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Contents Overview ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 9 Contents Overview Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 23 Introducing the ZyXEL Device ...................................................................

Table of Contents ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 11 Table of Contents About This User's Guide .......................................................................................................... 3 Document Conventions...................................................................................

List of Figures ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 17 List of Figures Figure 1 Access Point Application .......................................................................................................... 26Figure 2 Wireless Client Application ............................................................

List of Tables ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 21 List of Tables Table 1 LEDs ......................................................................................................................................... 32Table 2 The Status Screen ...............................................................

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 25 C H A P T E R 1 Introducing the ZyXEL Device This chapter introduces the main applications and features of the ZyXEL Device. It also discusses the ways you can manage your ZyXEL Device. 1.1 Introducing the ZyXEL Device Your ZyXEL Device extends the range of your existi...

Chapter 1 Introducing the ZyXEL Device ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 30 Figure 7 AP + Bridge Application 1.3 Ways to Manage the ZyXEL Device Use any of the following methods to manage the ZyXEL Device. • Web Configurator. This is recommended for everyday management of the ZyXEL Device using a (support...

Chapter 1 Introducing the ZyXEL Device ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 31 • Change any default passwords on the ZyXEL Device, such as the password used for accessing the ZyXEL Device’s web configurator (if it has a web configurator). Use a password with a combination of letters and numbers and change yo...

Chapter 1 Introducing the ZyXEL Device ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 32 1.6 Hardware Connections See your Quick Start Guide for information on making hardware connections. 1.7 LEDs Figure 8 LEDs Table 1 LEDs LABEL LED COLOR STATUS DESCRIPTION 1 SYS Green On The ZyXEL Device is in AP + Bridge or Bridge...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 35 C H A P T E R 2 Introducing the Web Configurator This chapter describes how to access the ZyXEL Device’s web configurator and provides an overview of its screens. 2.1 Accessing the Web Configurator 1 Make sure your hardware is properly connected and prepare your comput...

Chapter 2 Introducing the Web Configurator ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 36 " The management session automatically times out when the time period set in the Administrator Inactivity Timer field expires (default five minutes). Simply log back into the ZyXEL Device if this happens. 2.2 Resetting the...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 39 C H A P T E R 3 Status Screens The Status screens display when you log into the ZyXEL Device, or click Status in the navigation menu. Use the Status screens to look at the current status of the device, system resources, and interfaces. The Status screens also provide d...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 43 C H A P T E R 4 Tutorial This chapter first provides an overview of how to configure the wireless LAN on your ZyXEL Device, and then gives step-by-step guidelines showing how to configure your ZyXEL Device for some example scenarios. 4.1 How to Configure the Wireless L...

Chapter 4 Tutorial ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 44 Figure 13 Configuring Wireless LAN 4.1.3 Further Reading Use these links to find more information on the steps: • Selecting a WLAN Adaptor : see Section 6.4.1 on page 63 . • Choosing 802.11 Mode : see Section 6.4.1 on page 63 . • Choosing a wireless ...

Chapter 4 Tutorial ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 45 4.2.1 Scenario In the figure below, there are two ZyXEL Devices ( A and B ) in the network. A is in Access Point (AP) mode while B is in Wireless Client mode. Station B is connected to a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server. You want only specified wi...

Chapter 4 Tutorial ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 46 Figure 15 Access Point Mode Wireless Setttings 1 Set the Operation Mode to AP . 2 Enter an SSID name, such as “NWA-1100 A”. 3 Choose the channel you want the ZyXEL Device to use. 4 Select the Wireless Mode . 5 Set the Intra-BSS Traffic to Enable . 6 ...

Chapter 4 Tutorial ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 49 Figure 20 Wireless Client Mode Security Setttings 7 One way to ensure that only specified wireless clients can access the FTP server is by enabling MAC filtering on the ZyXEL Device. See Chapter 9 on page 93 for more information on the MAC Filter scr...

