ZyXEL Communications Wireless Access Point ZyAIR B-500 User manual

ZyAIR B-500
Wireless Access Point
Quick Installation Guide
Version 3.50
June 2004

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Table of Contents
1 Introducing the ZyAIR ................................................................................................................ 4
2 Hardware Connections .............................................................................................................. 4
2.1 Rear Panel and Connections................................................................................................. 4
2.2 The LED Display.................................................................................................................... 5
3 Set Up Your Computer’s IP Address......................................................................................... 6
3.1 Windows 2000/NT/XP ........................................................................................................... 6
3.2 Testing the Connection to the ZyAIR ..................................................................................... 7
4 Configure the ZyAIR................................................................................................................... 8
4.1 Accessing the ZyAIR via the Web Configurator .................................................................... 8
4.2 Common Screen Command Buttons................................................................................... 10
4.3 Configuring the ZyAIR Using the Wizard............................................................................. 10
5 Hardware Mounting Installation .............................................................................................. 13
6 Troubleshooting ....................................................................................................................... 14
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1 Introducing the ZyAIR
The ZyAIR B-500 is an IEEE802.11b compliant 11 Mpbs wireless LAN access point. It is suited for
wireless connections to the wired network in the home and small office environment. The key features of
the ZyAIR are configurable output power, limitation of client connections, IEEE 802.1x, Wi-Fi Protected
Access, WEP data encryption and MAC address filtering. See your User’s Guide for more details on all
ZyAIR features.
2 Hardware Connections
2.1 Rear Panel and Connections
LABEL DESCRIPTION
ETHERNET For initial configuration, use an Ethernet cable to connect a computer (with an Ethernet
card) to the ETHERNET port. The port is auto-negotiating (can connect at 10 or
100Mbps) and auto-crossover (automatically adjusts to the type of Ethernet cable you
use (straight-through or crossover)).
RESET You only need to use this button if you’ve forgotten the ZyAIR’s password. It returns the
ZyAIR to the factory defaults (password is 1234 and LAN IP address 192.168.1.2). Refer
to the User’s Guide.
POWER
9VAC
Connect one end of the included power adaptor to this power socket and the other end to
a power source.
Use only the included power adaptor.

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2.2 The LED Display
The PWR/SYS and the WLAN LEDs turn on when the power is connected. The ETHN LED turns on, if
the ETHERNET port is properly connected. See the ZyAIR Front Panel LED Description table for more
information.
Figure 1 ZyAIR Front Panel
PWR/SYS LED WLAN LED
ETHN LED

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Table 1 ZyAIR Front Panel LED Description
LED COLOR STATUS DESCRIPTION
Blinking The ZyAIR is not ready or rebooting.
On The ZyAIR has a successful reboot and is receiving power.
PWR/SYS Green
Off The ZyAIR is not receiving power.
Off The ZyAIR does not have an Ethernet connection.
On The ZyAIR has a successful 10Mbps Ethernet connection.Green
Blinking The ZyAIR is sending or receiving data.
On The ZyAIR has a successful 100Mbps Ethernet connection.
ETHN
Amber
Blinking The ZyAIR is sending or receiving data.
Blinking The ZyAIR is sending or receiving data through the wireless LAN.WLAN Green
On The ZyAIR is ready, but is not sending/receiving data.
To access the ZyAIR, configure your computer’s IP address and subnet mask to be in the same range as the
ZyAIR’s.
The default IP address of the ZyAIR is 192.168.1.2.
3 Set Up Your Computer’s IP Address
Skip this section if your computer’s IP address is already in the range of
192.168.1.3 ~ 192.168.1.254 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0.
Your computer must have a network card and TCP/IP installed. TCP/IP should already be installed on
computers using Windows NT/2000/XP, Macintosh OS 7 and later operating systems. Refer to the Setting
Up Your Computer’s IP Address appendix in the User’s Guide for other operating systems.
3.1 Windows 2000/NT/XP
1. In Windows XP, click start, Control Panel. In Windows 2000/NT, click Start, Settings,Control
Panel.
2. In Windows XP, click Network Connections.
In Windows 2000/NT, click Network and Dial-up Connections.
3. Right-click Local Area Connection and then click Properties.

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4. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) (under the General tab in Windows XP) and click Properties.
5. The Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties
screen opens (the General tab in
Windows XP).
Configure your computer to use a static IP
address, select Use the following IP
Address and fill in the IP address
(192.168.1.3 to 192.168.1.254) and
Subnet mask (255.255.255.0) fields.
6. Leave the Preferred DNS sever and Alternate DNS server fields blank if you do not know the
IP address(es) of the DNS server.
7. Click OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window.
8. Click OK to close the Local Area Connection Properties window.
3.2 Testing the Connection to the ZyAIR
1. Click Start, (All) Programs, Accessories and then Command Prompt.
2. In the Command Prompt window, type "ping” followed by a space and the IP address of the ZyAIR
(192.168.1.2 is the default).

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3. Press ENTER. The following screen displays.
Your computer can now communicate with the ZyAIR via the ETHERNET port.
4 Configure the ZyAIR
The Quick Installation Guide shows you how to use the web configurator Wizard
and introduces the ZyAIR’s key features. See your User’s Guide for configuration
details and background information on all ZyAIR features using the SMT (System
Management Terminal) and web configurator.
4.1 Accessing the ZyAIR via the Web Configurator
1. Launch your web browser. Enter “192.168.1.2” as the web site address.
C:\>ping 192.168.1.2
Pinging 192.168.1.2 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=254
Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=254
Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=254
Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=254
Ping statistics for 192.168.1.2:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 10ms, Average = 2m
Default ZyAIR IP address.

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2. The default password (“1234”) is already in the password field (in non-readable format). Click
Login to proceed to a screen asking you to change your password. Click Reset to revert to the
default password in the password field.
3. It is highly recommended you change the default password! Enter a new password, retype it to
confirm and click Apply; alternatively click Ignore if you do not want to change the password
now.
Default password.
Change default
password.

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4. You should now see the web configurator MAIN MENU screen.
The management session automatically times out when the time period set in the
Administrator Inactivity Timer field expires (default five minutes). Simply log back
into the ZyAIR if this happens to you.
4.2 Common Screen Command Buttons
The following table shows common command buttons found on many web configurator screens.
Back Click Back to return to the previous screen.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyAIR.
Reset Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.
4.3 Configuring the ZyAIR Using the Wizard
The wizard consists of a series of screens to help you configure your ZyAIR for wireless stations to access
your wired LAN. Refer to your User’s Guide for more background information.
Click WIZARD SETUP to help
you configure your ZyAIR to
set up a wireless network.
Use the submenus to
configure the ZyAIR features.
Click LOGOUT at
any time to exit the
web configurator.
Click to view the
web configurator
in the language of
your choice.