ZyXEL Communications Draft 802.11n Wireless CardBus Card manual

NWD-170N Draf t 802.1 1n Wireless CardBus Card User ’ s Guide V ersion 1.00 Edition 1 9/2006[...]

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ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Copyright 3 Copyright Copyright © 2006 by ZyXEL Communications Corporat ion. The contents of this publication may not be reprod uced in any part or as a whole, tran scribed, stored in a retrieval system, tran slated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, el ectronic, mechan ical , magnetic, op[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 4 Certifications Certifications Federal Communications Commissi on (FCC) Interference St atement The device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference. • This device must accept any interference rece ived, including inte[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Certifications 5 • The device complies with FCC RF radiation ex posure limits set fort h for an uncontro lled environment, under 47 CFR 2.1093 paragraph (d)(2). End users must follow the specific operating instructions for sa tisfying RF exposure compliance. T o maintain compliance with FCC RF exposure compliance re[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 6 Safety Warnings Safety W arnings For your safety , be sure to read and fo llow all warning notices and instructions. • Do NOT use this product near water , for exam ple, in a wet baseme nt or near a swimming pool. • Do NOT expose your device to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids. • Do NOT store thin gs on the [...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide ZyXEL Limited Warranty 7 ZyXEL Limited W arranty ZyXEL warrants to the original en d user (purchaser) that this product is free from any defects in materials or workmansh ip for a period of up to tw o years from the date of purchase . During the warranty period, and upon proof of purchase, should the product have indi[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 8 Customer Suppo rt Customer Support Please have the following information r eady when you contact customer support. • Product model and serial number . • W arranty Information. • Date that you received your de vice. • Brief description of the problem and the steps you took to solve it. METHOD LOCATION SUPPORT [...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Customer Support 9 +” is the (prefix) number you enter to make an interna tional telephone call. NORWAY support@zyxel.no +47-22-80-61-80 www .zyxel.no ZyXEL Communications A/S Nils Hansens vei 13 0667 Oslo Norway sales@zyxel.no +47-22-80-61-81 POLAND info@pl.zyxel.com +48 (22) 333 8250 www .pl.zyxel.com ZyXEL Commun[...]

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ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Table of Contents 11 T able of Content s Copyright ............................. ............................................................... ...................... 3 Certifications ....................... ............................................................... ...................... 4 Safety W arnings ....[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 12 Table of Contents 3.2.1.2 IEEE 802.1x .............. ................................ ................. ............ ......... 33 3.2.1.3 WP A and WP A2 ............................ ............ ................. ............ ......... 33 Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration .............................................[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide List of Figure s 13 List of Figures Figure 1 The NWD-170N .......................... ............. ................ ............. ................ ... 19 Figure 2 Application: Infrastructure ... ................ ............. ............. ................ .......... 21 Figure 3 Application: Ad-Hoc ...................[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 14 List of Figures Figure 39 Windows XP SP2: System Tray Icon . ................ ................. ................ ... 60 Figure 40 Windows XP SP2: Wireless Network Connection S tatus ....................... 60 Figure 41 Windows XP SP1: Wireless Network Connection S tatus ....................... 61 Figure 42 Windows X[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide List of Tables 15 List of T ables T able 1 External View ..... ................ ............. ................ ............. ................ ............. 19 T able 2 NWD-170N LEDs .................... ................. ................ ............. ................ ... 20 T able 3 ZyXEL U tility: System Tray Icon .[...]

