Chapter 9 Wireless LAN

You can easily check to see if this has happened. WPS works between only two devices simultaneously, so if another device has enrolled your device will be unable to enroll, and will not have access to the network. If this happens, open the access point’s configuration interface and look at the list of associated clients (usually displayed by MAC address). It does not matter if the access point is the WPS registrar, the enrollee, or was not involved in the WPS handshake; a rogue device must still associate with the access point to gain access to the network. Check the MAC addresses of your wireless clients (usually printed on a label on the bottom of the device). If there is an unknown MAC address you can remove it or reset the AP.

9.5 The WPS Screen

Use this screen to configure WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) on your ZyXEL Device.

WPS allows you to quickly set up a wireless network with strong security, without having to configure security settings manually. Set up each WPS connection between two devices. Both devices must support WPS.

Click Network > Wireless LAN > WPS. The following screen displays.

Figure 96 Network > Wireless LAN > WPS

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 52 Network > Wireless LAN > WPS

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

WPS Setup

 

 

 

Enable WPS

Select the check box to activate WPS on the ZyXEL Device.

 

 

PIN Number

This shows the PIN (Personal Identification Number) of the ZyXEL Device. Enter

 

this PIN in the configuration utility of the device you want to connect to using WPS.

 

The PIN is not necessary when you use WPS push-button method.

 

 

Generate

Click this button to have the ZyXEL Device create a new PIN.

 

 

WPS Status

This displays Configured when the ZyXEL Device has connected to a wireless

 

network using WPS or Enable WPS is selected and wireless or wireless security

 

settings have been changed. The current wireless and wireless security settings

 

also appear in the screen.

 

This displays Unconfigured if WPS is disabled and there is no wireless or wireless

 

security changes on the ZyXEL Device or you click Release_Configuration to

 

remove the configured wireless and wireless security settings.

 

 

 

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