ZyXEL Communications NWD6505 User Manual

NWD Series User’s Guide

The ZyXEL NWD Series of dual-band wireless USB adapters can connect to a 2.4 G network or a 5G 
network and bring you a better Internet experience over existing 802.11 networks.

This section includes an overview of your NWD Series adapter.What You Need to Know

The following terms and concepts may help as you read through this section, and subsequently as 
you read through the rest of the User’s Guide.

An Access Point (AP) is a network device that acts as a bridge between a wired and a wireless 
network. Outside of the home or office, APs can most often be found in coffee shops, bookstores 
and other businesses that offer wireless Internet connectivity to their customers.

An infrastructure network is one that seamlessly combines both wireless and wired components. 
One or more APs often serve as the bridge between wireless and wired LANs.

Read the Quick Start Guide for information on making hardware connections and using the ZyXEL 
utility to connect your NWD Series to a network.

Your NWD Series IEEE 802.11ac compliant wireless LAN adapter can also connect to IEEE 802.11 a/
b/g/n/ac wireless networks. The NWD Series’ WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) allows you to easily 
connect to another WPS-enabled device. 

The NWD Series of USB adapters connect to an empty USB port on your computer.

See your NWD Series’s Quick Start Guide for installation instructions, and see the section on 
product specifications in this User’s Guide for detailed information.

This section describes the NWD Series of adapters’ physical appearance.