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ZyXEL M-102
802.11g Wireless MIMO CardBus Card
User's Guide
Version 2.00
Edition 1
3/2006

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  • Page 1 ZyXEL M-102 802.11g Wireless MIMO CardBus Card User’s Guide Version 2.00 Edition 1 3/2006...

  • Page 3: Copyright

    Published by ZyXEL Communications Corporation. All rights reserved. Disclaimer ZyXEL does not assume any liability arising out of the application or use of any products, or software described herein. Neither does it convey any license under its patent rights nor the patent rights of others.

  • Page 4: Federal Communications Commission (Fcc) Interference Statement

    ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interference The device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference. • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operations.
  • Page 5 Certifications 1 Go to www.zyxel.com. 2 Select your product from the drop-down list box on the ZyXEL home page to go to that product's page. 3 Select the certification you wish to view from this page. 注意 ! 依據 低功率電波輻射性電機管理辦法...

  • Page 6: Zyxel Limited Warranty

    ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide 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 (2) years from the date of purchase.

  • Page 7: Customer Support

    +7-3272-590-689 1-800-255-4101 www.us.zyxel.com +1-714-632-0882 +1-714-632-0858 ftp.us.zyxel.com +47-22-80-61-80 www.zyxel.no +47-22-80-61-81 ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide REGULAR MAIL ZyXEL Communications Corp. 6 Innovation Road II Science Park Hsinchu 300 Taiwan ZyXEL Communications Czech s.r.o. Modranská 621 143 01 Praha 4 - Modrany Ceská...
  • Page 8 ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide METHOD SUPPORT E-MAIL SALES E-MAIL LOCATION info@pl.zyxel.com POLAND http://zyxel.ru/support RUSSIA sales@zyxel.ru support@zyxel.es SPAIN sales@zyxel.es support@zyxel.se SWEDEN sales@zyxel.se support@ua.zyxel.com +380-44-247-69-78 UKRAINE sales@ua.zyxel.com support@zyxel.co.uk UNITED KINGDOM sales@zyxel.co.uk A. “+” is the (prefix) number you enter to make an international telephone call.

  • Page 9: Table Of Contents

    1.1 About Your M-102 1.1.1 Application Overview ...19 1.1.1.1 Infrastructure ...19 1.1.1.2 Ad-Hoc ...20 1.2 M-102 Hardware and Utility Installation ...21 1.3 Configuration Methods ...21 1.4 Windows XP Users Only ...21 1.5 Accessing the ZyXEL Utility ...22 1.6 ZyXEL Utility Screen Summary ...22 1.7 Connecting to a Wireless LAN ...23...
  • Page 10 4.2 Uninstalling the ZyXEL Utility ...51 4.3 Upgrading the ZyXEL Utility ...52 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting ... 55 5.1 Problems Starting the ZyXEL Utility ...55 5.2 Problem with the Link Quality ...55 5.3 Problems Communicating With Other Computers ...56 Appendix A Product Specifications ...
  • Page 11 ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Index... 77 Table of Contents...
  • Page 12 ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Table of Contents...

  • Page 13: List Of Figures

    Figure 2 Application: Ad-Hoc ... 20 Figure 3 Enable WZC ... 21 Figure 4 Enable ZyXEL Utility ... 21 Figure 5 ZyXEL utility: System Tray Icon ... 22 Figure 6 Menu Summary ... 22 Figure 7 ZyXEL Utility: Site Survey ... 24 Figure 8 ZyXEL Utility: Security Settings ...
  • Page 14 ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Figure 39 Windows XP SP2: Wireless Network Connection: No Security ... 63 Figure 40 Windows XP: Wireless (network) properties: Association ... 64 Figure 41 Windows XP: Wireless (network) properties: Authentication ... 65 Figure 42 Windows XP: Protected EAP Properties ... 66 Figure 43 Windows XP: Smart Card or other Certificate Properties ...

  • Page 15: List Of Tables

    ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide List of Tables Table 1 ZyXEL Utility: System Tray Icon ... 22 Table 2 ZyXEL Utility: Menu Screen Summary ... 23 Table 3 Link Info ... 33 Table 4 Link Info: Trend Chart ... 35 Table 5 Site Survey ... 35 Table 6 Security Settings: WEP ...
  • Page 16 ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide List of Tables...

