ZyXEL N220 Support Question
ZyXEL N220 Support Question
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Question posted by whitbycalvin on May 19th, 2014
What Is My Profile Name?
I am trying to establish a wireless connection for my desktop pc and I am at the point where I am being asked for my profile name and ssid. I never selected a profile name. What is it reffering too?
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Answer #1: Posted by FullWolfMoon on May 19th, 2014 4:36 PM
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It is likely referring to the name of your WIFI connection. If you have a modem but no router, you need a router to connect your comptuer wirelessly to your internet connection. The name that shows up under your WiFi under any devices you use WiFi on, like your phones, other computers, tablet, etc. It will be named anything you used to name it. If you have a router, you should be able to contact the router company to set up or ask for your information.
Related ZyXEL N220 Manual Pages
User Guide - Page 19
... AP, 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).
1.3.1 Infrastructure
To connect to a network via an access point (AP), set the N220 network type to an AP, and is not transmitting or receiving...
User Guide - Page 31
... is successfully configured. When the wireless link is "ThisismyWPA-PSKpre-sharedkey".
Figure 12 ZyXEL Utility: Link Info
7 Open your network administrator if necessary.
2.3.2 Creating and Using a Profile
A profile lets you automatically connect to the selected network. In this example, the AP's SSID is "SSID_Example3" and its pre-shared key is established, the ZyXEL utility icon in...
User Guide - Page 32
...). Figure 13 ZyXEL Utility: Profile
2 The Add New Profile screen appears. Figure 14 ZyXEL Utility: Add New Profile
3 Give the profile a descriptive name (of up to open the screen as shown.
Click Add to configure a new profile. The wireless client automatically searches for a wireless network that is not in the Scan Info table and click Select.
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N220 User's Guide
User Guide - Page 34
...connect the N220 to your computer, follow the steps below to set up your N220 as an AP
In access point mode, your N220 allows you activate the new profile, the ZyXEL utility goes to the Profile...wireless link is established, the ZyXEL utility icon in the system tray turns green and the Link Info screen displays details of the active connection.
9 Make sure the selected AP in the active profile ...
User Guide - Page 52
... The status bar shows the strength of wireless connection. Link Quality
The status bar shows the...N220 is activated (WEP / 802.1x / WPA /WPA-PSK / WPA2 / WPA2-PSK) or inactive (DISABLE). Total Receive
This field displays the total number of data frames transmitted. The signal strength mainly depends on
Network Mode
This field displays the wireless standard used by the selected wireless...
User Guide - Page 54
... displays the signal strength of each wireless device.
SSID
Channel Signal Scan
Connect Site Information
This field displays the SSID (Service Set IDentifier) of each wireless device.
Click Connect to associate to search for and connect to display the information of the selected wireless device.
54
N220 User's Guide denotes that the wireless device is activated. This field displays...
User Guide - Page 55
... This field displays the MAC address of the wireless device. Choose the security of the network you're trying to another network.
Security
This field shows whether data encryption is a security selection screen. Click Back to go to the Site Survey screen to select and connect to join.
N220 User's Guide
55 Table 8 Security Setting: WEP...
User Guide - Page 64
... AP or peer device.
64
N220 User's Guide
Exit
Click Exit to go to an AP.
denotes that the wireless device is deactivated.
Network Type
Select Infrastructure to associate to the next screen.
Table 15 Profile: Add a New Profile
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Add New Profile
Profile Name
Enter a descriptive name in infrastructure mode but the wireless security is activated.
User Guide - Page 73
... (see Section 4.4 on page 54), or configure a profile (see Section 4.3 on page 62) in order to the network. Click the message. Figure 51 Vista Security: Additional Information Required
6 The Select Certificate screen displays.
N220 User's Guide
73 The Enter Credentials screen disappears and the N220 tries to connect to authenticate with the server, and enter your...
User Guide - Page 74
Chapter 4 Station Mode
7 Click OK. If the Link Info screen displays an active connection, you have successfully completed the procedure.
74
N220 User's Guide The ZyXEL utility's Link Info screen displays, showing the connection status (see Section 4.3 on page 51). The Select Certificate screen disappears and the N220 tries to connect to the network.
User Guide - Page 75
... AP.
The following figure shows a sample AP network set up . Select the AP Mode option the ZyXEL Utility to the wireless LAN, so wireless stations B and C can access the Internet.
Computer A provides an Internet connection to have the device function as an access point. N220 User's Guide
75 Figure 54 ZyXEL Utility: Setting AP Mode .
Here...
User Guide - Page 93
... sure the N220 computer and the associated AP use the same SSID. • Change the AP and the associated wireless clients to use...Profile Security Setting screen. • If you are using the same
SSID and channel. • Make sure that the AP and the associated computers are turned on . • Make sure the N220 computer and the peer computer(s) are using WPA(2) or WPA(2)-PSK security, try...
User Guide - Page 140
...deployment, a simple user name and password pair is more practical. As long as the passwords match, a wireless client will not be ... The following table is not necessary to a WLAN.
140
N220 User's Guide You may still configure and store keys, but ...point, wireless gateway and wireless client. This key expires when the wireless connection times out, disconnects or reauthentication times out.
User Guide - Page 151
... the wireless network to which you want Windows to always try to use this network again, ensure that Save this network is hidden, for example), take the following steps to and selecting the network's name from the list. If you save the network, you do not select this (but select Save this network) you can connect manually...
User Guide - Page 154
... Wireless Management
Table 32 Vista: Connect Manually
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Next
Click this to the next page. In the window that displays, double-click the new network's name to connect to .... Figure 123 Vista: Successfully Added Network
4 If you want to make any changes to the settings you have finished filling in Windows Vista.
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N220...
User Guide - Page 159
... 131 Windows XP SP2: WZC Not Available
Connecting to a Wireless Network
1 Double-click the network icon for wireless connections in the process of the N220.
The N220 is not connected to the following screen, refer to open the Wireless Network Connection Status screen. The connection to a wireless network is connected to a wireless network. N220 User's Guide
159
Table 33 Windows XP...
User Guide - Page 161
.... This denotes the signal strength of the wireless network.
N220 User's Guide
161 Table 34 Windows XP SP2: Wireless Network Connection
ICON
DESCRIPTION
This denotes that wireless security is important because the N220 tries to associate to the preferred network first in the list and click Connect to join the selected wireless network. Move your preferred network. Ordering your...
User Guide - Page 167
...N220 User's Guide
167 Table 38 Windows XP: Protected EAP Properties
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Validate server Select the check box to save your changes.
Select Authentication Method:
Select an authentication method from the list below to have a wired connection... Reconnect
Select the check box to automatically reconnect to the network (without re-authentication) if the wireless connection goes ...
User Guide - Page 171
... Remove to delete it or click Properties to add a preferred network into the list manually. Click Add to view the security, authentication or connection information of the selected network. N220 User's Guide
171 Appendix C Windows Wireless Management
2 Whenever the N220 tries to connect to a new network, the new network is added in the Preferred networks table automatically.
User Guide - Page 176
... the correct credentials before you should see a progress indicator as shown below. Figure 151 Windows 7: Connect to the wireless network.
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N220 User's Guide
Figure 152 Windows 7: Wireless Connection Progress Indicator
• If the wireless network is not password-protected, you can gain access as follows.
Appendix D Wireless for Windows 7
2 Select a wireless network and click...
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