ZyAIR Access Point Series User’s Guide

Figure 3-2 Wizard 2 : Wireless LAN Setup

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

 

 

Table 3-2 Wizard 2 : Wireless LAN Setup

 

 

 

LABEL

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

Wireless LAN Setup

 

 

 

 

ESSID

 

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

 

 

LAN.

 

 

If you change this field on the ZyAIR, make sure all wireless stations use the same

 

 

ESSID in order to access the network.

 

 

 

Choose Channel

 

To manually set the ZyAIR to use a channel, select a channel from the drop-down list

ID

 

box. Open the Channel Usage Table screen to make sure the channel is not already

 

 

used by another AP or independent peer-to-peer wireless network.

 

 

To have the ZyAIR automatically select a channel, click Scan instead.

 

 

 

Scan

 

Click this button to have the ZyAIR automatically scan for and select a channel with

 

 

the least interference.

 

 

 

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Wizard Setup