ZyXEL NWA1121-NI manual

www .zyxel.com www .zyxel.com NW A1 121-NI 802.1 1b/g/n PoE Access Point IMPORT ANT! READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE USE. KEEP THIS GUIDE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. Copyright © 2012 ZyXEL Communications Corporation V ersion 1.00 Edition 1, 03/2012 Default Login Details IP Address http://192.168.1.2 User Name admin Pa ss wo rd 1234[...]

NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 2 IMPORT ANT! READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE USE. KEEP THIS GUIDE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. Graphics in this book ma y differ slightly from the product due to difference s in oper ating systems, operating system versions, or if y ou installed updated firmware/software fo r your device. Every effort has been made to ensure that the inf[...]

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NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 11 C HAPTER 1 Introducing the NWA1121-NI This chapter introduces the main applications an d features of the NW A1121-NI. It also discusses the ways y ou can manage your NW A1121-NI. 1.1 Introducing the NW A1 121-NI Y o ur NWA1121-NI is an IPv6 wireless AP (Acces s P oint) that can function in several wireless modes. It ext[...]

Chapter 1 Introducing the NWA11 21-NI NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 12 Multiple BSS (MBSSID) mode, the NWA1121-NI provid es multiple virtual APs, each forming its own BSS and using its own individual SSID profile. Y o u can configure multiple SSID profiles, and ha ve all of them active at any one time. Y o u can assign different wireless and security s[...]

Chapter 1 Introducing the NWA1121-NI NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 13 1.2.2 Wireless Client The NWA1121-NI can be used as a wireless client to communicate with an existing network. In the figure below , the printer can receive requests from the wired computer clients A and B via the NW A1121-NI in Client mode ( Z ). Figure 2 Wireless Client Application[...]

Chapter 1 Introducing the NWA11 21-NI NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 14 1.2.3 Root AP In Root AP mode, the NW A1121-NI ( Z ) can act as the root AP in a wireless network and also allow repeaters ( X and Y ) to extend the r ange of its wireless network at the same time. In the figure below , both clients A , B and C can access the wired network through t[...]

Chapter 1 Introducing the NWA1121-NI NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 15 between associated wireless clients and the wired LAN. Clients A , B and C access the AP and the wired network behind the AP throught repeaters Z and Y . Figure 4 Repeater Application When the NWA1121-NI is in Repeater mode, unive rsal repeater security between the NW A1121-NI and ot[...]

Chapter 1 Introducing the NWA11 21-NI NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 16 1.4 Configuring Y our NW A1 121-NI’ s Security Features Y o ur NWA1121-NI comes with a v ariety of security features. This section summarizes these features and provides links to sections in the Us er’ s Guide to configure security settings on your NWA1121-NI. F ollow the sugges[...]

Chapter 1 Introducing the NWA1121-NI NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 17 • Back up the configur ation (and make sure y ou know how to restore it). R estoring an earlier working configur ation may be useful if the devi ce becomes unstable or even crashes. If y ou forget your password, y ou will have to reset the NWA1121-NI to its factory default settings[...]

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NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 19 C HAPTER 2 Introducing the Web Configurator This chapter describes how to access the NWA1121-NI ’ s web configurator and provides an overview of its screens. 2.1 Accessing the W eb Configurator 1 Make sure your h ardware is properly connected an d prepare your computer o r computer network to connect to the NW A1121-N[...]

Chapter 2 Introducing the Web Configurator NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 20 Note: If yo u do not change the password, the following screen appears every time you login. Figure 7 Change Password Screen Y o u should now see the Dashboard screen. See Chapter 2 on page 19 for details about the Dashboard screen. 2.2 Resetting the NW A1 121-NI If you forget [...]

Chapter 2 Introducin g the Web Configurator NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 21 factory-default configur ation file. This means th at you will lose all the se ttings you previously configured. The password will be reset to “123 4” . Figure 8 The RESET Button 2.2.1 Methods of Restoring Factory-Default s Y o u can erase the current configu ration and re[...]

Chapter 2 Introducing the Web Configurator NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 22 2.3 Navigating the W eb Configurator The following summarizes how to na vigate the web configur ator from the Dashboard screen. Figure 9 Status Screen of the W eb C onfigurator As illustrated abov e, the W eb Configurator screen is divided into these parts: • A - title bar ?[...]

Chapter 2 Introducin g the Web Configurator NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 23 2.3.2 Navigation Panel Use the menu items on the navigation pan el to op en screens to configure NW A1121-NI features. The following tables describe each menu item. T able 2 Navigation Panel Summary LINK TA B FUNCTION Dashboard This screen shows the NWA1121-NI ’s gener al de[...]

Chapter 2 Introducing the Web Configurator NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 24 2.3.3 Main Window The main window displays information and configurat ion fields. It is discussed in the rest of this document. Configuration File Use this scre en to backup and restore your device’s configuration (settings) or reset the factory defau lt settings. Rest art Us[...]

NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 25 C HAPTER 3 Dashboard The Dashboard screens display when you log into the NW A1121-NI, or click Dashboard in the navigation menu. Use the Dashboard screen to look at the current status of the device, system resources, and interfaces. The Dashboard screens also provide detailed information about system statistics, associa[...]

Chapter 3 Dashboa rd NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 26 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 3 The Dashbo ard Screen LABEL DESCRIPTION Refresh Interval Selec t how often you want the NW A1121-NI to update th is screen. Refresh Now Click this to upda te this scre en immediately . System Information System Name This field displa [...]

Chapter 3 Dashboard NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 27 Current Date/Time This field displa ys the date and time configu red on the NW A1121-NI. Y ou can change this in the Maintenance > Time screen. System Resource CPU Usage This field displa ys what percentage of the NW A1121-NI’ s processing ability is currently being used. The hi gher the CPU usa[...]

