ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL Vantage VSG-1000 - Manual (Page 41)

VSG-1000 Vantage Service Gateway
System Configuration 4-7
Table 4-6 System Configuration
LABEL DESCRIPTION
System Name Enter a descriptive name for identification purposes.
Console Port Speed Select the console port speed from the drop-down list box. Choices are 9600, 19200 and 38400.
The default setting is 9600.
If you change the console port speed, make sure you also make the same
change to the terminal emulator software.
Administration Idle-
Timeout Specify how many minutes (between 1 and 1440) the web configuration can be left idle before the
session times out. After it times out you have to log in with your password again. Very long idle
timeouts may have security risks. The default is 5 minutes.
This does not apply to the SMT.
User Session Limit Use this field to limit how many session connections per subscriber. Select 10, 20, 40, 80, 160, 320,
or 640.
Select UnLimited to not impose a restriction on the number of session connections per subscriber.
Date/Time Set the system date and time by selecting the appropriate choices from the drop-down list boxes.
WAN
Set the following fields for the WAN port on the VSG.
DHCP Client Select this option to set the VSG to obtain an IP address and other network information from a
DHCP server on the network.
Static IP Setting Select this option to configure the VSG to use a static (fixed) IP address. Then set the following
fields.
Specify IP Address Enter the static WAN IP address assigned to you by your ISP or network administrator.
Subnet Mask Enter the subnet mask depending on your network needs. The default is 255.255.255.0. Refer to
the Subnetting appendix if you are implementing subnetting.
Default Gateway Enter the IP address of the default gateway.
Web Server Port Specify the port number of the embedded web server on the VSG to access the web configurator.
The default port number is 80.
Enter a number between 8000 and 8099 to access the web configurator behind a NAT-enabled
network.
If you enter a number between 8000 and 8099, you need to append the port number to the WAN
port IP address to access the web configurator. For example, if you enter “8000” as the web server
port number, then you must enter “http://www.192.168.1.1:8000” where 192.168.1.1 is the WAN
port IP address.
DHCP Configuration
Set the following fields for the LAN port on the VSG.
DHCP Disable Select this option to deactivate the DHCP server function on the VSG.
DHCP Relay Select this option to set the VSG to forward network configuration requests to a DHCP server on the
network. Then set the following fields (not shown in the figure).
DHCP Server IP Address Enter the IP address of the DHCP server.
DHCP Agent IP Address Enter the IP address of the DHCP relay agent. In most cases, this is the WAN IP address of the
VSG.
DHCP Server Select this option to set the VSG to act as a DHCP server. Then set the following fields.
DHCP Server IP Address Enter the LAN IP address of the VSG.
DHCP Pool Start IP
Address
Enter the first of the contiguous addresses in the IP address pool.