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Click
Network Setting > Wireless
to open the
General
screen.
Figure 23
Network Setting > Wireless > General
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 13
Network > Wireless LAN > General
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Wireless Network Setup
Wireless
Select the
Enable Wireless LAN
check box to activate the wireless LAN.
Wireless Network Settings
Wireless
Network
Name (SSID)
The SSID (Service Set IDentity) identifies the service set with which a
wireless device is associated. Wireless devices associating to the access
point (AP) must have the same SSID.
Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 English keyboard characters) for the
wireless LAN.
Hide SSID
Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a
station cannot obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.
BSSID
This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the ZyXEL Device
when wireless LAN is enabled.
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6.2.1
No Security
Select
No Security
to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access
points without any data encryption or authentication.
Mode Select
This makes sure that only compliant WLAN devices can associate with the
ZyXEL Device.
Select
802.11b/g/n
to allow IEEE802.11b, IEEE802.11g and
IEEE802.11n compliant WLAN devices to associate with the ZyXEL Device.
The transmission rate of your ZyXEL Device might be reduced.
Select
802.11b/g
to allow both IEEE802.11b and IEEE802.11g compliant
WLAN devices to associate with the ZyXEL Device. The transmission rate
of your ZyXEL Device might be reduced.
Select
802.11g Only
to allow only IEEE 802.11g compliant WLAN devices
to associate with the ZyXEL Device. Select
802.11n only in 2.4G band
to allow only IEEE 802.11n compliant WLAN devices with the same
frequency range (2.4 GHz) to associate with the ZyXEL Device.
Select
802.11n only in 5G band
to allow only IEEE 802.11n compliant
WLAN devices with the same frequency range (5 GHz) to associate with
the ZyXEL Device.
Channel
Selection
Set the channel depending on your particular region.
Select a channel or use
Auto
to have the ZyXEL Device automatically
determine a channel to use. If you are having problems with wireless
interference, changing the channel may help. Try to use a channel that is
as many channels away from any channels used by neighboring APs as
possible. The channel number which the ZyXEL Device is currently using
then displays in the
Operating Channel
field.
Scan
Click this button to have the ZyXEL Device immediately scan for and select
a channel (which is not used by another device) whenever the device
reboots or the wireless setting is changed.
Operating
Channel
This is the channel currently being used by your AP.
Security Level
Security
Mode
Select
Basic
or
More Secure
to add security on this wireless network.
The wireless clients which want to associate to this network must have
same wireless security settings as the ZyXEL Device. When you select to
use a security, additional options appears in this screen.
Or you can select
No Security
to allow any client to associate this
network without any data encryption or authentication.
See the following sections for more details about wireless security modes.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to restore your previously saved settings.
Table 13
Network > Wireless LAN > General (continued)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
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Note: If you do not enable any wireless security on your ZyXEL Device, your network
is accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.
Figure 24
Wireless > General: No Security
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
6.2.2
Basic (Static WEP/Shared WEP Encryption)
WEP encryption scrambles the data transmitted between the wireless stations and
the access points (AP) to keep network communications private. Both the wireless
stations and the access points must use the same WEP key.
There are two types of WEP authentication namely, Open System (
Static WEP
)
and Shared Key (
Shared WEP
).
Open system is implemented for ease-of-use and when security is not an issue.
The wireless station and the AP or peer computer do not share a secret key. Thus
the wireless stations can associate with any AP or peer computer and listen to any
transmitted data that is not encrypted.
Shared key mode involves a shared secret key to authenticate the wireless station
to the AP or peer computer. This requires you to enable the wireless LAN security
and use same settings on both the wireless station and the AP or peer computer.
Table 14
Wireless > General: No Security
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Security
Level
Choose
No Security
from the sliding bar.
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In order to configure and enable WEP encryption, click
Network Settings >
Wireless
to display the
General
screen. Select
Basic
as the security level. Then
select
Static WEP
or
Shared WEP
from the
Security
Mode
list.
Figure 25
Wireless > General: Basic (Static WEP/Shared WEP)
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 15
Wireless > General: Basic (Static WEP/Shared WEP)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Security
Mode
Choose
Static WEP
or
Shared WEP
from the drop-down list box.
•
Select
Static WEP
to have the ZyXEL Device allow association with
wireless clients that use Open System mode. Data transfer is encrypted
as long as the wireless client has the correct WEP key for encryption.
The ZyXEL Device authenticates wireless clients using Shared Key
mode that have the correct WEP key.
•
Select
Shared WEP
to have the ZyXEL Device authenticate only those
wireless clients that use Shared Key mode and have the correct WEP
key.
WEP Key
Enter a WEP key that will be used to encrypt data. Both the ZyXEL Device
and the wireless stations must use the same WEP key for data
transmission.
If you want to manually set the WEP key, enter any 5 or 13 characters
(ASCII string) or 10 or 26 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F") for a 64-
bit or 128-bit WEP key respectively.
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6.2.3
More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK)
The WPA-PSK security mode provides both improved data encryption and user
authentication over WEP. Using a Pre-Shared Key (PSK), both the ZyXEL Device
and the connecting client share a common password in order to validate the
connection. This type of encryption, while robust, is not as strong as WPA, WPA2
or even WPA2-PSK. The WPA2-PSK security mode is a newer, more robust version
of the WPA encryption standard. It offers slightly better security, although the use
of PSK makes it less robust than it could be.
Click
Network Settings
>
Wireless
to display the
General
screen. Select
More
Secure
as the security level. Then select
WPA-PSK
or
WPA2-PSK
from the
Security Mode
list.
Figure 26
Wireless > General: More Secure: WPA(2)-PSK
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 16
Wireless > General: WPA(2)-PSK
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Security Level
Select
More Secure
to enable WPA(2)-PSK data encryption.
Security Mode
Select
WPA-PSK
or
WPA2-PSK
from the drop-down list box.
Pre-Shared Key
The encryption mechanisms used for
WPA/WPA2
and
WPA-PSK/
WPA2-PSK
are the same. The only difference between the two is that
WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK
uses a simple common password, instead of
user-specific credentials.
Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters or
64 hexidecimal digits.
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