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NWD-370N Draf t 802.1 1n Wireless PCI Adapter User ’ s Guide V ersion 1.0 0 Edition 1 10/2006.
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ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Copyright 3 Copyright Copyright © 2006 by ZyXEL Communications Corporat ion. The contents of this publication may not be reprod uced in any part or as a whole, tran scr.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 4 Certifications Certifications Federal Communications Commissi on (FCC) Interference St atement The device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Certifications 5 依據 低功率電波輻射性 電機管理辦法 第十二條 經型式 認證合格之低功率射頻電機，非經許可，公司、 商號或使.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 6 Safety Warnings Safety W arnings For your safety , be sure to read and fo llow all warning notices and instructions. • Do NOT use this product near water , for exam ple, in a wet baseme nt or near a swimming pool. • Do NOT expose your device to dampness, dust or corrosive liquids.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide ZyXEL Limited Warranty 7 ZyXEL Limited W arranty ZyXEL warrants to the original en d user (purchaser) that this product is free from any defects in materials or workmansh ip for a period of up to tw o years from the date of purchase .
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 8 Customer Suppo rt Customer Support Please have the following information r eady when you contact customer support. • Product model and serial number . • W arranty Information. • Date that you received your de vice.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Customer Support 9 +” is the (prefix) number you enter to make an interna tional telephone call. NORWAY support@zyxel.no +47-22-80-61-80 www .zyxel.no ZyXEL Communications A/S Nils Hansens vei 13 0667 Oslo Norway sales@zyxel.
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ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Table of Contents 11 T able of Content s Copyright .................................................. ............................................................... . 3 Certifications ...................................
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 12 Table of Contents 3.2.1.2 IEEE 802.1x .............. ................................ ................. ............ ......... 33 3.2.1.3 WP A and WP A2 ............................ ............ ................. .....
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide List of Figure s 13 List of Figures Figure 1 The NWD-370N .......................... ............. ................ ............. ................ ... 19 Figure 2 Application: Infrastructure ... ............. ...........
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 14 List of Figures Figure 39 Windows XP SP2: System Tray Icon . ................ ................. ................ ... 60 Figure 40 Windows XP SP2: Wireless Network Connection S tatus ....................... 60 Figure 41 Windows XP SP1: Wireless Network Connection S tatus .
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide List of Tables 15 List of T ables T able 1 External View .............. ............. ................. ................ ............. ................ ... 20 T able 2 NWD-370N LEDs ........................... ..........
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 16 List of Tables.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Preface 17 Preface Congratulations on your p urchase of the NWD-370N Draft 802.1 1n W ireless PCI Adapter. Y our NWD-370N plugs into a PCI slot in yo ur computer and allows you to access wireless networks. Y our NWD-370N is easy to inst all and configure.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 18 Preface Graphics Icons Key Wireless Access Point Computer Notebook Computer Server Modem or Router Wireless Signal Internet Cloud.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 1 Getting Started 19 C HAPTER 1 Getting S t arted This chapter introduces the NWD-370N and prepares you to use the ZyXEL utility . The ZyXEL utility is a tool that helps you configure your NWD-370N. 1.1 About Y our NWD-370N The NWD-370 N is an IEEE 802.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 20 Chapter 1 Getting Started The following table describes the NWD-370N. The following table describes the operation of the LEDs on the device. 1.2 Application Overview This section describes some network applicatio ns for the NWD-370N.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 1 Getting Started 21 Figure 2 Application: Infrastructure 1.2.0.2 Ad-Hoc T o set up a small indepe ndent wireless workgroup without an AP , use Ad-Hoc . Ad-Hoc does not requi re an AP or a wired ne twork. T wo or more wireless clients communicate directly with each other .
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 22 Chapter 1 Getting Started 1.3 NWD-370N Hardware and Utility Inst allation Follow the instructions in the Quick S tart Guide to install the ZyXEL utility and make hardware connections . 1.3.1 ZyXEL Utility Icon After you install and start the ZyXEL utility , an icon for the ZyXEL utility appears in the system tray .
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 1 Getting Started 23 Figure 5 Enable WZC Refer to the appendices for information on how to use WZ C to manage the NWD-370N.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 24 Chapter 1 Getting Started.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 2 Tutorial 25 C HAPTER 2 Tu t o r i a l The following sections show you how to join a wireless networ k using the ZyXEL utility , as in the following diagrams. The wireless client is labeled C and the access point is labeled AP .
