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Quick Start Guide www .zyxel.com NWD Series Dual-Band Wireless USB Adapter NWD6505 NWD6605 V e rsion 1.00 Edition 1, 05/2013 Copyright © 2013 Z yXEL Communications Corpor ation User’s Guide ...
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NWD Series Use r ’ s Gu id e 2 IMPORT ANT! READ CAREFULL Y BEFORE USE. KEEP THIS GUIDE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. Screenshots and graphics in this book may differ sl ightly from your product due to differences in your product firmware o r your computer operatin g system . Every ef fort has been m ade to ensure that the information in this manual is ac ...
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Contents Overview NWD Series User’s Guide 3 Contents Overview Introduction and Configuration ............................................... ................................................. .......... 7 Getting S tarted ................ ................ ................ ................ ................. ................ .............. ......... ...
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Table of Contents NWD Series User’s Guide 5 Table of Contents Contents Overview .............................................. ..................................................... ........... ................ 3 Table of Contents ................................................. ..................................................... ........... .. ...
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Table of Contents NWD Series Use r ’ s Gu id e 6 Part II: ....................... .................................................................. ..................... 29 Part II: T roubleshooting ....... ............................................................ ............... 29 Chapter 4 T roubleshooting ................................. ...
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NWD Series User’s Guide 9 C HAPTER 1 Getting Started 1.1 Overview The Z yXEL NWD Series of dual-band wireless USB ad apters can connect to a 2.4 G network or a 5G network and bring you a better Internet ex perience ov er existing 802.11 networks. This section includes an overview of your NWD Series adapter .What Y ou Need to Know The following te ...
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Chapter 1 Get ting Started NWD Series Use r ’ s Gu id e 10 1.2.1.1 NWD6605 Dual-Band Wireless AC1200 USB Adapter Figure 1 NWD6605 Physical Characteristics 1.2.1.2 NWD6505 Dual-Band Wireless AC600 USB Adapter Figure 2 NWD6505 Physical Characteristics LED color: Blue LED color: Blue Dual-band external an tenna Dual-band external an tenna One-touch ...
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Chapter 1 Getting Started NWD Series User’s Guide 11 1.2.2 NWD Series LED Indicator Function The following table describes the function of the NWD Series’ s LED indicators. T a ble 1 NWD Series LED Indicator Legend ST A TUS DESCRIPTION On The driver is inst alled. Slow Blinkin g The NWD is se arching for available wireless device or a WPS conne ...
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NWD Series User’s Guide 12 C HAPTER 2 Tutorial 2.1 Overview This tutorial shows you how to join a wireless in frastructure network using the Z yXEL utility . The wireless client is labeled C and the Access Point is labeled AP . Figure 3 Infrastructure Network 2.1.1 What Y ou Can Do in This T utorial • Install the driver for your NWD Series adap ...
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Chapter 2 Tutorial NWD Series User’s Guide 13 2.2 Driver Inst allation Note: Before beginning, ensure that y our NW D Series adapter is NO T connected to the host com puter . 1 Insert the provided setup disc and run. 2 Select Setup from the startup screen. 3 The Driver Installation Tool window appears. Click Next . ...
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Chapter 2 Tutorial NWD Series Use r ’ s Gu id e 14 4 When driver installation is complete, a screen appears prompting you to plug in your NWD Series adapter . Plug in the adapter and click Next . ...
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Chapter 2 Tutorial NWD Series User’s Guide 15 5 The Installation Complete screen appears. Click Finish to complete the driver installation. ...
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Chapter 2 Tutorial NWD Series Use r ’ s Gu id e 16 2.3 Network Connection There are two ways to create a network connection. • 2.3.1 Z yXEL Network Connection Wiza rd (Windows Z ero Configuration) • 2.3.2 Connecting to an AP using W i-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) 2.3.1 ZyXEL Network Connection Wiza rd (W indows Zero Configuration) 1 The ZyXEL Net ...
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Chapter 2 Tutorial NWD Series User’s Guide 17 2 The network selection screen appears. Choose the desired connection and click Connect . Click Next . 3 The network security key screen appears. If prompted, enter the Security Key for the selected connection and click OK . Cli ck Next . ...
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Chapter 2 Tutorial NWD Series Use r ’ s Gu id e 18 4 Connection is complete. Click Finish in the next screen to complete the connection setup. ...
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Chapter 2 Tutorial NWD Series User’s Guide 19 2.3.2 Connecting to an AP u s ing Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) This section gives y ou an example of how to set up y our wireless network using WPS. This example uses the NWD Series adapter as the wireless client, and ZyXEL ’s NBG4615 v2 as the Access P oint (AP). Note: The Access P oint must be a WP ...
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Chapter 2 Tutorial NWD Series Use r ’ s Gu id e 20 2 Within two minutes, press the button on the router or AP un til the indicator blinks. The following window appears. Configur ation may take up to two minutes. Figure 6 NWD6505 Connection Progress Window Figure 7 NWD6605 Connection Progress Window 3 The wireless connection icon next to the clock ...
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NWD Series User’s Guide 21 C HAPTER 3 Wireless LANs 3.1 Overview This section provides background information on wireless Local Area Networks. 3.1.1 What Y ou Need to Know The following terms and concepts may he lp as y ou read through this section. Server When two or more devices are connected digitally to form a network, the one that distribute ...
