ZyXEL Communications P2000W manual Wireless Introduction, Wireless Settings, WEP Encryption

P-2000W_V2 User’s Guide

12.16 Wireless Introduction

A wireless LAN can be as simple as two wireless devices communicating in a peer-to-peer network or as complex as a number of wireless devices communicating through access points which bridge network traffic to the wired LAN.

Note: See the WLAN appendix for more detailed information on WLANs.

12.16.1 WEP Encryption

WEP encryption scrambles the data transmitted between the wireless stations and the access points to keep network communications private. It encrypts unicast and multicast communications in a network. Both the wireless stations and the access points must use the same WEP key.

You need to configure four 64-bit or 128-bit WEP keys but only one key can be enabled at any one time.

In order to configure and enable WEP encryption; click Wireless LAN and Wireless to the display the Wireless screen.

12.17 Wireless Settings

When you turn the Prestige on, it searches for available wireless LAN Access Points (APs). It selects the AP with the best signal and restarts and attempts to connect to it.

Click Wireless to open the following screen if you want to enter a WEP key or manually specify other wireless settings.

Note: Your wireless LAN settings changes do not take affect until you use RESTART (in the navigation panel).

Note: Changing the wireless settings (especially the SSID or WEP settings) may disconnect your web configurator session since you connect wirelessly to the web configurator.

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