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ZyXEL AG-220 User’s Guide

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Appendix C

3 When you have finished filling in the fields, click Next. the following screen displays.

Figure 76   Vista: Successfully Added Network

4 If you want to make any changes to the settings you just configured, click Change 

connection settings. Otherwise, click Connect to.... In the window that displays, 
double-click the new network’s name to connect to the network.

Take the following steps to set up a wireless connection between two computers in Windows 
Vista. 

Encryption type

Select the type of encryption used by the network.
When you use WEP or 802.1x, WEP displays.
When you use a WPA mode (WPA(2)-Personal or WPA(2)-Enterprise) 

you can choose AES or TKIP (if supported by your computer’s wireless 

client).

Security Key / 

Passphrase

If your network uses WEP or WPA(2)-Personal security, enter the key 

here.

Display Characters

Select this if you do not want the security key characters to be hidden.

Start this connection 

automatically

Select this box if you always want to try to connect to this network at 

startup. If you leave this box unchecked, you will need to connect manually 

each time.

Connect even if the 

network is not 

broadcasting

Select this box if you always want to try to connect to this network at 

startup, even if the network is not broadcasting its SSID. The warning in 

this field refers to the fact that if you do this, your computer sends out probe 

request packets, which contain the network’s SSID and could be used by 

an attacker to access the network.

Next

Click this to save your settings and move on to the next page.

Cancel

Click this to stop setting up your network.

Table 28   Vista: Connect Manually