Microsoft Vista Support

Microsoft Vista Support
Microsoft Windows Vista
Client Adapters Vista Driver Support
AG120 YES
AG220 YES
AG320 YES
AG225Hv1.5 YES
G102v3 YES
G170S YES
G220v2 YES
G270S YES
G202 YES
G210H YES
G302v3 YES
G320H YES
NWD170N YES
NWD370N YES
Routers / Gateways Vista Certified
NBG334W YES
NBG334SH YES
P334WH To Be Announced
P335U To Be Announced
P330W YES
P320W YES
NBG415N YES
X550 YES
P334W YES
Easy Set-Up 1-2-3
step1

STEP 1

Upon inserting your client adapter into the computer, you will see a screen similar to the one shown here. Our example is of the AG-225H so Microsoft Vista is asking for a USB 2.0 adapter driver.

step2

STEP 2

Microsoft Vista will then ask for the CD that came with your client adapter in order to install the appropriate drivers. Please insert the CD that came with your client adapter now. If you have lost your CD, please download it from our website: www.zyxel.com

step3

STEP 3

When the driver is installed complete, a similar screen to the one shown to the right will pop up. When you close that window, on your task bar will show the bubble informing you that your client adapter is now installed and ready to use!

Product FAQ

What are the ZyXEL products that are currently supporting Windows Vista?

Our products are constantly being updated and to find out the latest information in regards to which products are currently supporting Microsoft Windows Vista, please refer to the table above.

When are ZyXEL products that currently do NOT have Windows Vista support planning to receive Windows Vista support?

ZyXEL are always finding ways to make sure that our products are up to date with the latest in not only features, but also certification and support. For the most updated information, please refer to the table above. If you do NOT see your product on that list, it will NOT be supported by Windows Vista.

What are the ZyXEL products that will NOT be receiving Windows Vista support?

Please refer to the table above for the most currentinformation in regards to product releases and support for Microsoft Windows Vista. If you do NOT see your Client Adapter on the abovetable, it will NOT be Microsoft Vista supported.

Do you have an exchange program for customers that upgrade their PC’s to Windows Vista only to find out that the ZyXEL product they are using does NOT support Windows Vista?

Unfortunately the 2 Year ZyXEL Warranty program does NOT include exchanges if the product is not Micosoft Vista supported. The supported operating systems are dependent on the time of which the product was developed. Although ZyXEL tries our best to make sure that all products will be Microsoft Windows Vista certified, sometimes a replacement product will shift resources from one product to another.

Which ZyXEL Wireless Broadband Router solutions will be or are Microsoft Windows Vista supported?

There are multiple levels of Microsoft Windows Vista support for Broadband Routers and currently routers in the market today are just starting to be Certified for Wndows Vista. There are certain requirements for Premium certification and there are no routers that support Premium Certification for Windows Vista.

I have heard a lot about this IPv6 feature online or word of mouth. What is it? And does ZyXEL support this feature?

IPv6 is short for Internet Protocol version 6. The current generation of Internet Protocol is version 4. The primary difference between IPv6 and IPv4 is the amount of addresses available for networking devices. An address is necessary for each and every device. IPv4 supports which is roughly 4.3 billion addresses. IPv6 however supports addresses. The best way to think of it is this: Each and every person on this planet can have roughly eleven million trillion times all the addresses available for the whole world. The cause of the need to increase the number of addresses available is because of the increase of mobile devices such as laptop computers, PDA’s and mobile phones, always-on devices such as your cable modem, or ADSL modem, an the increase of Internet users such as the country of China.

Deployment of IPv6 is already underway but more of the infrastructure portion of the network. The US Government themselves have mandated that all backbone used in their networks be IPv6 compliant. IPv6 deployment closer to home is slowly coming to fruition and ZyXEL plans to be along the forefront of that as well.

When I install my ZyXEL Client Adapter, I can’t use the bundled Utility that controls the adapter. Is this normal?

Currently, Vista is not supported on any of ZyXEL’s Client Adapters however this does not mean that they will not work on Windows Vista! Using the step by step setup process outlined on this webpage, you can install any of our client adapters onto your Windows Vista OS PC. Please remember that the Utility used to configure and control the Client Adapter will be the Windows Zero Config Utility within Windows Vista.

I can’t find my product on the ZyXEL website and I want to find out if it supports Microsoft Vista. What do I do?

ZyXEL is always trying its best to find a solution to support the latest in our partners software such as Microsoft. Check back often to see if new products are added to the table above, but if you don’t see it there, please feel free to contact ZyXEL at: support@zyxel.com.