ZyXEL Communications ZyAIR 100 manual

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card User’s Guide Version 1.0 March, 2002[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Copyright Copyright © 2 002 by ZyXEL Comm unications Corporation. The contents of this publicat ion may not be reproduced in any part or a s a whole, t ranscribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into any langu age, or tr ansmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, magnetic, optical, chemical,[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Federal Communications Commission(FCC) Interference Statement This device complies with Part 15 of FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two cond itions: This device m ay not cause harmful interference. This device must accept any interference received, incl uding interference that may cause undesired operation[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Information for Canadian Users The Industry Canada label identifies certified equipment. This certification means that the equipment meets cer tain telecommunications network prot ective, oper ation and safety requirem ents. The Indus try Canada does not gu arantee that the equipment will operate to a use r's satisfa[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card ZyXEL Limited W arranty ZyXEL warrants to the original end us er (purchaser) that this product is free from any defects in materials or workm anship for a period of up to two y ears from the date of purchase. During the warranty perio d and upon proof of purchase, should the product ha ve indications of failure du e to fa[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Customer Support Please have th e following i nformation re ady when you cont act customer support. • Product model and serial num ber. • Warranty Information. • Date that you received your device. • Brief descri ption of the problem and the steps yo u took to solve it. METHOD LOCATION E-MAIL SUPPORT/SALES TELEPHO[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card T able of Contents Copyright ...................................................................................................................... .............................ii Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Interfer en ce Statemen t ................................................iii Information for Canadian [...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Problems During Driv er Insta llation ............................................................................................ ....... 5-1 Problems With the U tility Config uration ........................................................................................ .... 5-2 Problems With Acces s Point Settings ...[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card List of Figures Figure 2-1 Inserting the Zy AIR 10 0 into Notebook Computer............................................................ 2-2 Figure 4-1 Utility - Configuration ............................................................................................. .......... 4-3 Figure 4-2 Utility - WEP Encr iption ..[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Preface About Y our ZyAIR 100 Congratulations on your purchase o f the ZyAIR 100 W ireless PC Card. Online Registration Do not forget to register your ZyAIR 100 (fast, easy online reg istration at www .zyxel.com ) for free future product updat es and inf ormation. With a built-in Access Poin t and powerful routing feat ur[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Our Quick Start Guide i s designed t o help you get up and r unning right away. It cont ains a detai led easy-to-follow setup step s, default settings, handy check lists and information on settin g up your network using the ZyAIR 100 u tility.  Glossary Please refer to www.zyxel.com for an online glossary of net workin[...]

Getting Started Part I: GETTING STARTED Chapters 1 to 3 are structured as a step-by-step guide to help you connect, install and setup your ZyAIR 100 to operate on your noteboo k computer . I[...]

