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C
HAPTER
7
Wireless
7.1
Overview
This chapter describes the Device’s
Network Setting > Wireless
screens. Use these screens to
set up your Device’s wireless connection.
7.1.1
What You Can Do in this Chapter
This section describes the Device’s
Wireless
screens. Use these screens to set up your Device’s
wireless connection.
Use the
General
screen to enable the Wireless LAN, enter the SSID and select the wireless
security mode (
Section 7.2 on page 102
).
Use the
More AP
screen to set up multiple wireless networks on your Device (
Section 7.3 on
page 109
).
Use the
MAC Authentication
screen to allow or deny wireless clients based on their MAC
addresses from connecting to the Device (
Section 7.4 on page 111
).
Use the
WPS
screen to enable or disable WPS, view or generate a security PIN (Personal
Identification Number) (
Section 7.5 on page 112
).
Use the
WMM
screen
to enable Wi-Fi MultiMedia (WMM) to ensure quality of service in wireless
networks for multimedia applications (
Section 7.6 on page 114
).
Use the
WDS
screen to set up a Wireless Distribution System, in which the Device acts as a
bridge with other ZyXEL access points (
Section 7.7 on page 115
).
Use the
Others
screen to configure wireless advanced features, such as the RTS/CTS Threshold
(
Section 7.8 on page 117
).
Use the
Channel Status
screen to scan wireless LAN channel noises and view the results
(
Section 7.9 on page 119
).
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7.1.2
What You Need to Know
Wireless Basics
“Wireless” is essentially radio communication. In the same way that walkie-talkie radios send and
receive information over the airwaves, wireless networking devices exchange information with one
another. A wireless networking device is just like a radio that lets your computer exchange
information with radios attached to other computers. Like walkie-talkies, most wireless networking
devices operate at radio frequency bands that are open to the public and do not require a license to
use. However, wireless networking is different from that of most traditional radio communications in
that there a number of wireless networking standards available with different methods of data
encryption.
Finding Out More
See
Section 7.10 on page 119
for advanced technical information on wireless networks.
7.2
The General Screen
Use this screen to enable the Wireless LAN, enter the SSID and select the wireless security mode.
Note: If you are configuring the Device from a computer connected to the wireless LAN
and you change the Device’s SSID, channel or security 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 Device’s new settings.
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Click
Network
Setting
>
Wireless
to open the
General
screen.
Figure 30
Network Setting > Wireless > General
The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.
Table 16
Network Setting > Wireless > General
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Wireless Network Setup
Wireless
You can
Enable
or
Disable
the wireless LAN in this field.
Band
This shows the wireless band which this radio profile is using.
2.4GHz
is the frequency used
by IEEE 802.11b/g/n wireless clients.
Channel
Set the channel depending on your particular region.
Select a channel or use
Auto
to have the 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 Device is currently using then displays next to
this field.
more.../less
Click
more...
to show more information. Click
less
to hide them.
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Bandwidth
Select whether the Device uses a wireless channel width of
20MHz
or
40MHz
.
A standard 20MHz channel offers transfer speeds of up to 150Mbps whereas a 40MHz
channel uses two standard channels and offers speeds of up to 300 Mbps.
40MHz (channel bonding or dual channel) bonds two adjacent radio channels to increase
throughput. The wireless clients must also support 40 MHz. It is often better to use the 20
MHz setting in a location where the environment hinders the wireless signal.
Select
20MHz
if you want to lessen radio interference with other wireless devices in your
neighborhood or the wireless clients do not support channel bonding.
Control
Sideband
This is available for some regions when you select a specific channel and set the Bandwidth
field to
40MHz
. Set whether the control channel (set in the
Channel
field) should be in the
Lower
or
Upper
range of channel bands.
Passphrase
Type
If you set security for the wireless LAN and have the Device generate a password, the
setting in this field determines how the Device generates the password.
Select
None
to set the Device’s password generation to not be based on a passphrase.
Select
Fixed
to use a 16 character passphrase for generating a password.
Select
Variable
to use a 16 to 63 character passphrase for generating a password.
Passphrase Key
For a fixed type passphrase enter 16 alphanumeric characters (0-9, A-Z, with no spaces). It
must contain both letters and numbers and is case-sensitive.
For a variable type passphrase enter 16 to 63 alphanumeric characters (0-9, A-Z, with no
spaces). It must contain both letters and numbers and is case-sensitive.
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.
Client Isolation
Select this to keep the wireless clients in this SSID from communicating with each other
through the Device.
MBSSID/LAN
Isolation
Select this to keep the wireless clients in this SSID from communicating with clients in other
SSIDs or wired LAN devices through the Device.
Select both
Client Isolation
and
MBSSID/LAN Isolation
to allow this SSID’s wireless
clients to only connect to the Internet through the Device.
Enhanced
Multicast
Forwarding
Select this check box to allow the Device to convert wireless multicast traffic into wireless
unicast traffic.
BSSID
This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the Device when wireless LAN is
enabled.
Maximum
Bandwidth
Specify the maximum rate for wireless traffic in kilobits per second (Kbps).
Security Level
Security Mode
Select
Basic (WEP)
or
More Secure (WPA(2)-PSK, WPA(2))
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 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 this field.
Table 16
Network Setting > Wireless > General (continued)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
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7.2.1
No Security
Select
No Security
to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without any
data encryption or authentication.
Note: If you do not enable any wireless security on your Device, your network is
accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.
Figure 31
Wireless > General: No Security
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
7.2.2
Basic (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.
Note: WEP is extremely insecure. Its encryption can be broken by an attacker, using
widely-available software. It is strongly recommended that you use a more
effective security mechanism. Use the strongest security mechanism that all the
wireless devices in your network support. For example, use WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK
if all your wireless devices support it, or use WPA or WPA2 if your wireless devices
support it and you have a RADIUS server. If your wireless devices support nothing
stronger than WEP, use the highest encryption level available.
Your Device allows you to configure up to four 64-bit or 128-bit WEP keys but only one key can be
enabled at any one time.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to restore your previously saved settings.
Table 16
Network Setting > Wireless > General (continued)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Table 17
Wireless > General: No Security
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Security Level
Choose
No Security
to allow all wireless connections without data encryption or
authentication.

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