NWD271N User’s Guide
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ZyXEL Utility - Windows
4.1 Overview
This section shows you how to configure your NWD271N using the ZyXEL utility in
Windows.
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Some features available in Windows XP or Windows 2000 are not available in
Windows Vista.
4.1.1 What You Can Do in This Section
• On the
Link Info
screen, you can see your current connection details, monitor signal
strength and quality, and more. See
for details.
• On the
Site Survey
screen, you can connect to any available unsecured wireless network
in range of the NWD271N, or open the security settings screen for any secured wireless
network in range. See
for details.\
• On the
Profile
screen, you can create, delete and manage your wireless network profiles.
See
for details.
• On the
Adapter
screen, you can configure the NWD271N hardware, such as activating
WPS mode or its power saving feature. See
for details.
4.1.2 What You Need to Know
The following terms and concepts may help as you read through this section.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data transmitted between wired and wireless
networks to keep the transmission private. Although one of the original wireless encryption
protocols, WEP is also the weakest. Many people use it strictly to deter unintentional usage of
their wireless network by outsiders.
Wi-fi Protected Access (WPA)
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) is a subset of the IEEE 802.11i standard. It improves data
encryption by using Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), Message Integrity Check (MIC)
and IEEE 802.1x. WPA uses Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) in the Counter mode with
Cipher block chaining Message authentication code Protocol (CCMP) to offer stronger
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