Figure 62 Wireless LAN: General
The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.
Table 37 Wireless LAN: General
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
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Active Wireless | Click the check box to activate wireless LAN. |
LAN |
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| Note: You can also activate the wireless LAN by pressing the RESET |
| button for 1 second. |
Network | (Service Set IDentity) The SSID identifies the Service Set with which a wireless |
Name(SSID) | station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP) must |
| have the same SSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable |
| characters) for the wireless LAN. |
| Note: If you are configuring the ZyXEL Device from a computer |
| connected to the wireless LAN and you change the ZyXEL |
| Device’s SSID or WEP settings, you will lose your wireless |
| connection when you press Apply to confirm. You must then |
| change the wireless settings of your computer to match the |
| ZyXEL Device’s new settings. |
Hide SSID | Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station |
| cannot obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool. |
Channel | If two wireless networks overlap, they should use a different channel. |
Selection | Like radio stations or television channels, each wireless network uses a specific |
| channel, or frequency, to send and receive information. |
| Select a channel from the |
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Apply | Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. |
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Cancel | Click Cancel to reload the previous configuration for this screen. |
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Advanced | Click Advanced Setup to display the Wireless Advanced Setup screen and edit |
Setup | more details of your WLAN setup. |
See the rest of this chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.
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