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Mac OS X ...37 NWD2205 User's Guide 11 Table of Contents Table of Contents About This User's Guide ...3 Document Conventions...5 Safety Warnings...7 Contents Overview ...9 Table of ...Contents...11 Chapter 1 Getting Started ...13 1.1 Overview ...13 1.1.1 What You Need to Know 13 1.1.2 Before You Begin ...13 1.2 Features ...14 1.3 Software Installation ...15 1.3.1 Minimum System Requirements 15 1.3.2 Installing the ZyXEL...
Mac OS X ...37 NWD2205 User's Guide 11 Table of Contents Table of Contents About This User's Guide ...3 Document Conventions...5 Safety Warnings...7 Contents Overview ...9 Table of ...Contents...11 Chapter 1 Getting Started ...13 1.1 Overview ...13 1.1.1 What You Need to Know 13 1.1.2 Before You Begin ...13 1.2 Features ...14 1.3 Software Installation ...15 1.3.1 Minimum System Requirements 15 1.3.2 Installing the ZyXEL...
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...of free hard drive space • 128 MB RAM • Mac OS X 10.4 and higher 1.3.2 Installing the ZyXEL Utility Screen shots for Macintosh 10.4 are shown in the following procedure unless otherwise specified. NWD2205 User's Guide 15 The screens on your computer may differ slightly ...from your computer before you how to install the ZyXEL Utility for Mac OS X, your operating system. Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.3 Software ...
...of free hard drive space • 128 MB RAM • Mac OS X 10.4 and higher 1.3.2 Installing the ZyXEL Utility Screen shots for Macintosh 10.4 are shown in the following procedure unless otherwise specified. NWD2205 User's Guide 15 The screens on your computer may differ slightly ...from your computer before you how to install the ZyXEL Utility for Mac OS X, your operating system. Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.3 Software ...
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Chapter 1 Getting Started 4 Open the folder for your version of Mac OS X on -screen instructions. 16 NWD2205 User's Guide For example, if you are using 10.4 then open the MacOS10.4 Driver folder. Follow the on the included disc. Double-click the Installer.mpkg to run the installation program. 5 A welcome screen appears.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 4 Open the folder for your version of Mac OS X on -screen instructions. 16 NWD2205 User's Guide For example, if you are using 10.4 then open the MacOS10.4 Driver folder. Follow the on the included disc. Double-click the Installer.mpkg to run the installation program. 5 A welcome screen appears.
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Chapter 1 Getting Started 6 When you see the Select a Destination screen, select a destination (this must be on an actual physical hard drive on the Macintosh, not a virtual drive) and click Continue. 7 When you see the Authenticate screen, enter the administrative password you use to log in to the Mac computer and click OK. NWD2205 User's Guide 17
Chapter 1 Getting Started 6 When you see the Select a Destination screen, select a destination (this must be on an actual physical hard drive on the Macintosh, not a virtual drive) and click Continue. 7 When you see the Authenticate screen, enter the administrative password you use to log in to the Mac computer and click OK. NWD2205 User's Guide 17
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Double-click the file Uninstall.command. 3 The command screen displays. Chapter 1 Getting Started 2 Double-click your Macintosh OS's driver folder on the included disc. Enter the administrative password you use to log in to the Mac computer and press [ENTER]. 20 NWD2205 User's Guide
Double-click the file Uninstall.command. 3 The command screen displays. Chapter 1 Getting Started 2 Double-click your Macintosh OS's driver folder on the included disc. Enter the administrative password you use to log in to the Mac computer and press [ENTER]. 20 NWD2205 User's Guide
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If this has happened. If there is an unknown MAC address you can easily check to a network you already set up using (if... This is the WPS registrar, the enrollee, or was not involved in the WPS handshake; WPS works by MAC address). Whether the network uses WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK depends on the bottom of the registrar device to ...not have access to a network. However, you press the button on the other WPS-enabled devices. Check the MAC addresses of associated clients (usually displayed by automatically issuing a randomly-generated WPA-PSK or WPA2PSK pre-shared key from ...
If this has happened. If there is an unknown MAC address you can easily check to a network you already set up using (if... This is the WPS registrar, the enrollee, or was not involved in the WPS handshake; WPS works by MAC address). Whether the network uses WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK depends on the bottom of the registrar device to ...not have access to a network. However, you press the button on the other WPS-enabled devices. Check the MAC addresses of associated clients (usually displayed by automatically issuing a randomly-generated WPA-PSK or WPA2PSK pre-shared key from ...
