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Wireless LAN
7.1 Overview
This chapter describes how to perform tasks related to setting up and optimizing your wireless network, including the following.
•Turning the wireless connection on or off.
•Configuring a name, wireless channel and security for the network.
•Using WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) to configure your wireless network.
•Using a MAC (Media Access Control) address filter to restrict access to the wireless network.
See Chapter 2 on page 25 for a tutorial showing how to set up your wireless connection in an example scenario.
See Section 7.9 on page 94 for advanced technical information on wireless networks.
7.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
This chapter describes the ZyXEL Device’s Network > Wireless LAN screens. Use these screens to set up your ZyXEL Device’s wireless connection.
•The General screen lets you turn the wireless connection on or off, set up wireless security and make other basic configuration changes (Section 7.4 on page 82).
•Use the WPS screen and the WPS Station screen to use WiFi Protected Setup (WPS). WPS lets you set up a secure network quickly, when connecting to other
Use the WPS screen (see Section 7.5 on page 89) to enable or disable WPS, generate a security PIN (Personal Identification Number) and see information about the ZyXEL Device’s WPS status.
Use the WPS Station (see Section 7.6 on page 91) screen to set up WPS by pressing a button or using a PIN.
•The MAC Filter screen lets you configure the MAC filter to allow or block access to the ZyXEL Device based on the MAC addresses of the wireless stations (Section 7.7 on page 91).
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