Chapter 4 Wireless LAN

Figure 26 Network > Wireless LAN > General

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

Table 10 Network > Wireless LAN > General

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Enable

Click the check box to activate wireless LAN.

Wireless LAN

 

 

 

Name(SSID)

(Service Set IDentity) The SSID identifies the Service Set with which a wireless

 

station is associated. Wireless stations 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.

 

 

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. The options vary depending on the

 

IEEE 802.11 mode you are using and the country you are in.

 

Refer to Appendix E on page 139 for more information on channels.

 

 

Operating

This displays the channel the ZyXEL Device is currently using.

Channel

 

 

 

Apply

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

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

 

 

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

4.5.1 No Security

Select No Security to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without any data encryption.

"If you do not enable any wireless security on your ZyXEL Device, your network is accessible to any wireless networking device that is within range.

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