ZyXEL G-1000 v2 User’s Guide

4.4 Wireless LAN Screen

Note: If you are configuring the G-1000 v2 from a computer connected to the wireless LAN and you change the G-1000 v2’s SSID 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 G-1000 v2’s new settings.

Click Network > Wireless LAN to open the General screen.

Figure 15 Wireless LAN: General

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

Table 16 Wireless LAN: General

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Wireless Setup

 

 

 

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.

 

Note: If you are configuring the G-1000 v2 from a computer

 

connected to the wireless LAN and you change the G-1000 v2’s

 

SSID 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 G-1000 v2’s

 

new settings.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

Security

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

 

 

Chapter 4 Wireless LAN

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