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... 37 Many people use the ZyXEL utility to configure your NWD2205 using the Macintosh operating system, Mac OS X. 3.1.1 What You Can Do in This Chapter • The Link Status screen (Section 3.3 on page 39) lets you see your current connection details, ... lets you configure your NWD2205's Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) options as well as you are currently using. 3.1.2 What You Need to deter unintentional usage of the original wireless encryption protocols, WEP is also the weakest. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) Although one of their wireless network by outsiders. Mac OS X 3.1 Overview ...
... 37 Many people use the ZyXEL utility to configure your NWD2205 using the Macintosh operating system, Mac OS X. 3.1.1 What You Can Do in This Chapter • The Link Status screen (Section 3.3 on page 39) lets you see your current connection details, ... lets you configure your NWD2205's Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) options as well as you are currently using. 3.1.2 What You Need to deter unintentional usage of the original wireless encryption protocols, WEP is also the weakest. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) Although one of their wireless network by outsiders. Mac OS X 3.1 Overview ...
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...ZyXEL Utility: Menu Summary TAB DESCRIPTION Link Status Use this screen to see your computer. It comes in Mac OS X. See Section 1.3 on page 15 for the key words "Disk Utility" and select it implements the full version of the security standard and WPA does not. Mac... OS X Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) The WPA protocol affords users with a set of the ZyXEL... rate statistics. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility - Pre-Shared Key (PSK)...button. 3.2 ZyXEL Utility Screen Summary This section describes the ZyXEL utility screens...list. Figure 10 ZyXEL Utility: ZyXEL Utility Menu Summary ...
...ZyXEL Utility: Menu Summary TAB DESCRIPTION Link Status Use this screen to see your computer. It comes in Mac OS X. See Section 1.3 on page 15 for the key words "Disk Utility" and select it implements the full version of the security standard and WPA does not. Mac... OS X Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) The WPA protocol affords users with a set of the ZyXEL... rate statistics. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility - Pre-Shared Key (PSK)...button. 3.2 ZyXEL Utility Screen Summary This section describes the ZyXEL utility screens...list. Figure 10 ZyXEL Utility: ZyXEL Utility Menu Summary ...
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... Use this screen to find the utility and driver version. 3.3 The Link Status Screen This screen allows you to configure advanced settings on your NWD2205. Mac OS X Table 3 ZyXEL Utility: Menu Summary (continued) TAB DESCRIPTION Available Network Use this screen to: • scan for a wireless network • configure wireless security (if activated on...
... Use this screen to find the utility and driver version. 3.3 The Link Status Screen This screen allows you to configure advanced settings on your NWD2205. Mac OS X Table 3 ZyXEL Utility: Menu Summary (continued) TAB DESCRIPTION Available Network Use this screen to: • scan for a wireless network • configure wireless security (if activated on...
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... is associated to enable the NWD2205's wireless functions. 3.4 The Profile Screen A profile is associated. Signal Strength This shows the strength of the wireless network. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility - Table 4 ZyXEL Utility: Link Status LABEL DESCRIPTION MAC Address This field displays the MAC address of the current wireless .... BSSID This field displays the MAC address of the AP or peer computer to which the NWD2205 is a set of the wireless device to which the NWD2205 is only used for the specific SSID and joins that you start the NWD2205, it automatically scans for customer...
... is associated to enable the NWD2205's wireless functions. 3.4 The Profile Screen A profile is associated. Signal Strength This shows the strength of the wireless network. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility - Table 4 ZyXEL Utility: Link Status LABEL DESCRIPTION MAC Address This field displays the MAC address of the current wireless .... BSSID This field displays the MAC address of the AP or peer computer to which the NWD2205 is a set of the wireless device to which the NWD2205 is only used for the specific SSID and joins that you start the NWD2205, it automatically scans for customer...
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...alter the settings of a selected profile. Edit Click this screen. Apply Click this to the NWD2205. Add Click this to save your changes back to create a new profile. Mac OS X This screen allows you to another computer. Remove Click this to delete a selected ...profile from the list. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility - Profile Name This is the SSID of the pre-configured profile. NWD2205 User's Guide 41 Duplicate Click this...
