Chapter 2 Tutorial; Connecting To A Wireless Lan; Figure 7 Infrastructure Network - ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR G-120 User Manual

The following sections show you how to join a wireless network using the ZyXEL utility, as in
the following diagrams. The wireless client is labeled C and the access point is labeled AP.

Figure 7 Infrastructure Network

There are three ways to connect the wireless client to a network.
• Configure nothing and leave the wireless client to automatically scan for and connect to
any available network that has no wireless security configured.
• Manually connect to a network (see
• Configure a profile to have the wireless client automatically connect to a specific network
or peer computer (see

2.1 Connecting to a Wireless LAN

This example illustrates how to manually connect your wireless client to an access point (AP)
which is configured for WPA-PSK security and connected to the Internet. Before you connect
to the access point, you must know its Service Set IDentity (SSID) and WPA-PSK pre-shared
key. In this example, the SSID is "SSID_Example3" and the pre-shared key is
"ThisismyWPA-PSKpre-sharedkey" in the AP.
After you install the ZyXEL utility and then insert the wireless client, follow the steps below
to connect to a network using the Site Survey screen.
1 Open the ZyXEL utility and click the Site Survey tab to open the screen as shown next.

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