  • Page 17: Preface

    Congratulations on your purchase of the ZyXEL M-102 802.11g Wireless MIMO CardBus Card. Your M-102 is easy to install and configure. About This User's Guide This manual is designed to guide you through the configuration of your M-102 for its various applications. Related Documentation • Supporting Disk Refer to the included CD for support documents.

  • Page 18: Graphics Icons Key

    ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Graphics Icons Key Wireless Access Point Server Telephone Internet Cloud Computer Notebook Computer Modem Wireless Signal Switch Router Preface...

  • Page 19: Chapter 1 Getting Started

    This section describes some network applications for the M-102. 1.1.1.1 Infrastructure To connect to a network via an Access Point (AP), set the M-102 network type to Infrastructure. Through the AP, you can access the Internet or the wired network behind the Chapter 1 Getting Started ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide...

  • Page 20: Ad-Hoc

    ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Figure 1 Application: Infrastructure 1.1.1.2 Ad-Hoc In case you prefer to set up a small independent wireless workgroup without an AP, use Ad- Hoc mode. Ad-hoc mode does not require an AP or a wired network. Two or more wireless clients communicate directly to each other.

  • Page 21: M-102 Hardware And Utility Installation

    To configure your M-102, use one of the following applications: • Wireless Zero Configuration (WZC) (recommended for Windows XP) • ZyXEL Utility (This guide shows you how to configure the M-102 using the ZyXEL utility) • Odyssey Client Manager (not supplied) Refer to the Odyssey Client Manager documentation for more information.

  • Page 22: Accessing The Zyxel Utility

    When you use the ZyXEL utility, it automatically disables the Windows XP wireless configuration tool. Figure 5 ZyXEL utility: System Tray Icon The color of the ZyXEL utility system tray icon indicates the status of the M-102. Refer to the following table for details. Table 1 ZyXEL Utility: System Tray Icon...

  • Page 23: Connecting To A Wireless Lan

    Site Survey screen. 1 Make sure a wireless network is available and within range. 2 Open the ZyXEL utility and click the Site Survey tab to open the screen as shown next. 3 Click Scan to search for available wireless networks.

  • Page 24: Figure 7 Zyxel Utility: Site Survey

    Figure 8 ZyXEL Utility: Security Settings 6 Verify that you have successfully connected to the selected network and check the network information in the Link Info screen. If the M-102 is not connected to a network, the fields in this screen are blank.

  • Page 25: Figure 9 Zyxel Utility: Link Info

    ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Figure 9 ZyXEL Utility: Link Info Chapter 1 Getting Started...
  • Page 26 ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Chapter 1 Getting Started...

  • Page 27: Wireless Lan Network

    Mbps, 36 Mbps, 48 Mbps and 54 Mbps. In most networking scenarios, the factory default Fully Auto setting proves the most efficient. This setting allows your M-102 to operate at the maximum transmission (data) rate. When the communication quality drops below a certain level, the M-102 automatically switches to a lower transmission (data) rate.

  • Page 28: Super G

    WLAN adapter(s). • Enter the WEP keys manually. Your M-102 allows you to configure up to four 64-bit, 128-bit or 152-bit WEP keys and only one key is used as the default key at any one time. 2.2.2 IEEE 802.1x The IEEE 802.1x standard outlines enhanced security methods for both the authentication of...

  • Page 29: Eap Authentication

    RADIUS server perform authentication. The type of authentication you use depends on the RADIUS server and an intermediary AP(s) that supports IEEE 802.1x. The M-102 supports EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS and EAP-PEAP. Refer Appendix C on page 71 For EAP-TLS authentication type, you must first have a wired connection to the network and obtain the certificate(s) from a certificate authority (CA).

  • Page 30: User Authentication

    ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide 2.2.3.2 User Authentication WPA applies IEEE 802.1x and Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) to authenticate wireless stations using an external RADIUS database. 2.2.4 WPA-PSK Application Example A WPA-PSK application looks as follows. 1 First enter identical passwords into the AP and all wireless clients. The Pre-Shared Key (PSK) must consist of between 8 and 63 ASCII characters or 64 hexadecimal characters (including spaces and symbols).

