ZyXEL Communications G-260 Table of Contents, Preface, Chapter, Chapter, Copyright, List of Tables, List of Figures, Getting Started, Table of Contents

ZyXEL G-260 User’s Guide

Table of Contents

Copyright	..................................................................................................................	2
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement ...............		3
ZyXEL Limited Warranty..........................................................................................		5
Customer Support....................................................................................................		6
Table of Contents .....................................................................................................		8
List of Figures ........................................................................................................		12
List of Tables ..........................................................................................................		14
Preface ....................................................................................................................		16
Chapter 1
Getting Started .......................................................................................................		18
1.1	About Your ZyXEL G-260 .................................................................................	18
	1.1.1 Application Overview ................................................................................	18
	1.1.1.1 Infrastructure ...................................................................................	18
	1.1.1.2 Ad-Hoc ............................................................................................	19
1.2	ZyXEL G-260 Hardware and Utility Installation ..................................................	19
1.3	Configuration Methods ......................................................................................	19
1.4	Windows XP Users Only ....................................................................................	19
1.5	Accessing the ZyXEL Utility ..............................................................................	20
1.6	Connecting to a Wireless LAN ...........................................................................	20
	1.6.1 Site Survey ...............................................................................................	20
1.7	ZyXEL Utility Screen Summary ..........................................................................	22
Chapter 2
Wireless LAN Network...........................................................................................		24
2.1	Wireless LAN Overview ....................................................................................	24
	2.1.1 SSID .........................................................................................................	24
	2.1.2 Channel ....................................................................................................	24
	2.1.3 Transmission Rate (Tx Rate) ....................................................................	24
2.2	Wireless LAN Security Overview ......................................................................	24
	2.2.1 Data Encryption with WEP ........................................................................	25
	2.2.2 IEEE 802.1x ..............................................................................................	25
	2.2.2.1 EAP Authentication .........................................................................	25
	2.2.3 WPA(2) .....................................................................................................	26

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