Chapter 10 Wireless LAN

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 56 Configuring SSID

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Name

Enter a name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) identifying this

 

profile.

 

 

SSID

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.

 

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the

 

wireless LAN.

 

 

Hide SSID

Select Disable if you want the ZyWALL to broadcast this SSID (a wireless

 

client scanning for an AP will find this SSID). Alternatively, select Enable to

 

have the ZyWALL hide this SSID (a wireless client scanning for an AP will not

 

find this SSID).

 

 

Security

Select a security profile to use with this SSID profile. See Section 10.8 on

 

page 227 for more information.

 

 

RADIUS

This displays N/A if the security profile you selected does not use RADIUS

 

authentication. See Section 10.8 on page 227 for more information.

 

This displays Radius Configuration if you select a security profile that uses

 

RADIUS authentication. Click Radius Configuration to go to the RADIUS

 

screen where you can view and/or change the RADIUS settings.

 

See Section 16.3 on page 381 for more information.

 

 

Enable MAC Filtering

Select Enable from the drop down list box to activate MAC address filtering.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your customized settings and exit this screen.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.

 

 

10.8 Configuring Wireless Security

Click WIRELESS > Wi-Fi > Security to open the Security screen. Use this screen to create security profiles. A security profile is a group of configuration settings which can be assigned to an SSID profile in the Wireless Card screen.

The screen changes when you configure a security profile and varies according to the security modes you select.

The following table describes the security modes you can configure.

Table 57 Security Modes

SECURITY MODE

DESCRIPTION

None

Select this to have no data encryption.

 

 

WEP

Select this to use WEP encryption.

 

 

802.1x-Only

Select this to use 802.1x authentication with no data encryption.

 

 

802.1x-Static64

Select this to use 802.1x authentication with a static 64bit WEP key and an

 

authentication server.

 

 

802.1x-Static128

Select this to use 802.1x authentication with a static 128bit WEP key and

 

an authentication server.

 

 

WPA

Select this to use WPA.

 

 

WPA-PSK

Select this to use WPA with a pre-shared key.

 

 

WPA2

Select this to use WPA2.

 

 

 

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