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ZyXEL Communications G-3000 Series User Manual (362 pages)

802.11b/g wireless access point

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About this User's Guide
3
- Document Conventions
  4
- Safety Warnings
  6
- Table of Contents
  9
- Contents Overview
  9
- Table of Contents
  11
- List of Figures
  21
- List of Tables
  29
Introduction
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- PART I Introduction
  33
Chapter 1 Introducing the Zyxel Device

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- Applications for the Zyxel Device
  35
  - Access Point
    36
    
    Bridge / Repeater
    36
    
    Figure 1 Access Point Application
    36
    
    AP + Bridge
    37
    
    Figure 2 Bridge Application
    37
    
    Figure 3 Repeater Application
    37
    
    Figure 4 Ap+Bridge Application
    38
    
    Figure 5 Multiple Bsss
    39
    
    Good Habits for Managing the Zyxel Device
    40
  - Ways to Manage the Zyxel Device
    39
- MESSID (Multiple Extended Service Set Identifier)
  38
Chapter 2 Introducing the Web Configurator

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- Accessing the Web Configurator
  41
Chapter 3 Wizard Setup

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Chapter 4 Tutorial

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- Figure 10 Wizard 2 : Wireless LAN Setup
  47
- Table 2 Wizard 2 : Wireless LAN Setup
  47
- IP Address and Subnet Mask
  48
- IP Address Assignment
  48
- Wizard Setup: IP Address
  48
- Figure 13 Tutorial: Example MESSID Setup
  54
- Change the Operating Mode
  55
- The Web Configurator
  65
  - Part II: the Web Configurator
    65
  - System Overview
    67
  - System Screens
    67
  - Table 6 System General Setup
    67
  - Administrator Authentication on RADIUS
    68
  - Configuring Password
    68
Chapter 5 System Screens

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- Configuring General Setup
  67
- Figure 27 System General Setup
  67
- Figure 28 Password
  69
- Table 7 Password
  69
- Configuring Time Setting
  70
- Figure 29 Time Setting
  70
- Resetting the Time
  71
- Table 8 Time Setting
  71
Chapter 6 Wireless Configuration

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- Bss
  73
  - Figure 30 Basic Service Set
    73
    
    Wireless LAN Overview
    73
    
    Ess
    74
    
    Figure 31 Extended Service Set
    74
    
    Wireless LAN Basics
    74
    
    Table 9 WMM Qos Priorities
    75
    
    Figure 32 Diffserv: Differentiated Service Field
    76
    
    Rapid STP
    76
    
    Spanning Tree Protocol (STP)
    76
    
    STP Terminology
    76
    
    Tos (Type of Service) and WMM Qos
    76
    
    Table 11 STP Path Costs
    77
    
    Figure 33 Wireless: Access Point
    79
    
    Table 13 Wireless: Access Point
    79
    
    Bridge/Repeater Mode
    81
  - Diffserv
    75
  - DSCP and Per-Hop Behavior
    75
  - Quality of Service
    75
  - Type of Service (Tos)
    75
  - WMM Qos
    75
  - WMM Qos Priorities
    75
  - Table 10 Tos and IEEE 802.1D to WMM Qos Priority Level Mapping
    76
  - How STP Works
    77
  - STP Port States
    77
  - Table 12 STP Port States
    77
  - Access Point Mode
    78
  - Configuring Wireless Settings
    78
  - Wireless Screen Overview
    78
  - Figure 34 Bridging Example
    81
  - Figure 35 Bridge Loop: Two Bridges Connected to Switch
    82
  - Figure 36 Bridge Loop: Bridge Connected to Wired LAN
    82
  - Figure 37 Wireless: Bridge/Repeater
    83
  - Table 14 Wireless: Bridge/Repeater
    83
  - Figure 38 Wireless: Ap+Bridge
    84
  - MESSID Mode
    85
- Ap+Bridge Mode
  84
Chapter 7 Wireless Security Configuration

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- Authentication
  87
  - Encryption
    87
    
