ZyXEL Communications HS100/HS100W manual CH06 2437MHz, Rts, Disable, Auto, Long

HomeSafe User’s Guide

Table 20-4 Menu 3.5 Wireless LAN Setup

FIELD		DESCRIPTION	EXAMPLE
	AP must have the same ESSID. Enter a descriptive name of up to 32
	printable 7-bit ASCII characters.
	Press [SPACE BAR] and select Yes to hide the ESSID in the		No
Hide ESSID	outgoing data frame so an intruder cannot obtain the ESSID through
	passive scanning.
Channel ID	Press [SPACE BAR] to select a channel. This allows you to set the		CH06 2437MHz
	operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
RTS	Setting this attribute to zero turns on the RTS/CTS handshake. Enter		2432
Threshold	a value between 0 and 2432.
Frag.	This is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent. Enter a		2432
Threshold	value between 256 and 2432.
WEP	Select Disable to allow wireless stations to communicate with the		Disable
Encryption	access points without any data encryption.
	Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption.
Default Key	Enter the key number (1 to 4) in this field. Only one key can be		1
	enabled at any one time. This key must be the same on the
	HomeSafe and the wireless stations to communicate.
Key 1 to Key	The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the HomeSafe and the		0x12345abcde
4	wireless stations must use the same WEP key for data transmission.
	If you chose 64-bit WEP in the WEP Encryption field, then enter
	any 5 ASCII characters or 10 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").
	If you chose 128-bit WEP in the WEP Encryption field, then enter
	13 ASCII characters or 26 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").
		) Enter “0x” before the key to
		denote a hexadecimal key. Don’t
		enter “0x” before the key to
		denote an ASCII key.
Authen.	Press [SPACE BAR] to select Auto, Open System Only or Shared		Auto
Method	Key Only and press [ENTER].
	This field is N/A if WEP is not activated.
	If WEP encryption is activated, the default setting is Auto.
Edit MAC	Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and press [ENTER] to proceed to
Address Filter	a MAC address filter configuration screen.
Edit Roaming	Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and press [ENTER] to proceed to
Configuration	a roaming configuration screen.
Preamble	Select a preamble type from the drop-down list menu. Choices are		Long
	Long, Short and Dynamic. The default setting is Dynamic.
	See the section on preamble for more information.

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