ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL G-560 User Manuals

Table of Contents

• G-560 User's Guide

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• Copyright

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• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference Statement

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• Safety Warnings

  6
• ZyXEL Limited Warranty

  7
• Customer Support

  8
• Table of Contents

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• List of Figures

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• List of Tables

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• Preface

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• 1. Getting to Know Your G-560

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  • 1.1 Introducing the G-560 Wireless Access Point

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  • 1.2 G-560 Features

    23
  • 1.3 Applications for the G-560

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    • 1.3.1 Access Point

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      • 1.3.1.1 Internet Access Application

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      • 1.3.1.2 Corporation Network Application

        26
    • 1.3.2 Access Point + Bridge

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  • 1.4 The LED Display

    28
• 2. Management Computer Setup

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  • 2.1 Introduction

    31
  • 2.2 Wired Connection

    31
    • 2.2.1 Setting Up Your Computer's IP Address

      31
      • 2.2.1.1 Windows 2000/NT/XP

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  • 2.3 Wireless Connection

    34
  • 2.4 Resetting the G-560

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    • 2.4.1 Method of Restoring Factory-Defaults

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• 3. Introducing the Web Configurator

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  • 3.1 Web Configurator Overview

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  • 3.2 Accessing the G-560 Web Configurator

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  • 3.3 Configuring the G-560 Using the Wizard

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    • 3.3.1 Basic Settings

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    • 3.3.2 Wireless Settings

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    • 3.3.3 Security Settings

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      • 3.3.3.1 Disable

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      • 3.3.3.2 WEP

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      • 3.3.3.3 WPA-PSK

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    • 3.3.4 Confirm Your Settings

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• 4. Status Screens

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  • 4.1 System Status

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    • 4.1.1 Statistics

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    • 4.1.2 Association List

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• 5. System Screens

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  • 5.1 Factory Ethernet Defaults

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  • 5.2 TCP/IP Parameters

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    • 5.2.1 IP Address Assignment

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    • 5.2.2 IP Address and Subnet Mask

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  • 5.3 Configuring System Settings

    50
  • 5.4 Time Settings

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• 6. Wireless Screens

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  • 6.1 Wireless LAN Overview

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    • 6.1.1 IBSS

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    • 6.1.2 BSS

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    • 6.1.3 ESS

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  • 6.2 Wireless LAN Basics

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    • 6.2.1 Channel

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    • 6.2.2 SSID

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    • 6.2.3 RTS/CTS

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    • 6.2.4 Fragmentation Threshold

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    • 6.3.1 WMM QoS Example

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    • 6.3.2 WMM QoS Priorities

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    • 6.3.3 ToS (Type of Service) and WMM QoS

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  • 6.4 Configuring Wireless

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    • 6.4.1 Access Point Mode

      58
    • 6.4.2 Access Point + Bridge Mode

      61
      • 6.4.2.1 Bridge Loop

        61
      • 6.4.2.2 Configuring Access Point + Bridge Mode

        63
  • 6.5 Wireless Security Overview

    66
    • 6.5.1 Encryption

      67
    • 6.5.2 Authentication

      67
    • 6.5.3 Restricted Access

      67
    • 6.5.4 Hide G-560 Identity

      67
  • 6.6 WEP Overview

    67
    • 6.6.1 Data Encryption

      67
    • 6.6.2 Authentication

      67
  • 6.7 802.1x Overview

    68
  • 6.8 Introduction to RADIUS

    69
    • 6.8.1 Types of RADIUS Messages

      69
  • 6.9 EAP Authentication Overview

    70
  • 6.10 Dynamic WEP Key Exchange

    70
  • 6.11 Introduction to WPA and WPA2

    71
    • 6.11.1 Encryption

      71
    • 6.11.2 User Authentication

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  • 6.12 WPA(2)-PSK Application Example

    72
  • 6.13 WPA(2) with RADIUS Application Example

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  • 6.14 Security Parameters Summary

