Zyxel P-663HN-51 Frontier Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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SSID

This is the name of the ZyXEL Device’s wireless network. 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 printable 7-

bit ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN.

Note: If you are configuring the ZyXEL Device from a computer

connected to the wireless LAN and you change the ZyXEL

Device’s SSID or channel settings, you will lose your wireless

connection when you press

Apply

to confirm. You must then

change the wireless settings of your computer to match the

ZyXEL Device’s new settings.

BSSID

This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the ZyXEL Device

when wireless LAN is enabled.

Country

Select the country where the ZyXEL Device is located or the operating

frequency/channel of your particular region. This sets the radio frequency

the ZyXEL Device uses for wireless communications.

Max Clients

Specify the greatest number of wireless clients allowed to simultaneously

connect to this wireless network on the ZyXEL Device.

Wireless -

Guest/Virtual

Access

Points:

Use this part of the screen to configure up to three more wireless

networks for guest users.

Enabled

Select this to turn on the wireless LAN.

SSID

This is the name of the ZyXEL Device’s wireless network. 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 printable 7-

bit ASCII characters) for the wireless LAN.

Note: If you are configuring the ZyXEL Device from a computer

connected to the wireless LAN and you change the ZyXEL

Device’s SSID or channel settings, you will lose your wireless

connection when you press

Apply

to confirm. You must then

change the wireless settings of your computer to match the

ZyXEL Device’s new settings.

Hidden

Select this to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station

cannot obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool.

Isolate

Clients

Select this to stop wireless clients from communicating directly with each

other through the ZyXEL Device’s wireless interface. This is also known as

layer 2 isolation.

Disable WMM

Advertise

WMM (Wifi MultiMedia) automatically prioritizes services according to the

ToS value in the IP header of packets. Turn off WMM if your wireless

clients are not able to associate with an AP using WMM.

Max Clients

Specify the greatest number of wireless clients allowed to simultaneously

connect to this wireless network on the ZyXEL Device.

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18.5

Wireless Security

Click

Wireless > Security

to open the

Wireless Security

screen. Use this

screen to configure wireless security settings.

BSSID

This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the ZyXEL Device

when wireless LAN is enabled.

Save/Apply

Click this button to save the changes and have the ZyXEL Device start

using them.

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Note: If you have a wireless connection to the ZyXEL Device and you change the

ZyXEL Device’s security settings, you will lose your connection when you click

Save/Apply

. You must then change your wireless client’s settings to match the

ZyXEL Device’s new settings.

Figure 71

Wireless > Security

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

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DESCRIPTION

WPS Setup

Use WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) to quickly set up a wireless network

without having to manually configure settings. Set up each WPS

connection between two devices at a time.

Enable WPS

Turn WPS on or off.

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Push Button

Select this to use the PBC (Push Button Configuration) method to send

the ZyXEL Device’s wireless settings to your wireless stations.

Click

Add Enrollee

to start WPS-aware wireless station scanning and

the wireless security information synchronization.

Note: After you click

Add Enrollee

, you have 2 minutes to click a

similar button in the wireless station’s utility.

After the WPS process finishes (the enrollee is able to access the

ZyXEL Device) you can click

Add Enrollee

again to add another

wireless station. Then click the WPS button in the second wireless

station’s utility. You can keep repeating this process to add more

wireless clients one at a time.

Select this to use the PIN configuration method to configure a wireless

station’s wireless settings. Enter the PIN of the device that you are

setting up a WPS connection with and click

Add Enrollee

to

authenticate and add the wireless device to your wireless network.

You can find the PIN either on the outside of the device, or by

checking the device’s settings.

Note: You must also activate WPS on the other device within two

minutes to have it present its PIN to the ZyXEL Device.

WPS AP Mode

Configured

uses the ZyXEL Device’s current wireless security settings

for WPS.

Note: If the ZyXEL Device’s wireless security is set to

Open

,

selecting

Configured

and using WPS sets up a wireless

network with no security.

Unconfigured

has the ZyXEL Device change its wireless security

settings when you do one of the following:

•

Add a wireless enrollee. The ZyXEL Device automatically uses

WPA2-PSK and a random key. The

WPS AP Mode

automatically

changes to

Configured

.

•

Use

Setup AP

to have an external registrar (like Windows Vista)

configure the ZyXEL Device’s wireless security settings. The

WPS

AP Mode

automatically changes to

Configured

.

•

Manually configure the ZyXEL Device’s wireless security settings.

Then you can manually set the

WPS AP Mode

to

Configured

.

Setup AP

This is available when you set the

WPS AP Mode

to

Unconfigured

.

Click

Config AP

to have an external registrar configure the ZyXEL

Device’s wireless security settings. See

Section 18.10.5 on page 170

for how to use Windows Vista as an external registrar.

Push Button

and

are reserved for future use and have no effect at the time of

writing.

Note: After you click

Config AP

you must enter the ZyXEL

Device’s PIN in the external registrar within two minutes.

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LABEL

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Device PIN

This shows the ZyXEL Device’s PIN (Personal Identification Number).

Enter this PIN in the external registrar within two minutes of clicking

Config AP

.

WSC Add

External

Registrar

This is available when you set the

WPS AP Mode

to

Configured

.

Click

Start AddER

to have an external registrar such as an Intel

wireless station use WPS to add wireless clients and then authenticate

them whenever they connect to the wireless network.

If you used a Windows Vista computer to configure the ZyXEL Device’s

wireless settings, you can also use the Windows Vista computer to add

and authenticate wireless clients without using

WSC Add External

Registrar

. See

Section 18.10.5 on page 170

for details.

Note: After you click

Start AddER

you must enter the ZyXEL

Device’s PIN in the external registrar within two minutes.

Then click

Finish AddER

.

Manual Setup AP

Use these fields to manually configure security settings for wireless

clients that do not support WPS.The fields that display vary based on

the type of network authentication you select.

Select SSID

Select the wireless network for which you want to configure security

settings.

Network

Authentication

Select the type of wireless network security to use for this network.

Open

- allows wireless devices to communicate with the access points

without any authentication.

Shared

- encrypts the wireless communications using a shared (WEP)

password.

802.1X

- encrypts the wireless communications using a shared (WEP)

password and use an external RADIUS authentication server to

authenticate each wireless client.

With

WPA

or

WPA2

each user can have a separate user name and

password. The ZyXEL Device uses an external RADIUS server to

authenticate wireless client’s user name and password.

With

WPA-PSK

or

WPA2-PSK

the wireless clients share a common

password instead of the ZyXEL Device using a RADIUS server.

Mixed WPA2/WPA

supports WPA and WPA2 on the network

simultaneously.

Mixed WPA2/WPA-PSK

supports WPA and WPA2 on the network

simultaneously.

WPA Pre-Shared

Key

This field is available only with WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK network

authentication.

Type a pre-shared key from 8 to 63 case-sensitive ASCII characters

(including spaces and symbols) or 64 hexadecimal digits.

Click the link to see the key in plain text.

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