51 P A R T II The Web Configurator System Screens (53)Wireless Settings Screen (61)Wireless Security Screen (75)RADIUS Screen (89)MAC Filter Screen (93)IP Screen (97)Remote Management (101)Certificate Screen (111)Log Screens (115)Maintenance (121)Troubleshooting (129)

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 53 C H A P T E R 5 System Screens 5.1 Overview This chapter provides information and instructions on how to identify and manage your ZyXEL Device over the network. Figure 22 ZyXEL Device Setup In the figure above, the ZyXEL Device connects to a Domain Name Server (DNS) se...

Chapter 5 System Screens ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 54 5.3 What You Need To Know About the System Screens IP Address Assignment Every computer on the Internet must have a unique IP address. If your networks are isolated from the Internet, for instance, only between your two branch offices, you can ...

Chapter 5 System Screens ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 58 5.6 Technical Reference This section provides some technical information about the topics covered in this chapter. 5.6.1 Pre-defined NTP Time Servers List When you turn on the ZyXEL Device for the first time, the date and time start at 2000-01-...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 61 C H A P T E R 6 Wireless Settings Screen 6.1 Overview This chapter discusses the steps to configure the Wireless Settings screen on the ZyXEL Device. It also introduces the wireless LAN (WLAN) and some basic scenarios. Figure 26 Wireless Mode In the figure above, the Z...

Chapter 6 Wireless Settings Screen ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 62 6.3 What You Need To Know About Wireless Settings Screen BSS A Basic Service Set (BSS) exists when all communications between wireless clients or between a wireless client and a wired network client go through one access point (AP). I...

Chapter 6 Wireless Settings Screen ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 63 Wireless Mode The IEEE 802.1x standard was designed to extend the features of IEEE 802.11 to support extended authentication as well as providing additional accounting and control features. Your ZyXEL Device can support 802.11b Only ,...

Chapter 6 Wireless Settings Screen ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 71 See the tables describing the fields in the Access Point and Bridge operating modes for descriptions of the fields in this screen. 6.5 Technical Reference This section provides technical background information about the topics covered...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 75 C H A P T E R 7 Wireless Security Screen 7.1 Overview This chapter describes how to use the Wireless Security screen. This screen allows you to configure the security mode for your ZyXEL Device.Wireless security is vital to your network. It protects communications betw...

Chapter 7 Wireless Security Screen ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 76 7.3 What You Need To Know About Wireless Security User Authentication Authentication is the process of verifying whether a wireless device is allowed to use the wireless network. You can make every user log in to the wireless network ...

Chapter 7 Wireless Security Screen ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 77 • WPA2-PSK-MIX . This commands the ZyXEL Device to use either WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK depending on which security mode the wireless client uses. " In Bridge and Bridge + AP operating modes, the only available security modes are WEP an...

Chapter 7 Wireless Security Screen ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 87 7.4.6 Security: WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA2-PSK-MIX Use this screen to employ WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or WPA2-PSK-MIX as the security mode of your ZyXEL Device. Select WPA-PSK , WPA2-PSK or WPA2-PSK-MIX in the Security Mode field to display the...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 89 C H A P T E R 8 RADIUS Screen 8.1 Overview This chapter describes how you can use the Wireless > RADIUS screen. Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) is a protocol that can be used to manage user access to large networks. It is based on a client-server...

Chapter 8 RADIUS Screen ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 90 • Accounting which keeps track of the client’s network activity. RADIUS is a simple package exchange in which your AP acts as a message relay between the wireless client and the network RADIUS server. You should know the IP addresses, ports and ...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 93 C H A P T E R 9 MAC Filter Screen 9.1 Overview This chapter discusses how you can use the Wireless > MAC Filter screen. The MAC filter function allows you to configure the ZyXEL Device to grant access to the ZyxEL Device from other wireless devices (Allow Associatio...

