ZyXEL Communications Prestige 650HW - Manual (Page 26)

Prestige 650HW ADSL Router User’s Guide
1-6 Getting To Know Your Prestige
Housing
Your Prestige's all new compact and ventilated housing minimizes space requirements making it easy to
position anywhere in your busy office.
1.3 Applications for the Prestige
1.3.1 Internet Access
The Prestige is the ideal high-speed Internet access solution. Your Prestige supports the TCP/IP protocol,
which the Internet uses exclusively. It is compatible with all major ADSL DSLAM (Digital Subscriber
Line Access Multiplexer) providers. A DSLAM is a rack of ADSL line cards with data multiplexed into a
backbone network interface/connection (for example, T1, OC3, DS3, ATM or Frame Relay). Think of it as
the equivalent of a modem rack for ADSL. In addition, you can insert an optional wireless PCMICA card
into the Prestige and allow wireless clients access to your LAN resources. A typical Internet Access
application is shown below.
Figure 1-1 Internet Access Application