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ZyXEL Communications G-170S Preface, About This User's Guide, Related Documentation, User Guide Feedback, Syntax Conventions

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ZyXEL G-170S User’s Guide

Preface

Congratulations on your purchase of the ZyXEL G-170S 802.11g Wireless CardBus Card.

Your G-170S is easy to install and configure.

About This User's Guide

This manual is designed to guide you through the configuration of your G-170S 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. They contain hardware installation/connection information.

•ZyXEL Glossary and Web Site

Please refer to www.zyxel.com for an online glossary of networking terms and additional support documentation.

User Guide Feedback

Help us help you. E-mail all User Guide-related comments, questions or suggestions for improvement to techwriters@zyxel.com.tw 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

•“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 comma. For example, “In Windows, click Start, Settings and then Control Panel” means first click the Start button, then point your mouse pointer to Settings and then click Control Panel.

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

•The ZyXEL G-170S 802.11g Wireless CardBus Card may be referred to as the G-170S in this user’s guide.

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Contents

User’s Guide Page Copyright Disclaimer Trademarks Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement Notice Caution Certifications ZyXEL Limited Warranty Note Online Registration Customer Support Page Table of Contents ZyXEL Utility Configuration Maintenance Troubleshooting Appendix A Product Specifications Page Page List of Figures Page List of Tables Page Preface About This User's Guide Related Documentation User Guide Feedback Syntax Conventions Graphics Icons Key Getting Started 1.1 About Your G-170S 1.1.1Application Overview 1.1.1.1 Infrastructure 1.1.1.2 Ad-Hoc 1.2 G-170SHardware and Utility Installation 1.3 Configuration Methods 1.4 Windows XP Users Only 1.5 Accessing the ZyXEL Utility 1.6 ZyXEL Utility Screen Summary 1.7 Connecting to a Wireless LAN 1.7.1 Site Survey Security Settings Link Info Page Page Wireless LAN Network 2.1 Wireless LAN Overview 2.1.1 SSID 2.1.2 Channel 2.1.3 Transmission Rate (Tx Rate) 2.2 Wireless LAN Security Overview 2.2.1 Data Encryption with WEP 2.2.2IEEE 2.2.2.1 EAP Authentication 2.2.3 WPA(2) 2.2.3.1 Encryption 2.2.3.2 User Authentication 2.2.4 WPA(2)-PSKApplication Example 2.2.5 WPA(2) with RADIUS Application Example 2.3 Authentication Type 2.4 Preamble Type ZyXEL Utility Configuration 3.1 The Link Info Screen 3.1.1 Trend Chart 3.2 The Site Survey Screen 3.2.1 Connecting to a WLAN Network 3.2.2Security Settings 3.2.2.1 WEP Encryption 3.2.2.2 WPA/WPA2 3.2.2.3 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK 3.2.2.4 IEEE 3.2.3 Confirm Save Screen 3.3 The Profile Screen 3.3.1 Adding a New Profile Page Ad-Hoc WPA WPA2 WPA-PSK WPA2-PSK DISABLE Save Activate Now Activate Later 3.4 The Adapter Screen Page Page Maintenance 4.1 The About Screen 4.2 Uninstalling the ZyXEL Utility 4.3 Upgrading the ZyXEL Utility Page Page Troubleshooting 5.1 Problems Starting the ZyXEL Utility 5.2 Problem with the Link Quality 5.3 Problems Communicating With Other Computers APPENDIX A Page Activating Wireless Zero Configuration Connecting to a Wireless Network Properties Wireless Networks Wireless Network Connection Properties Refresh network list Refresh Available networks Configure Preferred Wireless Network Connection Security Settings Association Authentication Authentication Properties Smart Card or other Certificate Properties Ordering the Preferred Networks Wireless Networks Move up Move down Remove Page EAP-MD5 (Message-DigestAlgorithm 5) EAP-TLS(Transport Layer Security) EAP-TTLS(Tunneled Transport Layer Service) PEAP (Protected EAP) LEAP Dynamic WEP Key Exchange WPA(2) Encryption User Authentication WPA(2)-PSKApplication Example WPA(2) with RADIUS Application Example Security Parameters Summary Numerics Index