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ZyAIR B-500
Wireless Access Point
User's Guide
Version 3.50
June 2004
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide Copyright Copyright © 2004 by ZyXEL Communications Corporation. The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical, photocopying, manual, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of ZyXEL Communications Corporation. Published by ZyXEL C
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference. • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operations. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide ZyXEL Limited Warranty ZyXEL warrants to the original end user (purchaser) that this product is free from any defects in materials or workmanship for a period of up to two years from the date of purchase. During the warranty period, and upon proof of purchase, should the product have indications of failure due to faulty workmanship and/or materials, ZyXEL will, at its discretion, repair or replace the defective products or components without c
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide Customer Support Please have the following information ready when you contact customer support. • Product model and serial number. • Warranty Information. • Date that you received your device. • Brief description of the problem and the steps you took to solve it. 1 METHOD SUPPORT E-MAIL TELEPHONE WEB SITE REGULAR MAIL 1 SALES E-MAIL FAX FTP SITE LOCATION WORLDWIDE support@zyxel.com.tw +886-3-578-3942 www.zyxel.com ZyXEL Communications Co
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide 1 METHOD SUPPORT E-MAIL TELEPHONE WEB SITE REGULAR MAIL 1 SALES E-MAIL FAX FTP SITE LOCATION FINLAND support@zyxel.fi +358-9-4780-8411 www.zyxel.fi ZyXEL Communications Oy Malminkaari 10 sales@zyxel.fi +358-9-4780 8448 00700 Helsinki Finland vi
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide Table of Contents Copyright.........................................................................................................................................................ii Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement.....................................................iii ZyXEL Limited Warranty............................................................................................................................
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide 5.1.2 BSS ....................................................................................................................................5-1 5.1.3 ESS ....................................................................................................................................5-2 5.2 Wireless LAN Basics.................................................................................................................5-3 5.2.1 RTS/CTS....
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide 9.5 Configuration Screen .................................................................................................................9-8 9.5.1 Backup Configuration ........................................................................................................9-8 9.5.2 Restore Configuration ........................................................................................................9-9 9.5.3 Back to Factory Defaults.....
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide Chapter 17 Firmware and Configuration File Maintenance .................................................................17-1 17.1 Filename Conventions .............................................................................................................17-1 17.2 Backup Configuration..............................................................................................................17-2 17.2.1 Backup Configuration Using FTP.......
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide List of Figures Figure 1-1 Internet Access Application.......................................................................................................... 1-4 Figure 1-2 Corporation Network Application ................................................................................................ 1-5 Figure 2-1 Change Password Screen..........................................................................................................
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide Figure 9-12 Network Temporarily Disconnected..........................................................................................9-10 Figure 9-13 Configuration Upload Error ......................................................................................................9-11 Figure 9-14 Back to Factory Default ............................................................................................................9-12 Figure 9-15 Res
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide Figure 18-2 Valid CI Commands ................................................................................................................. 18-1 Figure 18-3 Menu 24.10 System Maintenance : Time and Date Setting...................................................... 18-2 List of Figures xiii
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide List of Tables Table 3-1 Wizard 1 : General Setup ............................................................................................................... 3-2 Table 3-2 Wizard 2 : Wireless LAN Setup..................................................................................................... 3-3 Table 3-3 Private IP Address Ranges .....................................................................................................
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide Table 17-1 Filename Conventions ................................................................................................................17-2 Table 17-2 General Commands for Third Party FTP Clients........................................................................17-3 Table 17-3 General Commands for Third Party TFTP Clients .....................................................................17-5 Table 18-1 Menu 24.10 System Maintena
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide Preface Congratulations on your purchase from the ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point. An access point (AP) acts as a bridge between the wireless and wired networks, extending your existing wired network without any additional wiring. This User’s Guide is designed to guide you through the configuration of your ZyAIR using the web configurator or the SMT. Use the web configurator, System Management Terminal (SMT) or command interpreter inte
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ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide • Mouse action sequences are denoted using a comma. For example, “click the Apple icon, Control Panels and then Modem” means first click the Apple icon, then point your mouse pointer to Control Panels and then click Modem. • For brevity’s sake, we will use “e.g.,” as a shorthand for “for instance”, and “i.e.,” for “that is” or “in other words” throughout this manual. • The ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point may be referred to simply as the ZyAI
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Overview Part I: Part I: OVERVIEW This part introduces the main features and applications of ZyAIR and shows how to access the web configurator and use the Wizard to setup the ZyAIR. I
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