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11Mbps Wireless Ethernet Adapter User's Manual 

 

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LED Indications 

   

 

 

LED Color Status 

Description 

ON 

The Access Point power on 
 

Ethernet 

Green 

OFF 

The Access Point power off 
 

OFF 

No data forwarding between wireless and LAN ports. 
 

Wireless 

Green 

Blinking 

Sending or Receiving data via wireless   
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wireless

Ethernet  

Summary of Contents for ZyXEL ZyAIR B-400

Page 1: ...11Mbps Wireless Ethernet Adapter User s Manual Version 1 4 August 08 2002...

Page 2: ...e user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver C...

Page 3: ...HARDWARE INSTALLATION 9 CONNECTING THE ETHERNET ADAPTER TO YOUR NETWORK 10 3 WIRELESS NAVIGATOR INSTALLATION 12 INSTALL THE WIRELESS NAVIGATOR 12 STARTUPAND LOGIN 16 4 CONFIGURING THE ETHERNET ADAPTER...

Page 4: ...to install and operate the Wireless Ethernet Adapter Adapter Please read this manual before you install the product This manual includes the following topics Product description features and specifica...

Page 5: ...s with IEEE802 11b standard and it is interoperable with IEEE802 11b Compliant Equipment Data Rate Auto Fall Back Provides 11 5 5 2 and 1Mbps wireless data rate shifting dynamically to guarantee avail...

Page 6: ...ss Ethernet adapter with dipole antenna connected One CD ROM Wireless Navigator utility software user s manual included One RJ 45 straight LAN Cable One Power Adapter One Quick Installation Guide If a...

Page 7: ...linking LAN Cable Selection Switch X Crossover the RJ 45 port Tx and Rx lines are reversed Use this setting when you use the supplied straight cable connected to PC It is also the factory default sett...

Page 8: ...Indications LED Color Status Description ON The Access Point power on Ethernet Green OFF The Access Point power off OFF No data forwarding between wireless and LAN ports Wireless Green Blinking Sendi...

Page 9: ...ual 9 Hardware Installation Following illustration is an example showing how to install adapter with your PC Be sure to use the supplied power adapter Note You may also connect the adapter to other Et...

Page 10: ...rastructure Networking Infrastructure networking differs from ad hoc networking in that it includes an access point Unlike the ad hoc structure where users on the LAN contend the shared bandwidth on a...

Page 11: ...ilding and still be connected to the LAN Wired to wireless LAN connectivity the access point bridges the gap between wireless LANs and their wired counterparts PC to LAN Printer to LAN In the next cha...

Page 12: ...lled If not please contact your administrator for details if you have problems of setting up this TCP IP protocol in your PC Note Even your adapter is not connected with PC but other Ethernet device s...

Page 13: ...tton to continue Step 3 Key in your User Name and Company Name and click Next button to continue Step 4 The screen will show you the default destination chosen by the utility If you want to install th...

Page 14: ...er Step 5 The screen will show you the Program Folder that the utility will use You may type a new folder name to create a new program folder or select one from the existing folder list and click Next...

Page 15: ...s Wireless Ethernet Adapter User s Manual 15 Note To remove Wireless Navigator Utility click the Start button and select Programs Wireless Navigator and Uninstall and then follow the instruction on sc...

Page 16: ...een PC and adapter and your wireless LAN network is working The utility will automatically search the adapter connected with the PC 1 Refer to previous section Install the Wireless Navigator to your P...

Page 17: ...on the adapter then you will access into its built in web server and it will show as below Then directly click OK button Default user name is admin and password is 1234 Note If you cannot access into...

Page 18: ...11Mbps Wireless Ethernet Adapter User s Manual 18 6 Now you have entered the built in web server of this adapter and you can start configuration procedures described in the next character...

Page 19: ...he AP that the adapter is connecting with Transmission Rate the transfer data rate that the adapter is using in wireless LAN Link Quality displays the wireless LAN connection integrity when connected...

Page 20: ...near the WS300 Use this setting to reduce channel overlap and interference Low 1 2 nearby APs Medium 3 4 nearby APs High 5 or more nearby APs When connected in an infrastructure or ad hoc mode a list...

Page 21: ...ame as in adapter otherwise the communication will not work Note 128 bit encryption requires more system resources than 64 bit encryption Use 64 bit encryption for better performance WEP key to use se...

Page 22: ...teway you want to assign for the adapter The default value is 169 254 1 254 Allow upgrade uploads Check the box and then it is allowed to upgrade firmware Note You may need to reboot the adapter and t...

Page 23: ...et Adapter User s Manual 23 The Help Tab HELP Displays the explanations of each setting shown in above seven tabs Please click those hyperlinks in right side and then it will show you the brief explan...

Page 24: ...gator and then Wireless Navigator Or just double click the Wireless Navigator icon on your desktop screen 2 The Wireless Navigator starts up 3 The utility starts searching for the adapter and APs Choo...

Page 25: ...find the file in your computer 5 After entering the file information click OK to continue 6 The downloading begins 7 After download finished the adapter will reset automatically and the left indicato...

Page 26: ...ccess to the adapter first If not please go through the procedure of Q1 Check if the adapter is set to Infrastructure correctly Check if the SSID of your adapter is the same as AP s If not please set...

Page 27: ...ation Q8 What is Infrastructure A An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration Infrastructure is applicable to enterprise scale for wireless access to central databas...

Page 28: ...ies wireless channels Note If they are communications using the wireless LAN be sure to set all the Units the same wireless channel DHCP Server When configuring the network TCP IP be sure to set the I...

Page 29: ...ing TCP IP Normally TCP IP includes the application protocols TELNET and FTP TCP IP is the standard Internet protocol WEP Encryption By setting an encryption key in the Access Point you can prevent wi...

Page 30: ...tor Wireless LAN Interface Standards IEEE 802 11 11b Compliant Antenna Built in chip Antenna Frequency Range 2 4 2 4835GHz Industrial Scientific Medical Band DSSS Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum Data...

Page 31: ...urope Coverage Area Indoors up to 50M 165 ft 11Mbps up to 80M 265 ft 5 5 Mbps or lower Outdoors up to 150M 500 ft 11 Mbps up to 300M 1000 ft 5 5 Mbps or lower Depending on environment Operating Enviro...

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