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Chapter 6 Wireless

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6.3

The More AP Screen

This screen allows you to enable and configure multiple Basic Service Sets (BSSs) on the Device.

Click

Network Setting > Wireless

More AP

. The following screen displays.

Figure 39

Network Setting > Wireless > More AP

Authentication Server

IP Address

Enter the IP address of the external authentication server in dotted decimal notation.

Port

Number

Enter the port number of the external authentication server. The default port number is

1812

You need not change this value unless your network administrator instructs you to do so

with additional information.

Shared

Secret

Enter a password (up to 31 alphanumeric characters) as the key to be shared between the

external authentication server and the Device.

The key must be the same on the external authentication server and your Device. The key is

not sent over the network.

more.../less

Click

more...

to show more fields in this section. Click

less

to hide them.

WPA

Compatible

This field is only available for WPA2. Select this if you want the Device to support WPA and

WPA2 simultaneously.

Encryption

Select the encryption type (

TKIP

AES

TKIP+AES

) for data encryption.

Select

TKIP

if your wireless clients can all use TKIP.

Select

AES

if your wireless clients can all use AES.

Select

TKIP+AES

to allow the wireless clients to use either TKIP or AES.

WPA2 Pre-

Authentication

This field is available only when you select

WPA2

Pre-authentication enables fast roaming by allowing the wireless client (already connecting

to an AP) to perform IEEE 802.1x authentication with another AP before connecting to it.

Select

Enabled

to turn on preauthentication in WAP2. Otherwise, select

Disabled

Network Re-

auth Interval

Specify how often wireless stations have to resend usernames and passwords in order to

stay connected.

If wireless station authentication is done using a RADIUS server, the reauthentication timer

on the RADIUS server has priority.

Group Key

Update Timer

The

Group Key Update Timer

is the rate at which the RADIUS

server sends a new group

key out to all clients.

Table 20

Wireless > General: More Secure: WPA(2) (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 21

Network Setting > Wireless > More AP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

This is the index number of the entry.

Status

This field indicates whether this SSID is active. A yellow bulb signifies that this SSID is active.

A gray bulb signifies that this SSID is not active.

SSID

An SSID profile is the set of parameters relating to one of the Device’s BSSs. The SSID

(Service Set IDentifier) identifies the Service Set with which a wireless device is associated.

This field displays the name of the wireless profile on the network. When a wireless client

scans for an AP to associate with, this is the name that is broadcast and seen in the wireless

client utility.

Security

This field indicates the security mode of the SSID profile.

Guest WLAN

This displays if the guest WLAN function has been enabled for this WLAN.

Home Guest

displays, clients can connect to each other directly.

External Guest

displays, clients are blocked from connecting to each other directly.

N/A

displays if guest WLAN is disabled.

Modify

Click the

Edit

icon to configure the SSID profile.

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Chapter 6 Wireless

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6.3.1

Edit More AP

Use this screen to edit an SSID profile. Click the

Edit

icon next to an SSID in the

More AP

screen.

The following screen displays.

Figure 40

Network Setting > Wireless > More AP > Edit

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Table 22

Network Setting > Wireless > More AP > Edit

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Wireless Network Setup

Wireless

You can

Enable

Disable

the wireless LAN in this field.

Passphrase

Type

Passphrase type cannot be changed. The default is

None

Wireless Network Settings

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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.

Max clients

Specify the maximum number of clients that can connect to this network at the same time.

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.

Enhanced

Multicast

Forwarding

Select this check box to allow the Device to convert wireless multicast traffic into wireless

unicast traffic.

Guest WLAN

Select this to create Guest WLANs for home and external clients. Select the WLAN type in

the

Access Scenario

field.

Access

Scenario

If you select

Home Guest

, clients can connect to each other directly.

If you select

External Guest

, clients are blocked from connecting to each other directly.

Maximum

Upstream

Bandwidth

Specify the maximum rate for upstream wireless traffic to the WAN from this WLAN in

kilobits per second (Kbps).

Maximum

Downstream

Bandwidth

Specify the maximum rate for downstream wireless traffic to this WLAN from the WAN in

kilobits per second (Kbps).

BSSID

This shows the MAC address of the wireless interface on the Device when wireless LAN is

enabled.

E-mail notification when the wireless guest visit

Enable Email

Notification

Select this to have the Device e-mail you a notification when a wireless client is connected

to the wireless network.

Mail Server

Select a mail server for the e-mail address specified below.

If you do not select a mail server, e-mail notifications cannot be sent via e-mail. You must

have configured a mail server already in the

Maintenance

Email Notification

screen.

Email Title

Type a title that you want to be in the subject line of the e-mail notifications that the Device

sends.

Send

Notification to

Notifications are sent to the e-mail address specified in this field. If this field is left blank,

notifications cannot be sent via e-mail.

Security Level

Security Mode

Select

Basic (WEP, 802.1X)

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. After 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

Section 6.2.1 on page 75

for more details about this field.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes.

Cancel

Click

Cancel

to exit this screen without saving.

Table 22

Network Setting > Wireless > More AP > Edit (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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6.4

MAC Authentication

This screen allows you to configure the ZyXEL Device to give exclusive access to specific devices

(Allow)

or exclude specific devices from accessing the ZyXEL Device

(Deny)

. Every Ethernet

device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the

factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. You

need to know the MAC addresses of the devices to configure this screen.

Use this screen to view your Device’s MAC filter settings and add new MAC filter rules. Click

Network Setting > Wireless > MAC Authentication

. The screen appears as shown.

Figure 41

Wireless > MAC Authentication

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 23

Wireless > MAC Authentication

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

SSID

Select the SSID for which you want to configure MAC filter settings.

MAC Restrict

Mode

Define the filter action for the list of MAC addresses in the

MAC Address

table.

Select

Disable

to turn off MAC filtering.

Select

Deny

to block access to the Device. MAC addresses not listed will be allowed to

access the Device.

Select

Allow

to permit access to the Device. MAC addresses not listed will be denied access

to the Device.

Add new MAC

address

Click this if you want to add a new MAC address entry to the MAC filter list below.

Enter the MAC addresses of the wireless devices that are allowed or denied access to the

Device in these address fields. Enter the MAC addresses in a valid MAC address format, that

is, six hexadecimal character pairs, for example, 12:34:56:78:9a:bc.

This is the index number of the entry.

MAC Address

This is the MAC addresses of the wireless devices that are allowed or denied access to the

Device.

Delete

Click the

Delete

icon to delete the entry.

Apply

Click

Apply

to save your changes.

Cancel

Click

Cancel

to exit this screen without saving.

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