ZyAIR B-420 Wireless LAN Ethernet Adapter and Bridge

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Copyright.........................................................................................................................................................

ii

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement

.....................................................iii

ZyXEL Limited Warranty ............................................................................................................................

iv

Customer Support...........................................................................................................................................

v

List of Figures ................................................................................................................................................

ix

List of Tables .................................................................................................................................................

xii

Preface ..........................................................................................................................................................

xiii

OVERVIEW.....................................................................................................................................................

I

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your ZyAIR...................................................................................................

1-1

1.1

Introducing the ZyAIR...............................................................................................................

1-1

1.2

ZyAIR Features..........................................................................................................................

1-1

1.3

Applications for the ZyAIR .......................................................................................................

1-4

1.3.1

Infrastructure......................................................................................................................

1-4

1.3.2

Ad Hoc...............................................................................................................................

1-5

1.3.3

Bridge ................................................................................................................................

1-5

Chapter 2 Introducing the Web Configurator ..........................................................................................

2-1

2.1

Accessing the ZyAIR Web Configurator...................................................................................

2-1

2.2

Navigating the ZyAIR Web Configurator..................................................................................

2-2

2.3

Resetting the ZyAIR ..................................................................................................................

2-3

2.3.1

Method of Restoring Factory-Defaults ..............................................................................

2-3

SYSTEM, WIRELESS AND IP....................................................................................................................

II

Chapter 3 System Screens ...........................................................................................................................

3-1

3.1

System Overview.......................................................................................................................

3-1

3.2

Configuring General Setup ........................................................................................................

3-1

3.3

Configuring Password................................................................................................................

3-2

3.4

Configuring Time Setting ..........................................................................................................

3-3

Chapter 4 Wireless LAN .............................................................................................................................

4-1

4.1

Wireless LAN Basis...................................................................................................................

4-1

4.1.1

Channel ..............................................................................................................................

4-1

4.1.2

ESS ID ...............................................................................................................................

4-1

4.1.3

WEP Encryption ................................................................................................................

4-1

4.1.4

RTS/CTS............................................................................................................................

4-1

4.1.5

Fragmentation Threshold ...................................................................................................

4-3

4.2

Wireless Security Overview.......................................................................................................

4-3

4.3

WEP Overview ..........................................................................................................................

4-3

4.3.1

Data Encryption .................................................................................................................

4-4

4.3.2

Authentication....................................................................................................................

4-4

4.4

Configuring Wireless.................................................................................................................

4-5

4.4.1

Infrastructure......................................................................................................................

4-5

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