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NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 29 C HAPTER 4 Tutorial This chapter first pro vides an ov erview of how to configure the wireless LAN on your NW A1121-NI, and then gives step-by-step guidelines showin g how to con figure your NW A1121-NI for some example scenarios. 4.1 How to Configure the Wireless LAN This section illustrates how to choose which wireles[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 30 6.4.4 on page 69 ) to provide multiple wireless networks. Each wireless network will cater to a different type of user . Y o u want to make three wireless networks: one standard office wireless network with all the same settings you already hav e, another wireless network with high priorit y QoS setti[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 31 T o configure these settings, you need to know the Media Access Control (MAC) addresses of the devices you want to allow u sers of the guest network to access. The following table shows the addresses used in this example. 4.2.1 Configure the SSID Profiles 1 Log in to the NWA1121-NI (see Secti on 2.1 o[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 32 4.2.1.1 MBSSID 1 Go to Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings . Select MBSSID from the Operation Mode drop-down list box. 2 SSID01 is the standard network, so select SSID01 as the first profile. It is alwa ys active. 3 Select VoIP_SSID as the second profile, and Guest _SSID as the third profile. Select t[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 33 4.2.2 Configure the S t andard Network 1 Click Wireless LAN > SSID . Click the Edit icon next to SSID01 . 2 Select SecProfile1 as SSID01 ’ s security profile. Select the Hidden SSID checkbo x as you want only authorized compan y employees to us e this netw ork, so there is no need to broadcast th[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 34 3 Next, click Wireless LAN > Security . Click the Edit icon next to SecProfile1 . 4 Since SSID01 is the standard network that has access to all resources, assign a more secure security mode. Select WPA2-PSK-MIX as the Security Mode , and enter the Pre-Shared K ey . In this example, use ThisisSSID01[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 35 3 Select WMM_VOICE in the QoS field to give V oIP the highest priority in the wireless network. Click Apply . 4 Next, click Wireless LAN > Security . Click the Edit icon next to SecProfile2 .[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 36 5 Select WPA2-PSK as the Security Mode , and enter the Pre-Shared K ey . In this example, use ThisisVoIPPreSharedKey . Click Apply . 6 Y o ur V oIP wireless network is now re ady to u se. Any tr affic using th e VoIP_SSID profile will be given the highest priority across the wireless network. 4.2.4 Co[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 37 4 Select the check -box of Intra-BSS Traffic blocking Enabled . Click Apply . 5 Next, click Wireless LAN > Security . Click the Edit icon next to SecProfile3 . 6 Select WPA-PSK in the Security Mode field. WP A-PSK pro vides strong security that is supported by most wireless clients. Even though y o[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 38 7 Enter the PSK you want to use in y our network in the Pre Sh ared Key field. In this example, the PSK is ThisismyGuestWPA pr e-sharedk ey . Click Apply . 8 Y o ur guest wireless network is now ready to use. 4.2.5 T esting the Wireless Networks T o make sure that the three networks are correctly conf[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 39 to allow wireless traffic between B and wireless clients connected to A ( W , Y and Z ). Other wireless devices ( X ) must not be able to connect to the FTP server . Figure 1 1 F TP Server Connected to a Wireless Client 4.3.2 Configuring the NW A1 121-N I in MBSSID or Root AP Mode Before setting up th[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 40 Log into the W eb Configur ator on NWA1121-NI ( A ) and go to the Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings screen. 1 Set the Operation Mode to Root AP . 2 Select the Wireless Mode . In this example, select 802.11b/g /n . 3 Select Profil e1 as the SSID Profile . 4 Choose the Channel you want NW A1121-NI ( A[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 41 6 Go to Wireless LAN > SSID . Click the Edit icon next to Profile1 . 7 Change the SSID to AP-A . 8 Select SecProfile1 in the Security field. 9 Select the check -box for Intra-BSS Traffic blocking Enabled so the client cannot access other clients on the same wireless network. 10 Click Apply .[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 42 11 Go to Wireless LAN > Security . Click the Edit icon next to SecProfile1 . 12 Configure WPA-PSK as the Securit y Mode and enter ThisisMyPreSharedKey in the Pre- Shared Key field. 13 Click Apply to finish configuration for NW A1121-NI ( A ). 4.3.3 Configuring the NW A1 12 1-NI in Wireless Client M[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 43 1 Select Client as Operation Mode . Click Apply . 2 Click on the Site Survey button. A window should pop up wh ich contains a list of all av ailable wireless devices within your NWA1121-NI’ s r ange. 3 Find and select NWA1121-NI ( A )’ s SSID : AP-A .[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 44 4 Go to Wireless LAN > Security to configure the NWA1121-NI to use the same security mode and Pre-Shared K ey as NWA1121-NI ( A ): WP A-PSK/This isMyPreShar edKey . Click Apply . Figure 12 4.3.4 MAC Filter Setup One way to ensure that only specified wireless c lients can access the F TP server is b[...]

Chapter 4 Tutorial NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 45 4.3.5 T esting the Conne ction and T roubleshooting This section discusses how you can check if you have correctly configured your network setup as described in this tutorial. • T ry accessing the F TP server from wireless clients W, Y or Z . T est if you can send or retrieve a file. If you cannot e[...]

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NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 49 C HAPTER 5 Monitor 5.1 Overview This chapter discusses read-only information related to the device state of the NWA1121-NI. Note: T o access the Monitor screens, you can also click t he links in the Summary table of the Dashboard screen to view the wireless packets sent/received as well as the status of clients connecte[...]

Chapter 5 Mon itor NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 50 Click Monitor > Logs . Figure 13 Logs The following table describes the labels in this screen. 5.4 S t atistics Use this screen to view read-only information, including 802.11 Mode , Channel ID, R etry Count and FCS Error Count. Also provided is the "poll interv al". The Poll Interval fie[...]

Chapter 5 Monitor NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 51 Click Monitor > Stat istics . The following screen pops up. Figure 14 Statistics The following table describes the labels in this screen. 5.5 Association List View the wireless devices that are currently associated with the NWA1121-NI in the Association List screen. Association means that a wireless[...]

Chapter 5 Mon itor NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 52 Click Monitor > Association List to display the screen as shown next. Figure 15 Association List The following table describes the labels in this screen. 5.6 Channel Usage Use this screen to know whether a channel is used by another wireless network or not. If a channel is being used, you should se[...]

Chapter 5 Monitor NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 53 W ait a moment while the NW A1121-NI compiles the information. Figure 16 Channel Usage The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 8 Channel Usage LABEL DESCRIPTION SSID This is the Service Set IDentificati on (SSI D) name of the AP in an Infr astructure wireless network or wireless[...]

