ZyXEL Communications G-302 User Manual

ZyXEL G-302 v3 User’s Guide

Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

Copyright .................................................................................................................. 3

Certifications ............................................................................................................ 4

ZyXEL Limited Warranty.......................................................................................... 6

Customer Support.................................................................................................... 7

Table of Contents ..................................................................................................... 9

List of Figures ........................................................................................................ 11

List of Tables .......................................................................................................... 13

Preface .................................................................................................................... 15

Chapter 1
Getting Started ....................................................................................................... 17

1.1 About Your G-302 v3 ........................................................................................17

1.1.1 Application Overview ................................................................................17

1.1.1.1 Infrastructure ...................................................................................17
1.1.1.2 Ad-Hoc ............................................................................................18

1.2 G-302 v3 Hardware and Utility Installation .........................................................19
1.3 Configuration Methods   ......................................................................................19
1.4 Windows XP Users Only  ....................................................................................19
1.5 Accessing the ZyXEL Utility   ..............................................................................20
1.6 ZyXEL Utility Screen Summary ..........................................................................20
1.7 Connecting to a Wireless LAN  ...........................................................................21

1.7.1 Site Survey ...............................................................................................21

Chapter 2
Wireless LAN Network........................................................................................... 25

2.1 Wireless LAN Overview ....................................................................................25

2.1.1 SSID .........................................................................................................25
2.1.2 Channel ....................................................................................................25
2.1.3 Transmission Rate ....................................................................................25

2.2 Wireless LAN Security Overview ......................................................................25

2.2.1 Data Encryption with WEP .......................................................................26
2.2.2 IEEE 802.1x ..............................................................................................26

2.2.2.1 EAP Authentication .........................................................................26

2.2.3 WPA and WPA2 ........................................................................................27