Zoom Game Point 4420 User Manual

Game Point!

U S E R G U I D E

2 Game Point! User Guide

Contents

Overview.......................................................................... 5

Chapter 1: Installing the Game Point! ............................ 7

Chapter 2: Setting Security............................................. 11

Chapter 3: Advanced Options........................................17

Viewing the System Status Page..................................................20

Using the Password Settings Page..............................................21

Using the Operating Mode Page.................................................23

Using the LAN Settings Page......................................................24

Using the Wireless Settings Page................................................25

Accessing the WEP Configuration Pages..................................26

Using the Site Survey Page...........................................................26

Using the Configuration Tools Page..........................................27

Using the Firmware Upgrade Page.............................................29

Using the Reset Page.....................................................................30

Appendix A: Troubleshooting .......................................31

Appendix B: Specifying TCP/IP Settings.....................33

Appendix C: Setting Up an AdHoc Network................41

Appendix D: LED Description......................................45

Appendix D: If You Need Help.....................................47

Appendix E: Regulatory Information............................49

Contents 3

Overview

This User Guide provides instructions for setting up your Game Point!. It also includes details about WEP security, advanced settings, and specific information for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux users.

If we update information about the Game Point!, we provide the updated information at this Zoom Web site:

http://www.zoom.com/techsupport/index.html

The Game Point! package includes the following items:

• Game Point!

Device

• Ethernet Cable

• Power Cube

• CD for Windows,

Macintosh, and Linux

If anything is missing or damaged, please contact Zoom Customer Support or whoever sold you the Game Point!.

: Sony PlayStation® devices do not typically have an Ethernet port. To

Note

wirelessly enable a Sony PlayStation®2 using the Game Point!, you must purchase an Ethernet adapter from Sony. The Game Point! can plug into this adapter.

Overview 5

Installing the Game Point!

This chapter provides simple instructions for installing the Zoom Game Point! in a home that has wireless networking. First, you plug the Game Point! device into a computer to do a quick setup, and then you plug the device into the Ethernet port of your Xbox Live® or PlayStation®2. It’s fast and easy!

Directly connect the Game Point! device to an Ethernet-

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equipped computer that has a Web browser.

If your computer is connected to your network, change the connection. To do this, plug one end of the Ethernet cable into the plug the other end into the Ethernet port on the computer. If the connection is via wireless, disable the wireless connection using your wireless application software.

Ethernet

2222 Plug the included power cube into a “live” power strip or wall

outlet and then plug its other end into the back of the Game Point!. Confirm that the Game Point! light goes on.

port on the back of the Game Point! and

jack on the

Power

PWR

Important!

power cubes may damage the device.

3333 Change the

static IP addressing, and the IP address and subnet mask shown on the next page. Be sure to make note of what the

Chapter 1: Installing the Game Po int! 7

Only use the power cube shipped with the G am e Point!. Other

TCP/IP

Settings on the computer so that it uses

settings are prior to changing them as you will need to restore these settings later.

IP Address Subnet Mask

Setting up Static IP Addressing for Game Point!

Windows XP, 2000: If you’re running Windows XP or 2000, open up the

and then double-click

Panel Connection Use the following IP address

mask of

255.255.255.0

Windows Me or 98: If you’re running Windows Me or 98, open up the

and then double-click

Panel

you’re using for Game Point! and then click

IP address

subnet mask of opened.

Macintosh, Linux and other computers: See

Settings

on page 33.

4444 Open a Web browser, type

then press

5555 When the

the

: 10.0.0.100

: 255.255.255.0

Network Connections

. Highlight

Specify an IP Address

Internet Protocol (TCP/IP

and click OK. Then close the windows you’ve opened.

Network

255.255.255.0

. (This is the IP address of the Game Point!.)

Enter

button to access the

. Double-click

) and click

. Enter an IP address of

. Highlight the TCP/IP Ethernet port

Properties

. Enter an IP address of

and click OK. Then close the windows you’ve

Appendix B: Setting Up TCP/IP

10.0.0.200

10.0.0.100

. Select

in the address bar, and

Local Area

Properties

and a subnet

Control

Use the following

10.0.0.100

opens, do not enter a password. Click

Web Management Interface

for the Game Point!.