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 26 Chapter 2 Tutorial Figure 7 ZyXEL Utility: Site Survey 2 The wireless client automatically searches for available wireless networks. Click Scan if you want to search again. If no entry di splays in the A vailable Network List , that means there is no wireless network available within ra nge.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 2 Tutorial 27 Figure 9 ZyXEL Utility: Confirm Save 6 The ZyXEL utility returns to the Link Info screen while it connec ts to the wireless network using your settings.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 28 Chapter 2 Tutorial This example illustrates how to set up a profile and connect the wireless client to an access point configured for WP A-PSK security . In this example, the AP’ s SSID is “SSID_Example3” and its pre-shared key is “ThisismyWP A-PSKpr e-sharedkey”.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 2 Tutorial 29 Figure 13 ZyXEL Utility: Profile Security 5 This screen varies depending on the encryp tion method you selected in the previous screen. In this example, enter the pre-shared key and leav e the encryption type at the default setting.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 30 Chapter 2 Tutorial Note: Only one profile can be activate d and used at any given time. Figure 16 ZyXEL Utility: Profile Activate 8 When you activate the new profile , the ZyXEL utility goes to the Link Info screen while it connects to the AP using your settings.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 3 Wireless LAN Network 31 C HAPTER 3 Wireless LAN Network This chapter provides backgro und info rmation on wireless LAN networks. 3.1 Wireless LAN Overview The following figure pro vides an exampl e of a wireless network with an AP .
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 32 Ch apter 3 Wireless LAN Network • Every device in the same wireless network must use security compatible with the AP or peer computer . Security stops unauthorized devices from using the wireless network. It can also protect the information that is sent in the wireless network.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 3 Wireless LAN Network 33 Y our NWD-370N allows you to conf igure up to four 64-bit, 1 28-bit or 152-bit WEP keys. Only one key is used as the default key at any one time. 3.2.1.1.2 Authentication T ype The IEEE 802.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 34 Ch apter 3 Wireless LAN Network Both WP A and WP A2 improve data encryption by using T emporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), Message Integrity Check (MIC) and IE EE 802.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 35 C HAPTER 4 W ireless Configuration This chapter shows you h ow to configure your NWD-370N . 4.1 ZyXEL Utility Screen Summary This section describes th e ZyXEL utility screens. Figure 18 ZyXEL Utility Menu Summary The following table describes the menus.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 36 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration Figure 19 Link Info The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 5 Link Info LABEL DESCRIPTION Wireless Network S tatus Profile Name This is the name of the profile you are currently usi ng.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 37 4.2.1 T rend Chart Click T r end Chart in the Link Info screen to display a screen as shown below . Use this screen to view real-time data traffic statistics. Figure 20 Link Info: T rend Chart The following table describes the labels in this screen.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 38 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration Figure 21 Site Survey The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 7 Site Survey LABEL DESCRIPTION Available Network List Click a column heading to sort the entries.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 39 4.3.1 Security Settings When you configure the NWD-370N to connect to a network with wireless security activated and the security settings are disable d on the NWD-370N, the screen varies according to the encryption method used by the selected network.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 40 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration 4.3.1.2 WP A-PSK/WP A2-PSK Figure 23 Security Setting: WP A-PSK/WPA2-PSK Key x (where x is a number between 1 and 4) Select this option if you want to manually en ter the WEP keys. Enter the WEP key in the field provided.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 41 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 4.3.1.3 WP A/WP A2 Figure 24 Security Settings: WP A/WP A2 The following table describes the labels in this screen.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 42 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration 4.3.1.4 IEEE 802.1x Configure IEEE 802.1x security with various authentication methods in this screen. Figure 25 Security Sett ing: 802.1x Password T his field is not available when you se lect TLS in the Authentication T ype field.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 43 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 4.3.2 Confirm Save Screen Use this screen to confirm an d save the security settings.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 44 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration Figure 26 Confirm Save Screen The following table describes the labels in this screen. 4.4 The Profile Screen A profile is a set of wireless para meters that you need to connec t to a wi reless ne twork.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 45 The default profile is a profile that allows y ou to connect to any SSID that has no security enabled. Click the Profile tab in the ZyXEL utility program to display the Profile scre en as shown next.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 46 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration 4.4.1 Adding a New Prof ile Follow the steps below to add a new profile. 