P-2302HW/HWL-P1 Series User’s Guide

Figure 12 Wireless LAN

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 7 Wireless LAN Setup Wizard 2

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Name(SSID)

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the wireless

 

LAN.

 

If you change this field on the ZyXEL Device, make sure all wireless stations use the

 

same SSID in order to access the network.

Channel

The range of radio frequencies used by IEEE 802.11b/g wireless devices is called a

Selection

channel. Select a channel ID that is not already in use by a neighboring device.

Security

Select Auto(WPA-PSK with self-generated key), if you want OTIST to configure a

 

WPA key for you.

 

Select Extend(WPA-PSK with customized key) or Extend(WPA2-PSK with

 

customized key) to configure a Pre-Shared Key (WPA-PSK). Choose this option only

 

if your wireless clients support WPA or WPA2. See Section 3.2.3.2 on page 55 for

 

more information.

 

Select Basic(WEP) to configure a WEP Key. See Section 3.2.3.3 on page 56 for more

 

information.

 

Select None to have no wireless LAN security configured and your network is

 

accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.

Back

Click Back to display the previous screen.

 

 

Next

Click Next to proceed to the next screen.

 

 

Exit

Click Exit to close the wizard screen without saving.

 

 

3.2.3.2 Manually Assign a WPA or WPA2 key

Choose Extend(WPA-PSK with customized key) or Extend(WPA2-PSK with customized key) in the Wireless LAN setup screen to set up a Pre-Shared Key.

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