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ZyAIR G-4100
802.11g Wireless Hotspot Gateway with Printer
Quick Start Guide
Version 1.00
11/2004
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ZyAIR G-4100 Table of Contents 1 Introducing the ZyAIR.........................................................................................................2 1.1 Safety Warnings .......................................................................................................... 2 1.2 Side Panel Connections .............................................................................................. 4 1.3 The Front Panel LEDs ........................................................
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ZyAIR G-4100 Do NOT open the device or unit. Opening or removing covers can expose you to dangerous high voltage points or other risks. ONLY qualified service personnel can service the device. Please contact your vendor for further information. Use ONLY the dedicated power supply for your device. Connect the power cord or power adaptor to the right supply voltage, that is, 110V AC for North America or 230V AC for Europe. Do NOT use the device if the power supply is damaged as it might
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ZyAIR G-4100 1.2 Side Panel Connections Figure 1 ZyAIR Side Panel Connections 4
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ZyAIR G-4100 Table 1 Side Panel Connections LABEL DESCRIPTION PRINTER Use the printer cable to connect the included printer (“exclusive printer”) to this port. LAN 1-4 These ports are auto-crossover, (”auto MDI/MDI-X”) which means you can use either a straight-through or crossover Ethernet cable to connect the ZyAIR to a computer or a hub. WAN Connect your broadband modem to this port with the Ethernet cable that came with your modem. RESET You only need to use this button if you’ve fo
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ZyAIR G-4100 Table 2 Front Panel LEDs LED STATUS DESCRIPTION ZyAIR On (Blue) The ZyAIR is ready, but is not sending/receiving data through the wireless LAN. Blinking (Blue) The ZyAIR is sending/receiving data through the wireless LAN. LAN (1-4) On (Green) The port is connected to a 10/100Mbps Ethernet device. Blinking (Green) The port is receiving or sending data. Off The port is not connected to a 10/100Mbps Ethernet device. WAN On (Green) The WAN port has a connection to your cab
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ZyAIR G-4100 range with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. This is necessary to ensure that your computer can communicate with your ZyAIR. Your computer must have an Ethernet 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. 2.1 Windows 2000/NT/XP 1. In Windows XP, click start, Control Panel. In Windows 2000/NT, click Start, Settings, Control Panel. 2. In the Control Panel, double-click Network Co
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ZyAIR G-4100 6. Click Advanced. Remove any previously installed gateways in the IP Settings tab and click OK to go back to the Internet Protocol TCP/IP Properties screen. 7. Click OK to close the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Properties window. 8. Click Close (OK in Windows 2000/NT) to close the Local Area Connection Properties window. 9. Close the Network Connections window (Network and Dial-up Connections in Windows 2000/NT). 2.2 Checking/Updating Your Computer’s IP Addres
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ZyAIR G-4100 3. Press ENTER and the following screen displays. C:\>ping 192.168.1.1 Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=254 Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time<10ms TTL=254 Ping statistics for 192.168.1.1: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
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ZyAIR G-4100 Figure 4 Web Configurator: Login Screen 3.2 Internet Connection Wizard The Wizard Setup screens appear by default after login only the first time you access the ZyAIR and run the wizard. After that, the SYSTEM QUICK VIEW screen appears after login. 1. The first Wizard screen displays after your initial login. This first screen varies depending on the type of Internet connection you use. Select DHCP Client if your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address. Your ISP assign
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ZyAIR G-4100 Select Static IP Setting If the ISP assigned a fixed IP address. Enter the WAN IP address, subnet mask, gateway IP address and DNS server address(s) that your ISP assigned you. Click Next to continue to Figure 9. Figure 6 Internet Connection: Static IP Select PPPoE If the ISP uses PPPoE for your account (PPPoE simulates a dial-up connection). Enter the user name and password exactly as your ISP assigned them. A maximum transmission unit (MTU) is the largest size packe
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ZyAIR G-4100 Select Keep Alive if you want an “always-on” connection. The Redial Period is how long the ZyAIR waits before reconnecting in the event of a disconnect. Click Next to continue to Figure 9. Select PPTP if your service provider uses a DSL terminator with PPTP login. The ZyAIR must have a static IP address (My IP Address) in this case. Your ISP may also provide a subnet mask (My Subnet Mask) and a gateway IP address (Gateway IP address). Enter the DSL terminator IP address (PP
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ZyAIR G-4100 ESSID is a unique name to identify the ZyAIR in the wireless LAN. Enter a descriptive name. Select a channel (range of radio frequencies used by IEEE 802.11g wireless devices) from the drop-down list box. Select Disable under Security to allow wireless devices to communicate with the ZyAIR without any data encryption. Select WPA to have the ZyAIR perform user authentication and data encryption. WPA’s data encryption is stronger than WEP. Type a pre-shared key from 8 to
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ZyAIR G-4100 4. Use this screen to set whether or not the ZyAIR authenticates users before allowing them to access the Internet. Select Yes to require the ZyAIR to authenticate subscribers before allowing Internet access. Select No to allow Internet access for all subscribers without authentication. Click Next to continue. Figure 11 Authentication Service Setup 5. Use the next wizard screen to set up a billing profile for the ZyAIR to use when generating subscriber accounts. 14
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ZyAIR G-4100 Select Time to Finish to allow subscribers a one-time login. Once a subscriber logs in, the system starts counting down the pre-defined usage even if the subscriber stops the Internet access before the time period finishes. If a subscriber logs out before the allocated time expires, the subscriber does not have to enter the user name and password to access the Internet again. Select Accumulation to allow each subscriber multiple re-login until the time allocated is used
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ZyAIR G-4100 Select Yes to use the “exclusive printer” when you generate and print subscriber statements. Select No to generate subscriber statements in the web configurator and print them from there. The Web-based Account Generator Panel Settings screen then appears next (Figure 17). Click Next to continue. Figure 13 Printer Selection Select a subscriber billing profile for each button on the “exclusive printer”. The billing profile defines the maximum Internet access time and cha
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ZyAIR G-4100 Select Logo to print your logo on the account statement when using a network-connected printer. See the User’s Guide for how to upload a logo file. Enter a title for the statement printout in the Title field. Enter a subtitle for the printout. Type Username and Password labels that appear in the statement here. Enter the label name for the field displaying the method for billing. Enter the label name for the field displaying the name for the billing profile used. Enter t
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ZyAIR G-4100 This screen shows how your custom statement printout will look. Close the window when you are finished viewing it. Figure 16 Printout Example Click Preview/Operate to open the Account Generator Panel (see Figure 18). A “button” represents a subscriber billing profile defining maximum Internet access time and charge per time unit. The buttons correspond to the buttons displayed in the Account Generator Panel. These button settings also apply to the buttons on the “exclu
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ZyAIR G-4100 Click Preview/Operate in Figure 17 to display this pop-up screen. Each button is the subscriber “profile” you defined. These button settings also apply to the buttons on the “exclusive printer”. Click the View Account List link in this screen to display another pop-up screen showing current account information (Figure 19). Close this pop-up screen when finished. Figure 18 Account Generator Panel Close this pop-up screen when you have finished viewing it. Figure 19 A
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ZyAIR G-4100 3.3 Introducing the Web Configurator Click a navigation panel link to open that link’s list of links to individual screens. After you run the wizard, you first see the SYSTEM QUICK VIEW screen after login. Click a navigation panel link to open a submenu of links to individual screens. QUICK VIEW is selected. Quick View is selected. Figure 21 Quick View 3.4 Resetting the ZyAIR To reset the ZyAIR back to the factory defaults, click SYSTEM TOOLS and CONFIGURATION to disp
