P-334U/P-335U User’s Guide

Figure 19 Wizard Step 2: Wireless LAN

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 9 Wizard Step 2: Wireless LAN

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.

Security

Select a Security level from the drop-down list box.

 

Choose Auto to use OTIST to generate a pre-shared key and only if your wireless

 

clients support OTIST. If you choose this option, skip directly to section 3.3.3.

 

Choose None to have no wireless LAN security configured. If you do not enable any

 

wireless security on your ZyXEL Device, your network is accessible to any wireless

 

networking device that is within range. If you choose this option, skip directly to section

 

3.3.3.

 

Choose Basic security if you want to configure WEP Encryption parameters. If you

 

choose this option, go directly to section 3.3.1.

 

Choose Extend (WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK) security to configure a Pre-Shared Key.

 

Choose this option only if your wireless clients support WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK

 

respectively. If you choose this option, skip directly to section 3.3.2.

Channel

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

Selection

channel.

 

This field displays Auto which means the ZyXEL Device automatically scans for and

 

selects a channel which is not used by a nearby device.

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.

 

 

Note: The wireless stations and ZyXEL Device must use the same SSID, channel ID

and WEP encryption key (if WEP is enabled), WPA-PSK (if WPA-PSK is enabled) or WPA2-PSK (if WPA2-PSK is enabled) for wireless communication.

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