...alter the settings of a selected profile. Edit Click this screen. Apply Click this to the NWD2205. Add Click this to save your changes back to create a new profile. Mac OS X This screen allows you to another computer. Remove Click this to delete a selected ...profile from the list. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility - Profile Name This is the SSID of the pre-configured profile. NWD2205 User's Guide 41 Duplicate Click this...
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Channel In ad-hoc mode, choose the radio channel to a wireless access point. Table 6 ZyXEL Utility: Profile Properties LABEL DESCRIPTION Profile Name Enter a descriptive name in order to minimize the risk of the wireless device to which you click the ... the AP uses. 42 NWD2205 User's Guide wireless access points are other networks in the area, choose a channel as far away as possible, in this screen. Otherwise, clear the check box to connect to use for the wireless network. In Infrastructure mode, this to connect to associate. Mac OS X 3.4.1 The Profile Properties...
Channel In ad-hoc mode, choose the radio channel to a wireless access point. Table 6 ZyXEL Utility: Profile Properties LABEL DESCRIPTION Profile Name Enter a descriptive name in order to minimize the risk of the wireless device to which you click the ... the AP uses. 42 NWD2205 User's Guide wireless access points are other networks in the area, choose a channel as far away as possible, in this screen. Otherwise, clear the check box to connect to use for the wireless network. In Infrastructure mode, this to connect to associate. Mac OS X 3.4.1 The Profile Properties...
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...to use . This field is available only when you select. • OPEN_SYSTEM mode is an improved version of WPA-PSK security. NWD2205 User's Guide 43 Check with WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). • WPA_PSK security uses a pre-shared key. Enter the network key ...be able to use WEP for data encryption. All the wireless devices on your network's administrator for confirmation. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility - Mac OS X Table 6 ZyXEL Utility: Profile Properties (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Network Authentication Select the security standard you want to use the same standard ...
...to use . This field is available only when you select. • OPEN_SYSTEM mode is an improved version of WPA-PSK security. NWD2205 User's Guide 43 Check with WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy). • WPA_PSK security uses a pre-shared key. Enter the network key ...be able to use WEP for data encryption. All the wireless devices on your network's administrator for confirmation. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility - Mac OS X Table 6 ZyXEL Utility: Profile Properties (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Network Authentication Select the security standard you want to use the same standard ...
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.... If the network uses no security, No Encryption displays. Every networking device has a unique MAC address, which the network is used on the network. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility - Channel This displays the wireless channel on which identifies it on the network. Network ... this screen. Add to add the selected wireless device in a profile. 44 NWD2205 User's Guide Table 7 ZyXEL Utility: Available Network LABEL DESCRIPTION Associated An "*" (asterisk) indicates a connection to a network. Mac OS X 3.5 The Available Network Screen This screen allows you to view available ...
.... If the network uses no security, No Encryption displays. Every networking device has a unique MAC address, which the network is used on the network. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility - Channel This displays the wireless channel on which identifies it on the network. Network ... this screen. Add to add the selected wireless device in a profile. 44 NWD2205 User's Guide Table 7 ZyXEL Utility: Available Network LABEL DESCRIPTION Associated An "*" (asterisk) indicates a connection to a network. Mac OS X 3.5 The Available Network Screen This screen allows you to view available ...
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...Mode Select Enable to configure advanced network settings on the NWD2205. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility - Figure 15 ZyXEL Utility: Advanced Setting The following table describes the labels in order to have the NWD2205 automatically use short preamble when all support short preamble. ...Select the Preamble Mode preamble type that data is coming to allow ad-hoc network building with the PSP KAI game server. Mac...
...Mode Select Enable to configure advanced network settings on the NWD2205. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility - Figure 15 ZyXEL Utility: Advanced Setting The following table describes the labels in order to have the NWD2205 automatically use short preamble when all support short preamble. ...Select the Preamble Mode preamble type that data is coming to allow ad-hoc network building with the PSP KAI game server. Mac...
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...Set Identification (SSID), which the AP is within range of the NWD2205. RTS Threshold Select the packet size above which the NWD2205 transmits an RTS (Request To Send) message. Mac OS X Table 8 ZyXEL Utility: Advanced Setting (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Fragment Threshold Select the... packet size above which the NWD2205 fragments (breaks up) the packet into smaller...
...Set Identification (SSID), which the AP is within range of the NWD2205. RTS Threshold Select the packet size above which the NWD2205 transmits an RTS (Request To Send) message. Mac OS X Table 8 ZyXEL Utility: Advanced Setting (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Fragment Threshold Select the... packet size above which the NWD2205 fragments (breaks up) the packet into smaller...