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ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Preface 17 Preface Congratulations on your p urchase of the NWD-170N Draft 802.1 1n W ireless CardBus Card. Y our NWD-170N plugs into a PCMCIA slot on your computer and allows you to access wireless networks. Y our NWD-170N is easy to install and configure. About This U ser's Guide This manual is designed to guid[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 18 Preface Graphics Icons Key Wireless Access Point Computer Notebook Computer Server Modem or Router Wireless Signal Internet Cloud[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 1 Getting Started 19 C HAPTER 1 Getting S t arted This chapter introduces the NWD-170N and prepares you to use the ZyXEL utility . The ZyXEL utility is a tool that helps you configure your NWD-170N. 1.1 About Y our NWD-170N The NWD-170 N is an IEEE 802.1 1n draft co mpliant wireless LAN adapter , using MIMO (M[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 20 Chapter 1 Getting Started The following table describ es the operation of the PWR and LINK LEDs on the device. 1.2 Application Overview This section describes some network applicatio ns for the NWD-170N. Y ou can either set the network type to Infrastructur e and connect to an AP or use Ad-Hoc mode and connect to a [...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 1 Getting Started 21 Figure 2 Application: Infrastructure 1.2.0.2 Ad-Hoc T o set up a small indepe ndent wireless workgroup without an AP , use Ad-Hoc . Ad-Hoc does not requi re an AP or a wired ne twork . T wo or more wireless clients communicate directly with each other . Figure 3 Application: Ad-Hoc[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 22 Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.3 NWD-170N Hardware and Utility Inst allation Follow the instructions in the Quick S tart Guide to install the ZyXEL utility and make hardware connections . 1.3.1 ZyXEL Utility Icon After you install and start the ZyXEL utility , an icon for the ZyXEL utility appears in the system tray . [...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 1 Getting Started 23 Figure 5 Enable WZC Refer to the appendices for information on how to use WZ C to manage the NWD-170N. T o reactivate the ZyXEL utility , double-click the ( ) icon on your deskt op or click St a r t , (All) Pr ograms , ZyXEL NWD-170N Wir eless Adapter Utility , ZyXEL NWD-170N Wir eless Ada[...]

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ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 2 Tutorial 25 C HAPTER 2 Tu t o r i a l The following sections show you how to join a wireless networ k using the ZyXEL utility , as in the following diagrams. The wireless client is labeled C and the access point is labeled AP . Figure 6 Infrastructure Network There are three ways to connect the wire less cli[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 26 Chapter 2 Tutorial Figure 7 ZyXEL Utility: Site Survey 2 The wireless client automatically searches for available wireless networks. Click Scan if you want to search again. If no entry di splays in the A vailable Network List , that means there is no wireless network available within ra nge. Make sure the AP or peer[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 2 Tutorial 27 Figure 9 ZyXEL Utility: Confirm Save 6 The ZyXEL utility returns to the Link Info screen while it connec ts to the wireless network using your settings. When the wireless link is establis hed, the ZyXEL utility icon in the system tray turns green and the Link Info screen displays details of the a[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 28 Chapter 2 Tutorial This example illustrates how to set up a profile and connect the wireless client to an access point configured for WP A-PSK security . In this example, the AP’ s SSID is “SSID_Example3” and its pre-shared key is “ThisismyWP A-PSKpr e-sharedkey”. Y ou have chosen the profile name “PN_Ex[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 2 Tutorial 29 Figure 13 ZyXEL Utility: Profile Security 5 This screen varies depending on the encryp tion method you selected in the previous screen. In this example, enter the pre-shared key and leav e the encryption type at the default setting. Figure 14 ZyXEL Utility: Profile Encryption 6 V erify the profil[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 30 Chapter 2 Tutorial Note: Only one profile can be activate d and used at any given time. Figure 16 ZyXEL Utility: Profile Activate 8 When you activate the new profile , the ZyXEL utility goes to the Link Info screen while it connects to the AP using your settings. When the wire less link is established, the ZyXEL uti[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 3 Wireless LAN Network 31 C HAPTER 3 Wireless LAN Network This chapter provides backgro und info rmation on wireless LAN networks. 3.1 Wireless LAN Overview The following figure pro vides an exampl e of a wireless network with an AP . See Figure 3 on page 21 for an Ad Hoc netwo rk example. Figure 17 Example of[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 32 Ch apter 3 Wireless LAN Network • Every device in the same wireless network must use security compatible with the AP or peer computer . Security stops unauthorized devices from using the wireless network. It can also protect the information that is sent in the wireless network. 3.2 Wireless LAN Security W ireless [...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 3 Wireless LAN Network 33 Y our NWD-170N allows you to configur e up to four 64-bit, 128-bit or 152-bit WEP keys. Only one key is used as the default key at any one time. 3.2.1.1.2 Authentication T ype The IEEE 802.1 1b/g standard describes a simple authentication method between the wireless stations an d AP .[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 34 Ch apter 3 Wireless LAN Network Both WP A and WP A2 improve data encryption by using T emporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), Message Integrity Check (MIC) and IE EE 802.1x. WP A and WP A2 use Advanced Encryption S tandard (AES) in the Counter mode with Cipher block chaining Message authentication code Protocol (CCM[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 35 C HAPTER 4 W ireless Configuration This chapter shows you h ow to configure your NWD-170N . 