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Table of Contents 4.2 Main Screen ...24 4.3 Settings Screen ...26 4.3.1 WEP Key Settings ...28 4.3.2 WPA Key Settings ...29 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting...31 5.1 Overview ...31 5.2 Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs 31 5.3 Accessing the ZyXEL Utility 32 5.4 Link Quality ...32 5.5 Problems Communicating with Other Computers 33 Chapter 6 Product Specifications ...35 ...37 Appendix A Setting Up Your IP Address 39 Appendix B IP Addresses and Subnetting 47 Appendix C Wireless LANs ...59 Appendix D Legal Information 75 Appendix E Customer Support 79 Index...85 8 NWD-271N User's Guide
Table of Contents 4.2 Main Screen ...24 4.3 Settings Screen ...26 4.3.1 WEP Key Settings ...28 4.3.2 WPA Key Settings ...29 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting...31 5.1 Overview ...31 5.2 Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs 31 5.3 Accessing the ZyXEL Utility 32 5.4 Link Quality ...32 5.5 Problems Communicating with Other Computers 33 Chapter 6 Product Specifications ...35 ...37 Appendix A Setting Up Your IP Address 39 Appendix B IP Addresses and Subnetting 47 Appendix C Wireless LANs ...59 Appendix D Legal Information 75 Appendix E Customer Support 79 Index...85 8 NWD-271N User's Guide
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Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.5 Device Applications This section describes some network applications for the NWD-271N. Through the AP, you can either set the NWD-271N network type to a peer computer (another wireless device in Ad-Hoc mode). Figure 2 Application: Infrastructure NWD-271N User's Guide 15 You can access the Internet or the wired network behind it. Infrastructure To connect to a network via an access point (AP), set the network type to Infrastructure and connect to an AP or use AdHoc mode and connect to Infrastructure.
Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.5 Device Applications This section describes some network applications for the NWD-271N. Through the AP, you can either set the NWD-271N network type to a peer computer (another wireless device in Ad-Hoc mode). Figure 2 Application: Infrastructure NWD-271N User's Guide 15 You can access the Internet or the wired network behind it. Infrastructure To connect to a network via an access point (AP), set the network type to Infrastructure and connect to an AP or use AdHoc mode and connect to Infrastructure.
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... the part in the same wireless network must follow these basic guidelines. • Every device in the blue circle. In this wireless network, devices A and B are called wireless clients. The wireless clients use the access point (AP) to make a network connection right away. 2.2 Wireless LAN Overview The following figure provides an example of a wireless network with the Internet Every wireless network must use the same SSID. See Figure 3 on page 16 for Service Set IDentity. 18 NWD-271N User's Guide Chapter 2 Wireless LANs...
... the part in the same wireless network must follow these basic guidelines. • Every device in the blue circle. In this wireless network, devices A and B are called wireless clients. The wireless clients use the access point (AP) to make a network connection right away. 2.2 Wireless LAN Overview The following figure provides an example of a wireless network with the Internet Every wireless network must use the same SSID. See Figure 3 on page 16 for Service Set IDentity. 18 NWD-271N User's Guide Chapter 2 Wireless LANs...
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If you have approximately 5 seconds to connect from the Available Network list. 2 After you make your selection, you miss the window of opportunity, simply select the SSID a second time and the button changes back. CHAPTER 3 Tutorial 3.1 Connecting to a Wireless LAN This tutorial shows you how to connect to a wireless LAN using the NWD-271N. 1 Open the ZyXEL Utility then select the network to which you want to click the Connect this site button. NWD-271N User's Guide 21
If you have approximately 5 seconds to connect from the Available Network list. 2 After you make your selection, you miss the window of opportunity, simply select the SSID a second time and the button changes back. CHAPTER 3 Tutorial 3.1 Connecting to a Wireless LAN This tutorial shows you how to connect to a wireless LAN using the NWD-271N. 1 Open the ZyXEL Utility then select the network to which you want to click the Connect this site button. NWD-271N User's Guide 21
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... to connect using those settings. If you want to step 5. This will allow you are correct and the ZyXEL Utility makes the connection, skip to connect. For details on the WEP encryption settings, see Section 4.3.2 on page 28. This must match the encryption used by the wireless network to the selected network. 22 NWD-271N User's Guide If the settings are done configuring the encryption settings. 5 The NWD-271N connects to...
