ZyAIR Wireless Gateway Series User’s Guide

Chapter 1Getting to Know Your ZyAIR

This chapter introduces the main features and applications of the ZyAIR.

1.1Introducing the ZyAIR Wireless Gateway Series

The ZyAIR Wireless Gateway provides wireless connectivity. As an Internet gateway, your ZyAIR can share an Internet connection (through a cable or xDSL modem) with multiple computers using SUA/NAT and DHCP. The ZyAIR offers highly secured wireless connectivity to your wired network with IEEE 802.1x, WEP data encryption and MAC address filtering.

The ZyAIR is easy to install and configure. The embedded web-based configurator and SNMP network management enables remote configuration and management of your ZyAIR.

1.2ZyAIR Features

The following sections describe the features of the ZyAIR Wireless Gateway series. Features vary by ZyAIR model. This table lists the difference between models; it does not include features that are common to all of the ZyAIR models.

Some features are not available in every model. Refer to the Model Specific Features table to see what features are specific to your ZyAIR model. These features are defined at the time of writing.

Table 1-1 Model Specific Features

ZYAIR MODEL

B-2000

B-2000 V.2

FEATURES

 

 

 

 

 

Configurable Output Power

O

O

 

 

 

Two 2dBi Antennas

Detachable

Detachable

 

 

 

GUI Enable/Disable Capability of ZyAIR WLAN LED

 

O

ON/OFF

 

 

 

 

 

Content Filtering

 

O

 

 

 

Limitation of Client Connections

 

O

 

 

 

Real-time WLAN status graphical display

 

O

 

 

 

Getting to Know Your ZyAIR

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