardware connections. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 53: Configuring The Zyxel Device

    This section shows you how to play the media files on the USB storage device connected to your ZyXEL Device using Windows Media Player. Tutorial: Media Server Setup (Using Windows Media Player) USB Storage Device Computer with Windows Media Player ZyXEL Device P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 54 Open Windows Media Player and click Library > Media Sharing as follows. Tutorial: Media Sharing using Windows Vista Check Find media that others are sharing in the following screen and click OK. Tutorial: Media Sharing using Windows Vista (2) P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 55 Open Windows Media Player. It should automatically detect the ZyXEL Device. Tutorial: Media Sharing using Windows 7 (1) If you cannot see the ZyXEL Device in the left panel as shown above, right-click Other Libraries > Refresh Other Libraries. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 56: Using A Digital Media Adapter

    2500 to play media files stored in the USB storage device in your TV screen. Note: For this tutorial, your DMA-2500 should already be set up with the TV according to the instructions in the DMA-2500 Quick Start Guide. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 57 Turn on the TV and wait for the DMA-2500 Home screen to appear. Using the remote control, go to MyMedia to open the following screen. Select the ZyXEL Device as your media server. Tutorial: Media Sharing using DMA-2500 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 58: Using The Print Server Feature

    IP address of the ZyXEL Device and must use the LPR protocol to communicate with the printer. Consult your operating systems documentation for instructions on how to do this or follow the instructions below if you have a Windows 2000/XP operating system. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 59 The Printers folder opens up. First you need to open up the properties windows for the printer you want to configure a TCP/IP port. Locate your printer. Right click on your printer and select Properties. Tutorial: Open Printer Properties P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 60 A Printer Ports window appears. Select Standard TCP/IP Port and click New Port... Tutorial: Add a Port Window Add Standard TCP/IP Printer Port Wizard window opens up. Click Next to start configuring the printer port. Tutorial: Add a Port Wizard P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 61 Confirm the IP address of the ZyXEL Device in the IP Address field. 10 Select LPR under Protocol. 11 Type the LPR queue name of your printer model in the Queue Name field and click OK. Refer to your printer documentation for the LPR queue name. Some P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 62 Tutorial: Custom Port Settings 12 Continue through the wizard, apply your settings and close the wizard window. Tutorial: Finish Adding the TCP/IP Port 13 Repeat steps 1 to 12 to add this printer to other computers on your network. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 63 Click Start > Control Panel > Printers and Faxes to open the Printers and Faxes screen. Click Add a Printer. Tutorial: Printers Folder The Add Printer Wizard screen displays. Click Next. Tutorial: Add Printer Wizard: Welcome P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 64 Select Local printer attached to this computer and click Next. Tutorial: Add Printer Wizard: Local or Network Printer Select Create a new port and Standard TCP/IP Port. Click Next. Tutorial: Add Printer Wizard: Select the Printer Port P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 65 IP address of the port. Click Next. Note: The computer from which you are configuring the TCP/IP printer port must be on the same LAN in order to use the printer sharing function. Tutorial: Enter IP Address of the ZyXEL Device P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 66 Confirm the IP address of the ZyXEL Device in the Printer Name or IP Address field. Select LPR under Protocol. 10 Type LP1 in the Queue Name field and click OK to go back to the previous screen and click Next. Tutorial: Custom Port Settings P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 67 14 If your printer is not displayed in the list of Printers, you can insert the printer driver installation CD/disk or download the driver file to your computer, click Have Disk… and install the new printer driver. 15 Click Next to continue. Tutorial: Add Printer Wizard: Printer Driver P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 68 Tutorial: Add Printer Wizard: Name Your Printer 18 The ZyXEL Device is a print server itself and you do not need to have your computer act as a print server by sharing the printer with other users in the same P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 69 19 Select Yes and then click the Next button if you want to print a test page. A pop- up screen displays to ask if the test page printed correctly. Otherwise select No and then click Next to continue. Tutorial: Add Printer Wizard: Print Test Page P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 70 If the Print Center icon is not in the Macintosh Dock, proceed to the next step. On your desktop, double-click the Macintosh HD icon to open the Macintosh HD window. Tutorial: Macintosh HD Double-click the Applications folder. Tutorial: Macintosh HD folder P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 71 In the Printer’s Address field, type the IP address of your ZyXEL Device. Deselect the Use default queue on server check box. 10 Type LP1 (a parallel port) in the Queue Name field. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 72 13 The Name LP1 on 192.168.1.1 displays in the Printer List field. The default printer Name displays in bold type. Tutorial: Print Server Your Macintosh print server driver setup is complete. You can now use the ZyXEL Device’s print server to print from a Macintosh computer. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 73: Configuring The Mac Address Filter

    Device. Thomas decides to use the Security > MAC Filter screen to grant wireless network access to his computer but not to Josephine’s computer. Thomas Josephine Click Network > LAN > Client List to open the following screen. Look for the MAC address of Thomas’ computer. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 74: Configuring Static Route For Routing To Another Network

    In the following figure, router R is connected to the ZyXEL Device’s LAN. R connects to two networks, N1 (192.168.1.x/24) and N2 (192.168.10.x/24). If you want to send traffic from computer A (in N1 network) to computer B (in N2 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 75 A to R and then R routes the traffic to B.This tutorial uses the following example IP settings: Table 3 IP Settings in this Tutorial DEVICE / COMPUTER IP ADDRESS The ZyXEL Device’s WAN 172.16.1.1 The ZyXEL Device’s LAN 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.34 R’s N1 192.168.1.253 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 76 Click Apply. The Advanced > Static Route screen should display the route you just added. Now B should be able to receive traffic from A. You may need to additionally configure B’s firewall settings to allow specific traffic to pass through. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 77: Configuring Qos Queue And Class Setup

    Traffic that does not match this class is assigned a priority queue based on the internal QoS mapping table on the ZyXEL Device. QoS Example ZyXEL Device 10,000 kbps Your computer IP=192.168.1.23 and/or MAC=AA:FF:AA:FF:AA:FF A colleague’s computer E-mail: Queue 7 Other traffic: Automatic classifier P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 78 Go to Advanced > QoS > Queue Setup. Click Add to create a new queue. In the screen that opens, check Active and enter or select the following values: • Name: E-mail • Priority: 7 (High) • Weight: 15 • Rate Limit: 5,000 (kbps) Tutorial: Advanced > QoS > Queue Setup P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 79 Link this to an item in the QoS > Queue Setup screen, which is the E-mail queue created in this example. From Interface This is the interface from which the traffic will be coming from. Select LAN. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 80: Access The Zyxel Device Using Ddns

    ZyXEL Device’s WAN IP address changes dynamically. Dynamic DNS (DDNS) allows you to access the ZyXEL Device using a domain name. http://zyxelrouter.dyndns.org a.b.c.d w.x.y.z To use this feature, you have to apply for DDNS service at www.dyndns.org. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 81: Registering A Ddns Account On Www.dyndns.org

    3.12.2 Configuring DDNS on Your ZyXEL Device Configure the following settings in the Advanced > Dynamic DNS screen. • Select Active Dynamic DNS. • Select Dynamic DNS for the DDNS type. • Type zyxelrouter.dyndns.org in the Host Name field. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 82: Testing The Ddns Setting

    Open a web browser on the computer (using the IP address a.b.c.d) that is connected to the Internet. Type http://zyxelrouter.dyndns.org and press [Enter]. The ZyXEL Device’s login page should appear. You can then log into the ZyXEL Device and manage it. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 83: Advanced

    Advanced Status Screens (85) WAN Setup (97) LAN Setup (121) Wireless LAN (129) Network Address Translation (NAT) (149) Voice (157) File Sharing (183) Media Server (193) Print Server (195) MAC Filter (201) Firewall (203) Certificates (209) Static Route (219) Quality of Service (QoS) (223) Dynamic DNS Setup (237) Service Control (239)

  • Page 85: Status Screens

    DHCP and statistics from VoIP, and traffic. Click Status to open this screen. The screen varies slightly depending on the WAN mode you set using the DSL/WAN switch. Figure 7 Status Screen (ADSL WAN mode) P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 86 It also shows the date the firmware version was created. Click this to go to the screen where you can change it. WAN Information Mode This field is not available when the WAN mode is Ethernet WAN. This is the DSL standard that your ZyXEL Device is using. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 87 This field displays the current date and time in the ZyXEL Device. You Date/Time can change this in Maintenance > System > Time Setting. System This displays whether the ZyXEL Device is functioning as a router or a Mode bridge. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 88 VoIP Status Click this link to view statistics about your VoIP usage. See Section 4.5 on page Packet Click this link to view port status and packet specific statistics. See Statistics Section 4.4 on page P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 89 Status for use or In-Active when the SIP account is not yet registered. This field displays the account number and service domain of the SIP account. You can change these in VoIP > SIP > SIP Settings. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 90: Dhcp Client List

    MAC address(es) (and host name(s)). You can select up to 128 entries in this table. Apply Click this to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Reset Click this to begin configuring this screen afresh. Refresh Click this to reload the DHCP table. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 91: Wlan Client List

    MAC Address This field displays the MAC (Media Access Control) address of an associated wireless station. Association This field displays the time a wireless station first associated with the TIme ZyXEL Device. Refresh Click this to reload this screen. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 92: Packet Statistics

    This field displays the number of bytes received on this port. Bytes Pkts This field displays the number of packets received on this port. Errs This field displays the number of error packets received on this port. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 93: Voip Statistics