4.1 ZyXEL Utility Screen Summary This section describes th e ZyXEL utility screens. Figure 18 ZyXEL Utility Menu Summary The following table describes the menus. 4.2 The Link Info Screen When[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 36 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration Figure 19 Link Info The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 5 Link Info LABEL DESCRIPTION Wireless Network S tatus Profile Name This is the name of the profile you are currently usi ng. Network Name (SSID) The SSID identifies the wireless network to which a wi[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 37 4.2.1 T ren d Chart Click T rend Chart in t he Link Info screen to display a screen as shown below . Use this screen to view real-time data traffic statistics. Figure 20 Link Info: T rend Chart The following table describes the labels in this screen. 4.3 The Site Survey Screen Use t[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 38 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration Figure 21 Site Survey The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 7 Site Survey LABEL DESCRIPTION Available Network List Click a column heading to sort the entries. , , or denotes that the wire less device is in infrastructure mode and the wireless security is act[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 39 4.3.1 Security Settings When you configure the NWD-170N to connect to a network with wireless security activated and the security settings are disable d on the NWD-170N, the screen varies according to the encryption method used by the selected network. 4.3.1.1 WEP Encryption Figure [...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 40 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration 4.3.1.2 WP A-PSK/WP A2-PSK Figure 23 Security Setting: WP A-PSK/WPA2-PSK Key x (where x is a number between 1 and 4) Select this option if you want to manually en ter the WEP keys. Enter the WEP key in the field provided. If you select 64 Bit s in the WEP field. Enter either 10 hexa[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 41 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 4.3.1.3 WP A/WP A2 Figure 24 Security Settings: WP A/WP A2 The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 9 Security Setting: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK LABEL DESCRIPTION Encryption T ype The encryption mechanisms used f[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 42 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration 4.3.1.4 IEEE 802.1x Configure IEEE 802.1x security with various authentication methods in this screen. Figure 25 Security Sett ing: 802.1x Password T his field is not available when you se lect TLS in the Authentication T ype field. Enter the password associated with the user name a[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 43 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 4.3.2 Confirm Save Screen Use this screen to confirm an d save the security settings. Table 11 Security Settings: IEEE 802.1x LABEL DESCRIPTION Authentication Ty p e The type of authentication you use de pends on the RADIUS se[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 44 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration Figure 26 Confirm Save Screen The following table describes the labels in this screen. 4.4 The Profile Screen A profile is a set of wireless para meters that you need to connec t to a wi reless ne twork. W ith a profile activated, each time you start the NWD- 170N, it automatically [...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 45 The default profile is a profile that allows y ou to connect to any SSID that has no security enabled. Click the Profile tab in the ZyXEL utility program to display the Profile scre en as shown next. The profile function allows you to save the wireless network settin gs in this scre[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 46 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration 4.4.1 Adding a New Prof ile Follow the steps below to add a new profile. 1 Click Add in the Pr ofile screen. An Add New Profile screen displays as shown next. Click Next to continue. Figure 28 Profile: Add a New Profile The following table describes the labels in this screen. Profil[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 47 2 If you select the Infrastructure network type in the previous screen, skip to step 3 . If yo u select the Ad-Hoc network type in the previous scr een, a screen displays as follows. Select a channel number and click Next to continue. Note: T o associate to an ad-hoc network, you mu[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 48 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration The following table describes the labels in this screen. 3 If you selected Infrastructure network type in th e first screen, select WEP , WP A , WP A2 , WP A-PSK , WP A2-PSK or 802.1x from the drop-down list bo x to enable data encryption. If you selected Ad-Hoc network typ e in the[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 49 Figure 31 Profile: Security Settings 5 This read-only screen shows a summary of the new profile settings. V erify that the settings are correct. Click Save to save and go to the next screen. Click Back to return to the previous screen. Otherwise, click Exit to go back to the Profile[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 50 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration Figure 33 Profile: Activate the Profile 4.5 The Adapter Screen T o set the other advanced features on the NWD-170N, click the Adapter tab. Figure 34 Adapter The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 16 Adapte r LABEL DESCRIPTION Adapter Setting Preamble T ype Pr[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 51 Power Saving Mode Select Maximum Power Save or Fast Power Save to save power (especially for notebook computers). This forces the NWD- 170N to go to sleep mode when it is not transmitting data. When you select Continuous Access Mode , the NWD-17 0N will never go to sleep mode. Save [...]