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ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your ZyAIR 100 This chapter introduces the main features and applications of the Z yAIR 100. 1.1 Introduction The ZyAIR 100 is an 11 Mbps IEEE 802.11(b ) Wireless PC Card and that has a standard PCMCIA adapter which fit s into any standar d PCMCIA Ty pe II notebook com puter slot. Its 11 Mbps dat[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card 1.3 Applications The ZyAIR offers fast, reliable and cost-effective solutions for wireless networks. They include:  Remote Access to C o rpor ate Network Information For email, file transfer and terminal em ulation access.  Difficult to Wire Environm ents For use in hist orical or old buildi ngs, asbestos i nstallat[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Chapter 2 Hardware Installation This chapter show s you how to install the hardware. 2.1 System Requirements  PCMCIA Type II slot  PCMCIA card and socket service that is Revisio n 2.1-compl iant to PCM CIA specification (or highe r)  Windows® 95 (OSR2)/98/NT 4.0/2000/M E/XP Operatin g System. (You m ust have the[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Figure 2-1 Inserting the ZyAIR 100 into y our Notebook Computer The PCMCIA slot allows “hot swapping” of PCMCIA adapter, allowing you to insert or remove the Zy AIR 100 from the slot whenev er you like even when power to your computer is on. However, you should al w ays disable the ZyAIR 100 prior to card removal to a[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Chapter 3 Software Installation This chapter show s you how to install the ZyAIR 100 dri ver for Windows® 95 (OSR2)/9 8/NT 4.0/2000/XP Operating Systems. 3.1 Windows® 95 (OSR2)/98/ME Setup Before starting driv er installation, make sure that the ZyAIR 10 0 has been inserted into a standard type II PCM CIA slot on your n[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 2. Select Search for the bes t driver for your device and then click Next . Step 3. Insert the Supp ort CD-ROM i n to the CD-RO M driv e and sp ecify the location of the driver, then click Next . 3-2 Software Installation[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 4. Click Next to continue. Step 5. Click Next to install the necessary drive r . Software Installation 3-3[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 6. Select the parameters for the ZyAIR 100, then click OK . (Refer to the n ext chapter fo r parameter defi nitions). Step 7. Click Finish . 3-4 Software Installation[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 8. Click Yes to restart your co mputer. Step 9. Click Start , then Control Panel, System and then the Device Manager tab. Double-click Network Adapters. If no error icon ap pears, then yo ur ZyAIR 100 has been successfully installed. If you see an error message, then refer to the Troubleshooting section. Software Ins[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 10. Click OK . 3.2 Windows® NT 4.0 Setup Before starting driver installation, ma ke sure that the ZyAIR 100 has bee n inserted into a standard ty pe II PCMCIA slot on your notebook computer. Step 1. Login as Administrator . 3-6 Software Installation[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 2. Click Start , then Control Panel . Do uble-click Network click on the Adapters tab and then click Add . Step 3. Select Others , or clic k Have Disk . Software Installation 3-7[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 4. Insert the Supp ort CD-ROM i nto the CD-RO M drive and specify the locati on of the driver. Step 5. Click OK. Windows will attempt to locate the INF file in the path specified. If you have entered the path correctly, Windows will copy the appro priate drivers onto your computer. 3-8 Software Installation[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 6. In the ZyAIR 100 setup select the appropriate Channel , Network Type and ESSID m anually according to the default setting in the next fi gure. You may change it later according to your needs. Click OK to continue. Software Installation 3-9[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 7. Click Start , then Control Panel . Do uble-click Network, click on the Adapters tab, then click Properties . Specify each parameters required for the network to operate on s u ch as IP Address , Subnet Mask and Default Gateway . Step 8. Click Yes to restart your comp uter. 3-10 Software Installation[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 9. To find out if the ZyAIR 100 is functioning prop erlyt, click Start , then Control Panel . Double- click Devices. Your ZyAIR 100 is working if Automatic is shown in the Startup column. Click Close to exit. 3.3 Windows® 2000 Setup Step 1. Insert the ZyAIR 100 into the PCMCIA slo t of your computer. Windows® will [...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 3. Follow the on screen instructions to co mplete driver installation. Restart your computer w hen you are prompted to do so. 3.4 Windows® XP Setup Step 1. Insert the ZyAIR100 into the PCMCIA slot on your notebook. W indows XP will auto-detect the ZyAIR 100 and displays the Found New Hardware Wizard dialogue. Select[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 2. Insert the Support CD-ROM into CD-ROM drive. Specify the location of the driver. Click Next. Software Installation 3-13[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 3. If you encounter the following warning screen , click Continue Anyway . 3-14 Software Installation[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 4. Windows will detect the ZyAIR 100 and copy corr esponding files onto your computer. Click Next . Step 5. Click Finish . . Software Installation 3-15[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Step 6. After installing the ZyAIR 100, Windows XP displays a Wireless Network Connection # message. Step 7. Click Start, Control Panel, Performance and Maintenance, System, Hardware, Device Manager . Cick Network Adap ters. If no erro r icon appear s, your ZyAIR 100 is working. 3.5 Software Installation Complete Well Don[...]

Advanced Management Part II: ADVANCED MANAGEMENT This part provides information on configuring para meters II[...]

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ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Chapter 4 Utility Setup and Configuration This chapter show s you how to install utility for ZyAIR 100. 4.1 Utility Setup Screen shots will vary depending on your vers ion of Windows. Step 1. Insert the Sup port CD-ROM i nto your CD-ROM drive an d run the se tup.exe file found in the Utility folder. Follow the on-screen i[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireleass PC Card Step 3. Proceed to the next section to configure your ZyAIR 100. 4.2 Utility Configuration Your ZyAIR 100 is Plug-and-Play and its default settings can be set for a typical infrastructure wireless LAN. Simply install the ZyAIR 100 onto your computer and it is ready for use. In special circum stances however, you may need[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Figure 4-1 Utility – Configuration 4.2.1 Utility Screen Configure and monitor your ZyAIR 100 using th e following utilities: Configuration , Lo op B ack , AP Browser , Site Survey and About . 4.2.2 Configuration The Configurat ion menu all ows you to view and m odify the current configurat ions of yo ur ZyAIR 100 easily[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireleass PC Card SS ID The SSID is a uni que ID given to the Access Point. Wi reless clients associating to any Access Point must have the same SSID. Select SSID and enter a specific SSID (Access Po int) you desi re to connect with. Alternatively, you may not select the SSID (default setting). This allows your wireless adapter to automat[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Figure 4-2 Utility – WEP Encryption The Encryption dialog box enab les you to identif y four different encr yption keys and select on e of them to encrypt your t ransmissi on data. There are t wo methods to set t he WEP keys as des cribeds: Create Encry ption Keys by Using a Passphrase To create encryption keys by using[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireleass PC Card • Alphanumeric : 13 ch aracters (case sensitive) ranging from “a-z”, “A-Z” and “0-9” (e.g. MyKey1234567 8) • Hexadecimal: 26 hexadecimal digi ts in the range of “A-F”, “a-f” and “0-9” (e.g. 0011223344556 6778899AABBCC) . After entering the WEP keys in the key fiel d, select one key as an activ[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card The Power Save func tion is only supp orted in t he Ad-h oc Networ k Type. T he Infrastructure Network Type is supported in upcoming firmware upgrades. Plea se contact your resell er for the most recent firmw are. RTS Threshold The RTS Threshold prevents the Hidden Node problem. Hidden Node is a situation in which two sta[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireleass PC Card Enabling the RTS Threshold causes redundant network overhead that could n egatively affect the throughput performanc e instead of provid ing a remedy. Frag Threshold Fragment ation improves the efficiency when high t raffic flows along in t he wireless net work. If your ZyAIR 100 often transmits large files in the wirele[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card clicking the Loop back button to verify the communication quality between your wireless station and Access Point. The Refresh button sets the counters back to zero. 4.2.4 Access Points Browser Click AP (Access Point) Browser to display the status of all the active Access Points. Figure 4-6 Utility – Access Point Browser[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireleass PC Card Table 4-1 Utiltity – Access Point Bro w ser Screen Menu Fields ITEM DESCRIPTION SS_ID The SS ID (Service Set ID or MAC address) of the Access Point. BSS_ID The BSS ID (Basic Service Set ID) of the Access Point. Channel The operating channel of the respectiv e Access Point. Capability When communicating with any Access [...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Figure 4-7 Utility – Site Survey Parameter Configuration 4-1 1[...]

