ZyAIR Access Point Series User’s Guide

The following table describes the wireless LAN security labels in this screen.

 

Table 6-1 Wireless

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

WEP

Select Disable to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without

Encryption

any data encryption.

 

Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption.

Authentication

Select Auto, Open System or Shared Key from the drop-down list box.

Method

This field is N/A if WEP is not activated.

 

If WEP encryption is activated, the default setting is Auto.

 

 

ASCII

Select this option to enter ASCII characters as the WEP keys.

 

 

Hex

Select this option to enter hexadecimal characters as the WEP keys.

 

The preceding “0x” is entered automatically.

 

 

Key 1 to

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the ZyAIR and the wireless stations must

Key 4

use the same WEP key for data transmission.

If you chose 64-bit WEP, then enter any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal

 

 

characters ("0-9", "A-F").

 

If you chose 128-bit WEP, then enter 13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters

 

("0-9", "A-F").

 

You must configure all four keys, but only one key can be activated at any one time. The

 

default key is key 1.

 

 

Enable Intra-

Intra-BSS traffic is traffic between wireless stations in the same BSS. Select this check

BSS Traffic

box to enable Intra-BSS traffic.

 

 

Enable

Select this check box to enable the Breathing LED, also known as the ZyAIR LED.

Breathing LED

The blue ZyAIR LED is on when the ZyAIR is on and blinks (or breaths) when data is

 

being transmitted to/from its wireless stations. Clear the check box to turn this LED off

 

even when the ZyAIR is on and data is being transmitted/received.

 

 

Number of

Use this field to set a maximum number of wireless stations that may connect to the

Wireless

ZyAIR

Stations

Enter the number (from 1 to 32) of wireless stations allowed.

Allowed

 

 

 

Output Power

Set the output power of the ZyAIR in this field. If there is a high density of APs within an

 

area, decrease the output power of the ZyAIR to reduce interference with other APs.

 

The options are 17dBm (50mW), 15dBm (32mW), 13dBm (20mW) or 11dBm

 

(12.6mW).

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyAIR.

 

 

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Wireless Security