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Figure 15 Wizard Screen 4

5.4 Test Your Internet Connection

Launch your web browser and navigate to

www.zyxel.com

. Internet access is just the

beginning. Refer to the

User’s Guide

for more detailed information on the complete

range of Prestige features. If you cannot access the Internet, open the web configurator

again to confirm that the Internet settings you configured in the Wizard Setup are

correct.

6

Advanced Configuration

This section shows how to configure some of the advanced features of the Prestige.

6.1 Wireless LAN Setup

A wireless LAN (WLAN) provides a flexible data communications system that you can

use to access various services (the Internet, email, printer services, etc.) on the wired

network without additional expensive network cabling infrastructure. In effect, a

wireless LAN environment provides you the freedom to stay connected to the wired

network while moving in the coverage area.

To configure wireless settings, click

Advanced Setup

,

Wireless LAN

and then click

Wireless

.

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Figure 16 Wireless LAN: Wireless

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Table 3 Wireless LAN: Wireless

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Enable

Wireless LAN

The wireless LAN is turned off by default, before you enable the

wireless LAN you should configure some security by setting MAC

filters and/or 802.1x security; otherwise your wireless LAN will be

vulnerable upon enabling it. Select the check box to enable the

wireless LAN.

ESSID

(Extended Service Set IDentity) The ESSID is a unique name to

identify the Prestige in the wireless LAN. Wireless clients associating

to an Access Point (the Prestige) must have the same ESSID. Enter

a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters).

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Table 3 Wireless LAN: Wireless

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Hide ESSID

Select

Yes

to hide the ESSID so a wireless client cannot obtain the

ESSID through passive scanning.

Select

No

to make the ESSID visible so a wireless client can obtain

the ESSID through passive scanning.

Channel ID

The radio frequency used by IEEE 802.11b wireless devices is called

a channel. Select a channel from the drop-down list box.

RTS/CTS

Threshold

Select this option to enable the RTS (Request To Send)/CTS (Clear

To Send) threshold to minimize collisions. Enter a value between 0

and 2432. The default is 2432.

Request To Send is the threshold (number of bytes) for enabling the

RTS/CTS handshake. Data with its frame size larger than this value

will perform the RTS/CTS handshake. Setting this attribute to be

larger than the maximum MSDU (MAC Service Data Unit) size turns

off the RTS/CTS handshake.

Fragmentation

Threshold

Fragmentation Threshold is the maximum data fragment size that

can be sent.

WEP

Encryption

WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) encrypts data frames before

transmitting them over the wireless network.

Select

Disable

allows all wireless computers to communicate with

the access points without any data encryption.

Select

64-bit WEP

,

128-bit WEP

or

256-bit WEP

and then configure

the keys in the fields provided to activate data encryption.

Key 1 to Key 4

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the Prestige and the

wireless clients must use the same WEP key for data transmission.

If you chose

64-bit WEP

, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10

hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").

If you chose

128-bit WEP

, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26

hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").

If you chose

256-bit WEP

, then enter 29 ASCII characters or 58

hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").

You must configure all four keys, but only one key can be activated

at any one time. The default key is key 1.

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The wireless clients and Prestige must use the same ESSID,

channel ID and WEP encryption key (if WEP is enabled) for

wireless communication.

6.2 Wireless LAN Security Setup

For added security, set your Prestige to check the MAC address of the wireless client

device against a list of allowed or denied MAC addresses.

To set up the MAC address list for wireless LAN, click

Advanced Setup

in the

navigation panel,

Wireless LAN

and then click the

MAC Filter

link.

Be careful not to list your computer’s MAC address and set the

Action

field to

Deny Association

when managing the Prestige via a

wireless connection. This would lock you out.

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Figure 17 Wireless LAN: MAC Address Filter

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Table 4 Wireless LAN: MAC Address Filter

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select

Yes

from the drop down list box to enable MAC address filtering.