Zyxel NBG-419N Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

2.5.2

Wireless Security: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

Choose

WPA-PSK

or

WPA2-PSK

security in the Wireless Security screen to set up a password for

your wireless network.

Figure 14

Wireless Security: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 7

Wireless Security: No Security

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Wireless

Network

Name (SSID)

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless

LAN.

If you change this field on the NBG-419N, make sure all wireless stations use the

same SSID in order to access the network.

Security mode

Select a

Security

level from the drop-down list box.

Choose

None

to have no wireless LAN security configured. If you do not enable any

wireless security on your NBG-419N, your network is accessible to any wireless

networking device that is within range.

Exit

Click this to close the wizard screen without saving.

Back

Click this to return to the previous screen.

Table 8

Wireless Security: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Wireless

Network

Name (SSID)

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless

LAN.

If you change this field on the NBG-419N, make sure all wireless stations use the

same SSID in order to access the network.

Security mode

Select a

Security

level from the drop-down list box.

Choose

WPA-PSK

or

WPA2-PSK

security to configure a Pre-Shared Key. Choose

this option only if your wireless clients support WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK respectively.

Wireless

password

Type from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters. You can set up the most secure

wireless connection by configuring WPA in the wireless LAN screens.

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Congratulations! Open a web browser, such as Internet Explorer, to visit your favorite website.

Note: If you cannot access the Internet when your computer is connected to one of the

NBG-419N’s LAN ports, check your connections. Then turn the NBG-419N off, wait

for a few seconds then turn it back on. If that does not work, log in to the web

configurator again and check you have typed all information correctly. See the

User’s Guide for more suggestions.

Figure 15

Congratulations

You can also click

ZyGO

to open the

Easy Mode

Web Configurator of your NBG-419N.

You have successfully set up your NBG-419N to operate on your network and access the Internet.

You are now ready to connect wirelessly to your NBG-419N and access the Internet.

Verify

Password

Retype the password to confirm.

Exit

Click this to close the wizard screen without saving.

Back

Click this to return to the previous screen.

Table 8

Wireless Security: WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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3

Introducing the Web Configurator

3.1

Overview

This chapter describes how to access the NBG-419N Web Configurator and provides an overview of

its screens.

The Web Configurator is an HTML-based management interface that allows easy setup and

management of the NBG-419N via Internet browser. Use Internet Explorer 6.0 and later or

Netscape Navigator 7.0 and later versions or Safari 2.0 or later versions. The recommended screen

resolution is 1024 by 768 pixels.

In order to use the Web Configurator you need to allow:

•

Web browser pop-up windows from your device. Web pop-up blocking is enabled by default in

Windows XP SP (Service Pack) 2.

•

JavaScripts (enabled by default).

•

Java permissions (enabled by default).

Refer to the Troubleshooting chapter (

Chapter 31 on page 185

) to see how to make sure these

functions are allowed in Internet Explorer.

3.2

Accessing the Web Configurator

1

Make sure your NBG-419N hardware is properly connected and prepare your computer or computer

network to connect to the NBG-419N (refer to the Quick Start Guide).

2

Launch your web browser.

3

Type "http://192.168.1.1" as the website address.

Your computer must be in the same subnet in order to access this website address.

3.2.1

Login Screen

Note: If this is the first time you are accessing the Web Configurator, you may be

redirected to the Wizard. Refer to

Chapter 2 on page 23

for the Connection Wizard

screens.

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The Web Configurator initially displays the following login screen.

Figure 16

Login screen

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

3.2.2

Password Screen

You should see a screen asking you to change your password (highly recommended) as shown

next.

Figure 17

Change Password Screen

Table 9

Login screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Password

Type "1234" (default) as the password.

Language

Select the language you want to use to configure the Web

Configurator. Click

Login

.

This shows the current weather, either in celsius or fahrenheit, of the city you

specify in

Section 3.2.3.1 on page 36

.

This shows the time (hh:mm:ss) and date (yyyy:mm:dd) of the timezone you

select in

Section 3.2.3.2 on page 36

or

Section 26.3 on page 173

. The time is in

24-hour format, for example 15:00 is 3:00 PM.

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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Note: The management session automatically times out when the time period set in the

Administrator Inactivity Timer

field expires (default five minutes; go to

Chapter

24 on page 169

to change this). Simply log back into the NBG-419N if this happens.

3.2.3

Home Screen

If you have previously logged into the Web Configurator but did not click

Logout

, you may be

redirected to the Home screen.

You can also open this screen by clicking

Home

(

or

) in the Easy Mode or Expert

mode screens.

The Home screen displays as follows.

Figure 18

Home Screen

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 10

Change Password Screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

New Password

Type a new password.

Retype to Confirm

Retype the password for confirmation

.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes back to the NBG-419N.

Ignore

Click

Ignore

if you do not want to change the password this time.

Table 11

Home Screen

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Go

Click this to open the Easy mode Web Configurator.

Language

Select a language to go to the Easy mode Web Configurator in

that language and click

Login

.

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