    Restricted Access
    87
    
    Wireless Security Overview
    87
    
    EAP Authentication Overview
    88
    
    Figure 39 EAP Authentication
    88
    
    Hide Identity
    88
    
    Overview
    88
    
    WEP Encryption
    88
    
    Encryption
    89
    
    Introduction to WPA
    89
    
    User Authentication
    89
    
    WPA(2) with RADIUS Application Example
    90
    
    WPA(2)-PSK Application Example
    90
    
    Figure 41 WPA(2) with RADIUS Application Example
    91
    
    Table 15 Security Modes
    91
    
    Security Modes and Wireless Client Compatibility
    92
    
    Table 16 Security Modes for Zyxel Device and Windows XP Wireless Client
    92
    
    Wireless Client WPA Supplicants
    92
    
    Configuring Security
    93
    
    Table 17 Wireless Security Levels
    93
    
    Wireless Security Effectiveness
    93
    
    Security: None
    94
    
    Figure 43 Security: None
    95
    
    Figure 44 Security: No-Access
    95
    
    Table 19 Security: No-Access
    95
    
    Figure 45 Security: WEP
    96
    
    Table 21 Security: WEP
    96
    
    Figure 46 Security: 802.1X Static 64-Bit, 802.1X Static 128-Bit
    97
    
    Security: 802.1X Only, 802.1X Static 64-Bit, 802.1X Static 128-Bit
    97
    
    Table 22 Security: 802.1X Static 64-Bit, 802.1X Static 128-Bit
    97
    
    Security: 802.1X Dynamic 64-Bit or 802.1X Dynamic 128-Bit
    98
    
    Figure 47 Security: WPA, 802.1X Dynamic 64-Bit, 802.1X Dynamic 128-Bit or WPA-MIX
    99
    
    Security: WPA, WPA2, WPA-MIX or WPA2-MIX
    99
    
    Table 23 Security: 802.1X Dynamic 64-Bit or 802.1X Dynamic 128-Bit
    99
    
    Figure 48 Security:wpa2 or WPA2-MIX
    100
    
    Security: WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA2-PSK-MIX
    100
    
    Table 24 Security: WPA2 or WPA2-MIX
    100
    
    Figure 49 Security: WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or WPA2-PSK-MIX
    101
    
    Table 25 Security: WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK or WPA2-PSK-MIX
    101
    
    Configuring RADIUS
    102
    
    Figure 50 RADIUS
    102
    
    Introduction to RADIUS
    102
    
    Table 26 RADIUS
    103
    
    Configuring Local User Database
    104
    
    Figure 51 Local User Database
    104
    
    Table 27 Local User Database
    104
    
    MESSID and SSID
    105
    
    Figure 52 Multiple ESS with VLAN Example
    106
    
    Figure 53 Wireless: Multiple ESS
    107
    
    Table 28 Wireless: Multiple ESS
    107
    
    Ssid
    109
    
    The SSID Screen
    109
    
    Figure 54 SSID
    110
    
    Figure 55 Configuring SSID
    111
    
    Table 30 Configuring SSID
    111
    
    Second Rx VLAN ID
    113
  - Figure 40 WPA(2)-PSK Authentication
    90
  - Security Modes
    91
  - Figure 42 Security
    94
  - Table 18 Security
    94
  - Security: No-Access
    95
Chapter 8 MESSID and SSID

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- Table 20 Security: No-Access
  95
- Security: WEP
  96
- Messid
  105
- Multiple ESS Example
  105
- Notes on Multiple ESS
  105
- Wireless LAN Infrastructures
  105
- Configuring Multiple Esss
  106
- Multiple ESS with VLAN Example
  106
- Table 29 SSID
  110
- Configuring SSID
  111
- Figure 56 Second Rx VLAN ID Example
  113
- Figure 57 Configuring SSID: Second Rx VLAN ID Example
  114
Chapter 9 Other Wireless Configuration

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- Figure 58 Layer-2 Isolation Application
  115
  - Layer-2 Isolation Introduction
    115
    