Control

. Select

and a

Click

6666

System

Operation Mode

7777 From the

Bridge (Infrastructure)

Client Bridge AdHoc, please see

AdHoc Network

8888 Click the

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in the left navigational menu, then click

to open the

Operating Mode

drop-down list, select

. (For information about setting up

Appendix C: Setting Up an

on page 41.)

Save Changes

button.

page.

Client

9999 When a confirmation message appears, click

operating mode. Another message will appear letting you know that it may take a few moments while the unit resets itself and changes its mode. Click OK. (Once the Game Point! reboots itself, you will be prompted to log into the

Interface

10 Click

1010

again.)

Wireless

Site Survey

networks detected by the Game Point!. Click the the network you want to be part of, then click OK when asked to confirm this choice.

in the left navigational menu, then click

. The page that opens lists the wireless

to change the

Web Management

SSID

1111

12 Click the

1212 13

13 Reset the computer’s

1313 14

14 Test that your Game Point! is set up properly. Shut down

1414

Game Point! works well with networks that have WEP security or no security, and does not work with networks that have WPA security turned on. If the wireless network you just selected has no security enabled, continue at step

12. If the wireless network you just selected has WEP security, click menu. Specify the same WEP security settings as the network, then click the allow your Game Point! to access the wireless network. (If you need more detailed information about setting security, see

Chapter 2: Setting Security

close your Web browser.

before you changed them.

your PC and power it off. Power it back on. Open your Web browser and go to a familiar site. If the Game Point! is set up properly, you should be able to browse the Web.

WEP Configuration

Save Changes

Logout

icon at the top right of the screen, then

TCP/IP

in the left navigational

button. This will

on page 11).

settings to what they were

Chapter 1: Installing the Game Po int! 9

15 Connect the Game Point! to your Xbox or PlayStation®2.

1515

First unplug the Game Point’s power cube from the power strip or wall outlet and disconnect the Game Point’s Ethernet cable from the Ethernet port of the computer you used to configure it. Then connect the Game Point! to the Ethernet port of the gaming device and plug the Game Point’s power cube into a “live” power strip or wall outlet near this gaming device. Confirm that the Game Point!

light goes on.

PWR

16 You may want to try to position the unit’s antennas to

1616

improve wireless speed and coverage. Typically the antennas should not be parallel. For example, try making one vertical and one horizontal.

17 Restore the network connection for the computer you

1717

used to set up Game Point!:

• If the connection is via Ethernet, plug the Ethernet

cable back in to your computer.

• If the connection is via wireless, enable the wireless

connection using your wireless application software.

Congratulations!

client, and your gaming device should be able to wirelessly connect to the wireless network you specified.

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Your Game Point! is installed as an Ethernet

Setting Security

This chapter explains how to enable security for the Game Point! using WEP.

When you first set up your Zoom Game Point!, security is turned off by default. If you are joining a network that has WEP security enabled, you need to set the same security on the Game Point! so you can connect to the network.

Setting Up Security Using WEP

If you are already logged into the begin with step 2. If you have not logged into the Web Management Interface begin with step 1.

Web Management Interface

1111 Access the Game Point!’s

logging into the device, as explained below.

Directly connect the Game Point! to an Ethernet-equipped

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computer that has a Web browser. To do this, plug one end of the included Ethernet cable into the on the back of the Game Point! and plug the other end into the Ethernet port on the computer.

Chapter 2: Setting Security 11

Web Management Interface

Ethernet

port

Plug the included power cube into a power strip or wall

bbbb

outlet and then plug its other end into the

Power

the back of the Game Point!.

jack on

Important!

Other power cubes may damage the device.

Change the TCP/IP Settings on your computer so that it

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Only use the power cube shipped with the Game Point!.

uses static IP addressing and the IP address and subnet mask below. Be sure to make note of what the settings are prior to changing them, since you will need to restore these settings later.

