ZyXEL Communications Prestige 202 - Manual (Page 9)

ZyXEL M-202 User’s Guide
Table of Contents 9
Table of Contents
Copyright .................................................................................................................. 3
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement ............... 4
ZyXEL Limited Warranty.......................................................................................... 6
Customer Support.................................................................................................... 7
Table of Contents ..................................................................................................... 9
List of Figures ........................................................................................................ 13
List of Tables .......................................................................................................... 15
Preface .................................................................................................................... 17
Chapter 1
Getting Started ....................................................................................................... 19
1.1 About Your ZyXEL M-202 .................................................................................19
1.1.1 Application Overview ................................................................................19
1.1.1.1 Infrastructure ...................................................................................19
1.1.1.2 Ad-Hoc ............................................................................................20
1.2 ZyXEL M-202 Hardware and Utility Installation ..................................................20
1.3 Configuration Methods ......................................................................................21
1.4 Windows XP Users Only ....................................................................................21
1.5 Accessing the ZyXEL Utility ..............................................................................21
1.6 ZyXEL Utility Screen Summary ..........................................................................22
1.7 Connecting to a Wireless LAN ...........................................................................22
1.7.1 Site Survey ...............................................................................................23
1.7.2 Access Point Function ..............................................................................24
Chapter 2
Wireless LAN Network........................................................................................... 29
2.1 Wireless LAN Overview ....................................................................................29
2.1.1 SSID .........................................................................................................29
2.1.2 Channel ....................................................................................................29
2.1.3 Transmission Rate (Tx Rate) ....................................................................29
2.2 Wireless LAN Security Overview ......................................................................29
2.2.1 Data Encryption with WEP ........................................................................30
2.2.2 IEEE 802.1x ..............................................................................................30