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ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 5 Maintenance 53 C HAPTER 5 Maintenance This chapter describes how to unin stall or upgrade the ZyXEL utility . 5.1 The About Screen The About screen displays driver and util ity vers ion numbers of the NWD-170N. T o display the screen as shown belo w , click the about ( ) button. Figure 35 About The following[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 54 Chapter 5 Maintenance 2 When prompted, cli ck OK or Ye s to remove the driver and the utility software. Figure 36 Uninstall: Confirm 3 Click Finish to complete uninstalling the softwa re and restart the computer when prompted. Figure 37 Uninstall: Finish 5.3 Upgrading the ZyXEL Utility Note: Before you uninst all th[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Chapter 6 Trou bleshoot ing 55 C HAPTER 6 T roubleshooting This chapter covers potential problems and the possible remedies. After each problem description, some instructions ar e provided to help you to diag nose and to solve the problem. 6.1 Problems S t arting the ZyXEL Utility 6.2 Problems with the Link Quality Ta[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 56 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 6.3 Problems Communicating With Other Computers Table 20 Troubleshootin g Communication Problems PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION The computer with the NWD-170N installed cannot communicate with the other computer(s). In Infrastructure Mode • Make sure that th e AP and the associated computer s [...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Appendix A 57 A PPENDIX A Product S pecifications Table 21 Product Specification s PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL Product Name NWD-170N Draft 802.1 1 n Wireless CardBus Card Interface Cardbus 32-bit S tandards IEEE 802.1 1b IEEE 802.1 1g IEEE 802.1 1n (draft) Network Architecture Infrastructure Operating T emperature 0 ~ [...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 58 Appendix A RX Sensitivity T ol erance: +/- 1 dBm IEEE 802.1 1b: -84 dBm at 1 1 Mbps IEEE 802.1 1g: -72 dBm at 54 Mbps IEEE 802.1 1n (draft): -70 dBm at HT40 SOFTW ARE SPECIFICA TIONS Device Drivers Windows 2000, Windows XP Security 64/128/152-bit WEP WP A/WP A-PSK/WP A2/WP A2-PSK IEEE 802.1x Roaming IEEE 802.1 1b/g/[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Appendix B 59 A PPENDIX B Management with Wireless Zero Configuration This appendix shows you how to manage your NWD-170N using the Windows XP wireless zero configuration tool. Be sure you have the W indows XP service pack 2 installed on your computer . Otherwise, you should at least have the W indows XP service pa ck[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 60 Appendix B Connecting to a Wireless Network 1 Double-click the network icon for wireless conn ections in the system tray to open the W ireless Network Connection S tatus screen. Figure 39 Windows XP SP2: System T ray Icon The type of the wireless network icon in W ind ows XP SP2 indicates the status of the NWD- 170N[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Appendix B 61 W indows XP SP1: In the Wir ele ss Network Connection S tatus screen, click Properties and the Wir eless Networks tab to open the W ireless Network Connection Properties screen. Figure 41 Windows XP SP1: Wireles s Network Con nection S tatus 3 W indows XP SP2: Click Refresh network list to reload and sea[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 62 Appendix B The following table describes the ic ons in the wireless network list. W indows XP SP1: Click Refresh to reload and search for available wireless devices within transmission range. Sel ect a wireless network in the A vailable networks list, click Configure and set the related fields to the same se curit y[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Appendix B 63 If there is no security activated for the se lected wireless ne twork, a warning screen appears. Click Connect Anyway if wireless security is not your concern. Figure 44 Windows XP SP2: W ireless Networ k Connection: WEP or WP A-PSK Figure 45 Windows XP SP2: W ireless Netw ork Connection: No Security 5 V[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 64 Appendix B Figure 46 Windows XP : Wireless (netwo rk) properties: Association The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 25 