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ZyXEL NWD-170N User's Guide
ZyXEL Limited Warranty
ZyXEL... services of this warranty, contact ZyXEL's Service ...ZyXEL to the corresponding return address, Postage Paid. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights that vary from country to country.
Registration
Register your product online to receive e-mail notices of firmware upgrades and information at www.zyxel...
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... NWD-170N for its various applications.
Related Documentation
• Supporting Disk Refer to the included CD for support documents.
• Quick Start Guide The Quick Start Guide is designed to help you get up and running right away. They contain hardware installation/connection information.
• ZyXEL Web Site Please go to http://www.zyxel.com for product news, firmware, updated documents...
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... the instructions in the Quick Start Guide to install the ZyXEL utility and make hardware connections.
1.3.1 ZyXEL Utility Icon
After you install and start the ZyXEL utility, an icon for the ZyXEL utility appears in the system tray.
Note: The ZyXEL utility system tray icon displays only when the NWD-170N is installed properly. When you use the ZyXEL utility, it automatically disables Wireless Zero...
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...icon on your desktop or click Start, (All) Programs, ZyXEL NWD-170N Wireless Adapter Utility, ZyXEL NWD-170N Wireless Adapter Software.
1.4.2 Accessing the ZyXEL Utility
Double-click on the ZyXEL wireless LAN utility icon in the system tray to open the ZyXEL utility.
The ZyXEL utility screens are similar in all Microsoft Windows versions. Screens for Windows XP are shown in this User's Guide.
Note...
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... NWD-170N driver. This field displays the version number of the ZyXEL utility.
5.2 Uninstalling the ZyXEL Utility
Follow the steps below to remove (or uninstall) the ZyXEL utility from your computer.
Note: Before you uninstall the ZyXEL utility, take note of your current wireless configurations.
1 Click Start, (All) Programs, ZyXEL NWD-170N Utility, Uninstall ZyXEL NWD170N Wireless CardBus Card...
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2 When prompted, click OK or Yes to remove the driver and the utility software.
Figure 36 Uninstall: Confirm
3 Click Finish to complete uninstalling the software and restart the computer when prompted.
Figure 37 Uninstall: Finish
5.3 Upgrading the ZyXEL Utility
Note: Before you uninstall the ZyXEL utility, take note of your current wireless configurations.
To perform ...
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... Wireless LAN utility
The ZyXEL utility icon does not display.
CORRECTIVE ACTION
Make sure the NWD-170N is properly inserted and the LEDs are on. Refer to the Quick Start 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 NWD-170N under Network Adapter...
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Table 21 Product Specifications (continued)
RX Sensitivity
Tolerance: +/- 1 dBm IEEE 802.11b: -84 dBm at 11 Mbps IEEE 802.11g: -72 dBm at 54 Mbps IEEE 802.11n (draft): -70 dBm at HT40
SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS
Device Drivers Security
Roaming
Windows 2000, Windows XP 64/128/152-bit WEP WPA/WPA-PSK/WPA2/WPA2-PSK IEEE...
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APPENDIX B
Management with Wireless Zero Configuration
This appendix shows you how to manage your NWD-170N using the Windows XP wireless zero configuration tool.
Be sure you have the Windows XP service pack 2 installed on your computer. Otherwise, you should at least have the Windows XP service pack 1 already on your computer and download the support patch for WPA from ...
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Authentication Properties
Select an EAP authentication type in the Wireless (network) properties: Authentication screen and click the Properties button to display the following screen.
Protected EAP Properties Figure 48 Windows XP: Protected EAP Properties
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 27 Windows XP: Protected EAP Properties
LABEL
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APPENDIX D
Setting up Your Computer's IP Address
All computers must have a 10M or 100M Ethernet adapter card and TCP/IP installed. Windows 98/Me/2000/XP and later operating systems and all versions of UNIX/LINUX include the software components you need to install and use TCP/IP on your computer. Windows 3.1 requires the purchase of a third-party TCP/IP application ...
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ZyXEL NWD-170N User's Guide Figure 54 WIndows 98/Me: Network: Configuration
Installing Components
The Network window Configuration tab displays a list of installed components. You need a network adapter, the TCP/IP protocol and Client for Microsoft Networks.
If you need the adapter:
1 In the Network window, click Add. 2 Select Adapter and then click Add. 3 Select the manufacturer and model of ...
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ZyXEL NWD-170N User's Guide Figure 56 Windows 98/Me: TCP/IP Properties: DNS Configuration
4 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.
5 Click OK to save and close the TCP/IP...
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• If you have a static IP address click Use the following IP Address and fill in the IP address, Subnet mask, and Default gateway fields. Click Advanced.
Figure 61 Windows XP: Advanced TCP/IP Settings
6 If you do not know your gateway's IP address, remove any previously installed gateways in the IP Settings tab and click OK.
Do...
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Index
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Index
Connection status 35 contact information 9 Continuous access mode 51 copyright 3 Creating a new profile 46 Current configuration 35 Current connection status 35 customer support 9
D
Data encryption 38 Data rate 57 Digital ID 33 Dimensions 57 disclaimer 3 Download 54 Driver version 53 Dynamic WEP Key Exchange 72
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EAP (Extensible...
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link quality 55 network communication 56
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starting the ZyXEL Utility 55
U
Uninstalling the ZyXEL Utility 53 Upgrading the ZyXEL Utility
important step 54 Upgrading ZyXEL Utility 54 User authentication 32, 74 Utility installation 22 Utility version 53
V
Voltage 57
W
warranty 8 note 8
Weight 57 WEP 32, 39
automatic setup 32 manual setup 32, 40 passphrase 32...
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WPA2 33, 41, 73 WPA2-Pre-Shared Key 34, 73 WPA2-PSK 34, 40, 73 WPA-PSK 34, 40, 73 WZC (Wireless Zero Configuration) 22
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ZyXEL Utility 22 accessing 23 driver version number 53 exiting 22 help 23 reactivating 23 status 22 system tray icon 22 upgrading 54 version number 53
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ENGLISH 4 When the following screen displays, click Next.
5 Select Driver and Utility to install both the ZyXEL utility and the driver on your computer. If you want to install the driver only and use Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) with Windows XP, select Driver only (see Note for
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... a web site in the address bar. The network should be connected to the Internet.
If the web site displays correctly, you are successfully connected to the Internet.
3.1 Note for Windows XP Users
If you want to use WZC, either disable the ZyXEL utility (if you already installed it) or just install the driver.
• To disable the ZyXEL utility, right-click...
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繁體中文
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Driver
系統需求
• CPU Pentium II 300 MHz PCMCIA 128 MB RAM • 至少 20 MB CD-ROM Windows 2000 或 Windows XP
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