    Layer-2 Isolation Example 2
    118
    
    Figure 62 Layer-2 Isolation Example 2
    119
    
    Figure 63 MAC Address Filter
    120
    
    Table 32 MAC Address Filter
    120
    
    Figure 64 Roaming Example
    121
    
    Figure 65 Roaming
    122
    
    Requirements for Roaming
    122
    
    Table 33 Roaming
    122
    
    Factory Ethernet Defaults
    123
    
    IP Screen
    123
    
    TCP/IP Parameters
    123
    
    WAN IP Address Assignment
    123
  - Configuring Layer-2 Isolation
    116
  - Figure 59 Layer-2 Isolation Configuration Screen
    116
  - Figure 60 Layer-2 Isolation Example
    117
  - Layer-2 Isolation Example 1
    117
  - Layer-2 Isolation Examples
    117
  - Table 31 Layer-2 Isolation Configuration
    117
  - Figure 61 Layer-2 Isolation Example 1
    118
  - Configuring MAC Filter
    119
Chapter 10 IP Screen

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- Configuring Roaming
  121
- Table 34 Private IP Address Ranges
  123
- Configuring IP
  124
- Figure 66 IP Setup
  124
- Table 35 IP Setup
  124
Chapter 11 Remote Management Screens

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- Remote Management Limitations
  127
  - Remote Management Overview
    127
    
