Prestige 2302RL Support Notes
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Product FAQ
What is the Prestige Internet Access Sharing Router?
The Prestige series meets the requirements of most network environments, from small and medium businesses,
SOHO, Telecommuters, to home user or education applications. Prestige is designed to help users save
expenses, minimize maintenance, and simultaneously provide a high-quality networking environment. In
addition, the Prestige provides secure network connection with a firewall and IPSec VPN.
The Prestige series is a robust solution complete with everything needed for providing Internet access to
multiple workstations through your cable or ADSL modem. The router is equipped with 2 auto-MDI/MDIX
10/100Mbps Ethernet WAN ports, 1 auto-MDI/MDIX 10/100Mbps Ethernet LAN port, 4 auto-MDI/MDIX
10/100Mbps DMZ ports and IEEE 802.11b wireless capability. It is the cost-effective solution that provides
easy-to-setup Internet connection and IEEE 802.11 wireless connectivity for multiple users.
Numerous popular Internet applications (such as Web, E-Mail, FTP, Telnet, Gopher) are supported. The
Prestige is designed for SOHO, branch offices, workgroups, and educational users.
Will the Prestige work with my Internet connection?
The Prestige is designed to work with cable and ADSL modems. The Prestige comes with an Ethernet port to
connect to your computer so the Prestige is placed between your computer and your modem. The Prestige also
supports PPPoE Internet connection type.
What do I need to use the Prestige?
Ethernet ports for LAN and WAN connection. You should connect the computer to the LAN port and the
external modem to the WAN port. If the ISP uses PPPoE or Roadrunner Authentication, you need the user
account to enter in the Prestige.
What is PPPoE?
PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) is an IETF draft standard specifying how a computer interacts
with a broadband modem (such as xDSL, cable, wireless, etc.) to access the high-speed data networks via a PPP
dialer (such as Microsoft’s Dial-Up Networking). PPPoE supports a broad range of applications and services
