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Figure 29 Wireless LAN Setup Wizard 2

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 17 Wireless LAN Setup Wizard 2

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Network

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

Name(SSID)

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 Automatically assign a WPA key (Recommended) to have the ZyXEL Device

 

create a pre-shared key (WPA-PSK) automatically only if your wireless clients support

 

WPA and OTIST. This option is available only when you enable OTIST in the previous

 

wizard screen.

 

Select Manually assign a WPA-PSK key to configure a Pre-Shared Key (WPA-PSK).

 

Choose this option only if your wireless clients support WPA. See Section 3.2.1 on

 

page 69 for more information.

 

Select Manually assign a WEP key to configure a WEP Key. See Section 3.2.2 on

 

page 69 for more information.

 

Select Disable wireless security to have no wireless LAN security configured and

 

your network is accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.

 

Note: If you enable OTIST in the previous wizard screen but select

 

Disable wireless security here, the ZyXEL Device still creates

 

a pre-shared key (WPA-PSK) automatically.

 

If you enable OTIST and select Manually assign a WEP key,

 

the ZyXEL Device will replace the WEP key with a WPA-PSK

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.

 

 

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