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The WPS Button

2.1

Overview

Your NBG5715 supports WiFi Protected Setup (WPS), which is an easy way to set up a secure

wireless network. WPS is an industry standard specification, defined by the WiFi Alliance.

WPS allows you to quickly set up a wireless network with strong security, without having to

configure security settings manually. Each WPS connection works between two devices. Both

devices must support WPS (check each device’s documentation to make sure).

Depending on the devices you have, you can either press a button (on the device itself, or in its

configuration utility) or enter a PIN (a unique Personal Identification Number that allows one device

to authenticate the other) in each of the two devices. When WPS is activated on a device, it has two

minutes to find another device that also has WPS activated. Then, the two devices connect and set

up a secure network by themselves.

For more information on using WPS, see

Chapter 9 on page 57

.

Figure 5

The WPS Button

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ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility

3.1

Overview

The ZyXEL NetUSB

Share Center Utility allows you to work with the USB devices that are connected

directly to the NBG5715 as if they are connected directly to your computer. This allows you to easily

share USB-based devices such as printers, scanners, portable hard disks, MP3 players, faxes, and

digital cameras (to name a few) with all the other people in your home or office as long as they are

connected to the NBG5715 and have the ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility installed.

Note: Be sure to install the ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility (for NetUSB functionality)

from the included disc, or download the latest version from the zyxel.com website’s

Download Library.

3.1.1

Quick Setup

This section shows you how to get started using the ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility.

1

Install the ZyXEL NetUSB

Share Center Utility on each computer connected to the NBG5715.

2

Connect a USB device to the USB port on the NBG5715.

Note: If you are connecting multiple devices to the NBG5715, first connect a USB hub to

the NBG5715 then connect your other USB devices to it.

3

Run the ZyXEL NetUSB

Share Center Utility to display a list of all connected USB devices, then use

it to connect your computer to them.

3.1.2

Installing ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility

Before you can access USB devices connected to the NBG5715, you must first install the ZyXEL

NetUSB

Share Center Utility on any computer on your LAN to which you want to allow access to

these devices.

Note: In order to properly use the utility with your NBG5715, ensure that the NBG5715

firmware is version v1.00(BWQ.0) or higher. See

Chapter 22 on page 162

for

information on updating your device’s firmware.

To install the ZyXEL NetUSB

Share Center Utility:

1

Insert the disc that came with your NBG5715 into your computer’s disc drive.

2

Run the

Setup

program by double-clicking it and then follow the on-screen instructions for

installing it on your computer.

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Note: The following operating systems are supported: Windows XP/Vista/7 (32 and 64-bit

versions).

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To open the ZyXEL NetUSB

Share Center Utility, double-click its system tray icon.

3.2

The ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility

This section describes the ZyXEL NetUSB

Share Center Utility main window.

Figure 6

ZyXEL NetUSB

Share Center Utility Main Window

The following table describes the icons in this window.

Table 3

ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility Main Window Icons

ICON

DESCRIPTION

Configure Server

Click to open the NBG5715’s built-in Web Configurator, which you can use to

set up the NBG5715 (see

Chapter 4 on page 29

for details).

Auto-Connect Printer

Click this if you want to automatically connect to the printer each time your

start your computer.

Note: You must first install the appropriate print driver on each computer for

which you intend to use this feature. See the documentation that came

with your printer for instructions on how to do this.

Connect

Select a USB device and then click this button to connect to it. Your computer

can connect to as many USB devices as are connected to the NBG5715.

Disconnect

Select a device to which your computer is connected and then click this

button to disconnect from it.

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3.2.1

The Menus

This section describes the utility’s menus.

Figure 7

ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility Menus

The following table describes the menus in this screen.

Request to Connect

Some USB devices may not allow automatic connections over the network. If

so, select the device in question and click this button to issue a request to

connect to it.

Network Scanner

Click this to open the scanner options on your computer for working with a

scanner connected to the network.

Table 3

ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility Main Window Icons (continued)

ICON

DESCRIPTION

Table 4

ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center Utility Main Screen Menus

MENU

ITEM

DESCRIPTION

System

Exit

This closes the ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center

Utility.

Tools

Configuration

This opens the ZyXEL NetUSB Share Center

Utility configuration window.

Auto-Connect Printer List

This opens the list window that displays all

of the printing devices connected to the

NBG5715.

Help

About

This opens the about window, which

provides information of the utility software

and driver versions.

Auto-Connect

Printer

Set Auto-Connect Printer

This sets the selected printer to ‘auto-

connect’, meaning your computer will always

connect to the printer over the network.

Note: You first must install the appropriate

drivers for the printer that you intend

to use.

Delete Auto-Connect Printer

This removes the auto-connect option from

the selected printer.