ZyXEL Communications P-660HW-D Series - Manual (Page 36)

P-660HW-D Series User’s Guide
35 Chapter 1 Getting To Know Your P-660HW-D
Housing
Your ZyXEL device's compact and ventilated housing minimizes space requirements making
it easy to position anywhere in your busy office.
4-port Switch
A combination of switch and router makes your ZyXEL device a cost-effective and viable
network solution. You can connect up to four computers to the ZyXEL device without the cost
of a hub. Use a hub to add more than four computers to your LAN.
1.2.1 Wireless Features
Wireless LAN
The ZyXEL device supports the IEEE 802.11g standard, which is fully compatible with the
IEEE 802.11b standard, meaning that you can have both IEEE 802.11b and IEEE 802.11g
wireless clients in the same wireless network.
Note: The ZyXEL device may be prone to RF (Radio Frequency) interference from
other 2.4 GHz devices such as microwave ovens, wireless phones, Bluetooth
enabled devices, and other wireless LANs.
Wi-Fi Protected Access
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a subset of the IEEE 802.11i security specification standard.
Key differences between WPA and WEP are user authentication and improved data
encryption.
WPA2
WPA 2 (IEEE 802.11i) is a wireless security standard that defines stronger encryption,
authentication and key management than WPA.
Both WPA and WPA2 improve data encryption by using Temporal Key Integrity Protocol
(TKIP), Message Integrity Check (MIC) and IEEE 802.1x. In addition to TKIP, WPA2 also
uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in the Counter mode with Cipher block chaining
Message authentication code Protocol (CCMP) to offer stronger encryption.
Antenna
The ZyXEL device is equipped with one 3dBi fixed antenna to provide clear radio signal
between the wireless stations and the access points.
WEP Encryption
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data frames before transmitting over the wireless
network to help keep network communications private.