Zyxel Utility - Windows; Overview; What You Can Do In This Section; What You Need To Know - ZyXEL Communications NWD271N User Manual

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4.1 Overview

This section shows you how to configure your NWD271N using the ZyXEL utility in
Windows.
Some features available in Windows XP or Windows 2000 are not available in
Windows Vista.

4.1.1 What You Can Do in This Section

• On the Link Info screen, you can see your current connection details, monitor signal
strength and quality, and more. See
• On the Site Survey screen, you can connect to any available unsecured wireless network
in range of the NWD271N, or open the security settings screen for any secured wireless
network in range. See
• On the Profile screen, you can create, delete and manage your wireless network profiles.
See Section 4.5 on page 59
• On the Adapter screen, you can configure the NWD271N hardware, such as activating
WPS mode or its power saving feature. See

4.1.2 What You Need to Know

The following terms and concepts may help as you read through this section.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data transmitted between wired and wireless
networks to keep the transmission private. Although one of the original wireless encryption
protocols, WEP is also the weakest. Many people use it strictly to deter unintentional usage of
their wireless network by outsiders.
Wi-fi Protected Access (WPA)
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a subset of the IEEE 802.11i standard. It improves data
encryption by using Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), Message Integrity Check (MIC)
and IEEE 802.1x. WPA uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in the Counter mode with
Cipher block chaining Message authentication code Protocol (CCMP) to offer stronger
NWD271N User's Guide

ZyXEL Utility - Windows

Section 4.3 on page 51
Section 4.4 on page 53
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Section 4.6 on page 64 for details.
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