ZyXEL NWD-370N User Guide - Page 17

ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide

Preface

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Preface

Congratulations on your purchase of the NWD-370N Draft 802.11n Wireless PCI Adapter.

Your NWD-370N plugs into a PCI slot in your computer and allows you to access wireless

networks.

Your NWD-370N is easy to install and configure.

About This User's Guide

This manual is designed to guide you through the configuration of your NWD-370N for its

various applications.

Related Documentation

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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. They

contain 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’s 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 NWD-370N Draft 802.11n Wireless PCI Adapter may be referred to as the NWD-

370N in this User’s Guide.

Section	Page
User’s Guide	1
Copyright	3
Certifications	4
Safety Warnings	7
ZyXEL Limited Warranty	8
Customer Support	9
Table of Contents	11
List of Figures	13
List of Tables	15
Preface	17
Getting Started	19
1.1 About Your NWD-370N	19
1.2 Application Overview	20
1.3 NWD-370N Hardware and Utility Installation	22
1.3.1 ZyXEL Utility Icon	22
1.4 Configuration Methods	22
1.4.1 Enabling WZC	22
1.4.2 Accessing the ZyXEL Utility	23
Tutorial	25
2.1 Connecting to a Wireless LAN	25
2.2 Creating and Using a Profile	27
Wireless LAN Network	31
3.1 Wireless LAN Overview	31
3.2 Wireless LAN Security	32
3.2.1 User Authentication and Encryption	32
Wireless Configuration	35
4.1 ZyXEL Utility Screen Summary	35
4.2 The Link Info Screen	35
4.2.1 Trend Chart	37
4.3 The Site Survey Screen	37
4.3.1 Security Settings	39
4.3.2 Confirm Save Screen	43
4.4 The Profile Screen	44
4.4.1 Adding a New Profile	46
4.5 The Adapter Screen	50
Maintenance	53
5.1 The About Screen	53
5.2 Uninstalling the ZyXEL Utility	53
5.3 Upgrading the ZyXEL Utility	54
Troubleshooting	55
6.1 Problems Starting the ZyXEL Utility	55
6.2 Problems with the Link Quality	55
6.3 Problems Communicating With Other Computers	56
Product Specifications	57
Management with Wireless Zero Configuration	59
Activating Wireless Zero Configuration	59
Connecting to a Wireless Network	60
Security Settings	63
Association	63
Authentication	65
Ordering the Preferred Networks	68
Wireless Security	71
Types of EAP Authentication	71
EAP-MD5 (Message-Digest Algorithm 5)	71
EAP-TLS (Transport Layer Security)	72
EAP-TTLS (Tunneled Transport Layer Service)	72
PEAP (Protected EAP)	72
LEAP	72
Dynamic WEP Key Exchange	72
WPA and WPA2	73
Encryption	73
User Authentication	74
WPA(2)-PSK Application Example	75
WPA(2) with RADIUS Application Example	75
Security Parameters Summary	76
Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address	77
Windows 98/Me	77
Installing Components	78
Configuring	79
Verifying Settings	80
Windows 2000/XP	80
Verifying Settings	84
Index	85
A	85
B	85
C	85
D	85
E	85
F	85
G	86
H	86
I	86
L	86
M	86
N	86
O	86
P	86
Q	86
R	86
S	87
T	87
U	87
V	87
W	87

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