ZyXEL Communications P-2802H-I Series, User Manual

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Chapter 8 Wireless LAN
P-2802H(W)(L)-I Series User’s Guide
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Figure 49 Wireless LAN > General
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
8.4.1 No Security
Select No Security to allow wireless stations to communicate with the access points without
any data encryption.
Table 30 Wireless LAN > General
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Active Wireless
LAN
Click the check box to activate wireless LAN.
Network 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 ZyXEL Device from a computer
connected to the wireless LAN and you change the ZyXEL
Device’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
ZyXEL Device’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
Selection
Set the operating frequency/channel depending on your particular region.
Select a channel from the drop-down list box.
Scan Click this button to have the ZyXEL Device automatically scan for and select a
channel which is not used by another device.
Security Mode See the following sections for more details about this field.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device.
Cancel Click Cancel to reload the previous configuration for this screen.
Advanced
Setup
Click Advanced Setup to display the Wireless Advanced Setup screen and edit
more details of your WLAN setup.