ZyXEL G-360 User’s Guide

Table of Contents

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

ii

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

iii

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement...................................................

iv

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

vii

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

viii

Chapter 1 Getting Started.........................................................................................................................

1-1

1.1

About Your G-360 ........................................................................................................................

1-1

1.2

Syntax Conventions ......................................................................................................................

1-1

1.3

Graphics Icons Key......................................................................................................................

1-2

1.4

Application Overview...................................................................................................................

1-2

1.4.1

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

1-2

1.4.2

Ad-Hoc.................................................................................................................................

1-3

1.5

G-360 Hardware and Utility Installation.....................................................................................

1-3

1.6

Configuration Methods ................................................................................................................

1-3

1.7

Accessing the ZyXEL Utility.........................................................................................................

1-4

1.7.1

ZyXEL Utility Screen Summary..........................................................................................

1-4

1.8

Network Connection Methods ......................................................................................................

1-5

1.8.1

Site Survey ...........................................................................................................................

1-6

1.8.2

Profiles .................................................................................................................................

1-8

Chapter 2 Link Info ...................................................................................................................................

2-1

2.1

Transmission Rate (Transfer Rate) ..............................................................................................

2-1

2.1.1

G-plus...................................................................................................................................

2-1

2.2

Configuring the Link Info screen .................................................................................................

2-1

2.2.1

Trend Chart ..........................................................................................................................

2-4

Chapter 3 Site Survey................................................................................................................................

3-1

3.1

Configuring the Site Survey screen ..............................................................................................

3-1

Chapter 4 Security Settings.......................................................................................................................

4-1

4.1

Wireless LAN Security..................................................................................................................

4-1

4.1.1

Data Encryption with WEP ..................................................................................................

4-1

4.2

Authentication Type .....................................................................................................................

4-2

4.3

Configuring Security Settings.......................................................................................................

4-2

4.3.1

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

4-3

4.3.2

WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK........................................................................................................

4-5

4.3.3

WPA/WPA2 or 802.1x.........................................................................................................

4-6

Chapter 5 Profile........................................................................................................................................

5-1

5.1

Configuring the Profile screen.....................................................................................................

5-1

5.1.1

Adding a New Profile...........................................................................................................

5-2

Chapter 6 Adapter .....................................................................................................................................

6-1

6.1

Introduction to OTIST..................................................................................................................

6-1

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