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... WPS connection. PIN Click this button to make a PIN-based WPS connection. Click this button to rescan the local area for your NWD2205. Note: For most WPS connections, this button to stop scanning and/or making a WPS connection. PBC Click this button or the...devices. For details, see Section 2.4.1 on page 30. BSSID This field indicates the AP's MAC address. For details, see Section 2.4.2 on page 30. NWD2205 User's Guide 47 Mac OS X Table 9 ZyXEL Utility: WPS (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Security This field indicates the type of authentication and encryption ...
... WPS connection. PIN Click this button to make a PIN-based WPS connection. Click this button to rescan the local area for your NWD2205. Note: For most WPS connections, this button to stop scanning and/or making a WPS connection. PBC Click this button or the...devices. For details, see Section 2.4.1 on page 30. BSSID This field indicates the AP's MAC address. For details, see Section 2.4.2 on page 30. NWD2205 User's Guide 47 Mac OS X Table 9 ZyXEL Utility: WPS (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Security This field indicates the type of authentication and encryption ...
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Mac OS X 3.8 The Information Screen This screen shows you the driver, utility version of the NWD2205's wireless utility application. 48 NWD2205 User's Guide Figure 17 ZyXEL Utility: About The following table describes the labels in this screen. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility - Table 10 ZyXEL Utility: About LABEL DESCRIPTION Version This section displays the version number and release date of your NWD2205.
Mac OS X 3.8 The Information Screen This screen shows you the driver, utility version of the NWD2205's wireless utility application. 48 NWD2205 User's Guide Figure 17 ZyXEL Utility: About The following table describes the labels in this screen. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility - Table 10 ZyXEL Utility: About LABEL DESCRIPTION Version This section displays the version number and release date of your NWD2205.
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...-bit) Windows Vista (32- Wi-Fi Multi Media (WMM) Push button configuration Use device's PIN WMM power-saving support Compatible with Windows Zero Configuration NWD2205 User's Guide 55 and 64-bit) Windows XP (32- and 64-bit), Windows Vista (32and 64-bit), Windows XP (32- and 64-bit)... European Union: CE EN 300 328 Taiwan: NCC LP0002 Wi-Fi Certification 11 b/g/n WPA/WPA2/WPS Microsoft Certification WHQL: Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit) Mac OS X (10.4/10.5/10.6) WIRELESS FEATURES Wireless Security WEP 64bit, 128bit, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK 802.1x (EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS,...
...-bit) Windows Vista (32- Wi-Fi Multi Media (WMM) Push button configuration Use device's PIN WMM power-saving support Compatible with Windows Zero Configuration NWD2205 User's Guide 55 and 64-bit) Windows XP (32- and 64-bit), Windows Vista (32and 64-bit), Windows XP (32- and 64-bit)... European Union: CE EN 300 328 Taiwan: NCC LP0002 Wi-Fi Certification 11 b/g/n WPA/WPA2/WPS Microsoft Certification WHQL: Windows 7 (32- and 64-bit) Mac OS X (10.4/10.5/10.6) WIRELESS FEATURES Wireless Security WEP 64bit, 128bit, WPA, WPA-PSK, WPA2, WPA2-PSK 802.1x (EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS,...
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The IEEE 802.11g data rate and modulation are data encryption, wireless client authentication, restricting access by device MAC address and hiding the NWD2205 identity. This means an IEEE 802.11b adapter can interface directly with the IEEE 802.11b standard. IEEE 802.11g...TYPE Least Secure Unique SSID (Default) Unique SSID with Hide SSID Enabled MAC Address Filtering WEP Encryption IEEE802.1x EAP with RADIUS Server Authentication Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) WPA2 Most Secure 62 NWD2205 User's Guide The following figure shows the relative effectiveness of these wireless ...
The IEEE 802.11g data rate and modulation are data encryption, wireless client authentication, restricting access by device MAC address and hiding the NWD2205 identity. This means an IEEE 802.11b adapter can interface directly with the IEEE 802.11b standard. IEEE 802.11g...TYPE Least Secure Unique SSID (Default) Unique SSID with Hide SSID Enabled MAC Address Filtering WEP Encryption IEEE802.1x EAP with RADIUS Server Authentication Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) WPA2 Most Secure 62 NWD2205 User's Guide The following figure shows the relative effectiveness of these wireless ...