    Click this to apply the new poll interval you entered in the Poll Interval field above. Stop Click this button to halt the refreshing of the system statistics. 4.5 VoIP Statistics Click Status > VoIP Statistics to access this screen. Figure 12 VoIP Statistics P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 94 Peer Number This field displays the SIP number of the party that is currently engaged in a VoIP call through a phone port. Phone Status Phone This field displays each phone port in the ZyXEL Device. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 95 Set Interval. Set Interval Click this to make the ZyXEL Device update the screen based on the amount of time you specified in Poll Interval. Stop Click this to make the ZyXEL Device stop updating the screen. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 96 Chapter 4 Status Screens P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 97: Wan Setup

    (Section 5.2 on page 99) lets you view, remove or add a layer-2 WAN interface. • The Internet Connection screen (Section 5.3 on page 103) lets you view and configure the WAN settings on the ZyXEL Device for Internet access. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 98: What You Need To Know

    The WAN IP address is an IP address for the ZyXEL Device, which makes it accessible from an outside network. It is used by the ZyXEL Device to communicate with other devices in other networks. It can be static (fixed) or P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 99: Before You Begin

    The ZyXEL Device must have a layer-2 interface to allow users to use the Ethernet WAN port or DSL port to access the Internet. The screen varies depending on the interface type you select. Note: The ATM and Ethernet layer-2 interfaces cannot work at the same time. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 100 Check this and click the Remove button to delete this interface from the ZyXEL Device. A window displays asking you to confirm that you want to delete the interface. Note: You cannot remove the layer-2 interface when a WAN service is associated with it. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 101: Layer 2 Interface Configuration

    Figure 16 Network > WAN > Layer 2 Interface: Ethernet WAN Interface Configuration Figure 17 Network > WAN > Layer 2 Interface: DSL ATM Interface Configuration Note: VLAN MUX Mode is not supported by the ZyXEL Device as of writing. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 102 Select Realtime VBR (real-time Variable Bit Rate) for applications with bursty connections that require closely controlled delay and delay variation. Select Non Realtime VBR (non real-time Variable Bit Rate) for connections that do not require closely controlled delay and delay variation. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 103: The Internet Connection Screen

    WAN > Internet Connection. The summary table shows you the configured WAN services (connections) on the ZyXEL Device. Note: To use NAT or IGMP proxy in the ZyXEL Device, you need to configure a WAN connection with PPPoE or IPoE. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 104 This shows whether NAT is activated or not for this interface. NAT is not available when the connection uses the bridging service. Modify Click the Edit icon to configure the WAN connection. Click the Remove icon to delete the WAN connection. Click Add to create a new connection. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 105: Wan Connection Configuration

    WAN > Internet Connection screen. There are two possible screens as follows. This screen shows for the Ethernet WAN interface by default; for DSL WAN interface, this shows when you select EoA as the DSL Link Type field in the P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 106 DSL Link Type field in the Network > WAN > Layer 2 Interface: DSL ATM Interface Configuration screen. You only need to configure the Enter Service Description field in this screen as follows. Figure 21 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: Service Type - PPPoA or IPoA P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 107 Interface screen to EoA and select PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE) in the previous section. • If you set the DSL Link Type field in the Network > WAN > Layer 2 Interface screen to PPPoA and click Next in the previous section. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 108 A static IP address is a fixed IP that your ISP gives you. A dynamic IP Address address is not fixed; the ISP assigns you a different one each time you connect to the Internet. Select this if you do not have a dynamic IP address. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 109 This screen displays when you select IP over Ethernet in the previous section for an Ethernet WAN interface. This screen does not show for the DSL WAN interface. Figure 23 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: IPoE (Ethernet WAN Interface) P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 110 This shows if you set the DSL Link Type field in the Network > WAN > Layer 2 Interface screen to IPoA. This screen does not show for the Ethernet WAN interface. Figure 24 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: IPoA (DSL WAN Interface) P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 111 This shows whether NAT is active or not for this connection. IGMP Multicast This shows whether IGMP multicasting is active or not for this connection. Back Click this button to return to the previous screen. Save Click this button to save your changes. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 112: Configuration Summary

    Back Click this button to return to the previous screen. Next Click this button to continue. 5.3.1.5 Configuration Summary Click Next in the previous section to open this read-only screen that shows the current WAN connection settings. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 113: Technical Reference

    When the ZyXEL Device is in routing mode, it supports the following methods. IP over Ethernet IP over Ethernet (IPoE) is an alternative to PPPoE. IP packets are being delivered across an Ethernet network, without using PPP encapsulation. They are routed P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 114 Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5). The first method allows multiplexing of multiple protocols over a single ATM virtual circuit (LLC-based multiplexing) and the second method assumes that each protocol is carried over a separate ATM virtual circuit (VC-based multiplexing). Please refer to RFC 1483 for more detailed information. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 115 SCR again. At this time, more cells (up to the MBS) can be sent at the PCR again. If the PCR, SCR or MBS is set to the default of "0", the system will assign a maximum value that correlates to your upstream line rate. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 116 It is commonly used for "bursty" traffic typical on LANs. PCR and MBS define the burst levels, SCR defines the minimum level. An example of an VBR-nRT connection would be non-time sensitive data file transfers. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 117 Information), starts after the source address field of the Ethernet frame). The CFI (Canonical Format Indicator) is a single-bit flag, always set to zero for Ethernet switches. If a frame received at an Ethernet port has a CFI set to 1, then P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 118 204.217.0.2. The DNS server is extremely important because without it, you must know the IP address of a computer before you can access it. The ZyXEL Device can get the DNS server addresses in the following ways. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 119 DNS server fields. If your ISP dynamically assigns the DNS server IP addresses (along with the ZyXEL Device’s WAN IP address), set the DNS server fields to get the DNS server address from the ISP. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 120 Chapter 5 WAN Setup P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 121: Lan Setup

    ZyXEL Device sends to the DHCP client devices on the LAN. • Use the Client List screen (Section 6.4 on page 124) to assign IP addresses on the LAN to specific individual computers based on their MAC Addresses. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 122: What You Need To Know

    DHCP Client List screen. 6.2 The IP Screen Click Network > LAN to open the IP screen. See Section 6.1 on page 121 background information. Use this screen to set the Local Area Network IP address P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 123: Dhcp Server Screen

    Click this to begin configuring this screen afresh. 6.3 DHCP Server Screen Use this screen to configure the DNS server information that the ZyXEL Device sends to the DHCP client devices on the LAN. Figure 30 Network > LAN > DHCP Server P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 124: The Client List Screen

    Use this table to assign IP addresses on the LAN to specific individual computers based on their MAC Addresses. Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 125 MAC address(es) (and host name(s)). You can select up to 128 entries in this table. Apply Click this to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Reset Click this to begin configuring this screen afresh. Refresh Click this to reload the DHCP table. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 126: Technical Reference

    (DHCP Pool). See the product specifications in the appendices. Do not assign static IP addresses from the DHCP pool to your LAN computers. LAN TCP/IP The ZyXEL Device has built-in DHCP server capability that assigns IP addresses and DNS servers to systems that support DHCP client capability. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 127 If you belong to a small organization and your Internet access is through an ISP, the ISP can provide you with the Internet addresses for your local networks. On the other hand, if you are part of a much larger P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 128 Note: Regardless of your particular situation, do not create an arbitrary IP address; always follow the guidelines above. For more information on address assignment, please refer to RFC 1597, “Address Allocation for Private Internets” and RFC 1466, “Guidelines for Management of IP Address Space”. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 129: Wireless Lan

    Figure 33 Example of a Wireless Network Ethernet 7.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter • Use the General screen (see Section 7.2 on page 133) to turn the wireless connection on or off, create multiple SSIDs and make other configuration changes. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 130: What You Need To Know

    • An access point is a radio with a wired connection to a network, which can connect with numerous wireless clients and let them access the network. • A bridge is a radio that relays communications between access points and wireless clients, extending a network’s range. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 131 Since the available unlicensed spectrum varies from one country to another, the number of available channels also varies. Wireless Security By their nature, radio communications are simple to intercept. For wireless data networks, this means that anyone within range of a wireless network without P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 132 Problems with absorption occur when physical objects (such as thick walls) are between the two radios, muffling the signal. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 133: Before You Begin

    LAN and you change the ZyXEL Device’s SSID or security settings, you will lose your wireless connection when you press Apply to confirm. You must then change the wireless settings of your computer to match the ZyXEL Device’s new settings. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 134 Note: SSID1 is enabled by default and cannot be disabled. Hide SSID Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 135 Low, Med or High. See the product specifications for more information on your ZyXEL Device’s output power. HT (High Throughput) - Use the fields below to configure the 802.11n Parameters wireless environment of your ZyXEL Device. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 136: The Security Screens

    Use this screen to set up wireless security of your ZyXEL Device. Click Network > Wireless LAN > Security to open the following screen. The screen varies depending on the wireless security you select. Figure 35 Network > Wireless LAN > Security P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 137: No Security

    There are two types of WEP authentication namely, Open System (Static WEP) and Shared Key (Shared WEP). Open system is implemented for ease-of-use and when security is not an issue. The wireless station and the AP or peer computer do not share a secret key. Thus P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 138 (ASCII string) or 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F") for a 64- bit or 128-bit WEP key respectively. Apply Click this to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Reset Click this to reload the previous configuration for this screen. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 139: Wpa-Psk/Wpa2-Psk Authentication

