Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product B-4000 ZyXEL Communications
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ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway Quick Installation Guide Version 1.00 October 2003.
ZyAIR B-4000 1 T able of Content s 1 Introducing the ZyAIR ........................................................................................................ .......... 2 1.1 Rear Pane l Connec tions .............................................
ZyAIR B-4000 2 1 Introducing the ZyAIR The ZyAIR Hot Spot Gatewa y combines an 802.11 b wireless access point, r outer, 4-port switch an d service gateway in one box. An “exclusive printer” connects d irectly to the Zy AIR, allowing you to easily print subscriber statements.
ZyAIR B-4000 3 Figure 2 ZyAIR Front Panel Table 2 Front Panel LEDs LED STATUS DESCRIPTION PWR On (Green) The ZyAIR is receiving power. Off The ZyAIR is not receiving power. WAN On (Green) The WAN port has a connection to your cable or DSL modem. Blinking (Green) The WAN port is sending or receiving packets.
ZyAIR B-4000 4 2 Setting Up Y our Computer ’ s IP Address Skip this section if your computer is already set up to accept a dynamic IP address. This is the default for most ne w computers. The ZyAIR is already set up to assign your computer an IP address.
ZyAIR B-4000 5 6. Click Advanced . Remove any previously installed gatew ays in the IP Settin gs tab and click OK to go back to the Internet Protocol T CP/IP Properties screen. 7. Click OK to close the Internet Protocol (T CP/IP) Properties window. 8.
ZyAIR B-4000 6 3. Press ENTER and the following screen displays. Your com puter can now com muni cate with the ZyAIR using a LAN port. 3 Configuring Y our ZyAIR This guide sho w s y ou how to use the we b configur ator for initial configuration. See your User ’ s Guide for background information on all other ZyAIR features.
ZyAIR B-4000 7 Figure 4 Web Configurator: Login Screen 3.2 Internet Connection Wizard The Wizard Setup scree ns appear by defa ult after login only the first time you access the ZyAIR and run the wizard. After that, the Advanced Setup screens a ppear after login.
ZyAIR B-4000 8 Figure 6 Internet Connection: Static_IP Select Static_IP If the ISP assigned a fixed IP address. Enter the WAN IP address, subnet mask, gateway IP address and DNS server address(s) that your ISP assigned you.
ZyAIR B-4000 9 Figure 8 Internet Connection: PPTP Select PPTP if your service provider uses a DSL terminator with PPTP login. The ZyAIR must have a static IP address ( My IP Address ) in this case, and a subnet mask ( My IP Subnet Mask ) if provided by your ISP.
ZyAIR B-4000 10 Figure 10 E-mail Service Setup Select Yes to enable the ZyAIR to redirect subscribers’ e-mail to the designated SMTP server (must be reachable from the ZyAIR) in the event that the subscriber’s own e-mail server is unreachable from the ZyAIR.
ZyAIR B-4000 11 Figure 12 Printer Selection Select Yes to have the “exclusive printer” generate and print subscriber statements. The Accounting setting f or Exclusive Printer screen then appears after you click Next (Figure 13). Select No to generate subscriber statements in the web configurator and print them from there.
ZyAIR B-4000 12 Figure 14 Customize Printout Text Enter a title (up to 24 characters) for the statement printout in the Title field. Type Username and Password labels that appear in the statement here. Type a label name for the maximum time allowed for a subscriber to access the Internet via the ZyAIR in the Usage Time field.
ZyAIR B-4000 13 Figure 15 Printout Example This is how your custom statement printout will look. Close this windo w when you are finished viewing it..
ZyAIR B-4000 14 7. Figure 16 Web-based Accounting Setup Use this screen to set up the user accounts. Select No in Figure 12 or click Set up accounting on the Z yAIR in Figure 13 to display this screen. Click Preview/Operate to open the Acco un t Generator Panel (see Figure 17).
ZyAIR B-4000 15 Figure 17 Account Generator Panel Click Preview/Operate in Figure 16 to display this pop-up screen. Each button is the subscriber “profile” you defined. The button 1 settings also apply to the button on the “exclusive printer”.
ZyAIR B-4000 16 8. It is highly rec ommended you c hange the de fault user nam e and passwo rd. Figure 19 System Setting Type your new user name and pa ssword in the Username and Passw o rd fields; type the password again in the Confirm field Click Get from my Computer t o have the ZyAIR retrieve the date and time from your computer.
ZyAIR B-4000 17 Figure 21 Advanced Setup Menus 3.4 Resetting the ZyAIR To reset the ZyAIR back to the factory defaults, click the SYSTEM TOOLS tab, and t hen the Default Setting s s ub-menu t o display the screen as shown nex t.
ZyAIR B-4000 18 4 Hardware Inst allation The following secti ons describe the diffe rent installati on options. Leave adequate sp ace on the rear and sides of the ZyAIR during hard w are inst allation and do not block the v entilation holes. 4.1 Desktop Inst allation 1.
ZyAIR B-4000 19 Figure 23 Wall-mount Brackets 4.3 Att aching Antennas Follow the steps below to connect the supp l ied antennas. 1. Locate the antenna connectors on the rear of your Z yAIR. 2. Screw the an tennas clockwise onto the ante nna connectors.
ZyAIR B-4000 20 Make sure the antennas ar e securely scre wed onto the antenna connectors. Figure 24 Attaching Antennas 5 T roubleshooting Table 4 Troubleshooting PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION None of the LEDs turn on when you turn on the ZyAIR.
ZyAIR B-4000 21 Table 4 Troubleshooting PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION Cannot ping any computer on the LAN. If the LAN LEDs are all off, check the c able connections between the ZyAIR and your LAN computers. Verify that the IP address, subnet mask of the ZyAIR and the LAN computers are in the same IP address range.
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