ZyXEL M-302 User Manual

M-302 User’s Guide

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Chapter 4 ZyXEL Utility Configuration

A profile is a set of wireless parameters that you need to connect to a wireless network. With a 
profile activated, each time you start the M-302 it automatically scans for the specific SSID 
and joins that network with the pre-defined wireless security settings. If the specified network 
is not available, the M-302 will remain disconnected.

If you do not configure and activate a profile, each time you start the M-302 it uses the default 
profile to connect to any available network with security disabled. 

The default profile allows you to connect to any wireless network without security.

Click the Profile tab in the ZyXEL utility program to display the Profile screen as shown next.

The profile function allows you to save the wireless network settings in this screen, or use one 
of the pre-configured network profiles.

Figure 28   Profile Screen 

The following table describes the labels in this screen. 

Table 13   Profile Screen

Profile List

Click a column heading to sort the entries.

denotes that the wireless device is in infrastructure mode and the 

wireless security is activated.

denotes that the wireless device is in infrastructure mode but the 

wireless security is deactivated.

denotes that the wireless device is in Ad-Hoc mode and the wireless 

security is activated.

denotes that the wireless device is in Ad-Hoc mode but the wireless 

security is deactivated.

Profile Name

This is the name of the pre-configured profile.

SSID

This is the SSID of the wireless network to which the selected profile associates.

Connect

To use and activate a previously saved network profile, select a pre-configured profile 

name in the table and click Connect.