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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.

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