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Chapter 7 Wireless LAN
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The following table describes the general wireless LAN labels in this screen.
See the rest of this chapter for information on the other labels in this screen.
7.3.1 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.
Figure 52 Network > Wireless LAN > General: No Security
Table 24 Network > Wireless LAN > General
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Enable
Wireless LAN
Click the check box to activate 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
Selection
Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
Select a channel from the drop-down list box. The options vary depending on
whether you are using A or B/G frequency band and the country you are in.
Refer to the Connection Wizard chapter for more information on channels.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device.
Reset Click Reset to reload the previous configuration for this screen.