ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL AG-220 - Manual (Page 23)

ZyXEL AG-220 User’s Guide
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Getting Started
This chapter introduces the AG-220 and prepares you to use the ZyXEL utility.
1.1 About Your AG-220
The AG-220 is an IEEE 802.11a/b/g compliant wireless LAN adapter. You can also turn your
AG-220 into an access point (AP) using the ZyXEL utility. The ZyXEL utility is a tool that
helps you configure your AG-220. See the appendix for detailed product specifications.
1.1.1 Note for Windows Vista Users
The Windows Vista version of the ZyXEL utility has Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS). See
Section 3.3 on page 41 and Section 4.7 on page 68 for more information.
At the time of writing the following functions are not available on Windows Vista:
• AP Mode ( Section 2.3 on page 34 ).
• Encryption Settings - Login Name, Password and Logon Domain are not shown in
the 802.1x and WPA/WPA2 screens. To configure these screens in Vista please
see
Section 4.8 on page 69 .
• Ad-hoc channel and wireless mode settings ( Section 4.4.1 on page 62 ).
• The Advanced Screen ( Section 4.5 on page 66 ).
1.2 Application Overview
This section describes some network applications for the AG-220.
1.2.1 Station Mode
The AG-220 is in wireless station mode by default. When the AG-220 works as a wireless
station (wireless client), you can either set the network type to Infrastructure and connect to
an AP or use Ad-Hoc mode and connect to a peer computer (another wireless device in Ad-
Hoc mode).