  • Page 31: Authentication Type

    AP. This requires you to enable the wireless LAN security and use same settings on both the wireless station and the AP. • Auto Switch authentication mode allows the M-102 to switch between the open system and shared key modes automatically. Use the auto mode if you do not know the authentication mode of the other wireless stations.
  • Page 32 ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Chapter 2 Wireless LAN Network...

  • Page 33: Zyxel Utility Configuration

    (SSID) field displays the name of the wireless device to which the M-102 is associated. AP MAC Address This field displays the MAC address of the wireless device to which the M-102 is associated. Network Type This field displays the network type (Infrastructure or Ad Hoc) of the wireless network.

  • Page 34: Trend Chart

    ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Table 3 Link Info (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Transmission Rate This field displays the current transmission rate of the M-102 in megabits per second (Mbps). Security This field displays whether data encryption is activated (WEP (WEP or 802.1x), TKIP (WPA/WPA-PSK), AES (WPA/WPA-PSK)) or inactive (DISABLE).

  • Page 35: The Site Survey Screen

    List SSID This field displays the SSID (Service Set IDentifier) of each wireless device. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility Configuration denotes that the wireless device is in infrastructure mode and the wireless security is activated. denotes that the wireless device is in infrastructure mode but the wireless security is deactivated.

  • Page 36: Connecting To A Wlan Network

    Link Info screen. 3.2.2 Security Settings When you configure the M-102 to connect to a network with wireless security activated and the security settings are disabled on the M-102, the screen varies according to the encryption method used by the selected network.

  • Page 37: Wep Encryption

    Type Pass Phrase Enter a passphrase of up to 63 case-sensitive printable characters. As you enter the passphrase, the M-102 automatically generates four different WEP keys and displays it in the key field below. Refer to information. At the time of writing, you cannot use passphrase to generate 152-bit WEP keys.

  • Page 38: Wpa

    ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Table 6 Security Settings: WEP (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Key x (where x is a Select this option if you want to manually enter the WEP keys. Enter the WEP key number between 1 in the field provided.

  • Page 39: Wpa-Psk

    Certificate This field is only available when you select TLS in the Authentication Type field. Select a certificate used by the authentication server to authenticate the M-102. Note: You must first have a wired connection to a network and Server CA Select a certificate authority (CA) that you trust and accept any certificates signed by the CA.

  • Page 40: Ieee 802.1X

    Certificate This field is only available when you select TLS in the Authentication Type field. Select a certificate used by the authentication server to authenticate the M-102. Note: You must first have a wired connection to a network and Section 2.2.3 on page 29 for more information.

  • Page 41: Confirm Save Screen

    This field displays the network type (Infrastructure or Ad Hoc) of the wireless device. Network Mode This fields displays the network standard (802.11g, 802.11b or 802.11b/g) of the wireless device. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility Configuration Section 3.2.3 on page ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide...

  • Page 42: The Profile Screen

    If the specified network is not available, the M-102 will be disconnected. If you do not configure and activate a profile, each time you start the M-102, the M-102 uses the default profile to connect to any available network with security disabled.

  • Page 43: Adding A New Profile

    1 Click Add in the Profile screen. An Add New Profile screen displays as shown next. Click Next to continue. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility Configuration denotes that the wireless device is in infrastructure mode and the wireless security is activated.

  • Page 44: Figure 21 Profile: Add New Profile

    Select an available wireless device in the Scan Info table and click Select, or enter the SSID of the wireless device to which you want to associate in this field manually. Otherwise, enter Any to have the M-102 associate to or roam between any infrastructure wireless networks.

  • Page 45: Figure 22 Profile: Wireless Setting: Select A Channel

    LABEL DESCRIPTION Wireless Setting Wireless Mode Select 802.11g to have the M-102 connect to an IEEE 802.11g wireless device only and vice versa. Select 802.11b to have the M-102 connect to an IEEE 802.11b wireless device only and vice versa.

  • Page 46: Figure 23 Profile: Security Setting: Encryption Type

    Figure 24 Profile: Security Setting 5 Specify a wireless protocol. Select 802.11b to have the M-102 connect to an IEEE 802.11b wireless device. Select 802.11g to have the M-102 connect to an IEEE 802.11g wireless device. Select both to have the M-102 connect to either an IEEE 802.11g or IEEE 802.11b wireless device.

  • Page 47: Figure 25 Profile: Wireless Protocol

    7 To use this network profile, click the Activate Now button. Otherwise, click the Activate Later button. Note: Once you activate a profile, the ZyXEL utility will use that profile the next time it is started. Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility Configuration...

