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| Chapter 9 Wireless LAN |
| Table 45 Wireless LAN: General | |
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| Network Name | (Service Set IDentity) The SSID identifies the Service Set with which a wireless client |
| (SSID) | is associated. Wireless clients associating to the access point (AP) must have the |
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| same SSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable |
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| the wireless LAN. |
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| Note: If you are configuring the ZyXEL Device from a computer |
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| connected to the wireless LAN and you change the ZyXEL |
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| Device’s SSID or WEP settings, you will lose your wireless |
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| connection when you press Apply to confirm. You must then |
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| change the wireless settings of your computer to match the |
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| ZyXEL Device’s new settings. |
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| Hide SSID | Select this check box to hide the SSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station |
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| cannot obtain the SSID through scanning using a site survey tool. |
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| Security Mode | See the following sections for more details about this feature. |
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| MAC Filter | The MAC filter allows you to configure the ZyXEL Device to give exclusive access to |
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| up to 32 devices (Allow) or exclude up to 32 devices from accessing the ZyXEL |
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| Device (Deny). Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) |
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| address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of |
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| hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. You need to know the |
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| MAC address of the devices to configure this screen. |
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| Click the Edit icon to configure the MAC filter. See Section 9.3.6 on page 138 for |
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| Apply | Click Apply to save your changes 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 Section 9.3.5 on page 137 for more details. |
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See the rest of this chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.
9.3.1 No Security
Select No Security to allow wireless clients to communicate with the access points without any data encryption.
"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.
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