    WPA2-PSK are the same. The only difference between the two is that WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK uses a simple common password, instead of user-specific credentials. Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters (including spaces and symbols). P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 140: Wpa/Wpa2 Authentication

    The WPA security mode is a security subset of WPA2. It requires the presence of a RADIUS server on your network in order to validate user credentials. This encryption standard is slightly older than WPA2 and therefore is more compatible with older devices. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 141 Select PKT to have the ZyXEL Device automatically disconnects a wireless station from the wired network after a certain number of packets have been processed. • Select NONE if you do not want the connection between the ZyXEL Device and a wireless station to time out. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 142: The Qos Screen

    Click this to reload the previous configuration for this screen. 7.4 The QoS Screen This screen allows you to enable or disable wireless quality of service. Click Network > Wireless LAN > QoS. The following screen displays. Figure 40 Network > Wireless LAN > QoS P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 143: Wps

    Note: The ZyXEL Device applies the security settings of the SSID1 profile (see Section 7.2 on page 133). If you want to use the WPS feature, make sure you have set the security mode of SSID1 to WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or No Security. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 144 Release_Configuration to remove the configured wireless and wireless security settings. Release This button is available when the WPS status is Configured. Configuration Click this button to remove all configured wireless and wireless security settings for WPS connections on the ZyXEL Device. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 145: Scheduling Screen

    Click Network > Wireless LAN > Scheduling to open the Wireless LAN Scheduling screen. Use this screen to configure when the ZyXEL Device enables or disables the wireless LAN. Figure 42 Network > Wireless LAN > Scheduling P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 146 For example, you want the wireless network to be only available during work hours. Check Mon ~ Fri in the day column, and specify 8:00 ~ 18:00 in the time table. Apply Click this to save your changes. Reset Click this to restore your previously saved settings. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 147: Association List Screen

    This is the index number of an associated wireless station. MAC Address This field displays the MAC address of an associated wireless station. Association Time This field displays the time a wireless station first associated with the ZyXEL Device. Refresh Click this to reload the screen. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 148: Wireless Lan Technical Reference

    Fragmentation A small fragmentation threshold is recommended for busy networks, Threshold while a larger threshold provides faster performance if the network is not very busy. Refer to Appendix D on page 345 for more information. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 149: Network Address Translation (Nat)

    In the simplest form, NAT changes the source IP address in a packet received from a subscriber (the inside local address) to another (the inside global address) before forwarding the packet to the WAN side. When the response comes back, P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 150: Port Forwarding

    Let's say you want to assign ports 21-25 to one FTP, Telnet and SMTP server (A in the example), port 80 to another (B in the example) and assign a default server IP address of 192.168.1.35 to a third (C in the example). You assign the LAN IP P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 151: Configuring The Port Forwarding Screen

    Otherwise, select User Defined and manually enter the port number(s) and select the IP protocol. WAN Interface Select the WAN interface through which the service is forwarded. You must have already configured a WAN connection with NAT enabled. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 152 This is the last internal port number that identifies a service. Port Server IP This is the server’s IP address. Address Protocol This shows the IP protocol supported by this virtual server, whether it is TCP, UDP, or TCP/UDP. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 153: The Port Forwarding Edit Screen

    To forward only one port, enter the port number again in the External End Port field. To forward a series of ports, enter the start port number here and the end port number in the External End Port field. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 154: Nat Technical Reference

    IP address of a host used in a packet. Thus, an inside local address (ILA) is the IP address of an inside host in a packet when the packet is still in the local network, while an inside global address (IGA) is the IP address of the same inside P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 155: What Nat Does

    IP source address (and TCP or UDP source port numbers for Many-to-One and Many-to-Many Overload NAT mapping) in each packet and then forwards it to the Internet. The ZyXEL Device keeps track of the original addresses P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 156 Figure 47 How NAT Works NAT Table Inside Local Inside Global IP Address IP Address 192.168.1.10 IGA 1 192.168.1.13 192.168.1.11 IGA 2 192.168.1.12 IGA 3 192.168.1.13 IGA 4 192.168.1.12 192.168.1.10 IGA1 Inside Local Inside Global Address (ILA) Address (IGA) 192.168.1.11 192.168.1.10 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 157: Voice

    You don’t necessarily need to use all these screens to set up your account. In fact, if your service provider did not supply information on a particular field in a screen, it is usually best to leave it at its default setting. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 158: What You Need To Know

    How to Find Out More Chapter 3 on page 33 for a tutorial showing how to set up these screens in an example scenario. Section 9.7 on page 172 for advanced technical information on SIP. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 159: Before You Begin

    Use this screen to configure the SIP server information, QoS for VoIP calls, the numbers for certain phone functions and dialing plan. Click VoIP > SIP > SIP Service Provider to open the SIP Service Provider screen. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 160 Note: Click Advanced to see all the fields in the screen. You don’t necessarily need to use all these fields to set up your account. Click Basic to see and configure only the fields needed for this feature. Figure 48 VoIP > SIP > SIP Service Provider (Advanced) P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 161 It does not matter whether the SIP server is a proxy, redirect or register server. SIP Server Port Enter the SIP server’s listening port number, if your VoIP service provider gave you one. Otherwise, keep the default value. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 162 SIP ALG on a NAT router in front of the ZyXEL Device to keep it from re-translating the IP address (since this is already handled by the outbound proxy server). Server Address Enter the IP address or domain name of the SIP outbound proxy server. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 163: Dial Plan Rules

    Click this to set every field in this screen to its last-saved value. 9.2.1 Dial Plan Rules A dial plan defines the dialing patterns, such as the length and range of the digits for a telephone number. It also includes country codes, access codes, area codes, P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 164 “0” to call the local operator, call 411 or 911, or make a long distance call with an area code starting from 2 to 9 in the US. The calls with the area code 947 will be dropped. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 165: The Sip Account Screen

    Echo Cancellation G.168 is an ITU-T standard for eliminating the echo caused by the sound of your voice reverberating in the telephone receiver while you talk. To access this screen, click VoIP > SIP > SIP Account. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 166 Note: Click Advanced to see all the fields in the screen. You don’t necessarily need to use all these fields to set up your account. Click Basic to see and configure only the fields needed for this feature. Figure 49 VoIP > SIP > SIP Account (Advanced) P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 167 None if you only want the ZyXEL Device to accept the first or second choice. Speaking Enter the loudness that the ZyXEL Device uses for speech that it sends Volume to the peer device. Control Minimum is the quietest, and Maximum is the loudest. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 168 Apply Click this to save your changes and to apply them to the ZyXEL Device. Cancel Click this to set every field in this screen to its last-saved value. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 169: The Analog Phone Screen

    Click this to go to a screen where you can configure the SIP number for the SIP account. Apply Click this to save your changes and to apply them to the ZyXEL Device. Cancel Click this to set every field in this screen to its last-saved value. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 170: The Phone Region Screen

    You also have to create speed-dial entries if you want to call SIP numbers that contain letters. Once you have configured a speed dial rule, you can use a shortcut (the speed dial number, #01 for example) on your phone's keypad to call the phone number. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 171 Use this field to edit or erase the speed-dial entry. Click the Edit icon to copy the information for this speed-dial entry into the Speed Dial section, where you can change it. Click the Remove icon to erase this speed-dial entry. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 172: Sip Technical Reference

    SIP identity is called a SIP URI (Uniform Resource Identifier). A SIP account's URI identifies the SIP account in a way similar to the way an e-mail address identifies an e-mail account. The format of a SIP identity is SIP- Number@SIP-Service-Domain. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 173 Authorization Requirements SIP registrations (and subsequent SIP requests) require a username and password for authorization. These credentials are validated via a challenge / response system using the HTTP digest mechanism (as detailed in RFC3261, "SIP: Session Initiation Protocol"). P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 174 In the following example, you want to use client device A to call someone who is using client device C. The client device (A in the figure) sends a call invitation to the SIP proxy server (B). P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 175 In the following example, you want to use client device A to call someone who is using client device C. Client device A sends a call invitation for C to the SIP redirect server (B). The SIP redirect server sends the invitation back to A with C’s IP address (or domain name). P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 176 SIP Call Progression The following figure displays the basic steps in the setup and tear down of a SIP call. A calls B. Table 42 SIP Call Progression 1. INVITE 2. Ringing 3. OK 4. ACK P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 177 • G.729 is an Analysis-by-Synthesis (AbS) hybrid waveform codec that uses a filter based on information about how the human vocal tract produces sounds. G.729 provides good sound quality and reduces the required bandwidth to 8 kbps. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 178: Quality Of Service (Qos)

    The ZyXEL Device does not support pulse dialing at the time of writing. The ZyXEL Device does not support DiffServ at the time of writing. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 179: Phone Services Overview

    Supplementary services such as call hold, call waiting, and call transfer. are generally available from your VoIP service provider. The ZyXEL Device supports the following services: • Call Hold • Call Waiting • Making a Second Call • Call Transfer • Three-Way Conference P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 180 2. Put a current call on hold to answer an incoming call. 3. Separate the current three-way conference call into two individual calls (one is on-line, the other is on hold). Flash Create three-way conference connection. Flash *98# Transfer the call to another phone. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 181 Intercom. After you hear the ring signal or the second party answers it, hang up the phone. European Three-Way Conference Use the following steps to make three-way conference calls. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 182 Hang up the phone to drop the connection. If you want to separate the activated three-way conference into two individual connections (one is on-line, the other is on hold), press the flash key and press “2”. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 183: File Sharing

