ZyAIR G-2000 Plus User’s Guide

Figure 6 Wizard 2 : Wireless LAN Setup

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 4 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 SSID in order to access the network.

Choose Channel ID

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

 

down list box. Open the Channel Usage screen to make sure the channel is

 

not already used by another AP or independent peer-to-peer wireless network.

Security

The level of Security can be selected as none, basic or extended. Choose

 

None security to have no wireless LAN security configured and proceed to the

 

ISP Parameters for Internet Access screen.

 

Choose Basic (WEP) security if you want to configure WEP Encryption

 

parameters.

 

Choose Extend (WPA-PSK)security to configure a Pre-Shared Key.

 

The third screen varies depending on which security level you select.

 

 

Back

Click Back to return to the previous screen.

 

 

Next

Click Next to continue.

 

 

Note: The wireless stations and ZyAIR must use the same ESSID, channel ID and WEP encryption key (if WEP is enabled) or WPA-PSK (if WPA-PSK is enabled) for wireless communication

3.4 Wizard Setup: Screen 3

Choose Basic (WEP) security to setup WEP Encryption parameters.

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