    Table 36 Remote Management Overview
    127
    
    Configuring Telnet
    128
    
    Figure 67 Remote Management: Telnet
    128
    
    System Timeout
    128
    
    Table 37 Remote Management: Telnet
    128
    
    Configuring FTP
    129
    
    Figure 68 Remote Management: FTP
    129
    
    Table 38 Remote Management: FTP
    129
    
    WWW (HTTP and HTTPS)
    129
    
    Configuring WWW
    130
    
    Figure 69 HTTPS Implementation
    130
    
    Figure 70 Remote Management: WWW
    131
    
    Table 39 Remote Management: WWW
    131
    
    Figure 71 Security Alert Dialog Box (Internet Explorer)
    132
    
    HTTPS Example
    132
    
    Internet Explorer Warning Messages
    132
    
    Figure 72 Security Certificate 1 (Netscape)
    133
    
    Figure 73 Security Certificate 2 (Netscape)
    133
    
    Netscape Navigator Warning Messages
    133
    
    Avoiding the Browser Warning Messages
    134
    
    Login Screen
    134
    
    Figure 74 Example: Lock Denoting a Secure Connection)
    135
    
    Figure 75 Replace Certificate
    135
    
    Figure 76 Device-Specific Certificate
    136
    
    Figure 77 Common Zyxel Device Certificate
    136
    
    Figure 78 SNMP Management Model
    137
    
    Snmp
    137
    
    SNMP Traps
    138
    
    Supported Mibs
    138
    
    Table 40 SNMP Traps
    138
    
    Configuring SNMP
    139
    
    SNMP Traps
    139
    
    Table 41 SNMP Interface Index to Physical Port Mapping
    139
    
    Figure 79 Remote Management: SNMP
    140
    
    Table 42 Remote Management: SNMP
    140
    
    Auth Server
    141
    
    Auth Server Overview
    141
    
    Figure 81 Zyxel Device Authenticates Other Ap's
    142
    
    Table 43 Internal RADIUS Server
    142
    
    Figure 82 Internal RADIUS Server Setting Screen
    143
    
    Table 44 My Certificates
    143
    
    Configuring Trusted AP
    144
    
    Figure 83 Trusted AP Overview
    144
    
    Trusted AP Overview
    144
    
    Figure 84 Trusted AP Screen
    145
    
    Table 45 Trusted AP
    145
    
    Trusted Users Overview
    146
    
    Certificates
    147
    
    Certificates Overview
    147
    
    Advantages of Certificates
    148
    
    Checking the Fingerprint of a Certificate on Your Computer
    148
    
    Self-Signed Certificates
    148
    
    Verifying a Certificate
    148
    
    Figure 86 Certificate Details
    149
    
    Figure 87 My Certificates
    150
    
    Table 46 My Certificates
    150
    
    Certificate File Formats
    151
    
    Importing a Certificate
    152
    
    Creating a Certificate
    153
    
    Figure 88 My Certificate Import
    153
    
    Table 47 My Certificate Import
    153
    
    Figure 89 My Certificate Create
    154
    
    Table 48 My Certificate Create
    154
    
    My Certificate Details
    156
    
    Figure 90 My Certificate Details
    157
    
    Table 49 My Certificate Details
    158
    
    Trusted cas
    159
    
    Figure 91 Trusted cas
    160
    
    Table 50 Trusted cas
    160
    
    Figure 92 Trusted CA Import
    161
    
    Importing a Trusted Ca's Certificate
    161
    
    Table 51 Trusted CA Import
    161
    
    Figure 93 Trusted CA Details
    162
    
    Trusted CA Certificate Details
    162
    
    Table 52 Trusted CA Details
    163
    
    Log Screens
    165
    
    Table 53 View Log
    166
    
    Configuring Log Settings
    167
    
    Table 54 Log Settings
    168
    
    Example Log Messages
    169
    
    Table 56 ICMP Notes
    169
    
    Configuring What You Want the Zyxel Device to Log
    170
    
    Log Commands
    170
    
    Displaying Logs
    171
    
    Log Command Example
    171
    
    Vlan
    173
    
    Figure 97 Management VLAN Configuration Example
    176
    
    Figure 100 VLAN-Aware Switch - VLAN Status
    177
    
    Figure 98 VLAN-Aware Switch - Static VLAN
    177
    
    Figure 99 VLAN-Aware Switch
    177
    
    Configuring Microsoft's IAS Server Example
    178
    
    Figure 101 VLAN Setup
    178
    
    Table 60 Standard RADIUS Attributes
    178
    
    Configuring VLAN Groups
    179
    
    Figure 102 New Global Security Group
    179
    
    Configuring Remote Access Policies
    180
    
    Maintenance Overview
    189
    
    System Status Screen
    189
    
    Table 61 System Status
    189
    
    System Statistics
    190
    
    Table 62 System Status: Show Statistics
    190
    
    Association List
    191
    
    Channel Usage
    192
  - Second Rx VLAN Setup Example
    187
  - Maintenance
    189
    
    Figure 122 Firmware Upload
    193
    
    Table 64 Channel Usage
    193
    
    Figure 123 Firmware Upload in Process
    194
    
    Figure 124 Network Temporarily Disconnected
    194
    
    Figure 125 Firmware Upload Error
    195
    
    Figure 126 Configuration
    195
    
    Backup Configuration
    196
    
    Figure 127 Configuration Upload Successful
    196
    
    Figure 128 Network Temporarily Disconnected
    196
    
    Restore Configuration
    196
    
    Table 66 Restore Configuration
    196
    
    Back to Factory Defaults
    197
    
    Restart Screen
    197
  - Table 65 Firmware Upload
    194
  - Configuration Screen
    195
Chapter 12 Auth Server

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Chapter 13 Certificates

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- Figure 85 Certificates on Your Computer
  148
- Configuration Summary
  149
- My Certificates
  149
Chapter 14 Log Screens

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- Configuring View Log
  165
- Figure 94 View Log
  166
- Figure 95 Log Settings
  167
- Table 55 System Maintenance Logs
  169
- Table 57 Sys Log
  170
- Table 58 Log Categories and Available Settings
  170
Chapter 15 VLAN

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- Management VLAN ID
  173
- VLAN Tagging
  173
- Configuring VLAN
  174
- Vlan
  174
- Figure 96 VLAN
  175
- Table 59 WIRELESS VLAN
  175
- Configuring Management VLAN Example
  176
Chapter 16 Maintenance

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- Figure 118 System Status
  189
- Figure 119 System Status: Show Statistics
  190
- Figure 120 Association List
  191
- Table 63 Association List
  191
- Figure 121 Channel Usage
  192
- F/W Upload Screen
  193
- Figure 129 Configuration Upload Error
  197
- Figure 130 Reset Warning Message
  197
- Figure 131 Restart Screen
  198
- SMT and Troubleshooting
  199
  - Part III: SMT and Troubleshooting
    199
    