    (Section 10.2 on page 185) to enable file sharing server on the ZyXEL Device and configure the workgroup name. • Use the Account Management screen (Section 10.3 on page 190) to set up and configure a file sharing account. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 184: What You Need To Know

    10.1.3 Before You Begin Make sure the ZyXEL Device is connected to your network and turned on. Connect the USB device to one of the ZyXEL Device’s USB ports. Make sure the ZyXEL Device is connected to your network. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 185: The Share Configuration Screen

    In this case, contact your network administrator. Use this screen to set up file sharing using the ZyXEL Device. To access this screen, click USB Services > File Sharing. Figure 58 USB Services > File Sharing > Share Configuration P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 186 Click the Remove icon to delete this share in the list. You will be asked to confirm this action. Apply Click this to save your changes to the ZyXEL Device. Cancel Click this to set every field in this screen to its last-saved value. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 187: Share Configuration Add Screen

    Select Security to make the share available only to users you allow. Share Access This shows when you select Security as the Access Level for the share. You can allow or disallow access simply by moving Available Users to the Allow Users box. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 188 ‘.’ shows the current directory of the USB storage device. Date This shows the date when the folder was last available. Apply Click this button to save your settings. Cancel Click this button to return all fields in this screen to their previous values. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 189: Share Configuration Edit Screen

    You can allow or disallow access simply by moving Available Users to the Allow Users box. Apply Click this button to save your settings. Cancel Click this button to return all fields in this screen to their previous values. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 190: The Account Management Screen

    This field shows the list of user names already configured on the ZyXEL Device. Modify Click the Edit icon to change the settings of an existing user account. Click the Remove icon to delete this entry in the list. You will be asked to confirm this action. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 191: Account Management Add Or Edit Screen

    Enter the password for this account. The password can be 5 to 15 Password alpha-numeric characters long. Retype New Retype the password. Password/ Retype Password Apply Click this to save your changes to the ZyXEL Device. Reset Click this to set the fields in this screen to their defaults. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 192 Chapter 10 File Sharing P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 193: Media Server

    Note: Anyone on your network can play the media files in the published shares. No user name and password or other form of security is used. The media server is enabled by default with the video, photo, and music shares published. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 194: The Media Server Screen

    Turn on the media server to let (DLNA-compliant) media clients on your network play media files located in the shares. Otherwise, clear this. Apply Click this to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Cancel Click this to reload the previous configuration for this screen. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 195: Print Server

    The following terms and concepts may help as you read this chapter. Print Server This is a computer or other device which manages one or more printers, and which sends print jobs to each printer from the computer itself or other devices. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 196: Before You Begin

    Follow your printer manufacturers instructions on how to install the printer software on your computer. Note: Your printer’s installation instructions may ask that you connect the printer to your computer. Connect your printer to the ZyXEL Device instead. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 197: The Print Server Screen

    ZyXEL Device Print Server Compatible USB Printers The following is a list of USB printer models compatible with the ZyXEL Device print server. Table 52 Compatible USB Printers BRAND MODEL Brother MFC7420 CANON BJ F9000 CANON i320 CANON PIXMA MP450 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 198 EPSON Stylus 1270 EPSON Stylus C43UX EPSON Stylus C60 EPSON Stylus Color 670 Deskjet 5550 Deskjet 5652 Deskjet 830C Deskjet 845C Deskjet 1125C Deskjet 1180C Deskjet 1220C Deskjet F4185 Laserjet 1022 Laserjet 1200 Laserjet 2200D Laserjet 2420 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 199 Officejet 4255 Officejet 5510 Officejet 5610 Officejet 7210 Officejet Pro L7380 Photosmart 2610 Photosmart 3110 Photosmart 7150 Photosmart 7830 Photosmart C5280 Photosmart D5160 PSC 1350 PSC 1410 Infoprint 1332 LEXMARK LEXMARK Z705 B4350 SAMSUNG ML-1710 SAMSUNG SCX-4016 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 200 Chapter 12 Print Server P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 201: Mac Filter

    Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. You need to know the MAC address of the devices to configure this screen. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 202: Mac Filter Screen

    ZyXEL Device in these address fields. Enter the MAC addresses in a valid MAC address format, that is, six hexadecimal character pairs, for example, 12:34:56:78:9a:bc. Apply Click this to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Reset Click this to reload the previous configuration for this screen. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 203: Firewall

    Use the Firewall screen (Section 14.2 on page 204) to enable LAN-to-WAN services blocking on the ZyXEL Device. 14.1.2 What You Need to Know About Firewall The following terms and concepts may help as you read this chapter. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 204: The Firewall Screen

    Section 14.3 on page 206 for advanced technical information on firewall. 14.2 The Firewall Screen Use this screen to enable service blocking and to maintain the list of services you want to block. To access this screen, click Security > Firewall. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 205 Select TCP, UDP or TCP and UDP, based on which one the custom port uses. Port Number Enter the range of port numbers that defines the service. For example, suppose you want to define the Gnutella service. Select TCP type and enter a port range of 6345-6349. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 206: Firewall Technical Reference

    For local services that are enabled, protect against misuse. Protect by configuring the services to communicate only with specific peers, and protect by configuring rules to block packets for the services at specific interfaces. Keep the firewall in a secured (locked) room. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 207: Security Considerations

    Internet to the LAN, Internet users may be able to connect to computers with running FTP servers. Does this rule conflict with any existing rules? Once these questions have been answered, adding rules is simply a matter of entering the information into the correct fields in the web configurator screens. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 208 Chapter 14 Firewall P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 209: Certificates

    Tim wants to send a private message to Jenny. Tim generates a public-private key pair. What is encrypted with one key can only be decrypted using the other. Tim keeps the private key and makes the public key openly available. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 210 • Key distribution is simple and very secure since you can freely distribute public keys and you never need to transmit private keys. Certificate File Formats The certification authority certificate that you want to import has to be in one of these file formats: P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 211: Verifying A Certificate

    Browse to where you have the certificate saved on your computer. Make sure that the certificate has a “.cer” or “.crt” file name extension. Figure 71 Certificates on Your Computer P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 212: My Certificates

    You can import the following certificates to your ZyXEL Device: • Web Server - This certificate secures HTTP connections. • SIP TLS - This certificate secures VoIP connections. • SSH/SCP/SFTP - This certificate secures remote connections. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 213 Valid To This field displays the date that the certificate expires. The text displays in red and includes an Expiring! or Expired! message if the certificate is about to expire or has already expired. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 214: Trusted Cas

    When the bar is red, you should consider deleting expired or unnecessary certificates before adding more certificates. Trusted CA Setting This field displays the certificate index number. The certificates are listed in alphabetical order. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 215: Trusted Ca Import

    Click Security > Certificates > Trusted CAs to open the Trusted CAs screen and then click Import to open the Trusted CA Import screen. Follow the instructions in this screen to save a trusted certification authority’s certificate to the ZyXEL Device. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 216: Trusted Ca Details

    Use this screen to view in-depth information about the certification authority’s certificate, change the certificate’s name and set whether or not you want the ZyXEL Device to check a certification authority’s list of revoked certificates before trusting a certificate issued by the certification authority. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 217 ZyXEL Device to check the CRL that the certification authority issues before trusting a certificate issued by the certification authority. Cancel Click this to quit and return to the Trusted CAs screen. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 218 Chapter 15 Certificates P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 219: Static Route

    LAN. Figure 77 Example of Static Routing Topology 16.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter Use the Static Route screens (Section 16.2 on page 220) to view and configure IP static routes on the ZyXEL Device. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 220: Configuring Static Route

    Click the Edit icon to go to the screen where you can set up a static route on the ZyXEL Device. Click the Remove icon to remove a static route from the ZyXEL Device. A window displays asking you to confirm that you want to delete the route. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 221: Static Route Add/Edit

    Back Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. Apply Click this to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Reset Click this to begin configuring this screen afresh. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 222 Chapter 16 Static Route P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 223: Quality Of Service (Qos)

    QoS queue assignment. • Use the Class Setup screen (Section 17.4 on page 227) to set up classifiers to sort traffic into different flows and assign priority and define actions to be performed for a classified traffic flow. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 224: What You Need To Know

    17.2 The QoS General Screen Use this screen to enable or disable QoS, and select to have the ZyXEL Device assign the allowable upstream bandwidth. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 225 ZyXEL Device will not use some of the interface’s available bandwidth. Leave this field blank to have the ZyXEL Device set this value automatically. Apply Click this to save your settings back to the ZyXEL Device. Cancel Click this to begin configuring this screen afresh. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 226: The Queue Setup Screen

    Click the Remove icon to delete an existing queue. Note that subsequent rules move up by one when you take this action. Apply Click this to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Cancel Click this to begin configuring this screen afresh. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 227: Adding/Editing A Qos Queue

    For example, you can configure a classifier to select traffic from the same protocol port (such as Telnet) to form a flow. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 228 Click the Remove icon to delete an existing classifier. Note that subsequent rules move up by one when you take this action. Apply Click this to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Cancel Click this to begin configuring this screen afresh. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 229: Qos Class Add/Edit