Windows XP: Wireless (netwo rk) properties: Associa tion LABEL DESCRIPTION Network name (SSID) This field displays the SSID (Service Set IDentifier) of each wireless network[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Appendix B 65 Authentication Click the Authentication tab in the Wir eless (network) pr operties screen to display the screen shown next. Th e fields on this screen ar e grayed out when the network is in Ad-Hoc mode or data encryption is disabled. Figure 47 Windows XP: Wireless (network) properties: Authentication The[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 66 Appendix B Authentication Properties Select an EAP authen tication type in the W ireless (network) pr operties: Authentication screen and clic k the Properties button to display th e following screen. Protected EAP Properties Figure 48 Windows XP : Protected E AP Properties The following table describes the labels i[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Appendix B 67 Smart Card or other Certificate Proper ties Figure 49 Windows XP: Smart Card or other Certificate Properties The following table describes the labels in this screen. Enable Fast Reconnect Select the check bo x to automatically re connect to the network (without re - authentication) if the wir eless conne[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 68 Appendix B Ordering the Preferred Networks Follow the steps below to manage y our preferred networks. 1 W indows XP SP2: Click Change the order of pr eferr ed networks in the W ireless Network Connection screen (see Figure 42 on page 61 ). The screen displays as shown. Figure 50 Windows XP SP2: Wireles s Networks: P[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Appendix B 69 Figure 51 Windows XP SP1: Wireles s Networks: Pr eferred Net works 2 Whenever the NWD-170N tries to connect to a new network, the new network is added in the Pr eferred networks table automatically . Select a network and click Move up or Move down to change it's order , click Remove to delete it or [...]

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ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Appendix C 71 A PPENDIX C W ireless Security T ypes of EAP Authentication This section discusses some popular authen tication types: EAP-MD5, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, PEAP and LEAP . Y our wireless LAN device may not support all authentication types. EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) is an au thentication protocol th[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 72 Appendix C EAP-TLS (T ransport Layer Security) W ith EAP-TLS, digital certifications are needed by both the server and the wireless st ations for mutual authentication. The server presents a certificate to the client. After validating the identity of the server , the client sends a differ ent certificate to the se r[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Appendix C 73 For added security , certificate-based authen tications (EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS and PEAP) use dynamic keys for data encryption. They are ofte n deployed in corporate environments, b ut for public deployment, a simp le user name and p assword pair is more practical. The following table is a comparison of the f[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 74 Appendix C TKIP uses 128-bit keys that are dyna mically genera ted and distributed by the authe ntication server . AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is a block cipher that uses a 256-bit mathematical algorithm called Rijndael. They bo th include a per -packet key mixing function, a Message Integrity Check (MIC) nam[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Appendix C 75 WP A(2)-PSK Application Example A WP A(2)s -PSK applica tion looks as follows. 1 First enter identical passwords into the AP an d all wireless c lients. The Pre-Shared Key (PSK) must consist of between 8 and 63 ASCII characters or 64 hexadecimal characters (including spaces and symbols). 2 The AP checks [...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 76 Appendix C Figure 53 WP A(2) w ith RADIUS Application Example Security Parameters Summary Refer to this table to see what other secur ity parameters you should configure for each Authentication Method/ key management prot ocol type. MAC address filters are not dependent on how you config ure these security features.