ZyXEL Communications NWA3160 User Manual

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ZyXEL NWA-3160 Series User’s Guide

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Table of Contents

About This User's Guide .......................................................................................................... 3

Document Conventions............................................................................................................ 4

Safety Warnings........................................................................................................................ 6

Contents Overview ................................................................................................................... 9

Table of Contents.................................................................................................................... 11

List of Figures ......................................................................................................................... 19

List of Tables........................................................................................................................... 25

Part I: Introduction................................................................................. 29

Chapter 1
Introducing the ZyXEL Device ............................................................................................... 31

1.1 Introducing the ZyXEL Device ............................................................................................ 31
1.2 Applications for the ZyXEL Device ...................................................................................... 31

1.2.1 Access Point  .............................................................................................................. 32
1.2.2 Bridge / Repeater (NWA-3160 and NWA-3163 Only)  ................................................ 32
1.2.3 AP + Bridge (NWA-3160 and NWA-3163 Only)  ......................................................... 33
1.2.4 MBSSID  ..................................................................................................................... 34
1.2.5 Pre-Configured SSID Profiles  .................................................................................... 35

1.3 CAPWAP (NWA-3160 and NWA-3163 Only)  ...................................................................... 36
1.4 Ways to Manage the ZyXEL Device  .................................................................................... 36
1.5 Good Habits for Managing the ZyXEL Device  ..................................................................... 36
1.6 Hardware Connections  ........................................................................................................ 37

1.6.1 Antennas .................................................................................................................... 37

1.7 LEDs .................................................................................................................................... 37

Chapter 2
Introducing the Web Configurator ........................................................................................ 41

2.1 Accessing the Web Configurator ......................................................................................... 41
2.2 Resetting the ZyXEL Device ................................................................................................ 43

2.2.1 Methods of Restoring Factory-Defaults ...................................................................... 43

2.3 Navigating the Web Configurator ......................................................................................... 44