  • Page 48: The Adapter Screen

    ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Figure 27 Profile: Activate the Profile 3.4 The Adapter Screen To set the advanced features on the M-102, click the Adapter tab. Figure 28 Adapter Screen The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 14 Adapter...
  • Page 49 Select Maximum Power Saving or Fast Power Saving to save power (especially Mode for notebook computers). This forces the M-102 to go to sleep mode when it is not transmitting data. When you select Continuous Access Mode, the M-102 will never go to sleep mode.
  • Page 50 ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility Configuration...

  • Page 51: Chapter 4 Maintenance

    This chapter describes how to uninstall or upgrade the ZyXEL utility. 4.1 The About Screen The About screen displays driver and utility version numbers of the M-102. To display the screen as shown below, click the about ( Figure 29 About The following table describes the read-only fields in this screen.

  • Page 52: Upgrading The Zyxel Utility

    Note: Before you uninstall the ZyXEL utility, take note of your current wireless configurations. To perform the upgrade, follow the steps below. 1 Download the latest version of the utility from the ZyXEL web site and save the file on your computer. 2 Follow the steps in computer.
  • Page 53 ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide 6 Insert the M-102 and check the version numbers in the About screen to make sure the new utility is installed properly. Chapter 4 Maintenance...
  • Page 54 ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Chapter 4 Maintenance...

  • Page 55: Chapter 5 Troubleshooting

    Use the Device Manager to check for possible hardware conflicts. Click Start, LAN utility Settings, Control Panel, System, Hardware and Device Manager. Verify the status of the M-102 under Network Adapter. (Steps may vary depending on the version of Windows). Install the M-102 in another computer.

  • Page 56: Problems Communicating With Other Computers

    Make sure that the AP and the associated computers are turned on and working properly. Make sure the M-102 computer and the associated AP use the same SSID. Change the AP and the associated wireless clients to use another radio channel if interference is high.

  • Page 57: Product Specifications

    Output Power RX Sensitivity SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS Device Drivers Appendix A Product Specifications P P E N D I X Product Specifications ZyXEL M-102 802.11g Wireless MIMO CardBus Card 3.3V 32-bit CardBus card IEEE 802.11b IEEE 802.11g Infrastructure Ad-Hoc 64/128/152-bit WEP Encryption WPA/WPA-PSK 802.1x...
  • Page 58 ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Table 19 Product Specifications (continued) Roaming IEEE 802.11b/g compliant 64/128/152-bit WEP encryption Appendix A Product Specifications...

  • Page 59: Management With Wireless Zero Configuration

    Management with Wireless Zero This appendix shows you how to manage your ZyXEL wireless LAN adapter using the Windows XP wireless zero configuration tool. Be sure you have the Windows XP service pack 2 installed on your computer. Otherwise, you should at least have the Windows XP service pack 1 already on your computer and download the support patch for WPA from the Microsoft web site.

  • Page 60: Figure 33 Windows Xp Sp2: System Tray Icon

    Wireless Network Connection Status screen. Figure 33 Windows XP SP2: System Tray Icon The type of the wireless network icon in Windows XP SP2 indicates the status of the ZyXEL wireless LAN adapter. Refer to the following table for details.

  • Page 61: Figure 35 Windows Xp Sp1: Wireless Network Connection Status

    3 Windows XP SP2: Click Refresh network list to reload and search for available wireless devices within transmission range. Select a wireless network in the list and click Connect to join the selected wireless network. Figure 36 Windows XP SP2: Wireless Network Connection Appendix B Management with Wireless Zero Configuration ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide...

  • Page 62: Figure 37 Windows Xp Sp1: Wireless Network Connection Properties

    This denotes that this wireless network is your preferred network. Ordering your preferred networks is important because the ZyXEL wireless LAN adapter tries to associate to the preferred network first in the order that you specify. Refer to the section on ordering the preferred networks for detailed information.

  • Page 63: Figure 38 Windows Xp Sp2: Wireless Network Connection: Wep Or Wpa-Psk

    This denotes the wireless network is not available. Security Settings When you configure the ZyXEL wireless LAN adapter to connect to a secure network but the security settings are not yet enabled on the ZyXEL wireless LAN adapter, you will see different screens according to the authentication and encryption methods used by the selected network.