    Chapter 17 Quality of Service (QoS) 17.4.1 QoS Class Add/Edit Click the Add button or the Edit icon in the Class Setup screen to configure a classifier. Figure 84 Advanced > QoS > Class Setup: Add/Edit P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 230 You should have configured a queue in the Queue Setup screen already. Criteria Configuration Use the following fields to configure the criteria for traffic classification. Basic From Interface Select whether the traffic class comes from the LAN or a wireless interface. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 231 If you select TCP or UDP in the IP Protocol field, select the check Range box and enter the port number(s) of the source. Exclude Select this option to exclude the packets that match the specified criteria from this classifier. Others P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 232 Select this option to exclude the packets that match the specified criteria from this classifier. Back Click this to return to the previous screen without saving. Apply Click this to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Cancel Click this to begin configuring this screen afresh. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 233: The Qos Monitor Screen

    This shows how many packets assigned to this queue are transmitted successfully. Drop Rate (bps) This shows how many packets assigned to this queue are dropped. 17.6 QoS Technical Reference This section provides some technical background information about the topics covered in this chapter. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 234: Ieee 802.1Q Tag

    17.6.3 DiffServ QoS is used to prioritize source-to-destination traffic flows. All packets in the flow are given the same priority. You can use CoS (class of service) to give different priorities to different packet types. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 235 DiffServ network. Based on the marking rule, different kinds of traffic can be marked for different kinds of forwarding. Resources can then be allocated according to the DSCP values and the configured policies. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 236 Chapter 17 Quality of Service (QoS) P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 237: Dynamic Dns Setup

    IP address as yourhost.dyndns.org. This feature is useful if you want to be able to use, for example, www.yourhost.dyndns.org and still reach your hostname. If you have a private WAN IP address, then you cannot use Dynamic DNS. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 238: Configuring Dynamic Dns

    You can specify up to two host names in the field separated by a comma (","). User Name Type your user name. Password Type the password assigned to you. Apply Click this to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Reset Click this to begin configuring this screen afresh. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 239: Service Control

    SSH/SCP/SFTP Secure Shell (SSH) is a secure communication protocol that combines authentication and data encryption to provide secure encrypted communication between two hosts over an unsecured network. The following file transfer methods use SSH: P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 240: The Service Control Screen

    You may change the server port number for a service if needed, however you must use the same port number in order to use that service for remote management. Apply Click this button to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 241: Maintenance, Troubleshooting And Specifications

    Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Specifications System (243) Logs (247) Tools (253) Diagnostic (265) Account (269) Troubleshooting (271) Product Specifications (279)

  • Page 243: System

    DHCP Server. Often your ISP or a router on your network performs this function. A LAN (local area network) is typically a network which covers a small area, made up of computers and other devices which share resources such as Internet access and printers. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 244: The System General Screen

    (not recommended). Apply Click this to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Reset Click this to begin configuring this screen afresh. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 245: The Time Setting Screen

    Check with your ISP/network administrator if you are unsure of this information. Time Zone Setup Time Zone Choose the time zone of your location. This will set the time difference between your time zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 246 Germany for instance, you would type 2 because Germany's time zone is one hour ahead of GMT or UTC (GMT+1). Apply Click this to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Reset Click this to begin configuring this screen afresh. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 247: Logs

    Syslog is defined in RFC 3164. The RFC defines the packet format, content and system log related information of syslog messages. Each syslog message has a P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 248: The View Log Screen

    Log entries in red indicate alerts. The log wraps around and deletes the old entries after it fills. Click a column heading to sort the entries. A triangle indicates ascending or descending sort order. Figure 90 Maintenance > Logs > View Log P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 249: The Log Settings Screen

    Use the Log Settings screen to configure where the ZyXEL Device sends logs and which logs and/or immediate alerts the ZyXEL Device records. To change your ZyXEL Device’s log settings, click Maintenance > Logs > Log Settings. The screen appears as shown. Figure 91 Maintenance > Logs > Log Settings P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 250: Log Descriptions

    Outgoing call from SIP number has terminated. Show Out Call End [SIP the call duration. Number],Duration: Seconds Incoming call from SIP number has been established. Incoming Call Established [SIP Number] Outgoing call to SIP number has been established. Outgoing Call Established [SIP Number] P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 251 Activate call forwarding on No Reply to the registered Enable CFNR destination. DeActivate call forwarding on No Reply to the registered Disable CFNR destination. Activate call forwarding on No Busy to the registered Enable CFB destination. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 252 Table 78 VoIP Miscellaneous LOG MESSAGE DESCRIPTION DeActivate call forwarding on No Busy to the registered Disable CFB destination. One-shot enable call waiting. temp. enable CallWaiting temp. disable CallWaiting One-shot disable call waiting. CallWaiting Interrogation Interrogation the call waiting status. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 253: Tools

    The configuration file (often called the romfile or rom-0) contains the factory default settings in the menus such as password, DHCP Setup, and TCP/IP Setup. It arrives from ZyXEL with a “rom” filename extension. Once you have customized P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 254 You are not logged on to the ZyXEL Device as an administrator (username ‘admin’). The firewall is active (turn the firewall off or create a firewall rule to allow access from the WAN). You have disabled the FTP service in the Advanced > Service Control screen. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 255: Before You Begin

    Click Browse... to find the .bin file you want to upload. Remember that you must decompress compressed (.zip) files before you can upload them. Upload Click Upload to begin the upload process. This process may take up to two minutes. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 256: The Configuration Screen

    If the upload was not successful, the following screen will appear. Click Return to go back to the Firmware screen. Figure 95 Error Message 22.3 The Configuration Screen Section 22.5 on page 260 for transferring configuration files using FTP/TFTP commands. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 257 Browse ... to find it. Browse... Click Browse... to find the file you want to upload. Remember that you must decompress compressed (.ZIP) files before you can upload them. Upload Click Upload to begin the upload process. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 258 If you uploaded the default configuration file you may need to change the IP address of your computer to be in the same subnet as that of the default device IP address (192.168.1.1). See Appendix B on page 305 for details on how to set up your computer’s IP address. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 259: Restart

    System restart allows you to reboot the ZyXEL Device without turning the power off. Click Maintenance > Tools > Restart. Click Restart to have the ZyXEL Device reboot. This does not affect the ZyXEL Device's configuration. Figure 101 Maintenance > Tools > Restart Screen P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 260: Technical Reference

    150 Opening data connection for STOR rom-0 226 File received OK 221 Goodbye for writing flash ftp: 16384 bytes sent in 0.06Seconds 273.07Kbytes/sec. ftp>quit Refer to Section 22.1.2 on page 253 to read about configurations that disallow TFTP and FTP over WAN. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 261 “rom-0”. Likewise “get rom-0 config.rom” transfers the configuration file on the device to your computer and renames it “config.rom.” See earlier in this chapter for more information on filename conventions. Enter “quit” to exit the ftp prompt. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 262 Launch the TFTP client on your computer and connect to the device. Set the transfer mode to binary before starting data transfer. Use the TFTP client (see the example below) to transfer files between the device and the computer. The file name for the firmware is “ras”. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 263 Initial Remote Specify the default remote directory (path). Directory Initial Local Directory Specify the default local directory (path). Refer to Section 22.1.2 on page 253 to read about configurations that disallow TFTP and FTP over WAN. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 264 Chapter 22 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 265: Diagnostic

    Use the General Diagnostic screen (Section 23.2 on page 265) to check or reset your DSL connection. 23.2 The General Diagnostic Screen Click Maintenance > Diagnostic to open the screen shown next. Figure 104 Maintenance > Diagnostic > General P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 266 The ZyXEL Device sends an OAM F5 packet to the DSLAM/ATM switch and then returns it (loops it back) to the ZyXEL Device. The ATM loopback test is useful for troubleshooting problems with the DSLAM and ATM network. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 267 Click this button to reinitialize the ADSL line. The large text box above then ADSL Line displays the progress and results of this operation, for example: "Start to reset ADSL Loading ADSL modem F/W... Reset ADSL Line Successfully!" P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 268 Chapter 23 Diagnostic P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 269: Account

    Use this screen to change the password for the Administrator and User accounts for your ZyXEL Device. Click Maintenance > Account to open the screen shown next. Figure 105 Maintenance > Account > Admin Figure 106 Maintenance > Account > User P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 270 ZyXEL Device. Retype to Type the new password again for confirmation. Confirm Apply Click this to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. Cancel Click this to begin configuring this screen afresh. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 271: Troubleshooting

    Make sure the power adaptor or cord is connected to the ZyXEL Device and plugged in to an appropriate power source. Make sure the power source is turned Turn the ZyXEL Device off and on. If the problem continues, contact the vendor. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 272: Zyxel Device Access And Login

    I cannot see or access the Login screen in the web configurator. Make sure you are using the correct IP address. • The default IP address is 192.168.1.1. • If you changed the IP address (Section on page 127), use the new IP address. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 273 If this does not work, you have to reset the device to its factory defaults. See Section 25.2 on page 271. I cannot Telnet to the ZyXEL Device. See the troubleshooting suggestions for I cannot see or access the Login screen in the web configurator. Ignore the suggestions about your browser. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 274: Internet Access

    Check the hardware connections, and make sure the LEDs are behaving as expected. See the Quick Start Guide and Section 1.5 on page Turn the ZyXEL Device off and on. If the problem continues, contact your ISP. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 275: Phone Calls And Voip

    I can access the Internet, but cannot make VoIP calls. The PHONE light should come on. Make sure that your telephone is connected to the PHONE port. You can also check the VoIP status in the Status screen. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 276: Multiple Sip Accounts

