Getting To Know Your Zyxel Device; Introducing The Zyxel Device; Features - ZyXEL Communications G-4100 V2 User Manual

Getting to Know Your ZyXEL
This chapter introduces the features and applications of the ZyXEL Device.

1.1 Introducing the ZyXEL Device

The ZyXEL Device Hot Spot Gateway combines an IEEE 802.11g wireless access point,
router, 4-port switch and service gateway in one box. If you have an "exclusive printer", you
can connect it directly to the ZyXEL Device, allowing you to easily print subscriber
statements. The ZyXEL Device is ideal for offices, coffee shops, libraries, hotels and airport
terminals catering to subscribers that seek Internet access. You should have an Internet account
already set up and have been given usernames, passwords etc. required for Internet access.

1.2 Features

Your ZyXEL Device provides the following features to accommodate subscribers with a
variety of network configurations with little or no technical support.
iPnP
The IP Plug and Play feature allows a computer to access the Internet or the ZyXEL Device
without changing the network settings (such as IP address and subnet mask) of the computer,
even when the IP addresses of the computer and the ZyXEL Device are not in the same subnet.
WEP Data Encryption
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data frames before transmitting over the wireless
network to help keep network communications private. The ZyXEL Device uses 64-bit or
128-bit WEP encryption.
WPA Data Encryption
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encrypts data frames before transmitting over the wireless
network to help keep network communications private. WPA provides user authentication and
better data encryption than WEP.
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