Connecting To A Wireless Lan; Site Survey; Table 2 Zyxel Utility: Menu Screen Summary - ZyXEL Communications G-170S User Manual

The following table describes the menus.

Table 2 ZyXEL Utility: Menu Screen Summary

TAB
Link Info

Site Survey

Profile
Adapter

1.7 Connecting to a Wireless LAN

The following sections show you how to associate with a network using the ZyXEL utility.
You can either manually connect to a network or configure a profile to have the G-170S
automatically connect to a specific network. Otherwise, configure nothing and leave the G-
170S to automatically scan for and connect to any other available network without security.
See the next chapters for detailed field descriptions.
1.7.1 Site Survey
After you install the ZyXEL utility and then insert the G-170S, follow the steps below to
connect to a network using the 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.
Chapter 1 Getting Started
DESCRIPTION
Use this screen to see your current connection status, configuration and data rate
statistics.
Use this screen to
• scan for a wireless network
• configure wireless security (if activated on the selected network).
• connect to a wireless network.
Use this screen to add, delete, edit or activate a profile with a set of wireless and
security settings.
Use this screen to configure a transfer rate and enable power saving.
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