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Chapter 1 Getting Started

N220 User’s Guide

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Wireless N-lite USB Adapter 1
About This User's Guide 3
Customer Support 4
Document Conventions 5
Icons Used in Figures 6
Safety Warnings 7
Contents Overview 10
N220 User’s Guide 10
Table of Contents 11
Introduction and 15
Configuration 15
CHAPTER 1 17
1.2 About Your N220 18
1.3 Application Overview 19
1.3.2 Ad-Hoc 20
1.4.1 ZyXEL Utility Icon 20
1.5 Configuration Methods 21
Chapter 1 Getting Started 22
CHAPTER 2 23
Setup (WPS) 24
2.2.2 PIN Configuration 25
Chapter 2 Tutorial 27
Chapter 2 Tutorial 36
CHAPTER 3 37
3.2 Wireless LAN Overview 38
3.3 Wireless LAN Security 39
3.3.1.2 IEEE 802.1x 40
3.4 WiFi Protected Setup 41
3.4.2 PIN Configuration 42
3.4.3 How WPS Works 44
Figure 24 How WPS works 45
REGISTRARENROLLEE 46
SECURITY INFO 46
REGISTRAR 46
ENROLLEE 46
EXISTING CONNECTION 46
3.4.4 Limitations of WPS 47
CHAPTER 4 49
4.1.3 Before You Begin 50
4.3 The Link Info Screen 51
Chapter 4 Station Mode 52
4.3.1 Trend Chart 53
4.4 The Site Survey Screen 54
4.4.1 Security Settings 55
4.4.1.2 WEP Encryption 56
4.4.1.3 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK 57
4.4.1.4 WPA/WPA2 58
4.4.1.5 IEEE 802.1x 59
4.4.2 Summary Screen 61
4.5 The Profile Screen 62
4.5.1 Adding a New Profile 63
4.6 The Adapter Screen 68
4.7.1 Using PEAP in Vista 72
4.7.2 Using TLS in Vista 73
CHAPTER 5 75
5.1.2 What You Need to Know 76
5.1.3 Before You Begin 76
5.2 AP Mode Screen Summary 77
5.3 The Link Info Screen 77
Table 21 Link Info 78
Table 22 Configuration 79
5.4.1 Security Settings 80
5.4.1.3 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK 81
5.5 The MAC Filter Screen 82
Table 25 MAC Filter 83
Chapter 5 AP Mode 84
CHAPTER 6 85
6.2 The About Screen 86
Chapter 6 Maintenance 88
Troubleshooting 89
CHAPTER 7 91
7.3 Link Quality 92
Computers 93
Chapter 7 Troubleshooting 94
CHAPTER 8 95
WIRELESS STANDARDS 96
SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS 97
WIRELESS FEATURES 97
PART III 99
APPENDIX A 101
Properties 103
Verifying Settings 104
Windows Vista 105
Windows 7 109
Mac OS X: 10.3 and 10.4 113
Mac OS X: 10.5 and 10.6 117
Linux: Ubuntu 8 (GNOME) 120
Linux: openSUSE 10.3 (KDE) 125
APPENDIX B 131
Figure 112 RTS/CTS 134
Fragmentation Threshold 135
Preamble Type 135
IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN 135
Wireless Security Overview 136
IEEE 802.1x 137
Types of EAP Authentication 138
PEAP (Protected EAP) 139
Dynamic WEP Key Exchange 140
WPA and WPA2 140
Encryption 141
User Authentication 142
Security Parameters Summary 144
Antenna Overview 145
Antenna Characteristics 145
Types of Antennas for WLAN 145
Positioning Antennas 146
APPENDIX C 147
Connect 149
LABEL DESCRIPTION 153
Setting Up An Ad-Hoc Network 154
Windows XP 156
Security Settings 163
APPENDIX D 173
Verifying the Settings 177
APPENDIX E 179
Industry Canada Statement 181
Notices 181
Viewing Certifications 182

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