ZyXEL Communications NWA3160 - Manual (Page 11)

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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