ZyXEL Communications G-170S 1.7 Connecting to a Wireless LAN, 1.7.1 Site Survey

ZyXEL G-170S User’s Guide

The following table describes the menus.

Table 2 ZyXEL Utility: Menu Screen Summary

TAB	DESCRIPTION
Link Info	Use this screen to see your current connection status, configuration and data rate
	statistics.
Site Survey	Use this screen to
	• scan for a wireless network
	• configure wireless security (if activated on the selected network).
	• connect to a wireless network.
Profile	Use this screen to add, delete, edit or activate a profile with a set of wireless and
	security settings.
Adapter	Use this screen to configure a transfer rate and enable power saving.

1.7 Connecting to a Wireless LAN

The following sections show you how to associate with a network using the ZyXEL utility. You can either manually connect to a network or configure a profile to have the G-170S automatically connect to a specific network. Otherwise, configure nothing and leave the G- 170S to automatically scan for and connect to any other available network without security.

See the next chapters for detailed field descriptions.

1.7.1 Site Survey

After you install the ZyXEL utility and then insert the G-170S, follow the steps below to connect to a network using the Site Survey screen.

1Make sure a wireless network is available and within range.

2Open the ZyXEL utility and click the Site Survey tab to open the screen as shown next.

3Click Scan to search for available wireless networks.

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