    Accessing the SMT Via the Console Port
    201
  - Initial Screen
    201
  - Introducing the SMT
    201
    
    Figure 133 Login
    202
    
    Figure 134 Menu 23 System Security
    202
    
    Figure 135 Menu 23.1 System Security: Change Password
    203
    
    Navigating the SMT Interface
    203
    
    Table 67 Main Menu Commands
    203
    
    Figure 136 SMT Main Menu
    204
    
    SMT Main Menu Summary
    204
    
    Table 68 Main Menu Summary
    204
    
    SMT Menus Overview
    205
    
    Table 69 SMT Menus Overview
    205
    
    Figure 137 Menu 1 General Setup
    207
    
    General Setup
    207
    
    Table 70 Menu 1 General Setup
    207
    
    LAN Setup
    209
    
    Figure 140 Menu 3.5 Wireless LAN Setup
    210
    
    Table 71 Menu 3.2 TCP/IP Setup
    210
    
    Figure 141 Menu 3.5 Wireless LAN Setup
    213
    
    Figure 143 Menu 3.5 Wireless LAN Setup
    214
    
    Table 73 Menu 3.5.1 WLAN MAC Address Filter
    214
    
    Configuring Bridge Link
    215
    
    Figure 147 Menu 3.5 Wireless LAN Setup
    217
    
    Table 75 Menu 3.5.4 Bridge Link Configuration
    217
    
    Configuring SSID Profiles
    218
    
    Figure 152 Menu 14.1- Edit Dial-In User
    221
    
    Table 78 Menu 14.1- Edit Dial-In User
    222
    
    VLAN Setup
    223
    
    Figure 153 Menu 16 VLAN Setup
    224
    
    Table 79 Menu 16 VLAN Setup
    224
    
    SNMP Configuration
    225
    
    System Security
    227
  - Figure 149 Menu 3.5 Wireless LAN Setup
    219
  - Figure 150 Menu 3.5.6 - SSID Profile Edit
    219
  - Table 77 Menu 3.5.6 - SSID Profile Edit
    220
  - Dial-In User Setup
    221
Chapter 17 Introducing the SMT

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Chapter 18 General Setup

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Chapter 19 LAN Setup

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- Figure 138 Menu 3 LAN Setup
  209
- Figure 139 Menu 3.2 TCP/IP Setup
  209
- TCP/IP Ethernet Setup
  209
- Wireless LAN Setup
  210
Chapter 20 Dial-In User Setup

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- Figure 151 Menu 14- Dial-In User Setup
  221
Chapter 21 VLAN Setup

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Chapter 22 SNMP Configuration

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- Figure 154 Menu 22 SNMP Configuration
  225
- Table 80 Menu 22 SNMP Configuration
  225
Chapter 23 System Security

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- Configuring Wireless Security Profiles
  227
- System Password
  227
Chapter 24

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Chapter 25 Firmware and Configuration File Maintenance

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Chapter 26 System Maintenance and Information

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- Command Interpreter Mode
  249
  - Figure 180 Menu 24 System Maintenance
    249
    
    Brute-Force Password Guessing Protection
    250
    
    Command Syntax
    250
    
    Command Usage
    250
    
    Configuring Brute-Force Password Guessing Protection: Example
    250
    
    Figure 181 Valid CI Commands
    250
    
    Figure 182 Menu 24.10 System Maintenance: Time and Date Setting
    251
    
    Table 89 System Maintenance: Time and Date Setting
    251
    
    Figure 183 Telnet Configuration on a TCP/IP Network
    252
    
    Figure 184 Menu 24.11 Remote Management Control
    253
    
    Remote Management Setup
    253
    
    Table 90 Menu 24.11 Remote Management Control
    253
    
    Remote Management Limitations
    254
    
    System Timeout
    254
    
    Troubleshooting
    255
  - Ftp
    252
  - Remote Management Setup
    252
  - Telnet
    252
  - Web
    252
Chapter 27 Troubleshooting