Chapter 9 MAC Filter Screen ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 94 9.4 MAC Filter Screen Use this screen to enable MAC address filtering in your ZyXEL Device.You can specify up to 64 MAC addresses to either allow or deny association with your ZyXEL Device. Click Wireless > MAC Filter . The screen display...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 97 C H A P T E R 1 0 IP Screen 10.1 Overview This chapter describes how you can configure the IP address of your ZyXEL Device.The Internet Protocol (IP) address identifies a device on a network. Every networking device (including computers, servers, routers, printers, etc...

Chapter 10 IP Screen ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 99 10.5 Technical Reference This section provides the technical background information about the topics covered in this chapter. 10.5.1 WAN IP Address Assignment Every computer on the Internet must have a unique IP address. If your networks are isolat...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 101 C H A P T E R 11 Remote Management 11.1 Overview This chapter shows you how to enable remote management of your ZyXEL Device. It provides information on determining which services or protocols can access which of the ZyXEL Device’s interfaces.Remote Management allows ...

Chapter 11 Remote Management ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 102 11.2 What You Can Do in the Remote Management Screens • Use the Telnet screen (see Section 11.4 on page 104 ) to configure through which interface(s) and from which IP address(es) you can use Telnet to manage the ZyXEL Device. A Telnet con...

Chapter 11 Remote Management ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 104 11.4 The Telnet Screen Use this screen to configure your ZyXEL Device for remote Telnet access. You can use Telnet to access the ZyXEL Device’s Command Line Interface (CLI).Click REMOTE MGNT > TELNET . The following screen displays. Fig...

Chapter 11 Remote Management ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 106 Figure 52 Remote Management: WWW The following table describes the labels in this screen. 11.7 The SNMP Screen Use this screen to have a manager station administrate your ZyXEL Device over the network. To change your ZyXEL Device’s SNMP se...

Chapter 11 Remote Management ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 108 11.8 Technical Reference This section provides some technical background information about the topics covered in this chapter. 11.8.1 MIB Managed devices in an SMNP managed network contain object variables or managed objects that define ea...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 111 C H A P T E R 1 2 Certificate Screen 12.1 Overview This chapter describes how your ZyXEL Device can use certificates as a means of authenticating wireless clients. It gives background information about public-key certificates and explains how to use them.A certificate...

Chapter 12 Certificate Screen ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 112 12.4 Certificate Screen Use this screen to view, delete and import certificates.Click CERTIFICATE to open the ZyXEL Device’s summary list of certificates and to import a new certificate. See the following figure. Figure 55 Certificate The...

Chapter 12 Certificate Screen ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 113 12.5.1 Private-Public Certificates When using public-key cryptology for authentication, each host has two keys. One key is public and can be made openly available. The other key is private and must be kept secure. These keys work like a h...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 115 C H A P T E R 1 3 Log Screens 13.1 Overview This chapter provides information on viewing and generating logs on your ZyXEL Device.Logs are files that contain recorded network activity over a set period. They are used by administrators to monitor the health of the syst...

Chapter 13 Log Screens ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 116 13.3 What You Need To Know About Logs Alerts and Logs An alert is a type of log that warrants more serious attention. Some categories such as System Errors consist of both logs and alerts. You can differentiate them by their color in the View Lo...

Chapter 13 Log Screens ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 117 13.5 Log Settings Screen Use this screen to configure to where and when the ZyXEL Device is to send the logs and which logs and/or immediate alerts it is to send. To change your ZyXEL Device’s log settings, click LOGS > Log Settings . The scr...

Chapter 13 Log Screens ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 118 13.6 Technical Reference This section provides some technical background information about the topics covered in this chapter. User Name If your e-mail account requires SMTP authentication, enter the username here. Password Enter the password as...

Chapter 13 Log Screens ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 119 13.6.1 Example Log Messages The following tables provide descriptions of some example log messages that the ZyXEL Device generates. 13.7 Log Commands Go to the command interpreter interface (refer to Appendix I on page 187 for the Command Interp...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 121 C H A P T E R 1 4 Maintenance 14.1 Overview This chapter describes the maintenance screens. It discusses how you can view the association list and channel usage, upload new firmware, manage configuration and restart your ZyXEL Device without turning it off and on. 14....

