Zoom X6 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Wireless Network

21

3.

Some desktop and notebook computers may need a wireless

network adapter installed. This can be a USB adapter, PC Card

adapter, or PCI adapter. When you install the adapter, make

sure that it is set to

infrastructure

or

access point

mode

(NOT

ad-hoc

or

peer-to-peer

mode). If you need help

installing your wireless adapter or setting its mode, refer to the

documentation that came with it. After you install the adapter,

see

Connecting a Wireless-enabled Computer to the X6

.

Connecting a Wireless-enabled

Computer to the X6

1

Go to the wireless-enabled computer that you want to add to

the network. The computer should have software that will let it

perform a

site search

to scan for available wireless networks

in your area. When the

SSID

(Service Set Identifier) of your

X6

wireless network appears in the list—the SSID is

zoom

—

select it as the network you want to use to connect to the

Internet.

Tip!

For most wireless adapters, you will use its wireless

configuration manager software and click a

Scan

button or

select a

Site Scan

,

Scan Networks

, or other similarly named

tab to do a site search. If you need help, refer to the

documentation that came with your wireless adapter.

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There are several site scan issues you should be aware of:

¾

If you installed a wireless adapter on a Windows XP

computer, Windows XP may try to automatically configure

the adapter (rather than let you use the software provided

with the wireless adapter). You will know this is happening

because you will be prompted with a message about one or

more wireless networks being available. You will also be

able to click a link to open the

Wireless Network

Connection Properties

dialog box. If this happens, click

the link, and clear the

Use Windows to configure my

wireless network settings

check box then click

OK

. You

can then use the software provided with your wireless

adapter without interruption from Windows XP.

¾

More than one wireless network may appear in the list.

These are other wireless networks that are within range of

your network. Your neighbors for instance may be within

range of your network. Each wireless network has a

channel associated with it. We recommend there be at least

a five-channel difference between your network and those

of your neighbors. Having less than a five-channel

difference may result in interference with your connection.

By default, the

X6

uses channel 10. If you need to change

this channel, you must do so using the

Wireless Setup

page of the

Zoom Configuration Manager

.

¾

If you want to secure your wireless network so it won’t be

accessible by others, you should specify security settings.

To learn how, see

Setting Wireless Security

on page 26.

(By default, the wireless connections provided by the

X6

do not have any security applied.)

2

Test your wireless connections. From each desktop or

notebook computer that you set up, open your Web browser

(for instance, Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) and try

to connect to a familiar Web address.

If you connect successfully, you are ready to browse the Web!

Important!

If you want to add security to your network, see

Setting Wireless

Security

on page 26.

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Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Wireless Network

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Connecting a Windows XP

Computer with Built-in Wireless

Capabilities

This section applies to Windows XP notebooks and computers

that have built-in wireless capabilities.

1

On your Windows desktop, click the

Start

button then click

Control Panel

.

2

Double-click

the

Network Connections

icon.

3

Right-click

the

Wireless Network Connection

icon, then

select

Properties

.

4

On the

Wireless Network Connection Properties

dialog

box, select the

Wireless Networks

tab. Windows XP will

automatically scan for available wireless networks in your area.

Any compatible networks within range will appear in the

Available networks

list. It should find the wireless network of

the

X6

—named

zoom

. (The scan is done automatically

because the

Use Windows to configure my wireless

network settings

check box is selected by default).

5

Select

zoom

from the

Available networks

list, then click the

Configure

button to add it to the

Preferred networks

list.

The notebook will try to connect to the Internet using the

wireless networks listed here, in the order in which they

appear. (If you already have networks listed here, we

recommend you either remove them or use the

Move up

button to move

zoom

to the top of the list.)

6

Click

OK

.

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7

Test your wireless connection. From the computer or

notebook that you set up, open your Web browser (for

instance, Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator) and try to

connect to a familiar Web address.

If you connect successfully, your notebook’s wireless

capability is configured and you are ready to browse the Web!

Important!

If you want to add security to your network, please see

Setting

Wireless Security

on page 26.

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Checking Your Settings

If you ever need to check your wireless settings, you can do so

from the

Wireless Setup

page. This page is available in the

Zoom

Configuration Manager

by clicking the

Wireless

icon.

The table below explains the settings:

This setting…

Lets you specify…

Wireless Status

Enable

shows that your wireless network is up.

Disable

indicates that your wireless network is

down.

SSID

The Service Set Identifier for your wireless network.

By default, the SSID for the

X6

is

zoom

. You can

change the SSID to any name that you want.

Default Channel

The channel your wireless connection uses by

default for your wireless connection. The

X6

comes

set for channel

10

.

Profile

The standard used by your wireless adapters. This

drop-down list contains

802.11b Only

,

802.11g

Only

, or

Mixed Mode

.

The default is

Mixed Mode

, which allows you to

mix both

b

and

g

wireless adapters.

Encryption

The type of encryption used for your wireless

Internet signal. This drop-down list contains

None

,

WEP-64 bit

,

WEP 128 bit

,

WPA

and

WPA2

.

The default is

None

, meaning that no security is

enabled.

Country

If your country is not listed, select

Other.

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