ZyXEL G-1000 v2 User’s Guide

The following table describes the fields in this menu.

Table 42 Menu 3.5 Wireless LAN Setup

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

ESSID

The ESSID (Extended Service Set IDentity) identifies the AP to which the wireless stations

 

associate. Wireless stations associating to the AP must have the same ESSID. Enter a

 

descriptive name of up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters.

 

This field is only available when you select Access Point or AP + Bridge in the Operating

 

Mode field.

Hide ESSID

Press [SPACE BAR] and select Yes to hide ESSID in the outgoing data frame so an

 

intruder cannot obtain the ESSID through passive scanning.

Channel ID

Press [SPACE BAR] to select a channel. This allows you to set the operating frequency/

 

channel depending on your particular region.

RTS Threshold

Setting this attribute to zero turns on the RTS/CTS handshake. Enter a value between 0

 

and 2432.

Frag. Threshold

This is the maximum data fragment size that can be sent. Enter a value between 256 and

 

2432.

WEP Encryption

Select Disable to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without

 

any data encryption.

 

Select 64-bit WEP or 128-bit WEP to enable data encryption.

 

 

Default Key

Enter the key number (1 to 4) in this field. Only one key can be enabled at any one time.

 

This key must be the same on the G-1000 v2 and the wireless stations to communicate.

Key 1 to Key 4

The WEP keys are used to encrypt data. Both the G-1000 v2 and the wireless stations

 

must use the same WEP key for data transmission.

 

If you chose 64-bit WEP in the WEP Encryption field, then enter any 5 ASCII characters

 

or 10 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").

 

If you chose 128-bit WEP in the WEP Encryption field, then enter 13 ASCII characters or

 

26 hexadecimal characters ("0-9", "A-F").

 

Note: Enter “0x” before the key to denote a hexadecimal key. Don’t enter

 

“0x” before the key to denote an ASCII key.

Authen. Method

Press [SPACE BAR] to select Auto, Open System Only or Shared Key Only and press

 

[ENTER].

 

This field is N/A if WEP is not activated.

 

If WEP encryption is activated, the default setting is Auto.

 

 

Edit MAC Address Filter

Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and press [ENTER] to display Menu 3.5.1 - WLAN

 

MAC Address Filter.

Edit Roaming

Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and press [ENTER] to display Menu 3.5.2 - Roaming

Configuration

Configuration.

Breathing LED

Select Yes to enable the Breathing LED, also known as the G-1000 v2 LED.

 

The blue G-1000 v2 LED is on when the G-1000 v2 is on and blinks (or breaths) when data

 

is being transmitted to/from its wireless stations. Clear the check box to turn this LED off

 

even when the G-1000 v2 is on and data is being transmitted/received.

Preamble

Select a preamble type from the drop-down list menu. Choices are Long, Short and

 

Dynamic. The default setting is Long.

 

See the section on preamble for more information.

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