ZyXEL Communications NWD-170N, User Manual

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ZyXEL NWD-170N User’s Guide
46 Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration
4.4.1 Adding a New Profile
Follow the steps below to add a new profile.
1 Click Add in the Profile screen. An Add New Profile screen displays as shown next.
Click Next to continue.
Figure 28 Profile: Add a New Profile
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Profile Info The following fields display detailed information of the selected profile in the
Profile List table.
Network Type This field displays the network type ( Infrastructure or Ad-Hoc ) of the profile.
Network Mode This field displays the wireless standard ( 802.11b , 802.11g or 802.11n ) used by
the selected wireless device.
Channel This field displays the channel number used by the profile.
Security This field shows whether data encryption is activated ( WEP , WPA , WPA-PSK ,
WPA2 , WPA2-PSK or 802.1x ) or inactive ( DISABLE ).
Transfer Rate This field displays the transmission speed of the selected profile in megabits per
second (Mbps).
Table 13 Profile (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Table 14 Profile: Add a New Profile
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Add New Profile
Profile Name Enter a descriptive name in this field.
SSID Select an available wireless device in the Scan Info table and click Select , or enter
the SSID of the wireless device to which you want to associate in this field
manually. Otherwise, enter Any to have the NWD-170N associate to any AP or
roam between any infrastructure wireless networks.