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Chapter 3 Wireless LANs NWD Series Use r ’ s Gu id e 22 3.2 Wireless LAN Overview The following figure provides an example of a wireless network with an AP . Figure 8 Example of a Wireless Network The wireless network is the part in the blue circle. In this wireless network, devices A and B are called wireless clients. The wireless clients use th ...
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Chapter 3 Wireless LANs NWD Series User’s Guide 23 3.3.1 WEP 3.3.1.1 Dat a Encryption WEP (Wired Equivalent Priv acy) encryption scram bles all data pack ets transmitted between the NWD Series and the AP or other wireless stations to ke ep network communications private. Both the wireless stations and the access points must use the same WEP k ey ...
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Chapter 3 Wireless LANs NWD Series Use r ’ s Gu id e 24 single, alphanumeric password to der ive a PMK which is u sed to generate unique temporal encryption keys. This prevent all wireless devices sharing the same encryption keys. (a weakness of WEP) If both an AP and the wireless clients support WP A2-PSK, use WPA2-PSK for stronger data encrypti ...
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Chapter 3 Wireless LANs NWD Series User’s Guide 25 The roles of registrar and enrollee last only as long as the WPS setup process is active (two minutes). The next time you use WPS, a different device can be the registr a r if necessary . The WPS connection process is like a handshake; only two devices participate in each WPS transaction. If you ...
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Chapter 3 Wireless LANs NWD Series Use r ’ s Gu id e 26 registrar , since it is configured (it alread y has security information for the network). AP1 supplies the existing security information to Client 2 . Figure 1 1 WPS: Ex ample Network Step 2 In step 3, you add another access point ( AP2 ) to your network. AP2 is out of range of AP1 , so y o ...
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Chapter 3 Wireless LANs NWD Series User’s Guide 27 3.4.2 Limit ations of WPS WPS has some limitations of which you should be aware. • When you use WPS , it works between two devices only . Y ou cannot enroll multiple devices simultan eously , y ou must en roll one a fter the ot her . For instance, if you have two enrollees and one registr ar yo ...
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NWD Series User’s Guide 31 C HAPTER 4 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 • Link Quality • Problems Communicating with Other Computers 4.1 Power , Hardware Connections, and LEDs ...
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Chapter 4 Troubl eshooting NWD Series Use r ’ s Gu id e 32 4.2 Link Quality The link quality and/or signal strength is poor . 1 Scan for and connect to another AP with a better link quality . 2 Move you r computer closer to the AP or the peer computer(s) within the transmission range. 3 There may be too much radio interference (for example from a ...
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NWD Series User’s Guide 33 A PPENDIX A Legal Information Copyright Copyright © 2013 by Z yXEL Communications Corpor ation. Th e c o nt e nt s of th i s p ub l ic a ti o n m ay n ot be r ep r od uc e d i n a n y p ar t or a s a w ho le , tra n sc r ib e d, st o re d in a r e tr i eva l sy st e m, t r anslated into any language, or tr ansmitted in ...
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Appendix A Legal Informatio n NWD Series Use r ’ s Gu id e 34 Certifications 注意 ! 依據 低功率電波輻射 性電機管理辦法 第十二條 經型式認證 合格之低功率射頻電機，非經許可 ，公司、商號或使用 者均不得擅自變更頻率、加大功 率或變更原設計之特性及功能。 第十四條 低功率 ...
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Appendix A Legal Info rmation NWD Series User’s Guide 35 ZyXEL Limited W arranty Z yXEL warrants to the original end user (pu rchaser) that this pr oduct is free from any defects in material or workmanship for a spe cific period (the Warranty P eriod) from the date o f purchase. The Warranty P eri od varies by region. Check with your vendor an d/ ...
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Appendix A Legal Informatio n NWD Series Use r ’ s Gu id e 36 National Restrictions This prod uct may be us ed in all E U countr ies (and ot her countri es follo wing the EU directive 1999/5/EC ) without any limitat ion except for the count ries mentione d below: Ce produit peut être utilisé dans tous les pays de l’UE (et da ns tous les pays ...
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Appendix A Legal Info rmation NWD Series User’s Guide 37 1. Although Norway , Switzerland and Liech tenstein are not EU mem ber states, the E U Directive 1999/5/EC has also been imp lemente d in those cou ntries. 2. The regulat ory limits for maxi mum output pow er are specified in EIRP . The E IRP level (in dBm) o f a device can be calculated by ...
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Index NWD Series User’s Guide 39 Index A about your Z yXEL Device 9 Access Point (AP) 22 Access point (AP) 22 Access Point. See also AP . ACT LED 11 Advanced Encryption Standard 23 AP See also access point. authentication type 23 auto 23 open system 23 shared key 23 auto authentication 23 C CCMP 23 certifications 34 notices 34 viewing 35 channel ...
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Index NWD Series Use r ’ s Gu id e 40 product registration 35 PSK 23 Q Quick Start Guide 2 R radio interference 32 registration product 35 related documentation 2 S security 22 , 23 data encryption 23 Service Set Identity (SSID) 22 SSID 22 , 32 T T emporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) 23 trademarks 33 W warranty 35 note 35 WEP 23 automatic setup ...
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