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  • 6.15 Wireless Client WPA Supplicants

    74
  • 6.16 Configuring Wireless Security

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    • 6.16.1 Disable

      74
    • 6.16.2 WEP

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    • 6.16.3 WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK/Mixed

      76
    • 6.16.4 WPA/WPA2/Mixed

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    • 6.16.5 IEEE 802.1x

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  • 6.17 MAC Filter

    80
  • 6.18 Introduction to OTIST

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    • 6.18.1 Enabling OTIST

      81
      • 6.18.1.1 AP

        81
      • 6.18.1.2 Wireless Client

        82
    • 6.18.2 Starting OTIST

      83
    • 6.18.3 Notes on OTIST

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• 7. Management Screens

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  • 7.1 Maintenance Overview

    85
  • 7.2 Configuring Password

    85
  • 7.3 Logs

    86
  • 7.4 Configuration Screen

    87
    • 7.4.1 Backup Configuration

      88
    • 7.4.2 Restore Configuration

      88
    • 7.4.3 Back to Factory Defaults

      89
  • 7.5 F/W Upload Screen

    90
  • 7.6 Language Screen

    91
• 8. Troubleshooting

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  • 8.1 Problems Starting Up the G-560

    93
  • 8.2 Problems with the Password

    93
  • 8.3 Problems with the WLAN Interface

    94
  • 8.4 Problems with the Ethernet Interface

    94
    • 8.4.1 Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions

      95
      • 8.4.1.1 Internet Explorer Pop-up Blockers

        95
      • 8.4.1.2 JavaScripts

        98
      • 8.4.1.3 Java Permissions

        100
  • 8.5 Testing the Connection to the G-560

    102
• A. Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address

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  • Windows 95/98/Me

    103
    • Installing Components

      104
    • Configuring

      105
    • Verifying Settings

      106
  • Windows 2000/NT/XP

    106
    • Verifying Settings

      111
  • Macintosh OS 8/9

    111
    • Verifying Settings

      113
  • Macintosh OS X

    113
    • Verifying Settings

      114
  • Linux

    114
    • Using the K Desktop Environment (KDE)

      115
    • Using Configuration Files

      116
    • Verifying Settings

      118
• B. Wireless LANs

  119
  • Wireless LAN Topologies

    119
    • Ad-hoc Wireless LAN Configuration

      119
    • BSS

      119
    • ESS

      120
  • Channel

    121
  • RTS/CTS

    121
  • Fragmentation Threshold

    122
  • IEEE 802.11g Wireless LAN

    123
  • IEEE 802.1x

    123
  • RADIUS

    123
    • Types of RADIUS Messages

      124
  • EAP Authentication

    125
  • Types of Authentication

    125
    • EAP-MD5 (Message-Digest Algorithm 5)

      125
    • EAP-TLS (Transport Layer Security)

      126
    • EAP-TTLS (Tunneled Transport Layer Service)

      126
    • PEAP (Protected EAP)

      126
    • LEAP

      126
    • WEP Encryption

      126
  • WEP Authentication Steps

    127
    • Dynamic WEP Key Exchange

      128
  • WPA(2)

    128
    • User Authentication

      128
    • Encryption

      128
  • Roaming

    129
    • Requirements for Roaming

      130
• C. IP Subnetting

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  • IP Addressing

    133
  • IP Classes

    133
  • Subnet Masks

    134
  • Subnetting

    134
  • Example: Two Subnets

    135
  • Example: Four Subnets

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  • Example Eight Subnets

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  • Subnetting With Class A and Class B Networks.

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• Index

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  • Numerics

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  • A

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  • B

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  • C

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  • D

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  • E

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  • F

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  • G

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  • H

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  • I

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  • L

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  • M

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  • N

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  • O

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  • P

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  • Q

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  • R

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  • S

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  • T

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  • U

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  • V

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  • W

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  • Z

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