... to connect using those settings. If you want to step 5. This will allow you are correct and the ZyXEL Utility makes the connection, skip to connect. For details on the WEP encryption settings, see Section 4.3.2 on page 28. This must match the encryption used by the wireless network to the selected network. 22 NWD-271N User's Guide If the settings are done configuring the encryption settings. 5 The NWD-271N connects to...
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.... When the Disk Utility application opens, select your installation drive. NWD-271N User's Guide 23 Wi-fi Protected Access (WPA) The WPA protocol affords users with vastly stronger security than WEP. Always try to deter unintentional usage of the original wireless encryption protocols, WEP is already installed on your NWD-271N using the Macintosh operating system, Mac OS X. 4.1.1 What You Need to encrypt the data traffic between them...
.... When the Disk Utility application opens, select your installation drive. NWD-271N User's Guide 23 Wi-fi Protected Access (WPA) The WPA protocol affords users with vastly stronger security than WEP. Always try to deter unintentional usage of the original wireless encryption protocols, WEP is already installed on your NWD-271N using the Macintosh operating system, Mac OS X. 4.1.1 What You Need to encrypt the data traffic between them...
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.... Refresh Click this part of the interface to refresh the list of the networks in the list. Encrypt This indicates the type of the currently connected wireless network device. Control Channel This indicates the channel on which you are currently connected. Selecting a different network changes this button to Selected Network Information. Chapter 4 ZyXEL Utility 4.2 Main Screen This section describes the ZyXEL Utility's main screen. Table 4 Main Screen TAB DESCRIPTION Network Adapter This displays the...
.... Refresh Click this part of the interface to refresh the list of the networks in the list. Encrypt This indicates the type of the currently connected wireless network device. Control Channel This indicates the channel on which you are currently connected. Selecting a different network changes this button to Selected Network Information. Chapter 4 ZyXEL Utility 4.2 Main Screen This section describes the ZyXEL Utility's main screen. Table 4 Main Screen TAB DESCRIPTION Network Adapter This displays the...
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... the Available Network list, the Current Network Information portion of the current network connection. Type This indicates whether the selected network is encrypted (On) or not (Off). Connect this Click this button open the Settings dialog box where you select a network from the transmitter, the actual connection speed may be site prompted to use a previously stored profile's key settings if the network signal is a randomly generated pseudo-MAC address. Change... When...
... the Available Network list, the Current Network Information portion of the current network connection. Type This indicates whether the selected network is encrypted (On) or not (Off). Connect this Click this button open the Settings dialog box where you select a network from the transmitter, the actual connection speed may be site prompted to use a previously stored profile's key settings if the network signal is a randomly generated pseudo-MAC address. Change... When...
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...button (below). The button label becomes Apply, which you to manage your profile. The profile is the SSID of the current profile. WEP Encryption Click this button to display driver and utility information. For details on this screen, see Section 4.3.2 on page 28. Profile This section allows... name using up to 32 alphanumeric characters in use its settings. WPA Encryption Click this screen. NWD-271N User's Guide 27 Encryptions This is the authentication type of the name appear in the drop down list, however. Change/Apply Click Change to make these buttons to 256...
...button (below). The button label becomes Apply, which you to manage your profile. The profile is the SSID of the current profile. WEP Encryption Click this button to display driver and utility information. For details on this screen, see Section 4.3.2 on page 28. Profile This section allows... name using up to 32 alphanumeric characters in use its settings. WPA Encryption Click this screen. NWD-271N User's Guide 27 Encryptions This is the authentication type of the name appear in the drop down list, however. Change/Apply Click Change to make these buttons to 256...
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... use the same SSID. • Change the AP and the associated wireless clients to use another radio channel if interference is high. • Make sure that the computer and the peer computer(s) share the same security settings. • Change the wireless clients to use another radio channel if interference is high. NWD-271N User's Guide 33 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 5.5 Problems Communicating with Other Computers The computer with the NWD-271N installed...
