User's Manual

28 Modem/Router with Wireless-N User
Manual
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Right-click your Wireless Network Name and select Disconnect.
Connecting a Windows Vista Computer with Built-in Wireless
Capabilities
1 From the Start menu select Connect to.
2 In the wireless network options box, highlight the Wireless Network Name (SSID)
you gave your wireless network in Step 4 of the Setup Wizard. If you did not
change the Wireless Network Name (SSID), select the default name
Zoom_xxxxxx, where xxxxxx are 6 random alphanumeric characters. The
complete Wireless Network Name is printed on the bottom label of your unit. If
you want to automatically connect to the Modem/Router, click the Connect
Automatically box. Then click Connect.
• When prompted, enter the Security Key found on the bottom label of
your unit. If you changed the key in Step 4 of the Setup Wizard, enter
the new security key and click Connect.
• If you disabled wireless security in Step 4 of the Setup Wizard select
Connect Anyway when warned that your network is unsecure.
¾ When you click on the wireless network option box, Windows will scan for available
networks. More than one wireless network may appear in the list. These are other
wireless networks that are within range of your network. Your neighbors, for
instance, may be within range of your network. Each wireless network has a
channel associated with it. We recommend there be at least a five-channel
difference between your network and those of your neighbors. Having less than a
five-channel difference may result in interference with your connection. By default,
the Modem/Router uses channel 10. If you need to change this channel, you must
do so using the Wireless Setup page of the Zoom Configuration Manager. For
instructions on how to log in to the Zoom Configuration Manager, see page 8.
After logging in, select Wireless from the left-hand menu. On the Wireless page
you can select a new channel from the drop-down menu.
3 In the Successfully connected to [desired network] dialog box, you have three
options. You can:
• Select Save the network and Start this connection automatically if you always
want to connect to the same network. Then click Close. The next time you start your
computer you will automatically connect to the selected network.
• Select Save the network and clear the Start this connection automatically check
box if you don't want to automatically connect to this network every time you start
your computer but you will want to connect in the future. Click Close to display the
Select a location . . . dialog box where you choose a location. Windows Vista
automatically applies the correct network security settings. If the User Account
Control dialog box appears, click Continue.
• Click Close to complete the connection procedure. Select this option if you are
connecting to this network only one time.