Chapter 10 Interface

 

Table 65 Network > Interface > WLAN

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Name

This field displays the name of the WLAN interface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSID

This is the SSID (Service Set IDentity) of the WLAN interface.

 

 

 

 

 

 

IP Address

This field displays the current IP address of the WLAN interface. If the IP address is

 

 

 

0.0.0.0, the interface does not have an IP address yet.

 

 

 

This screen also shows whether the IP address is a static IP address (STATIC) or

 

 

 

dynamically assigned (DHCP). IP addresses are always static in virtual interfaces.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mask

This field displays the interface’s subnet mask in dot decimal notation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Security

This field displays what type of security the WLAN interface uses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Add icon

This column lets you create, edit, remove, activate, and deactivate WLAN interfaces.

 

 

 

To create an interface, click the Add icon at the top of the column.

 

 

 

To activate or deactivate an interface, click the Active icon next to it. Make sure you

 

 

 

click Apply to save and apply the change.

 

 

 

To edit an interface, click the Edit icon next to it. The edit screen appears.

 

 

 

To remove an interface, click the Remove icon next to it. The ZyWALL confirms you

 

 

 

want to remove it before doing so.

 

 

 

To connect or disconnect an interface, click the Connect icon next to it. You might

 

 

 

use this icon to test the interface or to manually establish the connection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

 

 

10.9.1 WLAN Add/Edit Screen

Use the strongest security that every wireless client in the wireless network supports.

Table 66 Wireless Security Levels

SECURITY

SECURITY TYPE

LEVEL

 

Weakest

No Security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MAC Address Filtering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEP Encryption

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IEEE 802.1x EAP with RADIUS Server Authentication

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access)

 

 

 

 

Strongest

WPA-PSK2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WPA2

 

 

 

 

"WPA2 or WPA2-PSK security is recommended.

•You can use the ZyWALL’s local user database to use WPA or WPA2 without using an external RADIUS server. With WPA or WPA2, users have to log into the wireless network before using it. This is called user authentication. WPA and WPA2 are also called the enterprise version of WPA).

 

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