Additional Information Part III: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION This part contains T roubleshoot ing, Appendice s, and the Index. III[...]

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ZyAir 100 Wireless PC Card Chapter 5 T roubleshooting This chapter c overs potential problems a nd the possibl e remedies. After each problem description, some instructions ar e provided to help you t o diagnose and to s olve the proble m. Problems During Driver Installation T able 5-1 T roubleshooting the Installation of Y our ZyAIR 100 PROBLEM CO[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Problems With the Utility Configuration Table 5-2 Troubleshooting the Confi guration PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION Problems encountered with the configuration. Click Loopback in the Loop Back window to check the link status with the Access Point it is associated with ( Infrastructure mode ). Click on the Site Survey tab to ch[...]

ZyAir 100 Wireless PC Card Problems Communicating With the Computer Table 5-4 Troubleshooting Communi cation Problems PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION The ZyAIR 100 client cannot communicate with the other computer in the Ethernet when the Infrastructure mode is configured. Make sure that the Access Point and associat ed computer are on. Use the Site Surv[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Appendix A Network Configuration The ZyAIR 10 0 supports t he same network configuration options of Legacy Ethernet L ANs as defined by the IEEE 802 s tandard. The ZyAIR 10 0 can be config ured as:  Ad-hoc for departm ental or SOHO LANs.  Infrastructure for enterprise LANs .  LAN-interconnection for point-to-po i[...]

ZyAir 100 Wireless PC Card An Ad-hoc wireless LAN is a group of com puters, each equipped with one wireless adapt er , and connected as an independ ent wireless L AN. Computers i n a specifi c Ad-hoc wireless LA N must be confi g ured on the same radio cha nnel. An Ad-hoc wireless L AN is availa ble at a departmental scal e for a branch or SOHO ope[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card The ZyAIR 100 provides acc ess to a wired LAN for wireless com puters. An integrated wireless and wired LAN is called an Infrastructure configuration. A gr oup of wireless LAN computer users and an Access Point constitute a Basic Service Set (BSS). Each wireless-equipped computer in this BSS can talk to any computer in th[...]

ZyAir 100 Wireless PC Card Appendix B Hardware Specifications Diagram 4 ZyAIR 100 Specifications PRODUCT FEA TURES Operating Channels 1 1 for North Am erica, 14 for Japan, 13 for Europe (ETSI), 2 for Spain, 4 f or France Operating Frequenc y 2.412 ~ 2. 462 GHz (North America) 2.412 ~ 2.484 GHz (Japan) 2.412 ~ 2.472 GHz (Europe ET SI) 2.457 ~ 2.462 [...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card Appendix C Important Safety Instructions The following safety instructions apply to the ZyAIR 100: 1. Be sure to read and follow all warning notices and instructions. 2. Do not service the product by yourself. Refe r all servicing to qualified service personnel. 3. Generally , when installed after the final configura tion[...]

ZyAir 100 Wireless PC Card Index A Access Point Setting P roblem ......................... 5-2 Access Points Browser .................................... 4-9 Ad-hoc Topology ...............................................B B Basic Servi ce Set............................................... D BSS .................................... See Basi c Servi[...]

ZyAIR 100 Wireless PC Card O O/S Supported.................................................... E P Parameter Configuration ................................. 4-1 PCMCIA adapter ............................................ 2-2 PCMCIA slot .................................................. 2-2 Power Ouput ..............................................[...]

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