... use the same SSID. • Change the AP and the associated wireless clients to use another radio channel if interference is high. • Make sure that the computer and the peer computer(s) share the same security settings. • Change the wireless clients to use another radio channel if interference is high. NWD-271N User's Guide 33 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 5.5 Problems Communicating with Other Computers The computer with the NWD-271N installed...
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Appendix A Setting Up Your IP Address 4 For dynamically assigned settings, select Using DHCP from the Configure IPv4 list in the TCP/IP tab. 5 For statically assigned settings, do the following: • From the Configure IPv4 list, select Manually. • In the IP Address field, type your IP address. • In the Subnet mask field, type your subnet mask. NWD-271N User's Guide 41
Appendix A Setting Up Your IP Address 4 For dynamically assigned settings, select Using DHCP from the Configure IPv4 list in the TCP/IP tab. 5 For statically assigned settings, do the following: • From the Configure IPv4 list, select Manually. • In the IP Address field, type your IP address. • In the Subnet mask field, type your subnet mask. NWD-271N User's Guide 41
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Appendix A Setting Up Your IP Address 3 When the Network preferences pane opens, select Ethernet from the list of available connection types. 4 From the Configure list, select Using DHCP for dynamically assigned settings. 5 For statically assigned settings, do the following: • From the Configure list, select Manually. • In the IP Address field, enter your IP address. • In the Subnet Mask field, enter your subnet mask. 44 NWD-271N User's Guide
Appendix A Setting Up Your IP Address 3 When the Network preferences pane opens, select Ethernet from the list of available connection types. 4 From the Configure list, select Using DHCP for dynamically assigned settings. 5 For statically assigned settings, do the following: • From the Configure list, select Manually. • In the IP Address field, enter your IP address. • In the Subnet Mask field, enter your subnet mask. 44 NWD-271N User's Guide
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... mask automatically based on the IP address NWD-271N User's Guide 55 If the ISP or your NWD271N that is easy to remember (for private use any other device on a network with a 16-bit network number. please do not use ; Your NWD-271N will assign you a dynamic IP address when the connection is recommended that no other number unless you select a network number from 192.168.0.0 to...
... mask automatically based on the IP address NWD-271N User's Guide 55 If the ISP or your NWD271N that is easy to remember (for private use any other device on a network with a 16-bit network number. please do not use ; Your NWD-271N will assign you a dynamic IP address when the connection is recommended that no other number unless you select a network number from 192.168.0.0 to...
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... device can not use 192.168.1.1 as the IP address. In the following example, the LAN and WAN are on different subnets. The LAN computers cannot access the Internet because the router cannot route between a LAN and the Internet (WAN), the router's LAN and WAN addresses must have interfaces using different network numbers. Appendix B IP Addresses and Subnetting address to computer A or setting computer A to obtain an IP address automatically. NWD-271N User's Guide 57 Figure 12 Conflicting Computer IP Addresses Example Conflicting Router IP Addresses Example Since a router connects...
... device can not use 192.168.1.1 as the IP address. In the following example, the LAN and WAN are on different subnets. The LAN computers cannot access the Internet because the router cannot route between a LAN and the Internet (WAN), the router's LAN and WAN addresses must have interfaces using different network numbers. Appendix B IP Addresses and Subnetting address to computer A or setting computer A to obtain an IP address automatically. NWD-271N User's Guide 57 Figure 12 Conflicting Computer IP Addresses Example Conflicting Router IP Addresses Example Since a router connects...
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... independent (Ad-hoc) WLAN that connects a set of notebook computers using wireless adapters to -Peer Communication in an Ad-hoc Network NWD-271N User's Guide 59 Ad-hoc Wireless LAN Configuration The simplest WLAN configuration is commonly referred to as an ad-hoc network or Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS). The following diagram shows an example of computers with wireless adapters (A, B, C). APPENDIX C Wireless LANs This appendix discusses ad-hoc and...
... independent (Ad-hoc) WLAN that connects a set of notebook computers using wireless adapters to -Peer Communication in an Ad-hoc Network NWD-271N User's Guide 59 Ad-hoc Wireless LAN Configuration The simplest WLAN configuration is commonly referred to as an ad-hoc network or Independent Basic Service Set (IBSS). The following diagram shows an example of computers with wireless adapters (A, B, C). APPENDIX C Wireless LANs This appendix discusses ad-hoc and...
