Chapter 5 Wireless LAN
5.4General Wireless LAN Screen
"If you are configuring the ZyXEL Device from a computer connected to the wireless LAN and you change the ZyXEL Device’s SSID, channel or security 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.
Click Network > Wireless LAN to open the General screen.
Figure 42 Wireless General
The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.
Table 23 Wireless General
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
Enable | Click the check box to activate wireless LAN. |
Wireless LAN |
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Name(SSID) | (Service Set IDentity) The SSID identifies the Service Set with which a wireless |
| 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. |
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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. |
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Channel | Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region. |
Selection | Select a channel from the |
| whether you are using A or B/G frequency band and the country you are in. |
| Refer to the Connection Wizard chapter for more information on channels. |
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Operating | This displays the channel the ZyXEL Device is currently using. |
Channel |
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Apply | Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device. |
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Reset | Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen. |
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See the rest of this chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.
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