Zyxel VMG8825-B50B

The VMG8825-B50B can be used freestanding or wall mounted. It is connected by a flexible fibre patch lead to the FWO (fibre wall outlet - a small box permanently fitted to an interior wall by B4RN or trained volunteers). The flexible patch lead can be supplied in various lengths and care should be taken to avoid damage by animals or small children. A kink in the patch lead is enough to degrade or prevent the B4RN connection.

Features

LAN - 4 x 1000/100/10 RJ45 ports with indicator lights located on the rear of the unit.

WAN - 1 x 2500 -  located on the rear of the unit NOT USED
VoIP - 2 x SIP ports located on the rear of the unit

DSL - 1 x DSL port located on the rear of the unit NOT USED (only on the DX5401-B0)
Guest Wi-Fi - to allow guests internet access while keeping your network safe.
Security - Supports WPA2-PSK

Button Locations

Wi-Fi button - turns Wi-Fi on or off - upper of the two buttons on the left edge of the router.
WPS button - pairs devices to Wi-Fi - lower of the two buttons on the left edge of the router. Press for 3 seconds to initiate pairing. The 2.4Ghz and 5GHz lights will blink amber.
Reset button - pinhole on the rear near the power (On/Off) button -please don't attempt to reset the router. You may lose service and need our assistance to resolve.
Power button - on the rear near the power socket

Information Label

The information label is located on the rear of the unit and shows the following:

• SSID
• Wireless Key (Wi-Fi password)
• User Name - for browser based admin of the router
• Login Password - for browser based admin of the router
• MAC Address - unique control address 
• Serial Number - of the unit
• QR Code - sets up the connection to the wireless network on devices that can read and process the QR code

Front Indication lights

8 lights located at the top of the front face of the unit. From left to right:

Power | WAN | Internet | LAN | Wi-Fi 2.4GHz| Wi-Fi 5GHz | Phone | SFP

Power

• Blinking green - router is still initiating (booting up)
• Steady green - powered successfully
• Steady red - system error - try re-powering the router by turning it off then on again
• Blinking red - firmware upgrade in process
• No light - there is no power (power cut, lead removed, faulty power pack or dead unit)

WAN

• The WAN port is not used. Please don't plug anything into the WAN port.

Internet

• Steady green - Uplink active. The router is connected to the B4RN network
• Blinking green - Transmitting/receiving data
• Steady red - Attempted to get an IP address but failed
• Off - The internet is not ready or the gateway is in bridge mode

LAN

• Blinking green - Transmitting/receiving data

Wi-Fi 2.4GHz

• Blinking green - Transmitting/receiving data
• Blinking amber - Pairing using WPS 
• Off - Wi-Fi is disabled

Wi-Fi 5GHz

• Blinking green - Transmitting/receiving data
• Blinking amber - Pairing using WPS 
• Off - Wi-Fi is disabled

Phone

• Steady green - a VoIP line is configured in one or both SIP ports
• Steady green blink - a VoIP call is in progress
• Blinking amber - Unsaved or undeleted voice messages are available
• Off - no VoIP line is registered or set up correctly

Note: B4RN's own Voice service will work on all models of router supplied by B4RN. Whilst all B4RN routers have phone ports, only those on the Zyxel models are useable for third party VoIP services. That said, use of the phone ports would be at the users risk as B4RN do not support the use of third party VoIP services and can't guarantee that any future replacement router will have a useable phone port. We would always recommend the use of an ATA for third party VoIP services.

SFP module

• Steady green - The SFP (small form-factor pluggable) module (a.k.a optic) is working normally
• Off - the SFP module is not working

Rear Indication Lights

Lan port (on the rear of the unit next to each port)

• Green - 1000 Mbps connection
• Yellow - 100/10 Mbps connection

Blinking lights show network activity