ZyXEL Communications Corporation AG220 Manuel D’Utilisation

ZyXEL AG-220 User’s Guide

Appendix C

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Click the Authentication tab in the Wireless (network) properties screen to display the 
screen shown next. The fields on this screen are grayed out when the network is in Ad-Hoc 
mode or data encryption is disabled.

Figure 61   Windows XP: Wireless (network) properties: Authentication

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 31   Windows XP: Wireless (network) properties: Authentication

Enable IEEE 

802.1x 

authentication for 

this network

This field displays whether the IEEE 802.1x authentication is active.
If the network authentication is set to Open in the previous screen, you can choose 

to disable or enable this feature.

EAP Type

Select the type of EAP authentication. Options are Protected EAP (PEAP) and 

Smart Card or other Certificate. 

Properties

Click this button to open the properties screen and configure certificates. The 

screen varies depending on what you select in the EAP type field.

Authenticate as 

computer when 

computer 

information is 

available

Select this check box to have the computer send its information to the network for 

authentication when a user is not logged on.

Authenticate as 

guest when user 

or computer 

information is 

unavailable

Select this check box to have the computer access to the network as a guest when 

a user is not logged on or computer information is not available.

OK

Click OK to save your changes.

Cancel

Click Cancel to leave this screen without saving any changes you may have made.