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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 ...
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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 ...
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... Starting Up the ZyAIR...A-1 Problems with the Ethernet Interface A-1 Problems with the Password ...A-2 Problems with Telnet ...A-2 Problems with the WLAN Interface ...A-3 Appendix B Brute-Force Password Guessing Protection B-1 Appendix C Setting up Your Computer's IP Address C-1 Appendix D Wireless LAN and IEEE 802.11 D-1 Appendix E Wireless LAN With IEEE 802.1x E-1 Appendix F Types of...
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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...2-1 Figure 2-2 Navigating the ZyAIR Web Configurator 2-3 Figure 3-1 Wizard 1 : General Setup...3-2 Figure 3-2 Wizard 2 : Wireless LAN Setup 3-3 Figure 3-3 Wizard 3 : IP Address Assignment 3-6 Figure 4-1 ...
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... Example 10-3 Figure 10-4 ZyAIR B-500 SMT Main Menu 10-5 Figure 11-1 Menu 1 General Setup...11-1 Figure 12-1 Menu 3 LAN Setup ...12-1 Figure 12-2 Menu 3.2 TCP/IP Setup...12-1 Figure 12-3 Menu 3.5 Wireless LAN Setup 12-3 Figure 12-4 Menu 3.5 Wireless LAN Setup 12-5 Figure 12-5 Menu 3.5.1 WLAN MAC Address Filter 12-6 Figure 12-6 Menu 3.5 Wireless LAN Setup 12-7 Figure 12-7 Menu 3.5.2 Roaming...
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... configurator.
Register your product online to receive e-mail notices of firmware upgrades and information at www.zyxel.com for global products, or at www.us.zyxel.com for
North American products.
Related Documentation Supporting Disk Refer to the included CD for support documents. Quick Installation Guide Our Quick Installation Guide is designed to help you get up and running right away...
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... syslog facility support.
Embedded FTP and TFTP Servers
The ZyAIR's embedded FTP and TFTP servers enable fast firmware upgrades as well as configuration file backups and restoration.
Wireless Association List
With the wireless association list, you can see the list of the wireless stations that are currently using the ZyAIR to access your wired network.
Getting to...
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2.3 Navigating the ZyAIR Web Configurator
The following summarizes how to navigate the web configurator.
Follow the instructions below or click the
icon (located in the top right corner
of most screens) to view online help.
Click WIZARD SETUP for initial configuration including general setup, Wireless LAN setup and IP address assignment.
Click ...
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6.8 Wireless Client WPA Supplicants
A wireless client supplicant is the software that runs on an operating system instructing the wireless client how to use WPA. At the time of writing, the most widely available supplicants are the WPA patch for Windows XP, Funk Software's Odyssey client, and Meetinghouse Data Communications' AEGIS client.
The Windows XP patch is a free download that...
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Table 9-4 Channel Usage
LABEL Signal Network Mode
Refresh
DESCRIPTION
This field displays the strength of the AP's signal. If you must choose a channel that's currently in use, choose one with low signal strength for minimum interference.
"Network mode" in this screen refers to your wireless LAN infrastructure (refer to the Wireless LAN chapter) ...
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Chapter 16 System Information and Diagnosis
This chapter covers the information and diagnostic tools in SMT menus 24.1 to 24.4.
16.1 Overview
These tools include updates on system status, port status, log and trace capabilities and upgrades for the system software. This chapter describes how to use these tools in detail...
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... the routing protocol used.
ZyNOS F/W Version
Refers to the ZyNOS (ZyXEL Network Operating System) system firmware version. ZyNOS is a registered trademark of ZyXEL Communications Corporation.
Country Code
Refers to the country code of the firmware.
LAN
Ethernet Address Refers to the Ethernet MAC (Media Access Control) of your ZyAIR.
IP Address This is the IP address of the ZyAIR in dotted...
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Table 17-1 Filename Conventions
FILE TYPE Configuration File
Firmware
INTERNAL NAME
Rom-0
Ras
EXTERNAL NAME
*.rom
*.bin
DESCRIPTION
This is the configuration filename on the ZyAIR. Uploading the rom-0 file replaces the entire ROM file system, including your ZyAIR configurations, system-related data (including the default password), the error log ...
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Table 17-2 General Commands for Third Party FTP Clients
COMMAND
Initial Remote Directory
Initial Local Directory
DESCRIPTION Specify the default remote directory (path).
Specify the default local directory (path).
17.2.3 Backup Configuration Using TFTP
The ZyAIR supports the up/downloading of the firmware and the configuration file using TFTP (...
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Menu 24.6 - Restore Configuration
To transfer the firmware and the configuration file, follow the procedure below:
1. Launch the FTP client on your workstation. 2. Type "open" and the IP address of your router. Then type "root" and
SMT password as requested. 3. Type "put backupfilename rom-0" where backupfilename is the name of
your backup...
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... FTP client on your workstation. 2. Type "open" and the IP address of your system. Then type "root" and
SMT password as requested. 3. Type "put firmwarefilename ras" where "firmwarefilename" is the name
of your firmware upgrade file on your workstation and "ras" is the remote file name on the system. 4. The system reboots automatically after a successful...
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331 Enter PASS command Password: 230 Logged in ftp> bin 200 Type I OK ftp> put firmware.bin ras 200 Port command okay 150 Opening data ....
17.4.4 TFTP File Upload
The ZyAIR also supports the up/downloading of the firmware and the configuration file using TFTP (Trivial File Transfer Protocol) over LAN. Although TFTP should work over WAN as well...
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... date. There is also a software mechanism to set the time manually or get the current time and date from an external server when you turn on your ZyAIR. Menu 24.10 allows you to update the time and date settings of your ZyAIR. The real time is then displayed in the ZyAIR error logs and firewall logs...
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... manually assign IP information instead of using dynamic assignment, make sure that your computers have IP addresses that place them in the same subnet as the ZyAIR's LAN port.
Windows 95/98/Me
Click Start, Settings, Control Panel and double-click the Network icon to open the Network window.
The Network window Configuration tab displays a list of installed components. You need a network adapter...
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... B-500 Wireless Access Point User's Guide
3. Click the Gateway tab. -If you do not know your gateway's IP address, remove previously installed gateways. -If you have a gateway IP address, type it in the New gateway field and click Add.
4. Click OK to save and close the TCP/IP Properties window. 5. Click OK to close the Network window. Insert the Windows...