ZyXEL Communications G-120 User Manual
ZyXEL G-120 User’s Guide
Chapter 1 Getting Started
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Getting Started
This chapter introduces the G-120 and prepares you to use the ZyXEL utility.
1.1 About Your G-120
The G-120 is an IEEE 802.11b/g compliant wireless LAN adapter. You can also use the
ZyXEL utility to turn your G-120 into an access point (AP). The ZyXEL utility is a tool that
helps you configure your G-120. See the appendix for detailed product specifications.
ZyXEL utility to turn your G-120 into an access point (AP). The ZyXEL utility is a tool that
helps you configure your G-120. See the appendix for detailed product specifications.
1.2 Application Overview
This section describes some network applications for the G-120.
1.2.1 Station Mode
The G-120 acts as a wireless LAN adapter (station mode) by default. In station mode, you can
either set the network type to Infrastructure and connect to an AP or use Ad-Hoc mode and
connect to a peer computer (another wireless device in Ad-Hoc mode) without an AP. See
either set the network type to Infrastructure and connect to an AP or use Ad-Hoc mode and
connect to a peer computer (another wireless device in Ad-Hoc mode) without an AP. See
for how to configure the network type.
1.2.1.1 Infrastructure
To connect to a network via an access point (AP), set the G-120 network type to
Infrastructure. Through the AP, you can access the Internet or the wired network behind the
AP.
Infrastructure. Through the AP, you can access the Internet or the wired network behind the
AP.