  • Page 64: Figure 40 Windows Xp: Wireless (Network) Properties: Association

    This field is available only when the network use WEP encryption method and the The key is provided for me automatically check box is not selected. The key is If this check box is selected, the wireless AP assigns the ZyXEL wireless LAN provided for me adapter a key.

  • Page 65: Figure 41 Windows Xp: Wireless (Network) Properties: Authentication

    Smart Card or other Certificate. Properties Click this button to open the properties screen and configure certificates. The screen varies depending on what you select in the EAP type field. Appendix B Management with Wireless Zero Configuration ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide...

  • Page 66: Figure 42 Windows Xp: Protected Eap Properties

    ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Table 24 Windows XP: Wireless (network) properties: Authentication (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION Authenticate as Select this check box to have the computer send its information to the network for computer when authentication when a user is not logged on.

  • Page 67: Figure 43 Windows Xp: Smart Card Or Other Certificate Properties

    Smart Card or other Certificate Properties Figure 43 Windows XP: Smart Card or other Certificate Properties Appendix B Management with Wireless Zero Configuration obtain the certificate(s) from a certificate authority (CA). Consult your network administrator for more information. ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide...

  • Page 68: Table 26 Windows Xp: Smart Card Or Other Certificate Properties

    ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 26 Windows XP: Smart Card or other Certificate Properties LABEL DESCRIPTION Use my smart card Select this check box to use the smart card for authentication.

  • Page 69: Figure 44 Windows Xp Sp2: Wireless Networks: Preferred Networks

    Wireless Networks tab to open the screen as shown. Figure 45 Windows XP SP1: Wireless Networks: Preferred Networks 2 Whenever the ZyXEL wireless LAN adapter tries to connect to a new network, the new network is added in the Preferred networks table automatically. Select a network and...
  • Page 70 ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Appendix B Management with Wireless Zero Configuration...

  • Page 71: Appendix C Wireless Security

    A digital certificate is an electronic ID card that authenticates the sender’s identity. However, to implement EAP-TLS, you need a Certificate Authority (CA) to handle certificates, which imposes a management overhead. Appendix C Wireless Security ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide P P E N D I X Wireless Security...

  • Page 72: Table 27 Comparison Of Eap Authentication Types

    ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide EAP-TTLS (Tunneled Transport Layer Service) EAP-TTLS is an extension of the EAP-TLS authentication that uses certificates for only the server-side authentications to establish a secure connection. Client authentication is then done by sending username and password through the secure connection, thus client identity is protected.
  • Page 73 AP and the wireless stations. This all happens in the background automatically. Appendix C Wireless Security EAP-MD5 EAP-TLS EAP-TTLS Easy Hard Moderate ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide PEAP LEAP Moderate Moderate...
  • Page 74 ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide The Message Integrity Check (MIC) is designed to prevent an attacker from capturing data packets, altering them and resending them. The MIC provides a strong mathematical function in which the receiver and the transmitter each compute and then compare the MIC. If they do not match, it is assumed that the data has been tampered with and the packet is dropped.

  • Page 75: Figure 46 Wpa-Psk Authentication

    AP and the wireless clients. Figure 47 WPA(2) with RADIUS Application Example Appendix C Wireless Security ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide...

  • Page 76: Table 28 Wireless Security Relational Matrix

    ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide 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 features.
  • Page 77 Denmark, Contact Information driver version Dynamic WEP Key Exchange Encryption 29, 73 Finland, Contact Information France, Contact Information Germany, Contact Information getting started graphics icons key hardware connections initialization vector (IV) installation utility ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide Index...
  • Page 78 ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide link information Message Integrity Check Message Integrity Check (MIC) network type North America Contact Information Norway, Contact Information Odyssey Client Manager open system authentication Pairwise Master Key (PMK) passphrase 28, 37 password phrase Power Saving Mode...
  • Page 79 29, 38, 73 WPA2 38, 73 WPA2-Pre-Shared Key 29, 73 WPA2-PSK 29, 39, 73 WPA-PSK 39, 73 WZC (Wireless Zero Configuration) ZyXEL Limited Warranty Note ZyXEL Utility accessing Index ZyXEL M-102 User’s Guide help opening system tray icon upgrade version...

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