ZyXEL Communications Prestige 480 - Manual (Page 35)

Prestige 480 Dual BRI ISDN Router
Getting to know your Prestige 1-5
Packet Filtering
The Prestige supports packet filtering that stops leakage of private data to the outside world and controls
access to undesirable locations.
Call Control
Your Prestige provides budget management for outgoing calls and maintains a blacklist for unreachable
phone numbers, thus saving you the expense of unnecessary charges.
Data Compression
Your Prestige incorporates Stac data compression to speed up data transfer. Stac is the de facto standard of
data compression over PPP links.
Networking Compatibility
Your Prestige is compatible with remote access products from other manufacturers such as Ascend, Cisco,
and 3Com. Furthermore, it supports Microsoft Windows 95 and Windows NT dial-up networking (DUN)
capability.
Firmware Upgrade
In addition to the direct console port connection, the Prestige supports the uploading of firmware and the
configuration file using FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol). TFTP over
the WAN is not recommended because of potential data corruption problems .
Backup and Restore Configuration File
You can backup the configuration of the Prestige to your workstation and also restore the configuration from
your workstation using direct console port connection, FTP and TFTP.
1.3 Applications for Prestige 480
The following sections show you the possible applications for your Prestige.