1 Click Add in the Pr ofile 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.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 47 2 If you select the Infrastructure network type in the previous screen, skip to step 3 . If yo u select the Ad-Hoc network type in the previous scr een, a screen displays as follows. Select a channel number and click Next to continue.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 48 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration The following table describes the labels in this screen. 3 If you selected Infrastructure network type in th e first screen, select WEP , WP A , WP A2 , WP A-PSK , WP A2-PSK or 80 2.1x from the drop-down list box to enable data encryption.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 49 Figure 31 Profile: Security Settings 5 This read-only screen shows a summary of the new profile settings. V erify that the settings are correct. Click Save to save and go to the next screen.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 50 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration Figure 33 Profile: Activate the Profile 4.5 The Adapter Screen T o set the other advanced features on the NWD-370N, click the Adapter tab. Figure 34 Adapter The following table describes the labels in this screen.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 4 Wireless Configuration 51 Power Saving Mode Select Maximum Power Save or Fast Power Save to save power (especially for notebook computers). This forces the NWD- 370N to go to sleep mode when it is not transmitting data.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 52 Chapter 4 Wirele ss Configuration.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 5 Maintenance 53 C HAPTER 5 Maintenance This chapter describes how to unin stall or upgrade the ZyXEL utility . 5.1 The About Screen The About screen displays driver and util ity vers ion numbers of the NWD-370N.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 54 Chapter 5 Maintenance 2 When prompted, cli ck OK or Ye s to remove the driver and the utility software. Figure 36 Uninstall: Confirm 3 Click Finish to complete uninstalling the softwa re and restart the computer when prompted.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Chapter 6 Trou bleshoot ing 55 C HAPTER 6 T roubleshooting This chapter covers potential problems and the possible remedies. After each problem description, some instructions ar e provided to help you to diag nose and to solve the problem.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 56 Chapter 6 Troubleshooting 6.3 Problems Communicating With Other Computers Table 20 Troubleshootin g Communication Problems PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION The computer with the NWD-370N installed cannot communicate with the other computer(s).
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Appendix A 57 A PPENDIX A Product S pecifications Table 21 Product Specification s PHYSICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL Product Name NWD-370N Draft 802.1 1n Wireless PCI Adapter Interface PCI bus 2.3 S tandards IEEE 802.1 1b IEEE 802.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 58 Appendix A RX Sensitivity T olerance : +/- 1 dBm IEEE 802.1 1b: -84 dBm at 1 1 Mbp s IEEE 802.1 1g: -72 dBm at 54 Mbp s IEEE 802.1 1n (draf t): -70 dBm at HT20 & HT40 SOFTW ARE SPECIFICA TIONS Device Drivers Windows 2000, Windows XP Security 64/128/152-bit WEP WP A/WP A-PSK/WP A2/WP A2-PSK IEEE 802.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Appendix B 59 A PPENDIX B Management with Wireless Zero Configuration This appendix shows you how to manage your NWD-370N using the W indows XP w ireless zero configuration tool. Be sure you have the W indows XP service pack 2 installed on your computer .
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 60 Appendix B Connecting to a Wireless Network 1 Double-click the network icon for wireless conn ections in the system tray to open the W ireless Network Connection S tatus screen.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Appendix B 61 W indows XP SP1: In the Wir ele ss Network Connection S tatus screen, click Properties and the Wir eless Networks tab to open the W ireless Network Connection Properties screen.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 62 Appendix B The following table describes the ic ons in the wireless network list. W indows XP SP1: Click Refresh to reload and search for available wireless devices within transmission range.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Appendix B 63 If there is no security activated for the se lected wireless ne twork, a warning screen appears. Click Connect Anyway if wireless security is not your concern.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 64 Appendix B Figure 46 Windows XP : Wireless (netwo rk) properties: Association The following table describes the labels in this screen.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Appendix B 65 Authentication Click the Authentication tab in the Wir eless (network) pr operties screen to display the screen shown next. Th e fields on this screen ar e grayed out when the network is in Ad-Hoc mode or data encryption is disabled.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 66 Appendix B Authentication Properties Select an EAP authen tication type in the W ireless (network) pr operties: Authentication screen and clic k the Properties button to display th e following screen.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Appendix B 67 Smart Card or other Certificate Proper ties Figure 49 Windows XP: Smart Card or other Certificate Properties The following table describes the labels in this screen.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 68 Appendix B Ordering the Preferred Networks Follow the steps below to manage y our preferred networks. 1 W indows XP SP2: Click Change the order of pr eferr ed networks in the W ireless Network Connection screen (see Figure 42 on page 61 ).
