User manual ZYXEL NWD-170

[. . . ] NWD-170N Draft 802. 11n Wireless CardBus Card User's Guide Version 1. 00 Edition 1 9/2006 ZyXEL NWD-170N User's Guide Copyright Copyright © 2006 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 Corporation. All rights reserved. Disclaimer ZyXEL does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any products, or software described herein. [. . . ] This field displays the current data receiving rate in kilobits per second (Kbps). 4. 3 The Site Survey Screen Use the Site Survey screen to scan for and connect to a wireless network automatically. Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 37 ZyXEL NWD-170N User's Guide Figure 21 Site Survey The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 7 Site Survey LABEL Available Network List , , or DESCRIPTION Click a column heading to sort the entries. denotes that the wireless device is in infrastructure mode and the wireless security is activated. denotes that the wireless device is in infrastructure mode but the wireless security is deactivated. denotes that the wireless device is in Ad-Hoc mode and the wireless security is activated. denotes that the wireless device is in Ad-Hoc mode but the wireless security is deactivated. This field displays the SSID (Service Set IDentifier) of each wireless device. This field displays the channel number used by each wireless device. This field displays the signal strength of each wireless device. Click Scan to search for available wireless devices within transmission range. Click Connect to associate to the selected wireless device. Click an entry in the Available Network List table to display the information of the selected wireless device. This field displays the network type (Infrastructure or Ad Hoc) of the wireless device. This field displays the wireless standard (802. 11b, 802. 11g or 802. 11n) used by the selected wireless device. This field displays the channel number used by each wireless device. This field shows whether data encryption is activated (WEP, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK or 802. 1x) or inactive (DISABLE). This field displays the MAC address of the wireless device. This field displays the time when the wireless device was scanned. SSID Channel Signal Scan Connect Site Information Network Type Network Mode Channel Security MAC address Surveyed at 38 Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration ZyXEL NWD-170N User's Guide 4. 3. 1 Security Settings When you configure the NWD-170N to connect to a network with wireless security activated and the security settings are disabled on the NWD-170N, the screen varies according to the encryption method used by the selected network. 4. 3. 1. 1 WEP Encryption Figure 22 Security Setting: WEP The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 8 Security Setting: WEP LABEL Security Settings WEP Encryption Type Pass Phrase Select 64 Bits, 128 Bits or 152 Bits to activate WEP encryption and then fill in the related fields. Choices are Open, Shared and Auto Switch. Refer to Section 3. 2. 1. 1. 2 on page 33 for more information. Enter a passphrase of up to 63 case-sensitive printable characters. As you enter the passphrase, the NWD-170N automatically generates four different WEP keys and displays it in the key field below. Refer to Section 3. 2. 1. 1. 1 on page 32 for more information. [. . . ] If you have a gateway IP address, type it in the New gateway field and click Add. 5 Click OK to save and close the TCP/IP Properties window. 7 Restart your computer when prompted. Verifying Settings 1 Click Start and then Run. 2 In the Run window, type "winipcfg" and then click OK to open the IP Configuration window. You should see your computer's IP address, subnet mask and default gateway. Windows 2000/XP 1 For Windows XP, click start, Control Panel. [. . . ]