Before You Begin; Zyxel Utility Screen Summary - ZyXEL Communications NWD-211AN User Manual

Chapter 3 ZyXEL Utility
Wi-fi Protected Access (WPA)
The WPA protocol affords users with vastly stronger security than WEP. It comes
in two different varieties: WPA and WPA2. Always try to use WPA2 as it
implements the full version of the security standard and WPA does not.
Pre-Shared Key (PSK)
A pre-shared key is a password shared between the server and the client that
unlocks the algorithm used to encrypt the data traffic between them. Without the
proper password, the client and the server cannot communicate.
Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP)
An enhanced security framework designed to improve an existing security
protocol, such as WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK.

3.1.3 Before You Begin

• Make sure the Mac OS X version of the ZyXEL utility is already installed on your
computer. See
• After installation, make sure you repair permissions on your installation drive.
Click Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility or do a Spotlight search for the
key words "Disk Utility" and select it from the search results list. When the Disk
Utility application opens, select your installation drive and then click the Repair
Permissions button.

3.2 ZyXEL Utility Screen Summary

This section describes the ZyXEL utility screens in Mac OS X.
Figure 10 ZyXEL Utility: ZyXEL Utility Menu Summary
The following table describes the menus.
Table 4 ZyXEL Utility: Menu Summary
TAB
Profile
Link Status
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DESCRIPTION
Use this screen to add, delete, edit or activate a profile with a set of
wireless and security settings.
Use this screen to see your current connection status, configuration and
data rate statistics.
for more information.
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