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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide
ZyXEL G-162/G-360
(Hardware Revision v2)
802.11b/g Wireless LAN Adapter
User's Guide
Version 1.0
May 2005
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide Copyright Copyright ©2005 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 Communications Corp
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 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 (2) 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 charge for e
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement FCC Certification The United States Federal Communication (FCC) and the Canadian Department of Communications have established certain rules governing the use of electronic equipment. Part 15, Class B The 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 r
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide Customer Support When contacting your Customer Support Representative, please have the following information ready: Product model and serial number. Warranty Information. The Date you purchased your product. 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 NORTH support@zyxel.com 800-255-4101 www.us.zyxel.com ZyXEL Communications
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide Table of Contents Copyright.......................................................................................................................................................... ii ZyXEL Limited Warranty............................................................................................................................. iii Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement ................................................... iv Custome
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide 2.5 OTIST (One Touch Intelligent Security Technology) ..................................................................2-23 Chapter 3 Maintenance................................................................................................................................ 3-1 3.1 The About Screen............................................................................................................................ 3-1 3.2 Uninstalling the ZyXEL Utility.
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide Preface Congratulations on the purchase of your new ZyXEL G-162/G-360! About This User's Guide This manual provides information about the ZyXEL Wireless LAN Utility. Syntax Conventions • “Type” or “Enter” means for you to type one or more characters. "Select" or "Choose" means for you to use one of the predefined choices. • Mouse action sequences are denoted using a comma. For example, “click the Apple icon, Control Panels and then Modem” means first cl
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide Graphics Icons Key Notebook computer Computer Wireless Access Point Modem Wireless Signal Server Switch Router Telephone Preface ix
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide Chapter 1 Getting Started This chapter introduces the ZyXEL G-162/G-360 and prepares you to use the ZyXEL Utility. 1.1 About Your ZyXEL G-162/G-360 The ZyXEL G-162/G-360 is an IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g compliant wireless LAN adapters. With the ZyXEL G-162/G-360, you can enjoy wireless mobility within almost any wireless networking environment. The following lists the main features of your ZyXEL G-162/G-360. • Your ZyXEL G-162/G-360 can communicate with o
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide Double-clicking on the Z icon will display the following ZyXEL utility window. Each of the pages (Site Survey, Profile, Link Info, About) presented in the ZyXEL Utility are explained in the following sections. 1-2 WLAN Networking
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide 1.3.1 Site Survey Site Survey screen shows how the network is presently configured: network mode, information, channel, signal strength, etc. The Selected Network window shows you a list of SSIDs in your vicinity. Information regarding each SSID is also shown as Security Status, SSID, Mode, Ch, Signal, AP MAC Add and Profile. The “Current Status” (Top Red Rectangle) windows shows the network status, Profile Name, SSID, AP MAC Address, Transmission Rate,
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide Use Windows Zero Configuration Checking this box will allow you to use Windows to configure your wireless network settings. When you check this box to configure, you will no longer use ZyXEL’s utility. Connect Clicking on this bottom will guide you to the following Profile Configuration screen when you select an AP/Router to connect. Rescan Clicking on this bottom will scan the vicinity for a certain amount of time and display the scan results. Config
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide should use the same SSID (whatever your choice is). TX Rate This field displays the current data transmission rate in Megabit per second (Mbps). RX Rate This field displays the current data receiving rate in Megabit per second (Mbps). Signal Strength This shows the strength of the signal (the range from Excellent, Good, Normal, Bad, Poor, No signal, which relate to the dBm) Security Status This field displays whether data encryption is activated (No Sec
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide a. [Profile] Default profile name is ZyXEL. You may also enter in a descriptive name for this profile. b. [SSID Name] is depends on the AP/Router you connect to from Site Survey page. c. [Network Mode] if connecting to an AP/Router, choose “Infrastructure”. If you are going to network one computer directly to another computer without an AP/Router, then choose “Ad Hoc”. d. [Channel] is set default auto channel for the Infrastructure mode and default Ch6 for A
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide 2.2) [Enable CCX Mode] refers the Cisco Compatible Extension, which is the certificate-based authentications (EAP-TLS, PEAP and LEAP) using dynamic keys for data encryption. Check this box will enable PEAP-MS-CHAP-V2, PEAP-GTC, TLS and LEAP. Please see your MIS administrator for these settings when you are about to enable one of these mode. Please refer to Ch4—Configuring Wireless Security for detail WEP-802.1x and WPA-802.1x authentication informatio
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide Advanced Mode: This screen (Bottom Red Rectangle) allows you to make changes to the default ways the card operates including advanced 802.11 settings. Unless you are an advanced user and have deep knowledge about each property on this page, it is recommended that you leave them at the default settings. For more information, please refer to section 2.3 and 2.4. 1-8 WLAN Networking
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide [Turbo Mode] allows you either “Active” or “Inactive” the 22Mbps and 125Mbps. The information will be also shown under Link Info screen. Please refer to 1.1.3 Link Info for the detail explanation. [Packet Burst] allows you either “Active” or “Inactive” the packet burst. The information will be also shown under Link Info screen. Please refer to 1.1.3 Link Info for the detail explanation. 1.3.2 Profile Profile screen enables you to create, edit and dele
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ZyXEL G-162/G-360 User’s Guide Profile Pool A list of inactive profiles, which are not currently connected to AP/Router. Default profile name is set “ZyXEL”. You can add new profile by clicking [New], modify profile by clicking [Edit] and delete it by clicking [Delete]. Active Profiles 1) A list of active profiles, which are currently connected to AP/Router. Each profile in the Active Profiles list has a priority based on it