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NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 55 C HAPTER 6 Wireless LAN 6.1 Overview This chapter discusses the steps to configure th e Wireless Settings screen on the NW A1121-NI. It also introduces the wireless LAN (WLAN) and some basic scenarios. Figure 17 Wireless Mode In the figure above, the NW A1121-NI allows access to another bridge device ( A ) and a noteboo[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 56 6.3 What Y ou Need T o Know BSS A Basic Service Set (BSS) exists when all communications between wireles s clients or between a wireless client and a wired network client go through on e access point (AP). Intra-BSS traffic is traffic between wireless clients in the BSS. ESS An Extended Service Se[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 57 Wireless Mode The IEEE 802.1x standard was designed to extend the features of IEEE 802.11 to s upport extended authentication as well as providing additional accounting and control features. Y our NWA1121-NI can support 802.11b/g , 802.11n and 802.11b/g/n . MBSSID T raditionally , you needed to us[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 58 User Authentication Authentication is the process of verifying whethe r a wireless device is allowed to use the wireless network. Y ou can make every user log in to the wi reless network before they can use it. However , every device in the wireless network has to support IEEE 802.1x to do this. F[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 59 Passphrase A passphrase functions lik e a password. In WEP security mode, it is fu rther converted by the NW A1121-NI into a complicated string that is referred to as the “key” . This key is requested from all devices wishing to connect to a wirele ss network. PSK The Pre-Shared K ey (PSK) is [...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 60 In the figure above, wireless clients A and B are trying to access the Internet via the NWA1121-NI. The NWA1121-NI in turn queries the RADIUS server if the identity of clients A and U are allowed access to the Internet. In this scenario, only client U ’s identity is verified by the RADIUS server[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 61 6.4.1 Root AP Mode Use this screen to use your NW A1121-NI as an access point. Select Root A P as the Operation Mode . The following screen displays. Figure 20 Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings: Root AP[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 62 The followi ng table describ es the gener a l wireless LAN labels in this screen. T able 10 Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings: Root AP LABEL DESCRIPTION Basic Settin gs Wireless LAN Interface Select the check bo x to turn on the wireless LAN on the NW A1121-NI. Operation Mode Select Root AP from[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 63 Adv anced S etting s Beacon Interval When a wireless ly network devi ce sends a beacon, it includes with it a beacon inter val. This specifies the t ime period before the device se nds the beacon again. The interval tells receiving devices on the network how long they can wait in lowpower mo de be[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 64 6.4.2 Repeater Mode Use this screen to have the NW A1121-NI act as a wireless repeater . Y o u need to know the MAC address of the peer device, which also must be in Repeater or Root AP mode. Figure 21 Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings: Repeater The following table describes the bridge labels in[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 65 Wireless Mode Select 802.11b/g to allow both IEEE802.11b and IEEE802.11g compl iant WLAN devices to associate with the NWA1121-NI. The transmission rate of your NWA1121-NI might be reduced. Select 802.11b/g/n to allow IEEE802.11b, IEEE802. 11g and IEEE802.11n compli ant WLAN devices to associat e [...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 66 Preamble T ype Select Dynamic to ha ve the AP automa tically use short preamble wh en wireless adapters support it, otherwise the AP uses long preambl e. Select Long if you a r e u n su re w ha t pr e am b le m od e the wireless adapters support, and to provide more reliable commu nicatio ns in bu[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 67 6.4.3 Wireless Client Mode Use this screen to turn your NW A1121-NI into a wireless client. Select Client as the Operation Mode . The following screen displays. Figure 22 Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings: Wireless Client The followi ng table describ es the gener a l wireless LAN labels in this [...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 68 SSID Pr ofi le The SSID (Service Set IDentifier) id entifies th e Service Set with which a wireless station is associated. Wire less stations as sociating to the acc ess point (AP) mu st have the same SSID. In this field, select the S SID profil e of the AP you wa nt to use. Cli ck Apply . The SSI[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 69 6.4.4 MBSSID Mode Use this screen to have the NW A1121-NI function in MBSSID mode. Select MBSSID as the Operation Mode . The following screen diplays. Figure 23 Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings: MBSSID Short GI Select Enabled to use Short GI (Guard Interv al). The guard in terv al is the gap in[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 70 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 13 Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings: MBSSID LABEL DESCRIPTION Basic Settin gs Wireless LAN Interface Select the check bo x to turn on the wireless LAN on the NW A1121-NI. Operation Mode Select MBSSID from the drop-down list. Wirele[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 71 Preamble T ype Select Dynamic to ha ve the AP automa tically use short preamble wh en wireless adapters support it, otherwise the AP uses long preambl e. Select Long if you a r e u n su re w ha t pr e am b le m od e the wireless adapters support, and to provide more reliable commu nicatio ns in bu[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 72 6.5 SSID Screen Use this screen to view and modify the settings of the S SID profiles on the NWA1121-NI. Click Wireless LAN > SSID to display the screen as shown. Figure 24 Wireless LAN > SSID The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 14 Wireless LAN > SSID LABEL DES[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 73 6.5.1 Configuring SSID Use this screen to configure an SSID profile. In the Wireless LAN > SSID screen, click Ed it next to the SSID profile you want to configure to display the following screen. Figure 25 SSID : E dit The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 15 SSID: Edi[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 74 6.6 Wireless Security Screen Use this screen to choose the security mode for your NW A1121-NI. Click Wireless LAN > Security . Select the profile that you want to configure and click Edit . Figure 26 Wireless > Security BSSID VLAN ID Enter a VLAN ID for the SSID profile. Packets coming fr om[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 75 The Security Settings screen varies depending upon th e security mode you select. Figure 27 Security: None Note that some screens display differently de pending on the operating mode selected in the Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings screen. Note: Y ou must enable the same wireless secu rit y set[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 76 6.6.1 Security: WEP Use this screen to use WEP as the security mode for your NW A1121-NI. Select WEP in the Security Mode field to display the following screen. Figure 28 Security: WEP The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 16 Security: WEP LABEL DESCRIPTION Profile Name T[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 77 6.6.2 Security: 802.1x Only This screen varies depending on the oper ating mode you select in the Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings screen. 6.6.2.1 Access Point Use this screen to use 802.1x-Only security mode for your NW A1121-NI that is in root AP , MBSSID or repeater operating mode. Select 80[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 78 6.6.2.2 Wireless Client Use this screen to use 802.1x-Only security mode for your NW A1121-NI that is in wireless client operating mode. Select 802.1x-Only in the Security Mode field to display the following screen. Figure 30 Security: 802.1x Only for Wireless Client The following table describes [...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 79 6.6.3 Security: 802.1x S t atic WEP This screen varies depending on the oper ating mode you select in the Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings screen. Security Mode Choose the same securi ty mode used by the AP . IEEE802.1x Authentication Eap T ype The options on the left refer to EAP methods. Y ou[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 80 6.6.3.1 Access Point Use this screen to use 802.1x static WEP security mode for your NWA1121-NI that is in root AP , MBSSID or repeater oper ating mode. Select 802.1X-Static WEP in the Security Mode field to display the following screen. Figure 31 Security: 802.1X-Static WEP for Access Point The f[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 81 Ke y 1 t o Ke y 4 The WEP keys are used to enc rypt data. Both the NW A1121-NI and the wireless stat ions must use the s ame WEP ke y for data transmission. If you chose 64-bit WEP , th en enter any 5 ASCII char acters or 10 hexadecimal charac ters ("0-9", "A -F"). If you chose[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 82 6.6.3.2 Wireless Client Use this screen to use 802.1x-Only security mode for your NW A1121-NI that is in wireless client operating mode. Select 802.1X-Static WEP in the Secur ity Mode field to display the following screen. Figure 32 Security: 802.1X-Static WEP for Wireless Client The following tab[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 83 6.6.4 Security: WP A, WP A2, WP A2-MIX This screen varies depending on the oper ating mode you select in the Wireless LAN > Wireless Settings screen. Data Encryption Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption . Passphrase Enter the passphrase or string of text used for automatic[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 84 6.6.4.1 Access Point Use this screen to employ WP A or WP A2 as the security mode for your NW A1121-NI that is in root AP , MBSSID or repeater operating mode. Select WPA , WPA2 or WPA2-MIX in the Security Mode field to display the following screen. Figure 33 Security: WPA/WP A2 for Access Point Th[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 85 6.6.4.2 Wireless Client Use this screen to employ WP A or WP A2 as the security mode for your NW A1121-NI that is in wireless client operating mode. Select WPA or WPA2 in the Security Mode field to display the following screen. Figure 34 Security: WPA for Wireless Client The following table descri[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 86 6.6.5 Security: WP A-PSK, WP A2-PSK, WP A2-PSK-MIX Use this screen to employ WP A -PSK, WP A2-PSK or WPA 2-PSK -MIX as th e security mode of your NWA1121-NI. Select WPA-PSK , WPA2-PSK or WPA2-PSK-MIX in the Security Mode field to display the following screen. Figure 35 Security: WPA -PSK, WPA2-PSK[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 87 6.7 RADIUS Screen Use this screen to set up your NW A1121-NI’ s RADIUS server settings. Click Wireless LAN > RADIUS . The screen appears as shown. Figure 36 Wireless LAN > RADIUS Select a profile you want to configure and click Edit . Figure 37 Wireless LAN > RADIUS[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 88 The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 24 Wireless LAN > RADIUS LABEL DESCRIPTION Profile N ame This is t he name that identifyin g this RADIU S profile. Primary RA DIUS Serve r Select the ch eck box to enable us er authenticatio n through an ex ternal authent ication s[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 89 6.8 MAC Filter Screen Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. Y ou need to know the MAC addr ess of each device to configure MAC filtering [...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 90 Use this screen to enable MAC address filtering in your NWA1121-NI. Y ou can specify MAC addresses to either allow or deny association with your NW A1121-NI. Click Wireless LAN > MAC Filter . The screen displays as shown. Figure 39 Wireless LAN > MAC Fil ter Select a profile you want to conf[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 91 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 6.9 T echnical Reference This section provides technical background inform ation about the topics covered in this chapter . Re fe r to Appendix D on page 179 for further readings on Wireless LAN. 6.9.1 Additional Wireless T erms T able 26 Ad[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 92 6.9.2 WMM QoS WMM (Wi-Fi MultiMedia) QoS (Quality of Service) en sures quality of service in wireless networks. It controls WLAN transmission priorit y on packets to be tr ansmitted over the wireless network. WMM QoS prioritizes wireless traffic according to the delivery requirements of the indivi[...]