    2 is configured to use SIP account 2. In this case, every time you place a call through phone port 1, you are using your SIP account 1. Similarly, every time you place a call through phone port 2, you are using your SIP account 2. To apply P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 277: Incoming Calls

    SIP account 2, the phones connected to both phone port 1 and phone port 2 ring. In either case you are not sure which SIP account the call is coming from. Figure 109 Incoming Calls: Default PHONE 1 SIP 1 PHONE 2 SIP 2 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 278: Usb Device Connection

    Reboot the ZyXEL Device. If you are connecting a USB hard drive that comes with an external power supply, make sure it is connected to an appropriate power source that is on. Re-connect your USB device to the ZyXEL Device. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 279: Product Specifications

    -20º ~ 60º C Operation Humidity 20% ~ 85% RH Storage Humidity 20% ~ 90% RH Distance between the 137.20mm centers of the holes (for wall-mounting) on the device’s back Screw size for wall- M4 tap mounting P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 280: Firmware Specifications

    DHCP server to the clients. Dynamic DNS With Dynamic DNS (Domain Name System) support, you can use Support a fixed URL, www.zyxel.com for example, with a dynamic IP address. You must register for this service with a Dynamic DNS service provider. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 281 Other PPPoE PPPoE idle time out Features PPPoE dial on demand Multiple PVC Your device supports one Permanent Virtual Circuits (PVCs). (Permanent Virtual Circuits) Support Packet Filters Your device’s packet filtering function allows added network security and management. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 282 CLI (Command Line Interpreter) SNMP v1 & v2c with MIB II Firmware upgrade and configuration file restore through Web/FTP/ SCP/SFTP Telnet for remote management Remote Management Control: Telnet, FTP, Web, SNMP and DNS. Remote Firmware Upgrade Syslog P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 283: Voice Specifications

    HTTP pincode If your service provider uses an auto provisioning server, you need to enter a personal identification number (supplied by your service provider) before you first use the feature. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 284 Quality of Service (QoS) mechanisms help to provide better service Service) on a per-flow basis. Your device supports Type of Service (ToS) tagging and Differentiated Services (DiffServ) tagging. This allows the device to tag voice frames so they can be prioritized over the network. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 285 Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a subset of the IEEE 802.11i security standard. Key differences between WPA and WEP are user authentication and improved data encryption. WPA2 WPA 2 is a wireless security standard that defines stronger encryption, authentication and key management than WPA. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 286 The Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) RFC 1723 RIP-2 (Routing Information Protocol) RFC 1901 SNMPv2c Simple Network Management Protocol version 2c RFC 2236 Internet Group Management Protocol, Version 2. RFC 2364 PPP over AAL5 (PPP over ATM over ADSL) P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 287 Note: See Table 85 on page 279 for the size of screws to use and how far apart to place them. Locate a high position on a wall that is free of obstructions. Use a sturdy wall. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 288 Make sure the screws are snugly fastened to the wall. They need to hold the weight of the ZyXEL Device with the connection cables. Align the holes on the back of the ZyXEL Device with the screws on the wall. Hang the ZyXEL Device on the screws. Figure 111 Wall-mounting Example P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 289 Chapter 26 Product Specifications The following are dimensions of an M4 tap screw and masonry plug used for wall mounting. All measurements are in millimeters (mm). Figure 112 Masonry Plug and M4 Tap Screw P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 290 Chapter 26 Product Specifications P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 291: Appendices And Index

    Appendices and Index Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address (305) Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions (335) IP Addresses and Subnetting (293) Wireless LANs (345) Common Services (369) Open Software Announcements (373) Legal Information (397) Index (399)

  • Page 293: Appendix A Ip Addresses And Subnetting

    192.168.1.1). Each of these four parts is known as an octet. An octet is an eight-digit binary number (for example 11000000, which is 192 in decimal notation). Therefore, each octet has a possible range of 00000000 to 11111111 in binary, or 0 to 255 in decimal. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 294: Subnet Masks

    Table 90 IP Address Network Number and Host ID Example OCTET: OCTET: OCTET: OCTET (192) (168) IP Address (Binary) 11000000 10101000 00000001 00000010 Subnet Mask (Binary) 11111111 11111111 11111111 00000000 Network Number 11000000 10101000 00000001 Host ID 00000010 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 295 MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SUBNET MASK HOST ID SIZE HOSTS 8 bits 255.0.0.0 24 bits – 2 16777214 16 bits 255.255.0.0 16 bits – 2 65534 24 bits 255.255.255.0 8 bits – 2 29 bits 255.255.255.248 3 bits – 2 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 296 In this example, the company network address is 192.168.1.0. The first three octets of the address (192.168.1) are the network number, and the remaining octet is the host ID, allowing a maximum of 2 – 2 or 254 possible hosts. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 297 You can “borrow” one of the host ID bits to divide the network 192.168.1.0 into two separate sub-networks. The subnet mask is now 25 bits (255.255.255.128 or /25). The “borrowed” host ID bit can have a value of either 0 or 1, allowing two subnets; 192.168.1.0 /25 and 192.168.1.128 /25. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 298 Similarly, to divide a 24-bit address into four subnets, you need to “borrow” two host ID bits to give four possible combinations (00, 01, 10 and 11). The subnet mask is 26 bits (11111111.11111111.11111111.11000000) or 255.255.255.192. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 299 Table 97 Subnet 4 LAST OCTET BIT IP/SUBNET MASK NETWORK NUMBER VALUE IP Address 192.168.1. IP Address (Binary) 11000000.10101000.00000001. 11000000 Subnet Mask (Binary) 11111111.11111111.11111111. 11000000 Subnet Address: Lowest Host ID: 192.168.1.193 192.168.1.192 Broadcast Address: Highest Host ID: 192.168.1.254 192.168.1.255 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 300 The following table is a summary for subnet planning on a network with a 16-bit network number. Table 100 16-bit Network Number Subnet Planning NO. “BORROWED” NO. HOSTS PER SUBNET MASK HOST BITS SUBNETS SUBNET 255.255.128.0 (/17) 32766 255.255.192.0 (/18) 16382 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 301: Configuring Ip Addresses

    The subnet mask specifies the network number portion of an IP address. Your ZyXEL Device will compute the subnet mask automatically based on the IP address that you entered. You don't need to change the subnet mask computed by the ZyXEL Device unless you are instructed to do otherwise. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 302 A has a static (or fixed) IP address that is the same as the IP address that a DHCP server assigns to computer B which is a DHCP client. Neither can access the Internet. This problem can be solved by assigning a different static IP P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 303 Figure 117 Conflicting Computer IP Addresses Example Conflicting Computer and Router IP Addresses Example More than one device can not use the same IP address. In the following example, the computer and the router’s LAN port both use 192.168.1.1 as the IP address. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 304 Appendix A IP Addresses and Subnetting The computer cannot access the Internet. This problem can be solved by assigning a different IP address to the computer or the router’s LAN port. Figure 118 Conflicting Computer and Router IP Addresses Example P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 305: Appendix B Setting Up Your Computer's Ip Address

