Table Of Contents - ZyXEL Communications N220 User Manual

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About This User's Guide .......................................................................................................... 3

Document Conventions............................................................................................................ 5

Safety Warnings........................................................................................................................ 7

Contents Overview ................................................................................................................... 9

Table of Contents.................................................................................................................... 11

Getting Started ........................................................................................................................ 13

1.1 Overview .............................................................................................................................. 13

1.1.1 What You Need to Know ............................................................................................ 13

1.1.2 Before You Begin ....................................................................................................... 13

1.2 Features .............................................................................................................................. 14

1.3 Hardware Installation ........................................................................................................... 15

1.4 Software Installation ............................................................................................................ 15

1.4.1 Minimum System Requirements ................................................................................ 15

1.4.2 Installing the ZyXEL Utility ......................................................................................... 16

1.5 Device Applications ............................................................................................................. 19

Wireless LANs......................................................................................................................... 21

2.1 Overview .............................................................................................................................. 21

2.1.1 What You Can Do in This Section .............................................................................. 21

2.1.2 What You Need to Know ............................................................................................ 21

2.1.3 Before You Begin ....................................................................................................... 22

2.2 Wireless LAN Overview ...................................................................................................... 22

2.3 Wireless LAN Security ........................................................................................................ 23

2.3.1 User Authentication and Encryption ........................................................................... 23

2.4 WiFi Protected Setup ........................................................................................................... 25

2.4.1 Push Button Configuration ......................................................................................... 26

2.4.2 PIN Configuration ....................................................................................................... 26

2.4.3 How WPS Works ........................................................................................................ 28

2.4.4 Limitations of WPS ..................................................................................................... 31

Chapter 3

ZyXEL Utility - Mac OS X ........................................................................................................ 33

3.1 Overview .............................................................................................................................. 33

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