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ZyAIR G-160 User's Guide
Copyright
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ZyXEL Limited Warranty
ZyXEL...faulty workmanship and/or materials, ZyXEL will, at its discretion, repair...will be solely at the discretion of ZyXEL. This warranty shall not apply if... use or purpose. ZyXEL shall in no event be held...
To obtain the services of this warranty, contact ZyXEL's Service Center for your Return... shipped by ZyXEL to the corresponding return address, Postage Paid...
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Information for Canadian Users
The Industry Canada label identifies certified equipment. This certification means that the equipment meets certain telecommunications network protective operation and safety requirements. The Industry Canada does not guarantee that the equipment will operate to a user's satisfaction. Before installing this equipment, users should ensure that...
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... environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy, and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio/television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user...
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Table of Contents
Copyright ...ii ZyXEL Limited Warranty ...iii Information for Canadian Users...iv Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement v Customer Support...vii List of Figures...xi List of Tables ...xii Preface...xiii Chapter 1 Getting Started ...1-1
1.1 About Your ZyAIR ...1-1 1.2 ZyAIR Hardware and Utility Installation 1-1 1.3 Disable Windows XP Wireless LAN...
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2.4.2 802.1x Configuration ...2-23 2.4.3 WPA-PSK Configuration 2-24 2.5 The Statistics Screen ...2-25 2.6 The About Screen ...2-27 Chapter 3 Maintenance ...3-1 3.1 Removing the ZyAIR Utility ...3-1 3.2 Upgrading the ZyAIR Utility...3-1 Chapter 4 Troubleshooting ...4-1 4.1 Problems Starting the ZyAIR Utility Program 4-1 4.2 Problems Communicating With Other Computers 4-1...
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List of Figures
Figure 1-1 Windows XP: System Tray Icon 1-2 Figure 1-2 Windows XP: Wireless Network Connection Status 1-2 Figure 1-3 Windows XP: Connect to Wireless Network 1-3 Figure 1-4 Windows XP: Wireless Network Connection Properties 1-4 Figure 1-5 ZyAIR Utility: System Tray Icon 1-4 Figure 2-1 Ad-hoc Network Example ...2-2 Figure 2-2 BSS Example...2-2 Figure 2-3...
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... Bold Arial font.
• The ZyXEL ZyAIR G-160 802.11g Wireless Cardbus Card is referred to as the ZyAIR in this guide.
• The ZyAIR G-160 Wireless LAN Utility may be referred to as the ZyAIR Utility in this guide. Related Documentation
Support Disk Refer to the included CD for support documents and device drivers. Quick Installation Guide Our Quick Installation Guide is designed to help you...
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...; Low CPU utilization allowing more computer system resources for other programs. • A built-in antenna • Driver support for Windows XP/2000/Me/98 SE
1.2 ZyAIR Hardware and Utility Installation
Follow the instructions in the Quick Installation Guide to install the ZyAIR Utility and driver and make hardware connections.
1.3 Disable Windows XP Wireless LAN Configuration Tool
Windows XP...
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Step 2. Step 3.
If the icon for the wireless network connection is not in the system tray, click Start, Control Panel and double-click on Network Connections.
Double-click on the icon for wireless network connection to display a status window as shown next.
Figure 1-2 Windows XP: Wireless Network Connection Status Step 4. Click Properties and click the Wireless Networks tab. Then skip to Step...
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ZyAIR G-160 User's Guide Step 5. When a Connect to Wireless Network window displays, click Advanced....
Figure 1-3 Windows XP: Connect to Wireless Network
Getting Started
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Step 6. In the Wireless Network Connection Properties window, make sure the Use Windows to configure my wireless network settings check box is not selected. Click OK.
Figure 1-4 Windows XP: Wireless Network Connection Properties
1.4 Accessing the ZyAIR Utility
After you installed the ZyAIR Utility and reboot your computer, the ZyAIR Utility automatically starts and an ...
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... your computer provides the radio disable feature and you
turn it on.
Green
The ZyAIR is connected to a wireless network.
Yellow
The ZyAIR is in the process of connecting to a wireless network.
Back and White
The ZyAIR is not inserted or the driver is not installed.
The ZyAIR Utility screens are similar in all Microsoft Windows versions. Screens for Windows...
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Figure 2-9 Main The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 2-1 Main
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Status
This field displays the connection status.
External Configuration
Select this option and click Apply if you activate and use another configuration tool (such as the Windows XP Zero Configuration tool) to configure the ZyAIR. You...
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Figure 2-18 About The following table describes the read-only fields in this screen.
Table 2-10 About
FIELD
DESCRIPTION
Utility Version This field displays the version number and release date of the ZyAIR Utility.
Network
This field displays the version number and release date of the Windows driver for the
Driver Version ZyAIR.
Firmware Version
This field displays the...
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... G-160 802.11g Wireless CardBus Card Utility. When prompted, click OK to remove the driver and the utility software.
Figure 3-1 Confirm Uninstallation Step 4. Click Finish and restart the computer when prompted.
3.2 Upgrading the ZyAIR Utility
To perform the upgrade, follow the steps below.
Step 1.
Step 2. Step 3. Step 4.
Step 5.
Download the latest version of the utility from the ZyXEL web...
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... is on. Refer to the Quick Installation Guide for the LED descriptions.
Use the Device Manager to check for possible hardware conflicts. Click Start, Settings, Control Panel, System, Hardware and Device Manager. Verify the status of the ZyAIR under Network Adapter. (Steps may vary depending on the version of Windows).
Install the ZyAIR in another computer.
If the error persists, you may have...
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... 4-2 Configuration utility version 2-28 Connecting to a Network 2-12 Copyright ii Disclaimer ii Trademarks ii CTS (Clear to Send 2-4, 2-5 Customer Support vii
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Data encryption 2-6 Disable Windows XP Wireless Support..........1-1
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Index
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EAP Authentication MD5 iii PEAP iii TLS iii TTLS iii
Encryption 2-8 ESS 2-3 Extended Service Set See ESS External...
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...Tunneled Transport Layer Service....... See TTLS
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Upgrading the ZyAIR Utility 3-1 User Authentication 2-8 Using the ZyAIR Utility 2-1
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Warranty iii Note iii
WEP 2-6 WEP Data Encryption
Configuring 2-19 WEP Data Encryption with 2-6 WEP Key 2-6 Windows XP Zero Configuration 1-1 Wired Equivalent Privacy See WEP Wireless LAN Parameters
Channel 2-1 Configuring 2-10 Network Type 2-2 SSID...