Chapter 14 Maintenance ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 122 Figure 61 Association List The following table describes the labels in this screen. 14.5 Channel Usage Screen Use this screen to know whether a channel is used by another wireless network or not. If a channel is being used, you should select a c...

Chapter 14 Maintenance ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 124 1 Do not turn off the ZyXEL Device while firmware upload is in progress! After you see the Firmware Upload in Process screen, wait two minutes before logging into the ZyXEL Device again. Figure 64 Firmware Upload In Process The ZyXEL Device auto...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 129 C H A P T E R 1 5 Troubleshooting This chapter offers some suggestions to solve problems you might encounter. The potential problems are divided into the following categories. • Power, Hardware Connections, and LEDs • ZyXEL Device Access and Login • Internet Access 15...

Chapter 15 Troubleshooting ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 131 V I can see the Login screen, but I cannot log in to the ZyXEL Device. 1 Make sure you have entered the user name and password correctly. The default password is 1234 . This fields are case-sensitive, so make sure [Caps Lock] is not on. 2 Yo...

133 P A R T III Appendices and Index Product Specifications (135)Power over Ethernet (PoE) Specifications (137)Power Adaptor Specifications (139)Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address (141)Wireless LANs (153)Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions (167)IP Addresses and Subnetting (173)Text F...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 135 A P P E N D I X A Product Specifications The following tables summarize the ZyXEL Device’s hardware and firmware features. Table 45 Hardware Specifications Power Specification 12 V DC, 1 A Reset button Returns all settings to their factory defaults. Ethernet Port • Au...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 137 A P P E N D I X B Power over Ethernet (PoE) Specifications You can use a power over Ethernet injector to power this device. The injector must comply to IEEE 802.3af.-7 Table 47 Power over Ethernet Injector Specifications Power Output 15.4 Watts maximum Power Current 4...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 139 A P P E N D I X C Power Adaptor Specifications Table 49 North American Plug Standards AC Power Adaptor Model ADS6818-1812-W 1215 Input Power 100~240 Volts AC, 50~60 Hz, 0.5 A Output Power 12 Volts DC, 1.5A, 18W Power Consumption 6 W Max Safety Standards UL, CUL (UL609...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 141 A P P E N D I X D Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address All computers must have a 10M or 100M Ethernet adapter card and TCP/IP installed. Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Macintosh OS 7 and later operating systems and all versions of UNIX/LINUX include the software compon...

Appendix D Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 142 Figure 73 WIndows 95/98/Me: Network: Configuration Installing Components The Network window Configuration tab displays a list of installed components. You need a network adapter, the TCP/IP protocol and Client for Micro...

Appendix D Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 143 Configuring 1 In the Network window Configuration tab, select your network adapter's TCP/IP entry and click Properties 2 Click the IP Address tab. • If your IP address is dynamic, select Obtain an IP address automatical...

Appendix D Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 144 Figure 75 Windows 95/98/Me: TCP/IP Properties: DNS Configuration 4 Click the Gateway tab. • If you do not know your gateway’s IP address, remove previously installed gateways.• If you have a gateway IP address, type it ...

Appendix D Setting up Your Computer’s IP Address ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 150 • Type your IP address in the IP Address box. • Type your subnet mask in the Subnet mask box. • Type the IP address of your ZyXEL Device in the Router address box. 5 Close the TCP/IP Control Panel . 6 Click Save if prom...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 153 A P P E N D I X E Wireless LANs Wireless LAN Topologies This section discusses ad-hoc and infrastructure wireless LAN topologies. Ad-hoc Wireless LAN Configuration The simplest WLAN configuration is an independent (Ad-hoc) WLAN that connects a set of computers with wi...

Appendix E Wireless LANs ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 154 Figure 87 Basic Service Set ESS An Extended Service Set (ESS) consists of a series of overlapping BSSs, each containing an access point, with each access point connected together by a wired network. This wired connection between APs is called ...