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Appendix B 69 Figure 51 Windows XP SP1: Wireles s Networks: Pr eferred Net works 2 Whenever the NWD-370N tries to connect to a new network, the new network is added in the Pr eferred networks table automatically .
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 70 Appendix B.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Appendix C 71 A PPENDIX C W ireless Security T ypes of EAP Authentication This section discusses some popular authen tication types: EAP-MD5, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, PEAP and LEAP . Y our wireless LAN device ma y not support all authentication types.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 72 Appendix C EAP-TLS (T ransport Layer Security) W ith EAP-TLS, digital certifications are needed by both the server and the wireless st ations for mutual authentication.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Appendix C 73 For added security , certificate-based authen tications (EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS and PEAP) use dynamic keys for data encryption. They are ofte n deployed in corporate environments, b ut for public deployment, a simp le user name and p assword pair is more practical.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 74 Appendix C TKIP uses 128-bit keys that are dyna mically genera ted and distributed by the authe ntication server . AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is a block cipher that uses a 256-bit mathematical algorithm called Rijndael.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Appendix C 75 WP A(2)-PSK Application Example A WP A(2)s-PSK applic a tion looks as follows. 1 First enter identical passwords into the AP an d all wireless c lients. The Pre-Shared Key (PSK) must consist of between 8 and 63 ASCII characters or 64 hexadecimal characters (including spaces and symbols).
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 76 Appendix C Figure 53 WP A(2) with RADIUS Application Example Security Parameters Summary Refer to this table to see what other secur ity parameters you should configure for each Authentication Method/ key management prot ocol type.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Appendix D 77 A PPENDIX D Setting up Y our Computer ’ s IP Address All computers must have a 10M or 100M Et hernet adapter card and TCP/IP installed.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 78 Appendix D Figure 54 WIndows 98/Me: Network: Con figuration Inst alling Component s The Network window Configuration tab displays a list of installed components. Y ou need a network adapter , the TCP/IP protocol and Clien t for Microsoft Networks.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Appendix D 79 3 Select Microsoft from the list of manufacturers. 4 Select Client for Microsoft Networks from the list of network clients and then click OK .
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 80 Appendix D Figure 56 Windows 98/Me: TCP/IP Properties: DNS Configuration 4 Click the Gateway tab. • If you do not know your gateway’ s IP address, remove previ ously installed gateways. • If you have a gateway IP address, type it in the New gateway field and click Add .
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Appendix D 81 Figure 57 Windows XP : S tart Men u 2 For W indows XP , click Network Connections . For W indows 2000, click Network and Dial-up Connections . Figure 58 Windows XP: Control Panel 3 Right-click Local Area Connection and then click Pr operties .
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 82 Appendix D Figure 59 Windows XP: Control Panel: Network Connections: Properties 4 Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) (under the Genera l tab in W in XP) and click Properties .
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Appendix D 83 • If you have a static IP address click Use the following IP Address and fill in the IP addr ess , Subnet mask , and Default gateway fields.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 84 Appendix D • Click Obtain DNS server address automatically if you do not know your DNS server IP addre ss(es). • If you know your DNS server IP address(es), click Use the following DNS server addresses , and type them in the Preferr ed DNS server and Alternate DNS server fields.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Index 85 Index A About 53 About your ZyXEL AG-220 19 Access point (AP) 31 Access point. See also AP . ACT LED 20 Activating a profile 49 Adapter 50 Ad-Hoc 21 , 47 Advanced Encryption St andard 34 , 73 Advanced settings 50 AP See also access point.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 86 Index G Getting started 19 Graphics icons key 18 H Hardware connections 22 Help 23 Humidity 57 I IEEE 802.1x 33 , 42 Industrial Scientific Medical Band 57 Infrastructu.
ZyXEL NWD-370N User ’s Guide Index 87 Radio specifications 57 RADIUS 33 , 34 RADIUS server 74 Real-tim e data traf fic statisti cs 37 Receive rate 36 R eg i stration product 7 Related Documentation .
ZyXEL NWD-370N User’s Guide 88 Index WP A2 33 , 41 , 73 WP A2-Pre-Shared Key 34 , 73 WP A2-PSK 34 , 40 , 73 WP A-PSK 34 , 40 , 73 WZC (Wireless Zero Configuration) 22 Z ZyXEL Utility 22 accessing 23.
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