User's Manual

Chapter 1 Getting To Know Your ZyXEL Device
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1.2 Ways to Manage the ZyXEL Device
Use any of the following methods to manage the ZyXEL Device.
• Web Configurator. This is recommended for everyday management of the ZyXEL Device
using a (supported) web browser. See Chapter 2 on page 43.
• Command Line Interface. Line commands are mostly used for troubleshooting by service
engineers. See Appendix H on page 405.
• SMT. System Management Terminal is a text-based configuration menu that you can use
to configure your device. See Chapter 21 on page 239.
• FTP. Use File Transfer Protocol for firmware upgrades and configuration backup/restore.
See Chapter 15 on page 195.
• SNMP. The device can be monitored and/or managed by an SNMP manager. See Chapter
15 on page 195.
• TR-069. This is a standard that defines how your ZyXEL Device can be managed by a
management server. See Chapter 15 on page 195.
1.3 Good Habits for Managing the ZyXEL Device
Do the following things regularly to make the ZyXEL Device more secure and to manage the
ZyXEL Device more effectively.
• Change the password. Use a password that’s not easy to guess and that consists of
different types of characters, such as numbers and letters.
• Write down the password and put it in a safe place.
• Back up the configuration (and make sure you know how to restore it). Restoring an
earlier working configuration may be useful if the device becomes unstable or even
crashes. If you forget your password, you will have to reset the ZyXEL Device to its
factory default settings. If you backed up an earlier configuration file, you would not have
to totally re-configure the ZyXEL Device. You could simply restore your last
configuration.
1.4 LEDs
The following figure shows the LEDs.
Figure 4 LEDs