Chapter 6 Wireless LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 93 6.9.3 Security Mode Guideline The following is a general guideline in choosing the security mode for your NW A1121-NI. • Use WP A(2)-PSK if you have WP A(2)-aw are wireless clients but no RADIUS server . • Use WPA(2) securit y if you have WP A(2)-aware wireless clients and a RADIUS server . WP[...]

NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 94 C HAPTER 7 LAN 7.1 Overview This chapter describes how you can configure the IP address of your NW A1121-NI. The Internet Protocol (IP) address identifies a device on a network. Ev ery networking device (including computers, servers, routers, printers , etc.) needs an IP address to communicate across the network. These [...]

Chapter 7 LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 95 IPv6 IPv6 (Internet Protocol version 6), is designed to enhance IP address size and features. The increase in IPv6 address size to 128 bits (from the 32-bit IPv4 address) allows up to 3.4 x 10 38 IP addresses. IPv6 Addressing The 128-bit IPv6 address is written as eight 16-bit hexadecimal blocks separated [...]

Chapter 7 LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 96 7.4 LAN IP Screen Use this screen to configure the IP address for your NWA1121-NI. Click Network > LAN to display the following screen. Figure 42 LAN IP The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 29 LAN IP LABEL DESCRIPTION IPv4 Address Assignme nt Obtain IP Address Automatically Se[...]

Chapter 7 LAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 97 IPv6 Address Assignme nt Enable Stateful Address Auto- configuration Select this to turn on IPv6 statef ul autoco nfiguration to have the NWA1121-NI obtain an IPv6 global address from a DH CPv6 server in your netwo rk. IPv6 Address/Prefix Length Enter your IPv6 address and prefix manually . System DNS Serv[...]

NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 98 C HAPTER 8 VLAN 8.1 Overview This chapter discusses how to configure the NW A1121-NI’s VLAN settings. Figure 43 Management VLAN Se tup In the figure above, to access and manage the NW A1121-NI from computer A , the NW A1121-NI and switch B ’ s ports to which computer A and the NW A1121-NI are connected should be in [...]

Chapter 8 VLAN NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 99 VLAN also increases network performance by limiting broadcasts to a smaller and more manageable logical broadcast domain. In traditional switched environments, all broadcast pack ets go to each and every individual port. With VLAN, all broadcasts are confined to a specific broadcast domain. IEEE 802.1Q T [...]

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NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 101 C HAPTER 9 System 9.1 Overview This chapter shows you how to enable remote management of your NWA1121-NI. It provides information on determining whic h services or protocols can access which of the NWA1121-NI’ s interfaces. R emote Management allows a user to administr ate the device over the network. Y ou can manage[...]

Chapter 9 System NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 102 •U s e t h e Telnet screen to configure through which interface(s) and from which IP address(es) you can use T elnet to manage the NWA1121-NI. A T elnet connection is prioritized by the NWA1121-NI ov er other remote management sessions (see Section 9.6 on page 106 ). •U s e t h e SNMP screen to con[...]

Chapter 9 System NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 103 The next figure illustrates an SNMP management oper ation. Figure 47 SNMP Management Mode An SNMP managed network consists of two main types of component: agents and a manager . An agent is a management software module that resides in a managed device (the NWA1121-NI). An agent translates the local man[...]

Chapter 9 System NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 104 • Y o u may only have one remote management session running at one time. The NWA1121-NI automatically disconnects a remote management se ssion of lower priority when another remote management session of higher priority starts. Th e priorities for the different types of remo te management sessions are[...]

Chapter 9 System NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 105 T o change your NWA1121-NI’ s WWW settings, click System > WWW . The following screen shows. Figure 49 System > WWW The following table describes the labels in this screen. 9.5 Certificates Screen Use this screen to delete or import certificates. T able 30 System > WWW LABEL DESCRIPTION WWW [...]