    321 • Linux: Ubuntu 8 (GNOME) page 324 • Linux: openSUSE 10.3 (KDE) page 329 Windows XP/NT/2000 The following example uses the default Windows XP display theme but can also apply to Windows 2000 and Windows NT. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 306 Appendix B Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address Click Start > Control Panel. Figure 119 Windows XP: Start Menu In the Control Panel, click the Network Connections icon. Figure 120 Windows XP: Control Panel P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 307 Right-click Local Area Connection and then select Properties. Figure 121 Windows XP: Control Panel > Network Connections > Properties On the General tab, select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and then click Properties. Figure 122 Windows XP: Local Area Connection Properties P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 308 Preferred DNS server and an Alternate DNS server, if that information was provided. Click OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window. Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window. Verifying Settings Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 309 Windows Vista This section shows screens from Windows Vista Professional. Click Start > Control Panel. Figure 124 Windows Vista: Start Menu In the Control Panel, click the Network and Internet icon. Figure 125 Windows Vista: Control Panel P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 310 Figure 127 Windows Vista: Network and Sharing Center Right-click Local Area Connection and then select Properties. Figure 128 Windows Vista: Network and Sharing Center Note: During this procedure, click Continue whenever Windows displays a screen saying that it needs your permission to continue. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 311 Appendix B Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and then select Properties. Figure 129 Windows Vista: Local Area Connection Properties P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 312 Preferred DNS server and an Alternate DNS server, if that information was provided.Click Advanced. Click OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window. 10 Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window. Verifying Settings Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 313 This section shows screens from Windows 7 Enterprise. Click Start > Control Panel. Figure 131 Windows 7: Start Menu In the Control Panel, click View network status and tasks under the Network and Internet category. Figure 132 Windows 7: Control Panel P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 314 Figure 133 Windows 7: Network And Sharing Center Double click Local Area Connection and then select Properties. Figure 134 Windows 7: Local Area Connection Status Note: During this procedure, click Continue whenever Windows displays a screen saying that it needs your permission to continue. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 315 Appendix B Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) and then select Properties. Figure 135 Windows 7: Local Area Connection Properties P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 316 Click OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window. Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window. Verifying Settings Click Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. In the Command Prompt window, type "ipconfig" and then press [ENTER]. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 317 Figure 137 Windows 7: Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties Mac OS X: 10.3 and 10.4 The screens in this section are from Mac OS X 10.4 but can also apply to 10.3. Click Apple > System Preferences. Figure 138 Mac OS X 10.4: Apple Menu P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 318 In the System Preferences window, click the Network icon. Figure 139 Mac OS X 10.4: System Preferences When the Network preferences pane opens, select Built-in Ethernet from the network connection type list, and then click Configure. Figure 140 Mac OS X 10.4: Network Preferences P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 319 Figure 141 Mac OS X 10.4: Network Preferences > TCP/IP Tab. For statically assigned settings, do the following: • From the Configure IPv4 list, select Manually. • In the IP Address field, type your IP address. • In the Subnet Mask field, type your subnet mask. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 320 Click Apply Now and close the window. Verifying Settings Check your TCP/IP properties by clicking Applications > Utilities > Network Utilities, and then selecting the appropriate Network Interface from the Info tab. Figure 143 Mac OS X 10.4: Network Utility P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 321 The screens in this section are from Mac OS X 10.5. Click Apple > System Preferences. Figure 144 Mac OS X 10.5: Apple Menu In System Preferences, click the Network icon. Figure 145 Mac OS X 10.5: Systems Preferences P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 322 From the Configure list, select Using DHCP for dynamically assigned settings. For statically assigned settings, do the following: • From the Configure list, select Manually. • In the IP Address field, enter your IP address. • In the Subnet Mask field, enter your subnet mask. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 323 Appendix B Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address • In the Router field, enter the IP address of your ZyXEL Device. Figure 147 Mac OS X 10.5: Network Preferences > Ethernet Click Apply and close the window. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 324 The following screens use the default Ubuntu 8 installation. Note: Make sure you are logged in as the root administrator. Follow the steps below to configure your computer IP address in GNOME: P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 325 When the Network Settings window opens, click Unlock to open the Authenticate window. (By default, the Unlock button is greyed out until clicked.) You cannot make changes to your configuration unless you first enter your admin password. Figure 150 Ubuntu 8: Network Settings > Connections P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 326 In the Authenticate window, enter your admin account name and password then click the Authenticate button. Figure 151 Ubuntu 8: Administrator Account Authentication In the Network Settings window, select the connection that you want to configure, then click Properties. Figure 152 Ubuntu 8: Network Settings > Connections P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 327 • In the Configuration list, select Static IP address if you have a static IP address. Fill in the IP address, Subnet mask, and Gateway address fields. Click OK to save the changes and close the Properties dialog box and return to the Network Settings screen. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 328 Figure 154 Ubuntu 8: Network Settings > DNS Click the Close button to apply the changes. Verifying Settings Check your TCP/IP properties by clicking System > Administration > Network Tools, and then selecting the appropriate Network device from the Devices P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 329 The following screens use the default openSUSE 10.3 installation. Note: Make sure you are logged in as the root administrator. Follow the steps below to configure your computer IP address in the KDE: P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 330 Click K Menu > Computer > Administrator Settings (YaST). Figure 156 openSUSE 10.3: K Menu > Computer Menu When the Run as Root - KDE su dialog opens, enter the admin password and click OK. Figure 157 openSUSE 10.3: K Menu > Computer Menu P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 331 Figure 158 openSUSE 10.3: YaST Control Center When the Network Settings window opens, click the Overview tab, select the appropriate connection Name from the list, and then click the Configure button. Figure 159 openSUSE 10.3: Network Settings P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 332 Select Dynamic Address (DHCP) if you have a dynamic IP address. Select Statically assigned IP Address if you have a static IP address. Fill in the IP address, Subnet mask, and Hostname fields. Click Next to save the changes and close the Network Card Setup window. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 333 If you know your DNS server IP address(es), click the Hostname/DNS tab in Network Settings and then enter the DNS server information in the fields provided. Figure 161 openSUSE 10.3: Network Settings Click Finish to save your settings and close the window. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 334 From the Options sub-menu, select Show Connection Information. Figure 162 openSUSE 10.3: KNetwork Manager When the Connection Status - KNetwork Manager window opens, click the Statistics tab to see if your connection is working properly. Figure 163 openSUSE: Connection Status - KNetwork Manager P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 335: Appendix C Pop-Up Windows, Javascripts And Java Permissions

    Disable Pop-up Blockers In Internet Explorer, select Tools, Pop-up Blocker and then select Turn Off Pop-up Blocker. Figure 164 Pop-up Blocker You can also check if pop-up blocking is disabled in the Pop-up Blocker section in the Privacy tab. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 336 Click Apply to save this setting. Enable Pop-up Blockers with Exceptions Alternatively, if you only want to allow pop-up windows from your device, see the following steps. In Internet Explorer, select Tools, Internet Options and then the Privacy tab. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 337 Select Settings…to open the Pop-up Blocker Settings screen. Figure 166 Internet Options: Privacy Type the IP address of your device (the web page that you do not want to have blocked) with the prefix “http://”. For example, http://192.168.167.1. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 338 Figure 167 Pop-up Blocker Settings Click Close to return to the Privacy screen. Click Apply to save this setting. JavaScripts If pages of the web configurator do not display properly in Internet Explorer, check that JavaScripts are allowed. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 339 Figure 168 Internet Options: Security Click the Custom Level... button. Scroll down to Scripting. Under Active scripting make sure that Enable is selected (the default). Under Scripting of Java applets make sure that Enable is selected (the default). P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 340: Java Permissions

    Figure 169 Security Settings - Java Scripting Java Permissions From Internet Explorer, click Tools, Internet Options and then the Security tab. Click the Custom Level... button. Scroll down to Microsoft VM. Under Java permissions make sure that a safety level is selected. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 341 Click OK to close the window. Figure 170 Security Settings - Java JAVA (Sun) From Internet Explorer, click Tools, Internet Options and then the Advanced tab. Make sure that Use Java 2 for <applet> under Java (Sun) is selected. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 342 Mozilla Firefox 2.0 screens are used here. Screens for other versions may vary. You can enable Java, Javascripts and pop-ups in one screen. Click Tools, then click Options in the screen that appears. Figure 172 Mozilla Firefox: Tools > Options P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 343 Appendix C Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions Click Content.to show the screen below. Select the check boxes as shown in the following screen. Figure 173 Mozilla Firefox Content Security P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 344 Appendix C Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 345: Appendix D Wireless Lans

    (AP). Intra-BSS traffic is traffic between wireless clients in the BSS. When Intra-BSS is enabled, wireless client A and B can access the wired network and communicate P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 346 This wired connection between APs is called a Distribution System (DS). This type of wireless LAN topology is called an Infrastructure WLAN. The Access Points not only provide communication with the wired network but also mediate wireless network traffic in the immediate neighborhood. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 347 A hidden node occurs when two stations are within range of the same access point, but are not within range of each other. The following figure illustrates a hidden node. Both stations (STA) are within range of the access point (AP) or P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 348 RTS (Request To Send)/CTS (Clear to Send) handshake will never occur as data frames will be fragmented before they reach RTS/CTS size. Note: Enabling the RTS Threshold causes redundant network overhead that could negatively affect the throughput performance instead of providing a remedy. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 349: Fragmentation Threshold

    IEEE 802.11g is fully compatible with the IEEE 802.11b standard. This means an IEEE 802.11b adapter can interface directly with an IEEE 802.11g access point (and vice versa) at 11 Mbps or lower depending on range. IEEE 802.11g has P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 350: Wireless Security Overview

    IEEE802.1x EAP with RADIUS Server Authentication Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) WPA2 Most Secure Note: You must enable the same wireless security settings on the ZyXEL Device and on all wireless clients that you want to associate with it. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 351 The following types of RADIUS messages are exchanged between the access point and the RADIUS server for user authentication: • Access-Request Sent by an access point requesting authentication. • Access-Reject Sent by a RADIUS server rejecting access. • Access-Accept Sent by a RADIUS server allowing access. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 352 The wireless client ‘proves’ that it knows the password by encrypting the password with the challenge and sends back the information. Password is not sent in plain text. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 353 However, PEAP only supports EAP methods, such as EAP-MD5, EAP-MSCHAPv2 and EAP-GTC (EAP-Generic Token Card), for client authentication. EAP-GTC is implemented only by Cisco. LEAP LEAP (Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol) is a Cisco implementation of IEEE 802.1x. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 354: Dynamic Wep Key Exchange

    RADIUS server, you should use WPA2-PSK (WPA2-Pre-Shared Key) that only requires a single (identical) password entered into each access point, wireless gateway and wireless client. As long as the passwords match, a wireless client will be granted access to a WLAN. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 355 The common-password approach makes WPA(2)-PSK susceptible to brute-force password-guessing attacks but it’s still an improvement over WEP as it employs a consistent, single, alphanumeric password to derive a PMK which is used to generate unique temporal encryption P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 356 The RADIUS server then checks the user's identification against its database and grants or denies network access accordingly. A 256-bit Pairwise Master Key (PMK) is derived from the authentication process by the RADIUS server and the client. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 357 The AP checks each wireless client's password and allows it to join the network only if the password matches. The AP and wireless clients generate a common PMK (Pairwise Master Key). The key itself is not sent over the network, but is derived from the PSK and the SSID. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 358: Security Parameters Summary

