ZyXEL G-1000 v2 User’s Guide

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 9 Enter Name and Select Security

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Wireless LAN Setup

 

 

 

Name(SSID)

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable 7-bit ASCII characters) for the

 

wireless LAN.

 

If you change this field on the G-1000 v2, make sure all wireless stations use

 

the same SSID in order to access the network.

Choose Channel ID

To manually set the G-1000 v2 to use a specific channel, select a channel from

 

the drop-down list box.

Security

The level of Security can be selected as none, basic or extended. Choose

 

None security to have no wireless LAN security configured and proceed to the

 

“Apply Settings” on page 47 section.

 

Choose Basic (WEP) security if you want to configure WEP Encryption

 

parameters.

 

Choose Extend (WPA-PSK with customized key) or Extend (WPA2-PSK

 

with customized key) security to configure a Pre-Shared Key.

 

The next screen varies depending on which security level you select.

 

 

Back

Click Back to return to the previous screen.

 

 

Next

Click Next to continue.

 

 

Exit

Click Exit to quit the wizard without saving the changes.

 

 

Note: The wireless stations and G-1000 v2 must use the same SSID, channel ID and WEP encryption key (if WEP is enabled) or WPA-PSK (if WPA-PSK is enabled) for wireless communication.

3.3.2 Configuring WEP or WPA(2) PSK Security

Choose Basic (WEP) security to setup WEP Encryption parameters.

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