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Appendix C Wireless LANs BSS A Basic Service Set (BSS) exists when all communications between wireless clients or between wireless clients in the BSS. Figure 16 Basic Service Set 60 NWD-271N User's Guide When Intra-BSS is traffic between a wireless client and a wired network client go through one access point (AP). Intra-BSS traffic is enabled, wireless client A and B can still access the wired network but cannot communicate with each other . When Intra-BSS is disabled, wireless client A and B can access the wired network and communicate with each other .
Appendix C Wireless LANs BSS A Basic Service Set (BSS) exists when all communications between wireless clients or between wireless clients in the BSS. Figure 16 Basic Service Set 60 NWD-271N User's Guide When Intra-BSS is traffic between a wireless client and a wired network client go through one access point (AP). Intra-BSS traffic is enabled, wireless client A and B can still access the wired network but cannot communicate with each other . When Intra-BSS is disabled, wireless client A and B can access the wired network and communicate with each other .
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...Support for RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service, RFC 2138, 2139) for centralized user profile and accounting management on a network RADIUS server. • Support for user authentication: • Access-Request Sent by Windows XP and a number of the users. • Authorization Determines the network services available to authenticated users once they are exchanged between the wireless client and the network RADIUS server. RADIUS is supported by an access point requesting authentication. Appendix C Wireless LANs Note: You must enable the same wireless security settings...
...Support for RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service, RFC 2138, 2139) for centralized user profile and accounting management on a network RADIUS server. • Support for user authentication: • Access-Request Sent by Windows XP and a number of the users. • Authorization Determines the network services available to authenticated users once they are exchanged between the wireless client and the network RADIUS server. RADIUS is supported by an access point requesting authentication. Appendix C Wireless LANs Note: You must enable the same wireless security settings...
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... server to ensure network security, the access point and the RADIUS server use depends on top of the IEEE 802.1x transport mechanism in order to interact with an EAP-compatible RADIUS server, an access point helps a wireless station and a RADIUS server perform authentication. The key is a password, they both know. By using EAP to allow access. For EAP-TLS authentication type, you use a shared secret key, which is not sent over the network. Your wireless LAN device...
... server to ensure network security, the access point and the RADIUS server use depends on top of the IEEE 802.1x transport mechanism in order to interact with an EAP-compatible RADIUS server, an access point helps a wireless station and a RADIUS server perform authentication. The key is a password, they both know. By using EAP to allow access. For EAP-TLS authentication type, you use a shared secret key, which is not sent over the network. Your wireless LAN device...
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...) use dynamic keys for public deployment, a simple user name and password pair is a subset of IEEE 802.1x. Client No Yes Optional Certificate - This key expires when the wireless connection times out, disconnects or reauthentication times out. They are improved data encryption and user authentication. 68 NWD-271N User's Guide Dynamic WEP Key Exchange The AP maps a unique key that defines stronger encryption, authentication and key management than WPA. Table...
...) use dynamic keys for public deployment, a simple user name and password pair is a subset of IEEE 802.1x. Client No Yes Optional Certificate - This key expires when the wireless connection times out, disconnects or reauthentication times out. They are improved data encryption and user authentication. 68 NWD-271N User's Guide Dynamic WEP Key Exchange The AP maps a unique key that defines stronger encryption, authentication and key management than WPA. Table...
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... use WPA. A WPA(2) application example with another AP before connecting to the RADIUS server. 70 NWD-271N User's Guide WPA(2) with an AP. WPA2 reduces the number of the RADIUS server, its port number (default is the WPA patch for WPA(2) and WPA(2)-PSK are the same. Wireless Client WPA Supplicants A wireless client supplicant is that runs on an operating system instructing the wireless client how to Windows XP's built-in all wireless devices sharing the same encryption keys...
... use WPA. A WPA(2) application example with another AP before connecting to the RADIUS server. 70 NWD-271N User's Guide WPA(2) with an AP. WPA2 reduces the number of the RADIUS server, its port number (default is the WPA patch for WPA(2) and WPA(2)-PSK are the same. Wireless Client WPA Supplicants A wireless client supplicant is that runs on an operating system instructing the wireless client how to Windows XP's built-in all wireless devices sharing the same encryption keys...