    Enable without Dynamic WEP Open Enable with Dynamic WEP Key Enable without Dynamic WEP Disable Shared Enable with Dynamic WEP Key Enable without Dynamic WEP Disable TKIP/AES Enable WPA-PSK TKIP/AES Disable WPA2 TKIP/AES Enable WPA2-PSK TKIP/AES Disable P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 359 Types of Antennas for WLAN There are two types of antennas used for wireless LAN applications. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 360 Number that allows one device to authenticate the other) in each of the two devices. When WPS is activated on a device, it has two minutes to find another device that also has WPS activated. Then, the two devices connect and set up a secure network by themselves. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 361 WPS in the area. However, you need to log into the configuration interfaces of both devices. Take the following steps to set up WPS using the PIN method. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 362 On a computer connected to the wireless client, try to connect to the Internet. If you can connect, WPS was successful. If you cannot connect, check the list of associated wireless clients in the AP’s configuration utility. If you see the wireless client in the list, WPS was successful. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 363 Authentication Protocol) tunnel and sends the network name (SSID) and the WPA- PSK or WPA2-PSK pre-shared key to the enrollee. Whether WPA-PSK or WPA2- PSK is used depends on the standards supported by the devices. If the registrar is P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 364 WPS, it becomes “configured”. A configured wireless client can still act as enrollee or registrar in subsequent WPS connections, but a configured access point can no longer act as enrollee. It will be the registrar in all P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 365 In this case, AP1 must be the registrar, since it is configured (it already has security information for the network). AP1 supplies the existing security information to Client 2. Figure 183 WPS: Example Network Step 2 REGISTRAR EXISTING CONNECTION CLIENT 1 ENROLLEE CLIENT 2 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 366 (if the device supports this feature). Then, you can enter the key into the non-WPS device and join the network as normal (the non-WPS device must also support WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK). P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 367 Check the MAC addresses of your wireless clients (usually printed on a label on the bottom of the device). If there is an unknown MAC address you can remove it or reset the AP. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 368 Appendix D Wireless LANs P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 369: Appendix E Common Services

    Border Gateway Protocol. BOOTP_CLIENT DHCP Client. BOOTP_SERVER DHCP Server. CU-SEEME 7648 A popular videoconferencing solution from White Pines Software. 24032 TCP/UDP Domain Name Server, a service that matches web names (for example www.zyxel.com) to IP numbers. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 370 ICMP echo requests to test whether or not a remote host is reachable. POP3 Post Office Protocol version 3 lets a client computer get e-mail from a POP3 server through a temporary connection (TCP/IP or other). P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 371 Control System). TELNET Telnet is the login and terminal emulation protocol common on the Internet and in UNIX environments. It operates over TCP/IP networks. Its primary function is to allow users to log into remote host systems. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 372 Table 105 Commonly Used Services (continued) NAME PROTOCOL PORT(S) DESCRIPTION TFTP Trivial File Transfer Protocol is an Internet file transfer protocol similar to FTP, but uses the UDP (User Datagram Protocol) rather than TCP (Transmission Control Protocol). VDOLIVE 7000 Another videoconferencing solution. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 373: Appendix F Open Software Announcements

    End-User License Agreement for “P-2612HNU-F1 and/or P- 2612HNU-F3” WARNING: ZyXEL Communications Corp. IS WILLING TO LICENSE THE SOFTWARE TO YOU ONLY UPON THE CONDITION THAT YOU ACCEPT ALL OF THE TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT. PLEASE READ THE TERMS CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING THE INSTALLATION PROCESS AS INSTALLING THE SOFTWARE WILL INDICATE YOUR ASSENT TO THEM.
  • Page 374 You agree to reasonably communicate the terms and conditions of this License Agreement to those persons employed by you who P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 375 LAWS, REGULATIONS, ORDERS, OR OTHER RESTRICTIONS ON THE EXPORT OF THE SOFTWARE OR INFORMATION ABOUT SUCH SOFTWARE WHICH MAY BE IMPOSED FROM TIME TO TIME. YOU SHALL NOT EXPORT THE SOFTWARE, DOCUMENTATION OR INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION WITHOUT COMPLYING WITH SUCH LAWS, REGULATIONS, P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 376 Agreement shall be interpreted so as to reasonably effect the intention of the parties. NOTE: Some components of this product incorporate source code covered under the open source code licenses. To obtain the source code covered under those Licenses, please check ZyXEL Technical Support (support@zyxel.com.tw) to get it. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 377 3.7.1 http://logrotate.darwinports.com/ mini_httpd http://www.acme.com/software/mini_httpd/ mtd-utils 1.0.0 http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/ ncurses http://www.gnu.org/software/ncurses/ netatalk 2.0.3 http://liferea.sourceforge.net/ ntfs-3g 2009.4.4 http://ntfs-3g.org openssh 5.2p1 http://www.openssh.com p910nd 0.93 http://p910nd.sourceforge.net/ 2.4.4 http://samba.org/ppp/index.html pure-ftpd 1.0.23 http://pureftpd.org samba 3.0.36 http://www.samba.org syslog-ng 2.0.6 http://www.balabit.com/network-security/ syslog-ng/ sysstat 8.1.8 http://pagesperso-orange.fr/sebastien.godard/ P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 378 This General Public License applies to most of the Free Software Foundation's software and to any other program whose authors P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 379 Program or a portion of it, either verbatim or with modifications and/or translated into another language. (Hereinafter, translation is included without limitation in the term "modification".) Each licensee is addressed as "you". Activities other than P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 380 Program. In addition, mere aggregation of another P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 381 These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License. Therefore, by modifying or distributing the Program (or any work based on the Program), you indicate your acceptance of this License to do so, and P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 382 License which applies to it and "any later version", you have the option of following the terms and conditions either of that version or of any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. If the P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 383 IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. END OF TERMS AND CONDITIONS All other trademarks or trade names mentioned herein, if any, are the property of their respective owners. This Product includes Dropbear 0.52 and Ncureses 5.7 under the MIT-Style License. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 384 Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 385 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 386 Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed. [This is the first released version of the Lesser GPL. It also counts as the successor of the GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence the version number 2.1. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 387 Finally, software patents pose a constant threat to the existence of any free program. We wish to make sure that a company cannot effectively restrict the P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 388 Pay close attention to the difference between a "work based on the library" and a "work that uses the library". The former contains code derived from the library, whereas the latter must be combined with the library in order to run. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 389 You must cause the whole of the work to be licensed at no charge to all third parties under the terms of this License. d) If a facility in the modified Library refers to a function or a table of data to be supplied P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 390 5. A program that contains no derivative of any portion of the Library, but is designed to work with the Library by being compiled or linked with it, is called a P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 391 Accompany the work with a written offer, valid for at least three years, to give the same user P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 392 10. Each time you redistribute the Library (or any work based on the Library), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute, link with or modify the Library subject to these terms and conditions. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 393 14. If you wish to incorporate parts of the Library into other free programs whose distribution conditions are incompatible with these, write to the author to ask for permission. For software which is copyrighted by the Free Software Foundation, P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 394 It is available under the Open Source License for Oracle BerkelyDB. The license permits you to use the software at no charge under the condition that if you use the software in an application you P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 395 If you do not want to release the source code or your application, you may wish to obtain a separate commercial license for this component directly from Oracle. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 396 Appendix F Open Software Announcements P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 397: Appendix G Legal Information

    ZyXEL Communications Corporation. Published by ZyXEL Communications Corporation. All rights reserved. Disclaimer ZyXEL does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any products, or software described herein.

  • Page 398: Zyxel Limited Warranty

    To obtain the services of this warranty, contact your vendor. You may also refer to the warranty policy for the region in which you bought the device at http:// www.zyxel.com/web/support_warranty_info.php. Registration Register your product online to receive e-mail notices of firmware upgrades and information at www.zyxel.com. P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

  • Page 399: Index

    ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5) ATM Adaptation Layer 5, see AAL5 replacing audience storage space thumbprint algorithms authentication server thumbprints auto dial trusted CAs 214, 215 automatic logout verifying fingerprints auto-negotiating rate adaptation Certification Authority, see CA certifications notices viewing P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 400 Differentiated Services, see DiffServ external RADIUS DiffServ (Differentiated Services) code points marking rule 179, 235 disclaimer DLNA F4/F5 OAM file sharing 23, 185 DNS server address assignment and workgroup P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 401 87, 127 default G.992.5 group key update timer IP Address Assignment IP multicasting IP pool IP pool setup hidden node iTunes server hide SSID ITU-T host ITU-T G.992.1 host name HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) humidity jitter buffer P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 402 PVC support point-to-point calls multiple SIP accounts ports multiple voice channels power adaptor multiplexing power specifications LLC-based PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) Link Layer VC-based Protocol multiprotocol encapsulation PPP over ATM AAL5 PPP over Ethernet PPP over Ethernet, see PPPoE P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 403 Real time Transport Protocol, see RTP shared secret region sharing files registration silence suppression product 165, 284 reinitialize the ADSL line account related documentation accounts Request To Send, see RTS Application Layer Gateway RESET button call progression restore configuration client 257, 260 P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 404 165, 284 version firmware version Virtual Circuit (VC) Tag Control Information See TCI Virtual Local Area Network See VLAN Tag Protocol Identifier See TPID Virtual Local Area Network, see VLAN VLAN TCP/IP port 117, 179 group Telnet temperature P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 405 Wi-Fi Protected Access, see WPA WPA-PSK 139, 355 application example Wired Equivalent Privacy, see WEP wireless client configuration profile security tutorial wireless client wireless client WPA supplicants wireless LAN channel MAC address filter scheduling wireless network example overview wireless security WLAN P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...
  • Page 406 Index P-2612HNU-Fx User’s Guide...

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