Chapter 9 System NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 106 Click System > Cert ificates . The following sc reen shows. Figure 50 System > Certificates The following table describes the labels in this screen. 9.6 T elnet Screen Use this screen to configure your NW A1121-NI for remote T elnet acce ss. Y ou can use T elnet to access the NWA1121-NI’ s Comm[...]

Chapter 9 System NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 107 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 9.7 SNMP Screen Use this screen to have a manager station admi nistr ate your NW A1121-NI over the network and configure SNMP accounts on the SNMP v3 m anage r . An SNMP administrator/user is an SNMP T able 32 System > Telnet LABEL DESCRIPTION[...]

Chapter 9 System NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 108 manager . T o change your NW A1121-NI’ s SNMP settings, click System > SN MP . The following screen displays. Figure 52 System > SNMP The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 33 System > SNMP LABEL DESCRIPTION SNMP Port Y ou c an change the server po rt number for a se[...]

Chapter 9 System NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 109 Server Acce ss Select the interface(s) through which a compute r may access the NW A1121-NI using SNMP and to which th e IP an d MAC filtering rules you sp ecified below are applied. Otherwise, sele ct Disable to allow any computer to ac cess the NW A1121-NI through any interface using SNMP . Secured C[...]

Chapter 9 System NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 11 0 9.8 FTP Screen Use this screen to upload and download the NWA1121- NI ’s f ir mwa r e u si n g F T P . T o u se t hi s f ea t ur e , your computer must ha ve an FTP client. T o change your NWA1121-NI’ s FTP settings, click System > FTP . The following screen displays. Figure 53 System > F TP[...]

Chapter 9 System NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 111 The following table describes the labels in this screen. 9.9 T echnical Reference This section provides some technical background information about the topics co vered in this chapter . 9.9.1 MIB Managed devices in an SMNP managed network contain object v ariables or managed objects that define each pi[...]

Chapter 9 System NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 11 2 9.9.2 Supported MIBs The NWA1121-NI supports MIB II that is defined in RFC -1213 and RFC-1215 as well as the proprietary ZyXEL priv ate MIB. The purpose of the MI Bs is to let administr ators collect statistical data and monitor status and performance. 9.9.3 Private-Pub lic Certificates When using pub[...]

Chapter 9 System NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 11 3 2 Make sure that the certificate has a “.cer” or “.crt” file name extension. Figure 54 Certificates on Y ou r Computer 3 Double-click the certificate’ s icon to open the Certificate window. Click the Details tab and scroll down to the Thumbprint Algorithm and Thumbp rint fiel ds. Figure 55 C[...]

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NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 11 5 C HAPTER 10 Log Settings 10.1 Overview This chapter provides information on viewing and generating logs on your NWA1121-NI. Logs are files that contain recorded network ac tivit y over a set period. They are used by administrators to monitor the h ealth of th e system(s) they are managing. Logs enable administrators t[...]

Chapter 10 Log Settings NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 11 6 10.3 What Y ou Need T o Know Alert s and Logs An alert is a type of log that warr ants more serious attention. Some categories such as System Error consist of both logs and alerts. Y ou can differentiate them by their color in the Monitor > Logs screen. Alerts are displayed in red and logs a[...]

Chapter 10 Log Settings NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 11 7 T o change your NWA1121-NI’ s log settings, click Con figuration > Log Settings . The screen appears as shown. Figure 57 Log Settings The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 35 Log Settings LABEL DESCRIPTION E-mail Log Sett ings Mail Server Enter the server name or [...]

Chapter 10 Log Settings NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 11 8 SMTP Authentica tion SMTP (Simple Mail T ransfer Protocol) is the message-exchange standard for the Internet. Sele ct the check box to activate SMTP authenti cation. If mail server authenticatio n is needed but this fea ture is disabled, you will not receive the e-mail logs. If you use SMTP aut[...]

NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 11 9 C HAPTER 11 Maintenance 1 1.1 Overview This chapter describes the maintenance screens. It discusses how you can upload new firmw are, manage configuration and restart your NW A1121-NI without turning it off and on. This chapter provides information and instructions on how to identify and manage your NWA1121- NI over t[...]

Chapter 11 Maintenance NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 120 1 1.3 What Y ou Need T o Know Y o u can find the firmware for your device at ww w. zyxel.com. It is a file that (usually) uses the system model name with a "*.bin" extension, for example "[Model #].bin". The upload process uses HTTP (Hypertext T ransfe r Prot ocol) a nd may ta[...]

Chapter 11 Maintenance NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 121 1 1.5 Password Screen Use this screen to control access to your NW A1121-NI by assigning a password to it. Click Maintenance > Password . The following screen displays. Figure 60 Maintenance > Password The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 37 Maintenance > Passw[...]

Chapter 11 Maintenance NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 122 1 1.6 Time Screen Use this screen to change your NW A1121-NI’ s time and date, click Maintenance > Time . The following screen displays. Figure 61 Maintenance > Time The following table describes the labels in this screen. T able 38 Maintenance > Time LABEL DESCRIPTION Current Time and[...]

Chapter 11 Maintenance NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 123 1 1.7 Firmware Upgrade Screen Use this screen to upload a firmware to your NW A1121-NI. Click Maintenance > Firmware Upgrade . F ollow the instructions in this section to upload firmware to your NW A1121-NI. Figure 62 Maintenance > Firmware Upgr ade The following table describes the labels [...]

Chapter 11 Maintenance NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 124 1 1.8 Configuration File Screen Use this screen to backup, restore and re set the configuration of your NW A1121-NI. Click Maintenance > Configuration File . The screen appears as shown next. Figure 65 Maintenance > Configuration File 1 1.8.1 Backup Configuration Backup configuration allows[...]

Chapter 11 Maintenance NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 125 The NWA1121-NI automatically restarts in this time causing a tempor ary network disconnect. In some operating systems, you may see the following icon on y our desktop. Figure 66 Network T emporarily Disconn ected If you uploaded the default conf igur ation file you may need to change the IP addre[...]

Chapter 11 Maintenance NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 126 Click Restart to have the NW A1121-NI reboot. This does not affect the NWA1121-NI's configuration.[...]

NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 127 C HAPTER 12 Troubleshooting This chapter offers some suggestions to solve problems you might encounter . The potential problems are divided into the following categories. • Po wer , Hardware Connections, and LEDs • NW A1121-NI Access and Login • Internet Access 12.1 Power , Hardware Connections, and LEDs The NWA1[...]

Chapter 12 Tro ubleshooting NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 128 12.2 NW A1 121-NI Access and Login I forgot the IP address for the NW A1121-NI. 1 The default IP address is 192.168.1.2 . 2 If you changed the IP address and hav e forgotten it, you might get the IP address of the NW A1121- NI by looking up the IP address of the default gateway for y our com[...]

