ZyXEL Communications 623ME-T Modem User Manual


 
Prestige 623ME-T User’s Guide
Getting To Know Your Prestige 1-1
Chapter 1
Getting To Know Your Prestige
This chapter describes the key features and applications of your Prestige.
1.1 Introducing the Prestige
Your Prestige integrates a high-speed 10/100Mbps auto-negotiating LAN interface and a high-speed DSL
port into a single package. The Prestige is ideal for high-speed Internet browsing and making LAN-to-LAN
connections to remote networks. Provided with both USB and Ethernet ports, computers can share local
resources (such as printers and files) and access to the Internet – simultaneously.
The web browser-based Graphical User Interface provides easy management.
1.2 Features of the Prestige
Your Prestige is packed with a number of features that give it the flexibility to provide a complete
networking solution for almost any user.
Ease of Installation
Your Prestige is designed for quick, intuitive and easy installation. Physically, its compact size and lightness
make it easy to position anywhere in your busy office.
USB Port
The USB port is useful if you have an USB-enabled computer that does not have a network interface card for
attaching to your Ethernet network. Refer to Quick Start Guide for USB driver installation procedure in
Windows 98 SE/Me/2000/XP.
High Speed Internet Access
The Prestige supports downstream transmission rates of up to 8Mbps and upstream transmission rates of 800
Kbps.
10/100Mbps Auto-negotiating Fast Ethernet LAN Interface
This auto-negotiation feature allows the Prestige to detect the speed of incoming transmissions and adjust
appropriately without manual intervention. It allows data transfer of either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps in either
half-duplex or full-duplex mode depending on your Ethernet network.