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- Table 88 Brute-Force Password Guessing Protection Commands
  250
- Time and Date Setting
  251
- Power, Hardware Connections, and Leds
  255
- Zyxel Device Access and Login
  255
- Internet Access
  257
- Appendices and Index
  259
  - Part IV: Appendices and Index
    259
Appendix A Product Specifications

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Appendix B Setting up Your Computer's IP Address

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Appendix C IP Addresses and Subnetting

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- Figure 208 Network Number and Host ID
  284
- Table 105 Subnet Masks
  284
- Table 106 Subnet Masks
  285
- Table 107 Maximum Host Numbers
  285
- Table 108 Alternative Subnet Mask Notation
  285
- Figure 209 Subnetting Example: before Subnetting
  286
- Figure 210 Subnetting Example: after Subnetting
  287
- Table 109 Subnet 1
  287
- Table 110 Subnet 2
  288
- Table 111 Subnet 3
  288
- Table 112 Subnet 4
  288
- Table 113 Eight Subnets
  288
- Table 114 24-Bit Network Number Subnet Planning
  289
- Table 115 16-Bit Network Number Subnet Planning
  289
- Private Ip Addresses
  290
Appendix D IP Address Assignment Conflicts

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Appendix E Wireless Lans

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- Figure 215 Peer-To-Peer Communication in an Ad-Hoc Network
  295
  - Figure 216 Basic Service Set
    296
    
    Figure 217 Infrastructure WLAN
    297
    
    Table 116 IEEE 802.11G
    299
    
    Table 117 Wireless Security Levels
    300
    
    Types of Radius Messages
    301
    
    Dynamic Wep Key Exchange
    303
  - Figure 218 RTS/CTS
    298
  - Fragmentation Threshold
    298
  - Preamble Type
    299
- Table 118 Comparison of EAP Authentication Types
  303
- Figure 219 WPA(2) with RADIUS Application Example
  305
- Figure 220 WPA(2)-PSK Authentication
  306
- Security Parameters Summary
  306
  - Table 119 Wireless Security Relational Matrix
    306
  - Antenna Characteristics
    307
  - Antenna Gain
    307
Appendix F Pop-Up Windows, Javascripts and Java Permissions

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- Figure 221 Pop-Up Blocker
  309
Appendix G Importing Certificates

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Appendix H Text File Based Auto Configuration

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Appendix I Wireless LAN Manager

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Appendix J Legal Information

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- Zyxel Limited Warranty
  351
Appendix K Customer Support

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- Index
  357

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introducing the Zyxel Device

Chapter 2 Introducing the Web Configurator

Chapter 3 Wizard Setup

Chapter 4 Tutorial

Chapter 5 System Screens

Chapter 6 Wireless Configuration

Chapter 7 Wireless Security Configuration

Chapter 8 MESSID and SSID

Chapter 9 Other Wireless Configuration

Chapter 10 IP Screen

Chapter 11 Remote Management Screens

Chapter 12 Auth Server

Chapter 13 Certificates

Chapter 14 Log Screens

Chapter 15 VLAN

Chapter 16 Maintenance

Chapter 17 Introducing the SMT

Chapter 18 General Setup

Chapter 19 LAN Setup

Chapter 20 Dial-In User Setup

Chapter 21 VLAN Setup

Chapter 22 SNMP Configuration

Chapter 23 System Security

Chapter 24

Chapter 25 Firmware and Configuration File Maintenance

Chapter 26 System Maintenance and Information

Chapter 27 Troubleshooting

Appendix A Product Specifications

Appendix B Setting up Your Computer's IP Address

Appendix C IP Addresses and Subnetting

Appendix D IP Address Assignment Conflicts

Appendix E Wireless Lans

Appendix F Pop-Up Windows, Javascripts and Java Permissions

Appendix G Importing Certificates

Appendix H Text File Based Auto Configuration

Appendix I Wireless LAN Manager

Appendix J Legal Information

Appendix K Customer Support

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