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ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide ZyXEL X-550 XtremeMIMOTM 802.11g Wireless Broadband Router User’s Guide February 2006 Version 1.1 i

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Chapter 1 Getting To Know Your X-550 This chapter introduces the ZyXEL X-550 and prepares you to use the ZyXEL Utility. 1.1

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 1.3 Hardware Overview 1.3.1 Real Panel LAN 4 ..1 POWERON/OFF (WLAN)Antenna AntennaWAN USB RESET Connections and/or Featu

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 1.3.2 Front Panel LEDs LED’s Description PWR POWER A solid light indicates a proper connection to the power supply.

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 1-5 1.4 Installation Considerations The following recommendations should only be used as a reference. Your optimal soluti

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Chapter 2 Wireless LAN Networking This chapter provides background information on general wireless LAN networking technology

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Ad-Hoc (IBSS) Ad-hoc mode does not require an access point or a wired network. Two or more wireless stations communicate di

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Figure 2-3 Infrastructure Network Example Roaming In an infrastructure network, wireless stations are able to switch from o

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Chapter 3 Using the Configuration Menu This chapter describes how to configure your ZyXEL Router Whenever you want to config

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ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 3.1 BASIC The Basic tab provides the following configuration options: • Start *brings you back to the Wizard and Introducti

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 3.1.2 BASIC - WAN The WAN (Wide Area Network) section is where you configure how your internal network connects to the Inter

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 3-4 PPPoE WAN Mode Select this option if your ISP requires you to use a PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) connec

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Advanced Figure 3-4 WAN- Advanced Any changes to these options apply to all WAN modes *Static IP/Dynamic IP/PPPoE. Use

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide of filters, go to the ADVANCED -> Inbound Filter screen and create a new filter. MAC Cloning Enabled: Some ISP's m

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 3.1.4 BASIC - DHCP DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. The DHCP section is where you configure the built-in

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Example: Your Wireless router uses 192.168.0.1 for the IP address. You've assigned a computer that you want to designat

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Windows 2000 Windows XP Go to your Start menu, select Programs, select Accessories, and select Command Prompt. At the comma

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide BASIC WIRELESS SETTING Wireless Radio: This indicates whether or not the WLAN of the X-550 is turned on or off. Please use

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide know the key. The key is a string of characters that you create. When using WEP, you must determine the level of encryption.

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement1 The device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide RADIUS Server Port: The port number used to connect to the authentication server. RADIUS Server Shared Secret: A pass-phras

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 3.2 ADVANCED The Advanced tab provides the following configuration options: Game Hosting, Virtual Server, Applications, Strea

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Name: Give the Gaming Rule a name that is meaningful to you, for example Game Server. You can also select from a list of popu

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 3.2.2 ADVANCED - Virtual Server The Virtual Server option gives Internet users access to services on your LAN. This feature

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide ADD/EDIT VIRTUAL SERVER In this section you can add an entry to the Virtual Servers List below or edit an existing entry. E

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 3.2.3 ADVANCED - Applications Figure 3-10 ADVANCED - Applications APPLICATION LEVEL GATEWAY (ALG) CONFIGURATON Here you c

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide ADVANCED -> Virtual Server page if you want to host an FTP server. NetMeeting: Allows Microsoft NetMeeting clients to co

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Save: Clicking Save saves the new or edited Special Applications Rule in the following list. When finished updating the Spec

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide have network priority. Dynamic Fragmentation: This option should be enabled when you have a slow Internet uplink. It helps

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Destination IP Range: The rule applies to a flow of messages whose WAN-side IP address falls within the range set here. Des

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide ZyXEL Limited Warranty ZyXEL warrants to the original end user (purchaser) that this product is free from any defects in mat

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Gateway: Specifies the next hop to be taken if this route is used. A gateway of 0.0.0.0 implies there is no next hop, and the

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide ENABLE By default, the Access Control feature is disabled. If you need Access Control, check this option, and you will see th

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 3.2.7 ADVANCED - WEB Filter The Web Filter section is where you add the Web sites to be used for Access Control. Figure 3-

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide icon, or deleted by clicking the Delete icon. When you click the Edit icon, the item is highlighted, and the "Edit Web S

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Filter Wired Clients: When this is selected, the MAC address filters will be applied to wired network clients. ADD MAC ADDR

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide FIREWALL SETTINGS Enable SPI: SPI ("stateful packet inspection" also known as "dynamic packet filtering")

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Figure 3-17 ADVANCED – Inbound Filter ADD INBOUND FILTER RULE Here you can add entries to the Inbound Filter Rules List be

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Deny: Prevent all WAN users from accessing the related capability. (LAN users are not affected by Inbound Filter Rules.) 3.

