ZyXEL Communications Wireless Gateway Series Table 6-1Wireless, Wireless Security, your computer to match the ZyAIR’s new settings, the wireless LAN and you change the ZyAIR’s ESSID or WEP

		ZyAIR Wireless Gateway Series User’s Guide
		Table 6-1 Wireless
LABEL		DESCRIPTION
Enable	Click the check box to activate wireless LAN.
Wireless LAN
ESSID	(Extended Service Set IDentity) The ESSID identifies the Service Set with which a
	wireless station is associated. Wireless stations associating to the access point (AP)
	must have the same ESSID. Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII
	characters) for the wireless LAN.
		If you are configuring the ZyAIR from a computer connected to
		the wireless LAN and you change the ZyAIR’s ESSID 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 ZyAIR’s new settings.
Hide ESSID	Select this check box to hide the ESSID in the outgoing beacon frame so a station cannot
	obtain the ESSID through passive scanning using a site survey tool.
Choose	Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
Channel ID	To manually set the ZyAIR to use a channel, select a channel from the drop-down list
	box. Click MAINTENANCE, WIRELESS and then the Channel Usage tab to open the
	Channel Usage screen to make sure the channel is not already used by another AP or
	independent peer-to-peer wireless network.
	To have the ZyAIR automatically select a channel, click Scan instead.
	Refer to the Wizard Setup chapter for more information on channels.
Scan	Click this button to have the ZyAIR automatically scan for and select a channel with the
	least interference.
RTS/CTS	Enter a value between 0 and 2432. The default is 2432.
Threshold
Fragmentation	Enter a value between 256 and 2432. The default is 2432. It is the maximum data
Threshold	fragment size that can be sent.
Apply	Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyAIR.
Reset	Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.

See the Wireless Security chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.

Wireless Configuration and Roaming 6-7