Appendix E Wireless LANs ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 155 Figure 88 Infrastructure WLAN Channel A channel is the radio frequency(ies) used by IEEE 802.11a/b/g wireless devices. Channels available depend on your geographical area. You may have a choice of channels (for your region) so you should use a...

Appendix E Wireless LANs ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 157 Fragmentation Threshold A Fragmentation Threshold is the maximum data fragment size (between 256 and 2432 bytes) that can be sent in the wireless network before the AP will fragment the packet into smaller data frames.A large Fragmentation Thr...

Appendix E Wireless LANs ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 158 Wireless Security Overview Wireless security is vital to your network to protect wireless communication between wireless clients, access points and the wired network.Wireless security methods available on the ZyXEL Device are data encryption, ...

Appendix E Wireless LANs ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 159 RADIUS RADIUS is based on a client-server model that supports authentication, authorization and accounting. The access point is the client and the server is the RADIUS server. The RADIUS server handles the following tasks: • Authentication Det...

Appendix E Wireless LANs ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 161 LEAP LEAP (Lightweight Extensible Authentication Protocol) is a Cisco implementation of IEEE 802.1x. Dynamic WEP Key Exchange The AP maps a unique key that is generated with the RADIUS server. This key expires when the wireless connection time...

Appendix E Wireless LANs ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 162 If both an AP and the wireless clients support WPA2 and you have an external RADIUS server, use WPA2 for stronger data encryption. If you don't have an external RADIUS server, you should use WPA2-PSK (WPA2-Pre-Shared Key) that only requires a ...

Appendix E Wireless LANs ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 165 Security Parameters Summary Refer to this table to see what other security parameters you should configure for each Authentication Method/ key management protocol type. MAC address filters are not dependent on how you configure these security ...

Appendix E Wireless LANs ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 166 Antenna Gain Antenna gain, measured in dB (decibel), is the increase in coverage within the RF beam width. Higher antenna gain improves the range of the signal for better communications. For an indoor site, each 1 dB increase in antenna gain r...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 167 A P P E N D I X F Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions In order to use the web configurator you need to allow: • Web browser pop-up windows from your device.• JavaScripts (enabled by default).• Java permissions (enabled by default). " Internet Explorer...

Appendix F Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 168 2 Clear the Block pop-ups check box in the Pop-up Blocker section of the screen. This disables any web pop-up blockers you may have enabled. Figure 93 Internet Options: Privacy 3 Click Apply to save this sett...

Appendix F Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 170 5 Click Close to return to the Privacy screen. 6 Click Apply to save this setting. JavaScripts If pages of the web configurator do not display properly in Internet Explorer, check that JavaScripts are allowed...

Appendix F Pop-up Windows, JavaScripts and Java Permissions ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 171 Figure 97 Security Settings - Java Scripting Java Permissions 1 From Internet Explorer, click Tools , Internet Options and then the Security tab. 2 Click the Custom Level... button. 3 Scroll down to Microsoft...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 173 A P P E N D I X G IP Addresses and Subnetting This appendix introduces IP addresses and subnet masks. IP addresses identify individual devices on a network. Every networking device (including computers, servers, routers, printers, etc.) needs an IP address to communic...

Appendix G IP Addresses and Subnetting ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 175 Subnet masks are expressed in dotted decimal notation just like IP addresses. The following examples show the binary and decimal notation for 8-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit and 29-bit subnet masks. Network Size The size of the network num...

Appendix G IP Addresses and Subnetting ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 176 Subnetting You can use subnetting to divide one network into multiple sub-networks. In the following example a network administrator creates two sub-networks to isolate a group of servers from the rest of the company network for ...

Appendix G IP Addresses and Subnetting ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 177 Figure 102 Subnetting Example: After Subnetting In a 25-bit subnet the host ID has 7 bits, so each sub-network has a maximum of 2 7 – 2 or 126 possible hosts (a host ID of all zeroes is the subnet’s address itself, all ones is th...