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide regulatory domains. This supplement to the 802.11 specifications defines the physical layer requirements (channelization, hop

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Name: Give the schedule a name that is meaningful to you, such as "Weekday rule". Day(s): Place a checkmark in t

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Customer Support When contacting your Customer Support Representative, please have the following information ready: • Seria

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 3.3 TOOLS The Tools tab provides the following configuration options: Admin, Time, Syslog, Email, System, Firmware and Dynami

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Remote Admin Port: The port that you will use to address the management interface from the Internet. For example, if you spec

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 3.3.2 TOOLS - Time The Time Configuration option allows you to configure, update, and maintain the correct time on the route

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide NTP Server: Select a Network Time Server for synchronization. You can type in the address of a time server or select one from

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 3.3.4 TOOLS - Email The Email feature can be used to send the system log files, router alert messages, and firmware update n

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide EMAIL LOG WHEN FULL OR ON SCHEDULE On Log Full Select this option if you want logs to be sent by email when the log is full

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 3.3.6 TOOLS - Firmware The Firmware Upgrade section can be used to update your router to the latest firmware code to improve

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Some firmware upgrades reset the router's configuration options to the factory defaults. Before performing an upgrade, b

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide key, enter that key in all three fields. Password or Key Enter the password or key provided by your service provider. If

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 3.4 STAUS The Status tab provides the following configuration options: Device Info, Wireless, Routing, Logs, Statistics and A

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ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Figure 3-28 STATUS – Wireless NUMBER OF WIRELESS CLIENTS MAC Address The Ethernet ID (MAC address) of the wireless clien

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Figure 3-29 STATUS – Logs What to View Select the kinds of events that you want to view. • Firewall and Security •

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 3.4.4 STATUS - Statistics The Statistics page displays all of the LAN, WAN, and Wireless packet transmit and receive statist

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Glossary A Access Control List ACL. This is a database of network devices that are allowed to access resources on the netw

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Automatic Private IP Addressing APIPA. An IP address that that a Windows computer will assign itself when it is configured

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Client A program or user that requests data from a server Collision When do two devices on the same Ethernet network try

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide An electronic method of providing credentials to a server in order to have access to it or a network Direct Sequence Spread

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide File sharing Allowing data from computers on a network to be accessed by other computers on the network with different leve

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol is used to transfer files from HTTP servers (web servers) to HTTP clients (web browsers)

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide IP address A 32-bit number, when talking about Internet Protocol Version 4, that identifies each computer that transmits da

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide 3.2.9 ADVANCED - Firewall...

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Megabits per second MDI Medium Dependent Interface is an Ethernet port for a connection to a straight-through cable MDIX

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide O OFDM Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing is the modulation technique for both 802.11a and 802.11g OSI Open Syste

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide QoS Quality of Service R RADIUS Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service allows for remote users to dial into a central

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Simple Mail Transfer Protocol SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol SOHO Small Office/Home Office SPI Stateful Pac

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Universal Plug and Play A standard that allows network devices to discover each other and configure themselves to be a part

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Wired Equivalent Privacy is security for wireless networks that is supposed to be comparable to that of a wired network Wi-

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ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide Preface Congratulations on your purchase of the XtremeMIMOTM X-550 Wireless Broadband Router. This manual is designed to guid

ZyXEL X-550 User’s Guide THE TIP SYMBOL INDICATES HELPFULL INFORMATION AND TIPS TO IMPROVE YOUR NETWORK EXPERIENCE. THE CAUTION SYMBOL ALERTS YOU TO