Equinox-systems ZyAIR G-200 User Manual

ZyAIR G-200 802.11g Wireless USB Adapter User's Guide Version 1.1 11/2004

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide List of Figures xi List of Figures Figure 1-1 Windows XP: System Tray Icon ...

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide xii List of Tables List of Tables Table 1-1 ZyAIR Utility: System Tray Icon ...

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Preface xiii Preface Congratulations on the purchase of your new ZyAIR G-200 802.11g Wireless USB Adapter! About This U

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Getting Started 1-1 Chapter 1 Getting Started This chapter prepares you to using the ZyAIR Utility. 1.1 ZyAIR Hardware

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide 1-2 Getting started 3. Double-click on the icon for wireless

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Getting Started 1-3 6. In the Wireless Network Connection Properties window, make sure the Use Windows to configure my w

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Using the ZyAIR Utility 2-1 Chapter 2 Using the ZyAIR Utility This chapter shows you how to configure the ZyAIR using the

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide ii Copyright Copyright Copyright ©2004 by ZyXEL Communications Corporation The contents of this publication may not be repro

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide 2-2 Using the ZyAIR Utility  To set up an ad-hoc network, configu

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Using the ZyAIR Utility 2-3 Figure 2-4 Roaming Example 2.2 The Link Info Screen When the ZyAIR Utility starts, the Lin

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide 2-4 Using the ZyAIR Utility Table 2-1 ZyAIR Utility: Link Info LAB

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Using the ZyAIR Utility 2-5 Figure 2-6 Site Survey The following table describes the fields in the table. Table 2-2 Sit

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide 2-6 Using the ZyAIR Utility 1. Click Search to scan for all availa

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Using the ZyAIR Utility 2-7 Table 2-3 Configuration FIELD DESCRIPTION Configuration Service Set Identifier Enter the SSID

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide 2-8 Using the ZyAIR Utility If you do not enable any wireless secu

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Using the ZyAIR Utility 2-9 Figure 2-9 WEP Authentication Steps Open System authentication involves an unencrypted two-m

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide 2-10 Using the ZyAIR Utility Figure 2-10 WEP Authentication Foll

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Using the ZyAIR Utility 2-11 Table 2-4 WEP Authentication FIELD DESCRIPTION Transmit Key Enter the key number (1 to 4)

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide ZyXEL Limited Warranty iii ZyXEL Limited Warranty ZyXEL warrants to the original end user (purchaser) that this product i

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide 2-12 Using the ZyAIR Utility Encryption WPA improves data encrypt

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Using the ZyAIR Utility 2-13 Table 2-5 WPA Authentication FIELD DESCRIPTION Authentication Select WPA from the drop-dow

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide 2-14 Using the ZyAIR Utility WPA-PSK Application Example A WPA-PSK

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Using the ZyAIR Utility 2-15 Figure 2-13 WPA with RADIUS Application Example Figure 2-14 WPA-PSK Authentication Follow

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide 2-16 Using the ZyAIR Utility Table 2-6 WPA-PSK Authentication FIEL

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Using the ZyAIR Utility 2-17 Figure 2-15 802.1x Authentication Follow the instructions in the table to configure 802.1x

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide 2-18 Using the ZyAIR Utility Figure 2-16 About The following tab

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Maintenance 3-1 Chapter 3 Maintenance This chapter describes how to uninstall or upgrade the ZyAIR Utility. 3.1 Removing

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide 3-2 Maintenance Figure 3-2 ZyAIR Utility: Exit 2. Double-click

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Maintenance 3-3 Figure 3-6 Stop a Hardware device: Windows XP 6. After the following notice window displays in the syste

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide iv Information for Canadian Users Information for Canadian Users The Industry Canada label identifies certified equipment. T

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Troubleshooting 4-1 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting This chapter covers potential problems and the possible remedies. After eac

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide 4-2 Troubleshooting Table 4-2 Troubleshooting Communication Prob

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Wireless LAN and IEEE 802.11 A Appendix A Wireless LAN and IEEE 802.11 A wireless LAN (WLAN) provides a flexible data com

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide B Wireless LAN and IEEE 802.11 Diagram 4-1 Peer-to-Peer Communi

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Wireless LAN With IEEE 802.1x C Appendix B Wireless LAN With IEEE 802.1x As wireless networks become popular for both po

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide D Wireless LAN With IEEE 802.1x Diagram 4-3 Sequences for EAP

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Types of EAP Authentication E Appendix C Types of EAP Authentication This appendix discusses the five popular EAP authe

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide F Types of EAP Authentication Comparison of EAP Authentication

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Product Specifications G Appendix D Product Specifications PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS Product Name ZyAIR G-200 Wireless LA

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide FCC Statement v Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement The device complies with Part 15 of FCC r

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide H Product Specifications SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS Device Drivers

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Index I Index A About... 2-17 Accessing the ZyAIR Utility ...

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide J Index Protected EAP ... See PEAP R

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Customer Support vii Customer Support When contacting your Customer Support Representative, please have the following inf

ZyAIR G-200 User’s Guide Table of Contents ix Table of Contents Chapter 1 Getting Started ..............