IP Address: Subnet Mask:

If you do not know how to access and specify TCP/ IP settings on

Tip!

your computer, see page 33.

Open a Web browser, type

dddd

then press

10.0.0.100

255.255.255.0

Appendix B: Specifying TCP/IP Settings

10.0.0.200

. (This is the IP address of the Game

Enter

in the address bar,

Point!.) When the

eeee

Click the

Interface

button to access the

for the Game Point!.

opens, do not enter a password.

Web Management

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2222 From the Game Point!

Wireless Configuration

in the left navigational menu, then click

to open the

Web Management Interface

WEP

WEP Configuration

page.

, click

3333 Use the

want to use

manually or automatically

that is on your network. If you choose the you will have to enter hexadecimal keys. If you choose

automatically

generates hexadecimal keys based on the passphrase.

WEP Mode

64-bit manually

are joining uses 64-bit security and four hexadecimal WEP keys. When you select this option, the screen changes so you can enter up to four WEP keys manually. Select the option button for the key you want to enter (for example,

), then enter five hexadecimal pairs in the boxes

Key1

provided. The range for hexadecimal characters is 0-9, a-f and A-F. Once you have entered the keys you want, click the

Save Changes

drop-town list to specify whether you

automatically

. You must use the same security

manually

, you can enter a passphrase which automatically

– Choose this option if the network you

button

, or

128-bit

option,

Chapter 2: Setting Security 13

64-bit automatically

– Choose this option if the network you are joining uses 64-bit security and a passphrase (password) to define the hexadecimal keys. When you select this option, the screen changes so you can specify the passphrase. The passphrase can be 1-32 alphanumeric characters, for example,

Save Changes

button. All four hexadecimal keys are

. When complete, click the

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generated automatically and appear on the screen. (Write down the hexadecimal keys—you may need them later.)

128-bit manually

– Choose this option if the network you are joining uses 128-bit security and one hexadecimal WEP key. When you select this option, the screen changes so you can enter the WEP key manually. Enter 13 hexadecimal pairs in the boxes provided. The range for hexadecimal characters is 0-9, a-f, and A-F. Once you have entered the key, click

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Save Changes

128-bit automatically

you are joining uses 128-bit security and a passphrase (password) to represent the 13 hexadecimal pairs in the key. When you select this option, the screen changes so you can enter the passphrase. The passphrase can be 1-31 characters. Enter the passphrase in the then click the generated by the passphrase appears on the screen. (Write down the hexadecimal key—you may need it later.)

Save Changes

– Choose this option if the network

PassPhrase

button. The hexadecimal key

box,

Click the

4444

then close your Web browser.

Reset the computer’s

5555

before you changed them.

Logout

icon at the top right corner of the screen,

TCP/IP

settings to what they were

6666 Connect the Game Point! to your Xbox or PlayStation®2.

Congratulations!

wireless network. Your Game Point! installation should be complete.

You have specified WEP security for your

light goes on.

PWR

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Advanced Options

Once your Game Point! is installed and running, you may want to specify some advanced settings for the device. These advanced options are not required and many users may not need or want to use them. However, for those advanced users that do, this chapter provides details about these options and how to apply them.

To specify advanced options, you must log into the Game Point!’s

Web Management Interface

1111 Directly connect the Game Point! to an Ethernet-equipped

computer that has a Web browser. To do this, plug one end of the included Ethernet cable into the back of the Game Point! and plug the other end into the Ethernet port on the computer. (If your Game Point! is already connected to another device, such as a router or gaming device, do not worry; simply plug it back in after you have used an Ethernet-equipped computer to specify the settings you need.)

, as explained below.

Ethernet

port on the

2222 Plug the included power cube into a power strip or wall outlet

and then plug its other end into the the Game Point!.

Important!

Other power cubes may damage the device.

Chapter 3: Advanced Options 17

Only use the power cube shipped with the Game Point!.

jack on the back of

Power

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