ZyXEL AG-220 User’s Guide

Table 28 Vista: Connect Manually

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Encryption type

Select the type of encryption used by the network.

 

When you use WEP or 802.1x, WEP displays.

 

When you use a WPA mode (WPA(2)-Personal or WPA(2)-Enterprise)

 

you can choose AES or TKIP (if supported by your computer’s wireless

 

client).

 

 

Security Key /

If your network uses WEP or WPA(2)-Personalsecurity, enter the key

Passphrase

here.

 

 

Display Characters

Select this if you do not want the security key characters to be hidden.

 

 

Start this connection

Select this box if you always want to try to connect to this network at

automatically

startup. If you leave this box unchecked, you will need to connect manually

 

each time.

 

 

Connect even if the

Select this box if you always want to try to connect to this network at

network is not

startup, even if the network is not broadcasting its SSID. The warning in

broadcasting

this field refers to the fact that if you do this, your computer sends out probe

 

request packets, which contain the network’s SSID and could be used by

 

an attacker to access the network.

 

 

Next

Click this to save your settings and move on to the next page.

 

 

Cancel

Click this to stop setting up your network.

 

 

3When you have finished filling in the fields, click Next. the following screen displays.

Figure 76 Vista: Successfully Added Network

4If you want to make any changes to the settings you just configured, click Change connection settings. Otherwise, click Connect to.... In the window that displays, double-click the new network’s name to connect to the network.

Setting Up An Ad-Hoc Network

Take the following steps to set up a wireless connection between two computers in Windows Vista.

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