ZyAIR B-4000 Hot Spot Gateway

Chapter 1

Getting to Know Your ZyAIR

This chapter introduces the features and applications of the ZyAIR.

1.1Introducing the ZyAIR

The ZyAIR Hot Spot Gateway combines an 802.11b wireless access point, router, 4-port switch and service gateway in one box. An “exclusive printer” connects directly to the ZyAIR, allowing you to easily print subscriber statements. The ZyAIR is ideal for offices, coffee shops, libraries, hotels and airport terminals catering to subscribers that seek Internet access. You should have an Internet account already set up and have been given usernames, passwords etc. required for Internet access.

1.2Features

Your ZyAIR provides the following features to accommodate subscribers with a variety of network configurations with little or no technical support.

Plug-and-Play Internet Access

The ZyAIR provides Internet access to attached computer(s) without extra software installation or computer configuration. In addition, with transparent proxy, the ZyAIR resolves any incompatible proxy settings.

WEP Data Encryption

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data frames before transmitting over the wireless network to help keep network communications private. The ZyAIR supports 64, 128 and 256-bit WEP encryption.

VPN (Virtual Private Network) Pass Through

The ZyAIR allows subscribers to create VPN networks (which use data encryption and the Internet to provide secure communications) that go through the ZyAIR.

VLAN

The ZyAIR can use VLANs (Virtual Local Area Network) to partition the physical network into multiple logical networks in order to stop subscribers from seeing each other’s data. The ZyAIR also provides a port-based VLAN via the four 10/100Mbps auto-negotiating Ethernet ports.

SSL Secure Login

Getting to Know Your ZyAIR

1-1