ZyXEL AG-320 User Guide - Page 21

ZyXEL AG-320 User’s Guide

Preface

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Preface

Congratulations on your purchase of the ZyXEL AG-320 802.11a/g Wireless CardBus Card.

Your AG-320 is easy to install and configure.

About This User's Guide

This manual is designed to guide you through the configuration of your AG-320 for its various

applications.

Related Documentation

•

Supporting Disk

Refer to the included CD for support documents.

•

Quick Start Guide

The Quick Start Guide is designed to help you get up and running right away. It contains

hardware installation/connection information.

•

ZyXEL Web Site

Please go to

http://www.zyxel.com

for product news, firmware, updated documents, and

other support materials.

User Guide Feedback

Help us help you. E-mail all User Guide-related comments, questions or suggestions for

improvement to [email protected] or send regular mail to The Technical Writing

Team, ZyXEL Communications Corp., 6 Innovation Road II, Science-Based Industrial Park,

Hsinchu, 300, Taiwan. Thank you.

Syntax Conventions

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“Enter” means for you to type one or more characters. “Select” or “Choose” means for

you to use one predefined choice.

•

Mouse action sequences are denoted using a right angle bracket For example, “In

Windows, click

Start

>

Settings

>

Control Panel

” means first click the

Start

button,

then point your mouse pointer to

Settings

and then click

Control Panel

.

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“e.g.,” is a shorthand for “for instance”, and “i.e.,” means “that is” or “in other words”.

•

The ZyXEL AG-320 802.11a/g Wireless CardBus Card may be referred to as the AG-320

or “the device” in this user’s guide.

Section	Page
User’s Guide	1
Copyright	3
Certifications	4
ZyXEL Limited Warranty	6
Safety Warnings	7
Customer Support	8
Table of Contents	11
List of Figures	15
List of Tables	19
Preface	21
Getting Started	23
1.1 About Your AG-320	23
1.2 Application Overview	24
1.2.1 Station Mode	24
1.2.1.1 Infrastructure	24
1.2.1.2 Ad-Hoc	25
1.2.2 Access Point Mode	26
1.2.3 Changing AG-320 Mode	26
1.3 AG-320 Hardware and Utility Installation	27
1.3.1 ZyXEL Utility Icon	27
1.3.2 Enabling WZC	27
1.3.3 Accessing the ZyXEL Utility	28
Tutorial	29
2.1 Connecting to a Wireless LAN	29
2.2 Creating and Using a Profile	32
2.3 Configuring the AG-320 as an AP	34
Wireless LAN Network	37
3.1 Wireless LAN Overview	37
3.2 Wireless LAN Security	38
3.2.1 Hide SSID	38
3.2.2 MAC Address Filter	38
3.2.3 User Authentication and Encryption	39
3.2.3.1 WEP	39
3.2.3.2 IEEE 802.1x	40
3.2.3.3 WPA and WPA2	40
3.3 Introduction to OTIST	41
3.3.1 Enabling OTIST	41
3.3.1.1 AP	41
3.3.1.2 Wireless Client	42
3.3.2 Starting OTIST	42
3.3.3 Notes on OTIST	43
Wireless Station Mode Configuration	45
4.1 Wireless Station Mode Overview	45
4.1.1 ZyXEL Utility Screen Summary	45
4.2 The Link Info Screen	46
4.2.1 Trend Chart	47
4.3 The Site Survey Screen	48
4.3.1 Security Settings	49
4.3.1.1 WEP Encryption	49
4.3.1.2 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK	51
4.3.1.3 WPA/WPA2	51
4.3.1.4 802.1x	52
4.3.2 Confirm New Settings	53
4.4 The Profile Screen	54
4.4.1 Adding a New Profile	56
4.5 The Advanced Screen	59
4.6 The Adapter Screen	60
Access Point Mode Configuration	63
5.1 Access Point Mode Introduction	63
5.1.1 ZyXEL Utility Screen Summary	63
5.1.2 Additional Setup Requirements	64
5.2 The Link Info Screen	64
5.3 The Configuration Screen	65
5.4 The Advanced Screen	67
5.5 The MAC Filter Screen	67
Maintenance	69
6.1 The About Screen	69
6.2 Uninstalling the ZyXEL Utility	69
6.3 Upgrading the ZyXEL Utility	70
Troubleshooting	71
7.1 Problems Starting the ZyXEL Utility	71
7.2 Problems Connecting to an Access Point	71
7.3 Problems with the Link Quality	72
7.4 Problems Communicating With Other Computers	72
Product Specifications	73
Access Point Mode Setup Example	75
Management with Wireless Zero Configuration	79
Wireless Security	93
Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address	99
Index	111
Numerics	111
A	111
C	111
D	111
E	111
F	111
G	112
H	112
I	112
L	112
M	112
N	112
O	112
P	112
Q	112
R	113
S	113
T	113
U	113
V	113
W	113

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