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ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Quick Start Guide

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c)

 

Using 

WEP

. The default is 

Disable

. If you require high

security in transmission, please select the 

Enable

 item and

select 

Key List

WEP

 works in conjunction with all of your

clients. Therefore, you must enter the same key you have
entered for your other clients. For example, if you enter

MyCar

 in key 1 for you PC Card, enter 

MyCar

 in key 1 for

all other clients. Please refer to the 

Infrastructure

 section

for 

WEP

 key input on the following page.

NOTE: When you use WEP to communicate with the other

wireless clients, all the wireless devices in this network

must have the same encryption key.

d)

 

Upon completing steps 1~3, click on 

Modify

 to save the

new values.

5.  Using the ZyAIR 100 Utility to Set Up an Infrastructure

Network

Ê

On the main 

ZyAIR 100

 

Utility

 interface, click on 

Diagnostic

Tools

 

and then click on

 

Access Points Browser

. This would

disable wireless connection temporarily and the subsequent
display would show status for all available access points.

Ë

Go back to t he main 

ZyAIR 100

 

Utility

 window and click on

Network Configuration

. Setup procedures are as follows:

a)

ESS ID

 denotes the assigned name for the designated

wireless LAN. If the PC Card 

ESSID

 is different from the

Access Point, you will not have access to that wireless
segment. Note that by selecting 

Use Non-Specified ESSID:

ANY 

the

 

PC Card

 

could be connected to other wireless

LAN with a different 

ESSID

. So, 

ESSID

 setup is highly

recommended. (e.g.,: Specify 

ESSID

 as: Wireless001)

Summary of Contents for ZyXEL ZyAIR 100

Page 1: ...T 2 III ZYAIR 100 AND UTILITY INSTALLATION UNDER WINDOWS 95 OSR2 98 3 IV USING THE ZYAIR 100 UTILITY TO SET UP AN AD HOC NETWORK 3 V USING THE ZYAIR 100 UTILITY TO SET UP AN INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK 5 V...

Page 2: ...Windows 95 OSR2 98 NT 4 0 The ZyAIR 100 can be operated in Ad Hoc and Infrastructure network configurations Ad Hoc modeallows the ZyAIR 100 users to join a Basic Service Set i e peer to peer mode with...

Page 3: ...ows 95 OSR2 98 To install the ZyAIR 100 Utility insert the ZyAIR Support CD ROM disc once again Open the Utility folder and double click the setup exe icon Follow the on screen instructionsto complete...

Page 4: ...SS ID denotes the assigned name for the designated wireless LAN IfESSID differs then wireless clients cannot communicate with each other Please note that by selecting Use Non Specified ESSID ANY the P...

Page 5: ...pleting steps 1 3 click on Modify to savethe new values 5 Using theZyAIR 100 Utility to Set Up an Infrastructure Network On the main ZyAIR 100 Utility interface click on Diagnostic Tools and then clic...

Page 6: ...tep for other 3 WEPkeys if you wish Select a WEP key as an active key and then click OKto make the new settings take affect NOTE When you use WEP to communicate with the other wireless devices all the...

Page 7: ...ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Quick Start Guide 7 6 ZyAIR 100 Utility Information...

Page 8: ...Quick Start Guide 8 ESSID Select the wireless network group to join default ANY Network Configuration Network Type Select the station operation mode Ad Hoc default without Access Point Infrastructure...

Page 9: ...gmentation boundary Data will be transmitted in fragments with size not exceeding this value Value 256 2432 default Disable Use WEP To have high security in data transmission default Disable Power Sav...

Page 10: ...ftware Information The firmware version of the ZyAIR 100 is displayed on the utility main window Users could download and upgrade the most recent softwareversion from the supplier s web site or refer...

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