[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Appendix D 77 A PPENDIX D Setting up Y our Computer ’ s IP Address All computers must have a 10M or 100M Et hernet adapter card and TCP/IP installed. W indows 98/Me/2000/XP and later operating systems an d all versions of UNIX/LINUX include the software components you need to install and use TCP/IP on your computer [...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 78 Appendix D Figure 54 WIndows 98/Me: Network: Con figuration Inst alling Component s The Network window Configuration tab displays a list of installed components. Y ou need a network adapter , the TCP/IP protocol and Clien t for Microsoft Networks. If you need the adapter: 1 In the Network window , click Add . 2 Sele[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Appendix D 79 3 Select Microsoft from the list of manufacturers. 4 Select Client for Microsoft Networks from the list of network clients and then click OK . 5 Restart your computer so the changes you made take ef fect. Configuring 1 In the Network window Configuration tab, select your network adapter's T CP/IP en[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 80 Appendix D Figure 56 Windows 98/Me: TCP/IP Properties: DNS Configuration 4 Click the Gateway tab. • If you do not know your gateway’ s IP address, remove previously installed gateways. • If you have a gateway IP address, type it in the New gateway field and click Add . 5 Click OK to save and close the TCP/IP P[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Appendix D 81 Figure 57 Windows XP : S tart Men u 2 For W indows XP , click Network Connections . For W indows 2000, click Network and Dial-up Connections . Figure 58 Windows XP: Control Panel 3 Right-click Local Area Connection and then click Pr operties .[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 82 Appendix D Figure 59 Windows XP: Control Panel: Network Connections: Properties 4 Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) (under the Genera l tab in W in XP) and click Properties . Figure 60 Windows XP: Loca l Area Connection Properties 5 The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Pr operties window ope ns (the General tab in W indows [...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Appendix D 83 • If you have a static IP address click Use the following IP Address and fill in the IP addr ess , Subnet mask , and Default gateway fields. Click Advanced . Figure 61 Windows XP : Advanced TCP/ IP Settings 6 If you do not know your gateway's IP address , remove any previously installed gateways i[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 84 Appendix D • Click Obtain DNS server address automatically if you do not know your DNS server IP addre ss(es). • If you know your DNS server IP address(es), click Use the following DNS server addresses , and type them in the Preferr ed DNS server and Alternate DNS server fields. If you have previously configured[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Index 85 Index A About 53 About your ZyXEL AG-220 19 Access point (AP) 31 Access point. See also AP . ACT LED 20 Activating a profile 49 Adapter 50 Ad-Hoc 21 , 47 Advanced Encryption St andard 34 , 73 Advanced settings 50 AP See also access point. AP MAC address 36 Authentication 36 Authentication typ e 33 , 41 auto 3[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 86 Index G Getting started 19 Graphics icons key 18 H Hardware connections 22 Help 23 Humidity 57 I IEEE 802.1x 33 , 42 Industrial Scientifi c Medical Band 57 Infrastructure 20 Initialization vector (IV) 74 Installation 22 Interface 57 Internet ac cess 20 IP address setup 77 L LEDs 20 lights 20 Link informat ion 35 LIN[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User ’s Guide Index 87 Radio specifications 57 RADIUS 33 , 34 RADIUS server 74 Real-tim e data traf fic statisti cs 37 Receive rate 36 registration product 7 Related Documentation 17 S safety warnings 6 Save power 51 Scan 37 Scan Info 47 Search 37 Security 32 , 36 , 58 data encryption 32 parameters 76 Sensitivity 58 Service Set Ide[...]

ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide 88 Index WP A2 33 , 41 , 73 WP A2-Pre-Shared Key 34 , 73 WP A2-PSK 34 , 40 , 73 WP A-PSK 34 , 40 , 73 WZC (Wireless Zero Configuration) 22 Z ZyXEL Utility 22 accessing 23 driver version number 53 exiting 22 help 23 reactivating 23 status 22 system tray icon 22 upgrading 54 version number 53[...]