ZyXEL Communications P-1100 - Manual (Page 30)

Prestige 1100 Internet Access Router
2-10 Hardware Installation & Initial Setup
Table 2-3 General Setup Menu Fields
Field Description Example
System Name Choose a descriptive name for identification purposes.
This name can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long.
Spaces are not allowed, but dashes “-” and underscores
"_" are accepted. This name can be retrieved remotely
via SNMP and will be displayed at the prompt in the
Command Mode. P1100
Location (optional) Enter the geographic location (up to 31 characters) of
your Prestige 1100. location
Contact Person's
Name (optional) Enter the name (up to 8 characters) of the person in
charge of this Prestige 1100. name
Protocols: Turn on or off the individual protocols for your particular
application. Press space-
bar to toggle
Route IP
Route IPX
Bridge
Selecting [Yes] to enable IP routing. You must enable IP
routing for Internet access.
Selecting [Yes] to enable IPX routing.
Selecting [Yes] to enable bridging. Packets that the
Prestige 1100 does not route are transparently bridged.
[Yes/No]
[Yes/No]
[Yes/No]
2.7.1 Note on Bridging
When bridging is enabled, your Prestige forwards any packet that it does not route. Without bridging,
the packets that the Prestige does not route are simply discarded. Compared to routing, bridging
generates far more traffic for the same network layer protocol, and uses more CPU cycles and memory.