P-661H/HW Series User’s Guide

Figure 54 Wireless LAN: General

The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.

Table 36 Wireless LAN: General

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Active Wireless

Click the check box to activate wireless LAN.

LAN

 

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

 

same SSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for

 

the wireless LAN.

 

Note: If you are configuring the ZyXEL Device from a computer

 

connected to the wireless LAN and you change the ZyXEL

 

Device’s SSID or WEP 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.

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.

Channel

Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.

Selection

Select a channel from the drop-down list box.

 

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

 

 

Advanced

Click Advanced Setup to display the Wireless Advanced Setup screen and edit

Setup

more details of your WLAN setup.

See the rest of this chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.

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