Chapter 12 Troubl eshooting NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 129 6 If the problem continues, contact the network admi nistrator or vendor , or try one of the advanced suggestions. Advanced Suggestions • T ry to access the NWA1121-NI using another service, such as T elnet. If you can access the NWA1121-NI, check the remote management setting s to find ou[...]

Chapter 12 Tro ubleshooting NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 130 5 If the problem continues, contact yo ur ISP . I cannot access the Internet an ymore. I had acc ess to the Internet (with the NWA 1121-NI), but my Internet c onnection is not av ailable anymore. 1 Check the hardware connections, and make sure th e LEDs are behaving as expected. See the Quic[...]

NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 131 A PPENDIX A Setting Up Y our Computer ’ s IP Address Note: Y our specific NW A1121-NI may not support all of t he operating systems descri bed in this appendix. See the pr oduct specific ations for more information about which operating systems are sup ported. This appendix shows you how to configure the IP se ttings[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 132 1 Click Start > Control Panel . 2 In the Control Panel , click the Network Connections icon. 3 Right-click Local Area Connection and then select Properties .[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 133 4 On the General tab, select Internet Protocol (TCP/I P) and then click Properties .[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 134 5 The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties window opens. 6 Select Obtain an IP address automatically if your network administrator or ISP assigns your IP address dynamically . Select Use the following IP Address and fill in the IP address , Subnet mask , and Default gat[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 135 Windows V ist a This section shows screens from Windows Vista Professional. 1 Click Start > Control Panel . 2 In the Control Panel , click the Network and Internet icon. 3 Click the Network and Sharing Center icon.[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 136 4 Click Manage network connections . 5 Right-click Local Area Connection and then select Properties . Note: During this procedure, cl ick Continue whenever Windows displa ys a screen saying that it needs your permissi on to continue.[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 137 6 Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv 4) and then select Properties .[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 138 7 The Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties window opens. 8 Select Obtain an IP address automatically if your network administrator or ISP assigns your IP address dynamically . Select Use the following IP Address and fill in the IP address , Subnet mask , a[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 139 Windows 7 This section shows screens from Windows 7 Enterprise. 1 Click Start > Control Panel . 2 In the Control Panel , click View network status and tasks under the Network and Intern et category . 3 Click Change adapter settings .[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 140 4 Double click Local Area Connection and then sele ct Properties . Note: During this procedure, cl ick Continue whenever Windows displa ys a screen saying that it needs your permissi on to continue.[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 141 5 Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv 4) and then select Properties .[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 142 6 The Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties window opens. 7 Select Obtain an IP address automatically if your network administrator or ISP assigns your IP address dynamically . Select Use the following IP Address and fill in the IP address , Subnet mask , a[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 143 3 The IP settings are displayed as follows. Mac OS X: 10.3 and 10.4 The screens in this section are from Ma c OS X 10.4 but can also apply to 10.3. 1 Click Apple > System Preferen ces .[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 144 2 In the System Preferen ces window , click the Network icon. 3 When the Network preferences pane opens, select Built-in Et hernet from the network connection type list, and then click Config ure.[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 145 4 For dynamically assigned settings, select Using DHCP from the Configur e IPv4 list in the TCP/IP tab. 5 For statically assigned settings, do the following: •F r o m t h e Configure IPv4 list, select Manually . •I n t h e IP Address field, type your IP address. ?[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 146 V erifying Settings Check your TCP/IP properties by clicking Appli cations > Utilities > Network Utilities , and then selecting the appropriate Network Interface from the Info tab. Figure 69 Mac OS X 1 0.4: Network Utility Mac OS X: 10.5 and 10.6 The screens in t[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 147 2 In System Preferen ces , click the Network icon. 3 When the Network preferences pane opens, select Ethernet from the list of av ailable connection types. 4 From the Configure list, select Using DHCP for dynamically assigned settings. 5 For statically assigned setting[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 148 •F r o m t h e Configure list, select Manually . •I n t h e IP Address field, enter your IP address. •I n t h e Subnet Mask field, enter y our subnet mask. •I n t h e Router field, enter the IP address of your NW A1121-NI. 6 Click Apply and close the window.[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 149 V erifying Settings Check your TCP/IP properties by clicking Appli cations > Utilities > Network Utilities , and then selecting the appropriate Network interface from the Info tab. Figure 70 Mac OS X 1 0.5: Network Utility Linux: Ubuntu 8 (GNOME) This section sho[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 150 2 When the Network Settings window opens, click Unlock to open the Authenticate window. (By default, the Unlock button is greyed out until clicked.) Y ou cannot make changes to your configuration unless you first enter your admin password. 3 In the Authenticate window,[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 151 4 In the Network Settings window, select the connection that you want to configure, then click Properties . 5 The Properties dialog box opens. •I n t h e Configuration list, select Automatic Configuration (DHCP ) if you have a dynamic IP address. •I n t h e Configu[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 152 7 If you know your DNS server IP address(es), click the DNS tab in the Network Settings window and then enter the DNS server information in the fields provided. 8 Click the Close button to apply the changes.[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 153 V erifying Settings Check your TCP/IP properties by clicking System > Ad ministrati on > Network Tools , and then selecting the appropriate Network device from the Devices tab. The Interface Statistics column shows data if your connection is working properly . Fi[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 154 1 Click K Menu > Computer > Administrator Settings (YaST) . 2 When the Run as Root - KDE su dialog opens, enter the admin password and click OK .[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 155 3 When the YaST Control Center window opens, select Network Devices and then click the Network Card icon. 4 When the Network Settings window opens, click the Overview tab, select the appropriate connection Name from the list, and then click the Configure button.[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 156 5 When the Network Card Setup window opens, click the Address tab Figure 72 openSUSE 10.3: Network Card S etup 6 Select Dynamic Address (DHCP) if you have a dyn amic IP address. Select Statically assigned IP Address if you have a static IP address. Fill in the IP addre[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 157 8 If you know your DNS server IP address(es), click the Hostname/DNS tab in Network Settings and then enter the DNS server information in the fields provided. 9 Click Finish to save your settings and close the window . V erifying Settings Click the KNetwork Manager ico[...]

Appendix A Setting Up Your Computer’s IP Address NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 158 When the Connection Status - KNetwork Manager window opens, click the Statistics tab to see if your connection is working properly . Figure 74 openSUSE: Connection Status - KNe twork Manager[...]

NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 159 A PPENDIX B Pop-up Windows, JavaScript and Java Permissions In order to use the web configur ator you need to allow: • W eb browser pop-up windows from your device. • Jav aScript (enabled by default). • Jav a permissions (enabled by default). Note: The screens used below belong to Intern et Explorer versi on 6, 7[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScript and Java Permissions NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 160 2 Clear the Block pop-ups check box in the Pop-up Blocker section of the screen. This disables any web pop-up blockers you may have enabled. Figure 76 Internet Options: Privacy 3 Click Apply to save this setting. Enable Pop-up Blockers with Exceptions Alternati[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScrip t and Java Permissions NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 161 2 Select Settings… to open the Pop-up Bloc ker Settings screen. Figure 77 Internet Options: Privacy 3 T ype the IP address of your device (the web page that you do not want to have block ed) with the prefix “http://” . For example, http://192.168.167.1.[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScript and Java Permissions NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 162 4 Click Add to move the IP address to the list of Allowed sites . Figure 78 Pop-up Block er Settings 5 Click Close to return to the Privacy screen. 6 Click Apply to save this setting. JavaScript If pages of the we b configurator do not display properly in Inter[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScrip t and Java Permissions NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 163 1 In Internet Explorer , click Tools , Internet Options and then the Security tab. Figure 79 Internet Options: Security 2 Click the Custom Level... button. 3 Scroll down to Scripting . 4 Under Active scripting make sure that Enable is selected (the default). 5[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScript and Java Permissions NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 164 6 Click OK to close the window. Figure 80 Security Settings - Java Scripting Java Permissions 1 From Internet Explorer , click Tools , Internet Opti ons and then the Security tab. 2 Click the Custom Level... button. 3 Scroll down to Microsoft VM . 4 Under Java [...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScrip t and Java Permissions NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 165 5 Click OK to close the window. Figure 81 Security Settings - Java JA V A (Sun) 1 From Internet Explorer , click Tools , Internet Opti ons and then the Advance d tab . 2 Make sure that Use Java 2 for <applet> under Java (Sun) is selected.[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScript and Java Permissions NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 166 3 Click OK to close the window. Figure 82 Java (Sun) Mozilla Firefox Mozilla Firefox 2.0 screens are used here. Screens for other v ersions may vary slightly . The steps below apply to Mozilla Firefox 3.0 as well. Y o u can enable Java, Jav ascript and pop-ups [...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScrip t and Java Permissions NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 167 Click Content to show the screen below . Select the check boxes as sho wn in the following screen. Figure 84 Mozilla Firefox Content Security Opera Opera 10 screens are used here. Screens for o ther versions may v ary slightly .[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScript and Java Permissions NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 168 Allowing Pop-Ups From Opera, click Tools , then Preferences . In the General tab, go to Choo se how you prefer to handle pop-ups and select Open all pop-ups . Figure 85 Opera: Allowing Pop-Ups Enabling Java From Opera, click Tools , then Preferences . In the Ad[...]

Appendix B Pop-up Windows, JavaScrip t and Java Permissions NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 169 T o customize JavaScript behavior in the Oper a browser , click JavaScript Options . Figure 87 Opera: JavaScript Options Select the items you want Opera’ s Jav aScript to apply .[...]

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NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 171 A PPENDIX C IP Addresses and Subnetting This appendix introduces IP addresses a nd subnet masks. IP addresses identify individual devices on a network. Ev ery networking device (including computers, servers, routers, printers, etc.) needs an IP address to communicate across the network. These networking devices are als[...]

Appendix C IP Addresses and Subnetting NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 172 The following figure shows an example IP address in which the first three octets (192.168.1) are the network number , and the fourth octet (16) is the host ID. Figure 88 Network Number and Host ID How much of the IP address is the netw ork number and how much is the host ID v arie[...]

Appendix C I P Addresses and Subnetti ng NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 173 Subnet masks can be referred to by the size of th e network number part (the bits with a “1” v alue). For example, an “8-bit mask” means that the first 8 bits of the mask are ones and the remaining 24 bits are zeroes. Subnet masks are expressed in dotted decimal nota tio[...]

Appendix C IP Addresses and Subnetting NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 174 The following table shows some possible subnet masks using both notations. Subnetting Y o u can use subnetting to divide one network into multiple sub-networks. In the following example a network administrator creates two sub-networks to isolate a group of servers from the rest of[...]

Appendix C I P Addresses and Subnetti ng NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 175 The following figure shows the company netw ork after subnetting . There are now two sub- networks, A and B . Figure 90 Subnetting Example: After Subnetting In a 25-bit subnet the host ID has 7 bits , so each sub-network has a maximum of 2 7 – 2 or 126 possible hosts (a host I[...]

Appendix C IP Addresses and Subnetting NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 176 Example: Eight Subnet s Similarly , use a 27-bit mask to create eight subn ets (000, 001, 010, 011, 100, 101, 110 and 11 1). Subnet Address: 192.168.1.0 Lowest Host ID: 192.16 8.1.1 Broadcast Address: 192.168.1.63 Highest Host ID: 192.1 68.1.62 T able 46 Subnet 2 IP/SUBNET MASK NE[...]

Appendix C I P Addresses and Subnetti ng NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 177 The following table shows IP address last octet values for each subnet. Subnet Planning The following table is a summary fo r subnet planni ng on a network with a 24-bit network number . The following table is a summary fo r subnet planni ng on a network with a 16-bit network nu[...]

Appendix C IP Addresses and Subnetting NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 178 Configuring IP Addresses Where you obtain your n etwork number depends on your particular situation. If the ISP or your network administrator assigns y ou a block of regist ered IP addresses, follow their instructions in selecting the IP addresses and the subnet mask. If the ISP d[...]

NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 179 A PPENDIX D Wireless LANs Wireless LAN T opologies This section discusses ad-hoc and infrastructure wireless LAN topologies. Ad-hoc Wireless LAN Configuration The simplest WLAN configuration is an indepe ndent (Ad-hoc) WLAN that connects a set of computers with wireless adapters (A, B, C). Any time two or more wireless[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 180 disabled, wireless client A and B can still access the wired network but cannot communicate with each other . Figure 92 Basic Service Set ESS An Extended Service Set (ESS) consists of a series of overlapping BSSs, each containing an access point, with each access point connected together by a w[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 181 An ESSID (ES S IDentification) uniquely identifies each ESS. All access points and their associated wireless clients within the same ESS must have the same ES SID in order to communicate. Figure 93 Infrastructure WLAN Channel A channel is the radio frequency(ies) used by wireless devices to tr [...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 182 cannot "hear" each other , that is they do not know if the channel is currently being used. Therefore, they are considered hidden from each othe r . Figure 94 RT S / C TS When station A sends data to the AP , it might not know that th e station B is already using the channel. If these[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 183 If the Fragmentation Threshold value is smaller than the RTS/CT S value (see previously) you set then the R TS (Request T o Send)/CTS (Clear to Send) handshake will never occur as data frames will be fragmented before they reach RTS/CTS size. Preamble T ype Preamble is used to signal that data [...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 184 The following figure shows the relative effectivenes s of these wireless security methods available on your NW A 1121-NI. Note: Y ou must enable the same wireless secu rit y settings on the NW A1121-NI and on all wireless clients that y ou want to associate wit h it. IEEE 802.1x In June 2001, t[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 185 RADIUS is a simple package exchange in wh ich your AP acts as a me ssage relay between the wireless client and the network RADIUS server . T ypes of RADIUS Messag es The following types of RADIUS messages are ex changed between the access point and the R ADIUS server for user authen tication: ?[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 186 EAP-MD5 (Message-Dig est Algorithm 5) MD5 authentication is the simplest one-w ay authentication method. The authentication serv er sends a challenge to the wireless client. The wireless client ‘proves’ that it knows the password by encrypting the password with the challenge and sends back [...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 187 If this feature is enabled, it is not necessary to configure a default encryption k ey in the wireless security configuration screen. Y ou may still configure and store keys, but they will not be used while dynamic WEP is enabled. Note: EAP-MD5 cann ot be used with Dynamic WEP K ey Exchange For[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 188 called Rijndael. They both include a per -packet key mixing function, a Message Integrity Check (MIC) named Michael, an extended initialization vector (IV) with se quencing rules, and a re-keying mechanism. WPA and WPA2 regu larly change and rotate the encryp tion k eys s o that the same encryp[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 189 WP A(2) with RADIUS Application Example T o set up WPA(2), you need the IP address of the RADIUS server , its port number (default is 1812), and the RADIUS shared secret. A WPA(2) applicat ion exa mple with an external RADIUS server looks as follows. "A" is the RADIUS server . "D[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 190 4 The AP and wireless clie nts use the TKIP or AE S encryption process, the PMK and information exchanged in a handshake to create tempor al encryp tion keys. They use these keys to encrypt data exchanged between them. Figure 96 WPA(2)-PSK Authentication Security Pa rameters Summary R efer to t[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 191 Po sitioning the antennas properly increases the range an d coverage area of a wireless LAN. Antenna Characteristics Frequency An antenna in the frequency of 2.4GHz or 5GHz is n eeded to communicate efficiently in a wireless LAN Radiation Pattern A radiation pattern is a diagram that allows you[...]

Appendix D Wireless LANs NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 192 F or directional antennas, point the antenna in the direction of th e desired cover age area.[...]

NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 193 A PPENDIX E Legal Information Copyright Copyright © 2012 by Z yXEL Communications Corporation. The contents of this publication may not be repr oduced in any part or as a whole, tr anscribed, stored in a retrieval system, translated into an y language, or transmitted in any form or by an y means, electronic, mechanica[...]

Appendix E Legal Information NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 194 If this device does cause harmful interference to radio/television reception, which can be determined by turning the device off and on, th e user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. 2 Increa[...]

Appendix E Legal Informa tion NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 195 IC Radiation Exposure St atement This equipment complies with IC radiation ex posure limits set fo rth for an uncontrolled environment. End users must follow the specific op er ating instructions for satisfying RF exposure compliance. 注意 ! 依據 低功率電波輻射性電機管理辦[...]

Appendix E Legal Information NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 196 components without charge for either parts or labor , and to whatever extent it shall deem necessary to restore the product or components to proper operating condition. Any replacement will consist of a new or re-manufactured functionally equiv alent product of equal or higher value, and wi[...]

Appendix E Legal Informa tion NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 197 National Restrictions This product may be used in all EU countries (and other countries following the EU directive 1999/ 5/EC) without any limitation except for the countries mentioned below: [Estonian] Käesolevaga kinnitab ZyXEL seadme seadme d vastavust direktiivi 1999/5/EÜ põhinõue [...]

Appendix E Legal Information NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 198 Ce produit peut être utilisé dans tous les pays de l’UE (et dans tous les pays a yant transposés la directive 1999/5/CE) sans aucune limitation, excepté pour les pays mentionn és ci-dessous: Questo prodotto è utilizzabile in tutte i paesi EU (ed in tutti gli altri paesi che seguono [...]

Appendix E Legal Informa tion NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 199 Pour la bande 2.4 GHz, la puissance est limitée à 10 mW en p.i.r .e. pour les équipements utilisé s en extérieur dans la bande 2454 - 2483.5 MHz. Il n'y a pas de restrictions pour des utilisations en intérieur ou dans d'autres parties de la bande 2.4 GHz. Consultez http://w[...]

Appendix E Legal Information NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 200 • Place connecting cabl es carefully so that no one will step on them or stumble over them . • Always disconnect all cabl es from this device before servic ing or disassembling. • Use ONL Y an appropriate power adaptor or cord for yo ur device. Connect it to the right supply voltage ([...]

Index NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 201 Index Numbers 802.1x-Only 58 802.1x-Static128 58 802.1x-Static64 58 A access privileges 12 Accounting Server 88 Advanced Encryption Standard See AES. AES 187 Alerts 11 6 Alternative subnet mask notation 174 Antenna 92 antenna directional 191 gain 191 omni-directional 191 AP (access point) 181 Applications Access [...]

Index NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 202 E EAP 59 EAP Authentication 185 Encryption 59 , 76 , 80 , 83 , 85 encryption 14 , 187 ESS 56 , 180 Ethernet dev ice 89 Extended Service Set 56 Extended Service S et, See ESS 180 Extensible Authentication Protocol 59 F Fa c t o r y D e f a u l t s 125 restoring 21 FCC interference statement 193 Firmware 120 Fragme[...]

Index NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 203 Sys lo g 11 8 Logs, Uses of 11 5 M MAC Filter Allow Association 89 Deny Association 89 Maintenance 11 9 Association List 120 Backup 124 Re s t or e 124 Management Information Base (MIB) 111 managing the device good habits 16 MBSSID 11 Media Access Control 89 Message Integrity Check (MIC) 187 message relay 60 Micr[...]

Index NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 204 R ootAP 14 RT S (Request T o Send) 182 threshold 181 , 18 2 RTS / C T S T h r es h o l d 63 , 66 , 68 , 71 , 91 S Security Mode, Choosing the 93 Security Modes 802.1x-Static64 58 IEEE 802.1x-Only 58 IEEE 802.1x-Static128 58 IEEE 802.1x-Static64 58 None 58 WEP 58 WPA 58 WPA2 58 WPA2-MIX 58 WPA2-PSK 58 Service Set [...]

Index NWA1121-NI User’s Guide 205 Vo I P 12 , 73 W warranty 195 note 196 WDS 14 W eb Configurator 19 password 19 WEP 58 WEP key encrypting 93 Wi-Fi Multimedia QoS 92 Wi-Fi Protected Access 58 , 187 Wired Equivalent Priv acy 58 Wireless Client 42 wireless client WPA supplicants 188 Wireless Distribution System (WDS) 14 Wireless Mode 57 Wireless Mo[...]

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