ZyXEL Communications G-302 - Manual (Page 9)

ZyXEL G-302 v3 User’s Guide
Table of Contents 9
Table of Contents
Copyright .................................................................................................................. 3
Certifications ............................................................................................................ 4
ZyXEL Limited Warranty.......................................................................................... 6
Customer Support.................................................................................................... 7
Table of Contents ..................................................................................................... 9
List of Figures ........................................................................................................ 11
List of Tables .......................................................................................................... 13
Preface .................................................................................................................... 15
Chapter 1
Getting Started ....................................................................................................... 17
1.1 About Your G-302 v3 ........................................................................................17
1.1.1 Application Overview ................................................................................17
1.1.1.1 Infrastructure ...................................................................................17
1.1.1.2 Ad-Hoc ............................................................................................18
1.2 G-302 v3 Hardware and Utility Installation .........................................................19
1.3 Configuration Methods ......................................................................................19
1.4 Windows XP Users Only ....................................................................................19
1.5 Accessing the ZyXEL Utility ..............................................................................20
1.6 ZyXEL Utility Screen Summary ..........................................................................20
1.7 Connecting to a Wireless LAN ...........................................................................21
1.7.1 Site Survey ...............................................................................................21
Chapter 2
Wireless LAN Network........................................................................................... 25
2.1 Wireless LAN Overview ....................................................................................25
2.1.1 SSID .........................................................................................................25
2.1.2 Channel ....................................................................................................25
2.1.3 Transmission Rate ....................................................................................25
2.2 Wireless LAN Security Overview ......................................................................25
2.2.1 Data Encryption with WEP .......................................................................26
2.2.2 IEEE 802.1x ..............................................................................................26
2.2.2.1 EAP Authentication .........................................................................26
2.2.3 WPA and WPA2 ........................................................................................27