Appendix G IP Addresses and Subnetting ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 178 Example: Eight Subnets Similarly, use a 27-bit mask to create eight subnets (000, 001, 010, 011, 100, 101, 110 and 111). The following table shows IP address last octet values for each subnet. Table 62 Subnet 2 IP/SUBNET MASK NET...

Appendix G IP Addresses and Subnetting ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 179 Subnet Planning The following table is a summary for subnet planning on a network with a 24-bit network number. The following table is a summary for subnet planning on a network with a 16-bit network number. 5 128 129 158 159 6 1...

Appendix G IP Addresses and Subnetting ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 180 Configuring IP Addresses Where you obtain your network number depends on your particular situation. If the ISP or your network administrator assigns you a block of registered IP addresses, follow their instructions in selecting t...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 181 A P P E N D I X H Text File Based Auto Configuration This chapter describes how administrators can use text configuration files to configure the wireless LAN settings for multiple APs. Text File Based Auto Configuration Overview You can use plain text configuration fi...

Appendix H Text File Based Auto Configuration ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 182 " If adjacent APs use the same configuration file, you should leave out the channel setting since they could interfere with each other’s wireless traffic. Auto Configuration by DHCP A DHCP response can use options 66 a...

Appendix H Text File Based Auto Configuration ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 183 Troubleshooting Via SNMP If you have any difficulties with the configuration file upload, you can try using the following MIB 10 to 20 seconds after using SNMP to have the AP download the configuration file. Configuration ...

Appendix H Text File Based Auto Configuration ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 184 You can zip each configuration file. You must use the store compression method and a .zip file extension. When zipping a configuration file, you can also add password protection using the same password that you use to log ...

Appendix H Text File Based Auto Configuration ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 185 Figure 107 WPA-PSK Configuration File Example Figure 108 WPA Configuration File Example Wlan Command Configuration File Example This example configuration file uses the wlan command to configure the AP to use the security ...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 187 A P P E N D I X I How to Access and Use the CLI This chapter introduces the command line interface (CLI). Accessing the CLI Use Telnet to access the CLI. 1 Connect your computer to one of the Ethernet ports. 2 Open a Telnet session to the ZyXEL Device’s IP address. If...

Appendix I How to Access and Use the CLI ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 188 Command Conventions Command descriptions follow these conventions: • Commands are in courier new font . • Required input values are in angle brackets <>; for example, ping < ip-address > means that you must specify ...

Appendix I How to Access and Use the CLI ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 189 Copy and Paste Commands You can copy and paste commands directly from this document into your terminal emulation console window (such as HyperTerminal). Use right-click (not [CTRL]-[V]) to paste your command into the console wi...

Appendix I How to Access and Use the CLI ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 190 Saving Your Configuration In the ZyXEL Device some commands are saved as you run them and others require you to run a save command. See the related section of this guide to see if a save command is required. " Unsaved confi...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 191 A P P E N D I X J Legal Information Copyright Copyright © 2007 by ZyXEL Communications Corporation.The contents of this publication may not be reproduced in any part or as a whole, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any language, or transmitted...

Appendix J Legal Information ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 193 3 Select the certification you wish to view from this page. ZyXEL Limited Warranty ZyXEL warrants to the original end user (purchaser) that this product is free from any defects in materials or workmanship for a period of up to two years f...

ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 195 A P P E N D I X K Customer Support In the event of problems that cannot be solved by using this manual, you should contact your vendor. If you cannot contact your vendor, then contact a ZyXEL office for the region in which you bought the device. Regional offices are l...

Index ZyXEL NWA-1100 User’s Guide 201 Index Numbers 802.1x-Only 76 802.1x-Static128 76 802.1x-Static64 76 A Access Point 25 , 45 Accounting Server 91 Ad-hoc 153 Advanced Encryption Standard See AES. AES 162 Alerts 116 Alternative subnet mask notation 175 Antenna 73 , 135 directional 166 gain 166 omn...